and acrossn cairo egypt think this is going to address the problem? >> it is hard to know the reaction as of yet. we are under a state of emergency briefing since 2013. already the government acts with a lot of disregard to the law. there are people who are arbitrarily detained, held beyond what is even allowed in the penal code. disappearances, and yet all opposition has been silenced. .he airline has been purged it's hard to know how much further the state of emergency can go. it does give the president extraordinarily exceptional power so he can use the court to them a curfews across the nation to impose censorship on media publications. but we have seen these before is if thiss unclear is going to solve the absence of the problem, which is the islamic state group has warned and said they will attack christians. we have seen these attacks in this double twin -- twin bombing attacks. >> is there a feeling that the situation has gotten worse since the fall of mubarak? -- thely the is resistance has clearly made things much will -- much worse for them

when we come back we go to cairo cairo, egypt to speak. egyptian president is in washington to speak with president trump today. stay with us. >> president trump is scheduled to welcome egyptian president the white al-sisi to house today. he is a former military general president to tian visit the white house since egypt's s 2011 revolution. rose to power in 2013 through overthrowing p egypt's first freely elected ed morsi. mohammed the trump administration says it ly address the human rights record. was said invite being a did as tens of thousands rot in jail and torture is the orders strange way to build a strategic relationship. sisi resident trump calls him.tasticic guy meeting he was reportedly the first world leader to congratulate presidency ning the in november in a phone call. comes musharrbarak was freed from pitcher. he 88-year-olds left the military hospital in cairo and returned to his homeme in the northern suburbs. we go to cairo where we our correspondent. welclcome back it democracy y n. the oyou talk about significance of

matt bradley joining us live from cairo, egypt. >> reporter: good morning. funerals are just starting for the more than 40 killed in this truly devastating attack. throughout egypt we're starting to see troops deploying in order to impose president el sisi's three-month state of emergency. that's what he announced yesterday. it's really hard to overstate the significance of this, and what this means for the national consciousness. this was definitely the most deadly blow, the most deadly attack targeting christians, the largest christian community in the middle east, in nearly half a century. and this is a country that has been racked by communal violence for many, many years. now this is going to have a major effect, especially when it comes to law and order and when it comes to what president sissy is going to be doing here. he came did power just afew years ago and has kind of a tacit contract with the public that he would restore order and security as long as the public basically bent to his will. so this is going to be a devastating blow and this country

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there is a low level insurgency in northern sinai and it has spread to other parts of egypt, cairo, alexandriae need also to stress, that even though the security services in egypt have not raeld proved really proved to be ver effective, it is extremely difficult to protect every religious place in egypt. think of how easy it is to place a bomb in a cairo cathedral or in tanta in a church can. think how easy it is to carry out a suicide bombing and the attacks against the copsan. think how easy it is to carry out a suicide bombing and the attacks against the copsn. think how easy it is to carry out a suicide bombing and the attacks against the cops. think how easy it is to carry out a suicide bombing and the attacks against the cops alexandria, cairo, tanta, they want to sow sectarian tensions because as we have been talking about, the coptic community feels very angry, need to be protected and the government obviously is unable to do so. >> right. and this is just the aim of terrorism. it's inexpensive, it's easy and it dare guys people in t s tea people. ben wedeman is in turkey.tear t peopl

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the council on foreign relations and an international correspondent with npr based recently in cairo, egypt. from 2011-2012 she served as the cairo bureau chief for the washington post and her foreign coverage of the human toll of the iraq war earned her the george r polk award in 2007. booktv is here filming tonight and we are really excited to have them here as well. without further ado, please welcome your guests. [applause] >> i just almost knocked that water over right off the bat. i am really excited to lead the conversation today. you are a civil rights attorney, powerful advocate for refuges but to see we are here because she is the author of "our home that was a country" and it a powerful story of telling the story of syria's past. i just want to start asking why you decided to go back when you did to tell the story of your grandmother and the home she renovated. >> thank you for coming and thank you for hosting. well, i think there is a lot of excellent tests in the storm because there are a lot of cairo moments. in 2011, it seemed like something was about the give in the middle e

