you live in cairo.o at the same time all of this was happening, you're concerned about your family and their well being? >> no, i was completely split. ripped in two. on the one hand, i wanted to cover the revolution. but on the other hand, my neighborhood became an armed camp. they pulled out weapons i didn't know they had, shotguns, machine guns, samurai swords. and even my 17-year-old son was out there every night with a baseball bat and our german shepherd joining the patrol because we live in a very nice neighborhood surrounded by slums next to egypt's largest prison. >> i'll never forget broadcasting with you, we had snuck from the hotel to the bureau because tlt have a better satellite feed. and moments before we went on the air, the security guy saw some people coming up through the back ally. the bureau is completely open. anyone can get into the building. that's when we decided to turn off all of the lights, get down on the floor and the security guard slammed the couch in front of the door an

. >>> unrest again in cairo. a warning, you're about to see some graphic violent video recorded this weekend in central cairo. armed riot police clashing with anti-government protesters for a third straight day and during the fight, a uniformed police brutally beat and partially tear the clothes office a woman demonstrator, all caught on videotape. they beat her with batons, stomping on her stomach. the journalist saw the violence. >> well, yesterday, i was in that area and we were -- a cnn crew was running away from the military when they stormed in and they were beating people very aggressively. elderly women were beaten in front of me. cnn acquired exclusive video from the man who shot this video from a balcony overlooking the square and telling me as he watched it happen and shot, some of the people watching were crying and actually, it has been the talk of the town here. it's been in the front page of several newspapers and people are trying to find who this woman is on twitter, facebook, people trying to se

the press can travel to cairo and report. i have come to love that country and the people in egypt, i truly have over the several years i spent reporting there. so, it's almost, i almost -- it's almost like wishing family well when you know a country intimately in a way i have grown to know egypt. >> hala gorani on reporting from egypt. i spent time there, our fellow colleagues had chance to see the chapter. back with hala, arwa and ben. you live in cairo, your family was there. the same time this was all happening, you are concerned about your family and their well-being. >> i was completely split, ripped in two. on one hand, i wanted to cover the revolution. my neighborhood was an armed camp. my neighbors put barricades on the roads. they pulled out weapons i didn't know they had. shotguns, machine guns, samurai swords. my 17-year-old son was out with a baseball bat and german shepherd. we live in a nice neighborhood surrounded by slums. next to egypt's largest prison. >> we snuck from the hotel to the bureau for a better s

we met with people in tahrir square and they were still talking about barack obama's speech in cairo not long before our visit to cairo and i had to warn people in tahrir square don't take obama seriously this always happens america goes into these countries whether it's vietnam or egypt or cairo and makes big promises and then that when the going gets tough they bolt and the people who support of them get beaten up in the streets well you should never trust a banker or a banker apologist because i'm going to flash back to another headline from earlier this year we can leaks khadafi turned down made off so even despotic leaders it turns out can make sound investment decisions libyan leader moammar gadhafi turned down the chance to invest with bernie made off and accused ponzi schemer allen stanford according to new diplomatic cables released by wiki leaks the wiki leaks cable was dated january twenty eighth two thousand and ten but this year we learned that in fact they didn't turn down however cut off he did welcome in goldman sachs who promptly lost within three or four months nine

ben, you live in cairo. your family was there.e same time all of this was happening, you're also concerned about your family and their well-being? >> i was completely split, ripped in two. because on the one hand, i wanted to cover the revolution. on the other, my neighborhood became an armed camp. you know, my neighbors put barricades, barriers on the roads. they pulled out weapons i didn't know they had, shotguns, machine guns, samurai swords. and even my 17-year-old son was out there every night with a baseball bat and our german shepherd joining the patrol. because we live in a very nice neighborhood surrounded by slums, with next to egypt's largest prison. >> i'll never forget broadcasting with you and with hala. we had snuck from the hotel to the bureau, because it would have a better satellite feed for us. and moments before we went on the air, you saw, or the security guys saw some people coming up through the back alley, and the bureau is completely open, anybody can get into the building, and that's when we decided to tu

when the police were taken off the streets there was a real sense of complete the want to snows in cairo and i remember doing a lot of reports of my talks. and i'm not a. guess and certainly at night i had to move back to the hotel because there was a curfew and there were no cars on the street and it was almost sunil walking past apartment buildings and soon people coming in front of the apartment buildings that had formed a kind of nightwatch group and you had people in their eighty's and their ninety's standing there with literally a kitchen knife or a kitchen broom and with that they were going to protect their apartments these gangs that were patrolling the streets of cairo they were trying to steal what they could because as i say there were no police around this is your friend as if. there is one to go to particularly i was very frightened we were standing on the outskirts of tusker square i was talking to a group called people and as always had to just speak to one person and then everybody comes to see what's happening and and people go. through so it's not that they are listeni

