we are seeing protests on the streets of cairo, met with force by security. what sort of volatile backdrop is the trial taking place against? >>. >> i think it's important to bear two things in mind. looking back in what has transpired in egypt over the last half year since the removal of president mohamed morsi from office, is a confrontation between two powerful political forces in the country. on the one hand the muslim brotherhood and its supporters, and, of course, surrounding president mohamed morsi, and on the other hand what you could call the deep state of egypt, bringing together the civil bureaucracy, the military and the judiciary. they have been in a standoff for half a year, and looking forward in time, of course, this month will be not only important because of the trial, the first trial against president mohamed morsi, but because we have a referendum coming up on the new constitution, and the supporters of mohamed morsi will be contesting not only the illegitimacy of his removal, making also a case that the charges which are presently being l

for cairo. now the twenty eleven revolution and almost three decades of rule by a dictator hosni mubarak after more than a year of transitional military rule is almost back candidate mohamed morsi was elected president his government pushed through and new constitution criticized for being over influenced by sharia law a popular uprising against morsi led to him being forced down by the army a year later the military then launched a crackdown on the muslim brotherhood with thousands of supporters killed in the unrest the brotherhood was down the clarity of terror group the editor of the pan-african newswire told us that egypt's government should tackle its differences with the opposition to achieve any stability. the army cannot guarantee security and sat of egypt as long as there's no political solution to this split that exists between the brotherhood as well as the military and those who are aligned with the egyptian military it's a very tense atmosphere inside of the country there are many o

to the news hour, i'm in doha, the world's top stories, attacks in egypt, three explosions around cairo at least five people are dead. true shuffled diplomacy and the u.n. moves between the syrian government and the opposition, he will not sit in the same room. antigovernment protests spread outside ukraine's capitol and opposition says talks with the government are going no where. and india's supreme court orders an investigation into claims that a woman was ganged raped on the orders of village elders. ♪ a series of eccmroegss have hit in and around the egyptian capitol targeting police buildings and killing at least five people. the last one happened near a police station in the neighborhood in geza and the first was the most devastating, a car bomb blast outside the main police headquarters in the heart of cairo and four died and dozens injured and state television said they say gunmen opening fire on surrounding buildings. two more explosions happened in quick succession and a second device near a metro station in geza and one person died in the blast and five policemen injured and

. >> car bomb in cairo. >> and we're just getting reports of a second explosion. hi there, i'm elizabeth perada, world news. time to talk, government talks about to begin in geneva. >>> india's supreme court is about to investigate, a woman was gang raped b in sight of village elders. >>> and the solution to one of the biggest heists in u.s. history. >>> we begin in egypt, we're getting reports of a second explosion in cairo. one person's dead and five policemen are injured. it happened near a metro station. earlier, an explosion hit near the police headquarters. the house ministry says four people are dead and over 50 people are injured from that. state television is reporting that gun fire was heard after the blast. security forces say a car bomb was the likely cause. it happened on the eve of the anniversary of the 2011 revolution that removed president hosne mubarak from office. >>> it's taken a look at where the blast hit, went off near cairo's city center. it destroyed a completal gate and as you can see, it damaged the building's exterior. >> well, al jazee

. >> reporter: explosions at the heart of cairo in the morning. this is the f -- aftermath of the largest one. the nearby buildings were damaged including the famous museum of it -- islamic art. then a third smaller blast [ technical difficulties ] >> we'll kin with our road map as we are, they are vanish soon and this operation is the last chance before they vanish. >> reporter: soon after the explosions took place, supporters of againal sisi turned out. while in alexandria and other parts of the country security personnel clashed with protesters. [ technical difficulties ] >> is not keeping with the standards of international behavior that we would expect. >> well, our producers, and correspondent have already been detained for 27 days. they are accused of spreading lies harmful to state security and joining a terrorist group, allegations al jazeera says are totally unfounded. two other workers from our sister station are also being held, and have been detained for five months. >>> the first day of negotiations between the syrian government and

