one hundred thousand people in this district on the outskirts of cairo.their lives depend on garbage the zabbaleen gather it from all of a car and bring it back to the neighborhood these people to have a positive view of the revolution. get their main concern isn't that some tyrant is being toppled all because freedom has arrived rather since they could business is being to me for this is. we're really sure we did a good deal of collecting joining the revolution everybody was running a card like mad or enjoying themselves in cafes oh that produced a lot of garbage. it is for that reason that the inhabitants of the trash neighborhood in great food in the arab spring they don't want it to dry out and become a scorched summer that is so typical of the middle east public unrest means garbage and garbage is that life. wealthy british style sons that's not the type of. markets i'm and can not find out what's really happening for the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headline just flew in to cause a report on our.

one hundred thousand people in this district on the outskirts of cairo.their lives depend on garbage the zabbaleen gather it from all of a car and bring it back to their neighborhood these people to have opposed the view of the revolution. get their main concern isn't that some tyrant is being toppled over because freedom has arrived rather since they could business has been booming for the. orderly is sure we did a good deal of collecting cheering the revolution everybody was running a barge like mad or enjoying themselves in cafes all that produced a lot of garbage. it is for that reason that the inhabitants of the trash neighborhood in great group saw the arab spring they don't want it to dry out and become a scorched zama that is so typical of the middle east public unrest means garbage and garbage is that life. home. from. it.

so now it's on r t israel warms its peace treaty with egypt is in danger now after cairo says it terminated the gas export deal over payments and prices latest on that just ahead. also the u.s. and afghanistan agree on a deal that could see washington providing military and economic help to kabul for another decade after the twenty fourth. the commitment is a reminder that while u.s. forces are drawing down in afghanistan over the next two years the mere military will remain active in the country long after that war and that in just a few minutes. because he slips the french president fails to convince enough voters not only losing to his socialist arch rival the current now go head to head in a second round live coming up but coming up to. hello and welcome this is kevin owen it's nine now you're a moscow when our top story middle east peace is taking another battering tonight this time as egypt terminates its twenty year gas export deal with israel both countries insists it's just business disputes but observers in israel warn it's putting their peace treaty on the line sara first in cair

is coming to life from moscow it's good to have your company or still to come on the program why cairo is like central square still in a revolutionary but with less of a month to go before egyptians vote for the next president protests and clashes continue as people demand change we have the latest from cairo coming up. plus find out why indian companies are weighing in on the u.s. economic crisis by employing more americans. russian m.p. looking for who the u.k. considers the main suspect in the killing of former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko has passed a lie detector test the evaluation was specially conducted by british experts to see if he had nothing to do with the murder how long the correspondent laura smith looks into how it might change the inquiry into the killing. stephen did you do anything that led to the death of alexander litvinenko no. were you involved in alexandria had been in cause death you know. have you ever had any dealings with borneo no another step towards proving his innocence in a test administered by british experts andrey lugovoy passes the lie detec

sorry for it has more from cairo. protests nation after the revolution toppled president mubarak egyptians have continued to use people power as a way to full of change the sights and sounds of protesters on cairo's paris have become a familiar one more than a gift of president mubarak was ousted from power with presidential elections just around the corner and the activities here have once again taken center stage but it's the last year's protest anything is that revolution alone does not a democracy make is why the upcoming elections appraising so important. to discussing great fake astonished paced arab spring egypt we met a full i'm a member of mubarak's regime now a prominent speak a here in egypt. the revolution was a must and it's a great action but unfortunately after we had a lot of problems and the challenges we have to discuss and do we have to reach a vision for that not everyone will say positive one man asked the panel how they'd feel about the outcome if they'd been one of the young revolutionaries ther

the cairo kitchen provided in a very different setting. inspired by western fusion restaurants -- >> people used to ask me, what does egyptian food mean? what kind of food you eat in egypt? egyptian food is very much underrated and under offered. >> the cairo kitchen has proven to be very popular with the locals and the not so locals. >> what i ate today was excellent. often, i am afraid it is to fatty. the food is so light. it is traditional food. you have a big choice. made in different ways we have to take care of our health these days. >> the owners say they want to open restaurants in london and new york, adding to bring this egyptian fast-food to a whole new audience. >> making me hungry. you have been watching newsday. >> you are always hungry. one of the republican party candidates for the u.s. presidential nomination, rick santorum, has dropped out of the race. we will see you again very soon. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont,

