probably the majority are christians. the examples we have, though they are very different sofrts of countries and territories. examples we have so far of whether muslim brotherhood off shoots have come to power, results are terrible for christians. one reason for the fear. the hope and fear of christians in egypt. >> last question: we have been focussing on the muslim brotherhood. absent from all of that, dialogue on the international scene, christians make up 10 percent of the population in the country, who is speaking out and do you think they are playing any role in any future government? >> firstly, very few people speaking out for the christians, you are one of them. there are others. but a governmental level. at least the united states government hasn't said anything about the christian community. in europe, increasing throughout the middle east, basically no major political figures are speaking out for tg christian there is. >> terrific, paul marshal, great to have you on the broadcast. thank you for your insights

>> today on christian world news. chaos on the streets of egypt with their country at a critical cross roads, what does the future hold for egypt's christians? >> plus president obama speaks about his christian faith and has strengthened since he has been in office. >> how this man stood up to hitler and the cost of his life. >> political upheaval rocks egypt what does it mean for country's christians hello i am wendy griffith. >> and i am george thomas. you have seen hundreds of thousands of christians taken to the streets of cairo calling for the resignation of president hosni mubarak. >> egypt's christians have face his hardship under mubarak's regime. john waage reports they are asking for prayer. >> reporter: egyptian street revolution is creating uncertainty around the world especially for 10 million christians in this country of 80 million people. >> most of the churches are closed. people are meeting in homes to pray together. ministries like open doors are being affected significantly because of curfews becau

about a christian precept no. where that you can find abortion in the scripture validated by those same scrip tours. >> the scripture -- >> people -- so, we can find whatever you want. >> under those types of definitions then everybody who says they're christian is indeed a christian. >> it comes down to compare and contrast. we came out of eight years of president bush who is very christian man, he talked about christianity all the time. went to church every sunday. talked about his faith how he leaned on it. now we have a president who doesn't talk about it as much so everyone is wondering, has them guessing. it's just a gap of communication on this issue. and that leaves american public wondering dasher. >> do you think that being a christian is a litmus test for running for president or should be? >> i think over 70% of the american public being protestant or catholic, i feel that this country thinks that they need to have a christian president. >> but there was a huge survey that just came out recently showin

he is a christian. for the last few years he has been sharing the gospel of jesus christ with his tribe and others who live here in the tundra. >> when i became a christian, god gave me a new heart for my people. i go out on my snow mobile telling them about it is love of christ. >> they are nomadic reindeer herders. >> this is the life blood for the people here on the siberia tundra. their meat as well as their skin fetches a lot of money in the villages. >> food, clothe, home,ing transportation, everything comes from them p. without reindeer, we cannot survive . >> learning how to survive begins at a young age. >> if you are not careful, you can die out here. >> women take care of cooking, sowing clothes and putting up tepees. the men are hunters and when it comes to skinning the reindeer, the family is involved. hide used to use clothes. blood and reindeer meet are consumed to get vitamins. >> we consume every part of the reindeer. >> peter has been visiting this family for a few percent weeks. >> he

>> christiane, thank you. and again to the formidable bravery and reporting of our team over in cairo, thank you, again, and to all of them. and we'll be back with you at the end of the broadcast. >>> and by the way, you should know that christiane was inside just now because security said it was too dangerous to broadcast outside. and you can see a lot more of her exclusive interview with president mubarak and his vice president suleiman tonight on a special one-hour edition of "nightline." >> you but we want to go straight to the white house now. they have been weighing in on mubarak's offices to christiane. let's bring in jake tapper and see what they're saying. jake? >> reporter: good evening, diane. well, there was no official white house response to the interview, but one official said he found it very significant that president mubarak said there was never any intention to have his son run to replace him. that, of course, was one of the messages that president obama had, that special envoy frank wisner,

christiane amanpour brings us the first interview with hosni mubarak. christiane? >> reporter: terry, good evening. it has been the most extraordinary 24 hours. right now, we're broadcasting to you from inside our hotel room, rather than looking over the nile, looking over the protests as we have been doing. and that is because the targeting of journalists has gotten so bad over the last 24 hours that either vigilantes of whoever, mobs have been coming into hotels, snatching the satellites and broadcast equipment and basically shutting down the journalists, any journalist who they can find. and so we've had to move inside to try to keep broadcasting and tell you the story. the story this day was the clashes, some of them still continue. the protesters, anti-mubarak, remain in control of liberation square. and we got an exclusive interview with the vice president of egypt. as we went to the presidential palace, we got mobbed in these ad hoc check points where huge groups, hundreds of pro-mubarak supporters surrounded our cars, separated us, banged on the doors and r

