this is not apathetic offend that took place in egypt. -- apathetic event that took place in egypt. it is with us to stay. i think you are going to find that the situation in egypt will evolve. i don't think u.s. shouldn't care. egypt is very important to the u.s. and has been an anchor for decades. it matters because of the stability of the israeli peace treaty which is also an anchor in the region. the u.s. has to care, but what i am saying is the u.s. has no capability to influence the outcome and the more we try, the worse it gets. host: will the outcome of the election's impact us directly or are we worried about the impact on friendly nations in the israel? guest: the is real question is essential. if you go into congress, and i briefed many members right after the uprising started, before and after mubarak was overthrown. the first thing they ask is will each become an islamist state and cut its relations with israel? those are the concerns and israel as a huge win for the u.s.. it is important in congress, but there is more. let me explain. when you look at it, egypt is a th

egypt is voting for its future in a free and fair environment. i want to help enjoy this. >> there is a mixture of excitement and trepidation in the air. voters could choose familiar figures from the government, or they could take a step into the unknown with islamist candidates. >> there are a lot of people who have not decided who they are going to vote for. that is because this is a new experience for us. but i think the elections will give us a man who cares about egypt and who will help develop the country. >> if there is no clear winner, the top contenders will face off in june. it is up to egypt's generals then to deliver on promised to transfer power. >> in short while ago, we spoke to our correspondent in cairo and asked how the voter turnout was on the second day end of voting had run smoothly. >> it seems the pictures we saw of long queues of voters outside polling station are a bit misleading because apparently today, interest was even lower than it was yesterday in the elections, and yesterday, there are estimates that the turnout wa

the will be more attention might egypt on palestinian rights. >> you met with a leader here in egyptterday and discussed the reconciliation and was reported he brought up the was continuing to block reconciliation talks. what are your thoughts on u.s. policy toward the reconciliation? >> i think in the last few years, the u.s. basically has deferred to egypt to negotiate between hamas and fatah. i presume this is a situation that will continue. the carter center is not bound by the restraints. we need with whom we choose, and we choose to me with fatah and hamas, and lebanon, and syria -- everybody involved in the future peace for israel and its neighbors. in my opinion, it is good to see hamas and fattal come to gather. they plan to form ad technocratic government. they will not comprise representatives of fatah or hamas. and i think that government would prepare the palestinian community for future elections. >> bosra has been under siege for many years now by israel, but also by egypt. last year, the foreign minister of egypt said he would open the rafah crossing. it was reopened

so the catholics of egypt and orthodox of egypt as well as the protestants of egypt being under pressure all the time, discriminated against because of their faith, their faith must mean something to them- they are willing to pay for it. and those who are willing to pay for it and not to convert to islam under the pressure of poverty or lack of promotion, they must have a personal relationship with god- sacrament first or agent first- there is that living experience. the coptic church always puts emphasis on repentance, and repentance is in your life- one turns his back to sin and his face to god. so i think that they have that beautiful link between a person and christ under the pressure, and with the teaching, even if it is not as clear as protestants bring up justification by faith. >> see, that's a very remarkable spin on being a minority in a country with a dominant religion. as our conversation went on, he was saying something along the lines of, "you americans who are christian, you don't appreciate your christianity because it comes so easy." here- and he went on and on about thi

i think that egypt did not lose let's say the leadership in the middle east. after the revolution and afterwards think of the president mubarak on the country and you have seen this in several occasions with these are for instance we have seen it you know the rule concerning the palestinian prisoners we have seen it you know we shall leave issue where in syria we have seen all the involvement of egypt in it within the arab league so if you did not let's say. the law is substantially its position definitely the kind of president who is coming and sitting in the palace in cairo will definitely here were let's say project and you would have a certain impact on the rest of the world because if you want to know not the middle east the arab world every country in this area watching what's going on in egypt and watching carefully because they do understand that egypt is one of the leading countries in this area now there seems all surprise at this time that mohamed morsi is doing well in the selection his can party already controls only half of the parliament why do

