his father was a pharmacist and second generation of ivans drugs established in 1893. they were a prominent family in lebanon, well known people, he was a graduate of princeton, university, well liked, not much of a businessman, but a very well known person. he grew up in a home that was not moriman rockwell. his mother, mary, was a fierce presence. she was -- she exerted dominance over the home. she was meantly and physically cruel. she attacked bruce's fall, randall, with whatever was at hand. it could be a broom, a fork. one night it was a skillet to the head that knocked him out, and she micromanaged bruce who she saw him as her prodigy. bruce's schoolmates who i interviewed, and i interviewed dozens of people who grew up with bruce in those years, schoolmates, teachers, others, townspeople in lebanon, and they said mary ivans had left a mark on bruce, a lasting and haunting mark, so from an early age, bruce, however, was, he was a scientifically gifted student, however, he was socially isolated. he never fit in for whatever reason, yet he craved and actually as he

let's go to cairo, cnn's ivan watson. ivan, as you've been watching the crowds behind you there, have you seen -- had what kind of reaction have you seen now that the cabinet has submitted its resignation? >> reporter: well, we did see some fireworks a while back and some cheering. that may have been in part a response to that announced resignation. but the crowd there calling for the resignation of the civilian government, which i think many egyptians felt was basically a puppet to the ruling military council here, which has basically run the show for the past nine months since hosni mubarak stepped down. the crowd there, they're angry, baying for blood after at least 22 of their colleagues were killed in these clashes. they're calling on the ruling military council to step down. when you step away from the energy and the adrenaline in here, with wounded people being ferried out pretty much every minute from the front lines where there are clashes going on

tahrir square, back to ivan watson for the latest. ivan?ry, we just got off the phone with the spokesman for the egyptian prime minister's office, and he has told us that the egyptian cabinet, the government, has resigned. that would plunge this country even deeper into an already-growing snowballing political crisis, as you can see, with the tens of thousands of people in tahrir square behind me. many of them demanding the resignation of the ruling military council. here we have the civilian government which many would say is subservient to the ruling military council. now according to a spokesman for that government, it has resigned. again, plunging this country further into a deep political crisis less than a week before what's supposed to be the first round of parliamentary leaks. >> ivan, really quick. you know the country week before elections. >> you know the country well. what does this mean? could this lead to panic? >> reporter: i think we're in new territory right now. we don't where this is going to go or where it will take the

our ivan watson is there for us. ivan, we are watching these live pictures. you are there.e're at the bottom of the hour now pap look at some of the news making headlines. >>> this travel day is a headline. so far so good today. things could change. weather moving in. rain in the northeast. snow in new england. flooding in philly even. our jacqui jeras has been on this for us. we'll continue to get updates from our meteorologists. >>> and actor george clooney could be called as a witness in the trial of former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi. clooney will be called because he attended parties at bur lus con berlusconi's home. >> look at this. a helicopter crash in new zealand. the chopper actually clip add wire. we're told the pilot was doing, would you believe, trying to install a christmas tree? the chopper comes apart. tail just snapped off. would you believe nobody was seriously hurt? >>> and reminding our viewers, we are standing by for a scene in washington, d.c. standing by waiting for the president to come out for the annual tradition of pardoning the thank

ivan watson, cnn, in cairo. >>> ivan joins us live now from cairo with more on what's happening. the fourth day of protests. it was dubbed the million man sit-in. how big is the crowd in tahrir at this stage, ivan? >> well, judge it for yourself. we'll pan out and show you the crowd as it has swelled throughout the day. looking similar to what it looked like yesterday, though, far more tense in place now. we saw a sit-in overnight. people sleeping in the square and the clashes with the riot police are taking place just a few hundred yards up the roads from the square itself where the people are. there is the deafening sound of ambulances. we see a constant stream of wounded people being rushed out to hospitals. the latest figures, 29 people killed since the clashes first began on saturday. not only in cairo, but also in the cities of alexandria and of concern, as well, there is smoke rising from the area of the vegetable market just a few blocks away from tahrir square. really, a snowballing political crisis here with the civilian government submitting its resignation and, appare

cnn's ivan watson is in cairo., some of the protesters were talking about boycotting the elections. is there any indication of a boycott? are people turning out? >> reporter: we've seen probably the opposite of that, ted. i'm in a polling station where last-minute voters are coming in. it was extended to 9:00 p.m. local time. people here have about 25 more minutes to cast their ballots, then a second additional day of voting tomorrow. we've seen long lines going around the blocks of these polling stations, many very enthusiastic, many telling us this is the tirs time ever they've voted in an egyptian election. listen to what some of them had to say. >> i've never voted before, because you know, we didn't have such, you know, awareness and we didn't have this faith in, you know, fair elections and fair voting. that's why. >> why didn't you vote before? there were other elections in egypt. >> no. because i am real ly know that y vote or my voice hasn't any importance. do you know -- >> under mubarak. >> yes -- no, un