many continue to warning that the military would step down and make way for civilian government from cairo in just a few moments. thousands of protesters take to the streets of new york to stage a labor union rally demanding jobs and economic justice occupy frustration at the gulf between the haves and the have nots. it is ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t joshie syria is in a state of a civil war that's the warning from the u.n. which estimates the death toll in the nine months uprising now tops more than four thousand people and emergency un meeting on syria later today aims to put pressure on the country to hold but bloodshed this comes after the e.u. slaps fresh sanctions on us is regime targeting energy and finance sectors damascus has already dogs of the move and economic war political activist franklin lamb says that history reminds us sanctions are not effective and lead only to deeper crisis . like drones. i think the sanctions are going to bring down the regime because the regime interest in the actual seek and the i think there's enough of the population that tak

look at other news from around the world in the fear the paul and many women feel on the streets of cairo has come into focus ten thousand marched into squares they continued to show their outrage over the treatment of female protesters several women have been physically assaulted by soldiers during the recent government down on activists the brutality included being pulled by their hair beaten and stomped on laying on the ground military council issued a statement of regret for what it called violations against women and promised to punish those responsible protests began last week when troops cracked down on a sit in to demand egypt's military power to a civilian authority. at least eighteen people have been killed and dozens more injured in a series of explosions that rocked the rocket capital the dad were all killed in western baghdad when two roadside bombs exploded ambulances rushed to the scene of a third explosion in the eastern neighborhood of karada where a large plume of black smoke rose over the explosion site. parts of colombia are still in the water after unusually having ra

the streets the arab spring bloomed into a european summer which harvested an american autumn from cairo to california moscow to madrid to her ear to occupy global rallies shared common themes but if one thing stood out in the middle east and north africa alone it was protests that lead down one road regime change. tunisia and egypt got rid of their dictators without war but libya was not so lucky nato allies began a humanitarian mission with a fierce bombing campaign the critics called it a mislabeled invasion to take down gadhafi for benefits the only reason they're interested in with libya is about the oil you hear anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week that were killed in the ivory coast or whose suit gadhafi was brutally killed in october as the world watched the graphic video go viral thousands of civilians were killed over months of bombing and twenty twelve neared syria found itself in a similar set up for intervention russia and china fearing a repeat of the situation in libya as civil war intensifies this is a wreck it's. fact that i wrecked. between the

well from syria to cairo egypt faces the loss of over one and a half billion u.s. dollars in aid it's in response to thursday's crackdown on non governmental organizations in cairo egyptian soldiers are raided the offices raided ten offices of belonging to n.g.o.s commerce getting a pewters and documents cairo suspects some of the groups receive illegal funding from countries including the u.s. and could be using the cash to store up on rest in egypt the country's military rulers have promised to end the crackdown and return congress created material egypt is currently in the middle of a three stage parliamentary election which has been mobbed by violent protests the military's been in control since president hosni mubarak stepped down in february and some observe a suspect the generals for now a reluctant to relinquish power. the liberal element is the most adamant element when it comes to the egyptian army turning over power to a civilian government at least so far they're the most adamant and the egyptian army. does not want to do that. great prestige stake in t

as we look at other news from around the world the fear paula and many women feel on the streets of cairo has come into focus tends thousand marched into your square as they continue to show their outrage over the treatment of female protesters several women have been physically assaulted by soldiers during the recent government crackdown on activists were challenged including be by their hair beaten and stomped on while they lay on the ground the military council issued a statement of regret for what it called violations against women and promised to punish those responsible protests began last week when troops cracked down on a sit in to demand egypt's military can work to civilian authority. finish authorities have impounded a china bound ship after uncovering dozens of peavy of missiles and over a hundred tons of explosives on board dock workers in kaka found the missiles in containers marked fireworks and weapons lacked the proper transit permits that have been handed over to the finnish military patriotic or surface to air interceptor missiles supplied to the u.s. and allied forces.

