egypt has announced a plan to build near the capital of cairo. a statue of mahatma gandhi will be unveiled in london's parliament square this weekend. philip jackson has an exclusive look. >> mahatma gandhi is seen by many as one of the most of which it figures of modern times. he helped lead india -- one of the most important figures of modern times. he helped lead india to independence. although his story is not without controversy, his philosophy of nonviolent struggle inspired people like martin luther king and nelson mandela. and many in government today. >> i learned about gandhi at a very young age. as i grew older, my parents would mention him. family and relatives would mention him. i learned about his values, what he stood up for. i think those values are as relevant today as they were in his time. >> the statue in parliament square will mark the 100th anniversary of gandhi's return to india. it has all been paid for by private donations, many from around the world, including india, where he is considered the father of the nation. phili

won 400 to 800 people were killed in cairo's and the squares on security forces disbursed the protest camps in august went 13 human rights watch into crimed against humanity, being carried out against egyptian officials. under ibrahim they have been accused of carrying out torture and human rights abuses in an attempt to crack down on dissent. the minister survived the blast in cairo in september, which ibrahim described as an assassination attempt on his life. >> featured in a number of audio leaks in which he helped the military hide the whereabouts of the president and obstruct the course of justice he was also heard giving the bone light to use automatic weapons. they became under the spotlight after a stampede in

it will be built east of cairo and become the seat of government. an united emirates developer hopes to build the city in seven years at a cost of $45 billion. >> the ministers when they're moved to a different place people will be walking in safety and ease. >> no one would disagree that their city is too congested. but similar plans to lure people to the outskirts have failed to stop the flow of people into cairo. they have yet to see how cairo would be linked to the new capitol and the government should be focused on improving the country's dilapidated infrastructure. >> the new capital is a very late decision. here in egypt those in charge only start thinking about the problem after it has already happened. >> the concept of moving a capital is not confineed to ancient times. egypt can look to nigeria and brazil as modern-day examples. >> ten people have been killed in a gunfight in the western mexican city. security forces say suspected gang members ambushed a police convoy. five officers are among those who died. it's up of the most basic huma

nor was cairo always egypt's capitol. it dates back to 969 ad.ent government has its way it won't be the country's capitol in the future. >> translator: a project like this deserves that egypt and egyptians rally behind it until it's implemented. >> reporter: this could be the new capitol rising from the desert. it would be built east of cairo, and become the seat of government. the developer hopes to build the city within seven years at a cost of at least $45 billion. >> translator: the ministers and embassies, and service related bodies that are in downtown when they are moved to a far away place, that would lead to a quiet improvement in traffic, and people will be walking in safety and ease. >> reporter: nobody would disagree that their city is too congested, but similar plans to lure people outside of the city has failed. >> translator: the new capitol is a very late decision. here in egypt those in charge only start thinking about the problem off it has already happened. >> reporter: the concept of moving a capitol is not confined to an ine

christine. >> ian lee in cairo. thank you. >>> republican lawmakers today may request access to hillary clinton's e-mails from the tenure as secretary of state. the house oversight committee is prepared to subpoena the messages and mrs. clinton to answer questions about the private e-mail account for government business. the former secretary of state says it is a matter of convenience. a spokesperson at the time, mrs. clinton did not have a government issued blackberry. >>> 12 states throwing support behind the president's immigration plan to shield them from being deported. attorneys asking an appeals court to lift the order by a texas federal judge that froze the obama plan or limit the effect of the 26 states suing to stop the executive actions on immigration. >>> time for an early start on your money. u.s. stock futures up a bit after a strong rally yesterday. look at that. dow climbed 260 points. 1.5%. bank stocks led the rise. big banks passed the stress test. morgan stanley climbed 6%. major questions remain

but similar plans have failed to stop the flow into cairo. the government should focus on improving the country's dilapidated infrastructure. >> translator: the new capitol is a very late decision. here in egypt those in charge only start thinking about the problem after it has already happened. >> reporter: the concept of moving a capitol is not confined to agent times. natasha ghoneim, al jazeera. >>> it's united nations international day of happiness, an annual event that calls on people to recognize that increasing happiness is as important as increasing financial progress. people have been gathering in public spaces in local communities to connect with others from all walks of life. for more on this campaign i'm dined by a psychologist who specializes in the study of personality and behavior. does this idea of international day of happiness make sense? >> it's an interesting concept. i think it's a nice timely reminder of what makes us happy, and whether we are happy in our lives, and how do we define happiness? do we mean contemptment?

