well people are really asking who is mohamed el baradei he might be well known in international circles but back here in egypt he's simply a figure that not too many off the million with so the questions that are being bandied about on the street as we come from who supports him and the answer people offer to those kind of questions is that he is very much of the same line as mubarak they believe that he is a man who is supported by from the west particularly from the united states they are critical of their kind of support but having said that they do believe that they need to be an opposition leader at the moment tonight the various different opposition groups here at least for the time being and this is why we've seen the muslim brotherhood which is the largest opposition group here in egypt lending its support to mohamed el baradei but making it very clear that that support is temporary. it's. nighttime in kind of dark empty and scary we we gather every day like at seven thirty pm. we say ok who like to to do the first shift until we'd like to do the second and so on some people are

is coming together under a new think that extreme will be international atomic or stop mohamed el baradei. mohamed el baradei is a figure not well known in egypt questions of being awesome and who supports him join me in a few moments for me. also this hour ukrainians are trying to solve the case of the missing magritte's hasn't been seen in public for six months. on this deadly shooting sprees paid u.s. trades once again there are strong calls for tougher gun control that's many say a gun in every household is the centerpiece of american culture. international news live from moscow this is also the with me of all about thanks for joining us egyptian opposition movements have united against embattled president hosni mubarak after seven days of violent armed to government demonstrations the former chief of the international atomic energy agency mohamed el baradei is acting as the head negotiator for opposition groups while respected internationally and seen by some as the man who could alz mubarak at home his largely unknown enjoys little popular support after living abroad for the past th

there is no difference between mubarak and el baradei america supports both of them and the american media has built up our baradei egyptians don't like him he's lived in europe and united states and hasn't even been here for thirty years. and he came back and called for a regime change prompting critics to point out that he was absent for most of us. ober a day lived in america we don't want him he was. other strange things and telling us he was a bird. a little bit of a we didn't choose our borrowed line which was only for a short period of change he's only temporary. he's much better known on the international stage than in his own backyard and is yet to be recognized by the eighty million egyptians he hopes to rule. and the egyptians need national leaders not american populace with american agendas if people support el baradei it's only because they hate mubarak. which is why amidst the chaos he gyptian find themselves turning to each other for protection and reassurance but the latest word from the opposition campers that they have given will buy and told friday to meet his dema

put in someone they can control like el baradei. and the protestations of support for mubarak are are basically window dressing there's no question in my mind that this uprising has been orchestrated by. what i call globalists this is another color revolution and that the people of egypt while their grievances are justified their being. their grievances are being exploited in order for the globalists to ratchet up their control of the gypped the people who are trying to create a one world government and they do this by removing local leaders who are too independent and i think they must have decided that mubarak is too independent for their liking. now to discuss the volatile situation in egypt we're joined live from washington d.c. by ray mcgovern a former cia officer thanks very much for being with us now today's event has been marked not only by unprecedented numbers of protesters but also by a festive atmosphere it's been peaceful so far and there are people who seem confident that mubarak's days power are numbered do you share

hours at a downtown today talking to protesters and as soon as you mention the name one hundred al baradei people start shouting they start yelling they do not like him firstly they do not know him he is a man who formulated his reputation on the international stage so he's not that well known here but certainly those people who do know him believe to quote them that he's an agent of the united states now the mood on the streets is very erratic you go from forming and people cheering and laughing to them sunny's being suspicious that you're israeli or their true american and people are very happy to find out that we were in fact russian but that just gives you an indication of how the mood here changes from one minute to the next i'll baradei is perhaps the white man for the job right now but their job is an interim job and serving the opposition parties have said as much needs to be elections there needs to be free and fair elections without baradei saying he's prepared to head an interim government until such time. nighttime in kind of dark empty and scary we we gather every day like at