what of a muslim in cairo? is there ethical struggles? is there ethical dilemmas that a young muslim has to go through in trying to realize- in this case his- his own proper patterns of action? what's the good life for him? now, to some extent, this happens in all cultures, because he's a young person trying to make sense of life. but what akmad- who we interviewed- what he brings out is that even within islam- i mean, you may be well familiar with this- but even within islam in egypt, there is major conflicts. and to put a little bit of a background on it, when we were in egypt, there were very, very few tourists there because not shortly before, the tourists in luxor had been mowed down by machine guns. and what's fueling this, of course, is the quest by fundamentalist, traditionalist muslims to overthrew what they perceive as the secular regime of mombaric. and more and more, akmad, this young person, is feeling that pressure- the pressure of the old, the old traditional, those very rigid ethical patterns of action that come out and ar

still to come on the program why cairo's iconic central square is still in a revolutionary mood with less than a month to go before egyptians vote for the next president protests and clashes continue as people demand change and we have the latest from cairo coming your way shortly. and waging war on the web millions are outraged by a new cyber security bill which would let the u.s. government obtain your private browsing data from internet companies. russian m.p. look avoid who the u.k. considers the main suspect in the killing of former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko has now passed a lie detector test evaluation that was specially conducted by british experts to see if he had anything to do with the lugovoy questions relating to live an enclosed death from polonium poisoning six years ago however the polygraph test is unlikely to be decisive in resolving the case as british courts won't accept it as a stand alone evidence journalist kenneth mctaggart spoke to under a look of all in an interview that failed to materialize and today's sunday times people leave the story is being

to let's see reporting from kiev in ukraine still to come this hour why cairo's iconic central squareis still in a revolutionary fervor with less than a month to go before it gets installed for their next president protests and clashes continue as people demand we have the latest from cairo. and popping pills to cope with the horrors of war the u.s. army facing growing concerns over the excessive use of antidepressants details still to come. but first a russian m.p. andrey lugovoy who is with the u.k. considers the main suspect in the killing of former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko has passed a lie detector test earlier this week lugovoy denies that he has anything to do with her murder and turn to british experts to conduct the test or he is laura smith looks at how this step may influence the inquiry into the killing. stephen did you do anything that led to the death of alexander litvinenko no but were you involved in alexander litvinenko is death. have you ever had any dealings with borneo no another step towards proving his innocence in a test administered by british experts

you know the news israel warns of peace deal with egypt is in jeopardy that's after cairo said it's scrapping against the export pact with its neighbor. and syrian rebels refused to down to a foreign true and insisting military intervention is no way to resolve the deadly conflict. live from our quarters in central moscow you're watching archie with me and he said now it's good to have you with us two pm here in the russian capital twelve noon in paris and nicole are star cozy and socialist challenger francois alarms will go head to head in a second round of the french presidential election that's in two weeks time well results from the first round so a long one twenty eight point six percent of the vote against sarkozy's twenty seven that's the first time a french president seeking reelection has failed to win the first round for more than half a century let's cross now live to our correspondent tell personally if she's in the french capital for us that's a humiliating defeat here in this opening stage for fargo's the how will the voting be for the second round on may the sixth what's expect

tonight an artsy israel warns its peace treaty with egypt is in danger after cairo says it's terminated a gas export deal over payment in prices. the u.s. and afghanistan agree on a deal that could see washington providing military and economic help to kabul for another decade after the twenty four to pullout headline. the commitment is a reminder that while u.s. forces are drawing down in afghanistan over the next three years the mayor the military will remain active in the country long after that war and that in just a few minutes. i'm sorry causey slips the french president fails to convince enough voters narrowly losing to his socialist arch rival the purge now go head to head in a second round. hello and welcome this is r t it's eleven pm here in moscow by names kevin zero in with our top story for you a middle east peace is taking another battering this time as egypt terminates his gas export deal with israel both countries insist it's just a business dispute but observers in israel wall it's putting the peace treaty on the line sara firth is in cairo for. well the head egypt stat

