this is what makes many egyptians and great.s is a smuggling, from egypt into the tiny palestinian enclave of gaza. for most of the last four years, gaza has been under siege from israel and egypt. israel's blockade of gossip would be impossible without the egyptian government keeping this border crossing closed. the government of mubarak had been relied upon to do israel's business, keeping from us isolated in gaza -- -- hamas isolated in gaza. this man had been held for three years without trial. egypt work in coordination with israel, he says. "i was held as a hostage on behalf of israel." with mubarak gone, the egyptian public is demanding egypt release its stranglehold on gossip. the former head of mossad is worried. he says the need to solve the palestinian problem is more urgent than ever. >> once things begin to happen on the ground, the egyptian public will become less seized with the problem of palestine. there will become more concerned with their internal problems. they will see that things are moving in the right di

in that kind of tone is what the egyptians want to see. >> do you have a sense now that the egyptian process is really .eginning to firm -- forme >> i think the muslim brotherhood was completely surprised. never were the slogans chanted. not by accident, and more and partly because the people were not part of the muslim brotherhood. they were people that belong to the muslim brotherhood, but this was not a muslim brotherhood evened. it will not fill the presidential candidates. they will not felt more than 30% of the seats, because that has been what they have given themselves. -- they will not fill more than 30% of the seats, because that is what they have given themselves. they anticipate that their popularity was in large part due to the fact that they were the only game in town besides the mubarak regime. the only legitimate opposition in town for the muslim brotherhood. no one took opposition party seriously. they paid very dearly for this over the course of the years. my personal sense is of the muslim brotherhood will not be the type of party that is all or nothing. they will

was it a reflection of the sentiment among the egyptian youth? is there real deep grudge against the u.s. for the last three decades or five -- five decades or or was it just the temporary? the last question is you talked about talk about some models, latin american waddles and other models and whether turkey took the model. it was a topic of entertaining a washington turkey. would you please touch on that? >> you my name is connie and i am at the american kurdish american network. in 2003, the document was discovered in the headquarters of intelligence headquarters of saddam hussein in baghdad. 13 kurdish women were sent to egypt, to its -- the parents of these women appealed, the first lady of egypt sues on mubarak and unfortunately their appeals fell on deaf ears. do think something could be discovered about these women? >> one last question. yes, sir. please. >> thank you lisa for your sharing with us. in your capacity as the head of the american university in cairo and the current change now, specially that most of the people were young peop

i understand that israel is buying egyptian guards cheaper than the egyptian consumer and 40% cheaper than the jordanians. i don't think the egyptians would like to... >> rose: well, there have also been stories that people in gaza were paying a lot more for things that came from israel than the people of israel were paying for them. >> well, that's inside israel, inside the occupation. but the egyptians are going to say how come we sell our goods to a neighbor-- no matter how friendly they are-- than to another neighbor, jordan, or to ourselves. that's very difficult to justify. >> would you speculate that it's more likely that freely-elected leaders will put more pressure on both sides to find a solution? that >> that's very difficult for me to foresee. what i know is that the population, however they express that, will they express it also in the ballot box? and that they will vote more for people who want to implement this treaty better or not? that is a... but the other point i want to make here, charlie is that, you know we've had elections all the time. elections have been most

the tactics of the regime ordinary egyptians have suffered from four decades. this was something that ordinary egyptians had been accustomed to. accustomed to. we had seen it at political rallies and during protests, and we knew that as a credited journalists with the ministry of information, it would not be hard for any official to take our information to pro-regime bugs and have them knocking at our door. this was part of the environment we had grown used to. >> it's always an awkward position for the journalist to be the story rather than just covering the story. certainly in egypt, al-jazeera became part of the story. when the government was talking about other arab language satellite networks, there was not much of a code. they were talking about al- jazeera. how does that affect the way you are doing your job and all of the sudden your part of the story? cnn covered the al-jazeera part of the story. give me your thoughts on that. >> the way i look at is this was not by al-jazeera's design, this was the government's design. the government was putting al- j