work being put forth to the progress of egypt this is likely bought to launch a war against egypt this is highly remotely unlikely because they failed in two thousand and six against hamas let alone a country with eighty five million people like egypt interesting to hear your perspective in this thank you very much we thought political activist thank you as live from london thank you. deepening european anger crane couldn't come at a worse time as the country prepares to host football's prestigious euro twenty twelve finals members and lining up to possibly boycott the event because of ukraine's treatment of its jailed former prime minister yulia timoshenko eastern correspondent the next year the chef. it certainly is getting darker and darker for key of in relation to the euro twenty two well football championship which starts in less than forty days from now and now the dutch government is the latest of the european officials to express their wish to boycott the tournament here in ukraine the list which already consists of the german and the czech republic presidents the head of the

the bad news is, to elect a president who will represent egypt, and not allow egypt to fall into a religious state. >> rose: we continue with film director philip kaufman, his new film is called "hemingway and gellhorn." >> they fed off of each other. they stimulated off each other. they ventured together. they dodged bullets together and he pushed her. and in the end, martha gellhorn out-mans him, if you will. she becomes the bearer of the torch. she carries the hemingway code. he, unfortunately, can't do it. he had been wounded. he drank a lot. he had his cronies. >> rose: finally from movies we move to education with diane ravitch. she is the author "the death and life of the great american school system: >> we should make teaching in this country a respected profession, a prestigious profession ask one of the things that people say about teaching and some of the really best countries is that the teachers are considered professionals. they're given a tremendous amount of autonomy. they're not judged by test scores. i don't know of another country that's judging teachers by the test scores

clashes leave twenty killed by the telcos during a protest against egypt's military rulers in neighboring israel puts itself on alert. israel is on the defensive as a troops on its northern and southern borders all the details in just a few moments. plus the e.u. reaches for the red card as countries move to boycott football's prestigious euro two thousand and twelve in ukraine over the handling of its jailed former prime minister. on screen around the world this is a twenty four hours a day the turnabout says it carried out a suicide car bombing that killed seven people in the afghan capital president barack obama wrapped up a brief unannounced visit to the country he said to deal with president karzai cementing america's commitment to supporting afghan forces even after the nato combat mission ends in twenty four team also stressed the importance of peace talks with the taliban even though the latest attack was in direct retaliation for his visit the pact with karzai the u.s. leader pledged to end the war part of the ports american intends to stay for at least another decade. the fact t

up next, egypt's uprising.he violence continues even after the fall of mubarak. >> i predict both sides are going to start fighting again. within a matter of minutes. [ male announcer ] this is genco services -- mcallen, texas. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solution to protect and track everything. so every piece of equipment knows where it is, how it's doing or where it goes next. ♪ this is the bell on the cat. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ >>> the protest in tahrir square broke out almost a year after hosni mubarak was ousted. egypt today is a country at a critical juncture facing an uncertain future. arab was the second arab leader to be toppled in the uprising of 2011. he stepped down after 18 days of protests handing power over to the military. it was a heady moment for the young protester, the bloggers, the tweeters, and a

you have egypt and. then you have an egypt which is half where evolution. not yet completed me and desist and the regimes did exist did you happen to have a video which is still exists and walking and did not yet achieve anything but the revolution is assisted in the process this continuing thirty years. many people were killed in terms of percentage much more than people lost in tunisia and egypt unfortunately we had a new region ruled by families dictators. tenth of a couple of hundred of years but devastated comes from the wealth from the american support from the armies they have and from not egypt and see from people no other not legitimately from people but those are really al it is that their ruling us and we can't change in because nobody wants to talk about. what's what's the present state of play in egypt you know you. would basically you know these thing was quite surprising that you know that mubarak would fall that quickly the price was high but we thought it would be much higher and so on so what's happening in egypt is that what we expected s

is core and egypt has to come -- how egypt comes out will impact everything else.he focus, though, has to be on the economic stability of egypt and working with egypt internationally no matter who the egyptians elect and they have to elect their own president. host: it's the top of the hour. we welcome our listeners on c-span radio coast to coast, on channel 119, we're talking about the elections in egypt scheduled for mid june. our guest at the table is shibley telhami from the university of maryland and doug is on the phone from florida. independent line. good morning to you. caller: good morning. with 80% of the anti-american sentiment, this is a direct consequence of the unadulterated and blind hatred of muslims and arabs that are on top of the already what bush, cheney rumsfeld did with iraq. that coupled with the rhetoric and in particular the republican presidential candidates and the republican congress there, blind hatred of muslims and arabs and 24/7 fox news propaganda. and even the hatred for president obama because he's an arab so affects the sentiment

