ben wedeman is right now the pro-morsi demonstrations. this is a fast moving story.ous ramifications for egypt and the entire region and the world. at stake egypt being the largest of the arab countries. what's the latest you're hearing? >> reporter: we understand he's in this republican guard complex where according to the army he's working. i don't know if he's working or scratching his head wondering what's to do. this is a profound crisis. the muslim brotherhood is the largest, oldest best organized of the islamist groups and to have been elected, had one of their men elected as president of egypt. the first ever democratically elected president of this country now just one year later to have him under house arrest by the army. millions coming out in opposition to him. they've been calling for days. we heard this same phrase over and over again. it's arabic for leave. they don't feel that way. they feel that he should have the right to rule the country as the head of state. the people around here will tell you that they are going to stay here in the streets, cont

ben wedeman is standing by in a different part of cairo with supporters of the muslim brotherhood and president morsi. ben, how aprilry are the demonstrators there? >> reporter: very, jake. when they heard this announcement that president morsi has been officially deposed, a huge chant, a roar of anger came up, and people started to chant "down down with military rule." just a few minutes after that, i spoke with a senior member of the muslim brotherhood who i've known for years, who is normally quite upbeat. he looked quite downtrodden. i asked him, what is your reaction to the end of president morsi's reign, hess rule, he said, pointing to the crowd behind me, he said they are willing to die to stop that from happening. what we've heard is also chants of people saying it's either victory on martyrdom to make sure this does not come to pass. the question is now that it's official, how will the people react? violently? we're hearing reports of some gunfire just up the road here now, we don't know if that's to keep people back or what. now there are helicopters overhead, hearing a mixt

ben wedeman, one reason they don't want to say it is a coup, there are billions of u.s.lars that may or may not depend on whether people sbempt it like. that president obama issued a statement saying united states is monitoring the fluid situation in egypt. we believe ultimately the future of egypt can only be determined by the egyptian people and i have directed the department and agencies to review the implications under u.s. law for our assistance to the government of egypt. a clear warning, i would say, from the white house that unless people are careful about how this noncoup plays out then the funding, the billions of dollars from america could be at risk. >> i don't think that funding is at risk. fundamentally u.s. interests are better served by the military than by a muslim brotherhood president, a president who's come out and said some very embarrassing things in the past. for instance, saying that jews are the relatives and offspring of apes. that sort of thing is embarrassing for the united states. keep in mind that the military has a long relationship with th

ben wedeman is at tahrir square. actually he's with the pro-morsi elements not far away from tahrir square. new stuff is coming in, is that right, ben? >> yes, we did hear a message from now former president morse i he did say the will of the people cannot be canceled and he rejected the idea that he's been sum matterly deposed as the president of egypt. what we are hearing here is one speech in defiance. the speaker just call on all supporters of the muslim brother to hold demonstrations and sit-ins. clearly they are not going to take this latest development sitting down. ivity spoken with many members in recent days action and they stress time and time guess that morsi was elected democratically. he won 52%, and he insisted he still maintains that democratic legitimacy, millions of egyptians have decided it's time to dump mohamed morsi. the campaign that let to this way -- the rebel movement claimed that they collected 22 million signatures, this is more than the number of people who voted for mohamed morsi a year a

despite this breakthrough to maybe start talks ben wedeman tells us why there's mr.t there. >> reporter: bringing about peace between israelis and palestinians is a task that's occupied one u.s. administration after another. the process has seen countless handshakes and photo ops and many have pledged to do what it take to make it happen. >> we've come quite a long way. we've got quite a long way to go. we're not going to tire until i've given it my last ounce of energy and my last moment in office. >> reporter: now it's u.s. secretary of state john kerry's turn. >> on behalf of president obama i announce we have reached an agreement that establishes a basis for presuming direct final status negotiations between the palestinians and the israelis. >> reporter: the same thorny issues need to be confronted. the status of jerusalem, permanent borders and the fate of many refugees. they signed this oslo peace accords in the rose garden of the white house. the peace process has collapsed, been revived, collapsed, been revived and so on. the walls that separate the palestin

