egypt, at good prices.we are helping people work here, you are helping people produce here, you are helping the egyptian economy in return. >> but growing potatoes in the desert takes a lot more water than in germany. and transporting the potatoes to europe also consumes a great deal of energy. they're fresh and tasty, but egyptian potatoes pay a high price when it comes to environmental impact. christoph schÄfer is taking on the egyptian competition. he wants to be able to sell his potatoes in the spring,too. >> we're building a potato warehouse so that we can sell our potatoes year-round. that's our current project. we want to store our own potatoes, and then sell them on the market. >> in cairo, wholesalers go to the al um market to buy potatoes. the shish family has been dealing in potatoes for generations. they prefer to sell to russia and europe, where they get top prices. >> egyptian potatoes are higher in quality. that's been demonstrated by objective criteria. there are quality controls, and in the

the democratically elected president of egypt. but the will of the democratic will of the egyptian people was not something which many of the revolutionary expected nor definitely what the west expected from the democratic process in egypt. what we see now is not so much an arab spring but rather an arab fall which may turn into the arab winter. the majority of the arab street which is really now the driving force of change or legitimization regime in egypt is. a slab asst of a muslim brotherhood it is more islamist we would expect there also. aligning themselves with the salafi parties and movements which are the second largest and they form a ruling bloc which is not for democracy. there is a paradox of democracy in which was no one even to plateau. majority can elect a dictator and there were many instances in history when the majority elected dictators . the kind of the constitutional regime where they are getting now is far from being liberal it is democratic in the sense that it reflected the will of the people but the will

. >> he was the head of egypt. >> he was the head of egypt. he had been sending palestinian guerrillas to attack deep within israel. it was only a matter of time before nasser used this massive soviet weaponry in an offensive war of destruction. israel sought to launch a preemptive strike. it found an opportunity in the suez crisis. we call it nationalize the suez canal. tried to negotiate through american mediation a solution to the suez crisis. when no solution could be found, britain and france elected to retake the canal by force of arms and enlisted israel's help in that effort. israel sought an alliance of convenience between britain and france and herself and launched this war. >> i want to show on this map here where the lines -- the diagonal lines, one at the bottom is sinai. over here is the gulf of suez. for the audience to look around and see where jordan is located. jordan used to control that area in the middle of israel which is the west bank. then you have syria at the top and lebanon. 1956 war last

before the who should it is and it is not all egypt look the want to egypt and sure if. it succeeds to the poorest people by violence and by the silence of the americans and by the silence of important institutions look at those judges in egypt did a very brave job by uniting against this new given me and also the egyptian people even the people who were not active in politics to be are becoming active in politics because they feel that political islam will. understand iran as a pakistan and also then. in fact if you remember the history of egypt it was united the only civil war that the egyptians have towards who was into egypt the phonic times when king demeanor like the last one and the sons of the monarchy ok i'm afraid where are we are out of time there thank you very much though for those views life from cairo pickel sociologist dr sites atika thank you. well washington has hit out at israel for authorizing three thousand new homes in the west bank and east jerusalem israel's move came a day off the u.n. general assembly upgraded palestine to being a non member obs

and not only is it what we see in egypt for the future but it's perfectly consistent with egypt's modern history, and the central drama in egypt is the egyptian political history. rob asked me to keep my remarks focused on the current situation. i can't help myself and i have to digress into some of the scenes of the struggle because i think they reflect well on what is likely to health it's clear that what we're seeing now at this moment in egypt is a reflection of the fact that no party north, the muslim brotherhood, not the liberals, not the revolution north carolina, not anybody who you see out there, part of a faction you all know the scene there, have been able to meet egyptians' demand for social justice representative government, and national debate. these demands have been, as i say, perfectly consistent going back to the early part of the century no one has been able to answer these questions satisfactorily and never been able to answer the central questions about what kind of principles of government, the organization of government, the relationship and -- the relationship bet

