and the bottoms for the rest in cairo last year resulting in sixteen more deaths all the deaths they all require approval from the grand mufti with the verdicts for the remaining fifty two defendants in mind we are hoping to get more from our correspondent on the ground to join us here on r.t. just a bit later in the program you can stay with us for that. for now though a bit earlier here on r.t. at least nine people were killed and nearly five hundred wounded reportedly in clashes with police across egypt it's on the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled hosni mubarak literally tens of thousands of demonstrators were calling on president mohamed morsi to step down saying his muslim brotherhood backed government is only working for its limits shammy editor of the online newspaper says the people of egypt have grown increasingly disillusioned with the politics of the u.s. backed muslim brotherhood. people who voted for him to give him a good chance. at the last. for most of the people who are out in the streets to the people in egypt now truly are is that. religion and pol

turmoil in egypt rages on with more tear gas fired demonstrators in cairo while deadly clashes erupted after crowds storm a prison where twenty one inmates here sentenced to death for their part in a football stadium massacre last year. as egypt ignites again we look at how america's freshly reintegrated president managed to turn high expectations into anger across the middle east. and environmental issues cloud the future of the legendary baikonur cosmodrome as russia ashes with kazakstan over the facility. two am in moscow i matras a good to have you with us here on r t our top story this hour cairo spreading across or chaos rather spreading across egypt with violent clashes and more tear gas fired protesters in cairo at least thirty people including police officers in two football players have reportedly been killed in egypt's port side where crowds tried to storm a prison this after twenty one people were sentenced to death accused of stirring up last year's stadium violence in the city that claimed seventy four lives correspondent bill true has more from cairo. the violence contin

in downtown cairo is really singing even at this time to it's very hard to breathe when you're outsideon the ground those big crowds of white toxic gas they're really making it very hard to breathe they're choking people passing out all over the place was a really you know it's quite correct chaotic scenes here in the capital while moving away from the capital what is the situation import saeed. the situation is definitely escalating in port syeed the violence continues we've got dozens of death the death toll goes up every hour and over three hundred injured the army are still on the streets apparently they've managed to the last reports and secure the area around the prison where the twenty one defendants who are possibly facing the death penalty are being housed but we are getting calls from the hospitals for more blood they need blood for the injured and also medical supplies as more and more people are being injured and killed so how is the government and indeed opposition groups reacting to this crisis. when the president was supposed to be traveling he canceled his travel plans

al jazeera, cairo. >> for more we are joined by rahway reggae. an extraordinary day of crossed egypt. what is it like now? >> the army is trying to bring order outside the main prison were many are facing very little success with ongoing gunfire. there using live ammunition and shooting at the police and military force at the scene. in the meantime, the military has sent an aircraft that has managed to transfer 21 critical injuries to military hospitals in cairo. 30 were killed today. 300 were injured in some parts of the city. people remain quite angry here. they are upset at the harsh verdict. they are upset at the late arrival of the military and upset at the random lawlessness across the city for the past two years. it has led to these violent clashes. >> thank you. as we reported earlier there have been protests in suez after security forces killed 10 people on friday. the victim's family have been voicing their anger. dozens of protesters joined them and threw petrol bombs and stones. >> another chaotic day here in suez. nothing like the vi

he sold his car in damascus, that some clothes, and flew to cairo. he took his wife and daughter, but could not afford to take the rest of the family. >> i lost my factory. everything we had in syria, we lost. i am afraid of the regime and what is happening. >> mahomet is 20 years old. he left syria because tv -- muhammed is 20 years old. he left syria because he was afraid. the united nations estimates that more than 100,000 syrian refugees have fled to egypt since march 2011. 13,000 have registered, but the u.n. expects the number to triple by june. tens of thousands of syrian refugees live and work here. many of them arrived with very little money. they used the money to pay to live in refugee camps. they have been offered health care and education at the same rate as the egyptians. they are also allowing the sun -- visa extensions. >> as the crisis extends, people run out of money. we see more and more families that are just not able to cope. we have seen families living on the street. >> these refugees say they want to go back home as soon as po