i think it's the set back for the muslim brotherhood, ben wedeman gave us a cautionary note.ould never think that anyone could extubate the roots of the muslim brotherhood in egypt. they run deep. they run to the 1920s. the muslim brotherhood should always be in the game. many of the liberals if you will, begrudge the brotherhood, they ran for elections against the brotherhood and they lost. it sustained a setback in egypt and it even sustained minor setback in turkey, the troubles of erdogan. the story continues. it never ends, because there is no way that you could somehow cut down the roots of the muslim brotherhood, and there is no way that secular governments are going to deliver happiness, economic prosperity and thus make the brotherhood irrelevant. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> coming up next, an update on the deadly train derailment in quebec. 73 cars filled with crude oil exploding, flattening a small town. dozens of people still missing. former new york governor eliot spitzer resigned, he's getting back into politics. what office he's seeking ahead on 36

ben wedeman, cnn, cairo. >>> i'm john king in washington. top of the hour. 9:00 p.m.co. tracking deadly breaking news. deadly plane crash at san francisco international airport. two people confirmed dead after asiana airlines flight 214 crashed on >> a south korean government official said that the two killed were chinese passport holders. 49 others are in serious conditions, the airliner was preparing to land when something, something went terribly wrong. parts of the plane shuttered and broke apart. white plumes rose up and there's a large gaping burned out hole in the pla in the plane. witnesses say the plane spun around. >> it looked normal at first. it was taking the same angle that they come in, like this and the wheels were down and then i hear

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i think it's the set back for the muslim brotherhood, ben wedeman gave us a cautionary note.d never think that anyone could extubate the roots of the muslim brotherhood in egypt. they run deep. they run to the 1920s. the muslim brotherhood should always be in the game. many of the liberals if you will, be grudge the brotherhood, they ran for elections against the brotherhood and they lost. it sustained a setback in egypt and it even sustained minor setback in turkey, the troubles -- the story continues. it never ends, because there is no way that you could somehow cut down the roots of the muslim brotherhood, and there is no way that secular governments are going to deliver happiness, economic prosperity and thus make the brotherhood irrelevant. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> coming up next, an update on the deadly train derailment in quebec. 73 cars with crude oil exploding. dozens of people still missing. former new york governor eliot spitzer resigned, he's getting back into politics. what office he's seeking ahead on 360. hey linda! what are you guys doing? havi

because ben wedeman is right near the pro-morsi demonstrations who are sullen, who are angry, and we'red i'm deeply concerned, ben, to see how they're going to react. whether there will be violence in the face of this announcement from the egyptian general. >> reporter: yes, wolf. the initial reaction was quite angry. what was interesting was that the broadcast system here did broadcast live general sisi's statement this evening. but was quickly drowned out by boos and jeers. and shortly after the speech was over there, we started to hear a chant from the crowd saying "down with military rule." and then they were chanting something which means "invalid." that, of course, is referring to the new rulers of egypt. now, we are hearing reports that up the street from here, there is -- there has been the sound of gunfire. we don't know the source of that gunfire. but certainly what we've seen over the last few days was preparations for trouble. we saw men training with sticks and shields, wearing motorcycle helmets. now, they told us the reason for these preparations was for the possibility o

i want to go to ivan watson and ben wedeman, with christiane amanpour. ivan, what is the latest that you've been seeing? what's the latest there? >> anderson, this is the biggest party we've seen in tahrir square since 2011 when hosni mubarak was overthrown. helicopters circling overhead, people cheering and it's now 2:00 in the morning. there are two narratives for what has happened. as you just heard, supporters of the muslim brotherhood saying this is a military coup. and the people you talk to in tahrir square saying no, it was mohammed morsy who was acting increasingly undemocratic, and we needed the military's help to push him out of power. and what's striking is seeing some very prominent liberal voices, like muhammad elbaradei, the nobel peace prize winner, who was a former harsh critic of the egyptian military, now standing side by side with the top egyptian military general and defending this action stripping morsy of his powers, calling it a correctional of the 2011 revolution. >> ben, you've been at a pro morsy rally all day long. what does h