protests in the street in cairo egypt. protesters. more than 1200 people have died. 20 million viewers. [inaudible] what we are saying to each other, things that are not usually on tv. prosecutors ordered the arrest of the producer saying that he has insulted the president and his law. that a canadian would be a wanted man is astonishing. >> it doesn't get me into the kind of trouble that it gets you into the. [inaudible] i have no manuals to do this it is a critical moment. [inaudible] this show is about holding authority accountable regardless of who is in charge we are the voice of the people ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the cofounder of madison wells media and comedian and tv host. ♪ [applause] >> hello. if it is a beautiful crowd. nothing much going on. thank you for coming to. [inaudible] [laughter] so we have something in common. okay. >> he is often called jon stewart of egypt and this allows a quick point of reference but i know jon stewart would tell you wrong. i am when it comes to the influence and risking your lif

council on foreign relations and an international correspondent with npr most recently based in cairo, egypt. from 2011-2012, she served as bureau chief for "the washington post," previously her foreign coverage of the devastating human toll on the iraq war earned her the polk award in 2007. and just so everyone knows, booktv is here tonight filming, and we're really excited to have them here as well. so without further ado, please welcome leyla and alia. [applause] >> i just almost knocked that water over right off the bat. i'm really excited to lead the conversation today with alia a malek. as mentioned, is she's a civil rights attorney, a journalist, a powerful advocate for refugees, butted the we're here because she's the author of her new week, "the home that was our country." it's an incredible story about her going back to syria and discovering her own family history and telling the story of syria's past, the present that she lived at the time and the future that it has now become. and i just wanted to start, alia, with asking you why you decided to go back when you did to tell the st

30-year-old aya hijazi of falls church, plus her husband and seven other volunteers jailed in cairo, egypt, for the past three years. they were working to help street children in cairo but had been accused of child abuse and trafficking. >> complete fabrication. jeff: on sunday, all eight defendants were acquitted and freed. >> i never lost hope. but these things in egypt you never know how they will turn out. jeff: mcmullen says the obama administration worked to free aya but it was not until president trump met with egyptian presidencies analysis this month and pressed for -- president el-sisi this month and pressed for her relief that her freedom seemed in reach. >> president trump deserves credit and we are grateful for his personal aya's case. jeff: wade mcmullen was with aya and her family last night when she came home to the states. she and her husband. he said it was a powerful moment. we'm hear more at 5:00. plus hearing from a classmate of aya from george mason university about her efforts as well to bring aya home. live at the white house, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. brian: i show

. >> joining us now from cairo egypt. nbc news matt bradley. good morning to you. these attacks come less than a week after president trump hosted president here at the white house. somehow that playing out there now with this tragedy. >> reporter: good morning. yes, as you mentioned. it was only a week ago that president was in washington and all reports show that was a very warm meeting between president and trump. jed tweeted condolences and said he was supporting president. and called him later that night and redoubled expression of condolences and support. sisi is now coming under fire. turning anger toward the government. as you mentioned presidency si has been taking action. declared three month state of action. knows states of emergency. liv lived under a state of emergency for nearly 30 years. just yesterday, presidency sisi actually fired a top official where that first church bomb in occurred. can't be overstated just how devastating this attack was. this was the deadliest attack targeting christians. largest christian minority in the middle east in near

. >>> in cairo, egypt, pope francis celebrated mass for worshippers.isit is meant to show solidarity with the christian community which isis targeted in deadly attacks recently. the vatican leader says all faiths should work toward ending religious violence. >>> protesters in brazil burned buses, clashed with police, and marched in solidarity during a nationwide strike friday. workers are angry at the president's efforts to push austerity measures that would weaken labor laws. the government says the reforms are necessary to pull the country out of a recession. >>> we're following the president's first 100 days in office. he is touting his accomplishments. it hasn't exactly been smooth sailing. still, mr. trump insists he is off to one of the best starts ever. >> our jim acosta looks back on everything leading up to trump's first big milestone. ♪ >> reporter: just as president trump is about to hit 100 days in office, he sounds as if he's gearing up for four more years. >> we'll build the wall. don't even think about it. >> reporter: in a speech to the

the pontiff is scheduled to visit cairo egypt later this month.r people were killed and more than a dozen wounded when the attacker drove a truck into a crowd into a busy stopping district. >>> pooen while investigators arrested a pan in connection with an attack. no details were given on the other suspects. >> and back here in the bay area the coast guard is keeping a close eye on the san francisco barge and found a small shane of oil. so far the coast guard says there have been no signs of oil on nearby shorelines and no report officer impact to wild life. divers were able to plug visible holes on a cane barge that was holding about 4,000 gallons of diesel fuel and hydraulic fuel when it capsized. >> it's outside the navigation channel. so where the barge is right now commercial traffic wouldn't normally transit. >>> neil gorsuch is set to be sworn in tomorrow as the newest supreme court justice. gorsuch friday by a vote of 54 to 45. this after republicans changed the rules permanently lowering the threshold needed for supreme court confirmation