police in cairo, there is a live shot from the capital. in the fight for northern mali, french forces have captured the timbuktu airport and say that they now control the outskirts of the city, once a rebel stronghold. fighters have left their bases in timbuktu, saying that it is a tactical retreat to regroup, plan, and later assault more. our africa analyst comes to us from paris. thank you very much for joining us. rebel fighters are saying they are leaving, but they will be back to fight another day. can they do that? >> i think that they will return as guerrilla. in fight another day. a conventional war, they would lose. they do not have airplanes or things like that. as of the moment they may not have left completely. some of them are wearing civilian clothes. >> that is one thing that they seem to be able to do, vanished among the population if they want to. >> 2000 prisoners, it is just a tactical retreat. it might not be a fierce as it is now, but it is something i am afraid is here to stay. >> but if you say that they are going to

so this is very reminiscent of a cairo that i saw when i was there a year ago also two years ago talk we're still be grieving tear gas is there any sign that this violence will end any time soon. but the moment the clashes infamous and to continue just off to his credit here to my to my right between anti-government protesters and security forces that has been going on all through the night stick of filth in the downtown hundreds of gathering sorry right now with much is expected from across the capital into the central to hurry square against the president mean on impulse i.e. there has been a funeral today for those killed during the clashes yesterday during another key route which was the protesters killed the day before the looks like the violence is yours and any crime scene particularly as there have been calls for protests breaking because president mohamed morsi announced a safety measure to cross three cities in the capital is in serious full sight if las and because these protesters in these areas have said they will break that they will come to the streets to express their

the protests in cairo amid continuing clashes after the deadly turmoil marking the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled hosni mubarak and more deaths in egypt as crowds storm a prison where twenty one inmates are sentenced to death for their part in a football stadium massacre last year. as egypt ignites again we look into how america's new reelected president managed to turn high expectations to anger and plummeting approval ratings or process the middle east. and environmental issues the future of the legendary baikonur cosmodrome as russia clashes with kazakstan over the facilities. around the world online on screen live from the new center here in moscow this is all a t with twenty four hours a day more to gas has been fired at protesters in car i was they refused to stop their demonstrations and at least thirty people including police officers and two football players have reportedly been killed in egypt's port saïd where crowds have attempted to storm a prison that's after twenty one people was sentenced to death accused of stirring up last year's stadium violence i

but that didn't slow down protesters in cairo. we've gotten word there are protests taking place outside of the parliament building so we're heading in that direction. all along the way on the side streets we've taken to get to the front lines because of the police barricades there are dozens of protesters walking in the same direction. this is how quickly a situation goes from being a calm protest to an explosive and potentially violent one. here emotions are running high. young men chanting against the government. and the muslim brotherhood. they accuse them of betraying egypt's revolution. their anger often turns violent once they see the police. we made it to the front lines of the clashes between the protesters and police. this is a government building set on fire as a result of the clashes. it is this type of chaos that has many people across the country extremely afraid of the volatile situation. one that has plunged egypt into deeper turmoil two years after its unfinished revolution. against the backdrop of that violence a

. >> here's what's coming up in the next half-hour -- clashes in cairo. egypt marks the second anniversary of the revolution which ended the era of hosni mubarak. we will have a live report. >> and germany says it plans to buy its first killer drones. reaction in berlin. >> and the swiss architect awarded for his sense and sensibility with german castles. it was two years ago when the egyptians rose up in unity demanding an end to hosni mubarak's reign as president. today, mubarak is history, and egypt is a nation divided. m islamists hold power in the former president morsi, but some say his new constitution is just as unfair as the system and to replace. on friday, egyptians once again took to the streets. >> it was a day of protest, not a celebration. once again, tens of thousands of people gathered in cairo's tahrir square where two years ago they demonstrated against hosni mubarak. now they are demonstrating against the new president. the people want the downfall of the regime. the slogan of the arab spring is being chanted once again. this time they