back to you. >> wyre davies from egypt. right back here, jamie. facebook shares, huge amounts of publicity, lots of people baltimore them, but they've gone down in value. >> there's talks going on about how they were issued, the i.p.o. now a massachusetts regulator has subpoenaed morgan stanley, which was the lead underwriter of the i.p.o. the question is whether there was enough clarity for investors, because their profit forecasts for the company were actually downgraded just in the period before the actual -- before the i.p.o. took place. they cut the forecast. they actually increased the size of the share offering, and they priced those shares right at the top end of the range. they've been thinking, well, why did they do that when the forecast was coming down, and why weren't investors given enough information to make a sensible choice as to whether to buy these shares? there's another element, which has nothing to do with morgan stanley, but actually the nasdaq, because there was a computer glitch offered through the launch of the shares, wh

egypt may be getting a democratically elected president, but he says that is not enough. he wants to see more changes made to the old power structures. then the people are electing a president who will govern over them without any constitutional restrictions. we will have a president whose authority is not clearly defined. then he finds it hard to trust the current political institutions. he wants more grass-roots reform, which was another key demand of the revolution. the district on the outskirts of cairo is home to many of the city's refuse collectors. he has come here to meet community leaders. his social democrat party has helped set up a labor union here. >> it is important that people get organized and foster a civil society. that will be of great value at the next democratic elections, or on the streets if the political situation in this country does not improve and there is another revolution. he thinks a new wave of popular protest is quite possible. he says there can only be stability if ordinary people get a proper say in egypt's real power structures. >> to t

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egyptians say that egypt is egypt.hey want to keep the essential character of the conservative moslem country. -- muslim country. >> how much to those voters believe that the ballots they cast will affect the future of their country? how worried are they that the military may keep power? >> let's focus on the beauty of this exercise, casting a ballot. there have been heartwarming scene here today. we have seen married couples holding hands as they make their way into the polling stations. we have seen people in wheelchairs and on crutches. we have seen men and women lining up for hours. voting hours were extended, they are still trying to get to end. there have been scuffle's inside. the first time they know that they can have a real choice. after this election is over, they will turn their minds to the other questions. this is a president who has no job description. >> a very busy polling station, thank you very much. exciting, but also on clear times in egypt. european leaders are meeting in brussels for crisis talks

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egypt may be getting a democratically elected president, but he says that is not enough. he wants to see more changes made to the old power structures. then the people are electing a president who will govern over them without any constitutional restrictions. we will have a president whose authorit >> please stand by. >> please stand by. >> please stand by. >> please stand by. >> please stand by. >> please stand by. >> please stand by. >> please stand by. >> please stand by. >> please stand by. >> please stand by. >> please stand by. >> please stand by. >> please stand by. gerous? >> well, the president has still the prerogatives of the old constitution, which are massive. this is why so many people are concerned about who will get elected because you think that this person is going to have lots of power in his hands until a new constitution is endorsed. >> whoever wins the presidency, what will be his most urgent priorities? the economy is struggling, of course. >> the economy. the security. if you are secure on the street, you cannot enhance your economy. >> many thanks

we live in egypt so. i think that system and the laws have to come from this culture and this culture means. many of these pushing for implementing shari'a law in egypt and publicly that it could still be a long way off but there are already signs that change is taking place a lot of people who are currently governmental candidates for president are being very cautious about the statements that they make with the growth of policy everyone is preaching moderate islamists but the same time there's an undercurrent like for instance we're going to change that you can them slightly we're not going to make schools but we're going to preach religion better at schools no matter how subtle the differences may be at the moment egypt's at a key cross rate emerging it's each and the results of what happens right now keep the felts for generations sir third party kyrie. for more on egypt's shaky situation ahead of the presidential election let's join us so why are a researcher from the karo center for human rights mr

