there is a new egypt. the world heard about egypt on the 25th of january, 2011.ut there is another revolution that took place. very critical for the world to know the revolution took place as well at the hands of the egyptians. the egyptians are able to make two revolutions in four years, yes. the egyptians are capable people. they can make change for a better future for the country. >> what was the second revolution necessary? you had a democratically elected government. >> egyptians felt their country was approaching dangerous extremism. it was going into a path that the egyptians did not want for their country. they wanted freedoms. they wanted democracy. they wanted social justice. they did not want a religious state in the way egypt was approaching. that was the thing that made the egyptians believe the social contract between the people and the former president on which they voted for two except -- accept pluralization and inclusiveness did not happen. they said, no. >> what did he do? >> he dedicated the idea of the group. he caused division among the egyp

i wish egypt had not been facing such a situation in egypt. regardless of their indictment, or that they are innocent or guilty or innocent. the best thing was to get them out of the country. but at that time, when they were arrested, i was not responsible for the country at that time. i was only the minister defense. this is one point. the second point is that the judicial formalities are still in process. any state-- any state understands that if there is even anything, any violation on the part of the journalist, no it country would like to imprison journalists. countries would not need lengthy debates about having journalists in prison. 00 i hope that i'm clear and understood. i wish they hadn't been arrestedy or even standing in court. >> rose: then why don't you do something about it? trab trannow, i can't. >> rose: why not? >> ( translated ): it tawz it is in the hands of the judiciary system. they are standing court, according to the legal formalities. i cannot intervene. it doesn't mean that i don't want to intervene, but i cannot int

egypt is committed to human rights in egypt. we are very keen and all of this.-- in all of but under difficult circumstances. >> the difficult circumstances are? >> terrorism we are facing in the whole world is seeing. we are having victims on a daily basis in sinai and the rest of the country. we have been in countering this terrorism for more than a year. >> you mean al qaeda and the sinai?- in the >> these are only names. what we are talking about, jihadists and terrorists that are committing violence. targeting the military. the civil police. the state and institutions. >> there is a threat from isis. isil, islamic state. which do you prefer to call them? to get dragged into reducing countering terrorism that needs a comprehensive strategy into countering isis or isil. it doesn't water -- matter what name they come under. strategya strategic that is comprehensive and includes ingredients. cultural, economic, military confrontation. also supporting the economic capabilities of a country and reinforcing the role of the moderat

long live egypt. long live egypt. long live egypt. long live the peace-loving peoples of the world. [applause] >> long live the people, the peace-loving people of the world. long live the humanity, and tolerance of coexistence. peace be upon you god's mercy as well. >> you've been living to president abdel fattah al sisi. let's go to james bays our diplomatic editor, who joins us outside of the building itself. you've been listening in to that speech, james. it's very interesting that al sisi there spoke about the new egypt that is coming, or the new constitution. he also said the world is starting to grasp what happened in egypt and understand the events that led to egyptian's rebelling against dark forces. what do you think he meant by that? >> well, i think there is a mention that there is violent extremism in the region and he's trying to imply that it's the same fight against isil as against the muslim brotherhood. i think his opponents would point out that the executions carried out by isil, whereas in egypt the excuses are carried out by his government, the egyptian state. >>

the minister potentialary in the office of egypt. good! thank you. [ applause ] and commercial attache of the republic of tunisia, welcome. [ applause ] i now have the pleasure to introduce our distinguished north african speakers. we are very fortunate to have, as our keynote speaker this morning, his excellency, the egyptian minister of trade and industry. [ applause ] he is not only egypt's senior business minister, he is also a long-standing member of the wof party as was his father. a prominent businessman. he served on the board of cairo and alexandria stock exchanges. he was one of the original founders of one of the first egyptian companies to take agricultural raw production and process and package it to the highest world standards. no one who visited cairo in those days could fail to be proudly offered a jar of vetri jam. our speakers representing morocco. [ applause ] mr. bodoon is the advocate for small enterprise and integration of the small sector in morocco. he serves within the ministry of trade, investment and digital econ