morsi to step down saying his muslim brotherhood bonds government is only working for islamists and cairo based reporter boettcher has the latest information for us. we've had reports from local news outlets that several people have been killed in addition there have been reports of attacks on muslim brotherhood headquarters in particular the freedom and justice headquarters in government who are now down to as well as it's been a year in addition to acid attacks on government buildings and people expressing their anger here in cairo the cards massive volleys of tear gas coming from the police to protesters pushing people off the square these creates blooms of gas that you can't breathe and came to the streets in generating two five two thousand and eleven we were fed up with the injustices of the regime and the returns now because people are saying we've seen no change on the top of the agenda people are saying is the economy it's very hard for people to find food you're going to permit rates for example around seventy seven percent which is staggering really high in addition of course t

he welcomed me to his presidential palace in cairo. and i toured the city's famous tahrir square, where the arab spring demonstrations changed the course of history. i stood in tahrir square days ago, the symbol of the revolution was largely deserted. it looked very different two years ago, during those intense days leading up to the overthrow of the egyptian president, hosni mubarak. tanks and armored vehicles, and snipers all over the place. hundreds of egyptian protesters killed. and then it was over. the arab spring had come to egypt. those were days of high optimism. i was in egypt with secretary of state hillary clinton a few weeks after the revolution. we walked around tahrir square with little security. egyptians were thrilled to see her. i remember the near euphoria when she went to the nearby u.s. ambassador to thank the american diplomats for all their hard work during those difficult days. >> madam secretary, what do you think about tahrir square? >> well, it was very exciting and moving for me to go to tahrir square and ha

which claimed seventy four lives more now live from correspondent belcher's standing by for us in cairo a bell can you bring us up to date about the latest situation in port please. yes the violence continues in egypt city of port saeed we've now heard that dozens have been killed hundreds have been injured after this very contentious verdict the army have been deployed to the streets and witnesses to say missing tanks in addition the police forces have reportedly shut access to the city also trains are being stopped at least one stop before so the no one can actually enter the governor of the area has called for a curfew and meet the growing violence well with this is unconfirmed president mohamed morsi has yet to comment however we do know the council travel plans. and has been meeting with the national defense council to try and come up with a way of resolving this deepening crisis that we've also been hearing about the continued clashes between police and antigovernment protesters in cairo what's happening where you are though from what i understand the demonstrators are apparently

year's stadium violence in the city which claimed seventy four lives correspondent bill true is in cairo with the latest. the violence continues in egypt city a poor sign as we've now heard that dozens have been killed hundreds have been injured after this very contentious verdicts the army have been deployed to the streets and where this is a missing tanks in addition the police forces have reportedly shut access to the city also trains are being stopped at least one stop before to the no one can actually enter meanwhile here in the capital the ultra ultra high school football fans who were the ones targeted in the massacre in february last year cuban scenes when they heard the verdict a gathering at their headquarters saying that finally justice had been president mohamed morsi council travel plans to spend to get out of a bar and has been meeting with the national defense council to try and come up with a way of resolving this deepening crisis i've just come from a street off square where the clashes continue between protesters and security forces spilling over from of course the clas

a local reporter about truth in the volatile cairo thank you very much. for a french led troops in mali are closing on on the key northern town of timbuktu in a region infested with our kind of militants they're trying to force an air regain control of ga and what was seen as their first major victory in the military operation and his point to boycott reports the strong militant presence in mali is being seen as a result of the france led intervention to oust colonel gadhafi in libya. that very very few wanted peace you wanted freedom you wanted economic progress france great britain europe will always stand by the libyan people. but a regional crisis probably wasn't what mr sarkozy anticipated when he was spearheading the military operation to topple moammar gadhafi although the former french president can't say that he hadn't been warned personally i play a significant role in establishing peace in those regions of africa should the situation in libya be unstable al-qaeda will establish its rule a lot and will return and libya will be another afghanista