understand that the leader of islamic jihad, a powerful movement here in the gaza strip, has gone to cairo and meet with figures within abdul fatah al-sisi's government to try to de-escalate the tensions how that will bear fruit is a bit hard to say at this statement. there is questions over what the court ruling will mean. we have not heard anything from the authorities as to whether they'll implement the court rules, if it does what that implementation will look like. alarm bells are being run, senior leaders are saying they are concerned that egypt could carry out strikes across the gaza strip. something that they say would be very detrimental for the gaza strip, and would effectively lose egypt its credibility with the palestinian people. whatever the case the situation is extremely tense, and still many questions remain over where things will go after this ruling from this court in cairo. >> egypt's highest court ruled an article in the rule of law regulating elections is unconstitution, which could mean a delay in the parliamentary poll. egypt has been without a parliament since june

people telling us that the decision by the court in cairo plays into the hands of the israelis. the israelis seen by many as their mortal enemy, and the decision plays into the hands of the israeli leadership. whatever the case there are efforts made to try to smooth things over. it should be said that although the court made this decision egypt has not been clear about whether it's going to implement the ruling and if it does how it will look. >> we are waiting to see how the egyptian government will act on the egyptian court decision. what about the court's accusation that hamas's armed wing have been carrying out operations on egypt in the sinai peninsula against the egyptian security services. >> here with the leadership that we have been speaking to, categoric denials, saying they are not involved in violence that we see in the sinai, claiming the leaves of soldiers and -- lives of soldiers and policemen. the fact that the rollingst relationship -- relationship has de de deear rated is not -- deteriorated is not surprising. we only need to look at the ceasefire, in which 25

christine. >> thanks, ian lee in cairo. watching that offensive. >>> vatican officials say isis threats against pope francis are real. the head of the vatican police force says they are not just making threats against a propaganda campaign but there is no specific plan for an attack. pope francis is fully aware of the risk but doesn't plan on compromising his style of ministry. >>> the federal death penalty trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev set to begin on wednesday. in court on monday the prosecution and defense battled over how soon they can discuss the role of the older brother tam tamerlon. they sparred over how much evidence the jury will be shown. tsarnaev is charged with killing three people and injuring 264. >>> the chief of the lapd says the enhanced video of the man killed on skid row shows the man's hand reaching for the officer's gun on his belt. three of his colleagues opened fire. the report is it is unclear if his hand grabbed the officer's weapon. >> i reviewed the video and audio the officer is primarily engaged i

. >>> the situation in yemen is high on the agenda for arab league foreign ministers meeting in cairos come ahead of the arab summit due to take place at the end of march. joseph, sr. commentator at the gulf news believes the arab league will encourage negotiations between the rival groups in yemen to begin. >> reporter: the consensus throughout the arab capital is his that the national security requirements of yemen the territorial integrity of the country may be maintained at all costs. we are going toe say long period of negotiations between president hadi and the houthi leadership to find out whether or not some kind of negotiations could be started once again but both sides are holds on the ground to very strong positions and not willing to concede. the league of arab states will probably encourage the negotiation to his occur someplace in the region. but that's a toss up at this point. nobody really knows what is going to happen. >>> a fan group. egyptian football club has held protests in egypt over deadly clashes at a match in cairo last month. the ultra white nites knights ar

but similar plans have failed to lure people out of cairo. they have yet to see how cairo would be linked to the new capitol, and the government should be focused on the country's dilapidated infrastructure. >> the new capital is a late decision. here in egypt those in charge only started thinking about the problem after it's happened. >> the concept to moving the capital is not confined to egypt times. egypt can look to brazil as modern-day examples. >> it's one of the most basic human needs but in latin america 34 million people lack access to clean drinking water. lucia newman is looking at a machine that will create clean drinking water. >> one in ten people cannot access a single glass at home. millions live too far away from rivers or lakes or have seen their water source contaminated or simply disappear during pro longed drought. but what if they could access clean water any time anywhere out of thin air? that's the promise of fresh water. a machine that does just that by extracting moisture from the air just like a cloud. >> what this

