kyra? >> what about the women, hala? have they been voting in large numbers? >> well, from what we have been able to see the lines for women are in some cases as long as the lines for men. voting is segregated here in polling stations, because the room for the women is separate from the room for men, and sometimes the lines mix. in some polling stations in downtown cairo, they were mixed, but if you will remember in the 18 days of the uprising in january and february, there were many women on the front lines of that revolution, and women who today say in some cases that they are concerned that a, they are very underrepresent ed in te parliament, and b, there is no female candidate among the presidential contenders there for the top job in egypt, and c, with an islamist-dominated parliament, they are concerned that some legislation will pass that will dial back some of the rights, for instance their right to file for divorce unilaterally which is an idea that is floated around right now, kyr

>> you know, that's such a good question, kyra. told this panel, this is not about a man who had an affair. this is about whether or not a man used illegal campaign money contribution that is came in to further his presidential aspirations. but you are right. i mean, when you hear -- when i heard that testimony in there, about this moment on the tarmac where breast cancer survivor elizabeth tears off her blouse and says to her husband, you just don't see me anymore, this is after "the national enquirer" put the story out there for everyone to hear. this is three years after this baby had been conceived. so, that's got to stick in the jury's mind, that you cannot completely put that aside. but maybe that's one of the sticking points here. maybe the foreman reminding them. he's a financial adviser by the way. maybe he's reminding them, it's all about the money. it is not about john edwards being a cad. >> yeah. now, the jury is asked to examine every single exhibit. what does that tell you? >> yes. that was really interesting. i was

>> kyra, so far, everything is going pretty well.ut with observers today monitoring the election. we are with one group in particular that has over 30,000 people, a small army, all over cairo making sure that everything goes smoothly. and so far, there haven't been too many reports of too much activity that would raise any concerns. there have been some minor issues with campaigns or people who are supporting candidates around the polling stations telling them, hey, you need to vote for our guy. but by and large, things have been pretty clean today, pretty fair. a lot of people were concerned earlier that the military might try to interfere in the election to put forward someone that they desired. the military has denied that, saying they are going to try to have a fair election. and so far today, everything's been going pretty smoothly. very smooth. >> who's expected to win? >> well, one thing that a lot of people are wondering, there's basically four candidates that are the front-runners right now. you have a former member of the m

here's why. ♪ >> how about that, kyra?s of fat. >> disgusting. >> if you're reading along. >> that grossed me out. i'll never touch a soda again. >> that's right. let me tell you something, if you're reading along with the copy there, it says that drinking one can of soda a day can make you ten pounds fatter a year. went on to say, don't drink yourself fat. the suggestion is to drink water, you love water, right? we do. water, seltzer, low-fat milk. we should also mention, kyra, the ban does not affect diet sodas, fruit juices, dairy based drinks or alcoholic beverages and not apply to grocery or convenience stores. it does appear the ban will affect mostly places where you can actually order food and that includes a food cart. the idea being this is something i've heard many, many times, eat your calories, don't drink them. >> so what does the beverage industry think about this? >> what do you think? they're not happy. >> not very happy, exactly. >> not happy. they're not happy. in fact, i was just handed a statement from

kyra? >> it has been ten years since we went to war in that country to create democracy, and still, women are not being treated equally. >> that is true. you could argue that ten years ago women didn't have a chance to go to school, so an improvement to take this opportunity, but the real huge fear here is that the progress in women's rights which in part of afghan society is universally accepted, but in others, it is rejected. that is maybe one of the first casualties of society here as nato and american troops start to withdraw this and next year, deep earn cconcerns about that, this apparent poisoning coming to the fore as examples of what women have to fear about in the year ahead, kyra. >> true. do we know what kind of poison was actually used? >> it is not clear at the point to be honest, no. there were suggests of a spray may have been used, but it seems to have been left in the classroom according to the witnesses there from the i'm they went home two days ago to when they came in y

i'm a fashionista, kyra.ford it really unless it goes on sale, but, you know, what michelle obama has done -- look, she dresses well, she spends what we would all agree is a sizable amount of money on couture clothes. she stops at target once in a while and j. crew and so does ann romney. they both have the ability to dress well and she should dress well. they're political figures, and i say more power to you, ann and michelle, and if i could afford $1,000 bag that michelle obama was sporting last year, i would buy it. >> jump in, robert. $1,000 t-shirt and $540 tennis shoes. >> great for them. i think it's great that michelle obama looks as good as she does and dresses so stylishly. if you don't know where you can find $1,000 t-shirt, when you're in new york, you come hang with me. >> i was going to say, robert, you're going to take us both shopping. >> i will take you both to target. zimmermanerma zimmerman zimmerman, wright, thanks, guys. >>> bacteria in fresh cantaloupe. it killed 30 people, but drew grif