the tear gas was so intense it covered downtown cairo with plume of smoke.ers are still angry with a police force that still has not changed it's ways and has not pulled back, and pulled a journalist hostage until activists were able to take him to hospital. the mean opposition blocked the president's invite. >> cenk: so we've had riots, 52 people killed. we had 178 arrested recently. those are protesters. now the curfew, and the basically marshal law affects three provinces in egypt. it is a nightly curfew and allows for military arrests of civilians. these are exactly the civil rights that they fought for. there was an attack for three state hours and no security showed up. that is fascinating. they sent out tweets saying sos if anyone knows anyone in military or police or government please send help. january 28th, egypt but no such help was sent for over three hours. in fact, they were eventually rescued by protesters. isn't that interesting? people that are unknown assailants go in, fire in the air, loot the hotel. as they do that en masse protesters com

this after a court in the capital cairo sentenced to death 21 people accused of involvement in last year's stadium disaster in which 74 were killed. the court also set march 9 as the date for handing down the verdict on another 52 defendants in the case. there was an angry response from protesters, who stormed two police stations. many of them are supporters of the football club, who blame last year's violence on the police. the death sentences come after a day of clashes on friday that left at least seven people dead in over 400 others injured. that violence came as egypt marked the second anniversary of the operating against the regime of president hosni mubarak. >> cairo on saturday morning. after a long night of violent demonstrations and not just in the capital. troops clashed with anti- government protesters after they stormed the offices of the muslim brotherhood. eight deaths were reported their late friday. in tahrir square, thousands rally to mark the second anniversary of the revolution. they object to the new constitution and its reliance on islamic law and the desperate state

we've been in the thick of some of those protests and start off tonight from cairo. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. you were here two years ago and saw the scenes back then. this was a country united behind one goal, to topple the dictator hosni mubarak but two years on this country is divided, polarized and for the first time many people here fear the violence is actually threatening the country's very stability. the chaotic moments when anger turned deadly. outside the city's jail, dozens were killed as protesters tried to storm it to free prisoners who minutes earlier were sentenced to death in cairo. 21 defendants were convicted for their part in a soccer stadium massacre that killed more than 70 fans one year ago. the verdict was read and relatives of those killed last year showed grief and joy. for them the ruling was just. an investigation concluded last year's deadly rampage was not a spontaneous outburst of crowd violence. many believed it was a conspiracy to kill supporters of a popular soccer team whose fans have been at the forefront of e

has got so bad i've come here to cairo to seek a new beginning between the united states and muslims around the world words of promise that fueled a region with hope but as obama begins his second term in office his critics failed him on a first term that felt far short of expectations progress on peace between israelis and palestinians remain stalled the promised economic development of afghanistan never took root. and american relations with post mubarak egypt deteriorated and i didn't fifty the u.s. and eligible community has more or less thought that it was in control of something called the muslim brotherhood and they brought them from egypt into saudi arabia and i think they thought they could just break out of that was an hour they could have. my last r.t. or last and their fight now that i'm not. also. in libya the u.s. supported the intervention by nato and its allies touting it as a great advance for security entry and rights but the fallout from it ended with the death of the american ambassador and three other members of his staff the united states was overselling their s

pretty noisy where you are is cairo still under fire. absolutely the violence has escalated in the last hour in the capital with clashes continuing between anti-government protesters and security forces on the cornish just off the place where we have excessive amounts of takeouts and also reports of life or if but shot at it said being used in addition protests this type of the most sixth of october bridge which leads into prayer and addition at a mosque to the government to the parliament building the shura council was attacked which take us to seeing multiple locations across the globe with quite violent scenes i mean one course i eat has me a little calmer today than it was yesterday though it has been candles for those killed during the face crashes during a previous funeral yesterday but at the moment it is it's relatively quiet however we expect this to escalate in course i am in the next few hours as people have promised to break the curfew the president proposing put in place by protesting in the streets so the kind of fear is co