i'm ben wedeman, cnn reporting from cairo. >> all right, ben, thank you. >>> turkey's embassy in somalia came under attack today from three suicide bombers. the three were in a car loaded with explosives that ran the gate at the compound. one turkish security officer was killed and three others injured, a spokesman said the turkish foreign ministry is closely monitoring the situation. >>> pope francis met with politicians and clerics in brazil today and urged them to close the gap between the country's rich and poor. the pope celebrated mass at the rio de janeiro cathedral before meeting with the masses. he's been encouraging brazil's youth to help change the world. >>> reckless homicide strong words aimed at the driver of a high-speed train in spain. but could there be something else to blame? that's next. >>> and later imagine being able to travel 400 miles in just 30 minutes on your own schedule and on the cheap. why the hyperloop may soon be a reality. ready? happy birthday! it's a painting easel! the tide's coming in! this is my favorite one. it's upside down. oh, sorry. (woman vo)

ben wedeman, thank you for that report. we'll check back with you later.er a two-week trip focused mainly on middle east peace efforts, secretary of state john kerry returned home this week, and then as some lucky and, let's say comfortable people do, he went to spend some time on his yacht. but that happened to be the same day that egypt's president was ousted in the coup. the state department, of course, muddied the waters by first saying kerry was not on his yacht and then saying that he was on his yacht. so, what does this all mean? let's turn to cnn foreign affairs correspondent jill doherty. help us sort this out, jill. >> all right. first, why is this controversial? you know, the role of the secretary of state during something like this, you know, street demonstrations, overthrowing the president of egypt, it's a big deal, and his role is crucial. and then also, changing a story can undermine credibility. so, this is how it happened. it started about 4:00 a.m. on wednesday. that is the day of the overthrow of the government in egypt. secretary kerry

our senior national correspondent ben wedeman is in cairo. hello to you, ben. dramatic developments overnight. we are hearing the death toll has jumped to 75 from these clashes. tell us what is happening. >> reporter: i will get to the death toll in a minute. seems to be some confusion over that at the moment. what we understand out at the sit-in outside of cairo where the supporters has deposed the egyptian president morsi have been for weeks now apparently late past midnight, they tried to block a major road through cairo, the october 6th overpass. and there they clashed with security forces and, according to eyewitnesses, local residents as well. a battle ensued. now, the middle east news agency is quoting medical sources as saying that at this point, the death toll is 29 with 649 injured. earlier cliaims from the field hospital of the muslim brotherhood as many as 75 or more dead but those numbers have yet to be confirmed. we understand the health ministry doesn't report on bodies until they actually arrive at a state hospital. so those numbers still very u

let's go to ben wedeman. he's in cairo for us as he has been through the entire crisis.hings going to ease up? >> reporter: well, things have eased up a bit today, wolf, because it's the beginning of the holy month of ramadan. many people spending a lot of time today buying supplies for a month when there is a lot of entertaining to do, a lot of social visits. but we did hear from the military who issued a statement saying they will not tolerate any disruption to what they call this difficult transition. now, they have issued -- rather the interim government have now issued they have an interim prime minister that is has hasam bablowi. he's a finance minister. he's set out what's a road map for a return to full civilian control with elections as early as february of next year. the problem, of course, in all of this is that the muslim brotherhood is refusing to have anything to do with any attempt to restore normal government here. they continue to insist that mohamed morsi is the legitimate president of egypt and say they will continue to hold these demonstrations and pr

