give us some sense of which direction you think he is planning to take egypt. >> i hope he takes egypt in the democratic direction. i think he will push egypt and to greater democracy, but whether it becomes a liberal democracy and how we understand the term with full and equal rights for all egyptians regardless of their gender and religion, complete freedom of the press, that is another question. there have been some troubling signs that is not the kind of egypt will eventually come out of this. >> he has to deal with the military. is it too much to say this is at the civilian taking over the military as permanently sidelined? >> it is the beginning of the end of the military's role in politics. the military was an institution of the state, not accountable to civilian rule. hopefully, this is the beginning of the end of that. i think it is a very good first step. >> an official inquiry into the way police responded by the attacks of anders breivik has found that they could have been avoided. the commission blamed communication failures and said he could get been arrested sooner. he k

thank you for caring about egypt. i am the founder of a democracy for egypt. my question to you, madame, is not only the question in egypt -- i don't know if you read the last report that the change for egypt is asking president morsi right now that he is not delivering what he promised in forming the new government. you mentioned that you will be observing closely and if there would be steps taken. if you could enlighten us on what is next. thank you so much for your effort. >> well, thank you, and let me start by saying that i do recognize that a democratic transition is a complicated one for any country, and in all to humility, it took us quite some time to get it right, to include all of our citizens, starting with african-americans and women and truly fulfill not only the letter of the constitution, but the aspirations of our people. as i monitor what is happening in egypt, i am conscious of how challenging it is to get off on the right footing, to be absolutely clear what your principles and values are. as you are aware, and there was certainly a very co

you were born in egypt, you spent time in egypt, and then you left egypt and you went to london, if i'm not mistaken, and then you left london and you went to saudi arabia. >> yeah. >> hinojosa: you were being raised in a family that was teaching you your belief in islam, whi was that meand women are equal. >> yeah, because i saw that in the life that my parents led. my parents met in medical school in cairo, so they were both physicians, they both did their graduate studies together, and the reason that we moved to london was so that both my parents could do their ph.d.s in medicine. so i grew up in a house where the role models were a man and a woman, professional equals and partners in a marriage that they had to kind of mold along the way, because when we moved to london, my mom would tell my dad, "you know what? the dishwashing, the bed-making, the taking the kids to school, we've got to do it together here, because we have no help, no extended family, no nannies. we're in this together." >> hinojosa: and your dad, a devout muslim, was saying what to your mom? "it's okay, i get it,

egypt says the missing president moves to assert his power over the military as he sags both the defense minister and the chief of staff have made a growing militant presence in the sinai. and with the region in chaos isolated israel is taking steps to keep its borders safe while washington looks set to keep up support for revolutions even if they threaten its. welcome this is our live from moscow at eight pm my name is kevin owen with the top stories for you this hour first the syrian opposition's written ratings calls for a no fly zone in the country although still reluctant to get directly involved the u.s. has previously voiced support for the move to even if it means bypassing the u.n. washington have also pledged more backing franti said fighters syrian rebels say they've meantime shocked the government plane and captured the pilot activists released a video showing a fighter jet catching fire as it was apparently hit by ground shelling but state officials insist it crashed because of technical failure all this is alleged rogue reveller trustees are forcing more syrian activists to

yes absolutely since the events of the past year in egypt. the government in cairo to be so as it looks like. israel has feared that in the sinai. this vast desert area between southern israel and cairo that jihadi base was being built and that was being used by various jihadi. organizations. on themselves and wanted and we're seeing these fears being years so we're talking about the sinai peninsula here all with a large desert area and this is the aim of the attack is to control that region. right well the attack was first of all. increased tensions between israel and egypt i think that's going to be. the attackers had in mind and second of all we have to remember that these organizations believe that violence. and justifies all means they believe in the act itself as an ideological goal. their religion as they see it and also to bring about a change to eventually create a government in the image of their interpretation of islam you talk about increasing tensions between israel and egypt that's one of the intentions but well what impact will

egypt's intelligence chief and the head of the north sinai government general mohamed merah. was that he was quoted in the egyptian min media as confirming that you gyptian intelligence services had we see warnings of the sunday attack and he did not pass on the information by stating that the intelligence services job was only to collect information that it is indeed the circumstances that we and. general mohammad ma. were removed by morsi and quickly added. as presidential adviser so what we have to understand here is the specific context of these events in sinai the role of the israeli armed forces the role of the egyptian intelligence services and what are the lies there. this is cumulative let me just jump in right now i'm trying to figure out if the the latest you know resignation calling all of these to top of military personnel will actually benefit what the revolutionaries have been doing out into heated square i mean is this is this worth talking about are these two people actually either going to change anything. well let me try to contest realize this and because