this from egypt, giving this warning from the military and an ominous warning for the people of egyptat can the united states do in terms of exerting influence over the president there, trying it take power back from the people? >> well, i think our influence over mohammed morsi, unfortunately, was revealed in the fact that he issued his decree, cutting back judicial review, the day after he announced the hamas-israel seas fire, back on november the 21st. i think unfortunately, it haf been a wink and a nod from the united states, or at least giving morsi the impression that he could act domestically without fear of intervention by us. i think in the current circumstances, the military is the part of the egyptian government over which we have the most influence because of decades of very substantial a assistance and we need the differences that we see being played out on the streets now, resolved by negotiation, to be a pretty strong signal from the military that while they don't want to intervene, they're not prepared to see this chaos continue. >> kelly: and they may have to interven

be a threat to the unity of the people to their state of egypt that i've done to the people of egypt feel that i didn't see their identities being taken we always have. and still have weak political parties but we have a strong civil society in egypt and this is being threatened by this situation where people of egypt have after going to became free now we are not prepared to give in to any. are not prepared to see the holy. spirit that you are not prepared to give in to someone who want to be in you all and for all we have so why. you have our freedom we are not going to be easily the editor of a lot of a stock or of a newspaper thank you for being on the line. we're reporting on how the. united kingdom. despite the. deep divisions between the opposition and the ruling family could prove. a lot more often. beauty of gracefully the. more than. it is a way of life traditionally the people are. herders and though in many ways. they are also highly skilled and organized. and. depending. on the day we found this particular camp they were settled near the coast of the sea here for familie

backed monarchy we've got the latest for you meantime in egypt the president's supporters weigh in now with rival protests amid liberal fury against mohamed morsi self-imposed powers and the constitution is drafted. in the u.s. it's pocket israel for authorizing thousands of new settlements in the west bank in east jerusalem just a day after the u.n. upgraded palestine diplomatic status. for a good evening for me kevin i would hear the new center tonight our top story the islamist led opposition in kuwait is boycotting saturday's parliamentary ballots in a bitter standoff with the country's an elected leaders the u.s. backed monarchies accused of amending the voting rules to influence the outcome of the poll. in the gulf state with. uncertainty is one way to describe the mood here in way today as the highly controversial parliamentary elections take off now the opposition has refused to back down from a boycott of the voting in protest of what it sees as towards authoritarianism opposition activists say that this is an attempt to produce a more compliant parliament that will allow the

and the sovereignty of egypt to be supported so why all this talk of a deal with the palestinians of us i've no vested trying to help to put a scene is one thing to do to affect the sovereignty of egypt is another thing from all points of view humanitarian point of view economical to your political point of view that we have to do as we are i'm so happy for the resolution that you know that the but there's an assembly this should be part of the foreign policy of egypt also but the point of course if you took this to effect conciliation between. the hunt hamas within the but as yet i can fight and the west has to change its position on that and not to oppose this conservation we were talking about syria but the same is also an issue that has to be. attended to and very quickly i'm going to ask you to just briefly crystal borges where do you see egypt's revolution going that evolution will continue it's not going to feel there is no return to the previous of june but you should not also have this stand still kind of policy we have to move on and this would move on. big things really mo

in egypt we see that already. much in the same way that in the next couple of weeks in this town we will see some ideologues, see their ideology tested. grover norquist -- both ways. political forces, wherever their ideology is grounded, as long as the system remains open tand pluralistic, but will be forced -- we see this in indonesia. in 2002, the islamist parties got 41% of the vote. the decline over the last couple of years to about 29%. i believe we are in the early stages of transformation in the middle east. we will talk about that complex competition for power. a final point -- i hope we debated a little bit. it is the issue of u.s. policy. it is my view that two years into this transition in the middle east -- and i avoid calling it arab awakening or arab spring. it is too early to characterize it. we've only seen about four countries, senior leaderships' change. -- seen their leadership's change. how we actually change and adapt and become more nimble, both in terms of how we deal with political islam an

they were relieved of the burden of having to govern egypt. removing themselves from the political system is more in keeping with the history of the egypt armed forces since the 1967 defeat when they determined being a political army was not good for their organization and their ability to fight a war on the battlefield. >> is the struggle the islamist versus the seculars and is it fair to say as everybody does while the islamists have greater appeal, they're going to win this. >> there are basically three groups here that are contending for the loyalties of the mass of egypt people. one group is the egyptians. the other is the muhbaric loyalists. it was the islamists and the young revolutionaries against the loyalists. now because they have been so heavy handed in the way they have governed the transitions it's now really the revolutionary finds themselves with these loyalists. they're big grievance is this institution. it takes egypt significant step more toward islamic policy. just a really quick example. article two has said in egypt since