but first, we go to ben wedeman in cairo. n, i want you to walk through people at home the video you took of your camera being confiscated by the military police. explain what occurred and what happened afterwards. >> reporter: sure. what happened was we were doing a live shot. we started by trying to do a live shot between four armored personnel carriers of the egyptian army that had just been deployed out there. and the officer said, no, no, you can't do it here, go away, go away. so, we walked a bit up the road. and once we started again, i had my back to him, so i didn't know sort of what was going on when he brushed by me, grabbed the camera, this army officer, and then yanked it away. clearly, they didn't want anybody taking pictures of the soldiers in the street, the armored personnel carriers. anyway, afterwards, i told him, well, we'd like to have our camera back, which also included footage from an entire long day of running around some very dangerous spots in cairo. he said just to wait a few minutes. so, we went an

ben wedeman is standing by. he's at the pro-morsi rally.u're hearing. >> reporter: what we're hearing is some angry words from the people. they don't believe what they're hearing in some of the media here in egypt that for instance president morsi is under house arrest. they believe he's in control of the country. what we're hearing is they plan on staying here in an open-ended protest sit in if that is the case. many of them will tell you they feel president morsi is the object of a conspiracy. a conspiracy by the army, by the remnants of the old regime and by the police who did nothing to protect their headquarters when it was attacked and ransacked on the night of the 30th of june. they're bracing for the possibility if the army sent its tanks into the street they could have problems in this area. to get to this particular demonstration we had to go through three lines of men with shields, helmets and clubs. they say they are pregnaotectine protesters from the possibility of attacks by the anti-morsi crowd. there's a lot of suspicion, an

ben wedeman, cnn, italy. >> what a terrible story.'s talk about what facebook is or isn't doing in response to the suicide. obviously for her family it's not nearly enough. >> we heard the statement from facebook saying harassment has no place on the social network, but let's bring in samuel burke in london. what action has facebook taken? >> i think one of the most troubling parts is the statement. they say people should reach out to them. that's what the family said they did. facebook prides itself on the system they have in place for people to report abuse. right here on any story you can see there's a report button on every single message or story you see on facebook. facebook has worked with universities like yale and berkeley to put a system in place. sometimes they send people a short script that tells them talking points about how to address somebody. they even allow you to bring in a third party at times to maybe parent or teacher. i think the real question here is because there's been other cases where these reports have sli

. >>> all right, cnn's ben wedeman is following developments in cairo. take a look at what happened to him and his crew while finally a live report near tahrir square. >> reporter: come to an end and i'm told -- we're told -- we're having some problems here. they're trying to take away our camera. >> and apparently the soldiers did take away the camera of the crew that ben wedeman was working with. ben says that they later agreed to return it. the officials there. but they returned it without any video footage inside. >>> all right, in the meantime, a riveting day of testimony in the george zimmerman murder trial. the mothers of both zimmerman and trayvon martin testified. both moms say ig it was her screaming on the 911 tape on the night zimmerman shot and killed martin. martin savidge wraps up the emotional testimony. >> an amazing day to be either in the courtroom or either watching on television. it had always been anticipated that the prosecution would put trayvon martin's mother on the stand but i don't think anyone ever anticipated you would have

senior international correspondent ben wedeman is live from cairo at this hour.an you tell us about how the violence started? >> reporter: well, the violence started according to -- it's very difficult to really sort out what happened. the government say that is protesters loyal to the deposed egyptian president mohammed morsi tried to block a major thorou thoroughfare in northern egypt. the police and army trying to intervene but according to the their testify of the government, the police and the army were fired upon by the pro-morsi demonstrators. the demonstrators for their part say that they were peacefully protesting when they came under deadly fire from the police. and the army. but what is important is that the situation in cairo this -- the events that happened early on saturday morning have left cairo a very tense place. the government says that they want that demonstration cleared out as quickly as possible. they say they will do it very soon. the muslim brotherhood continues to insist that mohammed morsi, who is being held somewhere in cairo by the ar