and there is no difference between the bark in el baradei and american spirit and the american media has built up one hour a day. don't like it or europe and the united states and hasn't even been here after thirty years. and he came back and called for a regime change prompting critics to point out that he was absent for most of us. but i very. day lived in america we don't know he was living out here. and telling our. daughter fall she. only for a short period of change only temporarily. he's much better known on the international stage than in his own backyard and is yet to be recognized by the eighteen million egyptians he hopes to who are good and the egyptians need national leaders not american apartments with american agenda if people support el baradei it's only because they hate on bark. which is why it must be chaos egypt and find themselves turning to each other for protection and reassurance. whoever it is egypt's and next leader will have to deal as an immediate priority with the situation on the ground and that is a situation that seems essential supplies in and running

was the who introduced a lot of anger among protestors were not asked him how they feel about al baradei he is not also a figure that is well known here he is much better known on the international scene where he is the former head of the international atomic energy agency where in two thousand and five he shared the nobel peace prize with that agency but all baradei for himself at least for now saying that he wishes to head this interim government and that he's managed to bring together all of the opposition voices here in egypt but really what we're hearing from the streets of egypt is what we've heard from the russian foreign minister people here saying us decide for ourselves and the united states and other countries keep your hands out oh brazilian journalist pepe escobar says the u.s. pressure mubarak is hypocritical after its thirty years of blind support it's very very complicated for us because it's a tightrope walk this guy after all has been brought up by the u.s. for thirty years the police state that he set up and tortured virtually everybody that stayed in egypt it was prog

many see today's rally as a sign that a change of regime is a done deal and that mohamed el baradei is a possible candidate for the president's post now what do the locals say about this . well most people here when you ask them about mohammed el baradei actually don't know who years is very much of figaro and his reputation on the international stage but here in egypt people say that he has the backing of the united states and western powers in particular and this does not present him in a particularly good light because they say he's painted with the same brush that pains will break having said that though the opposition parties did need somebody to bring them together and they've chosen him and he's done a fair deal so far trying to bring everyone on board he has appealed to the muslim brotherhood they have given him their backing but they have stressed that it's only temporary now the opposition groups have put together a list of demands and on those demands say they address issues such as unemployment such as wise in food places such as the disarray on the streets we've not yet cl

leading opposition activist mohamed el baradei has warned that demonstrations could become even more vicious if president mubarak refuses to step down but some else say egyptians should also hold off on pinning their hopes on a pro western barty. mama el baradei eyes a belated attempt at getting in on this opposition movement well it may be too late he's part of the international crisis group a murky elite group with close ties to western interests as the people of egypt have shown such courage in the face of such u.s. backed terror that has occurred in egypt for the past thirty years to the people of egypt want mohamed el baradei i think that's doubtful at best this is a storm very much of the americans own making and i think the people will remember that the bullets fired at them are made in the united states that president obama has close ties with all these companies raytheon boeing these are the companies that have the air of president obama and those jets flying over cairo alexandria sue as in other cities they're american so if this is a sudden switch by the americans to sudde

mohammed el baradei is somewhat of a spokesman for them to... in order to react in an organized way and to offer the egyptian government someone with whom to negotiate. they say they want to negotiate with the military after mubarak leaves. >> brown: do you see el baradei as having the credibility for these groups to coalesce around? >> i think he has a great deal of credibility. i'm not sure he's going to get 100% support from every group. don't forget that some of these groups have very complicated relationships with the security services and so forth. but i think the major groups are going to allow mohammed el baradei to be something of a focal poi. not their leader but a focal point for this purpose. >> brown: when you look at the opposition groups out there and the demonstrators, is there an agenda that one can see beyond getting rid of president mubarak and particularly the important question now as we look at whatever this interim period is? >> i think, yes. there absolutely is a unified opposition agenda. if you look at the national asso

help to stabilize their country to may have more of the pan in on them mohamed el baradei who is the ex chief of the international atomic energy agency has been put forth to replace incumbent president hosni mubarak even though egyptians want regime change they're not sure whether this candidate will serve in their best interest or those of the u.s. are his policy or has been finding out what the public doesn't fully trust him. in kind of dark. and scary we we gather every day like seven thirty. we say ok who liked to do the first shift and who would like to do the second and so on some people are armed you know mohammed and his neighbors take turns protecting their property. by day their professionals by night street guards groups of armed gangs are on the prowl and ordinary citizens have to rely on themselves for protection they've collected what they can kitchen knives bathroom sticks poles rods anything they can get their hands on to keep their home safe. and with security at an all time low the leader who's come forward to replace hosni mubarak is offering precious little to mak