the preliminary results are in for egypt's contentious constitutional referendum egypt appears to voted for the constitution sixty four percent say yes. thirty six percent have said no this comes after mass to send in the streets across the country with a cast three weeks against this constitution opposition forces say force the presidential dictatorship and was drafted by an islamist dominated assembly of the twenty seven governors that went to vote in the last week only three voted against the constitution. this in the last round is largely due to the fact that in the last seventeen governments they went to vote a large amount of them are rural governorates who with large muslim brotherhood supports places their opposition forces for their part to say that the reason it is a yes is because of electoral violations they say they've seen a number of instances a possible vote rigging including missing judges unsupervised polling stations missing ballot papers stuff the ballot boxes and also campaigning by the mr brotherhood groups also ultra conservative salafist groups with in the pollin

but in fact, only two weeks ago in egypt.but what has happened in tunisia and egypt was actually a long journey. the popular uprising in the downfall of the regime in tunisia and egypt and libya. what we are starting to see in tunisia is a true political idea for the future and the character of the country. the process in egypt today has to do with the democracy of the country with those two countries struggling for dominance. in my opinion, this is the true expression of the arab spring. in 2010, our population overthrew the regime. and the support of the regime has been protected by the people. and the citizens have the freedom to express themselves here. this is a chance in the air of consciousness, and it seems to me that we have not fully yet come to terms for the future. in the arab world, there are two types of devices. those that have political lives in freedom and those who live in tyranny. what would be georgian or maybe even a mother great country. in my estimation, [inaudible] is early, too early to fully comprehe

protests the second and final leg of the referendum was preceded by a fresh outbreak of violence in egypt second largest city of alexandria where caro based journalist well true explains what's expected from the vote and whether the outcome is likely to end the turmoil. millions of egyptians across seventeen governorates heads headed to the polling stations today to vote in the second and final round of egypt's contentious constitutional referendum yesterday this once again was about to violence as we saw clashes in this in egypt's second city alexandria between those who are for the constitution those who are against the constitution this happened dark islamist staged a hundred thousand strong rally in support of the constitution and the implementation of sharia law the two sides hold rocks at each other they burned cars and buses some saying these buses belong to the muslim brotherhood police intervened with tear gas leaving seventy seven injured so this obviously comes on the after several instances of violence is in alexandria a. few weeks ago in cairo in front of presidential palace

minorities and women in egypt as well. the muslim brotherhood contends that's not the case this referendum on it must be put to the people must go ahead the opposition says absolutely not it should never have got this power in the first place we don't know without referendum will go ahead especially with fighting like this it was a constitutional crisis and it is still but this is the fear of people being written on the streets but those political divisions are going to go much deeper and this violence could become worse tom thanks a lot tom bottom line from near the presidential palace in. twenty minutes past the russian capital some other international news in brief now typhoon bopha which is currently battering the philippines has claimed more than two hundred eighty lives tens of thousands fled their homes as the storm rolled across southern and central areas cut off power into entire province and rescue teams are working in the worst hit areas but it's feared the number of casualties will rise the storm is expected to

or egypt look. to the people of egypt feel that i didn't i didn't. we always have we still have weak political parties we have a strong civil society and this is the. people of egypt after. we begin to treat now. we. can see the police are. peaceful. you are more prepared to meet. someone who want to be you. know we have. to have our freedom we are not going to leave you. with some other news from around the world now by the prominent bahraini human rights campaigner has had his prison sentence reduced. has had his prison term cut from three years to two by an appeals court decision could still prompt more protests from other activists who are calling for his release at apples from behind bars for inciting anti-government protests and his attorney now saying the court dropped the charge of insulting plates or any authority is have been cracking down on profound demonstrators for almost two years now up to eighty people have been killed on both sides and thousands arrested in protests calling for more freedoms and social improvements from that. the pr