but i assume you won't be going to egypt. you will not be returning to egypt? >> not anytime soon. the country is not welcoming for journalism, especially the kind of journalism that is up to telling the truth and doesn't really take any kind of political stance. i can't go back to egypt and my colleagues are still there. signs, or any kinds of the release is imminent or conditions are improving. i'm hoping the appeal, which was filed for them a month ago, would work and, hopefully, we'll see them and see other prisoners in egypt walk free back to the families. >> we want to thank you, abdullah elshamy, for joining us, al jazeera journalist who was recently released from prison in egypt after being held for more than 10 months without charges. during his imprisonment, he went on a hunger strike for nearly five, losing one third of his body weight. remainjazeera colleagues in jail. in an egyptian jail after eight months. it is climateack, week with the largest climate launch in history, you and climate summit on tuesday. we will talk to kumi naidoo, executive director of greenpeace

egypt shook. while tutankhamun's predecessor was creating a terrifying political and religious situation on the one hand, on the other he was able to infuse egyptian art with a revolutionary human warmth. akhenaten's ideas were strong enough to echo down through the next few kings. tutankhamun's reign, shortly thereafter, was to bear witness to this great flowering of artistic achievement. while there were many tombs larger than his, filled with vast arrays of objects, it has been argued that no tomb--other than akhenaten's-- would have contained objects of a higher creative quality than tutankhamun's. howard carter had this to say about the art found in tutankhamun's tomb: howard carter: "among the immense quantities of material "in tutankhan's tomb-- as also exhibited "in the beautiful reliefs of his reign "in the great colonnade of the temple of luxor-- "we find extreme delicacy of style, "together with character of the utmost refinement. "in the case of a painted scene, vase, or statue, "the p

the first couple weeks, the fact egypt had no creditability with hamas and that egypt didn't want to do much to do with hamas at all was a factor in extending the fighting. in contrast to 2012, where hamas trusted egypt as a broker and this time they did not. i don't know how constructive they were able to play in the beginning. as the fighting went on, egypt was able to broker a deal, and that is certainly constructive. in term of how it factors into the israeli politics, netanyahu has been a phrase being used talking about new diplomatic horizons, and a lot of people assumed that meant with the palestinians. i don't think it does. i think he is talking about a wider regional initiative where israeli is aligned with states like egypt, jordan, saudi arabia in an effort to limit the influence of hamas and other muslim brotherhood groups. he is looking to use the fight and the region where you have a split among arab states and if you widen it you can include turkey. i think he is looking to take advantage of that situation and get israel firmly into the camp of what we might call stat

qatar offered egypt financial support during mohamed mursi's tenure as president. he was toppled in a coup led by abdul fatah al-sisi, who has become egypt's president. mohamed mursi was gaoled and faces other charges. >> while egypt's president called for patients, a crisis has led to blackouts, disrupting banking, transportation and led to protests in several cities. >> reporter: it's one of egypt's worse power crisis, and has struck a nerve in cairo's metropolitan life. it carries more than 3 million. thousands jumped from the windows when doors failed to open. it came after authorities described glitches in the main power station. it has been going on for some time. several cities across egypt. people live in the dark. bakeries can't supply bread. services are disrupted and egyptian said are outraged. thousands took to the streets across the country to demand on explanation. enough trouble to warrant an address by the president who tries not to speak much. >> translation: this problem will not be solved soon. we are facing many challenges, and no government or

egypt was part of the byzantine empire. egypt was a christian nation. egypt used to have queens. not just one or two, many queens not just cleopatra. we had the most brilliant one. she ruled, she had slates all over, slates all over. egypt was one of the few countries that had slates. persian empire and byzantine empire were fighting and 10 years wars between them. the people starting made hating their leadership. there comes out of the arabian peninsula a fresh army. they had a sword in one hand and the koran in the other hand and they were looking at these civilizations that had rivers, that had gold, that had beautiful women and they wanted to conquer them. they wanted to conquer jerusalem to end the memory of the jewish people. they conquered egypt and persia the same year, the year 639. egypt's language was changed to arabic by a culture that we look down upon, arabian. nobody wanted to conquer arabia. they had nothing, they had a desert. they wanted to conquer us because we had the rivers, the gold, the culture. so they came and conquered persia and egypt and the wealth, ch