year in addition to acid attacks on government buildings and people expressing their anger here in cairo we must say volleys of tear gas coming from the police to protesters pushing people off these creates plumes of gas that you can't breathe and came to the streets in generating two five two thousand and eleven we were fed up with the injustices of the mubarak regime and the returns now because people are saying we've seen no change on the top of the agenda people are saying is the economy very hard for people to find food to use on employment rates for example or seventy seven percent which is staggering really high in addition of course there is a lot of anger directed towards the new constitution which people say is written by an islamist dominated constituent assembly and doesn't represent egypt we've heard a lot of chance against the president mohamed morsi and his group calling for changes and also actually for him to leave. the vol city of suez in their most violent clashes with the military deployed there to try and maintain security so eight people including a policeman and a

and literally in the last fifteen minutes things that just escalated to a great extent here in cairothe clashes continue between anti government protesters and security forces who are firing an excessive amount against the point where even at this point it's almost impossible to breathe because it continues to be violence across the country in serious for example where the army has been deployed as one is the continued bloody scenes in port science which have seen dozens killed and hundreds injured leaving many to question you know how this is going to end with a state of emergency in place this will also mean to be a lot of arrests and possible unrest between security force forces and protesters in the next few days well i don't want to keep you on for too much longer because clearly some comfortable for you but why is there so much to get now what is prompting the authorities to produce about say gas is all the protests getting worse there. yes the parade is a definitely getting worse day in cairo which is why i am obviously having trouble breathing at the moment that the protests

we go now directly to the streets of cairo where we're joined by "democracy now!" correspond sharif abdel kouddous on a march to tahrir. tell us what is happening in leading up to today, the second anniversary of the uprising. >> there are thousands taking to the streets, not just in cairo, but across egypt and cities across the delta to protest today in the second anniversary of the revolution. the protesters, we hear many of the same chants from two years ago, and for the downfall of the regime that they see has continued to years after the ouster of mubarak. the difference between what is happening now and two years ago is there is a lot less unity and a much more polarized country. the muslim brotherhood, the largest and most powerful political force or mohamed morsi is the president or a member of, is not attending a protest today. instead, have created a month's long campaign in egypt where they're engaging in charity work, delivering medical care, rebuilding schools, holding big flea markets where they're selling goods at wholesale prices. this is a pattern

in the cairo, on a ridge with significance. two years from the uprising that toppled the mubarak regime, egypt democratically elected president, muhammad morsi, faces his own challenge. here is a live shot from the tahrir square, where thousands are gathered. it has been a tumultuous two years for egypt, marked by political infighting, protests, a deepening economic crisis. critics of president morsi 1 radical change to egypt's new constitution. we can cross live now to cairo to our correspondent. it is the two-year anniversary. one might think that would be cause for celebration, but it seems the mood is different where you are in tahrir square. >> yes, it is. president morsi called for today to be a day for egyptians to come together in celebration, but it is a different scene in tahrir square. let me show you friday prayers a short while ago. the numbers are into the thousands. if you look up that street leading towards parliament, there have been clashes over there. we have seen tear-gas fired in the last hour or so. presid

tahrir square in cairo. that's because it's been two years now since we were there to witness the fall of mubarak. tonight egyptians have filled the square once again to express their continuing anger and frustration. nbc's ayman mohyeldin has been in the thick of it. including the tear gas used to disperse the crowds. and while we have a shaky satellite signal tonight from our cairo bureau, he is there, nonetheless. ayman, good evening. eamon, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the temperatures have dropped. it's nighttime here, and so have the number of protesters in tahrir square where it is calming this evening after a very intense day of clashes, not too far away from the iconic birthplace of the egyptian revolution. where we are here in cairo, and in other cities, police have been clashing with protesters. many of them angry at the slow pace of transition to democracy under the leadership of mohamed morsi and his muslim brotherhood party. they say they have taken over the country and divid