the news continues with kyra phillips. >>> we have a busy hour ahead. let's start with delusional and worried about his brand. we are talking about osama bin laden as revealed in his personal documents just published online by the u.s. government. more than 6,000 documents were taken by navy s.e.a.l.s one year ago. this is a treasure trove as the single largest batch of terrorist material ever obtained. i'll tell you how you can see these documents in just a minute. we will talk to nic robertson in a moment. we are connected. nic robertson, tell me more about what was discovered and more of what we learned about osama bin laden. >> reporter: here is the big picture that emerges from here. it is only part of the big picture. 17 of 6,000 documents. it is a partial picture of bin laden. it is bin laden struggling with the affiliates. he is trying to chastise them and give them direction. one of the big eye openers there is bin laden was jealous of some of his rising stars. anwar al awlaki, the yemeni cleric accused on some of the attacks of the united stat

>> reporter: this is huge, kyra. this is the largest medicare fraud bust this history.107 people charged in the bust, at least 91 are in custody. they are accused of submitting claims to medicare for treatments that were medically unnecessary and often times never provided. the charges include conspiracy and health care fraud and violation of anti-kickback statutes. kyra. >> and kathleen sebelius talked about this yesterday. >> this is the latest in the campaign to stamp out fraud in our health care system. we more than quadrupled the task force teams operating around the country. >> apparently this one was the largest. what schemes are we talking about? >> reporter: the examples of alleged fraud, kyra range from ambulance rides that were medically unnecessary to the pharmacist in tampa who was arrested for diverts controlled substances. another defendant in chicago is accused of making $1 million in false claims for psycho therapy services. >> sandra endo out of washington. thanks. >>> jt ready was a well known player in the immigration debates along the border with me

>> good morning, kyra. we're learning about a new threat involving body bombs planted inside passengers that would be on flight that originate overseas and heading towards the united states. this is according to an official who asked not to be identified, given the sensitivity of this. however, the official tells cnn that this information arageinated within the last two weeks and was shared among american and other intelligence as well as other entities in europe and the middle east. now, this is not a brand-new threat in terms of a problem that authorities have been aware of in the past. this has come up back in 2009, for example. there was an attack on the saudi prince. however, the body bomb was planted inside the brother of the bombmaker. and the bomb went off inside the person that was carrying the bomb. he was killed instantly, however, target the saudi prince only received minor injuries. this, of course, you have to consider the timing here and this is a new threat that has come up surrounding the o

>> no, kyra. the pakistanis are telling us, police who are leading the investigation, say there have been no developments whatsoever. they arrested some people in august, a few people, connected with those people. they were questioned and released. the u.s. is saying they are trying to study the video. not sure if the comments were u his or whether he was under dure duress. but no developments so far. in that plea to president obama, he's saying you're a father, i need to spend time with my childr children. if you know what it's like, you'll help me. but everyone is praying for his safe return, but the u.s. won't be negotiating. >> thank you. >>> a day after the kentucky derby, police suspect murder at the racetrack. we're getting new information in about the victim whose body was discovered by security guards in an area of the track known as the backside of churchill downs. police say the victim was a stable worker. deborah feyerick is keeping her eye on the developments for us. what more can you

political frustrations are not that far from spilling over into fresh protests police here are teen kyra. but egypt's ruling military council is reportedly planning to publish a new interim constitution which will set limits the government's influence over the army professor of middle east history at west chester university or it's davidson says the military is hoping to keep its grip on the country after the election. the fear is i imagine just like you know some twenty years ago that if the islamists in charge don't never give up power but then if you ask yourself what the military actually does here and its history once it's in charge it doesn't give up power either i think what they're trying to do is create a sort of turkish model where in fact the military stands independent and autonomous outside of the government and essentially holds for itself a veto power over the government and so at any particular time if the government does things that the army does and why the officer corps doesn't like they come back in and essentially create. a military to. bring about growth than solvin

one minister and hit of the arab league abdel more name of do it for to form a brotherhood leader kyra physician and long time anti mubarak just wouldn't and mohamed morsi the muslim brotherhood's choice who has a respected party and well financed campaign behind him the fact that there are two strong islamic candidates means the islamist voters split although on foreign policy issues they're united the constant believe that the two of them will try to improve the relations but on the expense of egypt's relations with the gulf states or else. they're not going to try to improve the relations was miserable. i believe it's going to get more. chances are high that egyptians will vote in and is an honest president but this support is no way near what it was in the recent parliamentary elections was egypt tough on. civil servants and picked up the suit. that said the status challenges to. many of the thirteen candidates is expected to top fifty cities making a run for. highly likely but the delays are making egyptians edgy time and again the ruling generals liff doubt as to whether the elec