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change within egypt. the support of egypt for the plan is the critical factor for mahmoud abbas. >>> mike hanna there from ramallah, thanks for that. >>> still ahead - backing down. why the u.s. president has delayed his immigration reform. >> the pigeon sat on the branch reflecting on existence. >>> few critics understand what it's about, but a surreal movie from sweden takes the prize at the venice film festival. >>> welcome back. let's recap the headlines. the ceasefire between the ukranian government and pro-russian separatists have been breached. the government checkpoint in mariupol came under fire in the first major violation of the truce. u.s. and iraqi army helicopters are striking islamic state fighters around haed eacha, trying to -- haed eacha, trying to protect the security of the dam. it provide water to millions, and is the second-largest dam. >>> mahmoud abbas accused hamas of running a shadow government, critical of the way it runs gaza. >> palestinians in gaza in desperate need for human

egypt has a key role to play in the site says egypt. >>> the world news on al jazeera. also on the programme - pakistan's military rescue flood survivors, thousands of others are trapped. >>> teachers in gaza say children are traumatized by what they saw in the conflict. >>> no fumes, less noise could be the electric car in the future for formula 1. >>> secretary of state john kerry says egypt has a key role to play to combat the group islamic state group. abdul fatah al-sisi met with ke john kerry. kerry has been on a tour. i.s., controlling large parts of iraq and syria. 10 arab countries, including egypt, has given support. >> as an intellectual and cultural capital. muslim world, egypt has a critical role to play. this was an important feature of our discussions in jeddah, and again today in cairo, and is something that the egyptian religious establishments da understand. >>> shia militia fighting against the islamic state group in iraq, have been accused of revenge attacks against sunnis. shia forces carried out reprisals against villages suspected of sheltering i.

are there downsides to egypt joining the coalition. >> i think egypt won't have a problem in joining the coalition. as i said. but the major concern is internal, rather than - the major concern is the muslim brotherhood, not the i.s., they want to join the coalition in order to try to have more allies. try to protect their own problems, try to convince the americans and others to have joined them in their own battle against the muslim brotherhood. >> it's an interesting point you make. doesn't kerry have a pr problem dealing with the same people in egypt who overthrew a democratically elected president. >> i don't think so. kerry from the beginning was against the policy. some elements within the obama administration. it was tough on a military coup. for example, susan rice. she was against the military coup in egypt. john kerry, he did not really care. he was mainly concerned about having egypt as a u.s. ally, rather than being concerned whether the government of egypt is democratically elected or not. that was not a major concern for kerry from the beginning. i don't think he's hav

and egypt and the u.a.e. were responsible for the attacks. they have been fighting to take control of the capitol. >>> hospital workers in sierra leone treating ebola patients say their strike will continue. they work at the government hospital which is treating 80 patients. a number of doctors and nurses have died from ebola, and they complain they have not been paid in two weeks. a photo journalist working in sierra leone, she said the patients cannot be transferred to another treatment center. >> the red cross have just built a brand new treatment center which as of today is ready to take its first batch of patients. they were supposed to be coming the first group, initially about five patients, they were supposed to come from government hospitals. but because of the strikes it's going to be impossible to get any patients out that have hospital and into the red cross center. there is a lack of communication. people really don't know what the situation is. we've also learned in the meantime that there are three medical doctors who have been

the fact that egypt had no credibility with hamas and that egypt really didn't want to have much to doth a mass at all was a factor in extending the fighting in contrast to 2012 where hamas trusted egypt. this time around they did not. so i don't know how constructive a role they were able to play in the beginning. as the fighting went on, egypt was able to broker a deal. it's certainly constructive. in terms of how it factors into israeli politics, netanyahu has been using a phrase talking about new diplomatic horizons. a lot of people assumed that that meant with the palestinians. i don't think it does. i think he's talking about a much wider regional initiative in which israel is aligned with states such as egypt, jordan, saudi arabia, the uae in an effort to limit the influence of groups like hamas, the muslim brotherhood groups. that's what he's referring to. and i think he's looking to use the fighting and use the region where you certainly have this among arab states. if you widen it further, you can include turkey on the side of qatar and i think netanyahu is looking to take ad

it's important that nations like egypt and saudi arabia and jordan are involved. those are the places that john kerry visited on his trip, and he will continue to do that. what we'll see is a lot of trump eting of the muslim partners. >> thank you very much. that's john hendren live in erbil. >>> as john briefly mentioned, australia is sending 600 troops and fighter jets to the united arab emirates to help combat the islamic state group. australia prime minister had this to say about the latest beheading. >> the beheading of a british aide worker is administration that this builder terrorist group does not just do evil, but ex-utilities in doing -- exhults in doing evil. i can advise in the last 24 hours we received a specific request from the united states government to contribute forces to possible military action in iraq. i can fuct advise that on friday night i had -- further advise that on friday night i had a conversation with the new prime minister of iraq, who indicated he'd very much welcome an australian military contribution to the restoration of order