no christian thought -- every christian thought there was a serious christian argument against dueling, why? because for dueling to make sense there has to be some connection between who's right and who wins. and the only person who can make that connection is him. and if you use the duel to force him to make his choice you are tempting god. and not tempting god is something himself said he must not do. and he said, no, thou shalt not tempt god and by this christian good and jewish reason. so it's un-christian. it's illegal. it's plainly immoral. plainly immoral because one reason for having a duel is because somebody has accused you of being dishonest. falsi falsing accusing you is bad but the punishment of lying about somebody is death. so it's illegal. un-christian and immoral and as i've said it's also crazy. [laughter] >> because there's no connection between who wins and who's right. god isn't going to make it happen. you can try to tempt god but he's not going to succumb. so you have this practice which is irrational, un-christian, illegal and immoral. and yet for 300 years any

you find muslims, hindus and christians in the audience. and that was attacked, and i was left with a sense of great despair. just before the attack, the community killing about 100 people, and then blowing up or attempting to blow up the shrine in the hall that is survived a thousand years. and i give this example, steve, the counterpart of this in india where very often there are rivals between hindu and muslim and that has never been attacked or blown up or attempt to injure. because again, if you go there you see hindus and christians all in the same universal brotherhood of man yet this shrine was attacked. so it has saddened me and i know the intentions of islam taking place and that is why i urge you to step back and of looking at the world of islam and its relations with america in a more scholarly and objective way so that in the end we promote what we want as a more peaceful, more loving and more productive world and not in up hurting ourselves. thank you. [applause] >> akbar ahmed is the chairman of the islamic studies program at

christiane amanpour with the president of egypt. what is he thinking? when will he step down? his only interview since the protests began. >>> and it's colder than alaska, just in time for the super bowl. >>> the bellagio bandit. the son of a judge, pulling off a heist. and then, living it up like a high roller. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm mike marusarz, in for vinita nair. >> and i'm rob nelson. thanks for being with us. it's a relatively calm morning in cairo. but that's expected to change at any moment. >> here's the latest developments. large, anti-government protests are expected after friday prayers across the country. >> also, white house officials are discussing a number of proposals about the fate of president hosni mubarak, including one in which he steps down very soon. >> and journalists have been threatened, forcing many into hiding. abc's christiane amanpour have had several run-ins with anti-government protesters. >> even on her way to our exclusive interview at egypt'se, presidential palace, mubarak's first interview since the protests began. >> reporter: w

until the private christian school briarcrest let him enroll.eeann touhy took him in. >> he takes great offense if people don't think he's apart of the family. >> reporter: and yes, michael oher really is that good, playing left tackle for the ravens where his job, protecting his quarterback's blind side from attacking opponents is considered so critical that it is one of the highest paid positions in football. this is the team's offensive coordinator, cam cameron. >> the quarterback's got to trust that his left tackle has got him covered. he's as good as i've been around. >> reporter: he's that good? >> he is. >> reporter: so, if the story is all true, why come out with yet another version of it? because obviously this guy doesn't need the money. who did you write the book for? >> i know there's a lot of kids out there, young teenagers out there that, you know, the olds of them making it are slim to none so i basically did it, you know, for them. >> reporter: so they get the message that it can be done? >> exactly. >> reporter: but michael's bo

and coming your way in a matter of minutes a look at the white of the iraq christians who were forced to flee their homes to escape sectarian violence plus. germany's chancellor is quiz over the deaths of dozens of afghan civilians in an empty taliban airstrike two years ago. now this week we kill leaks founder julian assange face extradition hearings in london or the verdict on whether he will be handed over to sweden for questioning over sex assault allegations is expected later this month and with the u.s. reportedly preparing its own case against assad many are seeing a fair conspiracy between the two countries artes and he said now it has more on the law lasting us swedish cooperation. so we didn't a quiet little neutral scandinavian nation the current foreign policy establishment in sweden has a remarkably close relationship with the united states the country that gave us our flat pack furniture for dollar meatballs top models and lawn bombshells may not be so neutral after all american influence is everywhere from food to feature films but in sweden it seems to be supersized ju