>> ivan watson live in cairo.hank you so much. >>> also an armed standoff at an air force base in colorado ended peaceful peacefully. an aamerican with a gun surrendered after 12 hours after barricading himself in a building at the base. no shots fired. no one injured. the airman was facing a discharge over legal action in a civilian court. >>> more than $1.2 billion in customer funds may be missing from the bankrupt brokerage firm mf global that nearly is double the original estimate. the fbi is now investigating by a firm headed up by the new jersey governor, jon courrzine, and interstate 30 in little rock, arkansas was closed. a stretch of roadway almost every trucker in the country knows well. more rain is on the way this morning. >>> jacqui jeras, more rain? >> mostly south of i-40. that's the good news. this whole system is moving now, and pushing off to the east, but we still have a lot of areas impacted by it. really from the central plains states through the ohio valley then stretching on down into parts

ivan watson is live in cairo. hi, ivan. >> reporter: hey, good morning. of hosni mubarak. it's become a protest movement, a campground, really, of people sleeping in the streets. but people here determined to make their voices heard against the ruling military council, and just days before egypt is supposed to go to the polls in the first phase of parliamentary elections. you really do get a cross-section of society here, from secular liberals all the way to various islam is salafis. the people were want see here are the very organized and moderate muslim brotherhood party, which is expected to do very well on monday but will have its own rival gathering in another part of cairo when an important exiled clearic arrives here to speak. very interesting. we've got a breakdown of different political forces all trying to make themselves heard before the first round of elections. the violence here subsided since yesterday, fortunately. more than 40 people have been killed across egypt since saturday, but we've had reports of ongoing street clashes in egypt's se

women are trying to stand up against this type of injustice. >> ivan watson, thanks so much. not just the difficult situation in tahrir square but the journalists covering that story as well. thanks so pump. >>> three u.s. college students who spent the week in custody should be home tomorrow. one attorney confirmed they left the police station, and a relative says all three are headed for the airport and separate flights to the u.s. the three were accused of throwing molotov cocktail monday. one woman tells cnn her son adamantly denies they did anything wrong. >>> the bloody chaos in egypt. will it make a difference? ♪ when your chain of supply ♪ goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there ♪ ♪ track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that ♪ hurry up no time flat that's logistics. ♪ ♪ all new technology ups brings to me, ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond.

so let's head to cairo and ivan boston. good morning, ivan. >> reporter: good morning, carol.usands of people slept here overnight on blankets that were being brought in to support them. the crowds are swelling throughout the day. meanwhile, in the streets leading away from the square in direction of the interior ministry which is a five-minute's walk away, that's where the battles are raging between riot police and angry young ee jipgszs. there are clouds of tear gas back therement we just came from there and we had the good fortune to be equipped with gas masks. the young people in there don't have them. they are spitting and puking from the effects of this gas running up to us with canisters. one of them i saw today showed that the gas had been manufactured in jamestown, pennsylvania. and we can see another cloud billowing up right there and people running away from them. it's really nasty stuff. but despite that, these people show no signs of leaving. they're demanding that egypt's ruling military council which took over after mubarak was forced out of power, they're deman

ivan?it has been bad timing unfortunately as we have been seeing some very cold temperatures across the region here. not only them, but we have been showing you the snowfall. we have a second one coming in if you can believe that on the heels of the first snow. of course, we're focusing in on eastern turkey. very busy on the eastern mediterranean with the successful lows. on the back side of the first one, we have shut off the snow for now, but we have left some bitterly told temperatucold tem its wake. the next storm that will be pushing off to the north and east, we talked about this yesterday and the combination of that moisture and that cold air indeed will allow for some more snow especially headed into tuesday to begin to break out unfortunately there. we'll be talking about the temperatures at night especially. look at that. upwards of seeing numbers anywhere from 8 to 11 below zero. we'll moderate things a bit, but still bitterly cold at night for anyone sleeping outside. that's goi