the border crossing with egypt was close to here. he climbed into a tunnel in the hopes of a better future abroad. >> the only way to go to egypt is with a work visa, dual citizenship. >> translation: we noticed the number of people disappearing increased sense the end of the war. the smugglers work as individuals, they are difficult to catch. mohammed says he will never give up his dream of leaving gaza. >> i will keep trying until i die. i am sure of that. >> determined words from a young man desperate for a better life abroad. >> in senegal, hundreds of swimmers turned a stretch of water with a dark history into a show of strength, taking part in a 5km swim from dakar to gorey island, a former slave trading port. >> reporter: some are excited and have been waiting for this for months. others are nervous and less prepared. >> translation: it's tough training, i try to take part every year, it's a tradition. >> reporter: amateurs and professionals take part in this 5km race. the best swim to the island in under an hour. for the slow

egypt is a key nation in that respect. if it ended up looking like a western alliance, that would be hauntingly close to the coalition, the coalition of the willing in 2003, that ended up invading and occupying iraq, and that is a bad visual in this part of the world. nobody in this part of the world remembers that fondly. the americans have been helping with air strikes, but are not always getting credit because of the role played in the past. it was important for kerry to get middle eastern and north african islamic nations in particular involved because that helps with the ideological argument that the islamic state is not israel. that is the message john kerry is trying to sell. >> the news from iraq, the prime minister said he ordered the iraqi air force to halt strikes on civilian areas. what do you know about that? >> well, this has been an issue in the past. it was an issue when the air strikes occurred during the lengthy war, and has been an issue lately. the iraqi air force launched air strikes, and they are not

the first couple weeks, the fact egypt had no creditability with hamas and that egypt didn't want too much to do with hamas at all was a factor in extending the fighting. in contrast to 2012, where hamas trusted egypt as a broker and this time they did not. i don't know how constructive they were able to play in the beginning. as the fighting went on, egypt was able to broker a deal, and that is certainly constructive. in term of how it factors into the israeli politics, netanyahu has been a phrase being used talking about new diplomatic horizons, and a lot of people assumed that meant with the palestinians. i don't think it does. i think he is talking about a wider regional initiative where israeli is aligned with states like egypt, jordan, saudi arabia in an effort to limit the influence of hamas and other muslim brotherhood groups. he is looking to use the fight and the region where you have a split among arab states and if you widen it you can include turkey. i think he is looking to take advantage of that situation and get israel firmly into the camp of what we might call status

and as someone who is used to conspiracy theories, having lived in egypt and focused on egypt for a long time, this is sort of at the egyptian level of conspiracy theorizing which is impressive. and then just on the last point of intravention, so does intravention work in these kinds of contexts? and obviously if you look specifically at iraq and afghanistan, the record isn't so good. but if you look at bosnia and kosovo and more recently libya and maybe i'm in the minority on this but i still do consider the intervention libya to be a success. it prevented mass slaughter as gaddafi's forces were marching on to benghazi and displaced a terrible regime. if anything i put more on the blame of the failure to stay engaged in libya the day after. there wasn't -- very little interest from the international community. we said gaddafi is gone and we left libyans to their own devices and i think that's another thing that will haunt this administration for a long time to come and we also can say very clearly the failure to intervene in syria earlier on has led to this particular outcome. so interv

i wish egypt had not been facing such a situation in egypt.dless of -- regardless of their indictment or that they are innocent or guilty or innocent. the best thing was to get them out of the country. but at that time when they were arrested, i was not responsible for the country at that time. i was only the minister of defense. this is one point. the second point is that the judicial formalities are still in process. any state -- any state understands that if there is even anything -- any vial layol on the part of the journalists, no country would like to imprison journalists. i hope that i'm clear and understood, i wish they hadn't -- hadn't been arrested on -- or even stand in a court. >>> much more ahead on al jazeera. >> we have gone beyond the boundaries of human enterprise and imagination. >> mission accomplished. india joins an elite club of countries becoming the latest to put a satellite into orbit around mars. >>> and how south korea rose to gold in front of a home crowd and an emotional finish. details coming up with jo in sport.