the entire area ministry says a device went off next to a police institute in the eastern part of cairoecond bomb followed also in the east of the city. saturday marks the third anniversary of the up rising that removed president mubarak from office. four explosions, at six feels killed armed 80 injured the biggest blast hit outside cairo's main police headquarters. well, our correspondent and producers have been detained in egypt for nearly a month so we are unable to report from there, but we do have mike hannah who has reported extensively from cairo and he is monitoring events for us. so it is the anniversary today, mike, and they have already been two explosions, again, in cairo. >> yes, it's very interesting that all the he can places that we have seen over the past 48 hours clearly connected to this third anniversary of the revolution, all of them happening in egypt's biggest city. in this clearly would be a message from the perpetrators making the statement that they can carry out these attacks despite the intense security measures put in place the interim government and securit

yes the farouk who teaches political science at cairo university. thank you for being with us. i'm here in the studio. muhammad al alfie moon and is a political economy consultant thank you for being with us to keep um anti collectivist of money on harvey is also the distance for joining us in. and from london. he's the author of the arabs. eugene broken either in arts commission said. director of the middle east center at oxford university thank you for being with us the frustrated today we can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. our pastor asked to court today. this beginning cairo and go to correspondent catherine stately catherine and yesterday it was sad since i'm new at the midway point today vote on this front revenue described enthusiasm at the polling stations geffen said i tweet been sucky saying the same kind of npc us and i mean people here in the spreading station where i am in an upscale neighborhood of cairo called me up and it's been very keen to talk to us very keen to tell us why they wanted to come up but i'm dead. pretty much everybody least i can

cairo. the two thousand and eleven revolution brought an end to the hosni mubarak's three decades in power after more than a year of transitional military rule the islamist backed candidate mohamed morsi was elected president his government pushed through a new constitution criticized for being overly influenced by sharia law a popular uprising against morsi led to him being forced out by the army a year later then the military launched a crackdown on the muslim brotherhood with thousands of supporters killed in the unrest the group was then declared a terrorist movement cairo based journalist mohamed sabri says the brotherhood is responsible for much of the turmoil the keep talking of conspiracy theories the key bill and blaming the government for staging those bombings it's the corpulent which is absolutely nonsense but of the same time opposite the opposite side which is the regime and the regime loyalists them to produce what protestors are not peaceful themselves and are as hostile as t

headlines its national with me rule thank you for joining us we start with the news coming in from cairo where two explosions went off on friday morning the first blast killed at least four people and dozens just outside the police headquarters in the center of the egyptian capital at the explosion severely damaged the front of a building of the attack also caused extensive damage to the museum of islamic art just across the street witnesses report following the bombing and a second blast struck near a metro station in a different part of cairo at least fifteen people reportedly injured there these are live pictures for you right now and attacks on security. and police locations of course have stepped up since the gyptian military overthrew the regime of islam as president mohamed morsy and launched a crackdown on his supporters last summer as we show you these live pictures from cairo right right now we will get a live reaction and analysis from the capital later in the program. for the meantime here without international calls from opposition leaders to maintain a truce with the riot p

for cairo. while the twenty eleven revolution and almost three decades of authoritarian rule by hosni mubarak after more than a year after initial military rule the islamist back candidate mohamed morsi was elected president and his government pushed through and new constitution criticized for being over influenced by sharia law a popular uprising against morsi led to him being forced out by the army a year later and the military then launched a crackdown on the muslim brotherhood with thousands of supporters killed in the us . pressed the brotherhood was then declared a terror group well to discuss now how far egypt's come since the revolution let's cross to the heart of every he's a caro based journalist thank you so much mrs every for joining us here on r t international to discuss the situation in your country three years on after the revolution in your view what is there to celebrate. well i have said my opinion a couple of days ago in one of my articles and i said that egypt has very littl