we can see it here in cairo in the shadow of the ancient pyramids.his is a satellite photo of the base of the nile delta. the dark green area is farmland. in 1965, 5½ million people lived in the city of cairo, a dense urban area covering about 200 square kilometers. but by 1998, cairo's population had arly doubled, and the resulting urban expaion, seen here in red, paved overome of egypt's most productive cropland. the unfortunate combination of expanding population and shrinking farmland adds up to a worrisome man-to-land ratio. in 1800, the man/land ratio was one to one-- one acre per person. in 1900, it was half-acre. now it is less than oneighth of an acre, less than 500 square meters per person, and this is not enough to feed the population. narrator: for egypt, with its growing population, the hope is always the same-- find a way to use the desert. in997, ty gaan ambitious set ofega-ojects. the hopetheir goal ise same-- findto literal move outesert. of the old valley of the nile and into the new "delta." that's their term for huge tracts of des

initially the arab spring this is close to my heart being here in cairo i love. me the most wonderful head in after the arab spring here and he welcomed it he said it's it's wonderful now you're going to have democracy you're going to turn against. israel i realize it but that's the best thing for israel is if you have that public expression of anger of the neighbors and this is the way to pressure israel. even if it's a pleasure let's on about the results here if i go back to omar here what is the results of the movement i mean are you satisfied with it is it just do gooders as we just heard and everyone feels good about themselves or how big how helping the oppressed palestinian people or is it is it making anything really happen on the ground i mean your palestinians thankful but you know it doesn't change the material being and the future of their state. yeah i just want to backtrack a tad bit and comment. about comments essentially i was going to be clear about one particular point i think norman finkelstein makes a good substantive point about the fact that

bus then a month before the presidential election muslim protesters clashed with security forces in cairo with one person killed and dozens wounded the ruling military junta trying to cling to power while barrett while barring a several candidates from the presidential poll the parliament suspended its sessions for a week in protest against the military appointed government as r.t. sarah for has more from the egyptian capital. of protests nation after the revolution toppled president mubarak egyptians have continued to use people power as a way to full of change the sights and sounds of protesters on cairo's how this have become a familiar one more than a gift and president back without food from power with presidential elections just around the corner and the activities here have once again taken center stage but it's the last year's protest anything is the revolution alone does not let them of course being make is why the upcoming elections appraising so important. as a discussion great fake a stunt to paste arab spring egypt's we met a full members mubarak's regime now a prominent. spe

israel warns its peace deal with egypt is in jeopardy after cairo scraps and gas exports deal with its neighbor. and syrian rebels refuse to downsize to a foreign troops missing military intervention is no solution three hundred unarmed you want to servers are being sent to oversee the cease fire. up next i heated debate in archie's cross talk with peters out stay with us. can. start. to come to think. below in the welcome to crossfire gang people about a movement at odds with itself b.d.s. or the boycott divestment and sanction of israel movement is undergoing some serious soul searching what has the b.d.'s accomplished since its founding in two thousand and five where does it stand on the question of a two state solution of the palestine israel conflict and does the boycott movement actually benefit the palestinians. can start. to cross talk of b.d.s. movement i'm joined by omar that are in washington he is a political scientist and promotes human rights in cairo we have eric walberg he is a journalist and writer for weekly and author of postmodern imperialism and in london we go to

cairo's tahrir square filled with anger again on friday as age of islamist vanda their frustration over the country's military rulers pro-democracy activists rally there as well chanting slogans from last year's revolution which toppled hosni mubarak and with a presidential election drawing near a man who feel the fight for democracy has been replaced by a scramble for power sarah first reports from cairo. protests nation after the revolution toppled president mubarak egyptians have continued to use people power as a way to force change the sights the sounds of protesters on cairo's tahrir square have become a familiar one more than a good president but without the from power with presidential elections just around the corner the activities here have once again taken center stage but if the last year has taught us anything is a revolution alone is not a democracy make this why the upcoming elections appraising so important. as a discussion group focused on a paced arab spring egypt we met a former members mubarak's regime now a prominent speaker here in egypt the revolution was a must a