he said he'd get a passage to egypt. >> while he and the other men were blow the egypt gaza border, the earth shook, and they were forced to turn back. >> we heard a massive explosion in a tunnel close by. we were terrified and realised the dangers we were facing. >> al jazeera filmed this tunnel before the war. the israeli military destroyed many tunnels close to the borders. bombed out buildings line the road to the egyptian border, despite the effort to destroy all the tunnels, people tell us there are many under the farms and villages. behind me is the crossing with egypt. it was close to hear that mohammed climbed into a tunnel risking his life for a better future abroad. the only way for plainians to go to e -- palestinians to go to egypt was with medical needs, dual citizenship or a work visa. >> we noticed a number of people disappearing increased since the end of the war. the smugglers worked as individuals. they are difficult to catch. mohammed says he'll never give up his dream of leaving gaza. >> i will keep trying until i die. i am sure of that. >> determined words from a y

but the crisis has been going on for some time across egypt. people work in the dark. egyptians are outraged. >> thousands took to the streets across the country to demand an explanation. enough trouble that it warranted a tv address. >> this is a problem that won't be solved soon. we are facing many challenges, and no government or president will be able to overcome them alone. >> but people say they have heard words like these before, especially from new leaders. they say it's not just the power shortage but a range of problems. the unemployment rate is soaring. >> sisi promised us a great life of happiness, but look how horrible the situation is. we have no electricity, no jobs, and the price is only higher. >> the president spoke in general terms about difficulti difficulties, and said billions of dollars are needed to knicks the problems. he blamed those who, in his words, heed to under mind the welfare of egypt. >> many want to cripple the efforts aimed at improving our daily life. you may ask why, it's simply toag agitate and cause people to rise in anger. >> an

hamas is a bitter enemy of egypt. reports came in before the escalation about 100 egyptian soldiers killed by hamas terrorists in the sinai, but hamas is the idealogical twin of islamic brotherhood which is viewed by the current administration in egypt as a big problem. >> it's worth noting that the obama administration worked very hard with the president of egypt now to include the muslim brotherhood in his government, which was rejected out of hand by this government. good to have you with us. >> thank you for having me. >> appreciate it. >>> up next, my commentary on why the obama white house and much of the democratic party shouldn't have it their way on the burger king deal. wondering what that is? that, my friends, is everything. and with the quicksilver card from capital one, you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you purchase. not just "everything at the hardware store." not "everything, until you hit your cash back limit." quicksilver can earn you unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you could poss

egypt more than any other is well aware of the threat of such terrorist organizations. we have confronted the -- f situation. and the very ideas that are the bases of all contempory terrorist organizations. such organizations and similar organizations must be confronted and were confronted in libya, for example. this is important as it is a threat to international peace and security. at the time when we are stressing as the importance of not ignoring the political and social reasons for the emergence of isis. the international community must be aware that it cannot stop at containment and half solutions in con fronting such extremist organizations. we must confront those states that are helping these terrorist organizations to obtain their narrow political aims on the scene. we have to stand up to our common responsibilities and humanity to confront and defeat this barbaric group. >> thank you for taking the time to come and be here and particularly to the leadership on the issue. i give the floor to the minister of foreign affairs at berain. >> mr. president, your exce

egypt a key ally in the region.ary kerry live from cairo, elise what the secretary have to do to make this trip a success? to be able to come back and say it's a lock. >> well deb, i think he wants, you know, commitments from the international community, particularly the arab world he was just visiting, to join the global coalition. whose going to do what, whether they are going to contribute to a military campaign, the diplomatic part, the financial part, the intelligence. that is all going to be worked out particularly in coming weeks of the united nations general assembly. but what secretary wants is for the arab world to say we stand with the united states in combatting isis. today kerry was in egypt, really the heart of the arab world and asking the egyptians to crack down on the financing and foreign fighters that are transiting egypt into iraq and syria, which helps isis recruiting. take a listen to a short time ago. >> if fathe fact is that in tod globalized world it is only a matter of time before the threa