meantime william a spring of christians against the nato aggression says the swiss bank has decided to freeze mubarak's accounts just a day before his resignation shows a massive amount of hypocrisy. suddenly the european union wakes up after thirty years to the fact that there had been major violations of human rights and the swiss government suddenly decides to sequester at somebody assets this is quite unacceptable what have they been doing for the previous thirty years longer barack was actually torturing people. putting down you know opposition by force we turn it in the last week or so we've seen the greedy of the barbarity of the mubarak regime and suddenly the swiss bankers wake up to the fact that they should seaquest rate the assets what about the assets of other dictators who are still in power now i think it's appalling. well political unrest sweeping further through the region thousands of algerians took to the streets of their capital to demand the resignation of president abdullah disease a beautifully police detained more than four hundred demonstrators in clashes acros

i wrote a book about the christian right called american fascist, the christian right and the war onmerica. i was trying to reach out to him. [laughter] and i look at this as a mass movement, mass political movement that uses the language of american nationalism with the language of the christian religion. when that happens you get fascism. wrapped in the american flag and clutching the christian cross. >> thank you, chris. i spent the last 30 years in the labor movement trying to put the movement back in the labor movement. i was -- i came out of the anti-war movement, but eyes on the labour movement as the way to change this country. i saw what happened during the great depression. it was not the wonderfulness of fdr. it was the sit-down strikes. >> of course. >> general strikes and whole cities being shut down. how do we get back there? >> we have to stop trusting in bankrupt institutions and we have to, you know, go out and -- look, i have held anti-war rallies. i don't expect to go down there and see thousands of people. i'm not going to pretend that being handcuffed is a very p

and the thing is, christiane, so do their parents. because for so many people here, for the last 30 years, the only president they've known is president mubarak. and tyann, with so many questions about what could come next, the people in that square haven't gotten there yet. they are just savoring the victory that they feel they have witnessed here this week. >> great to see you both out there again today and so great to see the faces of those young girls. david, christiane, thank you. >>> and amid so many acts of courage in cairo, we want to focus for a moment on one woman, an egyptian journalist known by millions, once called the face of egypt abroad. and she has put her career and possibly her life in jeopardy, and lama hasan has her story. >> reporter: the demonstrations, the clashes, the huge numbers of anti-mubarak protesters spilling into the streets. it has been an explosion of images shown around the world. but not on egyptian state-run tv. take a look at this. on january 30th at 7:00 p.m., on the left of the screen, al jazee

and now it's part of the first major christian denomination to ordain lesbian and gay pastors. nbc bay area reporter elise kirschner joins us from st. francis lutheran church in san francisco with more. elise? >> reporter: diane, with 4.7 million members, evangelical lutheran church in america is the largest christian church in the u.s. to allow gay and lesbian clergy with partners to serve its congregation. and some say this very small congregation here behind me is the reason for that change. and that is why today the st. francis lutheran church say they officially decided to return to the national body. >> it started here because of the crisis of aids. >> reporter: it was a decision made 20 years ago to stand with the gay and lesbian community, wrestling with the aids epidemic in san francisco. thinking congregation was losing up to 10% of its population a year. and in a very small community, that has a large affect. >> reporter: in 1990, st. francis lutheran church bucked their faith's national policy by ordaining noncelibate gay and lesbian pastors like ruth frost and her

i was not an anti-christian bigot and that i, in fact, felt like a christian myself. (anderson) and you were brought up in a catholic family. yeah, i was raised as a catholic, you know. and of course, i left the church at the age of 13 or 14. as most ex-catholics that i speak to, you know, they sort of leave the church at around that time. and i've always felt there was a, you know-- there's a basic conflict between what the church tells you and what your body tells you at that age. and if you're smart, you'll listen to your body. (paulson) and you mentioned that before this controversy, you were relatively unknown. yeah. a little more than a decade later, you are widely known and widely respected. so was that controversy a blessing or a curse? both. you know, why couldn't it be both? yeah. i mean, that's--but that's the nature of my work, that there is a lot of conflict and contradiction within the work, and certainly the way it's been perceived and seen, you know, outside of the studio is also conflicted. so who would be some of the artists that you looked to for in