of marsa the man and one of the two muslim brotherhood candidates political analysts part rose and cairo believes the estimates one for control i believe this law is unconstitutional because the supreme constitutional law. and court has to review any legislation that affects the presidential elections the muslim brotherhood were creeping towards grasping all the power in egypt the first the the to overwhelm the civil societies the unions the second phase of this strategic plan is to over the world them. control the legislative authority so they are accelerating the pace in controlling the power in egypt by controlling the mentions or key players in the political scene in egypt. line we want to know who you think benefits from egypt banning ten candidates in their bid to become president so far at our two dot com thirty seven percent of you say it's the ruling military council slightly fewer believe it's islamists again and almost a quarter don't think anyone will benefit and just a few percent think liberal pro-democracy activists can skew this to their advantage and your home page to ad

today still to come in the program why cairo's iconic central square is still in a revolutionary mood with less than a month to go before egyptians vote for the next president protests and clashes continue as people go on demanding change and we have the latest from cairo in just a short while here. also israel's rhetoric of attack on iran leads to a suspect within the government as fears mount that is provoking terror and while not being fully prepared for any retaliatory strike. russian m.p. under very looking for who the u.k. considers the main suspect in the killing of former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko has just now passed a lie detector test evaluation was specially conducted by british experts to see if he had anything to do with the murder lugovoy answered questions relating to litvinenko was death from polonium poisoning six years ago however the polygraph test is unlikely to be decisive in resolving the case as british courts will not accept it as stand alone evidence journalist kenneth spoke to under lugovoy in an interview for the sunday times that the paper never p

let's see reporting from kiev in ukraine and still to come here on r t why cairo's iconic central square is still in a revolutionary mood but less than a month before your passions head to the polls to vote for president protests and clashes continue as people demand change we have the latest from cairo. and we were poured on why there is a growing europe that anti muslim ideology could be on the rise especially with the trial now underway in norway of mass killer and bravery. but first russian m.p. andrey lugovoy who the u.k. considers the main suspect in the killing of former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko passed a lie detector test earlier this week evaluation was specifically conducted by british experts to see if he had anything to do with the murder lugovoy answered questions relating to livin in those death from polonium poisoning six years ago but the polygraph test is unlikely to be decisive in resolving the case as british courts won't accept it as stand alone evidence journalist kenneth make taggart spoke to lugovoy in an interview for the sunday times which the paper nev

nine police officers have been charged with assisting the group and attacking the cairo fattens. the space shuttle discovery took its final flight today. aboard a modified jumbo jet as it heads to the smithsonian museum in washington and thirty years of space exploration discovery is now because most traveled shadow it loves florida's kennedy space center where thousands lined the old landing strip to see the craft had off for the last time. now figuring out the finances of the world's money malays isn't easy especially when it comes to mind numbing numbers in places like greece i'll take your hand though our. tim kirby has an after you work out why it matters. to me good leverage or the dream was to build the world's most sophisticated robot which one doesn't do the doing about anything. to teach creation why you should care about you and. this is why you should. only. see what's happening in the world of big money daniel the slow going bust and perkins is the name of the game isn't it then his presence a little bit of uprooted made some big spending promises in his election cam

age and whether or not these are the types of laws which those who have been out on the streets of cairo here ago bringing about the egyptian revolution whether this is exactly what they had in mind when they called for liberty equality and justice of course that remains for the egyptian people to decide. well the muslim brothers influence on egypt's political life could have a negative impact on the country according to freelance journalist bel true who is also in cairo. but he said not being one seat to push social change so i mention it will be quite difficult for women for minority creaks think christians who obviously have been quite important in this country i think even with some of that have said very strange relationship with the ruling military council the supreme council the armed forces i think this is where they maybe some issues in the revolutionary creeps in which they paid to have been deals with the heinz kerry's tour which could basically mean that there isn't revolutionary change and this i think will be the mauri for the rest of the future of egypt still to come here