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i want to ask ivan.irginia tech's going to be a heck of a game, i'm picking virginia over virginia tech. but if arkansas beats lsu and beats alabama, the whole thing is up in the air all over again. >> your point about the playoff, you talk about a playoff, got a real playoff there. how do you think things shake out if that happens? >> well, a lot of people like myself want a playoff system, a real playoff system kind of hope for chaos, and we got some of it last week with oklahoma state being upset at iowa state, no one saw that coming. boise state a few weeks ago, had a chance to go undefeated, lost at home to tcu. we're all hoping for all of this to get thrown into chaos and that way the bcs system people every year say how are you giving us the best team? you're letting computers determine the champion. just think of the nfl. if the nfl worked the way the bcs does, the atlanta falcons last year with the nfc's best record would have been in the super bowl, the green bay packers who had to win their la

ivan baketaric comes here to fish for trout. >> when i stand here on the bank and fish, i don't reallyything. i enjoy nature and can just relax. i was born by the water, i work by the water, and i'll probably die by the water. >> ivan works a couple of kilometers upstream -- in a hydropower plant built 500 meters inside a mountain. >> i've been working here for the past 27 years. i started in 1984. i'm an electrician by training. i'm shift supervisor and power generation manager at the rama power plant. >> it's one of the biggest hydropower stations in bosnia- herzogovina - and it's been on- line for more than four decades. now, some parts need replacing - like the turbines. the german development bank kfw is prepared to invest 17 million euros in renovations. >> hydropower is the country's biggest source of power. 50% of the country's power plant capacity comes from hydropower. few countries in europe have as much hydropower potential as bosnia-herzogovina. >> only a third of this potential is being harnessed -- despite the large number of hydropower stations in bosnia- herzogovina. p

that would include personnel information of bruce ivan, the scientist behind the attacks. and contains information about where ivans worked. >>> one whole week of sexual allegations against herman cain and very little impact on poll numbers for the republican presidential candidate. bruce leshan reports on a brand- new, nationwide washington post survey taken after the scandal broke which still has cain neck in neck with mitt romney. >> i will never apologize for the greatness of the united states of america. [ cheers and applause >> reporter: herman cain basking in the adolattion of the g.o.p. faithful at the washington convention center. a homecoming of sorts. cain was once a hired speaker for the right wing group funded by the billionaire coke brothers. >> this may be a breaking news announcement for the media. i am the coke brothers brother from another mother. >> reporter: a new washington post poll suggests seven in ten republicans think the sexual harassment do not matter one wit when it comes to picking a presidential candidate. >> i think the allegations are absol

media scenario for now they're seeing that there are signs there leading to this power my colleague ivan bennett's has tried to look at all sir are these signs leading to that seeing the libyan scenario after its pivotal role in the overthrew gadhafi britain's become the new going when there's trouble in the middle east prime minister david cameron's hand picked his team captain for another libya country. group aimed at forcing president bashar al assad out to begin with it will be a diplomatic offensive russia piece it's an overreaction that could pave the way for military intervention. we suggested in order to put the arab initiative in place all countries concerned with a peaceful outcome of developments in serious demand not only from the syrian authorities but also from the opposition at least stop the violence the ongoing attacks of government buildings in syria looks like a civil war. at the moment there's no mention of military action from britain their offensive is purely verbal for now but that's exactly how the libyan intervention began and the timing is very similar to the op

ivan, about 25 buildings collapsed on wednesday.ere is that a lot of them were empty because of the last quake. >> that's right. i'm in front of one of the buildings that had residents inside. this was a hotel and sadly, there were volunteers, like that japanese woman we saw, and also journalists. there are two turkish cameramen who were missing, still inside, i'm sorry to say rescue workers have just found three bodies that they're preparing to pull out. the ambulances are waiting right here. the death toll from wednesday night's earthquake has swelled to 19. it has had an absolutely traumatizing effect on the population here, ali. this is a city of about 1 million people. we are in the heart of it. most of the shops are closed. it was like a ghost town last night. people are terrified of going back into their homes. they're sleeping in tents, in makeshift shelters. in eye few of the single story cafes where people feel safe we saw men last night, 3:00 in the morning, sleeping on table tops. i don't know when people will safe to go

ivan watson is in istanbul, turkey. ivan, what is the message of the free syrian army?we talked to a member of this so-called free syrian army, a lieutenant who deserted and is now in exile here in istanbul. he says his colleagues attacked what he described as a branch of internal security in damascus that he said was guilty of crimes against the syrian people. the message, that these branches will be targeted in the future, a stark warning to the syrian government and to the international community that syria seems headed towards an armed civil war between rival factions in that country. erin? >> thank you very much, ivan. and now to afghanistan, where president karzai began the tribal elder meeting we told you about yesterday. he had a speech that set strict limits on the future presence of american troops. nick paton walsh is covering it. nick, what were the terms? >> reporter: erin, the limitations that president hamid karzai put on the american presence here are basically the formalization of complaints about the nato presence that we've heard before from afghan of