this is near the egyptian border. thank you for your time. what is it like this early thursday morning? >> be city is quiet. this early morning, it is quiet. the city is about five days, it is running out by [unintelligible] >> i understand you work at the central hospital. have you been fighting in previous days? >> from the 16th, they start receiving injured. this lasts four days. after that, there is no uninjured person anymore. that is a lot of injured persons. and some of them are in hospitals, others are hom.e -- home. >> what do you think the immediate future for libya is? they seem to be at least partially in control of anti- government forces. >> this is not possible. the country, people are here. it will split the country to two countries. [unintelligible] even in the small, local stations, [unintelligible] >> thank you very much, indeed. in pakistan, the only -- and the minorities minister predicted in the assassination four months ago. he recorded a tape that was sent to bbc if he was killed. they had been in the spotlight since n

as far as what egyptian americans can do now, i think there is a very important egyptian diaspora, particularly in the united states but elsewhere as well, and i think this is a time where it is valuable to people in egypt to see that reconnection, to see people making investments and back in the investment time. does not to be investments in money at this juncture. although, i am you know, not again being a little facetious, i think warren buffett is right and boy are there values in egypt now. if i were an investor i would be going into egypt and picking up these properties because give me five or 10 years, i would be a millionaire. and i think that is true literally, economically about business but i also think it is true in general. this is such a good time to make investments as they say of time, of expertise, commitment, of moral support, of whatever kind of forces you have. this is a great moment to say yes, this whole community of what is estimated to be 8 million egyptians living overseas, who knows? to have that be part of these conversations and be part of the networks and so forth a

nobody can claim credit for the egyptian revolution. no one came rolling in from the countryside on a tank. no one flew in. was ordinary people that took to the streets. that is a good thing in a bad thing. it prevented an opportunity of a new generation of egyptian leaders to emerge. this grouping of revolutionary groups which now we can safely say or in the ballpark of 12 or 13 groups, they are not traditional political parties in the egyptian regime. none of these parties are part of the core revolutionary groups. many of the kids belong to them, and many support that ideology, but they are not part of it. we are witnessing this emergence of a new egyptian generation. if the elections happen in six months, the key to whether they will be ready to practice abide is whether they -- there are two such opposite sides of the coins, but if one is banned, it will give a great opportunity for these parties to emerge, not parties, but youth organizations. then they suddenly find themselves involved in helping these groups. if the ndc stays, i

are each of egyptians thinking of the system or is it too premature to talk about such terms? maybe a couple of words on the role of the muslim brotherhood in the ship. >> as i said, one of the interesting aspects about you should check out his people did not expect to be in this position. if you ask any egyptian on the 25th of january whether two months later they would have to be thinking about whether presidential system was better than a parliamentary system, they would've said bush's get to the protests. i think of that respect, this is a malaise for egyptians across the country are absolutely starved for information. they love thinking about this. you know anything about parliamentary systems. these are not debate that it taken place in the country. so we are at a point where people simply want to know what the choices are. there is enormous but cavity. at auc went public programming night after night about how to reform the constitution about these amendments may be or what an electoral system looks like or how parties are financed or having the organist at different wa

the biggest and clear is the egyptian government. we have to help find the money for them in the short term. they're much more profound reforms that need to go on and much deeper areas. >> but this comes back to a criticism all of us often hear which is it is always the right answer. i don't think that is a fair cost. you spend a lot of time with our military commanders in afghanistan and iraq. one of the things petraeus has been emphasizing is i have my component here but i cannot do it without the other part. we will not win the military effort unless we get the civilian side or the economic side. we keep talking about this as if we need to bring these great efforts to the opposition but we had years to do this and the stink. the evidence is we are not good at it. we can step up to a certain point when we have to in iraq but preemptively we have not been capable of stepping up and forcing it better education system. isn't that the other half of the corn and we don't talk about? it goes back to ground forces or whatever it may be. >