and on tax time we'll look at the plight of the wrongly christians forced to flee their homes after the interests of targeting by extremist groups. this week russia's most wanted terrorist doku umarov claimed responsibility for last among small for suicide bombing which killed thirty six and some observers question omar claim the outrage is forcing the authorities to risk security in the country and as president medvedev discovered himself the situation leaves much to be desired. russia's most wanted terrorist claims thirty six more innocent lives have been taken by his deadly complain chechen born said this week he was the mastermind behind january's bombing at the my idea of the airport more of meet the claims in a video message posted on an extremist website he described the suicide bombing as his special open ration and promised more terrorist attacks security experts say the massachusetts enforces why he's no longer described as just a chechen warlord but as an international terrorist these groups move around the world you know their own down to operate in parts of afghanistan but

it is iraq's christian community shrinks thousands are displaced in the face of growing violence and the unwillingness of security forces to protect them. we are proceeding with our missile defense because of the threat we face from iran not from the soviet union frequent bluebirds by u.s. politicians hoping to plant democracy across the world only served to plant doubts over their expertise in global affairs what's. going to the north sea where significant number of populations over the just sixty five to find out how here are coping with everyday problems a look at the heavy burden of old age and russia's provinces in our g.'s close up series. it's three pm in moscow this is our team coming to you live on the news and now i thanks for being with us first up this hour violence and intimidation has forced hundreds of thousands of iraqi christians to flee their homeland experts knew them as one of the biggest victims of the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion with a minority group continued target of extremists sebastian my are reports now from iraq that every night miriam gets r

christiane amanpour. us here, good night. christiane amanpour. good night. >> turnout, over 50,000, people on the streets. >> alan: thousands converge on at&t park to see the world champion san francisco giants. good evening. the turnout was so big, some people left before they got in those with a little patience had an experience they won't soon forget. lisa amin gulezian has more on today's overwhelming response. [chanting] >> lisa: at this year's fanfest, thousands waited for hours to get into at&t park because it reached capacity fast, and then this happened. [shouting]

also reporting the new exodus christians in iraq being driven out of their country calls and sectarian attacks targeting the minority group. u.s. politicians famous for the people they make when uprising of democracy it seems the american people are being turned into the object of ridicule. from our studios here in central moscow this is the twenty four hours a day the egyptian president hosni mubarak evolves to remain in office until september in a televised national dress he said he will not step down and foreign pressure he also claimed that he was transferring some power to his vice president omar. pointed out the demands of the. and legitimate. they will receive hundreds of thousands gathered in tahrir square erupted into angry charts against him it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of between pro and anti-government protesters. well with the u.s. major player in the region professor michael vlahos of the u.s. naval war college told me earlier that the outcome of the protests is vital for washington. but the u.s.

christiane amanpour there with david muir. and as you know, christiane has been covering the middle east for two decades. tell us what happened today, christiane. >> reporter: well, good evening, diane. it seemed the battle lines have been redrawn today, now that president mubarak says he will stand down before the next elections. now, his supporters storming the protesters against him in what has become the world's stage of liberation square. by the end of the day, this was a fight not just for territory, but for the political high ground. and the protesters remained in control of that square. now the stakes are raising even further as the army, which has been neutral, is now telling the protesters to leave that square and to go home. and david, you were there all day today. >> reporter: yeah, and i was telling you earlier how extraordinary it was to be in that square. almost medieval in a sense as those men came in riding on horses and on camels, carrying whips. and we know tonight the death toll stands at at least three, hu

the new exodus christians in iraq fear they're being driven out of their country with constant sectarian attacks targeting the minority group. a surprise visit by the president concerns over transport security here in russia dmitry medvedev personally discovered major lapses at one of moscow's main stations . some u.s. politicians famous for the blue. advising the world of democracy it seems the american people are being turned into the object of ridicule. life from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day so the egyptian president hosni mubarak has to address the nation later tonight the cia says it expects he'll resign however the country's information minister has denied the egyptian military forces have announced they are siding with the protesters and that the president will meet their demands it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti-government protesters well these are live pictures from cairo central square where massive crowds are staying pu