fact that the various opposition groups have come together but not under one banner now mohamad al baradei is the name that has been put forward the former head of the international atomic energy agency and he has said that in his he is prepared to head an interim government but ask people here on the streets what they think of him assuming they even know who he is most people who do not lie. kim now he's come on board and he has criticized today's demonstrations he says that president mubarak is using scare tactics against the people whether he says that whether he doesn't say that what is true is that there is to say and among the opposition groups we're hearing that some groups are saying yes it's need to the president now we hear other groups like al baradei himself in the muslim brotherhood saying no they're not prepared to meet with mubarak until he steps down either way the voice on the street is that they do not want al baradei they do believe that he is of the same cloth as mubarak people saying that they really want to be left to decide for themselves who is their leader not impo

parties have said as much needs to be elections there needs to be free and fair elections without baradei saying he's prepared to hear. interim government until such time. by time in kind of dark empty and scary we we gather every day like. we say who like to to do the first shift and to would like to do the second and so on some people or. mohamed and his neighbors take turns protecting their property by day they're professionals by night street guards groups of armed gangs are on the prowl and ordinary citizens have to rely on them for for protection they've collected what they can kitchen knives. sticks poles rods anything they can get their hands on to keep their home safe. and with security at an all time low the leader who's come forward to replace hosni mubarak is often pushes a little to make each options feel safer. belated attempt at getting in on this opposition movement maybe to ladies part of the international crisis group a murky elite group with close ties to western interests i think of the media of war two different lines as the people of egypt are shown such courage in t

hearing that some groups are saying yes it's me to the president now we hear other groups like al baradei himself and the muslim brotherhood saying no they're not going to meet with mubarak until he steps down either way the voice on the street is that they do not want al baradei they do believe that he is of the same cloth as mubarak people saying that they really want to be they have to decide for themselves who is their leader not imposed from the outside because they do believe that both groups and all baradei are being supported by the united states and that the u.s. is meddling in internal egyptian affairs because a message was put out by the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov he has called on the world community to allow interruptions to decide for themselves should we want to see there's a stable thriving democratic state the current social political and economic problems to be resolved as soon as possible through peaceful means but it's up to gyptian politicians and the people to decide how this could be john practice we don't think it's helpful dream page solutions from outs

and they initially put their weight behind mohamed el baradei but now it appears there's a split even within the muslim brotherhood about whether whether that would be the case and the reason they put their weight behind him is because mohamed el baradei had said that were he to some sort of coalition government that they would be allowed to participate in elections frankly you know it shouldn't be a threat for a group that is religiously identified to participate in democratic elections if democracy really is what we care about democracy should mean that everybody should do we think that the muslim brotherhood really doesn't want to themselves participating they have been banned from participating essentially in egypt despite having to see representatives that are there independently but would they actually want to step up you know how much popular support do they really have in this country i have the sense that the muslim brotherhood would not be able to win elections that is you know a majority in egypt certainly they're popular and they have a certain amount of support and we can

egyptians need national leaders not american apartments with american agenda if people support el baradei it's only because they hate on barak. which is why amidst the chaos egypt is find themselves turning to each other for protection and reassurance policy r.t. . and washington has been financially supporting the country for years and is heavily invest invest it and its political agenda i want to comes to openly supporting the incumbent president or he suggested replacement some say washington is playing on both fields to avoid losing out. right now we see being promoted by a number of important actors including important actors in the united states like freedom house that has been served funding resistance groups in egypt however somebody who's been out of egypt for years he's somebody who promotes neo liberal reforms the same kind that have caused the of an economic devastation in egypt and who doesn't have a real lot of credence within you know broadly within egypt and hasn't been involved in any of the democratic mobilization the muslim brotherhood has a base but certainly not the k