for cairo. the syrian government had opposition tackled the issue of getting humanitarian aid to the war torn country as they held two rounds of face to face talks in geneva the negotiations were mediated by u.n. envoy lakhdar brahimi who said they were moving forward only in half steps as the situation remains extremely complicated talks are expected to resume on sunday artie's you've got a piece going off is in geneva following the latest developments. mean achievement of saturday's talks in geneva is that the syrian authorities and the opposition or sitting in the same room facing each other and negotiating u.n. special envoy on syria lakhdar brahimi was there as well mediating these stop. but given the fact that just earlier on friday the rebels said they were not going to sit down at the same table with the authorities having them talking in this format is already quite a diplomatic achievement law garber he me who is the key mediator of these negotiations has been conducting quite a carefu

. >> heavy fighting broke out in several cities in cairo. protesters threw rocks and molotov cocktails at police who responded with tear gas. the violence comes after supporters of the ousted president call for demonstrations ahead of a new hearing in the trial is scheduled for wednesday. joining us live on the line for the latest on this story from cairo is our correspondent. are we seeing major defiance against the interim government's and on large meetings right now? >> yes, this is exactly how it looks like. not only do we have a new law of demonstration in assembling which basically says that the process to inform the authorities to have the demonstration legalized, but also, since last week, the muslim brotherhood a sickly declared terrorist organizations of everyone who was out in the street. this, of course, risking according to the tara law five years in prison. despite that, many people today on the streets not only in the capital cairo, but also in alexandria, the second-biggest city of cairo, and also other places in egypt. we ha

i want to thank him for speaking to us from cairo.is most recent piece for "the nation" we will link to call, "egypt in year three." ton we come back him a we go the your cran ukraine. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to ukraine, where thousands of antigovernment demonstrators have constructed what amounts to a self-sufficient protest city within the capital of kiev. the standout prompt of the country's prime minister to resign on tuesday, as its parliament agreed to repeal a round of laws that crackdown on dissent. on wednesday, lawmakers offered an amnesty to protesters who have been arrested in the standoff, but only on the condition that activist vacate buildings have occupied in kiev, and other parts of ukraine. this is the speaker of the parliament, volodimyr rybak. let me remind you that yesterday we have approved the bill for thousand seven the lock ukraine that ceased to be enforced. we also agreed to discuss today the questions r

and he is speaking to us from cairo. let's look at some of the numbers in this referendum and nearly 53 million people are able to cast their vote. there are around 15,000 judges who are handling this whole exercise and 160,000 police and military personnel are out in force and deployed across egypt to try and ensure a peaceful referendum and we are monitoring developments from our egypt desk and let's get the latest from her, sue. >> we hear reports on violence up in alexandra and we know they are against the referendum constitution, people going out on the streets with stones throwed at the security forces there and they retaliated by sending tear gas in. some reports of gunfire used but that has not been confirmed. that is various treats we are hearing. we are also hearing a violent city like going the other way, a former mp, mahommad and says he was attacked by a group and as you see from the picture here his leg was broken and he escaped and in a hospital now in cairo. we are hearing there are sizable lines outside

cairo. the two thousand and eleven revolution eventually led to the toppling of longstanding dictator hosni mubarak following more than a year of transitional military rule the islamist backed leader mohammed morsi was elected president his government tried to push through a constitution criticized for being over influenced by sharia law last july he was thrown out of office by the army command after months of popular uprising this signaled a return to an era of crackdowns by the military backed government muslim brotherhood was choked and later declared a terrorist organization editor of the pan-african newswire says egypt's government is asking for more trouble by completely turning its back on the opposition. the army cannot guarantee security and sat of egypt as long as there's no political solution to this split that exists between the brotherhood as well as the military and those who are aligned with the egyptian military it's a very tense atmosphere inside of the country there are man