last december, a suicide bomber killed 28 of the coptic cathedral in cairo. egypt's president abdel fatah al sisi declared a state of emergency and put more uptroopsn the streets and vows to fight isis. christians are wondering if they can ever be safe. there are more funerals today for both christians and muslims killed in these two attacks and more questions about security, about whether people were properly screened before going into those churches. all of this ahead of pope francis' upcoming visit later in the month. the vatican says that visit will go forward. back to you. >> kelly cobiella reporting from cairo. russia and iran are renewing their support for syria following last week's u.s. missile strike. the military strike came in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack on civilians. secretary of state rex tillerson said syria, russia and iran bear great moral responsibility for that attack. >>> u.s. secretary of state stillerson is in italy where he's meeting with foreign ministers and the group of seven industrialized nations. the g7 ministers are set

amy: to talk more about the situation, we go to cairo, egypt, to speak with democracy now! correspondent sharif abdel kouddous. can you talk about what happened and the state of emergency in response? be, as, this seems to you mentioned, a security failure in egypt. the islamic state group back in december had to signaled its intention to escalate the attacks on the christian minority in egypt with a bombing in a church in cairo, issued a video in january saying it was going to attack christians. hundreds of christians were forced to flee their homes following a campaign of assassination and intimidation against them. then on this palm sunday, one of the most important religious celebrations for coptic christians, we have this coordinated wave of attacks. it speaks to the failure of the government's highly powerful intelligence agencies for not anticipating these kinds of attacks. less than two weeks ago, there was a bomb found in the very one church that was bombed palm sunday. it was disarmed. clearly, this church was the target. and despite that, the bomber managed to eva

protesters on streets in cairo, egypt. >> slashes between protesters and security forces more than 1200 people have died. [inaudible conversations] saying things i'm not usually on tv. i think it is very -- ought to be best to popular television presented. insulted morsi insulted and a comedian would be a wanted man is itself astonishing thing. >> that gets into trouble. i'll sell you this it doesn't get me the the kind of trouble it gets you into. an accident -- [inaudible conversations] time to work from home if you want -- what are we going to do? i have absolutely no manual to do this. hurray -- been waiting for something to happen. this show is about holding authority accountable. regardless of who's in charge. >> hold them -- we are the voice of the people. >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome copoundser of madison wells media gigi, and comedian and tv host, youssef. [applause] >> hi. that's a beautiful trout, thank you. nothing much going on on a monday night many chicago, right. that's your, okay i'll take it. [laughter] thank you for coming. did you get to know each other. wh

nbc's matt bradley is live in cairo, egypt. we know the country is under a state of emergency. what exactly does that mean? >> well, stephanie egypt is no stranger to states of emergency. before the revolution in 2011, egypt had been under a state of emergency for about 30 years under former dictator hosni mubarak. that state of emergency was done away with but it's been back and forth for the past couple years and it's been in place in various regions of the country where there's been insurgencies that sisi and morsi and other military leaders have tried to suppress. but what it really means is it's just a waving of civil liberties. basically allows the president and some members of the military to detain people and submit them to special security courts that don't have appeals and that often come under the age of military orders. so the judges passing judgment on suspects can essentially be told what to do. it also allows for searches and seizures without warrants. it allows for the president and owe officials to crack down on the media and survey private individuals. it's a

egypt. they have an affiliate that is a province of the islamic state that is functioning, running a low-level insurgency in the sinai. in the nile, delta, cairoand other egypt towns and cities a series of attacks on police and government officials and on christians going back several years. alison? >> all right. cnn's ben wedeman, thanks very much. keep us posted on details, not just of this first blast but a second blast at a second church. thanks very much. >>> nikki haley's claims are slammed by russia. the defense secretary said last week's chemical attack is russia's fault. >>> plus, violence after thousands of protesters take to the streets in venezuela. why they say the government is violating their human rights. >>> also, alec baldwin is back on "snl," skewering the president on jobs, and the economy. >> do you like that i bomb syria? are you right there? >> i sure do, sir. but i wanted to talk about my job. i recently got laid off from a coal mining plant. >> god, i love coal! z282uz zwtz y282uy ywty with chantix.d i quit smoking i was very grateful to have chantix. at times when i would normally go smoke, i just didn't. it's kind of