the new exodus christians in iraq being driven out of their country with attacks targeting the minority group. also this hour a surprise visit by the president concerns over transport security in russia as to me personally discovers major lapses of one of the main train stations. and with some u.s. politicians famous for the bloopers they make when advising the world on democracy it seems the american people are being turned into the object of ridicule. from our studios here in central moscow this is r t with you twenty four hours a day so the egyptian president hosni mubarak has to address the nation later tonight the cia says it expects he'll resign it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of clashes between pro and anti government protesters we're bringing these live pictures from central square where massive crowds are staying put refusing to leave until the president stands with immediate effect a professor at the u.s. naval war college michael says the money the u.s. has been pouring into the barracks corrupt regime

so the new accidents christians in of rock fear they're being driven out of their country with constant sectarian attacks targeting the minority group. that sent you guys politicians famous for the blue because they make with advising the world on democracy things that american people are being turned into the object of ridicule . or russia under around the world this is our she was meeting their ship of our thanks for joining it's egyptian president hosni mubarak voz to remain in office until september and a televised national address has said he will not step down and out of foreign pressure he also claimed that he was transferring some power to his vice president omar suni mubarak pointed out that the demands of the protesters were just and legitimate the address was not well received by hundreds of thousands gathered in tahrir square erupted into angry chance against him it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti-government protesters and for more reaction let's crossover live to s

new accidents christians in iraq fear they are being driven out of their country with constant sectarian attacks targeting the minority group. with some u.s. politicians famous for the worse they make way to rise in the world on democracy it's the american people who are being turned into the object of ridicule. and we tell you the story of how good spirit and personal strength to keep the elderly people going and russia's western girls have our clothes our team takes to the boat again. and. companies are suspected of price fixing as diesel and jet fuel prices are growing faster than crude oil find out more around twenty minutes to. warm welcome to you live from our headquarters in central moscow this is our team with me and he said no way it's six pm here in the russian capital and in baghdad and secretary and violence has forced iraqi christians to seek haven in a relatively calm northern region of kurdistan hundreds of thousands of the minority group fled there in the years following the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion and as sebastian wire reports from iraq those who stayed

exodus iraq's christian community shrinks as thousands are displaced in the face of growing violence and the unwillingness of security forces to protect them. we are proceeding with our missile defense because of the threat we face from iran not from the soviet union frequent bloopers by u.s. politicians. across the world only served to plant doubts over their expertise in global affairs. we're going to do more so where is to get this number of populations over the just sixty five to find out help here are coping with everyday problems a look at the heavy burden of old age and russia's provinces in order to close up series. and the ruble has climbed five percent against the dollar over the past three months the best performer among twenty five emerging market currencies join me for that and more in our business news in twenty minutes. ten am here in moscow this is our into the program now violence and intimidation have forced hundreds of thousands of iraqi christians to flee their homeland experts view them as one of the biggest victims of the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion

will be driven out of iraq completely of the eight hundred thousand christians in the country before two thousand and three almost half of fled in the past month alone four thousand have moved to the comparative safety of the northern kurdish region here they can worship and live in peace but in even their homes they've lost absolutely everything many like miriam's father and are forced to make a living cleaning toilets in bars and restaurants. i served first seven years in the military under saddam hussein i'm an iraqi christian and i don't have a square foot of land in my name why what's my crime many in the church feel that countries in the west are responsible. americans are liars we don't trust them their reputation is terrible because everywhere they've been they have light the us train the sunni and shia and they just watch while they kill us it is impossible not to see all these murders but they don't get involved. it's the end of a long day and time for the family to go to bed everyone gets ready and eventually the lights are switched off in the darkness and uncertainty miri

that time will look at the plight of a variety of christians forced to freely without news after being played targeted by extremist groups. this week russia's most wanted terrorist have claimed responsibility for last month's moscow airport so sudden bombing which go thirty six while some observers question the outrage is forcing the authorities to rest think security in the country this president rivetted discovered himself this situation leaves much to be desired. russia's most wanted terrorist claims thirty six more innocent lives have been taken by his deadly complain jagan born model said this week he was the mastermind behind january's bombing at the my dear the airport more of made the claims in a video message posted on an extremist website he described the suicide bombing as his special oh pray ssion and promised more terrorist attacks security experts say the massachusetts enforces why he is no longer described as just a chechen war lot but as an international terrorist these groups move more asli round the world. you know their own downfall. in parts of afghanistan but some