we'll have a live report from cairo. first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at "30 rock" in new york city. >>> in a rare joint interview on cbs's "60 minutes," president obama sat alongside his departing secretary of state, hillary clinton, a one-time political rival who he now describes as one of his close advisors. she says she won't have a run in 2016. neither obama nor clinton were eager to look that far ahead. >> what's the -- i have to ask you, what's the date of the expiration on this endorsement. >> steve, i know -- >> i have to ask that question. i mean, come on. you're sitting here together. everybody in town is talking about it already and the interview -- and this is taking place. >> you know, steve, i've got to tell you, you guys in the press are incore ridgeable. i was literally inaugurated four days ago and you're talking about elections four years from now. >> and i am, as you know, steve, i'm still in politics and i'm forbidden from hearing these. >> if she wants this job, it will be interesting. on foreign policy, president obama defend

cairo also has erupted into violence. dozens of people have been killed. our ben wedeman is live in cairo for us. this is democracy, and democracy, ben, is not pretty. but at the same time, why is it that we're seeing so much violence instead of a political action to try to change the government that's currently in place? that was elected by them? >> reporter: i think it's important to keep in mind that this is a revolution. revolutions don't last 18 days. they can go on for years. this country was essentially under military rule for about 60 years. therefore, when all the controls go, when people take to the streets and fight against the military and against the police, forces are let loose that are very hard to control. there is political movement going on. there are politicians talking with the government trying to resolve this crisis over a variety of things. over the new constitution. over the actions of the muslim brotherhood since it came to power. there are many young people who have discovered the power of numbers, the power of crowds, their abili

people dead and hundreds injured following a mass funeral procession correspondent bill true is in cairo where she has come under clouds of tear gas. in a televised press statement for president mohamed morsi so if he was going to take us to me i hears a clashes continue in cairo. president hundred mostly declared a state of emergency for thirty days according to the constitution with that means is that it's basically the severing test will be banned security forces will have the rights to arrest. protesters without charge and addition censorship may be legalized across these three count these three cities the misfeature president mohammed morsi also said to be a curfew course the city's between nine pm and six am and he also called for dialogue with the opposition things that just escalated to a great extent here in cairo and the clashes continue between anti government protesters and security forces who are firing an excessive amount take us to the point where even at this height it's almost impossible to breathe but i've seen people running past past me many are unconscious people car

tonight, outside a luxury five-star cairo hotel. with a predictable-like precision, police charged the crowd, firing tear gas but minutes later, protesters returned, lobbing stones and setting fires to block roads. there are few words president morsi can say to calm these protesters. this man tells me that the president must resign and a new constitution must be written. another says only protests work with a regime that kills its people. president mohamed morsi has invited members of the leading opposition political forces tomorrow for emergency talks on the way out. many people are hoping there will be a breakthrough that could end the four days of deadly violence that have engulfed the country. >> thank you. >>> in this country, the weather remains a big concern for many people in the midwest, where a deep freeze is bringing snow, sleet and freezing rain. the weather channel's mike seidel is in davenport, iowa, tonight with the latest. mike, good evening to you. >> reporter: good evening, lester. it was an icy day across many par

running around the streets attacking security forces here in cairo the scenes are actually relatively jubilant as the ultras the hardcore people fans see this as very much a victory this is quite a politicized. at the time of the disaster and people said that the security officials themselves had quite a lot to do with the massacre as they let the rival fun club groups meet in the center of the pitch and the blocked access exit routes that four people are saying that really the security officials themselves should be the ones that received this verdict not just the funds as i came to the studio there are. clashes just on the corner of the periphery of to her between protesters and security forces who are throwing rocks at each other here and talk to people still remain in tents they say they will not leave until the president mohamed morsi and makes changes the opposition coalition the national salvation front released for the mind yesterday including asking asking the president to step down and a national salvation government to take to take over we've seen multiple supposedly multip