i'm kyra phillips. it's 11:00 on the east coast. 8:00 out west. we've got quite a busy hour for you. live pictures right now. mitt romney speaking in virginia. so far no response to president obama's exit plan to afghanistan which he criticized last night, but we are continuing to monitor this live event. we will bring you the latest as it happens. >>> renewed threats by the taliban less than 12 hours after president obama's surprise visit to afghanistan to talk troop withdrawals. today the taliban warns that they are launching a, quote, spring offensive. that threat follows this deadly attack in kabul but a taliban suicide bomber two hours after president obama left afghanistan and the taliban claiming it's just a sign of things to come. let's go straight to nick payton walsh in kabul. when the taliban says spring offensive, tell us exactly what that means. >> reporter: well, something they were talking about two weeks ago but today their statements shortly after barack obama left made it clear they consider it a new operation ahead of them. some

we have kyra. >> kyra in the white dress.able. >> isn't it adorable? >> very '60s. and here modernized. >> now does white ever go out of style? how is that possible? >> never. you think of the little black dress. the little white dress is much more modern. and this is a very good example of how you can wear white for daytime, for work, for a summer soiree or dress it up for evening. >> and the style is actually so adorable because sometimes when you wear white and it's fitted it's not so flattering. but this double skirt -- >> this double shape with the dropped hemline is very flattering, can be worn by any body type. >> you look adorable, kyra. coming up our next look is rockin' the wedge? did wedges ever go out of style? >> wedges did go out of style. >> really? >> remember stilettos, manolo blahniks. now they're back. i love this because they're a way to look sexy but be on something sturdy. this makes me think fly and the family stone. it's great. >> psychedelic. >> those shoes are amazing. how do you wear those up with y

kyra. >> joe johns, thanks so much. if john edwards is found guilty on all charges, he could face up to 30 years in prison. >>> as journalists we strive every day to bring untold stories about communities, nations and world. we couldn't do it without cnn ireporters. we want to honor you, the viewers who gave us extraordinary reporting to share around the world. we want you to decide who deserves this year's community choice award. logon to cnnireports awards and vote. here are nominees for reporting. >> just a small digger. >> the other guy, run, run, run. >> ground zero. we're remembering everyone who passed away on september 11th. it's really unfortunate and we're just remembering them. ♪ [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] we began with the rx. [ tires squeal ] then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the all-new rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx and the next chapter for lexus. see your lexus dealer. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer

kyra? >> we're going to talk more about him with nick in a second. but barbara, it took two weeks for this story to get out. a number of reasons we would probably assume why that happened. what are your sources telling you? >> well, you know, actually it was congressman mike rogers, chairman of the house intelligence committee who this morning in washington did raise the prospect of how did all this information leak out. we must give credit to the associated press, which broke the story originally, but the question is, you know, if it was two weeks ago, was it tied to the anniversary of the death of osama bin laden? several sources tell us no, that this was a plot that unfolded separa separately from that around the same time. so this has been something that's been underway being tracked for the last several weeks and just now the administration once it was reported in the open news media, the administration coming out today talking a little bit more about it. b but holding their cards closely. they have told us that intelligence operations remain on

but loss and lots still to be worked out, kyra. >> athena jones there at the white house. thanks. >>> one of the few bits of positive news to come out of the secret service scandal. the "washington post" is reporting that none of the 12 women who partied with u.s. agents there at this hotel had any connection to terror groups or drug cartels. "the post-"cites congressional officials who saw documents provided by the secret service to congressional committees. the paper also reports that 10 of the 12 women involved were paid by the agents. >>> a man who oversaw the cia's enhanced interrogation techniques is now talking. jose rodriguez who led counterterrorism efforts at the cia said tactics like waterboarding did not amount to torture and that they did give investigators valuable information. he did do an interview today on cnn, and he downplayed the severity of those techniques used on terror suspects. >> if you actually paid attention and looked at the ten techniques that are used here, they are pretty -- actually pretty wimpy if you look at them one at a time, so, you kn