the minister survived a blast in cairo described as an assassination attempt. he was featured in a number of leads in which it was said he obtructed the course of justice. he was heard giving the clean light to the offices in weapons against the protesters. he became under the spotlight after a stampede in february. leading to the death of 19. there was a public outcry to sack ibrahim accusing him of violence. there could be other reasons. there has been several attacks and blasts with plenty of arrests and accusations, but no clear rags as to who it behind the attacks or who is behind it. they have failed to stop protests. >> ukraine's military says a shoulder has been killed and another in fighting. the government in kiev passed a law increasing the size of forces by a third. republican and democratic leaders urged president obama to authorise military matters >>> a largely peaceful protest continuing for two months turned violent on thursday. activists want to be able to march. student protesters say it was a heavy-handed crackdown on a peaceful protest. pol

argentinian media and their coverage >>> al jazeera defends itself from an employee fresh out of gaol in cairo >>> the ratings down to a mere 619 million viewers for the biggest event anywhere - in china. and breaking down the political story in greece. >>> when an argentinian judge dismissed a legal judge against her this past thursday, cristina fernandez de kirchner gained a measure of vindication, not that all the media will see it that way. this story goes back to 1994 and the bombing in a jewish community killing 85, 86 if you count matt niskanen among them. he was the prosecutor, found dead from a -- nice nisman among them. his working theory was that the government was covering up evidence. in the weeks since, there has been frenzied coverage unfolding against a domestic media landscape. president cristina fernandez de kirchner's government passed laws to redraw the media map, a process threatening the biggest country, a conghomerrate. there's no love loft between them and the government, and it's been evident in the coverage of the case. in a presidential election, the fallout could ha

they are going to be meeting in cairo the discuss the situation. what role do you think arab league nations should play? >> i think they can help like in maybe given guarantees to parties to continue talks. which be i don't think this is going to change, it must be in the capital where it started. >> thanks very much indeed for that. hussein al bakati speaking to us live from sanaa. still to come. students protest in myanmar against a new law which they say is stifling academic freedom about plus: >> i'm haru mutasa. i'll have a report coming up. >> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america >> welcome back i'm shiulie ghosh. a reminder of the headlines. regional neighbors have joined nigeria's battle against boko haram. soldiers from nye niger and chad were seen crossing the border near borno state on saturday. >>> just 18 kilometers from tikrit which is still under i.s.i.l. control. >>> a request from president hadi to h

and flew from cairo and the egyptians didn't know what to think. they weren't sure it wasn't a terrorist. >> right, a prank. the plane full of explosives and the airport ringed with snipers just in case and the israeli national orchestra didn't have sheet music for the egyptian national anthem and had 0 tune in to learn how to play it and out of the blue couldn't this is airport airplane and it was unheard of. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> and sadat descends in -- you know, then he goes to address the conessa and tells them they have to give up the occupied territories and we're not going make a separate peace. menachem begin is only in office for a year, when this happens, his election was the greatest surprise in israel's his. he was -- the prime minister, first prime minister of israel called him a little hitler, he was a face fascist, a racist and they were embarrassed and summed he's elected the prime minister. it's called the great reversal in israel. he was an obstructionist and his goal was to expand the country of israel. not contract it. >> the

more from gas. >> the hamas leadership is angry at this decision by a cairo court to declare the group a terrorist organization, but as well as the anger we've also been speaking to people right across the gaza strip who are also afraid, afraid of what might happen next. here's what they told us. >> since sisi became president the situation for us here in gaza hassing gotten worse. he's tightened it so much we can't move. i'm worried he might carry out military attacks against us here. >> sisi is an illegitimate leader and so are his courts. we have to be prepared for anything. >> many people across the gaza strip are concerned about these latest developments, one thing remains unclear which is how or if the egyptian government will enforce the court's ruling. >> egypt's highest court ruled and article in the law regulating elections is unconstitutional. it could mean a delayen long awaited parliamentary poles. egypt has been without a paulment since what 2012. al sisi's arrived in saudi arabia for talks with the king. they are expected to discuss sisi's proposal for a so-called jointl