i personally would like to ban egyptian beer.s rather terrible. >> actually i think it has gotten better because they actually have a deal with the turks and the turks came down to help them and actually i think the quality --. >> we are going to take a question from michael allen. >> thank you. two brief questions if i may. one on each of. some of the differences with turkey is in turkey the military was largely responsible for constraining and moderating the party and its predecessors. by contrast in egypt we have seen recently the egyptian military facilitating enhancements -- amendment committee and in the light of yesterday's results we seem to be saying the development of what some commentators have called mubarak is some. seemingly intent on re-creating the kind of adversarial political system that says both of them to varying degrees quite well at the expense of a secular democratic middle. how do you explain the rationale or what is the rationale issue understanding of the military's attitudes in a recent decision and se

in egypt, we were -- one of the leaders in creating the egyptian youth -- the egyptian youth fled ngond try to create a coalition of youth fled ngos making sure there's always -- they talk to each other and assemble what they're doing and the impact of what they're doing. >> very good. now to hisham fahmy who will talk about the business perspective. >> good afternoon. this is a new egypt and getting an egyptian to talk five minutes is a challenge. i was asked to talk about business associations and what they're doing well and how they should be looking at egypt in long run. a represent -- since 1982 we have 1800 members and we serve our members in the business community. on the short-term obviously as an association personalization is for the dominant way forward in egypt or anywhere but there are so many challenges and the moment in egypt on the economic front and the business front the there are common issues to all of them and we have identified that we need to support our members in different sectors. we have been talking about civil society but there are issues at the present ti

egyptians are struggling to cope with their newfound freedom some are still celebrating others of them on the further change mixture which scares tourists away costing the country millions of dollars in revenue. it's fifty eight years since the death of joseph stalin but decades on his legacy still divides opinion martin speaks to a man who went from hero cheap labor camp prisoner on the order of the soviet leader. from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day opposition strongholds have been under attack because moammar gadhafi made a major push to regain control over strategic parts of libya a day of fierce fighting has reportedly left seventy dead and three hundred wounded meanwhile two u.s. warships are departed that base in the mediterranean as part of a military buildup around the amid fears of a possible intervention. has the latest now from the tunisian libyan border. on saturday the libyan leader moammar gadhafi launched a fresh military offensive he's trying to retake some of the towns he's lost in the past eighteen days of fighting there w

>> 7 egyptian surgeons. i am you're working at the medical facility about 70 kilometers from where it happens. >> can you describe what you have seen in the city? >> in the past two weeks, we have received several patients, 14 people were killed. we have received them here at the medical facility. the type of injuries ranged from concept -- gunshot injuries. as well as we have had seen people who have been shot by a aircraft bullets. we tried to get several bullets out of several patients. luckily, some injured people survived from this attack. >> what sort of conditions are you working in? what sort of resources and the supplies that you have in the hospitals where you are working? >> [inaudible] we have many major obstacles here. unfortunately, the only medical facility that we had -- that we currently have -- i can still get the medical supplies. we are trying to contact medical [inaudible] >> 8 workers and charities are struggling to cope with vast people who have been streaming out of libya. >> they cal

the egyptian muslim brotherhood has not done that. we are still 15 to 20 years behind what is the turkish evolution. that is the big difference between egypt and turkey. i'm probably pass my five minutes. i will stop there. >> thanks to a cliff and don for putting this on. i come at this from a bit different perspective. i come at this as a terrorism analyst who basically built biographies of terrorists. i generally approach things this way. one thing i noticed very early on in my research, which has been intensive for more than a decade now, is that you see over and over again the roots of terrorists traced back to the brotherhood. that goes right through the senior al qaeda leadership, many of the precedents in the 9/11 plot. i can give you details of one that was actually a muslim brotherhood member prior to 9/11. it is not just that specific event or al qaeda. it is across the whole swath of terrorist problems that we face, modern jihadism. there is a reason for that. the muslim brotherhood in its modern towns was -- in its modern