despite that violence, pope francis still plans toes havity cairo, egypt at the end of the month. >>> the jewish celebration of passover coincides with the christian holy week this week. so new york police are closely monitoring houses of worship around the city. now, plain clothed officers and mobile units will be looking for anything suspicious. some of the houses of worships are also hiring private security. >>> 7:26. we're looking at the opening bell that kicked off the trading day on wall street. trades hand been underway for two hours. markets at this point are down. you see the dow jones is down by 70 points. s&p is down by one half of one percent. nasdaq also down. we will watch the markets throughout the day. >>> tesla has reached a new milestone. it is considered the most valuable u.s. automaker beating out general motors. it is worth $50 billion, exceeding gm's worth by 1 billion. gm and other automakers are considered financially healthy but falling behind when it comes to alternate power and cutting edge technologies. >>> a new survey say more and more americans are delay

egypt. i'm kelly cobiella in cairo. adliest day for egypt's christians in decades. the first bomb went off a few minutes into palm sunday mass. the bomb was hidden under a pew next to the altar. a few hours later, a suicide bomber tried to get through the cathedral gates, was turned away and blew himself up. in all, more than 40 killed, more than 100 injured. among the dead, children and two female police officers. isis has targeted christians in this country in the past. they blamed responsibility for these attacks, as well, although nbc news has been unable to authenticate that claim. president trump offered his condolences and support in a series of tweets and also an overnight phone call in the tweets, saying he was very sad to hear about the terrorist attacks. and that he had, quote, great confidence in the egyptian president to handle the situation properly. in this country this morning, there's a state of emergency, lasting for the next three months. more troops sent on to the streets and to protect sensitive site

egypt. i'm kelly cobiella in cairo. e deadliest day for egypt's christians in decades. the first bomb went off a few >>> this is an nbc news special report. here's savannah guthrie. >> and good morning. we're watching the white house, the rose garden where in just a few moments neil gorsuch will be sworn in as justice of the supreme court. president trump walking out right now. justice divorce ch behind him having already received the first oath of office at the supreme court this morning. now as we see them approach the podi podium, we'll hear from the president, from associate justice neil gorsuch as well as the swearing in. let's take a listen. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. friends and distinguished guests, welcome to the white house. we are gathered here today for a truly momentous occasion in our democracy. the swearing in of a united states supreme court justice. in particular, i'm greatly honored to welcome to these grounds every sitting justice of the united states supreme court. welcome

i started out, actually, supporting an entrepreneur who had wanted to take it to cairo, in egypt, andjust ended up funding it, actually. we're noreally hands-on. but later on, and once i saw the success of makerfaire in africa and how it spread to all other countries, i said, "let me try it out -- let me try and see if i can have a similar one in india." and i did that in my city, ahmedabad. it has taken off like crazy. it's now in multiple other cities now. and i'm just delighted that we have that whole maker community that is coming together globally now. because whether you're based in the u.s. or in india, a maker is a maker, and people who are interested in sort of technology and using technology for creating tools, it's a very similar mind-set, and people connect with that over the internet now. so i think it's a really rich community that's coming together. >> all right. asha, thank you very much, and to you, margaret, and to you, chris, as well. we explored very interesting ideas, based on your expertise and passions. thank you for spending the time today. >> thank you so much

struggled to tackle the violence that has taken over noy in the sinai but in other places like cairo in egypthe has vowed to get really tough on extremism. he was in d.c. a few days ago with president trump and vowed to do the same thing, but he has had a really difficult time. he has not really tackled any of the other problems of egypt like the economy and other issues. it is a very precarious time right now and egypt. they chaos they are also spreading right over here into israel over the last few hours or so, israel closed its southern border crossing between israel and egypt because of fears of an attack. so what is happening in egypt also causing concerned right here in israel as well. >> heather: conor powell with the latest, thank you. >> jon: another shooting on the streets of chicago. this one kills a cook county judge and also injured one woman. that woman was apparently shot after encountering someone with a gun. authorities say judge raymond miles heard the commotion, stepped outside his house and was also shot dead. police say that violence is a reminder of the growing problem i