in other news israel warns of peace deal with egypt is in jeopardy after cairo said it's scrapping against export pact with its neighbor. and syrian rebels refuse to dance to a foreign tune insisting military intervention is no way to resolve the deadly conflict. is three pm here in moscow this is r t coming to you live from new sanaa way with our top story and nicolas sarkozy and socialist challenger launch will go head to head in a second round of the french presidential election in two weeks time results from the first round so obama won twenty eight point six percent of the vote against sarkozy's twenty seven is the first time a french president seeking reelection has failed to win the first round for more than half a century our correspondents are silly reports from paris. it is certainly neck and neck of the a difference between at the top two candidates is very small on the right now it's a one appointed to friends and so the question that people be asking is which way will the voters who had voted for the other candidates how will they vote in the second round will be will it be al

their next president protests and clashes continue as people demand change we have the latest from cairo. and israel rhetoric of attack on iran leads to a spat with the government within the government as fears mount it's provoking terror on while not being fully prepared for a retaliatory strike. but first russian m.p. andrey lugovoy who the u.k. says is a main suspect in the killing of former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko passed a lie detector test earlier this week the evaluation was specially conducted by british experts to see if he had anything to do with the murder little boy answered questions relating to live and goes death from polonium poisoning six years ago but the polygraph test is unlikely to be decisive in resolving the case as british courts won't accept it as stand alone evidence journalist kenneth make taggart spoke to lugovoy in an interview for the sunday times which the paper never printed he thinks the story is being ignored by the u.k. media. newspaper was very interested in the article right up until close of play late in the evening friday. except of the a

by base of course please it so well why not dr samir the political activist in cairo i think whatever the case and i'm afraid we have run out of time for now but it looks like for the certainly for the forseeable future we're just going to have more protests and demonstrations on the infamous tahrir square mr fallacy thank you very much for coming on r.t. thank you. very briefly that's a check out some other international headlines for you here on the r.t. world update thousands of fishermen in chile have gathered to protest against a new fishing law reforms and the government passed a bill in march to help sustain the country some. and stocks and prevent over fishing but the law is being criticized the big claims that will have a negative effect on the efforts to bring jobs back to the sector. the region of mass murderer and his breath because told the court on the fifth day of his trial that he considered his car bomb attack to have been a failure eight people died in the explosion in the country's capital but says he had hoped that more would be killed because of the bombs failure

elections have already been very controversial their candidacy has been received controversially in cairo and all of egypt in amman was barak's the chief support for throughout the revolution has a very. violent drug called the chief of intelligence he scares most of the difference unfortunately he's he's been allowed to run as a tactical game to scare the muslim brotherhood's candidate from running it was more of a tactical move also to the crush of people who fall softer you know figures such as. before was full of the minister for affairs under mubarak stime over fifteen years ago was the arab league the head of the arab league for over ten years also you've got. just just just moving all of it through these candidates were leading contenders here in the political picture how much chaos is actually going to cause in political terms the fact that they now looks a bit konstam. well it's only the truth it's nothing short of a circus here however the running mates that were burned such as how the chopper almost alone while causing a lot of tensions on the ground so egyptians are receiving

and things of the cairo court here where defendants charged over the death of seventy five people at the port side football riot declared their innocence confined to that cage they chanted justice or death the right on favorite broker between longstanding rival supporters of a local and a cairo team many facing murder trials while nine police officers have been charged with assisting a group in attacking the cairo fans. well these are historic pictures. in u.s. space exploration coming to an end before your very eyes there with the shuttle discovery landing for the final time the retired spacecraft arrives in virginia aboard a modified jumbo jet on its way to the smithsonian museum in washington in nearly thirty years of service nasa is most travel shuttle spent a total of three hundred sixty five days in space and circled the earth nearly six thousand times strange to see it on its last trip there isn't it. well we are back down the worst of the lot of money daniel is wall street yes but it's still flowing in the afternoon over in new york coca-cola is up over two percent after quar