the frontier between egypt and israel is long and lonely. israeli sees it as a soft target for any extremist planning to cross it or fire rockets over it. they trusted the ousted egyptian president to keep this border quiet. now that egypt has a president drawn from the brotherhood, they are not so sure. so israel's red sea fence which is right on the border, it's business as usual. but in the hills above the town, an iron dome keeps watch. the town's mayor says peace suits everyone, not just israel. egypt has put billions of dollars into tourism in the sinai, he says. i hope they protect that investment, but we will certainly protect ourselves. israel got decades of stability out of peace in the sigh any. the diplomatic achievement that transformed the middle east. now, on the border, they watch anxiously for signs of change. kevin connolly, "bbc news," on the israeli-egyptian border. >> now, eating chocolate could help prevent strokes. that's according to researchers in sweden. they found that men who have a little more than a standard cho

we see what happened in egypt. it is not just in egypt. it is a part of that whole array of countries. but egypt is one of the great countries. and one that is really fallen under the sway of the muslim brotherhood. and nobody knows where that is going to go. they were able to replace the senior leaders of the military, it is an example of a level of power and political sophistication that we will find will be a real problem for as we go forward. >> is it true the syrian catholic and orthodox leaders have sided with assad, and they are -- there is worry that they may be executed if assad falls? >> and siding with mubarek here. the problem here is what you have is a great muslim awakening all across that world. some 48 countries have a muslim majority or a huge muslim minority. and it is the sunnies i think who are on the move. and you have a great conflict. 17million christians between egypt and iran. or afghanistan. all of them are in danger, john. intolerance is the mark of a rising faith. >> how many weeks are we from thweeks until the

in egypt, we're seeing the muslim brotherhood take more control. has there been any impact on the church as a result? >> a huge impact. even when the mubarak government fell, people were concerned about the influence of the muslim brotherhood. now tha mohammed morsi has become the president, many christians are leaving egypt because of the concern they have that the muslim brotherhood will, more and more, act in an oppressive government that restrict the freedom of christians throughout egypt. >> talk more about the specific outlook of christians there? >> well, they're concerned because they know that the muslim brotherhood's goal is to eventually impose shari'a law in egypt itself. that makes christians what they call demis or second class citizens. so we're seeing not only an impact in potential legislation, legislation, and an impact of people in the streets. i've heard christians who said even after the morsi government was enacted, even christian women walking down the street were attacked verbally, and they're concerned that that is going to

>> well, there's kind of a mixed reaction here in egypt.ngs that they were fight iing for in las year's revolution, freedom of speech, especially for women like this. you don't see them much in the media so it is a marginalized group in society who has not had their voice heard, but another section says they are spreading conservative values that do not mesh well with egypt's historically modern views and some people say they are not having a place in society because they are breeding intolerance and this is what egypt does not need now. >> who is watching this station, because is it something that is being broadcast in egypt or throughout the middle east? >> well, they are broadcasting across the middle east all of the way from they say western iran to morocco, and so it covers the entire middle east, and this show, this channel runs come completely on donations so they have enough people watching it that it will keep running and people working there. >> and i notice in the script you said that they have an anti-christian station, so what

." >> egypt strikes back against islamists in sinai. could this volatile region be heading to even greater instability? of political scandal in china start withe court laundering of british businessmen -- moved to the court. guitarist with laundering of british businessman. -- charged with laundering a british businessman. welcome to our viewers on pbs america and around the globe. he has only been in office for a month, but egypt's new president faces a major security crisis. after a weekend attack on order please the left 16 guards dead -- a weekend attack the last 16 guards dead. we have more on the high stakes of this volatile situation. >> -- second field army has moved in. the president said he will increase pressure. the army said they killed 20, all of them terrorists. syenite is demilitarized under the terms of the peace treaty. israel has control of the appointment of the army and air force in the area. this followed an attack by gunmen who broke through the wire into israel, using a hijacked armored vehicles destroyed by an i