egypt's president has been forced to explain himself on television.hey suffered a massive blackout on thursday morning in cairo, and protests quickly followed. here is some of what abdul fatah al-sisi had to say. >> translation: we should be aware that part of the crisis can't be remedied overnight. let me remind you of my contract. i said we, egyptians have insurmountable obstacles to overcome, and we can't do it without your support. >> let's get a point of view from a journalist who suffered. i think you got your power back. tell us a little about the scale of the problem. >> the scale of the problem is that food is going bad in restaurants, and people go to eat, and the stuff - people are suffering in hospital because of the lack of electricity, because power generators, and children and babies on support, on machines that support their lives - some of them die. some of the elderly people depending on machines for respiration die because of this. people's electricity equipment in their homes they suddenly catch fire because of the - the electricit

here in egypt, for instance, u.s.fficials were telling us that some of the foreign fighters transitting through egypt are stopping, sharing knowledge, and coaching some of the extremist groups in egypt in the sinai. that's why isis is not just a threat to iraq, syria, and neighboring countries, but really the entire region. that's why secretary kerry was here. he also wanted egypt's leaders to use their religious influence. i mean, as you know, egypt is the heart of the arab world, the intelligeectual center. he asked for the cleric to speak out against isis. the top cleric in egypt issued a statement condemning isis after the beheading of the two americas in the gruesome videos. the secretary would like to see more of that, and this is part of the global coalition to hammer out next week in paris when all the coalition countries get together for a conference, and then at the u.n. general assembly the week after where, obviously, that's the top of the agenda with meetings on how to combat the group. >> when it comes t

the overall press freedom situation in egypt these days is very hard.ocal journalists are suffering, as well, because of the aljazeera journalists who are currently in prison, there is a number of local journalists also head in prison and pressure on reporting is immense, is very, very strong, to the point that independent reporting is very hard these days in egypt, because of the polarized atmosphere in the country. >> we saw the second beheading of an american journal i have the in syria by the islamic state group. it's obviously very dangerous for journalists in war zones. what's your recommendation to them? why are we increasingly seeing journalists targeted? >> it is true, there has been an increase on attacks against journalists in war zones and not only war zones, also against local journalists in non-conflict area. the journalists who are attacked more often are covering corruption and who basically bring to the light the wrongdoings of a politician or powerful people in their countries. what can be done against this? i.t.i. and other organizati

down to crete and back to egypt again. this is one of the first and last ones appearing. i see this as a bathroom stop. are we there yet? you are going from egypt and what will you do when you get to crete and then you can stop and it the last stop before 23 more miles or whatever it is we have on the new jersey turnpike. i think this is a record of a geographical itinerary. we do have evidence of ships making journeys then. this is a well-known shipwreck that sank off the coast of turkey in 1300 bc. it has been excavated by texas a&m. they went diving in the '80s and '90s and on the ship are remains from seven different cultures. it shows the international nature at the time. mostly it had 300 pounds of copper and tin and raw things from else where. in the ancient records from about this time we have one guy, the king of cypress, who apologizes and says i am only sending you 200 talon of copper. we have 300 on this ship. so he is not writing about this ship but another one. this is ancient tin. some in raw form and some u

said egypt has a key role to play in the fight. >> pakistan's military rescues more flood survivors, but thousands of others remain trapped. >>> to save the new school terms teachers say children of gaza are still traumatized by what they saw during the conflict. >> i'll have all the latest sports news for you following the international break the european football league's return, and there is a thriller between arsenal and manchester city. i'll have the latest this news hour. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that egypt has a key role to play in counseling islamic state armed group in iraq and syria. john kerry met the egyptian president al sisi in the egyptian capitol of cairo. kerry has been on tour of the middle east trying to shore up support for the u.s.-led fight against the islamic state. ten arab countries including egypt have so far given their support. >> as an intellectual and cultural capitol of the muslim world, egypt has a critical role to play in pulling announcing the ideology that isil disseminates. this was an important feature of our discussions, and tod

design for the suez canal in egypt. and this was the original place that he wanted to put what, i mean, to me, that looks an awful lot like the statue of liberty. this is supposed to be a slave woman because the ruler at the time had officially abolished slavery. it was supposed to commemorate the fact he had done this. and you know, the headdress is a little lower, but it's still a same draped figure, still a torch. so bartholdi designs this. he goes back to egypt a few years later. he meets with the leader. he placed the model down in front of him. he takes a look at it and he seems very unimpressed. he said, well, you know, i would like the light to come out of her head as opposed to the torch. he said, yes, yes, it sound good. although in his let toor his mother, he said, it wouldn't be as good but i didn't want to argue the point. the ceti was not impressed. he was into modarouernty. you're in a place where the suez canal is being build, you're creating dredging machines that can move mountains and this man is comi