well truth is in cairo for us. another car bomb has exploded at the police building this time in the key city of suez this is the sixth such explosion has taken place in two days we had four bomb blasts in cairo on friday and this morning the jacksons one cannot similar bomb blasts in the east in the suburb of cairo and this comes of course on the anniversary of the generosity five of the nation which ousted president barak and there have been rival protest groups that have taken to the streets across the country that's been seen as the violence security forces are essentially not allowing any on to government groups to gather in the streets where the islamist support is that the president mohamed morsi over the sex of the activists has been heavily contrast it with what's going on in tahrir square with the supports is of forces chief general abdel fatah sisi has come out in droves today holding images of pain they say they want him to be president to clamp down even harder on the islamist groups like the mission b

yusef is in cairo with the latest. yusef, what do we know? >> well, ross, it's been a dramatic few hours. it started off with a large explosion that rocked the capital, woke me up, as well, really. it was felt across the city. basically, went up at the cairo police headquarters not too far away from our vantage point, probably about 3 to 4 kilometers. that is a symbol of state security. we understand from the ministry of health that at least four people have been killed in that explosion and 76 injured. leaving a massive crater and damaging not just the front facade of the building, but also some of the surrounding structures, as well. keep in mind that security officers and administrative interior have already taken additional precautions in anticipation of violence over the weekend. and that was followed by a section explosion just a few hours ago. again, here we understand from the ministry of health that one person has been killed and four wounded. that was your metro station again. not too far from our vantage point in that direct. again

straight to cairo we go it's where three explosions struck on friday morning the first blast killed at least four people and dozens outside the police headquarters in the center of the capital and the explosion severely damaged the front of the building and the museum of islamic just across the street and the second blast struck near a metro station in a different part of the city reportedly killing a policeman and injuring fifteen others our attacks on security and police locations have stepped up since the military overthrew the regime of islamist president mohammed morsi and launched a crackdown on his supporters last summer international we will bring you a live report from. hiero just a bit later in the promo. for the meantime though calls from opposition leaders to maintain a truce with the riot police failed to prevent protesters in kiev from building new barricades and burning tires on the embattled independence square meanwhile the riots have spilled over into ukraine's west is where protesters have broken to government buildings in several cities in fact over there live off o

>> there has been regular protests across cairo and egypt since the ousting of mohamed morsi back in the summer. there's an an ebbing and flowing of the intensify of the protests. there were some in nasser city. there's a strict protest law in egy egypt. these days they are small scale. they happen in unannounced areas and disperse quickly if the security services show up. a lot of caro, carrying on with -- cairo, carrying on with business is normal. >> will security forces tighten security. it's a big month. the constitutional referendum held next week, and it's the anniversary of the referendum. >> the constitutional referendum, authorities want a good turn out to give legitimacy to the constitution, and a peaceful atmosphere during the anniversary, to force the resignation of hosni mubarak. the authorities keen to keep a lid on the situation in egypt. >> thank you. bernard smith there with the latest on what is going on in egypt for us. >> and just a reminder that we cannot report from egip because our team in cairo has been arrested without charge for 11 days now. >> let's move t

several bomb blasts in cairo. >> ra breaking news in cairo where at least five people are dead, dozensothers injured and three separate bomb explosions in the city. right now it appears all three of the blasts were aimed at the police. for more on the violence right now let's go to tracie potts who is monitoring the situation live from washington, d.c. good morning to you. >> reporter: peggy, good morning. the latest since this happened earlier now we're getting word about 2,000 people clashed with security forces in the pyramid district not clear on injuries but we know bombs were thrown, tear gas, all of this after those blasts this morning, take a look at the aftermath. you can see windows blown out, there was glass, one of the buildings nearby had just undergone a multi-million-dollar renovation. it appears they were targeting police. the first blast went off at police headquarters in cairo. four were killed. the second at a metro station, police cars targeted. one person killed there and the third one in the pyramid district, apparently no one killed in that. there were more than