son >>> president trump helps the release of a egyptian-american worker released in prison in cairo, egypty personally crediting president trump for stepping in personally to help release them. now president obama tried to get them released but blocked el-sisi. didn't like el-sisi for his human rights violations. el-sisi visited with president trillion in a month or so. "new york times," human rights advocates, criticizing president trump not stepping in to help the jailed on bogus charges humanitarian workers, they worked with children but the reporting was wrong. the president personally stepped in to the point where families are thanking him and crediting him for doing that. stuart: chalk that up for a win for president trump. certainly a win for the young lady. france, you know the story, hit by another terror attack. i believe it is the sixth attack on the french capital in three years. the nation heads to the polls this weekend. you know, you got to believe that that terror attack has some influence on the vote, does the not? we're on it. >>> amazon, up x-percentage points since the

egypt. that is what the so—called islamic state is about. can they succeed ? i don't think so. they — they haven't so far. so whether it was after the bombing in cairogypt is very different to the rest of the middle east. there — there isn't a tribal presence there. it is much more homogenous presence. in actual fact, what we see after every one of these attacks is a greater support from the greater muslim community, because they see themselves in the community as targeted as well. so it doesn't make us more marginalised. people have come out to support us. the outpouring of support and shock that we have seen, in the community, both in egypt and globally, as a result, is a tell—tale sign. to that extent, you strike me as an optimist. you could flip it around, and talk about how the state, represented by president al—sisi and the machinery of the state, still doesn't take what would seem to me to be basic structural measures to ensure that the long—term discrimination against coptic christians in egypt is addressed. you know, there's the short—term, the three—month emergency, and the specific new law about church construction, but many copts say "wh

pope francis arrived in cairo, egypt, earlier this hour amid an uptake of terror attacks against copticsimmons. keir, good morning. tell us about the pope's trip. >> reporter: good morning. well, he just landed here in cairo around an hour ago. and he was taken straight through a meeting with the president of egypt. to give you a picture of the security along the 12-mile route from the airport to the city they've posted security every few hundred yards. that of course because isis here has threatened to slaughter christians in its own words in propaganda videos. and the pope himself today will go to a church where an isis suicide bomber attacked just before christmas. and there were two churches attacked by suicide bombers in the last month. all of this the background to all of this is the pressure on christians in this region. here in egypt coptic christians make up around 10% of the population. but the story is of a fear of christians leaving the region because of these kinds of threats from isis in particular. the pope hoping to counteract that with a message of peace and friendship

. >>> a virginia woman jailed for years in egypt is waking up free this morning. she was arrested in cairo nearly three years ago. authorities accused her of abusing children through an organization that she founded helping kids living on the streets. yesterday an egyptian court acquitted her. she has dual citizenship. she grew up in falls church, virginia. she returned to her native egypt. she may stay in cairo to keep up the goals of her organization and help care for children. >>> it's 4:31. back to the breaking news in fairfax county and a barricade situation underway. justin finch has arrived at scene. what have you found ou morning. still very much an active situation going on out here. negotiators are on ground trying to get the man barricaded in the home on culpepper to come out and speak with them. i'm joined by officer tonya rice who's been here for several hours. what's the latest? >> it's down the road. basically responded around 8:00 p.m. for a call for a man experiencing mental crisis. we're working with them on the phone, off the phone trying to get him to come out so we can

attacks systemic attacks against coptic churches and coptic symbols of worship in egypt, the latest was the cathedral in cairo in which dozens were killed and injured. the attacks in egypt represent an attack against the as sisi administration and against the legitimacy and symbol of the as sisi administration. the militants attacking the coptic churches are trying to send a message clear and loud that the as sisi administration cannot protect its minority, that trying to undermine the legitimacy of as sisi and multiple insurgencies going on in egypt, so an attack against the very legitimacy and symbols of president as sisi to undermine his presidency and show the world that he cannot protect one of his big communities in egypt. >> and we're waiting to hear on these reports of casualties, waiting for the interior ministry as well to issue a statement regarding this particular attack. let's turn our attention back to syria. you may have heard the sound bite that we ran with the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley, she was asked about regime change. she didn't exactingly say that the u.s. policy was to pur