they were relieved of the burden of having to govern egypt. removing themselves from the political system is more in keeping with the history of the egypt armed forces since the 1967 defeat when they determined being a political army was not good for their organization and their ability to fight a war on the battlefield. >> when you look at the struggle, is it first of all essentially the islamist versus the secularist, and is it fair to say as everybody does the islamists have greater appeal, they're better organized, they're going to win this? >> i think it is, right now there are basically three groups here that are contending for the loyalties of the great undifferentiated mass of egyptian people. one group is the egyptians. the people you remember from tahrir square a couple years ago. the third group, the mubarak loyalists. during the revolution of 2011, it was the islamists and young revolution nar ees against the loyalists. now because they have been so heavy handed in the way they have governed the transitions it's now really the revo

of egypt. to the people of egypt feel. well online for you now droning on america reveals a futuristic new weapon in the fight against terror u.s. manufacturers in wales the next generation of unmanned drones fitted with a so-called death rate meaning they never out of ammunition find out more at r.t. dot com. also want to website a real cost of education in the u.k. skyrocketing prices for hiring cation soon rise to one hundred thousand pounds. from. europe drop out tefl put itself out of the economic well documented but it's not alone japan has now entered its fifth recession in fifteen years it comes just days before the country's election which is expected to sweep the current prime minister from power but current affairs journalist james corbett any change in power could see a more militarized japan in a region where tensions are already high. it seems that almost inevitable that the l.d.p. is going to be put back into power next week and with that comes not only big changes in the economic policy but i think there is

egypt's opposition calls for more protests across the country after rejecting the referendum on the islamist face constitution . and the ruling regime in the opposition in bahrain say they're ready to sit at the negotiating table but many believe their divisions run too deep to end the twenty one upright. forecasting around the world and around the clock this is r.t. the european union's three presidents are and also to receive this year's nobel peace prize on behalf of the group is being given to commend the e.u. for fostering peace but not everyone agrees hundreds marched to the norwegian capital in protest but all of the looks now it's why anybody that doesn't deserve the prize and want to hold that noble institution may need to rethink. mark or little children. will one day live in a maze they will not be deterred by the call about them but by the content of back character. the one it can be probably would have to become a laureate to the home. however the nobel peace prize is only awarded to a living person this is when it tests such trying especially when it comes to finances the annou

we will begin in egypt because voters have officially backed a new constitution. in the past few hours the electoral commission has said that 63.8% voted yes to president morsi's proposals, those that have led to huge demonstrations in recent weeks. they say the document favors islamists and doesn't do enough to protect minorities. the united states has urged president morsi to build trust across egypt's political divides. given the muslim brotherhood's domination of the political scene, i asked our correspondent whether there are fears jipt may become a one-party state. >> that is what some of the people in the opposition are saying. it is not what other people in terms of the muslim brotherhood are saying and also what a number of egyptians who don't particularly sornte with one -- associate with one side or the more. what i think we are looking at is a very deeply split egypt and one that is about to launch into a parliamentary election campaign. now the opposition faces an uphill struggle. it has not been terribly unified. it has to manage to unify itself more

in egypt. might be giving into position pressure off the tens of thousands converged on the presidential palace. a distant prospect. i would be highly skeptical of any intelligence rendered by the one hundred forty plus billion dollar us intelligence community as to weapons of mass destruction in the possession of another country. the u.s. and britain are increasingly building up a case against syria claiming it's preparing to use chemical weapons we look at whether the iraq has been learnt. to change that. help for the rebels despite fears that aid could fall into the hands of radical islamists. in the coverage of the u.k. pregnancy with the suspected suicide of a focus of a frenzy which some say has gone too far. around the world onscreen online international news and comment from the egyptian opposition is growing pressure on president morsi is still missing to yield results following days of protests ending with friday's massive march on the presidential palace sons of appeared that the isl

a strong civil society in egypt and we think the caribbean. situation has not been discussed. by the people of egypt security and. after that actually what the country. will not fall invasion of trashiest and security and speed for the first time ever in the history of egypt one of egypt's main opposition leaders and a former head of the arab league says morsi is regimes failing to fulfill the nation's hopes of change or deal with a major economic problems. the change that we want to people hope for dealing with the services education and the rest of the fights but then into the life objections have not really produced anything new fifty percent of the country lives in poverty the illiteracy the. unemployment problems that have not been addressed until this moment this is the point that one many of us as citizens as liberals as nationalists believe that. we are losing time we should. not have this stand still kind of policy we have to move on let us move together the vision of dividing the country dividing the people divide the republic opinio