the egyptian,-instigated an egyptian-lead and it should be. we are mindful of that. i think that being prepared for the elections, due in the constitutional changes that are necessary, the legislative changes that are necessary, setting up the apparatus, being prepared to actually implement an election is quite an undertaking. there are many, not just the united states, but the united nations, other nations who are engaging with their egyptian counterparts to go through what it will take to have an election that has a fighting chance at producing a democratic outcome. we have also made clear that one election is not enough. a lot of regimes have won elections and then they declare that that is enough of that and that they will stay in power. or somebody hijacks the election. there are many yellow blinking caution lights that i think the egyptians themselves are raising and the united states, as always, stands at the raheem devaughn to west -- stands at the ready to assist. >> it is up to the people of to make the decision. any misquoted commen

as far as what egyptian- americans can do now, i think there is a very important egyptian diaspora, particularlyn the united states, but elsewhere as well. i think this is the time which is a valuable to people in egypt to see the reaction, to see people making investments -- the reconnection, to see people making investments. it can be in essence of time. it does not have to be investment of money at this juncture . i'm sort of a value investor, and warren buffett is right -- boy, are their values in egypt right now. if i were an investor, i would be picking up these properties, because give me five or 10 years, i would be a millionaire. that is true literally economically about business, but also in general. this is such a good time to make investments, of time, expertise, commitment, will support -- moral support. whatever kind of resources you have, this is a great moment to say that this community of what is estimated to be 8 million egyptians overseas -- who knows -- to have that be part of this conversation and in these networks and so forth and so on, people in egypt love that. they love

people are still out on the streets an egyptian but one of the first arab states to demand an offer seems it's the empty businesses which are now fleeing feeling the bitter aftertaste of revolution. and almost six decades after joseph stalin staff caught a virtual soviet leader is still idolized and demonized equal measures. in the russian capital you're watching r.t. with me welcome to the program while levy is lost in fears battles u.s. and u.k. forces remain on standby and it fears they could intervene as thousands flee the troubled land many of its residents say they don't want international involvement viewing it as another form of oppression are you supposed to reports. this is the road out of libya but it's also the road that lines the pockets of hundreds of libyans who make their living selling fuel internews year thirteen times the price they paid back home. the libyan get after one. and libya long live from let him stay in power for life. and as much as some may support gadhafi other libyans despise the united states for the moment. the u.s. will not enter libya quite right as t

also this hour egyptians are struggling to cope with their newfound freedom some are still celebrating others of the morning for the change a mixture which has tourists away in the country millions of dollars in revenue. and it's fifty eight years since the death of joseph stalin but decades on his legacy still divides opinion as he speaks tonight he went from war hero to a labor camp prisoner on the order of the soviet big. lie from our studios here in central moscow this is a t. with the twenty four hours a day well michael duffy has launched widespread offenses with reports of live ammunition and strikes used to reclaim control over the eastern part of libya and lead the country not to bloody battles the british government has confirmed his troops on standby for deployment to the area as news comes in that u.s. warships carrying the remains the poet create fears over a possible intervention increase among libyans as. was discovered. are you hearing that there's a lot of serious fighting predominantly in eastern libya the cities where the fighting is concentrated hours away which is

egyptians are struggling to cope with their newfound freedom some are still celebrating others are demanding further change to make sure which scares tourists away costing the country millions of dollars in revenue. also reporting this fifty eight years since the death of joseph stalin but decades on his legacy still divides opinion speaks to a man who went from hero to labor camp prisoner the new role of the soviet leader. live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day opposition strongholds are under attack as monarch gadhafi makes a major push to regain control over strategic parts of libya the fierce fighting has reportedly left seventy killed and three hundred wounded meanwhile two u.s. warships have departed their base in the mediterranean as part of a military buildup around libya amid fears over possible intervention well it has put a smear is on the chin is in libyan border the latest fighting has left many wondering who is actually in control of the country's key areas what do we know about the situation across the border where you. well on s