in egypt that. will basically you know these things it was quite surprising that you know that mubarak would fall that quickly the price was high but we thought it would be much higher and so on so what's happening in egypt is that what we expected should happen like i mean we would have expected that. something. over a year. so that year that didn't happen with mubarak is happening with the military and people after the initial moment of thinking you know that the military might just decide to. retain its unity and status by not engaging and not to take protecting that he is actually the meat to the is the quote of the regime sort of. against. the revolutionary groups in brain and the people who supported these protest movements embrace being well. to to scared. act. of a fraction of it a pathetic who's left to still be pushing forward while still a lot of people who have i mean i would be surprised or you should not be surprised to see half of the by any population coming out didn't want to put th

egypt and israel to the east of there.icative of the gradual deterioration in the security situation in that part of egypt over the last year and a half since the revolution that overthrew hosni mubarak. >>> quickly, i have been to dahab, it is a beautiful area and it's teeming with tourists. i know you're saying that thing. is it still very busy and what are people doing to be careful now in light of this recent development? >> reporter: well, tourism has sort of declined fairly dramatically since the overthrow of the mubarak regime. certainly here in cairo. you go to the pyramids or the egyptian museum and see a fraction of the number of tourists who were here before. in sinai, at the southern tip of the peninsula and this road leading up to israel, was considered the safest area. there really haven't been any incident. most were the inner part of the peninsula or the northern part of the peninsula where there are fewer tourist attractions. but obviously, now when news spreads that two american tourists have been kidnapp

to build a new egypt and. will that new egypt look like the greeks like i will it means imposing much stricter misl incurring aides who have no problem with. this system who have our culture has its own culture of content and out of it and. we live in egypt so i think the system and the laws have to come from this culture and this culture means islamic. many of these pushing for implementing shari'a law in egypt at least publicly that it could still be a long way off but there are already signs that change is taking place a lot of people who are currently governmental come to this for president are being very cautious about the statements that they make with the go to policy everyone is preaching moderate islamists but the same time there's an undercurrent like for instance we're going to change that i'm slightly we're not going to make schools but we're going to preach religion better at schools no matter how subtle the differences may be at the moment egypt's at a key cross rate emerging it's each and the re

up next, egypt's uprising. the fall of mubarak. >> i predict both sides are going to start fighting again. within a matter of minutes. it, i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. by what's getting done. measure commitment the twenty billion dollars bp committed has helped fund economic and environmental recovery. long-term, bp's made a five hundred million dollar commitment to support scientists studying the environment. and the gulf is open for business - the beaches are beautiful, the seafood is delicious. last year, many areas even reported record tourism seasons. the progress continues... but that doesn't mean our job is done. we're still committed to seeing this through. [ woman ] it's like a magnet. pulling us together for different reasons. music. games. photos. shows. we share stories, laugh... and truly engage. it brings us closer an

veil delight in egypt trying to. mobilize people to vote in a particular way in return for some foodstuff some money. don't say that if you don't vote. candidate you will go to hell so this is the real fear the real fear is not official. thinking it is the official raiding and many police is now this election has been held by many as a free vote that would end decades of authoritarian rule in egypt are you optimistic about the outcome of this election. look after any revolution and the world that the government is weak the president is we. the parliament this week so i don't expect miracles or i lead didn't know was a measured lambton that would solve the problems in four years but some people still have this believe this if you remember the whole middle east the whole other world has always been by one man always one man sure they always look at their leader as the one who would solve all the problems this idea about the institutions ruling and everything is discussed and debated and then you are take a decision sti

two american tourists kidnapped by gunmen in egypt. we go live to cairo straight ahead. >>> plus, happening right now. live pictures as a first commercial spacecraft prepares for its return to earth. >> and caught on video. an out of control truck slamming into a tavern. helpless customers up against the bar. you will have to see this video to believe what they went through. >>> wow. unbelievable. good morning everyone. welcome to early start. nice to have you with us. i'm ashleigh banfield. >>> i'm zoraida sambolin. we're bringing you the news from a to z. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's get started. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin with breaking news this morning. two american tourists kidnapped by gunmen in egypt. it happened in the town of dahab in the region of egypt. the report says that two americans were forced out of a car and taken away. the alleged kidnappers demanding the release of a man who was arrested a day before for drug possession. cnn's ben wedeman is live in cairo. i know these are late-breaking details