ivan watson is there. ivan, how significant are these protests?er: erin, this is the worst violence egypt has seen since the yuprising nine months ago that overthrew former president hosni mubarak. at least 24 people killed in the last three days. the civilian government has submitted its resignation to the ruling military council. and all of this has put into peril the first round of parliamentary elections scheduled to take place next monday. >> thank you very much, ivan. >>> now to syria. government crackdown an civilians -- the president there warning intervention against his country would lead to dire repercussions. what does he mean? >> arwa damon is following the story from beirut. can international pressure on the government work or not? >> erin, it would be difficult. not only does the regime still have the support of russia, but also of china which would make it incredibly difficult if not impossible to pass any u.n. resolution. the government also has a strong ally in a regional powerhouse, and that is iran. while some are saying that t

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cnn's ivan watson joins us from the square in cairo. ivan, what's the situation today? >> reporter: hi there, fredericka. hundreds of thousands of egyptians have turned out in to the streets in cairo today. so far, peacefully. at two rival demonstrations. the one here in tahrir square, after days of bloody violence, teargas canisters, rubber bullets. we're seeing fireworks and cheers from the people and in another part of town another rally in support of the ruling military council that the people here seem to hate so much. it's good that we haven't seen any bloodshed thus far here in cairo. and the ruling military council has issued a decree saying due to the big turnout, the unprecedented turnout in the two rallies they have decided to suspend voting on monday and the first phase of parliamentary elections and extra day so the people can have more time to cast their ballots. they're planning on going ahead with elections even though at least 41 people were killed in the last five, six days of violence here. fredericka? >> ivan, you have spoken with a journalist, who s

so let's head live to cairo and check check in with ivan watson.morning, ivan. >> reporter: good morning, carol. it's a violent morning here in tahrir square. we just came from the street that is the main battleground between the demonstrators and the riot police now going into the fifth day. tear gas thick in the air. kids refusing to back down until they're overwhelmed by the gas. and then periodically these momentary lulls in the fighting. i actually saw riot police, young people also crying from the tear gas, embracing and kissing some of the street kids who were fighting them. and then moments later the rocks and the tear gas canisters were out in the air again. last night the head of the ruling military council, he announced that he had accepted the resignation of the civilian government here, the prime minister, that he was going to push forward presidential elections. but that doesn't seem to be satisfying the people who gathered in tahrir square behind me by the hundreds of thousands into the early predawn hours. take a listen to what one

ivan watson is there. ivan, how significant are these protests?in, this is the worst violence egypt has seen since the uprising nine months ago that overthrew former president hosni mubarak. at least 24 people killed in the last three days. the civilian government has submitted its resignation to the ruling military council. and all of this has put into peril the first round of parliamentary elections scheduled to take place next monday. >> thank you very much, ivan. >>> now to syria. government crackdown an civilians -- the president there warning intervention against his country would lead to dire repercussions. what does he mean? >> arwa damon is following the story from beirut. can international pressure on the government work or not? >> erin, it would be difficult. not only does the regime still have the support of russia, but also of china which would make it incredibly difficult if not impossible to pass any u.n. resolution. the government also has a strong ally in a regional powerhouse, and that is iran. while some are saying that the syri

feeling for the upcoming presidential debate as we see our senior fellow at the independent institute ivan eland when if it's gears now and talk about matters here at home it's a look at the state of our economy and specifically poverty and what it actually needs after all it has been at fifty years since president lyndon johnson made this speech in a call to all americans to join the army in a different kind of for this ministration. here and no explorers on virtual war on poverty in america. and our. urge there's congress and all americans to join with me in that effort. the war on poverty speech made on january eighth one thousand nine hundred sixty four for how things change today and how well is the enemy in other words poverty really understood and when will today's president declare a war on poverty and not just a cleric but send in reinforcements while help me answer those questions and many more earlier i was joined by michael snyder the founder of the economic collapse blog with the latest u.s. census data and i asked him in his view if president obama has done enough to deal wit

ivan watson is live in cairo. polls have been open now, ivan more than six hours.re well organized, and things are going smoothly. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: yeah. i mean, christine, it's really surprising. there were fears that these elections would have to be postponed because of the deadly street fighting earlier this week, but all the polling stations we've been to have long lines wrapping around the block. this one as well, of people very eager to cast their ballots. and they certainly have a lot of choices, at places like this polling station. more than 100 candidates and political parties for people to choose from, and many have told us what's so remarkable about that is in the past, people were basically being bussed in to vote for the ruling party ever the former president hosni mubarak. many telling us this is the first time they're voting, because it's the first time they feel they have a real choice in the matter. a choice in the future. the elections, this is just the beginning of a long electoral season, because the parliamentary election