but with mubarak gone, the egyptian public is now demanding israel release its stranglehold on gaza. even this man is worried. he says the need to solve this is now more important than ever. >> the egyptian public will become more and more seats with their internal problems and they will say, palestine, maybe is not exactly what we wanted, but things are moving in the right direction, so we can concentrate on our own affairs. we do not have to think about it wars. >> anger and hatred of israel by ordinary egyptians is nothing new. but with mubarak, they had no voice, so it did not matter. now it does. >> chances are, you will recognize this instantly, one of the boldest monuments to saddam hussein's iraq ever commissioned by saddam hussein. it is said to be modeled on his own hand. you might find it surprising that iraq posing new government has begun quietly renovating the thing. how -- iraq's new government has begun quietly renovating the thing. >> it works of art, or a monument to one man's vanity? -- iraqis are divided. >> we do not want to always to remember that. we want a new

he is currently in an egyptian border town. thousands of migrants have passed through. i asked about the situation. >> anwar is nothing like the chaos on the western side. 70,000 people have passed through this border since the crisis started, but 55,000 of them were egyptians. once they get through the border here, they go straight to egypt. there were about 5000 to 7000 people left at the border, and most are migrant workers who do not have paperwork, money, or consular assistance to enter egypt. they are mostly from the subcontinent, bangladesh, pakistan, and also sudan, nigeria, and donna. -- ghana. who is here, -- w.h.o. is here, the world health organization. the problem underestimated the number of people still coming to the board -- order. one of the officials from the international organization for migration admitted that russians -- that brushes were given out to people a few days ago, but there were not enough. they are expecting people to come to the eastern border because they thought everyone had gotten out, or the completely underestimated it. at the same

egyptians are struggling to cope with their newfound freedom some are still celebrating all those of them are going to further change next year which scares the tourists away costing the country millions of dollars in revenue. and also it's fifty eight years since the death of joseph stalin but decades on his legacy still divides opinion he speaks to a man who went from war hero to labor camp prisoner on the order of the serving. life from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day moammar gadhafi has launched widespread offenses with reports of live ammunition in airstrikes used to regain control over the eastern part of libya the british government has confirmed its troops are on standby for deployment to the violence torn area meanwhile two u.s. warships are departed that base in the mediterranean as part of a military buildup around libya and fears of a possible intervention is all it seems paula smith found out. well we certainly hearing that there's a lot of serious fighting predominantly in eastern libya the cities where there's fighting is co

from the egyptian with the border. and other news on our t.v. london braces itself was promised to be the biggest political protests in a decade with thousands expected to hit the streets against austerity cuts. and critical workers temporarily suspended one of the reactors in japan's fukushima nuclear power plant as radiation levels skyrocket. to live from moscow this saturday where it's twelve noon our top story the libyan health ministry claims at least one hundred fourteen people were killed in the first four days of the coalition's week long series of airstrikes report comes as nato gears up to replace the u.s. leading the campaign aimed at protecting civilians archies polls in tripoli were explosions were heard throughout the night. it was quite difficult getting here to this live position a woman has just stormed into the hotel where we're staying she's crying hysterically she says that she has just escaped from prison where she was badly beaten by gadhafi is made and now we have been hearing stories like this for the last two three weeks

we have the story of day two of the egyptian protest in late january.t that time the internet was available to less than 10 percent of the population after the egyptian government shut down service to all but one provider. testing was - texing was almost nonexistent. >> unrest in egypt. a political uprising. cameras are everywhere. tweeting and blog facebook. these images were recorded by a woman who moved from san francisco to cairo to work for the government owned newspaper. she was able to skype from the hotel where there was internet access . she talked about the chaos after the government pulled the acess on the cell phone and web. >> it was horrible. the entire country called to do the final protest and we didn't know if people were okay and it was incredibly scary to know where people are. >> half a world away. larry sitting at palo alto home and watches a text tweets. >> dear americans, this is where your taxes go. >> he believes that social media is a part of the uprising. >> i believe that twitter and facebook messages are how they are organiz