the target of the attack in cairo is still in fear. >>> now an avalanche has hit in afghanistan. it's described as one of the worst to hit in years. rescue efforts still continue in the eastern province of panjshir. they've been able to access some remote villages that have been cut off for a week. when uruguay released detainees from guantanamo base in september, it looked like a new start for the men. but they still struggle to to adapt. >> after more than 12 years detained at the u.s. guantanamo base he was delighted to be offered a new home in uruguay. it was a country he knew little about, but he knew it was a long way from the life he had been living. as a prisoner, never charged with any crime but with no home to return to. >> i want to stay in uruguay to rebuild my life. if i didn't, what would i do? i've asked for the americans to sent me back to tunisia but they refused. >> he would like to work for a restaurant in montivideo, serving arabic food. he would also like to be reunited with his mother. >> when we were in guantanamo uruguayan authorities made many promises, b

nile supplies 85% of water to the nile valley while nearly all of egypt's 82 million people live so cairo wants assurances the dam will not cut the flow of the river. >> part of the problem comes from the fact that ethiopia has ignored egyptian protests and continued with construction of the dam. and i think officials in cairo basically came to the conclusion that continuing to oppose the construction of the dam wasn't going to do them any good. it would only sour their relationship with ethiopia and a good relationship with ethiopia is very important considering most of the water flowing in the nile flows from there. so inpart of this is because egypt really needs to have good relations with ethiopia in order to continue to enjoy water from the nile river >>> a report by doctors without borders has criticized the world health organization's response to the outbreak too slow and warned the global medical community is not prepared for another outbreak. >> all we know is that the delay caused by member states of the w.h.o. not acting cost valuable time in preparing a response. we're in a di

the minister survived a bomb blast in cairo in september which he described as an assassination attempt on his life. he was featured in a number of audio leaks in which he helped the military hide the whereabouts of detained president morsi and obstruct the course of justice. he was also heard giving the green light to his officers to use automatic weapons against protestors. he became under the spotlight after a stampede in february which led to the death of at least 19 fans of the football club. there was a. outy to sack him accusing him of cite be violence against the fans. there could be other reasons for the sacking. there have been several attacks and blasts across eye jent of arrests and accusations but no clear indication as to who is behind the attacks or the ability to stop it. he and his forces have also failed to stop anti coup prosecutor tests which have been going on for more than a year and a half. al jazeera. >> egyptian journalist believes the reshuffle was made to appease the people. >> it's not just get rid of the remains and hangovers of the government and regime of

you from the presidential palace in cairo. a year ago much of the world had never heard of isis. and it was dismissed by president obama as the jayvee team. but now the terrorist army has come to dominate the news with its brutality. this hour we're going to show you isis as very few have seen it, up close the damage it has brought to families, villages, a whole region that simply was in the wrong place with the wrong beliefs. we'll also talk exclusively with one world leader who has dared to challenge islamic terror and stand up to it, even daring to call it by its name. first though we go to northern iraq and a small village that was visited by evil, a place called kocho. august 15th it was decision day for the people of kocho village. ten miles south of sinjar mountains, critical cross roads and ancient landmark in northern iraq. >> translator: isis surrounded the whole village. >> isis had given kocho villagers like ali an ultimatum, convert to islam or lose all their belongings and join other refugees who had fled to mt.

we have cnn's ian lee in cairo. this situation just keeping growing in the involvement and concerns about what it means for the region. >> reporter: that's right, christine. we saw second wave of air strikes hitting 15 targets conducted by coalition forces. we are hearing reports that targets near the presidential palace were also hit. in the port city of aden we are hearing there is chaos on the streets as pro and anti-houthis rebels square off. and the red sea city here in egypt, the air crew will hold a summit to discuss this. what we are seeing is an unprecedented arab coalition. we have not seen this air-backed coalition in decades. they are conducting this operation in yemen. egypt has mobilized a large force. we are seeing the air force and land force offered if that is necessary. we know there is a blockade around yemen. no supplies to go to the houthis rebels. from the ambassador he detailed the objectives are. >> we are preparing for all eventuality in the kingdom and outside the kingdom. we are determined