angry scenes in a cairo court where defendants tars over the deaths of seventy five people at the port side football riot to clear their innocence confined to the caves they chanted for justice or death the riot in february broke out between longstanding rival supporters of a local and cairo team many face murder trials while nine police officers have been charged with assisting their group in attacking cairo france. and the space shuttle discovery is in virginia having landed for the final time aboard a modified jumbo jet on its way to the smithsonian museum in washington and thirty years of space exploration discovery does not most traveled subtle it left florida's kennedy space center where thousands lined the old lending strip to see the crowds head off for the last time. time now to see what's happening in the financial world daniel bushell joins us with the latest business news and danielle markets have split down the middle haven't they yet developed markets are doing well with wall street taking the lead let's have a look at somebody a percent in the warning off goldman sachs p

israel warns its peace treaty with egypt is in danger after cairo says it's trying to native against explore deal overpayments and the prices. and syria's opposition keeps the call for military intervention despite the un troops observing mission there please finding little public sympathy in the country . it's five pm here in moscow this is r t coming to you live from new sanaa way with our top story this hour and there's a tight fight for france's top job with president sarkozy narrow losing the first round to his socialist rival francois hollande they've now got two weeks to win over voters before the runoff poll artie's tests are silly as across the election in paris. right now if you look at the numbers it is certainly neck and neck of the a difference between of the top two candidates is very small that right now it's a one appointed differences so the question that people be asking is which way will the voters who had voted for the other candidates how will they vote in the second round will be will it be all laws will it be so close enough for the psychos the he will have to

go in cairo reports on who was on the list. so you can divide the candidates into essentially three groups the first group are the liberals who are those who have the support of mostly the young educated people then you have the second group who are essentially hailing from the camp of hosni mubarak the ousted president we have his former prime minister running for president as well as a move former foreign minister in egypt but also as the former head of the arab league he's also wind for the top job as well as the former head of the intelligence services egypt almost still a man and finally how the third group who probably have the loudest the most rowdy supporters in egypt and they are the islamist parties the muslim brotherhood who from the get go from the first days of the revolution said that they're not going to put forth a candidate for the presidential race a year later not only do they hold the majority of seats in the parliament but there are also some you have also submitted applications then there's the cell of the

of cairo a year ago bringing about the egyptian revolution whether this is exactly what they had in mind when they called for liberty equality and justice of course that remains for the egyptian people to decide and actually some of them have spoken to are saying that they may actually voice choose to boycott. the egyptian presidential elections because they simply do not see a suitable candidate out of all the more than you know a dozen faces which are on the roster at this point really close with a live in cairo thank you paula meantime a list of frank salvato sort of washington shouldn't be teaming up with undemocratic arab political gramps. the white house you know we would hope that they're looking at the best case scenario but they need to be a little bit more cautious about the worst case scenario and that includes arming rebels in syria the arming over and aiding of rebels in libya when in fact i mean we knew that they had ties to radical islamist groups and especially and specifically al qaeda a when you're talking about trying to divide the the islamic world in the arab world i

the arab spring brought revolution and change to the streets of cairo. some are hoping for a revolution of the culinary kind. >> if you want good street food in cairo, you go to this restaurant downtown. it is one of the most popular places in the city pasta, rice, fried onions, and a list of different sources. not far away, another restaurant is trying to spread the word about this traditional cuisine. the kitchen has a different setting, inspired by western restaurants. >> people used to ask what is the difference, and what kind of food you eat in egypt. i always felt egyptian cuisine was underrated. it is not well presented to the world. >> it is proving popular with the locals, and the not so local. >> what i ate today, i think, was excellent. the food here was so light. that is what i like. it is traditional food. you have a big choice. it is traditional, but made a different way. we really have to take care of our health. >> the owners say they want to open restaurants in london and new york, aiming to bring this egyptian fast food to a whole new a