before the hearing got underway, a high-profile killing in cairo. a senior official was shot dead on his own doorstep. it is the latest in a series of attacks that have left the capital feeling phone verbal. .- feeling vulnerable >> the united nations security council has approved a resolution allowing european troops to use force in the central african republic. the eu is to send up to 600 troops to help african and french soldiers who are already deployed in the country. about a million people have fled their homes during months of violence between christians and muslims there. the state of emergency is in place in several provinces in bolivia as have earl -- as heavy rain and floods continue. several people have died in northern parts of the country. homes have been washed away in more than 20,000 families have been affected. in just a few hours from now, president obama will go before the nation to deliver his annual state of the union address. we know he will emphasize the use of his executive powers to help him act without congress and to do t

for our cairo. syrian government officials and their main political rivals have held a second meeting at the geneva two conference the talks in switzerland were mediated by u.n. envoy lakhdar brahimi the diplomat says both sides have agreed to negotiate the terms of a limited ceasefire and the creation of humanitarian corridors in the war zone your position has been trying to focus the talks on the resignation of president assad which has been rejected by syrian officials the u.s. and its allies are also calling for regime change but moscow which helped set up what he says foreign meddling is unacceptable what is going to set off he's been following the latest developments in geneva. has more on the latest talks. the mean achievement of saturday's talks in geneva is that the syrian authorities and the opposition are sitting in the same room facing each other and negotiating u.n. special envoy on syria lakhdar brahimi was there as well mediating the talks but given the fact that just earlier on frida

. >> cairo producers and correspondent have been arrested. we are unable to report from the location. but we have the developments being monitored from the egypt desk here. >> we've been trying to get an idea of turn out. so far we are finding conflicting - basically reports coming out of egypt. polling on the second day, wednesday, and we are hearing from the interim prime minister who has been saying he believes 55% of those out voting are women. 45% are male. these are reports from the various judges over looking the polling. some say 48% turn out. some say 20%. it may be a reflection as to how strong the muslim brotherhood are. they say they are not turning out because they are boycotting the process. >> we have pictures of ibrahim in cairo, coming out saying the atmosphere is different to the earlier elections, saying that some tried to disrupt the process, but security forces will deal with it. they are monitoring the event and there has been no major incidents. >> we have seen interesting pictures for a newspaper website. they are show

yusef joins us live in cairo after the break. >>> you are looking at a live shot now of cairo, where egyptians are voting on a two-day constitutional referendum that could pave the way for a presidential bid by the army chief general. the election is the country's first since mow ham he hhammed ousted from power. egypt continues its political transition. yusef has this report from cairo. >> it's been three years since the egyptian revolution. the country's former vibrant economy is still struggling in the shadow of political uncertainty. this salesman says the market is not moving. and this gentleman says it's clear the country is in stagnation. economics have been on a downward slope. the oust of mohammed morsi last summer has seen a new wave of violence and that means important drivers of economic growth such as tourism, foreign direct investment have only seen as sporadic recovery. net foreign direct investment was just $3 billion last year, half of what it was n back in 2010. >> the key issue is economic growth is low, inflation is high, and as a result, the governments are still

>> in cairo. >> how did they meet? >> friends had set them up and my mother had broken off an engagement. was somebodyt this to have fun with and not take seriously. that was my dad. father is in finance. >> are you an american citizen? >> yes. i am a dual citizen. > dual citizen. -- >> dual citizen. >> i was born in washington dc at george washington hospital. they moved to kuwait. we moved to cairo when mubarak took over. i left for college when i was 16. of high school in boston and went to college at harvard. we moved to new york after that to do film. i went back and forth between new york and cairo ever sense. -- since. >> let's run the trailer. >> millions of egyptians came down to the streets in protest. >> this uprising defies definition. people are gathering. they are large demonstrations against mubarak. egyptian] --the secretary aking egyptian] >> what are we seeing? >> we met a few of the characters from the film. character, whod takes you through the film. you met someone who was with the brotherhood for