these are live pictures from cairo as the book continues this two—day visit to egypt.imed at strengthening interfaith relationships and it is a huge boost for the christian community in egypt, which has come under attack from so—called islamic state, which said it wishes to target that community. the christian community in egypt. that is its top target. they will have been encouraged by this visit from the pope to the country. those are the live images from cairo. donald trump has become the first american president in 30 years to address america's powerful gun lobby, the national rifle association. 0n the eve of his 100th day in office, he told a rally in georgia that his administration would protect gun ownership. the eight—year assault on your second amendment freedoms has come to a crashing end. applause you have a true friend and champion in the white house. no longer will federal agencies be coming after law—abiding gun owners. headteachers will today be asked to vigorously oppose the expansion of grammar schools in england. school leaders gathering at their annu

today he was in cairo meeting with egypt's president. >>> one inmate set to die tonight in arkansas washer execution is delayed after a county court ruled that one of the drugs used in the lethal cocktail may have been obtained illegally. >>> after a month-long search, a former tennessee teacher accused of kidnapping a teenage student has been arrested. ted cummings was found last night in northern california along with elizabeth thomas. >>> president trump hitting back against the failing "new york times" again, this time after the paper posted pictures showing the whi comparing the white house celebration yesterday to obama back in 2015. even though they say the pictures don't look the same because the administrative staff was sitting down this time. >>> remember judge gonzal gonzalo curiel? he was against the judge during his campaign. then he accused the judge of being biased because of his heritage. >> i have a judge who is a hater of donald trump. he's a hater. a hater. his name is gonzalo curiel. >> he's a mexican. we're building a wall between here and mexico. the answer is he's

. >>> pope francis is in the capital of egypt this morning celebrating mass with the cairo catholic community. this is an important trip, especially after the attack on christians that happened a few weeks ago on palm sunday. there was also a bombing back in december at a church in cairo. 10,000 people were at this morning's mass. it's the first time a pope has visited egypt in 17 years. pope francis goes back to rome today. >>> maryland governor larry hogan will lay his father to rest today. the funeral will be at st. mary's catholic church in annapolis. lawrence hogan sr. died last week following a stroke. he served three terms in congress. hogan sr. was 88 years old. >>> 8:41 is the time on this saturday as we look live outside. going to be the hottest day of the year so far. we have tom tracking a humid start. humidity in d.c., can you believe it? >> already, though? >> it's early for that, but we'll check in with him and he'll time it out for us. >>> ostriches, rabbits, they all will be running this weekend here at it's custom made so you know it's good quality. i'm just speechless becau

egypt. this is the stadium in cairo where the mass is taking place. >> the pope's visit is an effort to buildnd promote peace. coptic christians targeting egypt in two deadly bombings on palm sunday. julia gallagher joining us live from cairo, she's following along on the trip. thank you as always for bringing us the latest on the pope's travels. i want to ask, since the palm sunday bombings, people worshipping quietly in churches there, april 9th, first of all, what's security like for the pope as he arrives there and conducts this mass. >> security is very tight from the egyptian side, we have military police, policemen lining the streets, the streets are blocked off, helicopters surveying from above the pope's every move. the vatican says for them it's business as usual. they don't have particular security concerns, the pope is traveling in a normal unarmed car. he went around the stadium where he's saying mass in a golf cart to say hello to the people there. for the pope, it's more important than his own personal safety to come here, to be with the people, to give them a message of hope,

egypt. one blast — in tanta, north of cairo — happened as worshippers were gathering for palm sunday.ibility. this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. egyptian correspondent, yolande knell. christians had gath| celebrate egyptian christians had gathered to celebrate one of their holiest days. but this palm sunday brought violence. the first deadly its motion was during mass at st george ‘s church in tanta, leaving blood everywhere, wooden pews shattered. just hours later there was another attack here, in the northern city of alexandria, this time just outside the church, the dead included police officers who had stopped the suicide bomberfrom entering, officers who had stopped the suicide bomber from entering, the officers who had stopped the suicide bomberfrom entering, the head of egypt's coptic church had already left. in rome at palm sunday prayers pope francis condemned the bombings, he is going to visit egypt later this month. a recent upsurge in attacks on egypt's coptic christians is causing concern, they are one of the oldest christian communities in the