in cairo. being thrown back and forth by police and government protesters on the fourth consecutive day of street violence in egypt so far at least forty one people have been killed and the deadliest clashes shook the city of port crowds infuriated by the death sentences handed down over a football stadium riot tried to storm a prison his bell true with an update from the capital. here in the capitol there are clashes raging between protesters and security forces on a corner on a key areas near government buildings in the city got in the air here in downtown cairo rocks have also been exchanged security have upped their presence around government buildings as the focus of the anger here for protesters is very much against morsi ministration they say that so the president is not going to just admit he can't run the country and he hasn't listened to their demands to the unrest here is still continuing it's very tense to put saeed as well as the situation in egypt really descend into a bit of a cr

cairo. order from egypt now to mali where france is spreading its presence beyond mollies borders now sending neighboring at night apparently afraid the violence may spread and target your raynier mines crucial to a french run energy company more about just a bit later in the program. but for now a cia veteran and a man who oversaw the capture of al qaeda is third in command is facing nearly three years in jail during sentencing later today for leaking classified intelligence john kiriakou was the first to blow the whistle on washington's torture program and later revealing the name of an alleged torture at guantanamo bay he was convicted on a law which hasn't been used for twenty seven years earlier this week kiriakou explained why he was driven to speak out. i've never gained anything for what i've said publicly that i've lost everything and i believe i was prosecuted not for what i did but for who i am a cia officer who said torture was wrong and ineffective and went against the grain i'm

president mohamed morsi sorry to see this going to take us to me i hears the questions continue in cairo. president hundred mostly declared a state of emergency for thirty days according to the constitution with that means is that is that basically the saddle retests will be banned and security forces will have the right to arrest. and protest this without charge and in addition censorship may be legalized across these three countries three cities misfeature president mohammed morsi also said to be a carthew course the city's between nine pm and six am ante on sikorsky dialogue with the opposition things that just escalated to a great extent here in cairo and the clashes continue between anti government protesters and security forces who are firing an excessive amount against the point where even at this height it's almost impossible to bring people i've seen people running costs past me many are unconscious people carrying are injured protesters back into the square it's a safety of course that continues to be violence across the country in serious for example with the army have been de

welcome to the program can you also spring in egypt with more deadly clashes and portside in cairo at least thirty five people including two police officers and two football is have been killed after crowds tried to storm a prison in the seaside city the riots followed death sentences given to twenty one people for their role in last year's football stadium riot which left dozens dead while in the capital police fired tear gas and antigovernment protesters tried to storm government building so correspondent is in cairo with the latest. the violence continues here in cairo between protesters and security forces on the cornice by the nile and this happened after protesters decided to move the demonstration from tahrir square to the parliament building then security forces responded with quite a lot of tear gas the air here in downtown cairo is really stinging even at this time to it's very hard to breathe when you're outside meanwhile the situation is definitely escalating in port and over three hundred injured the army are still on the streets apparently they've managed to secure the a

to cross-talk events in egypt i'm joined by carl show in london he is a middle east blogger in cairo we have while eskandar he is a blogger and a journalist and in washington we crossed ario ratner he is a fellow at the truman national security project right gentlemen cross-talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it karl in london what's going on here how do you look at it i mean is it looks like it's two step forward two steps back i mean what's in play in the egyptian revolution if it's even a revolution anymore. i think we have to put this in a more historical context of what the revolutions go through and they take time and if you look in previous examples they would take five ten twenty years to settle onto something now the immediate context of what's happening in egypt is there was a process of change that resembled their evolution but in the aftermath of that there is no single authority that have stomped it's not active on what the meaning of the egyptian revolution is unfortunately the political opposition currently isn't kin