. >> egypt, two people have been killed in an explosion in the capitol, cairo, court to go state media. the blast happened near the how court building in the center of the city. at least four are to be wounded. >> some senior democratics including vice president joe biden will not attend benjamin netanyahu's speech to the congress. he arrived in washington sunday, expected to argue against any deal with iran. >> let's join tom ackermann live from washington d.c. this is a controversial trip by benjamin netanyahu to the united states. tell us what he's doing over the next couple of days. >> well, first of all in just about an hour, he'll appear before the national conference, the huge and highly influential pro israeli advocacy group 14,000 people will hear him. what we expect to hear, just a dress rehearsal of what he'll tell the u.s. congress tuesday. he'll be extolling the traditional ties of friendship and appliance to the united states, thanking them for the extensive military aid that the united states gives them, but go on to criticize the terms of the deal that is now being nego

egypt says it will build a new administrative capital east of cairo. a series of mega projects announced during all summit aimed at attracting more investment in egypt. >>> now, india's prime minister is travel to go northern shri lanka to handover 50,000 new home to his people who lost their lives during the civil war. he has already met leaders of the tamil national alliance. he is due to become the first indian lead tore visit in almost 30 years. the city is the former strong hold of the tamil tigers who were defeated six years ago. and that is where we are joined live now. tell us about just how significant this visit is. >> reporter: it is a very important visit not just for slow lan at that but for india as well. after years of relations between the two countries being somewhat strained and sort of in decreased mode we have seen a thawing of relations and slow lan at that kasami and its treatment of its tamil minority is a very important dynamic within the relationship which is why the prime minister has found the time in his sketch towel come up

. >>> egypt's government says it will builds a new administrative capital just west of cairo and it wille done in seven years and cost $45 billion. it's part of a series in a summit aimed atta tracting more investment. egypt's gulf neighbors have pledged more than $12 million to support the company. president sey says sisi says he hopes condominium growth will be cut by 10% in five years. stefanie dekker reports. >> reporter: world and business leaders all here to listen to egypt's pitch despite years of turmoil we are opening for business. in his opening speech, president sisi personally welcomed many of the heads of state present here for their support. >> translator: i would like to thank all our brothers, kings and presidents of the arab states. that are giving us a lot of honor by being here today in owe jim i didn't want. the egypt society is 25% of the middle east, stability in egypt is a very important role for the is -- stability of the whole region, we need to make sure that this power will be for the benefit of the stability. nation and for the ream un. >> reporter: it started

cnn's ian lee is tracking latest from cairo this morning. america is careful about the offensive in tikrit. tell us why. >> reporter: that is right, christine. tikrit is the hometown of iraq's former leader saddam hussein. what we have is a predominately shi'ite fighting force going into a predominately sunni area. you have some arab and sunni tribal fighters with the government. it is the shi'ite militias with the strong ties to iran that a lot of people are worried about. we also know from the semi official iranian news agency that sulimani is the ruler of the brigade. will be there as well. what the united states is careful of is supporting the iranian push but these officials have a poor track record into sunni areas. they treat civilians and enemy combatants and human rights issues. the united states is careful of being brought into sectarian fighting. watching this assault is going to be sunni and arab fighters in other parts of the country. we will watch to see how the shi'ite militia men and iraqis treat the men. that will put a stra

the retile of bahar mohamed and mohamed fahmy is said to resume in cairo their colleague peter gresteort today australia last month. natasha reports. >> reporter: they have been in this egyptian court countless times before. they are hoping this time things will end differently and their names will finally be cleared. since mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed's retrial began in february the all-too familiar frustrations have resurfaced. the court proceedings have been postponed three times during one hearing, the judge said their colleague, peter greste, had to be present. after spending more than a year behind bars, greste was deport today his native australia last month. at a sit sent of canada fahmy was hoping to be deported there. we were released but must check in every day. they are accused of aiding the now banned muslim brotherhood. legal experts have called the case baseless, despite living under the cloud of the charges mohamed recently says he feels fortunate to have been reunited with his family. >> i am happy that i am going back to my family. >> reporter: their hope is thurs