. >>> anti-government protests are taking place across egypt including in the north. tear gas has been fired south of cairo. there has also been fighting in cairo. >>> u.s. president barack obama has asked egypt's president to release three al jazeera journal lists. mohammed fahmy, baher mohamed, and peter greste have now been detained in egypt for 272 days. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood, and as world leaders gather in new york, al jazeera repeats its call for their release. >> reporter: the international campaign for the release of al jazeera english journalists, mohammed fahmy, baher mohamed, and peter greste arrives in time square new york. the message is being displayed here and on the back page of the "new york times" as part of al jazeera's campaign to free our journalists who's only crime was to do their jobs. as the u.n. meets here in new york, the principle is clear, the freedom of the press must not be violated. peter greste's parents expressed the hope the australian prime minister would raise the issue with the egyptian

i myself personally when i went to egypt before i got arrested i covered events in tahrir, pro-sisi.vents, i moved to ra rvetionba and i went to states in the delta where supports for sisi were taking place. that's one thing that i personally you know, have evidence that we are trying to cover both sides of the story. but at one point when you are not allowed to cover the other side of the story, then you have no choice. if you -- if for example you go to tahrir square when things are happening there and you want to cover it but then you end up being beaten or driven away then that's why people may think at some point you know al jazeera might be biased or whatever. i ask people to think for themselves. look at facts and look at both sides of the story and they will find out this is not true at all. >> can you just give us a sense of how important this issue is to the world, how important journalism is to not just the united states but all around the world? and why you continue to pursue this in your career? >> well, let me start by you know saying that we as human beings no matter w

this is kerry meeting with egypt's president today. he's also been in turkey, and saudi arabia on this trip. kerry's message to those leaders is this. the fight against isis is not religious, and it's an effort that the entire world should get behind. elise labott, global affairs correspondent, is in cairo. >> reporter: randi, egypt is the latest stop on secretary kerry's mid east tour to build support for a global coalition to combat isis militants. earlier in the week, kerry was in iraq, trying to boost the new iraqi government. then he was in saudi arabia, meeting with leaders of ten arab nations, trying to enlist sunni arab support for the new iraqi government that he traveled to ankara where he met with turkish leaders trying to see what they could do for the coalition. here in egypt, the heart of the arab world, secretary kerry asked president al sisi to stem the flow of foreign fighters, the lifeblood of this group. the u.s. sees foreign fighters transiting from egypt, stopping and sharing their knowledge with extremist groups,

what's your view of egypt's role here? was it constructive?then how is that -- will it impact politics in israel at all? >> well, i think you'd have to say it's constructive if for no other reason egypt was the party that ended up bringing the two sides together and brokering a cease-fire. and in that sense it certainly was constructive. i think that in the beginning, in the first couple of weeks, the fact that egypt had no credibility with hamas and that egypt didn't want much to do with hamas at all was certainly a factor in extending the fighting. in contrast to 2012 where hamas trusted egypt as a broker. this time around they did not. and so i don't know how constructive a role they played in the beginning. certainly as fighting went on, egypt was able to broker a deal, and so that's -- that's certainly constructive. in terms of -- in terms have how it factors into israeli politics. netanyahu has been using a phrase over the past week. he's been talking about new diplomatic horizons and a lot of people assumed that that meant with the pale

you did a dissertation on egypt, followed egypt closely for a long period of time. we clearly have a kind of common interest when it comes to fighting terror. how would you view the developments in egypt now, how do you see the u.s./egyptian relationship at this point? where are things headed, and what are sort of the opportunities and the potential problems still there? >> i'm still waiting for the tv movie version of my dissertation, but i'm not -- [laughter] i think i'll be waiting for a long time. you know, the truth is we've been, the united states government, has been, you know, engaged in a very complicated balancing act, i think, with egypt. egyptian society and egyptian leadership since the revolution, and i'd be the first to admit that we haven't, like in most balancing acts, you don't always get the balance exactly right in every instance. you know, balancing on the one hand some obvious and compelling strategic interests in partnership with egypt whose significance has only been underscored by the emergence of isil, by terrorist threats in the sinai, for