this is going to be an egyptian project. so they want to take a little bit from chile, a little bit from turkey, a little bit from, you know, somewhere else and construct snag's egyptian. it may -- construct something that's egyptian. it may borrow from one country or another, but people are starting to say, well, what happened in indonesia? what happened in other places? so being a muslim majority clearly wouldn't matter, and that's why people are asking about indonesia. but at this point there is no sense of, okay, this country shows us our future, and i think that's quite deliberate on the part of those people who are trying to sort out what kinds of policy and procedures they want to advocate. the question of the youth and mrs. clinton, i actually didn't put much import in that. i think it is clear that mrs. clinton's visit was not particularly well organized, and so the figuring out beforehand who would be willing and able to meet with her, i think, didn't happen. and so some of that, you know, they left themselves open

, singing songs, waving their egyptian flags. >> reporter: 82 egyptian men are welcomed in arabic. >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: by marine major adam leffringhouse. these are weary and wary travelers. some have spent three years in libya and don't want to talk. the c-130 heads over the mediterranean sea, the flight crew avoiding libyan airspace to complete the mission. >> there's no mission that we'd rather be doing than coming out here and helping these guys. >> reporter: as the plane lands, 82 men become little boys, anxious to get the first look at cairo. [ applause ] "thank you," says one man, as they help unload their blankets and suitcases and brutal memories. >> translator: the libyan army took bribes to let people through. and some people were beaten and died. >> reporter: tonight they are home, refugees no more. anne thompson, nbc news, cairo. >>> back in this country, we are in the grips of another brutal winter storm. from florida up to maine, this weather maker is bringing heavy rains, flooding, and blizzard conditions in some place. it also turned deadly

i did not know anything about people being stranded with the only egyptians gyptian border with libya i think the border crossing in salome's opened for the libyan side and it's not much difficulty to to enter the country from egyptian side. and i don't have their most recent figures but they went down to about two three thousand people a day more than fifty percent of them are libyans i know that it was much more difficult on the western side of the border that the government. is not encouraging people to leave the country anymore in a sense that people got stranded there but i could not verify this information because if anything happens it happens inside libya where we do not have international presence can you tell us how has the number of refugees changed and has it changed since the international coalition forces started their strike against libyan government forces. you know first i wanted to clarify who are if you g.'s and migrant workers and where it's a huge difference in legal terms and in legal status of these people and one has to take this into consideration i would say

i personally would like to ban egyptian beer.is rather terrible. >> actually i think it has gotten better because they actually have a deal with the turks and the turks came down to help them and actually i think the quality --. >> we are going to take a question from michael allen. >> thank you. two brief questions if i may. one on each of. some of the differences with turkey is in turkey the military was largely responsible for constraining and moderating the party and its predecessors. by contrast in egypt we have seen recently the egyptian military facilitating enhancements -- amendment committee and in the light of yesterday's results we seem to be saying the development of what some commentators have called mubarak is some. seemingly intent on re-creating the kind of adversarial political system that says both of them to varying degrees quite well at the expense of a secular democratic middle. how do you explain the rationale or what is the rationale issue understanding of the military's attitudes in a recent decision and s

and signs that us will influence maybe we need just days before the regime of the egyptian president hosni mubarak fell both secretary clinton and cia director leon panetta called it stable. but. there are also an consistencies on the war in afghanistan in afghanistan integrated military and civilian surges have helped set the stage for our diplomatic surge to support afghan led reconciliation that could end the conflict and put al qaeda on the run but robert want kansas senior u.n. official just said quote it is fair to say that security in the country is at its lowest point since the departure of the taliban even secretary of defense robert gates said this just last week to a group of cadets at west point in my opinion any futures defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big american land army into asia or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined as general macarthur so delicately put it there is also the matter of money our own economy weak and losing leverage to other powers like china and brazil and other frustrations voiced i want makers'