cnn's ian lee has the latest from cairo.inning of the crucial trip for the secretary. >> reporter: that is right, john. kerry is meeting with president sisi. they will talk about the away of issues. secretary kerry in the egyptian red sea city of charmelcik. the top on the agenda is improving the security relations. the egyptian and u.s. relationship is solid. things have been cool with the egyptian president and washington. he will try to improve that relationship but also the battle against isis. egypt is facing that in the sinai peninsula, but talking to security officials, it is their western border with libya that keeps them up at night. washington and cairo have not seen eye-to-eye. egypt wants a direct approach giving weapons to the government and blockade. washington wants all of the factions together for a unified front. egypt will talk about weaponry. egypt gives $1.5 billion in military aid every year. some weapons have been withheld since the 2013 coup. that includes weapons systems for the f-16s and apache helic

more than 10,000 egyptians answer the call, filling cairo's tahrir square. >> and they started chantingnti-mubarak when they saw mubarak's police go out there and beat people brutally and start shooting people dead. and so you had ordinary egyptians going out there and say mubarak must go. >> hosni mubarak is egypt's president, who's held power over the people for more than 30 years. images of the demonstrations and the police response flood the internet. >> mubarak basically unleashed his security forces all across egypt. so for four days he unleashed everything he had. >> four days into the uprising, hoping to stop the flow of information among the protesters, the government cuts off the internet. >> mubarak thought he could wreck the revolution by putting egypt on information lockdown. so he literally shut down the internet. >> nora younis is a reporter for the "egypt independent," an online and print news source. on the morning of january 28th nora and a colleague hear about a hotel in central cairo that still has internet service. they try to get a room with a view of tahrir square

on saturday a court in cairo declared hamas a terrorist organization. many here now fear the egyptian authorities will close the area off for good. including this woman who holds egyptian passports and they have been coming here every other week to renew their travel permits. but with the main crossing barely open and only small groups allowed to cross whenever it is she doesn't know when they'll be able to go back home. >> i need to leave urgently because my daughter is sick with a serious brain condition. i had only planned to come to gaza for a short visit and now i'm stranded here. >>reporter: ties between hamas which runs the gaza strip and the egyptian government led by president al sisi have been unravelling for months. hamas has links to the banned muslim brother hood. with saturday's broader ruling it's feared the already strained relationship with cairo has gotten worse. egypt joins israel the united states, and several other nation who is have declared hamas a terrorist organization. but what remains unclear is how or if the egyptian governme

that's our program from cairo, egypt.ank you for watchi you next "fox news sunday." >>> right now police in ferguson, missouri have a 20-year-old man in custody in connection with the shootings of two police officers. that city has seen so much raw emotion emotion, violence and more. now amid a demonstration on the early hours thursday morning, gunfire and two policemen down. here is the suspect, policed announced not too long ago jeffrey williams, one count of firing a weapon from a vehicle and three counts of armed criminal action and two counts of assault. this man admitted to firing the gun but the investigation is ongoing. ongoing. >> he is charged with assaulting these tw

he booked a ticket to go to cairo to fly out wednesday from chicago. cousin was going to commit an act of terrorism after he left. let's talk about this here with navy captain stimpson. nice to have you back on. >> thanks for having me. >> first up to you as a member of the military to hear there's an active member with these intentions to join isis to take the lives potentially of other soldiers your reaction sir? >> it's very concerning. we know from the national counter terrorism center at least 180 americans have fled this country and joined isis. isis is good at luring westerners 3400 including 180 americans to their cause. as a former federal prosecutor one of the key pieces of evidence to me brooke is the fact this one guy booked a flight which shows he was going to go through with it. they nailed him before he could get on that flight. >> we've reported on all kinds of westerners teenagers. this is the first i recall an active member of the u.s. military. >> well major hue san was in communications with al qaeda and of course isis -- it's not t

so i think in cairo, they are really grappling now with how to position themselves with players from the gulf states who are helping the egyptian economy. and uae, for example, was already involved in plans for bank rolling and expansion of the suez canal. >> sir, thank you. >>> much more to come on al jazeera including more on why a u.s.-backed rebel group in syria has decided to disband. >> the death toll could be much higher than anyone'd known. >> posing as a buyer to get in there. >> 10,000 people are already dead mr. president, who should answer for those people? >> tomorrow. did the police fail misty upham? >> if somebody did something to my girl, i need to know that. >> was is a case of discrimination? >> we had no help from the police. >> a family pleads for answers. "stolen sisters", an "america tonight" special report. tomorrow, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> israel's prime minister has defended his planned address to the u.s. congress on tuesday saying he does not mean to disrespect president obama. he plans to speak about the so-called dangers of the u.s.