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ben wedeman is live for us in cairo.l us more about these threats of moresy supporters, because that is the place where the ousted president is believed to be, right? >> today, it's been quieter despite the fact there have been funerals taking place for supporters of the muslim brotherhood and others, so compared to yesterday, many few people on the street and fewer clashes, but by cairo standards, the night is young. >> tell us about these reports. has he been sworn in yet or is that even relevant? >> well, he will be sworn in within the coming hour. he is well r regarded sper nationally. he was an international diplomat for decades, but here in egypt, he's unpopular with islamists, with some of the young revolutionaries. it's hard to say how much of a bridge builder he'll be able to be at this point in egypt right now needs that, somebody to build bridges. >> is it difficult to tell what side to have the most momentum? morsi supporters? is supporters of now mansur because if elbaredei ran for president and didn't win i

cnn's senior international correspondent ben wedeman explains. >>. >> reporter: she was like so manyty, her pictures, her thoughts, her life splashed across facebook. but when a video of 14-year-old catalina allegedly showed up on facebook in which she appeared to be drunk and disoriented at a party, the social network became a social nightmare. an ex-boyfriend and his friends posted a steady barrage of abusive, offensive messages aimed at carolina. >> translator: he was insulting her, mistreating her, recalls her sister, talita. we naturally spoke about it with her, but she told us not to worry. talita and some of carolina's friends say they reported the nasty messages to facebook, hoping they'd be removed. but nothing happened. in the prosperous northern italian town of novata, what started online spilled into carolina's daily life at school and among her friends. unbeknownst to her family, it was all becoming too much for her to handle. sometime between 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning on the 5th of january of this year, carolina jumped out of her bedroom window and landed head first

. >> fascinating days, ben wedeman stay safe. caught up on some of the other stories we're following tonight. >> we begin with breaking news. a statement tonight from nsa leaker edward snowden, and he's not backing down. he blasts the obama administration for trying to block his efforts to seek asiylm in another country, calling it a scare tactic and says he's unbowed in his nvictions. >>> the stock market kicked off the second half of the year on the up side. the dow jones rose and the nasdaq and s&p 500 scored gains as well. >>> this video showing robert gill the rookie wide receiver for the arizona cardinals, running on a treadmill at 25 miles per hour. while he's apparently in tip top shape as you see, he's not a kid in nfl years, he's 29 years old now. i think he has bragging rights now. >> do not try that at home. >> do not. >> i ran on the treadmill four miles today. i would not try that in a million years. >> it would not end well. wi drive a ford fusion. who is healthier, you or your car? i would say my car. probably the

ben wedeman has been at one of the locations watching very unhappy demonstration there where mohamed morsy, some kind of statement was read out to the crowd denouncing military rule. another location is in front of the university of cairo. there about an hour or two before the final announcement was run out we saw egyptian army soldiers and special forces, riot police being deployed around that protest camp with morsy supporters in force really. saw more than a dozen military vehicles and armored personnel carriers. they were set up about 200 yards away from the barricades. we talked to supporters and they repeated their line that they refuse to accept the military coup and they are willing to die to defend their man, mohamed morsy. >> so this might lead to why we are now getting breaking news coming to us via reuters. that is there are now arrest warrants for 300 members of the muslim brotherhood. it is a political party. they are issuing 300 arrest warrants for politicly minded people. i'm only guessing that many of those would be in those crowds, those pro morsy crowds. this sound

ben wedeman is there.ts and the protests, what happened today? >> well, really this was the most serious violence in cairo since 2011, and the riot that unseated hosni mubarak. a group of terrorists tried to attack the headquarters of the republican guard. among the 51 people they say were killed in this attack were two policemen and one soldier. the supporters of the deposed president, mohammed morsi insists that they did not try to attack the headquarters of the republican guard. that they were fired upon randomly during early morning prayers. they're calling it a massacre, and calling for massive demonstrations to protest what they call a massacre tomorrow. erin? >> thanks to ben. i want to go to canada, where 13 people have been confirmed dead and an estimated seven are missing after a 73 car train derailed and exploded. anna, i know officials held a press briefing late today. did they say anything about what could have caused this unbelievably horrible accidents? >> unfortunately, no, we don't know wh