many faction factions they don't like to see egypt more stable what about a figure like mohamed el baradei could he be influencing the waste and media i think you'd be it helps you could influence western media but unfortunately has no influence inside here because people realize that he is just coming for a short time talking to a little bit and then going out and most of his time he was living outside and he was never even asked to do it to be and to interfere and he he was. proposed some as you can figures and he was. one of them so it is not even his initiative became just but another religion and i think he's not doing he's not trying to unseat what about the regimes that we're seeing in yemen and in jordan i mean protests have broken out there these are regimes that have traditionally been supported by the united states in the same way that mubarak was supported by the united states they must be very worried i mean it seems as if the u.s. has abandoned mubarak do you think that they could be concerned that america's about to abandon them i think a lot of started. to declare a lot of

is now preparing to put its weight behind el baradei mohamed el baradei as a suitable candidate. well it seems to me that barlow is what we might call a backstop he is from the point of view of the speech the opposition release detection of the person to the americans who has also perhaps some growing trust among the judge really i think what the americans would like is somebody from within the regime somebody who they can trust to carry on their home course in good relations with his for somebody who will change the fundamental economic policy and that's a big problem for any genuine representative speech in cairo ordinary egyptians and middle class get just suffered. recently economic crisis and shortages and inflation and so for somebody to come to power now as an elected president chosen by the people not pursuing economic policies is a popular it's going to be difficult it seems to me but the americans want very different economic policies from what the ordinary arab street would want ok well how do you see the situation in egypt unfolding who do you think will benefit from

el-baradei may be stepping into that role. when world leaders talk about an orderly transition, the inference is that they do not want the muslim brotherhood to come to power. egypt's poverty has given them are ready recruiting ground. they run schools and hospitals, but they are also close to militant groups such as hamas, which puts them at odds with the united states. protests another force last week. the group made no secret of what it wanted. >> respond to the real demand. declaration cannot say that situation. >> democracy does come to egypt, the muslim brotherhood will be one of its most strident voices. bbc news. >> and events are moving fast, of course. you will find much more anytime on bbc.com. you can catch up with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley. and you will see what is coming up on facebook as well. thank you for being with us. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-dep

i don't think he understands that he really needs to let go. >> couric: el-baradei says there would be no power vacuum if mubarak were to leave immediately and believes stoking fears about what a new egypt might look like is a ploy by the current government. >> the hype that once egypt becomes a democracy it will become hostile to the u.s. and hostile to israel. these are the two hypes or fictions. >> couric: but ibrahim kamel, a close confidant of mubarak's, says he is concerned about an extremist power grab and insists the majority of egyptians support the president and want to give him time. >> 90% of egyptians will tell you that president mubarak represents for egypt something very valuable. they stand behind him. they believe that by the end of his term, the changes that will take place in our political system will make egypt a much better place for the future. >> couric: whatever lies ahead for egypt, amr mussa, the head of the arab league, which represents 22 arab nations, says there is no turning back for egypt or the rest of the arab world. >> the message has been sent. the me

el-baradei's suggestion is to have a conversation.he and i converse as frequently as he and i have the opportunity but he said rather than giving a speech maybe i will try to ask in him the questions that i think are most on people's minds but after we have talked for a little bit we will go to the audience for questions from the audience. but let me start with here is we take director general el-baradeb right up until the beginning of this year over the previous 12 years. he was both a player of the international communities and also a first-hand observer of the resolution or the failure to resolve relations with three countries that president bush in january of 2000 -- 2002 in the state of the union announced as the axis of evil. do remember there were three -- iraq, iran and north korea. well, 12 years later, there is iraq, iran and north korea so i want to ask a question about each and get mohamed to tell us a little bit about his own reflection. now there are so many things to say about the iraq story, but i'm going to just try t

seek to align egypt with washington's agenda the former head of the un's nuclear watchdog mohamed el baradei hasn't even been in egypt for decades. the western media covers the riots in egypt as a democratic storm twisting the country twisting the story were there and other similar events to suit their own two experts say the mainstream views played by double standards which are all about politics rather than actually reporting. eight years since the birth of the legacy of russia's first president is remembered across the country a monumental white leader has just been unveiled in the city of. well the president of the danish free press society has been acquitted after standing trial in denmark over racism charge florist's hedegaard faced prosecution for criticizing islam ahead of his acquittal our team managed to catch up with hedegaard to talk about his views on immigration and multiculturalism and europe. your organization defends freedom of speech your site details attempts to curtail speech freedoms particular related to multicultural policies would you prefer there be no immigration to