that is in the egyptian system. how many people in business here need to know the cabinet minister to get his stuff done? you don't. in egypt to get through the bureaucracy, if you knew somebody who knew somebody who knew the minister, get your paper sign and that's how you moved along. so it wasn't level playing field. and we have to get rid of the bureaucracy. it can take three years for an article go to open a restaurant. it just doesn't work that way. and i think this is some of the stuff that should be done very, very quickly, for anybody, any entrepreneur who wants to do a project can do it very quickly without having to know anybody, without getting visits from 10 different regulatory authorities do, you know, you are doing this wrong, you're doing this right, you know, until you bride or something. so he needs to be done quickly and i'm not sure how you break 7000 years of bureaucracy very quickly. but i agree, and i think the private sector has a huge stake in this, and they have a huge stake in making it w

. >> he is popular among ordinary egyptians but not among the country's political elite. he has been a critic of the social situation in egypt for years. while mubarak may be gone, the revolution is far from over. >> the remnants of the old party are still in power. people are still being arrested and tortured but now we have a voice. >> many in egypt agreed with his new. he has become a figurehead of the revolution. the audience asks how he sees the role of the security forces in the future. >> if a new government wants to change the security forces the police must change their way of thinking. the interior minister praised the security forces. later they said they were issuing uniforms. it was not the uniforms we were opposed to. >> one of his most critical books was "the utopian building." the book and film were successful but controversial in egyp the story includes corruption and torture. he denounces the regime and accuses the west of turning a blind eye to its abuses. >> western governments talk about democracy but when it comes to the crunch they do not act on the

we spoke with the egyptians about what the square means to them today.>[scensinging] >> liberation square is truly a place of freedom. >> this is our home now, the place where we achieve their freedom. we have proven that we are one nation with all its religions and class'es. >> we want equality, freedom, and justice. together, we want to exert pressure on the government. >> what is wrong with people wanting freedom, freedom of speech, even if that means saying no? ♪ >> it is happening in tunisia. it is happening in egypt. it can happen anywhere. >> we can do it. >> only if we continue can this square be a symbol of liberty. we're still in the middle of the revolution, perhaps in the beginning. >> that is our report. thank you for watching.

loading on freedom after decades of protest abstinence egyptians are tasting their newly found liberties still unable to get enough of with. even the resignation of hosni mubarak's close associate as prime minister one of the key demands of their position didn't take the steam out of geoffrey squares rally in fact been number of town city residents seems to be getting even higher nazmi has been camping on the square for three weeks formerly a special needs educator she quit her job to be here and so far has no intention of looking for a new one we're going to stay here until all the demands have been met the demands are being met one by one but it's still the process is taking longer than expected the revolution is not over but it's already becoming a brand street vendors who paddled mubarak's portraits just two months ago have now switched to the revolution in more a billionaire. a lot of people love revolution everyone wants to be a part of the largest selling world to one means liberation in arabic speaking the four square has become a focal point in anding mubarak's autocratic rule t

libyan border security has been strengthened there also there have been changes on the egyptian would be in border itself if we hear that just several weeks ago it was patrolled basically only by egyptian border guards who are people who are letting people in and out of the country now it's being patrolled by both sides there are representatives of the so-called national police in the libya whole so checking documents of the people that are going through the border so maybe the opposition is gaining some more. some more control over the situation and perhaps just simply discipline them but judging by these figures thousands of refugees each day and in total according to the u.n. over three hundred thousand people have already fled libya the situation hasn't improved much and to the goal of the whole military operation by the alliance which was to improve the lives of ordinary people and make it safer for ordinary people to live there at the moment in libya that still has not been changed unfortunately . and by the way you'll find our correspondence first hand accounts on libya on our