i will alway able the tax has hit cairo since yesterday given the latest on that. well i'm that the attacks continue until dawn this morning as you mentioned on one goal apiece for bomb exploded acts of police candidates institute. um which is the part of the police academy to train of the word ranking officers in the interior ministry. one was reported injured know that casualties from that explosion. but at the city's sights on security forces found another bowl. but they successfully defused it and also several about three or four more balls been reported in several parts of egypt out that the police and troops have successfully defused and during the past few hours and days comes particles of threats from and saw the tomatoes which is that the militant group that you have mentioned on through a statement after they played irresponsibility on the third beautiful egyptian citizens to celebrate the twenty fifth of gender and they say if you remain at home you will be safe. the weather on the other hand as they decided to take this chance to celebrate. they will be

here is more from he just a minute. >> reporter: explosions at the heart of cairo on friday morning.s is the aftermath of the largest one, they say a sue suie bomber ran the in to the police station willing people. damaged was the famous museum of islamic art, two hours later a bomb struck a police car near a mess pro station close to the russian cultural certainty causing casualties. a third bla blast four-kilometes from the pee peer meds. >> a suicide bomber dead nateed himself. >> reporter: the ministry described them as a vial terrorist act and it says a child body that was found near the site first bombing could be that of the suicide bomber. in the past egyptian authorities have accused extremists of targeting police and military. there has been arrest and violence sense last year. >> we will continue with our road map as we are they will banish soon and this operation is their last chance before they banish. >> reporter: soon after the explosions took place, supporters of the egyptian army chief turned out near the main cairo station to protest against the attacks. while in al

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the sixth of october city to cairo. again, we're not hearing of large numbers. people have tried to stage a protest. we saw pictures of the various government yesterday. amongst them, interestingly when we see the egyptian tv channels they plan on making three presidential decrees. one will be the law regulating the presidential king. the second, the exercise of political rights and the third regarding people's assembly. we'll find out what those three laws enstale later on today. we've got three tweets. one is coming from the secretary general office ban ki-moon. they're falling referendum, causing all to express their dishes without violence. this may be a hope in egypt, but not yet the political solution. the third cynical. color me red soldiers give roses in apreviousation, while that could be considered a war zone. we'll hear from you. we have our live lock www.aljazeera.com. you can tweet us, and there is always the facebook page. >> you can find lots more on what's happening in egypt on our website, www.aljazeera.com, and you can always tweet us or messag

we did latest world news headlines we begin this hour here with the bombing in cairo at least three people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected car bomb blast outside the police headquarters in the center of the capital and this all according to officials and local television explosions severely damaged the front of the building. to the museum of islamic just across the street witnesses have reported gun fire following the bombing attacks on security and police have stepped up since the egyptian military overthrew the regime of president mohamed morsy and of course they launched a crackdown on his supporters last. we'll bring you more on this story as soon as more details come in here on r.t. international. for now here on the program calls from opposition leaders to maintain a truce with the riot police have failed to prevent protesters in kiev from building new barricades and burning tires on the embattled independence square meanwhile the riots have spilled over into ukraine's west and swear protesters broke into government buildings in several cities in fact in one of the

earlier, a deadly attack in the police headquarters in the capital, cairo. at least five people were killed. and then there was fighting between deposers of mohamed morsy and security opposers, and 13 people died in these clashes. the attacks come a day after the egyptian revolution began. >> explosions in cairo friday morning. this is the largest one. a suicide bomber rammed the car, surrounding the main egyptian police headquarters, killing people. damaged the famous museum of islamic art. the metro station closed, and also causing casualties, and then a third smaller blast targeted the police station about 4 kilometers from giza. but caused no casualties, according to the authorities. >> a pickup truck had two passengers inside. and stopped outside of police headquarters, and a suicide bomber detonated himself. >> reporter: according to the egyptian ministry, it was a violator resist act, and a child's body was found. they accused of what they call extremists, there have been arrests and violence since the coup last year, and supporters of the muslim brot