look at the iraqi christians. being continuously targeted by extremist groups. well this week one of the world's most wanted terrorists claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on moscow's busiest airport last month the deadly bombing drew attention serious security lapses at transport hub switch as president of discovered himself haven't all been addressed. reports. russia's most wanted terrorist claims thirty six more innocent lives have been taken by his deadly complain j h in-born said this week he was the mastermind behind january's bombing at the idea of the airport when one of made the claims in a video message posted on an extremist website he described the suicide bombing as his special operate and promised more terrorist attacks security experts say the massachusetts enforces why he's no longer described as just a chechen warlord but as an international terrorist group. asli round the world you know there are undoubtedly operate in parts of afghanistan but some have been skeptical whether mark was indeed behind the bombing the terrorist is talking

the new accident christians in iraq fear they're being driven out of their country with constant sectarian attacks targeting the minority. international news life for most this is r.t. with me above all and thanks for joining us egyptian president hosni mubarak vials to remain in office until september in a televised national address is said he will not step down and bow to foreign pressure and he also claimed that he was transferring some power to his vice president omar suleiman mubarak pointed out that the demands of the protesters were just and illegitimate that dress was not well received by hundreds of thousands gathered in tahrir square her erupted into angry chance against him and it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti-government protesters after the speech one of the main opposition leaders mohamed el baradei said that the country will explode and ask the our meeting to vina on the protesters behalf so most cia officer. claire also things the protesters the protests rather co

the new accidents christians in iraq fear they are being driven out of their contrary with constant sectarian attacks targeting a minority group. this time us politicians are famous for the bloopers they make when it buys in the world on democracy it's the american people who are being turned into the object of ridicule. and we tell you the story of how good spirit and personal strength can be elderly people going in russia western europe as our close a team takes to the broad to get. that five pm in moscow this is our chair with me and he said now a first stop sectarian violence has forced iraqi christians to seek haven in a relatively calm northern region of kurdistan hundreds of thousands of the minority group fled there in the years following the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion and as sebastian meyer reports from iraq those who stayed are continued target extremists that every night miriam gets ready for bed with her family but it's not her bed it's not even her house miriam and her family are christian iraqis who have been forced to flee from baghdad to the semi autonomous kurdi

christiane? >> reporter: jake, it's been an extraordinary week. a week in which the president has agreed to step down, the people continue their pressure and have got concessions, the protests have gone from violent to peaceful and the political process is now under way. in cairo, people were still gathering in tahrir square. but over the course of this day, it became clear that the real action had moved into the cabinet office. it was there that omar suleiman, the new vice president of egypt, in an unprecedented meeting, convened the opposition that has effectively forced president mubarak to step down. for the first time in 30 years, the muslim brotherhood, a banned political party, sat in a government meeting. alongside youth leaders who are at the heart of this movement. but it's the brotherhood, and what role it might take in the future here, that is of chief concern to the west. we spoke to this doctor, a member of the brotherhood's leadership council, after the meeting. everybody is afraid of you, afraid of the muslim brotherhood. >> high,

so this drops christian community shrinks as thousands are displaced in the face of growing violence and the on the willingness of security forces to protect them. we are proceeding with our missile defense because of the threat we face from iran from the soviet union frequent bluebirds by u.s. politicians hoping to plant democracy across the world only served to plant doubts over their expertise in global affairs plots. we want to do more so where is to number of populations over the age of sixty five to find out help pensioners here are coping with everyday problems look at the heavy burden of old age in russia as provinces that's coming up in our tease close up series. and our top business story rushes out to monopoly watchdog opens a formal investigation into the country's top three oil producers for price fixing we'll hear more about that from our guest analyst and twenty minute. live from our studios in central moscow this is our team with me nice and now it's two pm here in the russian capital and first this hour violence and intimidation has forced hundreds of thousands of ir

the new activists christians in iraq fear they are being driven out of their country with constant sectarian attacks targeting a minority group. with some u.s. politicians famous for the words they make a point advising the world on democracy doubts rise whether americans even care enough to notice. and we tell you the story of how good spirits and personal strength keep the elderly people growing in brussels western europe and our close up team takes the road to get. a warm welcome to you live from our headquarters in central moscow this is r.t. it's four pm here in the russian capital and in baghdad our top story this hour sectarian violence has forced iraqi christians to seek haven in a relatively calm northern region of kurdistan hundreds of thousands of the minority group fled there in the years following the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion and as sebastian wire reports from iraq those who stayed are continued a target of extremists. every night miriam gets ready for bed with her family but it's not her bed it's not even her house miriam and her family are christian iraqis who