that's our program from cairo, egypt.>>> tonight, how could this be happening in america? citizens put in the crosshairs of their government by agents from the irs to the atf. >> they were looking for a way to scare us. >> and homeland security. >> homeland security raiding a guitar factory makes no sense. >> environmental authorities threatening jail time. >> we're going to use everything in the book to come after you. >> and federal rangers staging a cattle grab. >> fully armed and fully ready to square for a fight. >> what is it like when a powerful force you thought was on your side turns against you? you can begin a struggle that will last for years. >> i'm not the only one, i'm speaking for thousands, maybe

we have ian lee with the latest in cairo.deal is on the offensive. >> reporter: they are not the only one. they are part of a nine-nation coalition that pledged to use this sort of force if it is necessary. six members of the gulf cooperation council and jordan and sudan and egypt. this is not unanimous vote we saw in the arab summit. there was dissension from iraq and lebanon. they are heavily influenced by iran. they were not alone. international community also looking for a diplomatic solution, including the united nations. >> i share those deep concerns. i have repeatedly condemned the attack attempts by the houthis and former president salai to undermine the agreement by military force. i take note that military action has been undertaken at the request of yemen's leader president hadi. >> reporter: the diplomatic window has not closed. john the drums of war is beating loudly to a potential ground invasion. >> dramatic developments. thank you, ian. >>> indiana facing a business backlash after a religious freedom law pass

won 400 to 800 people were killed in cairo's and the squares on security forces disbursed the protest camps in august went 13 human rights watch into crimed against humanity, being carried out against egyptian officials. under ibrahim they have been accused of carrying out torture and human rights abuses in an attempt to crack down on dissent. the minister survived the blast in cairo in september, which ibrahim described as an assassination attempt on his life. >> featured in a number of audio leaks in which he helped the military hide the whereabouts of the president and obstruct the course of justice he was also heard giving the bone light to use automatic weapons. they became under the spotlight after a stampede in february with at least 19 fans. there was a public outcry t government have traveled to the talks the u.n. special envoy is broken the negotiations. he joins us live now do we get any sense of progress so far. >> the special representative for libya said in a prez conference just a while ago that this is a historic moment that the libyans should see this opportunity to s

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we had created in 1997 f used before in cairo, the world forum for alternatives.he organization for security among african and asian peoples and with many other organizations around the world, specific in the south. asia, africa, and latin america. we have organized the first demonstrations -- political and intellectual demonstration 1999 that is two years before in davos. it was the anti-davos in davos. a much wider scale, the world social forum. we're in tunis for the second time for a new edition of the world social forum. juan: samir amin, i want to ask you, as it is occurring, there is convulsion throughout the arab and muslim world between the west and political islam. you have written extensively about the nature of political islam. >> we are a world social forum therefore, we are dealing with the questions which are of interest for the people all around the world, south and north, east and west. i think it would give my own opinion which is shared with many people. we are believing that the new world order which was established with the programs on one han

on saturday a court in cairo declared hamas a terrorist organization. many fear the authorities will close the border it shares with the palestinian territory for good including fat amma she and her 1.5-year-old daughter hold passports, and for the past five months they have been coming to renew travel permits, but with the crossing rarely open, and small groups allowed to cross when it is she doesn't know when they'll be able to go back home. >> i need to leave urgently my daughter is sick. she has a serious brain continue. now i'm stranded here. >> ties between hamas, which runs the matt grimshaw, and the egyptian government have been unravelling more months. they have links to the muslim brotherhood, and the armed wing was branded a terrorist organization. and the ruling it appears the strained relationship with cairo has gotten worse. egypt joins israel the united states and several other nations who declared hamas a terrorist organization. what is unclear is how or if the egyptian government will enforce the rulings. >> the senior hamas official sa