he use to free and fair elections america has also been playing a role in the hands of mohamed el baradei he is the other figure that has emerged as a potential candidate to lead the opposition at least in an interim government and to in some kind of elections are held in reacting to the mubarak state of the nation address all baradei had to say and i'm quoting him that it was the voice of deception he said this is the voice of a person who will not want to go and he called mubarak a good man obviously referring to the fact that he's lost legitimacy here in egypt . thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update from egypt you're there an american foreign policy analyst robert naiman says although the u.s. was forced to shift its route or work against mubarak without him the u.s. is likely to lose influence in the middle east. most americans they see the pictures on t.v. they empathize with the protesters and the demand for democracy and free and fair elections but you see a rear guard in washington saying you know oh my god mubarak is our our guy we're going to lose our if you care f

some of them say that yes they should talk to mubarak now we've had other players like mohamed el baradei and the muslim brotherhood saying no mubarak to step down first and only then will they engage with him in dialogue so while mohamed el baradei is being presented as if they do that and possibly take the opposition more forward he's afraid of it isn't not like telling kyra and he setting out a figure that is representative of all the opposition plays by and large if there is one thing that people agree on is the fact that people really should make the decision for themselves egypt should and should decide who their future leadership is regardless of who the united states and the international community supports and that is a sentiment that is a code by the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov which we don't think it's helpful to imply solutions freemont signs even ultimatums egyptian political forces need to find a consensus which will one of the questions that people are asking themselves following these clashes today wednesday is what can and will the military do if there is no cl

nuclear watchdog mohamed el baradei has a name or do. cade's. the western media covers the riots as democratic storm twisting the story and other similar events to suit their own two experts say the mainstream view is played by double standards which are all about politics rather than actually reporting. an eighty years since the birth of boris yeltsin the legacy of russia's first president is remembered across the country and you want a moment in the labor leaders told city is just part of today's commemorations. so we have lines here in our tea and sports next with natalia. hello and welcome you're watching this board headlines passed. last minute transposed another taurus leaves little hole for chelsea wholesome sign been taken to found a david lewis. green bay packers arrive in dallas for preparations ahead on this sunday's super bowl forty five. and also andre kirilenko. a narrow win over a shallow. losing streak in the and b. . and we start with the bulletin on the tour is officially moved to chelsea from liverpool on the final day of the

the idea of nationalization these sorts of things are not on the political agendas certainly of el baradei or. of the arab league who resigned you perhaps once to make a presidential bid i suppose the muslim brotherhood is one one party to watch because they do have social programs and grassroots movements whether they have been useful or whether they've been clever in the past three weeks is a different matter because their leadership some might say maybe out of step with those in the grassroots organizations of the muslim brotherhood runs which creates housing and food distribution and so on to to the poor of egypt you mentioned a little earlier the implications this could have on other countries and you mentioned saudi arabia but bearing in mind what we're seeing at the moment happening in yemen algeria even a few staring in morocco what is your prediction on what's going to happen i mean tony blair is saying the egyptian revolt could help spread democracy throughout the middle east would you say democracy or could we see further chaos. tony blair is usually a reverse barometers if he s

brotherhood were independent legal experts as well as a number of representatives for mohamed el baradei and he of course of the former head of the international atomic energy agency who has indicated that he will be prepared to head an interim government the muslim brotherhood really is the focus of the discussion and the debate here in egypt because before yesterday they said that they would not meet with the government if there was not agreement on the president hosni mubarak stepping down the brotherhood has been at pains to say that they have not changed their stance they have thought it through these kinds of discussions and not negotiations and what we do understand is that there will be some of the fruits today monday but what is noticeable is that the opposition voices are not that unified they certainly do need somebody to bring them together to keep the momentum and to represent their point of view because by and large every day that these groups respect the government despite their call for mubarak to step down immediately it is indicative that mubarak has made time and he is