every day, sharara joined in demonstrations in tahrir square in the heart of cairo. now he works to support the victims of the harsh government crackdown during the upheaval. over a year after the mubarak regime was ousted, bereaved families are still contacting sharara to find out how they can claim compensation. >> translator: so you can see the wound in the back of his body where he was shot by the security forces. >> reporter: one of sharara's own friends was shot as they were taking part in the demonstrations. each time he goes to the site he prays for the victims. >> translator: i will never forgive mubarak for the crackdown. for firing at the people of egypt. >> reporter: recently he visited the office of one potential candidate to find out his position on democracy. and to hear his election pledges. >> translator: what will you do to help egypt please with the despotic politics of the mubarak regime? >> translator: i will forge ahead with democratization and respect the opinions of the young people who helped achieve the revolution. >> reporter: every weekend

unfortunately, there has been violence on the ivory coast, three women killed, virus in cairo. they called for in million woman marched in cairo because the women who were instrumental in the uprising want to make sure that they're part of this going forward, and a number of men showed up and said, we don't like this. definitely look that up. there are actions happening around a thousand from places around the world. i would like to introduce our next speaker. she is an award winning writer and director, and her film won a number of awards, debuted at the cannes film festival. it launched on september 28 and 170 areas across the country. congress is pushing the international violence against women act, and she blocks frequently on a number of issues. she was recently honored as one of silicon valley's most influential women. it is she in the room? she just went out. the ok, this happens on my radio show. we go live at 10:00, and sometimes the guests don't show up. before ever want arrived, i was talking about this new group called u.s. uncut. how many of you have heard of them?

nbc's ayman mohadine is in cairo with the latest developments. >> reporter: good evening, lester.t's hard to believe that in less than 48 hours, a cease-fire is scheduled to go into effect. in fact, instead of preparing for the truce, the syrian military has escalated its attacks across the country. on friday, the state department released satellite images it says show the syrian military redeploying its forces around towns not withdrawing from them as called for by the cease-fire. and the former u.n. secretary-general kofi annan said he was shock the by the surge in violence and atrocities. today the syrian government effectively killed the deal by demanding written guarantees that the opposition rebels will lay down their weapons. rebel fighters, though, rejected calls for any written guarantees. they did say, however, they will abide by the u.n. plan, with the collapse of the cease-fire increasingly likely even before it starts, the fear among many is that the bloodshed and violence will continue to rage. lester? >> ayman in cairo tonight. >>> now to a rare look inside one of t

in cairo tonight, thank you. >>> health news, whooping cough is the kind of illness we think of as being a thing of the past, but there's a big outbreak going on in washington state, and it's putting lives at risk. here is nbc's chief medical editor, dr. nancy snyderman. >> with the birth of her daughter fast approaching, this woman ignored her cough, dismissing it as a cold, but at two weeks old, her daughter caroline began to show similar symptoms. >> she turned blue and was coughing and choking. and gagging. >> it was whooping cough, passed to caroline from her mother. that signature cough is easily heard here in the march of dimes public service announcement. caroline recovered. one of the growing number of cases in an alarming breakout in washington state. >> so far this year, 640 cases have been reported and confirmed as of march 31st. last year, we had 94. >> and four of those children have died. northern california, oregon, and vermont are also experiencing similar outbreaks. for health officials, it's all about childhood vaccination and booster shots as an adult. >> many people

taking you through the headlines tonight israel was its peace treaty with egypt is in danger after cairo says the gas exports deal over payment and prices observers say the road's a consequence of the troubled revolution and foreign interference in egypt's of its . reports a senior afghan official believes u.s. troops could remain in afghanistan for another decade after the twenty fourteen withdrawal deadline that follows a deal between the two governments despite widespread opposition to the american military presence both in afghanistan and back. and france is currently the nicolas sarkozy narrowly loses to socialist rival francois hollande in the presidential election first round which will see the pair now go then head to head in a runoff in just under a fortnight the winner will face a tough job of fixing a faltering economy and record unemployment. so as the french debate and dissect the first round of sunday's presidential election we talk now to a member of the socialist party but he gives his views on the second stage runoff and talks about the huge challenges his country is fac

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