. >> fascinating days, ben wedeman stay safe.'s get caught up on some of the other stories we're following tonight. >> we begin with breaking news. a statement tonight from nsa leaker edward snowden, and he's not backing down. he blasts the obama administration for trying to block his efforts to seek asylum in another country, calling it a scare tactic and says he's unbowed in his convictions. >>> the stock market kicked off the second half of the year on the up side. the dow jones rose and the nasdaq and s&p 500 scored gains as well. >>> this video showing robert gill the rookie wide receiver for the arizona cardinals, running on a treadmill at 25 miles per hour. while he's apparently in tip top shape as you see, he's not a kid in nfl years, he's 29 years old now. i think he has bragging rights now. >> do not try that at home. >> do not. >> i ran on the treadmill four miles today. i would not try that in a million years. >> it would not end well. wi drive a ford fusion. who is healthier, you or your car? i would say my car. prob

cnn's ben wedeman, who has covered the arab spring right from the start is overlooking tahrir square. ben, give us the latest. how dangerous do things look over there? >> reporter: certainly, egypt at the moment is on a nice edge. we have large demonstrations planned in support of the military, in support of the toppling of mohamed morsi. in this part of town. in other parts of town, supporters are gathering supporters of mohamed morsi. now, friday we saw clashes in cairo. there's much worry that we could have a repeat of what we saw friday, today as well, so nerves very much on edge here in cairo today. fareed? >> ben, we are all assuming that the ouster of morsi's government is now a settled fact, but there is this problem, which is that the muslim brotherhood is the single largest political force in egypt, as far as we can tell, and it has not reconciled itself to this reality. is it your sense that it is going to continue these marches, these demonstrations until it can get what? what is the game plan for the brotherhood? >> reporter: well, i think what the brotherhood is trying t

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our own ben wedeman is in cairo. what happened when he was filing a live report. >> i'm told we are told -- we're having some problems here. they are trying to take away our camera. [ speaking foreign language ] >> i'm told -- >> you can see, the soldiers took ben's camera away, but later agreed to return it without the video footage. hope our reporters over there are staying safe. >>> edward snowden might have a place to call home other than moscow airport. venezuela's president said he can come to venezuela this is a chance of him to escape to a country not scared to tick the white house off. frederick, any response from snowden or his handlers? >> so far we haven't heard from snowden. one of the things we varied heard, yesterday eek, he applied for asylum in six additional countries. we don't know which countries that actually was. venezuela, pretty far at the top of the list of countries, because they have bad relations with the united states. one of the things that nicolas maduro said during the speech where he

our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is live in cairo. ben, what more do you know about that situation and the swearing in? >> reporter: well we know it's going to take place tonight. we're already hearing names of possible members of his cabinet. what's interesting is that we do know that the muslim brotherhood, which of course at this point is out of the equation, does not like him, but one of the members of the coalition of parties that supported the military takeover, the salafi nur party, the islamist party has said they're going to pull out and stop supporting that interim government because of the moment because of mohamed elbaradei. he has good connections overseas, he has a high profile but among egyptians, many people suspect him of having what they call a foreign agenda, of not really representing the egyptian stream, who is a diplomat with the u.n. for many years and many feel that he's really not familiar with the deep nitty gritty of egyptian poll tinitic way other politicians were out there. he was somebody that appeared whe

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let's go to cnn international correspondent ben wedeman in cairo. hello, ben. the scene for us right now. >> reporter: well, right now, you still have these thousands and thousands of supporters and deposed president in the northern city of nasr city. they say they will not leave until the president is reinstated. and the interior is saying they are preparing for the legal groundwork, framework for that to be broken up by the police and army, and they say that will happen very soon. of course, that risks the repeat of the sort of scenes we saw early saturday morning where as you said, dozens and dozens of people were killed. hundreds were wounded in clashes between the police and the army. outside of those two areas, however, cairo is fairly calm tahrir square behind me, there are a few tents out there but otherwise, pretty calm. those areas around the common sthags, a lot of tension and a lot of anticipation of more trouble. >> and we know the secretary of state john kerry said yesterday this is really a pivotal moment for egypt. this country is forever going