. >> brown: egypt staged its first air strikes into the sinai peninsula today since its 1973 war with israel, but this time the targets were islamic guerrillas. we begin with a report from john ray of independent television news. ( gunfire ) >> reporter: deadliest clashes in decades along a border upon which the peace of two nations and so much beyond depends. overnight, the egyptian military moved in on militants blamed for a surge in violence that climaxed in a dramatic cross- border raid on sunday. gunmen had already killed 16 egyptian guards before they commandeered this armored car. only a missile from an israeli aircraft brought them finally to a halt more than a mile inside this israeli territory. israel's prime minister called this a wake-up call for egypt to root out radical groups taking up residence in the sinai desert. >> we felt for the last year and a half that the sinai region has become the wild west. the wild west may have been fun in the movies, but in reality you see what happens. different terrorist elements come in, they sit down and they can use it because there'

on the newshour tonight, we have a report on the clashes and mounting tensions in egypt and beyond. >> woodruff: in syria, government forces launched a major ground assault against rebel-held areas of aleppo. we'll have a first-hand look at the bloodshed from james foley of global post. >> brown: in the wake of the sikh temple shooting, we examine the scope, profile and power of homegrown hate. >> woodruff: ray suarez has part two of our energy series. tonight, he's in colorado, where natural gas battles coal for prominence, but it comes with a hefty price tag. >> taking a 60-year-old plant that's been generating electricity by burning coal and converting it to natural gas isn't cheap, and it isn't easy as flipping a switch. >> brown: margaret warner continues our look at congress' "unfinished business." tonight, solving the threat of cyber attacks on our critical infrastructure. >> woodruff: and poet priscilla uppall captures the olympic spirit. >> i just love it because it's really metaphorical. it's very playful. many of the sport terms are basically invented by teenagers and young

he is currently covering egypt for al jazeera. he delivered the keynote address at the world affairs council of new orleans annual dinner he talked about the future of journalism in the united states. this is about an hour. >> i am going to take my name tag off. and introduce to you tonight jordan flaherty. he is a journalist and community organizer in new orleans. if he looks familiar, he has appeared on much of the internet media coming tonight. he has appeared on steve 19 -- cnn and keep hope alive. was the first journalists to write about the jena six case from about four years ago. bringing the case to international attention. he was also -- his post katrina writing in colorlines magazine shared id journalism award for best katrina coverage in the ethnic press. he is produced segments for al jazeera, democracy now and other news organizations. he is particularly qualified to discuss the topics of tonight, digital activism, and resistance in media from new orleans to egypt to occupy. jordan flaherty is the author of a new book

first, we're going to cairo, egypt, to a major shakeup. each of some of president mohamed morsi dismissed cairo's two top generals over the weekend: field marshal hussein tantawi and military chief of staff sami enan. tantawi had served as ousted leader hosni mubarak's defense minister for two decades and headed the powerful supreme council of the armed forces. to replace him, morsi appointed general and dole for talk al- sisi, the head of military intelligence. speaking on sunday, president morsi defended the move. >> to those attending and to the hon. egyptian people, the decisions i took today were not meant to target certain persons. nor did i intend to embarrass institutions, nor could my name ever be to narrow freedoms for those whom god created free. and it must be from the hearts of islam and the nobility and chivalry that we must be loyal to those who were loyal. and never intended to target a person or individual, nor did i need to send an negative message about anyone. my aim was to benefit this nation and its people. >> in addi

the imf and plans to relaunch egypt's national economy. according to reports, the egyptian president has been trying to consolidate power since his election back in june. >> of the moment, the country's military still has a firm grip on its economy. we explained. >> karl rove's -- cairo's tahrir square, august 12. the surprise reshuffle, another step towards greater civilian control of political life in the country, but egypt's military still has best economic interests. not just gas stations. it has factories that produce vehicles. besides a baking empire, it owns vast real estate and runs a huge construction projects. but the military's commercial complex built up over decades is thought to make up 1/6 of the economy. >> it is hard to see how a civilian government could assert control over the military's activities in the future. the military has basically taken on a life of its own, and it is a powerful player in egypt. i really do not think it is realistic to expect that it will come under civilian control. >> among the military is hig

then libya started, egypt started and so forth. egypt was over in 18 days. but you know, libya, was the only true revolution. the leader of tunisia, it was as if he hijacked the state for a while and then now he is not in power. and then in egypt, the real powers haven't changed that much. in libya, everything was thrown up in the air. gaddafi was like the spider at the center of the web. the revolution cut the web away, and then there was nothing. it is year zero in libya. let me go back to how i got here. i have been in egypt and then we went over the border to libya. i say we because i am a television reporter and was with a producer and with cameras present. we saw on the walls of the border, a big sign in english that said welcome to free libya. there was a young man there who was perfect. he looked just like rambo. he had long brown hair, he had a bandanna, a vendor of bullets around them. he seemed to be our guide. we drove up, which is in eastern months on 10 city. one of the things that they did in eastern country, was that they destroyed the statue