retrial of egypt's former president is deferred until november. >>> no end to the violence. the home of yemen's intelligence chief is attacked. >>> more air strikes against i.s.i.l. the international coalition attacks with fresh fighters for syria and iraq. >>> honoring honhong kong's stus demonstrate. >> i'm robin adams. the ryder cup, details coming up. >> welcome to program. a decision in the retrial of egypt's former president, hosne mubarak has been postponed. the judge says he needs more time to consider his decision. first reminder of what led up to the trolley. 2011, calling for mubarak to step down. 17 days later he quit. but by then, 800 people had died in fighting with security services. when mubarak's case dpan, he was rolled in on -- began he was rolled in on a hospital bed. in 2012 he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. but six months later his decision was thrown out. let's talk to a senior associate at the carnegie center. what is your response to the court postponement? it clearly took many people by surprise. >> absolutely, jordan, thank you for

evidence, egypt. you support eed mubarak. even the egyptians ousted this muslim brother because he was too extreme. he imposed sharia law and tried to give parts of egypt to terrorists. their newly elected president still has not gotten the arms you gave to the muslim brothers as they fought their own war in egypt against extremists. evidence, you got out of iraq too soon. the consequences were predicted by your predecessor. >> i know some in washington would like us to start leaving iraq nownow. to begin withdrawing before your leaders tell us, would mean surrounding the future of iraq to al qaeda. it would mean we would be risking massive killings on a horrific skill. the terrorists would establish a safe haven in iraq to replace the one they lost in afghanistan. we would have to increase the probability that american troops would have to come in at some later date to confront an enemy that's more dangerous. >> i guess he's right. even more evidence, jordan, saudi arabia, and the united arab emirates, they were all ready to

i wish egypt had not been facing such a situation in egypt.s of -- regardless of their indictment, or that they are innocent or -- guilty or innocent, the best thing was to get them out of the country, but at that time when they were arrested, i was not responsible for the country at that time. i was only the minister of defense. this is one point. the second point is that the judicial formalities are still in process. any state -- any state understands that if there is even anything -- any violation on the part of the journalist, no country would like to imprison journalists. countries will not need -- need lengthy debates about having journalists in prison. i hope that i'm clear and understood, i wish they hadn't -- hadn't been arrested on -- or even stand in a court. >> peter greste's parents are calling on australia's prime minister tony abbott to raise the issue with the egyptian president in new york. in the meantime, peter's mother says her son is in good spirits. >> he is incredible. he is -- i think he is settled to the fact that he i

he was serving charges of violating egypt's strict anti-pro-just -- anti-protest laws. he is expected to walk free alongside two other activists on tuesday. >> pilots have called off their latest strides -- strike due to hit frankfurt's busiest travel hub. >> the pilot union says lufthansa has presented new proposals and fresh talks could take place this week. pilots have stage three walkouts and plan to change early-retirement policies. here come the market numbers. the dax inched slightly upward. dow jones industrial average is a bio quarter percent. the euro is trading slightly down against the euro. germany's third-biggest car components maker is getting even bigger. >> they have announced a deal to take over trw for almost 10 billion euros. together, they will become the world's second-biggest car parts company with someone hundred 40,000 employees and sales of around 32 billion euros. stockholders and government regular still must approve the deal. in other news, heavy rains in the balkans have led to severe flooding in the region. in serbia, two people were repor

>> it's egypt. some even move out to libya because the chaos in libya has made the work of traffickers easier, if you want. >> woodruff: and they're leaving for fear of their lives or for economic circumstances? how would you describe it? >> well, i interviewed a few people in egypt a few months ago. two years ago moved to egypt from turkey or from jordan and they came legally with a passport by airplane. they were given a hardy welcome in egypt. it was sort of brothers in arab spring, if you want. that has changed now because since the new government has been put in place, there has been a vir ewe you lent campaign against them accusing them of being mostly sympathizers. life has become much more difficult. their economies have dwindled. they sold everything to get out of the country. they don't know what to do. they don't know what the future holds for them. many have relatives in europe, and they're prepared to risk everything to offer their family a future. >> woodruff: do they know how dangerou