. >>> and following breaking news from egypt, 13 people dead and dozens of others hurt from a bomb explosion from a church in cairo. that blast happened during palm sunday services. the christian minority in egypt is a repeated target of islamic extremist. >>> this morning a delaware neighborhood remains on edge as the search continues for a kidnapper and lawmakers are working to set up community meetings. police say a man abducted a 4-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her. that child was found miles away in a park. officers are patrolling that neighborhood around the clock. >> it's way too close to home. you see it, and then it's -- you are down the street and it's even scarier. >> local lawmakers are planning to hold a public meeting for questions and discussion with police sometime next week. detectives are asking anybody with a possible tip to give them a call. >>> we have new details on a story we first brought you on friday night at 11:00. police in springfield township delaware county now say this jewish cemetery was not vandalized. a viewer contacted us after noticing about 30 head stones cracked or on

were packed all over the world today, and when isis targeted egypt's christian minority with bombings at two churches in cities north of cairo, the loss of life and devastation were extensive. a state of emergency has been declared and the military deployed across the country. the attacks comes pope francis is set to visit egypt later this month, a trip the vatican says will go on as planned. our matt bradley is in cairo tonight. >> reporter: a day of devotion turned to horror. a crowded palm sunday mass in cairo, ripped apart by what they believe was a bomb placed under a pew. hours later a suicide bomber scene at st. mark's church in alexandria. security shows a man blowing himself up feet away from a playing child, after police stopped him from entering the church. that officer now hail as a hero. the twin bombings have left at least 43 dead, more than 100 injured and the middle east largest christian community in shock. many of the dead are children. "the situation is painful" a relative of one of the victims said. "why weren't proper measures taken to protect the people?" isis quickly claimed responsibility for both att

cairo. he calls for peace between muslims and christians as egypt's community faces threat from the islamic state group. the presidential campaign blitz in france. emmanuel macron urges voters to turn out while marine la pen urges for stronger border control. and come up right now, the campaign beat. >> it is time for the "campaign beat." it is our daily round-up of news from the french presidential campaign trail. we are going to start off with some news. the far right national front. it has a new president. >> a new new president. remember on monday, marine la pen said she was taking a temporary break from leading the party to focus on her campaign and she was replaced by a man jayhawks butancois he doesn't last that long. it announced this morning that he was being replaced as acting president so. what went wrong? a controversial comments jacques made in the past has resurfaced back in twaw, he cast doubt over the use of the gas that was used in nazi death camps. he has contested these allegations of holocaust a denial which are a crime here in france. he says he doesn't want to take up

. >> that egypt and cairo, as you described as the most inviolate religion compared but that city i have said completely agree but that city and that country, lumen extremely large. we need to egyptians, islam american but also to find the albanian, the american, the japanese. make the journey to cairo and various locations, working there for, learning, teaching. why is it so important and so insightful to the world of islamism and jihad. >> for reasons that would be of no surprise to you, there is the egyptian cultural dominance in the arab world being first among equals. and the largest of the populations. the center of culture in many different ways so that unsurprisingly is going to be , outside influence on the islamic state. >> there is also though in more recent dynamics, i think the important influence that egypt had. after the tarry or square revolution, there were moments of life. in egypt where a lot of things could be discussed, could be planned, a lot of unities conformed that were impossible under mubarak, impossible probably today as well and that turned out to be importan

egypt. the first was in the city of tanta, north of cairo, in which at least 25 people were killed.a, where six people were killed. our correspondent from cairojoins people were killed. our correspondent from cairo joins us. what is the latest you are hearing? the death toll in the alexandria blast is up to 11 deaths and 35 injured. in addition, there were 30 deaths in tanta, with the death toll there being up. we are speaking about more than a0 deaths and more than 100 injured. it is expected that the number might rise, in tanta in particular, because a number of the injured are in critical condition. the incident in alexandria took place in front of the main cathedral, where the coptic pope was giving a sermon this morning for the first time in four yea rs morning for the first time in four years since he has assumed the post. it was a suicide bomber who was stopped by one of the security officers, a police officer, who died in the incident while trying to stop him. the suicide bomber insisted on detonating his expose device, killing the officer and a number of civilians in front

pope francis, who is due to visit egypt later this month, condemned the attack in cairo and appealedt condolences" to all egyptians and to the head of the coptic church, and said he would pray that "the hearts of people who sow terror, violence and death" would be converted. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, described the attacks as "evil". the us military has ordered a navy strike group to move to the korean peninsula amid concern about north korea‘s missile and nuclear weapons programme. us pacific command described the deployment as a "prudent measure to maintain readiness in the region". president trump has said the united states is prepared to act alone if necessary to deal with the nuclear threat from north korea. pc keith palmer, who was killed in the westminster attack last month, is receiving a rare honour this afternoon. the queen has given her consent for his coffin to lie in rest at the chapel of st mary undercroft in the palace of westminster. his funeral takes place tomorrow afternoon at southwark cathedral. 0ur correspondent daniel boettcher is in westminster