i think increased tensions between israel and egypt i think that's going to be. the attackers had in mind and second of all we have to remember that these organizations will leave that violence. and at the end justifies all means they believe in the act itself as an ideological goal to. their religion as they see it and responsible decision makers in egypt should be trying to increase cooperation with israel in order to ensure that these kind of homicide terrorists are not able to carry out their plans so very abscesses even an opportunity to. get countries closer together the islamists and especially the jihad these that we're talking about now have been for years. and now what they're doing is taking advantage of the fact that there is an unstable situation in egypt but if you just lift the lid as we've seen now across the region egypt syria and all the other countries north africa and what we're going to see is chaos and that is what we're seeing unfortunately. still to come here and i'll see why sanctions won't stop iranians grabbing for gotcha's a way down b

egypt's president orders the country's powerful defense minister and the chief of staff to resign it comes amid a militant crackdown in the increasingly volatile sinai region. and what a difference a year makes a look back at this last august's riots which raged across england amid local fears they could return. hello there this is r.t. you're watching the weekly with me kevin owen it's rather pro the top stories of the last seven days the first was syrian rebel struggling to regain ground in the country's second city of aleppo foreign powers led by the u.s. a poly more pressure on damascus and bypassing the un washington and turkey are now discussing bringing in a no fly zone over syria than they've set up a joint group to facilitate regime change the u.s. and its allies have also pledged more multibillion dollar support for the syrian rebels london being the latest to weigh in all this is un chief ban ki moon is back to the presence of international monitors in syria is the current observers mandate runs out in a week's time and for people in syria the situation remains as dangerou

but this is a historical move for egypt and this is the first time that egypt has had a civilian elected leader who has more power than the military. so a lot of activists in cairo praised the move saying that the military is no longer in power, but they are careful, because he does have all of the power now. >> all right. ian, thank you so much. and of course sh, the question how is this move going to affect egypt's relationship with the united states, and i want to bring in michael holmehere. we saw a couple of things happen, and first of all secretary of state hillary clinton and leon panetta as well having a sit down with this general, and had a relationship with the military and now that he is out of the picture, how does this affect the obama relationship with egypt? >> well, morsi wanted this to happen at some point, but everybody is surprised it happened now. a lot of people are thinking it is what happened in the sinai over the past few days where they had to move in the military to combat the islam rebels down there, and this is seen a failure of theilling of the policemen ther

they thought there was going to be a meaningful change egypt foreign policy after what happened last year but in fact it's continue eating you know if you can the same thing and i think morsi i mean that's part of the game the u.s. will be very pleased with what he said well certainly you know some plans i mean put on the table some possible plans to resolve the crisis in syria both egypt and iran have put forward plans to a four mediator group to try and resolve everything morsi suggests involving egypt iran turkey and saudi arabia suggests egypt iran and venezuela which one do you fancy the most when you look at the first i mean you've got three countries saudi arabia egypt and turkey who actually want regime change in syria so they can argue on each brokers they actually don't want and only solution to this a peaceful compromise solution so i don't think anything that involves saudi rape or turkey is on the cards i think the second one is better but i think as i said earlier i think i think it doesn't matter what media groups we set up which countries are on the key player in all

egypt's president orders the country's top two military officials to retire as a major offensive continues and the country's volatile sin our region. and while the northeast of gyptian border heats up and al qaeda linked groups infiltrate syria israel feels trapped in the middle and beefs with security forces just in case it's. welcome to our team this monday i'm karen terror and it is three o'clock here in moscow while syrian rebels claim they have shot down a government warplane and captured its pilot this comes after the political leaders of the opposition made fresh calls for a no fly zone in the country they syrian national council also wants foreign troops to start patrolling areas near borders with jordan and turkey but the u.s. and its allies remain reluctant to get directly involved and are instead bolstering material support for anti-government fighters meanwhile alleges rebel atrocities are forcing more syrian activists to renounce the opposition this amateur footage apparently shows insurgents throwing the bodies of loyalists from a rooftop and aleppo a key flashpoint city in t