i'll never forget landing in egypt for the first time.ed in the late morning and flew over the pyramids and that was a transformative experience, seeing them with my own eyes, and there was something about that that just shifted my perspective forever. >> how many people around the world do what you do? >> there are about 20 to 30 people that are very involved. you see their names a lot on papers and of course we're constantly talking to each other. the nice thing about being able to pull back in space is you don't see borders. and there's a lot more of a collaborative spirit. >> that's interesting. is this a finite field? at some point will we discover all that's to be discovered? >> i would like to think that we could. but in egypt, for example, i've been able to find about 3,000 previously unknown settlements all up and down the nile valley and the delta. these are just the sites on the surface. i'm limited right now by the technology, so as the technology gets better and better, we're not only going to be able to see beneath the groun

to be the new egypt. which is what will that new egypt look like for groups like oh no it means imposing much strict muslim kinds have no problem with. this system so who have our culture out of this our culture of complaint from and out of a club and. as we live in egypt so. i think the system and the laws have to come from this culture and this culture means. many of these implementing shari'a law in egypt at least publicly that it could still be a long way off but there are already sowing stick changes taking place a lot of people who are currently governmental candidates for president are being very cautious about the statements that they make with the growth of policy everyone is preaching moderate islamists but the same time there's an undercurrent like for instance we're going to change that in them slightly we're not going to make schools but we're going to preach religion better at schools they matter how subtle that difference is maybe at the moment egypt's ethnic cheek restraint in letting it e

two of egypt's leading presidential candidates are suspending their campaigning they blame the ruling military council for wednesday's brutal attack on protesters up to twenty people were killed and more than one hundred injured by on known attackers sparking for the clashes the rally was supporting a disqualified also a conservative islamist candidate seen as one of the frontrunners before he was banned various political forces and he was the ruling military for all to strengthen the blood shed surf earth looks into the chaos religious tensions have created in post-revolutionary egypt. taking phone in middle eastern news across this is the leading comic actor. and his satirical film the leader is just one of a number in which he's still heard that if you learned him in prison for offending islam it's a ruling that's in raging with the public but this revolution let's put things in quotes that was a gathering that ignites a case of i got really mad about the like the process was that it was this was bad i don't think the rest of the country was very very right but freedom of expressio

elections in egypt. it really is the first phase that we saw last year.his is just -- it's going to keep going step by step by step. >> each of these -- arwa, you've reported in each of these places. each is obviously different. you were most recently in syria when you snuck into homs. how is that different than what you saw in libya and egypt and elsewhere? >> the dynamics of each country is incredibly different. syria is much more complex because of its strategic location, because of the various ways that historically syria really for the last few decades has managed to position itself in such a way that it is regionally and internationally relevant. those factors play greatly into how various global leaders are going to be approaching syria. you also have these other dynamics bleeding in from iraq. you have the lebanon dynamic, turkey, of course, heavily involved. so it's no great surprise that syria is playing out very differently and also potentially in a much more bloody fashion than any of the other reeve luigss across the region. >> ivan, when you

elections in egypt. it really is the first phase that we saw last year.his is just -- it's going to keep going step by step by step. >> each of these -- arwa, you've reported in each of these places. each is obviously different. you were most recently in syria when you snuck into homs. how is that different than what you saw in libya and egypt and elsewhere? >> the dynamics of each country is incredibly different. syria is much more complex because of its strategic location, because of the various ways that historically syria really for the last few decades has managed to position itself in such a way that it is regionally and internationally relevant. those factors play greatly into how various global leaders are going to be approaching syria. you also have these other dynamics bleeding in from iraq. you have the lebanon dynamic, turkey, of course, heavily involved. so it's no great surprise that syria is playing out very differently and also potentially in a much more bloody fashion than any of the other reeve luigss across the region. >> ivan, when you