pope francis arrived in egypt where he was received at cairo airport by the entry's prime minister and top christian clerics. he vowed to forge ahead with this trip and get uniting a -- at creating a united christian-muslim front. day, howws, 44 hours a 24 hoursrs a day -- per day, powered by more than 120 journalists in 100 countries. scarlet: live from bloomberg's world headquarters in new york, i am scarlet fu. joe: i am joe weisenthal and we are 30 minutes from the close of trading. scarlet: u.s. stocks remain lower as we head to the close of trading. oil at $50 per barrel. joe: the question is, what you miss? -- what did you miss? >> in a few moments, our life interview with tom steyer as he gives us his scorecard on trump when it comes to climate and energy issues. we recap the week that was. joe: let's look at where the major averages stand. taylor riggs is standing by. reporter: we are down here. near the lows of the session, early this morning it seemed to be an untreated day. but heading lower as we head into the close. the russellthat 2000 is down 1% today. it should benefit

egypt. we are hearing she may in fact stay in cairo to keep up the goals of her care for children. >>> switching gears, tight security for easter mass in vatican city today. tens it of thousands of people had to pass through metal detectors before soderberg the famous st. peter's square. in his message, pope francis encouraged world leaders to stop the spread of conflicts. >>> game number one, win number one for the wizards in the nba playoffs. george has much more on the win. when it is go time, you want your players to shine. >> absolutely. >> john wall, you couldn't have asked anything more of him. >> that's for sure. john's been waiting for this postseason and today proving once again why he is one of the best point guards in the nba. the verizon center, fans pumped for game one against the hawks. you see a lot of number two jerseys right there. that would be the jersey of john wall who left his mark on this game especially in the third the wizards all-star high 32 in the third. also with 14 assists. wall was scoring and hustling, too. check him out. he hurdles the hawks bench. going after t

they make the journey to cairo and they are looshg -- working and learning and why is egypt so important and central to the world of jihadism. >> guest: there is the egyptian cultural dominance around the world having the largest population. that is unsurprisingly going to take outside influence on the islamic state. there was a moment of a glide period in egypt where a lot of things could be discussed, a lot of communities can be formed that were impossible and possibly today as well. it turned out to be creation and they got together in a reality in an armed form in syria and iraq. you mentioned some of the figures who went to egypt. one of those was the top american i profile. this guy went to egypt and the day after his parole expired in the united states for cyber hacking crime. once he got there, he talked about syria being a safe haven but it was an intellectual safe haven where people could find teachers and get the message out so once the physical haven was possible in syria there were communities that formed loyalties and they could come together in reality. >> moderator: the g

a message of peace today from pope francis in egypt pushing aside security concerns and riding through cairormored pope mobile but in a fiat with the window down. he backed the government's response to a growing insurgency and encouraged egypt's muslim religious leaders to teach rejection of violence in god's name. >>> now to a milestone of modern medicine. new data shows at least 1 million babies have been born in the u.s. with the help of fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization. the first ivf baby was born in 1981. in the decades since, doctors developed several techniques to help couples hav lured to the inaugural fire music festival say they are feeling burned. some spent $12,000 on festival packages, but instead of the luxury villas, gourmet food and great music advertised, many say they arrived to find bare bone tents, cheese sandwiches and many cancelled or no-show acts. the organizers say the festival is postponed and working on getting flights for those stuck there thinking they were in for the weekend of their lives. >>> when we come back, the l.a. riots 25 years later. ho

egypt. like all of us, we have family members over there. >> reporter: the bombings come less than four months after another deadly attack at a coeptic church in cairo. he is home from egypt lost relatives in that bombing. tonight at saint george, a sense of solidarity, grief, and disbelief. >> it's like before easter, the same thing is happening again. so, people are upset about what is going on and it's like they don't know if this is going to end. >> reporter: now that isis has claimed responsibility for the weekend attacks in egypt, some here questioned who is funding the organization. isis may have destroyed their churches in egypt, but they say the terrorist group cannot destroy their faith. tonight a pastor from a neighboring catholic church also came here to this church and brought flowers as a sense of solidarity. reporting live in campbell, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, marianne. he we will continue to follow the developments in egypt on air and online at nbcbayarea.com. you can also check our nbc bay area twitter feed for the latest headlines. >>> the san jose state student remains missing tonight despite reports that h