. >>> cairo will not be the president of egypt forful longer if egyptian plans are completed. megaannouncements by government leaders, during an economic conference. some of egypt's gulf leaders have pledged more than $12 million. president abdel fattah al-sisi hopes all these pledges will be confirmed. >> reporter: president abdel fattah al-sisi thanks all for their supports. >> translator: i would like to thank kings brothers and presidents of arab states, giving us lots of honor to be here in egypt. the egyptian society is 25% of the population of the middle east. stability in egypt is a very important role for the civility of the whole region. we need to make sure that these power will be for the benefit of the stability of the nation and for the region. >> reporter: it started off well with billions of dollars pledged by some of egypt's richest neighbors. the aim is to secure billions more. the egypt they want to promote: clean, easy flowing traffic businesses and industries ready for business. group claiming responsibility for explosions blamed all members of the summit.

are taking place outside libya meetings in rome meetings in malta, meetings in tunisia, meetings in cairo. i think that would understate what he's doing to look only at the time spent in libya. obviously, time spent in libya is restricted by security considerations. to be able to forge meaningful relationship stz. >> good. president,you touched upon in anxiousing my questions on the issue of being on the doorstep to europe. if so, how do we counter this threat, specifically on the migration issue? >> well, the migration challenge is a threat to the whole of europe, not just to the u.k. but to the extent that travel is facilitated within europe. obviously, irregular migrants arriving in italy or spain are potentially a threat to the u.k. it does occur through ill leaguely trafficked people. we believe that the only way to stem this is at source. to tackle the traffickers, the smugglers, the extortionists who prey on these people along if way and to seek to work among countries of origin. and to reduce the impulgs to travel as it were among that group of potential mile grat e grants. >> whe

." >> we're coming to you from the presidential palace in cairo. a career ago much of the world hasn't heard from isis. it was dismissed by president obama as the jv team. the terrorist army come to dominate the news with the brutality. this hour we're going to show you isis as very few have seen it. up close. the damage it has brought to families, villages a whole region that simply was in the wrong place with the wrong believes. we'll also talk exclusively with one world leader who dared to challenge islamic terror and standing up to it. even daring it to call it by itself name. we go to northern iraq in a small village that was visited by evil. august 15th it was decision today for the people of koe cho village. ten miles south of sinjar mountain a critical cross roads and ancient landmark in northern iraq. >> translator: isis rounded the whole village. >> isis had given the villagers, like this an ultimatum convert to islam or lose all their belongings and join the you arerefugees that fled to the mount sinjar. >> isis came and they made a circ

reporter: he arrived on thursday before going on to cairo for an arab league summit. they are in control of much of yemen. they long complained of discrimination from the sunni majority. it was a major rival and supports the duties. >> everybody has to encourage them. reporter: supporters are determined to withstand the attacks. iran is also playing a decisive role in another middle east can't act right next door in iraq. anchor: i run has been supporting them in the final phase. anchor: it has been in the hands of islamic state militants since june of last year. reporter: battles like this one have been going on for nearly a month. they see it as a crucial steppingstone. they have provided air support elsewhere. it has not played a role in tikrit. they say it will destroy strongholds with precision and minimize civilian casualties. shiite militias see things differently. they have been fighting alongside since the beginning of the campaign. behind the conflicting alliances is iran. they get weapons and training from the islamic republic and the u.s. sees that relatio

cnn's ian lee is monitoring everything from cairo. >> reporter: good morning, christine.men. 15 air strikes in total, we're told across the country targeting radar stations and weapons depots and targets near the presidential palace. houthis rebels are advancing in the city of aden in the south being fought by the officials loyal to yemen and sunni tribes. there is an arab-league summit in egyptian to discuss the situation in yemen. the president of yemen will attend that as well. we are expecting them to solidify the arab coalition engaged in yemen. egypt pledging war ships and troops. wolf blitzer talked to the saudi ambassador who detailing the objectives. >> we are prepare for all in the kingdom and outside the kingdom. we are prepared to defend yemen and degrade the abilities of the houthis. >> reporter: christine, ultimately this is a proxy war. yemen backing the rebels and then saudi arabia and arab partners backing yemen's president as well as the sunni tribes backing the president too. >> ian lee in cairo, thank you. >>> in iraq u.s. led coalitions staged 17 air