>> reporter: they were sequestered last night, kyra. interestingly enough, after listening to the close from both sides, a very long day, the judge had them deliberate all the way to 9:30 last night. and then told them they were being sequestered. the bailiffs actually called their family and said that they would been coming home tonight and they could come to the hotel to bring them clothes. it wasn't clear how long this judge will make them go this evening if they don't come to a verdict sometime today. >> you point out that jennifer hudson has been there every single day in court? has she talked to you or can you get a feel for how she's dealing with all this? >> well, you can get a feel for how she's doing just by watching her in court. it's been very emotional, as you can imagine. we have had 11 days of testimony, more than 50 witnesses took the stand in this case and some of them were heart wrenching to hear for her. so she broke down and cried. she has done any interviews, she comes in with her sister, in an entrance which is blo

thank you very much kyra and welcome to the sports headlines here's what's coming up time we bring chelsea received some positive news is diving louise and gary cahill returned to training ahead of this weekend's champions league final with bind munich. back on track after missing the madrid masters with a back injury while number four and imari returns to winning ways with a heart for win over david nalbandian in rome. high five champion alexander less than russia's star pentathlete to return home after claiming five gold medals at the world championships in italy. the first chelsea have been given an injury boost ahead of this weekend's champions league final with buying munich defenders gary cahill and david luis have returned to training after both recovered from hamstring problems their wings have been out for exactly a month while cahill missed the final five matches of the season that you would make a timely return for interim manager roberto di matteo who is without captain john terry defender branislav ivanovic jan midfielder pavel ramirez and raul morale is because of suspension

kyra nightly is engaged. justin timberlake and jessica biel celebrated their engagement in california. rumors say they're planning a supper ceremony. saturday night, at her atlantic city concert she told her audience since giving birth she runs on the trade mill, ate lettuce and lost 60 punz. that would work. she did finish off the night promising i'm going to get chocolate wasted, giving herself a little bit of a cheat day. everyone has to have a cheat day. >> if all you're eating is lettuce. beyonce. >> 60 pounds, though, way to go. >>> this comes from khnl hawaii in honolulu where a moving tribute to a ship that went down in 1941 at pearl harbor reached a milestone. this weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the "uss arizona" memorial. it took years to raise the money to build the memorial erected above her hull. still resting where she exploded and sank, claiming over 1100 lives of officers and crewmen. criticized at first as some by too abstract and modern today it draw nearly 2 million visitors a year.

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kyra. here with r.t. and still ahead in the program a yellow card for ukraine several countries threatened to boycott twelve football championship. edged mistreatment of the country's jailed i mean. we report on how fracking the extraction of natural gas from the shale has caused outrage in britain with fears about its destructive impact on the environment. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in beijing for a wide ranging strategic talks with china a visit coming at an extremely delicate time in relations between the two countries beijing wants an apology from washington after accusing it of meddling in its internal affairs of the u.s. embassy harbored a chinese dissident activist china is also irritated over u.s. military buildup in the asia pacific region. recompensing says u.s. leaders realize washington is actually. stage. obviously trying to. they're not very happy at those developments and i think inside to some extent america's actions are much more provocative than they might be but from an

kyra. the military council condemned whens those attacks in the news conference and reaffirmed its willingness to step down after the presidential election but political activist after but not gay believes the latest violence is actually the general's latest attempt to destabilize egypt with moves that have roots back in the revolution. they've been definitely there since day one of the revolution but this is what the military council kept calling or deferring to the third party the party have been part of the militias the national democratic party and the state security apparatus past twenty years those are all of them very intense criminal records and they're being used instead. of. militias all the army itself so they're doing the dirty work for the military council they've tried already that in november and december during the parliamentary elections but it failed they trying to drive the muslim brotherhood into to see if they can marshal and say that the muslim brotherhood is a violent

kyra. still to come in the program with me kevin oh in the pain in spain protesters gather in faster loaders the european central bank which has been driving the deeply unpopular story to general cross the e.u. meets in the city got the latest on that story developing self and also we're reporting on how big the extraction of natural gas from shell rock caused outrage in britain now with fears about its destructive impact on the environment. this is psyche to greed the room. mate. civilization. but is there life outside civilization possible. join me on a journey to the heart of the problem to a place is hidden from the tourists you're going to meet some real credible insiders although they may not be the usual news makers you see on t.v. . you. my. world. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in beijing for wide ranging strategic talks with china a visit coming at an extremely delicate time in relat

kyra. researchers so he riad from the car a center for human rights says the alarming similarities between the current unrest and that which egypt endured before the parliamentary election. there are serious doubts within the egyptian public. even before the clashes have started and currently as getting that the elections might be pushed forward the same the same concerns have been voiced recently by political different political groups and parliamentarians do it with even rumors seeing yesterday that scout has asked for it to postpone the elections due to the current unrest in front of a sea. cow for nonetheless it in a press conference today have said that this is a did these are rumors and the elections will happen in july it's important to mention in this context that during the previously before the parliamentary elections last november a similar clashes have started in mohamed mahmoud and so it's particularly interesting if we are to compare how certain clashes erupt immediately immed