the new exodus iraq's christian community shrinks as thousands are displaced in the face of growing violence and the willingness of security forces to protect them. we are shooting with our missile defense because of the threat we face from iran from the soviet union and frequent bloopers by u.s. politicians hoping to democracy across the world only served to doubts over their expertise in global affairs was. going to the north so where is the number of populations over the age of sixty five to find out how pensioners here are coping with everyday problems a look at the heavy burden of all days in russia's provinces in our series. nine am here in moscow this is r t welcome to the program now violence and intimidation have forced hundreds of thousands of iraqi christians to flee their home what experts view them as one of the biggest victims of the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion with a minority group a continued target of extremists sebastian meyer reports that every night miriam gets ready for bed with her family but it's not her bed it's not even her house miriam and her family ar

christiane, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, diane. the army has vowed not to use force against the egyptian people and, therefore, answering a key question of what would happen if they were given those orders. the curfew seems to mean nothing even now we can hear protesters chanting behind us, and it started early this morning. day seven of the protest in egypt. the army began with a strong show of force. more tanks and armored vehicles and more foot soldiers trying to halt the traffic of protesters. can you explain to me what's happening? soldiers and police tried to block off the protesters from getting into the square. we're not allowed to film on pain of having our cameras and film taken. we're not allowed to go into the square, nor are the demonstrators. we spoke to an army captain who doesn't want to go on camera but who told me that his orders are to maintain discipline and to seal the square. but it didn't work. within hours people were flooding back. we got caught up in this crowd as they tried to enter the square. inside the

it is christians in iraq fear they are being driven out of their country with constant sectarian attacks targeting the minority group. with some u.s. politicians frame is for the bloopers they make when inviting the world on democracy it's the american people who are being turned into the object of ridicule . and a surprise visit by the president renews concerns over transport security in brushoff need to be made visit personally discovers major lapses that one of moscow's main train stations. at seven pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live with me and he said now way first up this hour sectarian violence has forced the rocky christians to seek haven in a relatively calm northern region of kurdistan hundreds of thousands of the minority group fled there in the years following the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion and that sebastian meyer reports from iraq those who've stayed there are continued target of extremist. every night miriam gets ready for bed with her family but it's not her bed it's not even her house miriam and her family are christian iraqis who have been forced

and christiane wasn't the only one. cnn's anderson cooper was attacked by demonstrators. >> we had a block to go, when another guy came up and punched me in the head. >> i've been hit now two times. the egyptian soldiers -- the egyptian soldiers are doing nothing. >> cooper was okay. and he was able to broadcast his show from cairo last night. several otherlists, including those from cbs, fox, the associated press and the bbc, reported being roughed up or threatened. >>> we will get a live update from cairo in a few minutes. and we'll have extended coverage today on "good morning america." >>> switching gears now, the monster storm that virtually paralyzed a swath from oklahoma up to new england, is now being blamed for at least a dozen deaths. and everything remains frozen solid this morning, buried under heavy snow, ice or even both. >> chicago schools are closed for a second-straight day. and crews struggled through the night to clear the city's famous freeway. t.j. winick has the latest. >> reporter: chicago's lake

christiane, thank you very much. and i want to remind our audience that you can see much more of christiane's reporting later this morning on "this week" with christiane amanpour. bianna, over to you. >> all right, dan. >> as moammar gadhafi clings to power, new details are emerging about the strange world that the eccentric leader has created for himself during his four decades in power. jeffrey kofman has that story. >> reporter: his eccentricity was no secret but now this, a library of witchcraft and sorcery books in moammar gadhafi's abandoned palace in eastern libya. and now the news that his personal nurse, always at his side, always described as a voluptuous ukrainian has deserted him and is heading home. he is the world leader who made quirkiness his trademark. those odd and increasingly bizarre outfits. there he was this week swaddled in brown robes and matching turban, railing against libya protesters who he said were taking halucinogenic pills given to them by foreigners. but from afar, for so many years,