of egypt. to the people of egypt feel that i didn't i didn't. we always have weak and still have weak political parties but we have a strong civil society in egypt and we see. now by the. people of egypt have after their evolution to be concrete now we are not prepared to give in to any. i'm not prepared to see. the restraint that. someone who want to be in you. we have. flight. to have our freedom and we are not going to be easily. clues of the former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss kahn over sex abuse accusations in the u.s. have apparently come to an end the new york hotel maid that argues the frenchman of sexual assault has withdrawn her civil lawsuit for an undisclosed sum it's rumored to be amount to to amount to up to six million u.s. dollars the scandal cost ross can his position at the top of the international monetary fund and stifled his presidential ambitions at home he could still face other charges of being behind an alleged prostitution ring in france. the prime minister of mali has resigned in a staged t.v. br

right to work state and also be talking up author georgetown university professor a doll as about egypt's unfinished revolution with only a few weeks left in two thousand and twelve all examine u.s. defense spending and look at some top secret programs under the pentagon's notorious black budget so without further ado let's break set. all right guys let's talk some more about america's longest war afghanistan now there's been a lot of news recently about the failing war and ongoing occupation aside from the recent reports of the u.s. hosting tens of thousands of special operations troops on blackwater bases in the country after the two thousand and fourteen deadline it just came out that u.s. troops in afghanistan routinely target children on the battlefield yes you heard me right children according to one senior army officer children with potential hostile intent are now considered threats because the taliban sometimes uses them to assist with attacks against coalition forces on top of using ambiguous term militant to describe the killings of any military age male that happens to be in t

egypt is also a hot topic at r.t. dot com where we're asking what future would be country phase if its new constitution is adopted and so far over a third of you believe the country would turn into a hardline islamic state and might see an eruption of sectarian violence or expect an uprising among those who believe the revolution has been hijacked poynton that the new constitution does not differ that much from the old one and the minorities say egypt will face a new fight for power between the muslim brotherhood and the military so go online to have your say. as egypt continues to be grouped by instability is just one of the country's still feeling the effects of the arab spring the regional strain of rebels has already claimed tens of thousands of lives and brought down several versions with no sign of it stopping and some of those who helped ushering the changes then say they're no better off now as. our reports. it began here in tunisia two years ago when a poverty stricken fruit vendor set himself on fire in an a

egypt is divided as tens of thousands rallied to both support and oppose president morsi with a referendum on a controversial new constitution is set for two weeks time. and the world's top whistle blower promises more sensational revelations next year we talked to during the sonship in the exclusive interview. you're watching r.t. live from moscow the u.s. is trying to steer israel and the palestinians back to the negotiating table but so far to no avail washington has criticised israel's approval of three thousand more sessile homes in disputed territories the move came immediately after the un voted to upgrade palestine to observer state status despite america's opposition artie's paul asli and now looks at how the vote affects the situation in the middle east. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state as to a nonmember observer state in the u.n. one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against look at it forty one abstentions it's an important political and legal vi

we stopped story center days mused to egypt's opposition calls for more protests as president morsi refuses to scrap the referendum on the new islamist base constitution you've got the latest tonight on mount one also rebels in syria come together under one military command now this is a more global call to prevent the government from using chemical weapons are increasingly seen as a pretext for intervention and how mass opposed to see palestinians liberated is that militant group mark twenty five years in action while israel faces global pressure to stop building more settlements. hello and welcome if you're just joining us this is r.t. it's ten pm now here in moscow my name's kevin oh in first egypt's opposition is calling for more protests tonight after president morsi insisted on plowing ahead with a referendum on the new constitution which is viewed by many as discriminatory even its decision to scrap the decree which had granted him almost absolute power was dismissed as a play on words. in cairo for a she says his unexpected u. turn has failed to ease the tensions. it does come as a