egyptian women, too, are looking out. there are many mini mubaraks out there, and they are, they have to, they have to make sure that all of the sacrifices are not going to go to waste. so i think, i don't think this is a domino effect. i think it's a revolutionary fire that has caught on. now, i don't want to say iran began first and then tunisia was second. i don't think that is quite the case. there are many revolutions that predate the green movement, of course, even though for us it is a very special moment for us. many of us, this is the first revolution that we, that we remember. the most astonishing thing is that the anti-berlusconi demonstrations that we saw recently in italy were inspired by the uprisings in north africa. italians, thinking to themselves, well, you know, if egyptians and tunisians can topple their dictators that are backed by billion dollar funding by the united states, why can't we? you know? get rid of this guy, berlusconi, which is a huge embarrassment on every front. so that's why i don't th

meanwhile in the egyptian capital cairo crowds are calling for the death penalty be that penalty could be heading to the former interior minister as he stands trial for corruption the country one of the first to erupt in popular protest is still reeling from the uprising after toppling president hosni mubarak in february as archie's excited boyko reports there are fears that life will be even harder than before. loading on freedom after decades of protest abstinence egyptians are tasting their newly found liberties still unable to get enough of with. even the resignation of hosni mubarak's close associate as prime minister one of the key demands of the opposition didn't take the steam out of their three squares rally in fact the number of town city residents seems to be getting even higher now as he has been camping on the square for three weeks formerly a special needs educator to quit her job to be here and so far has no intention of looking for a new one we're going to stay here until all the demands are going met the demands are being met one by one but it's still the process is ta

going off now reports from the libyan egyptian border. so far the humanitarian situation hasn't really improved much thousands of people are continuing to flee libya each day looking for safety and better living conditions the main flow of refugees is on libya as a western border with tunisia but many people are going to egypt as well we met this family we were from. they said that to be humanitarian situation in the city is critical at the moment they were saying how they're not actually fleeing because their home has been destroyed the zone feel safe there anymore and said that they were going to wait out here in egypt as he was going on there maybe come back when the things settle down when it comes to egypt actually even many towns and cities in the egyptian libyan border security has been strengthened there also there have been changes on the egyptian will be of water itself here as just several weeks ago it was patrolled basically only by egyptian border guards or people who are letting people in and out of the country now it's bein

as far as the egyptian americans can do now, i think there is a very important egyptian diaspora particularlyed states but elsewhere as well and i think this is the time where it is valuable to people in egypt to see that connection to see people making investments and it's time, it doesn't have to be investments of money also being a little facetious i think warren buffett is right and are their values in egypt now. if i were an investor would be going in and picking up these properties because give me five or ten years i would be a millionaire and i think that's true literally, economically about business but i also think it's true in general this is such a good time to make investments as i say of time and expertise and commitment and moral support and whatever kind of resources you have this is a great moment to say yes the whole community of what is estimated to be 8 million egyptians living overseas, who knows, to have that be part of these conversations and be part of the networks and so forth and so on people when egypt love that. they love to know people are paying attention and cari

i am an egyptian american. one of the things i am giving to my kids and grandchildren -- the future. i am so delighted with what they have done. i have a question about possible hijacking. we are not there yet, we're not done. a lot of groups have been mentioned. is it possible that we will get drifted from true democracy, the hijacking? the other question -- as an egyptian american, what can we do to help? thank you. >> couple of questions. first of all, why the latest referenda -- why was the board participation solo? i believe it was mid-forties. second, secretary of state clinton was there last week, and one of the youth movements rejected meeting with her. was a reflection of a deeper sentiment among egyptian youth, a deep grudge against the u.s. for the last three or five decades, or was it just temporary? the last question -- you talk about american models and other models. whether turkey could be a model -- a muslim majority country, democracy -- was the topic. would you please touch on that, if it was