of a lot behind the bar by uncle sam kyra i'm ruined completely i don't have any money left at all they. not only close my companies they put to these executive orders which is without any due process without even chance to comment explain that they said they're free six billion dollars and i'm asking a challenging president of united states show the proof with i had ever six billion dollars at least i know where to get money to pay my defense team for that bill carter this is all you know stories the same and nothing showed all the smoke and mirrors like they did with the weapon of mass destruction of iraq. then even the bible says if you repeat the lies album ten thousand times to become the truth this is exactly the recipient reach these very administration using some of the people who've been following your case critics have been saying that the case is very much and time wash up do you think that that's really the case or is it just you versus the u.s. government of course or is our entire russian look whatever or what was happening in a time during the extradition procedure or in

political frustrations are not that far from spilling over into different protests what is the reality kyra. a timeline of the turmoil also available on r.t. dot com along with many other stories for you including this some texas schools tracking their kids every step forcing them to carry a microchip id cards and why what's. hundred twenty five million viewers of six russian grandmothers one massive euro vision song contest. goes into second place check it out online. talks this week between iran and the u.n. nuclear watchdog in baghdad failed to produce any breakthroughs and instead gave new ground for speculations that iran is. trying to build a bomb and i.a.e.a. reports suggested there were trace levels of high level iterates uranium one facility something tehran claims was only a technical glitch the islamic state added added the discovery was blown out of proportion for political reasons and that their report proved the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities iran and the world powers agreed to continue their talks in moscow may june risk advisor daniel wagner says there could be li

another crisis around europe some of this gold might be forced to be sold by those looking to rise kyra so i think that's one reason for us to performance before the big question. it is now a good time to boy gold or should people who still hold the actually sell off. here i think round about these level which i think is good compared to where we should be by the year and so on and we do often see this pick up in gold from amount of september to year end of about ten to fifteen percent. and i would argue as well that a lot of the euro weakness sort of the strength that we say you know perhaps that looks a little bit overdone to main times is the reality of the situation so you know i think there are upsides riffs from here for colby if you look at it from a kind of medium term perspective or a standard chartered bank thank you very much indeed for joining us no more turmoil for. he is the billionaire chief executive resigns we call friedman look the deal between rival claim you exclusivity agreements with b.p. there have been reports the move is part of rules and strategy to boil the ro

one thousand nine hundred ninety eight i did and buried and in addition to that just a few days ago kyra stopped it's a longstanding agreement to supply gas to as well in addition to that we have the situation with iran and here. we are not seeing cracks between the political and military leadership of whether one ought to go ahead with people ration for whether or not they should continue talking about a war when there's a lot of confusion around that so certainly tensions in the region are increasing. policy reporting there now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has arrived in china for any old two day strategic and economic talks between the countries but the meeting is at risk of being overshadowed by the case of blind chinese lawyer chan he fled house arrest last week and is now said to be under u.s. protection although it's not being confirmed officially before fleeing chan was being punished for exposing alleged abuses in official chinese family planning policy. seven people including three members of parliament ha

i know between top tier will take place next month rather short as of yet the trees into detention kyra based journalist. say that's creating tension computer howling. when we call the. constitution should be first. most of egyptians have voted for that we have to get elected parliament first and then we can derive the constitution but currently most of the people say if we have a president who. would have a constitutional responsibility clear the. constitutional responsibilities that can make a conflict between different political factions and between the parliament and the new president since both of them will be responsible for then you could assume. there is a conflict of interest for the both of them would like to maximize their power and some people and some analysts this is peace if islamists lose. the presidential. seat. parliamentarian system rather than a presidential system so leaving is a matter of the constitution until we get a new president. it's quite good it is. well coming up on r t nuclear negotiations find out about the latest diplomatic efforts aimed at persuading t

political frustrations are not that far from spilling over into different protests what is the reality kyra. traces of high level enriched uranium found at a site in iran were due to a technical error according to iran's envoy to the u.n. nuclear watchdog experts say the particles discovered by international inspectors an underground facility are still far from what's needed to create a nuclear device analysts say tehran's version is plausible but the revolution plays into the hands of those convinced that iran is seeking nuclear weapons and weeks today's summit in baghdad failed to put the nuclear issue to bed tehran rejected new package proposed by u.n. security council members in germany saying it makes too many demands will offer him too little in return daniel wagner c.e.o. of country risk solutions thinks both sides are far from a compromise. you know i look at iran and the west as sort of like mars vs venus they want completely different things even if the west was inclined to ease the sanctions that are proposed for july they can't simply turn off the spigot and that's exactly what