opposition fury smolders an egypt where the controversial draft constitution is said to have been voted through despite claims it's against the revolution and let's minorities down. you came out stripped of his citizenship refusing to become an informant and reported missing by his family months ago expectedly appears and the u.s. court charged with terrorism. and f.b.i. documents reveal the occupy wall street movement was branded a potential criminal and terrorist threat by the organization. you saw russia and around the world thanks for joining more protests are expected in egypt as the country awaits results of a referendum on a new constitution they are now gee later on choose day officials have been checking allegations of vote rigging brought forward by the opposition there is going to draft a charter is said to haue won the support of more than sixty percent of voters but turnout was low estimated at less than a third of the electorate the opposition says the document does not represent all objections and has evolved to keep trying to bring down the constitution peacefully and de

had lunch from our school one polling stations are closing in egypt now after the country voted in the final stage of a referendum on the islamist drafted constitution there which sparked violent protests and fierce clashes. moscow is one step closer to banning all adoptions of russian children by americans triggered by an increasing number of abuse cases and even some dare the bills caused a storm of reaction in russia. and all you want for christmas is festive shopping gathers pace look at what gifts risk ending going into the bin the very next. morning if you're just joining us is kevin any of the new center this morning in our top story voting is wrapping up in egypt where people have been casting their ballots on the draft constitution that split the nation and triggered monthlong protests the second and final stage of the referendum was preceded by a fresh outbreak of violence in the country's second largest city of alexandria cairo based journalist tell true explains what's expected from this vote now and whether the outcome is likely to end the turmoil there millions of egyptia

in egypt there are signs mohamed morsi might be giving in to opposition pressure after tens of thousands converged on the presidential palace by dialog remains a distant prospect. i would be highly skeptical of any intelligence rendered by the one hundred forty plus billion dollar us intelligence community those two weapons of mass destruction in the possession of another country period the us and britain the increasingly building up a case against syria claiming it's very to use chemical weapons we look at whether the iraq lesson has been learned. meanwhile the u.k. seeking to change the e.u. arms embargo on syria to step up to help for the rebels despite fears the aid could fall into the hands of radical islamists. said tragic turn in the coverage of the u.k. royal pregnancy with the suspected suicide of a nurse all before because of a frenzy which some say has gone too far. it's seven pm here in moscow you're live with us on our team with me to bomb say they gyptian opposition is growing pressure on president morsi is starting to yield results following days of protests culminating in

point of view, egypt's relationship with israel is at the center. following that, what is egypt's relationship with? morsi visited iran. i'm worried about that relationship and russian evans efforts to reestablish their ties. we're in for a worrying time in the middle east, but particularly in the relationship with egypt. >> not optimistic more 2013. embassador bolton, always good to see you, merry christmas. >> they can't to you and jamey. >> thank you so much. we have news about an international peace envoy from the u.n. headed to syria as chaos erupts. lockdarr will meet with bashar al-assad. he has had a hard time making headway in ending the civil war because neither side is interested in peace talks but he'll arrive to violence. there are reports of several people killed by a car bomb this weekend and new fighting erupted between the rebels and pro regime forces. also we're getting word there's been a bombing just crossing the wires, reuters report dozens have been killed and we'll give you more on that as we get it. >> in new delhi india, the

week's top stories on today's news egypt's opposition rejects the referendum on the new islamist based constitution as they call for yet more protests we've got the latest coming up with a live report. also rebels in syria come together under one military command meanwhile more global calls to prevent the government from using chemical weapons are increasingly seen as a pretext for intervention. and hamas vows to see palestinians liberated as the militant group marks twenty five years of action now while israel faces growing international pressure to stop building more settlements. a lot of very warm welcome to futures joined us this is our t. midnight here in moscow and. in first egypt opposition says it will boycott the referendum on the new constitution saying that the document fails to represent the whole nation president morsy earlier ordered the military to maintain security until after saturday's vote on the disputed draft is viewed by many as discriminatory let's get more live well true do you think the opposition is boycott of the referendum will force morsy end of the day the

jenna: we'll stay with overseas news and go straight to egypt.gypt plunging deeper into turmoil as the military acting on orders of the president there out in force and giving new power to arrest civilians ahead of this week's vote on that draft constitution that is so controversial. this as thousands of protestors take to the streets near the pre in cairo demanding the fall of the new regime. conor powell is live with more now. >> reporter: jenna, this political crisis is only growing and increasing in seriousness. at the heart of all this is the draft constitution which is supposed to be voted on on saturday. opposition groups want that vote postponed. they say the draft constitution is too islamic, they say it's antidemocratic. the morsi government wants this vote to happen. protestors have been out for nearly three weeks now. today morsi instituted marshal law. he's given the egyptian military police power to arrest anyone protesting. the decree lasts until december 15th, saturday, but the military and the police also have the ability to arre