many people have that fear, because what people saw in cairo today, the heart of cairo, is unprecedenteds haven't seen four bomb explosions in this city in one day, and they certainly haven't seen a bomb explosion as powerful as the one that targeted police headquarters early this morning at 6:30 a.m. authorities say that explosion caused by a car bomb, the bomb powerful enough to shear off the facade of the building caused significant damage inside. also causing significant damage to surrounding buildings, including the historic islamic museum of art. four people killed in that explosion, scores injured. but that was only the beginning. several hours later, you had a second, a third, and a fourth explosion. those blasts smaller, home made bombs, including to authorities. and then the past couple hours, we're getting reports of a fifth explosion. the scene at these blasts remarkable, egyptians immediately pointing the finger, blaming the muslim brotherhood. we should point out, wolf, the muslim brotherhood has condemned this attack as they have done in previous attacks. but for many angr

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i am bloodshed on the streets of cairo the egyptian capital skip right to be a deadly blasts this friday. tension is high on the eve of the third anniversary of the country's revolution face to face talks between syria and delegations will not be held this friday expectations are low for the geneva to peace conference as both sides showed no signs of compromise protesters in sch yet expand their barricades is popped and ukraine's political deadlock come up empty. love is the headline so close to cut thanks for joining us first to our developing story out of high run three blasts had struck the egyptian capital this friday. first a car bomb which it near police headquarters in the morning hours killing at least four people of the second and third the blasts also reportedly targeted police forces form on this. it's cost data from spain cats captain steeply is standing by for us and that the capital and catherine that tell us what's the latest of what we know these three blasts that content that can be sad because now this morning the blast happened at around six thirty am local time was th

cnn's reza sayah is in cairo for us. >> reporter: wolf, just an awful day here in cairo.ned here today could be a game changer in this political crisis simply because of the fact that cairo has not seen this many bomb attacks in one day in vent mrecent memory. all this happening before the big anniversary of the 2011 revolution. a powerful car bomb targeting the eight-story police headquarters, one of at least four blasts that rocked parts of central cairo on friday. plunging egypt deeper into crisis and uncertainty. >> it's really bad. i can't tell you anything. >> reporter: are you worried about egypt? are you worried about your country? >> exactly. >> reporter: surveillance video appears to show the bomb exploding directly in front of the building. >> also damage and destruction across the street. this is the museum of islamic art, again, much of the facade of this structure has been destroyed. and then you see this. hundreds of people who have come on to the scene, many of them stunned, many of them angry. throughout the day three smaller bombs targeting police explod

to me in cairo at the store i so know that because it might be different. the other pieces he should be this licensing is that pays me no body to control the snow but that is going to be honest we don't have like an independent officer was all over the case so we really don't know if the number we have three cubic if the entity that would not go to another. of course the military leadership in addition government for them it's crucial to have. i tried not to get the legitimacy for the last six months in egypt okay aside from this question cream what's your impression to people feel that this constitution can help and the nation's many divisions. that is the recall of the kid who will win saying yes and this is that if you asked them they told us that all the talk the talk of the book the constitution they don't talk about the substance of the constitution dress. they just think they hope that this will increase the efficiency of the woods and to smell many of them abt saying that they would like to say there are also called for a minute ahead of the militar

four explosions hit cairo and guiza. this is the worst attack, a car explosion in front of the police headquarters in central cairo. there are also clashes between police residents and muslim brotherhood supporters in cities across the area. >> reporter: explosions at the heart of cairo on friday morning this, is the aftermath surrounding the main egyptian police headquarters. the nearby buildings were damaged including the famous museum of art. near the metro station close to the centers will with casualties. the blast near the headquarters near thnear authorities. >> the pickup truck had two passengers inside and the suicide-bomber detonated himself. >> reporter: while it's not clear who is behind the blast, it was described as a vile terrorist act. they were accused of extremists increasingly targeting the police. there has been unrest since the coup last year that deposed president mohamed morsi. >> we'll continue with our road map as we are. it will vanish soon and the operation is the last chance before they vanish