gamal mao back, 47 years old. he was seen as the heir and his older brother, elam, a businessman. they have been charged. we learned of this just a few days ago -- in a different case with insider trading, and though they have been acquitted today, it's not expected or wasn't expected they would go free because they're still facing very serious charges related to insider trading and hundreds of millions of dollar they're said to have in swiss bank accounts. while we're telling you this, we're looking at two different images, hosni mubarak being wheeled from the courthouse and then on this day showing some of the passion but maybe a little less than what we had seen earlier in this case. there had literally been stone-throwing outside testify court between opponents and those for the president. on this day we can still see people with their nerves frayed, having to be calmed down. the big turmoil was inside the court and these when mubarak's two sons were acquitted. once again, if you're just joining us, an extraordinary day, 15 months after he was toppled, hosni mubarak has been s

-- let's say in the last ten years before january 2011, only question was asked somehow raised if gamal, mubarak's son, would come or not. as a matter of fact, it was not just in egypt. it was even in this town the main question, whether it's asked in english or in arabic or russian or german. is he coming? and then people ask, if he is coming, how we will -- how we will be able to come out making any problem? as a matter of fact, even most of the issues were raised, it was not complicated or related to anything except this one issue. so it's a nation of 80 million people or more than that. 50 million now going to vote. what about the rest of the 80 million? nobody knows. and there was another issue which is very interesting about the coming days we have to figure out, which is after the election, let's say, most of the question -- i mean of the presidential election, as a matter of fact, greg put some question mark or exclamation mark or whatever mark you want to call it, about what is the president, let's say simple way, job description? i would not say the power. job description. wha

people heard that all the others who were accused, including the two sons of hosni mubarak, alaa and gamaland all the interior ministers had been found innocent, the joy quickly soured into anger. many people feeling that there was a skewed verdict, an unfair verdict, a verdict that favors those in the old regime. hosni mubarak was transported by helicopter from this police academy where the trial took place to the prison in the southern part of cairo. apparently when the helicopter arrived in the prison, he refused to get off. ministry of the interior officials say an effort is being made to prepare his cell, but this is just one indication of how messy things are going to get in egypt with this verdict. ben wedeman, cnn, cairo. >>> to florida now where george zimmerman must report to jail by tomorrow afternoon. a florida judge has revoked his bond. it has been set at $150,000 after he pled not guilty in april to second-degree murder in the killing of 17-year-old trayvon martin. but the judge now says zimmerman blatantly lied to him about how much money he had and was unfairly reaping the

when the news came out all the advisors and aids had been acquitted that hosni mubarek's two sons, gamal and alaa, the mood changed, people angry, they started to clash with the security forces who are here, as you said, in the thousands, the changing mood of the people here when they realized it wasn't so cut and dried. i spoke to some of the anti-mubarak people outside the court they believe the verdict is a prelude to another sentence, a rather an appeal that will lead they think the hosni mubarek being found innocent. the mood changed very quickly and now it's quite sour. >> unusual scene watching the verdict come down. the judge seemed to praise the revolution, described the 30 year regime as being dark times, was that unusual or at all symbolic? >> certainly it does represent a dramatic break from the past when the government seemed geared to build up the president but it's true the verdict is a mixed verdict. it's not just egypt watching the scene, the arab world has been watching this trial very, very closely. they are looking at the other leaders who are embattled, bashar al-ass

to see the quality of the evidence on which the prosecution based its referral to trial of alaa and gamal. any first-year law student knows what a statute of limitations is. they will remain in prison or rather in detention because there is a new investigation that is against them that just did a few days before the trial, giving people the impression, the people realize there would be an acquittal for them on these charges there is not in a series corruption investigation, really. -- there has not been as serious corruption of rustication, really. i think part of it is the question of capacity, but more so political will on the part of prosecution. until they started digging into the records of the ministry into the corruption records, we will not see the stability egypt needs to move on. >> heba morayef, thank you for being with us, speaking to us from cairo, egypt. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm

remember, those six high-ranking officials were acquitted, as were gamal mubarak and his older brother. they feel this is not justice, that the sentence should have been harsher. >> professor, thanks so much. >>> the prime minister of qatar wants the u.n. to take action to end the conflict in the syria. according to qatar's news a the prime minister says coney annan's peace plan should be place under chapter 7 of the u.n. charter which would allow the use of force. this comes as the opposition said 27 more people died in fighting today in syria. this video purports to show the aftermath of attacks on homes. but cnn cannot independently confirm the authenticity of that video in that city. >>> right back here in the u.s., george zimmerman could return to jail as soon as today. that's because a florida judge revoked his bond and orders the confessed shooter to surrender no later than sunday afternoon. original lif his bond set at $150,000 after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the killing of 17-year-old trayvon martin. >> now the judge says zimmerman lied about how much money he

people heard that all the others who were accused, including the two sons of hosni mubarak, alaa and gamal and also all the advisers to the interior minister who had been found insoenlts, the joy quickly sow soured to anger, many feeling it with as skewed verdict, unfair verkts, a verdict that favors those in the old regime. hosni mubarak was transported by helicopter to this police academy where the trial took place to a tour of prison in the southern part of cairo, but apparently when the helicopter arrived in the prison, he refused to get off. ministry of the interior officials say that an effort is being made to prepare itself, but this is just one indication of how messy things are going to get in egypt with this verdict. ben wedeman, cnn, cairo. >>> ben, thank you, to florida, george zimmerman must report back to jail tomorrow afternoon. he plead not guilty to the second-degree murder. now the judge says zimmerman play tamt lie lied to him about how much money he had and was reaping the benefits of the low bond. he had thousands of dollars in a paypal account but pretended to be poor

this is a way for them to avowed gamal.hey can keep control room. their moves in the last week the power grabs are incredible. and really should be completely effective. >> how so? >> you know, they came forward and said okay. don't worry, egypt. we will be the democratic steward did of this process. so for the last 16 months we have been watching them guide a process which is frankly almost impossible to follow because it's so contradictory and baffling at every turn. what they see last week is they see the muslim brotherhood about to do very well in polls. so before the presidential e elections were even over they said, okay one, we are going to dissolve parliament. so that was mainly muslim brotherhood dominated parliament. likely it. hate it. they were they are the ones e legitimated. now they are gone. before before the voting closes, this office you have been competing for, the presidency we will stip it of most of it's powers. they do that on sunday. now we see the protests going on egypt, we have been spending this