and a major offensive is under way in egypt's ivana tyla sinai region to restore security after the border violence which left sixteen egyptian soldiers dead last week. and welcome to all see twenty four hour news live from moscow. with the latest news and every view of the week's events first the foreign ministers of the arab league countries and later on sunday to discuss the next moves over syria most members vehement opponents of president assad and on directly biking the rebels inside the conflict ten country the armed opposition suffered a setback this week when government forces pushed them out of a cave district in the commercial capital aleppo as the battle for the city intensifies foreign powers led by the u.s. a piling more pressure on damascus bypassing the yuan washington enteric could have set up a joint group to facilitate regime change and find a place. and fasano with the international community and see where itself split into warring and those working in public jobs are fearing for their lives as acts on a fork over falls. it's a fixture in any public office in syria whet

between israel and egypt and that's going to be. the attackers had in mind and second of all we have to get rid of these organizations when we've been violent. and justifies all of that in the act itself is an ideological goal to all the. responsible decision makers in egypt should be trying to increase cooperation with israel in order to ensure that these. kind of homicide terrorists are not able to carry out their plans so grabs this is even an opportunity for. countries closer together the islamists and especially did you have to use that we're talking about you know have been for years operating. now what they're doing is taking advantage of the fact that there is an unstable situation in egypt but if you just listen as we've seen now across the region egypt syria i mean all the other countries north africa and what we're going to see is chaos and that is what we're seeing unfortunately across the region. but there's a lympics summer spectacles coming to a close with the last of the medals to be awarded for the final events but

israel and egypt are both blaming islamist militants. it is becoming on stable since mubarak was overthrown last year. israel hopes these latest attacks will serve as a wake-up call for egypt to improve security. >> the italian prime minister has warned that the resentment could tear the european union apart. >> the divisions drawn up by the european crisis are splitting opinions on whether greece should stay in the eurozone. this week has opened for a pat on the back for happens. >> finally, some good news from the troicha inspectors. they praised the greek government saying they're making progress with their budget cuts. this means that greece is still on track for another round of bailout funding. the euro also started the week on a positive note hitting a one-month high against the dollar. trading has been choppy since last thursday, but now it seems investors are more optimistic about the eurozone situation. in germany, some remain skeptical about grace's future. >> the eurozone has to show its teeth. they can just hand out money. t

violence and egypt the sinai peninsula of flares up yet again with a tribal leader and his son shot dead as the military crackdown on islam and in the area continues. and members of the russian female punk you see riot await their verdict after an end to putin stunt in the country's main cathedral in a trial that divided the nation. they're watching are to you with me to say first with syrian rebels struggling to regain ground in the country's second city of aleppo some nations led by the u.s. are piling more pressure on damascus and bypassing the u.n. washington and turkey have discussed bringing in the no fly zone over syria and have set up a joint group to the fullest faith regime change the u.s. and its allies have also pledged even though multimillion dollar support for the syrian rebels london being the latest to wait in the to the west and the pope of the rebels will only up the conflict increasing the possibility of it spilling into a regional war that's according to dr lee mohamad to editor in chief what was syria trying to do you. know when anybody talks about a no fly zone the

a responsible decision makers in egypt should be trying to increase cooperation with israel in order to ensure that these kind of homicide. terrorists are not able to carry out their plans so grabs opportunities for any country's closer together the islamists and especially did you have to use that we're talking about you know have been for years. now what they're doing is taking advantage of the fact that there is an unstable situation in egypt but if you just as we've seen now across the region egypt syria i mean all the other countries north africa and what we're going to see is chaos and that is what we're seeing unfortunately across the region . now let's have a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world at this stage of the day two days of violence have left at least ten people dead in iraq in the latest incident a bomb planted under a minibus traveling south of the capital of baghdad detonated killing people on monday six civilians became the victims of blasts in the same area as bomb explosions destroy the hells that's the summer's been the bloodiest p

so far in egypt things are quiet. though it's going to stick but there have been so many twists and turns in this egyptian transition, it's hard to say what's coming next. there's still a battle to be fought over the new egyptian constitution. new parliamentary elections after that. and it's really hard to say whether the military will reassert itself, it still has a lot of economic power. i think the struggle for power between the civil and the military in egypt is far from over. >> warner: on the civilian side, you reference the possibility of new parliamentary elections. right now with no parliament essentially legitimately sitti sitting, is there any civilian check on president morsi's power? >> well, there are the courts. there is still this supreme constitutional court and several other courts in egypt that are pretty much well respected and so forth. there have been a few tussles already between morsi and the courts. it was the courts that dissolved the parliament in which morsi's party had a near majority and