recent clashes in cairo looked like a brief flare-up in violence. new video makes this look a lot different, more violent than before. a more violent revolution. the pictures show security forces mercilessly beating protesters. the pictures are grim and if there are children in the room you may want to take them out. we describe the scene in cairo. >> reporter: since we spoke, don, the clashes have still been ongoing between the protesters and the police and the army. today the army we acquired cnn video of the woman that was beaten severely and stripped of a substantial amount of her clothes. i spoke to the man who filmed the video and he was very devastated because when he was filming he saw how cruel they were, beating elderly children, and the girl herself was extremely beaten. just now i spoke to a friend of hers and she told me that the girl does not want to speak to the media. she is worried the situation might be escalating. her parents don't even know she is the one in the video especially that the picture has been on the front page of seve

the fear paula many women feel on the streets of cairo has now come into focus thousands marched into or square as they continue to show their outrage over the treatment of female protesters several women have been physically assaulted by soldiers during the recent government crackdown on activists the brutality included being pulled by their hair stomped on while they lay on the ground the military council promised to punish those responsible for the demonstrators demanding trials are. the current wave of protests which began last friday are calling on the military government to hand power to a civilian authority in egypt can. french lawmakers have passed a bill which would make it a crime to deny the mass killing of armenians by ottoman turks in one thousand nine hundred fifty the document will now go to the senate for approval hundreds of french turks have been protesting in front of the national assembly in paris saying the atrocities of the past should be left to a story. spain's new prime minister sworn in after an early election announce the measures he will take to save the co

step down and make way for civilian government from cairo in just a few moments. thousands of protesters take to the streets of new york to stage a labor union rally demanding jobs that economic justice echoing occupy frustration at the polls between the haves and the have nots. and in business russian markets open a bit later reversed into the red both fields yes the trading point three percent will be looking at the figures in our business bulletin is what. it is a lot of the on the russian capital you watching our team with me we're going to josh syria is in a state of a civil war and that's a warning from the u.n. which estimates the death toll in the nine months uprising now tops more than four thousand people and emergency one meeting on syria later today anges to put pressure on the country to hold the bloodshed this comes after the e.u. slapped fresh sanctions on his regime targeting energy and finance sectors the massacres has already dog the move an economic war. a little activist franklin lamb says that history reminds us sanctions are not effective and

in cairo and i remember doing a lot of reports at night. and i know how to. get them certainly at night i had to move back to the hotel because there was a there were no cars on the street and it was almost soon looking possed apartment buildings and seeing people coming in front of the apartment buildings that had formed a kind of nightwatch group and you had people in their eighty's and the ninety's standing there with literally a kitchen knife or a kitchen broom and wish that they were going to protect their apartments following these gangs that were patrolling the streets of cairo they were trying to steal what they could because as i say there were no police around your friend. there was one incident or two was very frightened and we were standing on the outskirts of the square i was talking to people and as always happened to speak to one person and everybody what's happening and and people were eating really angry so it's not that they are listening to what's being said often they just want to get a voice is expressed on the tenth. and in a moment and

continue to mourn that woman if you can do that step down and make way for civilian government move from cairo in just a few moments. thousands of protesters take to the streets of new york to stage a labor union rally demanding jobs and economic justice echoing occupy frustration at the gulf between the haves and the have nots. embers of the siemens will launch a new gas turbine manufacturing plant together with its russian partner had a heap of energy do it explains what the companies are teaming up for join you for more and are covered for. what you are going to live from moscow one pm in the russian capital syria is in a state of a civil war and that's the warning from the u.n. which has to made to the death toll in the nine months uprising now tops more than four thousand people and emergency un meeting on syria later today aims to put pressure on the country to hold but bloodshed this comes after the e.u. slapped fresh sanctions on asss regime targeting energy and finance sectors damascus has already dobbed the move and economic war. well here now to talk more on syria with foreign affai

that is where he is heading, to cairo. in terms of inspiration, it does not get much better than this. he is not here to see the sights. he is in cairo for a weeklong training camp. at last, the chance to run on a decent track. >> this feels so good. on a track like this, i can beat my split times. that means i know exactly how i am doing and what i need to achieve. it makes such a difference. >> after cairo, the next stop is qatar and the arab games. he needs to think big. he has now been told that he will not get a wild-card place in the olympics so he has to get the qualifying time. that means knocking around 40 seconds off of his personal best. he will need to be inspired if he is to make it to london 2012. >> a remarkable story. you can follow his progress and those of the other olympic hopefuls in our olympic dreams series here. that brings the show to a close but remember, you can get constant updates on our website. you can also contact us on our facebook page. from all of us here, thank you for watching and see yo