our top story this hour egypt wrapping up in voting wrapping up in egypt where people have been casting their ballots on the draft constitution that split the nation in triggered monthlong protests second and final stage of the referendum preceded by a fresh outbreak of violence in the country's second largest city alexandria and now for more on this we're joined live by journalist bella true who is in the egyptian capital covering all of this for us so what are the predictions for the outcome of the vote so far. well right now the polling stations have shots and the voting is underway across seventeen governorate in egypt the million dollar question is of course how this will turn out in the first round it was seven fifty seven percent voted in support of the constitution and it's said that this is most likely to be a yes vote in the second round this is because the governor is going to. rule government governors with a strong mission brotherhood base in them also three only three of the governorates actually voted against the machine brotherhood of the presidential elections again pre

filter scantiness to be all over the egypt this would affect all safe to say of egypt business would be shocked at our feet now we are divided between two parts there is a pole is a political force in one hand and muslim brotherhood in us of hands we are in the thirty fifth the sixth with greater thank you it seems that the egyptian people don't agree on much these days one of the few things they do agree on is that egypt's economy needs to get back on the right track and as soon as possible. they're now getting that britain's unemployed into jobs it's proving to be a costly thank you lou three quarters of a leading people join the work program here for only as we report later. the french cutoff for qatari cash. it was the well is now raising high level skepticism but as mr good's details just ahead. the mission of free accreditation free. for judges is free to make amends three. three stooges free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media dog r t v dot com. we speak your language or not a day in. the news programs and documentaries in spanish matt

egypt is worsening. clinical crisis shows no signs of easing as the new muslim brotherhood leadership tries to silence opposition. so far the obama administration is trying to play both sides respecting the countries efforts at democracy at least in the opinion of the administration, meanwhile predicting individual freedoms. but how it will all play out is uncertain. loyal to the regime are using scud missiles. the move representing a sharp escalation in the two-year-old conflict at which more than 40,000 people have been kled. he could use chemical weapons against his own people. still, world powers remain deadlocked on how to resolve this crisis. noticed it, europe and arab nations are calling on a side to step down, loo but russia, chind iran continue to back assab. it states may well lose his status as the world's sole superpower by 2030. according to new report from the nationalst intelligence council. the united states to the obama intelligence rports suggestt wo will be first among equals as asia

what does it mean for egypt's future, the role of morsi and the potential of a islamist state in egypt. john bolton jones us about every sunday at this time. good morning, embassador. >> good morning. >> the new constitution says islam is the official religion of the state. what other impact is there of this constitution and what does it call for? >> i think it's a substantial step toward what the muslim brotherhood desired, and that is a egypt that comes under shahry are a law and a nondemocratic state. there was speculation the more extreme egyptians were going to vote against the constitution because they didn't believe it was sharia friendly enough. that clearly didn't happen and in the second round, there's no doubt this constitution will be adopted by a majority of those who voted. so i think the prospect is the brotherhood will try to consolidate power. i think there's every prospect the military and brotherhood will try to cut a deal. i don't think the military wants to see more violence in the streets. they've had a vote, this is what the pro democracy people wanted. had an el

for egypt. both sides want to be at that helm, and that is why this fight is continuing. >> on to other news now, here in the united states it is hard to find signs of progress in washington as president obama and john boehner want to find agreement on the fiscal cliff. what is not being said is also important. what is not being said is also important. here is dana bash, senior correspondent. >> reporter: the house speaker ended the week with a progress report, none. >> when it comes to the fiscal cliff that is threatening our economy and threatening jobs, the white house has wasted another week. >> reporter: he and the president spoke by phone, only once all week, and it didn't produce much. >> just more of the same, it is time for the president to be serious, to come back to us with a counter offer. >> reporter: but what may have been most notable what was john boehner did not say. he did not repeat his demand to keep taxes cuts for the wealthy in place, the biggest issue that divides them, in