mohamed elbaradei. a nobel laureate and former u.n. weapons chief. >>> and recapping our other notch story, a powerful storm is set to blanket the country. you can be sure most of us will be wishing this thing gone. but there are other people who will say "bring it on." and lynn see dinsey davis has b talking to them. >> reporter: with all the cancellations, collisions and closures lately, the idea of more snow these days typically provokes frigid, icy stares. >> yes, i'm already sick of it. >> reporter: but then, there are those who see all this as, well, one gigantic snow bank. a literal accumulation of wealth. and every time you hear the forecast, your response? >> my response is very positive. we're all very thrilled. when it snopes in our marketplace, people are thinking about skiing and they're coming. >> reporter: at winham mountain in upstate new york -- >> it can snow as much as it likes. >> reporter: they haven't had to make snow in several weeks. >> natural snow is, you can't improve on mother nature. >> reporter: the entire

to rubble in the second world war. ♪ >> nobel peace laureate and egyptian opposition leader mohamed elbaradeiays his country must change, and he is ready to lead the transition. elbaradei has flown in to cairo to join protests against the government of president hosni mubarak. elbaradei's arrival comes amid mass arrests in an ever-growing security presence on the streets. >> the return of the nobel peace laureate and former head of the international atomic energy agency -- scores of people came to meet him at cairo airport. he could become a figurehead for the demonstrators. he is considered a potential challenger to president hosni mubarak. >> [inaudible] i wish we did not have to go to the street to express to the regime that we need change. we tried an election. nothing worked. all the demands fell on deaf ears. >> elbaradei made it clear before leaving for cairo that he would be prepared to lead a transitional government if asked by the people. demonstrators are anchored by a whole range of issues, poverty, unemployment, corruption, and repression. this internet video shows overnight rati

. >> that is it nobel laureate and egyptian pro-democracy advocate mohamed elbaradei. tens of thousands of young people demonstrate in the streets of cairo and elsewhere and the middle east. they demanded an end to the 30- year rule of president hosni mubarak. as i say, protests are spreading throughout the middle east. now the muslim brotherhood is apparently going to join in in egypt. mubarak has tried to keep a handle on the muslim brotherhood for years. >> these were not initially their demonstrations. >> no, i know that. >> the muslim brotherhood is a late arrival here, but that is what everybody is scared about, with a real justification, because this is a muslim country. mubarak has been extremely valuable to us and lots and lots of ways, and has not been at war with israel. at the same time, he has been a pretty ruthless suppressor of any democratic instincts. it has been a tricky tight rope for the obama administration and previous administrations to walk. >> what kind of marks to you give the obama administration on this? >> there has been forced on this one.

. >> and mohamed elbaradei has emerged as the face. we will go live to cairo in just a moment but we begin our coverage with emily schmidt in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. today, president mubarak signals he is now ready to talk with protesters but this gives protesters about a week to build momentum. in fact, 1 million are expected to gather today, and compromise isn't their idea of success. >> reporter: on this day of protests which tipped thousands of people into president mubarak's three decades of war. the tipping point is still unclear. >> we are in a revolution and we will destroy mubarak. >> reporter: yesterday, move bar ache appeared on tv with a new president and prime minister. but elbaradei says the revolution has started we cannot retreat now. he told "this week's" christiane amanpour is this doesn't open the door to islamists. >> it's either us, depression, or al qaeda-type islamists. this is not egypt. >> reporter: president obama called for a more orderly transition for a government. secretary of

egypt's bookish nobel peace prize winner mohamed elbaradei defied the curfew to come and address the crowd. his message, it's all over for president hosni mubarak. but so far, there's no sign that mubarak is going anywhere. he continues swearing in senior officials to serve alongside the newly appointed vice president and prime minister. a government reshuffle that hasn't impressed the protesters. >> he is trying to cheat us, and these two persons, the prime minister and the vice president, are worse than him. we don't want all this regime. no way. >> reporter: the supposedly fierce guardians of that regime, the army, are upset. they're arresting looters. but embracing the demonstrators who, for their part, have accepted the soldiers as popular heroes. but there are mixed messages from the army, and very loud ones, as we found out during an earlier report. just in the last couple of minutes we've seen an extraordinary show of force -- i don't know if you can hear me. those are f-16 aircraft. they are -- by the united states, and they've been flying over the crowd in freedom square. t

mohamed elbaradei is someone who gives respectability to the protests and another headed for the government. >> i have to give them as much support, political support and moral support, whatever i can do. i will be with them. they're my people and i have to be there and i would like to see egypt continue. >> all sides are gearing up for more protests and renewed trails of strength. -- trials and strength. >> one of those keeping an eye on the unrest is the state department. egypt is a major player in the stability or otherwise of the middle east. the u.s. has a big stake in that. adam brooks is in washington for us now. the u.s. secretary of state has been speaking. we saw hillary clinton. the president also. behind the scenes, the phones must be red hot. >> i think we can say that some sort of robust dialogue will be taking place between washington and cairo. it will be interesting to see at what point a telephone call will take place between president obama and america's ally, president mubarak. they are rather circumspect as are all american leaders. not wanting to be seen throwing their

to rubble in the second world war. ♪ >> nobel peace laureate and egyptian opposition leader mohamed elbaradeiays his country must change, and he is ready to lead the transition. elbaradei has flown in to cairo to join protests against the government of president hosni mubarak. elbaradei's arrival comes amid mass arrests in an ever-growing security presence on the streets. >> the return of the nobel peace laureate and former head of the international atomic energy agency -- scores of people came to meet him at cairo airport. he could become a figurehead for the demonstrators. he is considered a potential challenger to president hosni mubarak. >> [inaudible] i wish we did not have to go to the street to express to the regime that we need change. we tried an election. nothing worked. all the demands fell on deaf ears. >> elbaradei made it clear before leaving for cairo that he would be prepared to lead a transitional government if asked by the people. demonstrators are anchored by a whole range of issues, poverty, unemployment, corruption, and repression. this internet video shows overnight rati

mohamed elbaradei was convicted of trying to destroy a a government building. -- destroyed a governmentpresident obama deliver the state of the union speech later. it is his first since the midterm election. for the first time in his presidency, there are more republicans in the room than democrats. will looked at what the president has to do to unite the country. >> just a few miles from the white house, on the outskirts of the capital of capitalism, is a monument to state intervention. in this quiet corner of maryland, you will find green belt. >> this kind of city spells cooperation, forever doing things together. >> a 1930's utopian vision of unity was entirely planned and paid for by the federal government as part of president roosevelt picked new deal. president obama's social contract never went as far as building will communities, but he has already used in modern day stimulus to try to get billions of americans back to work. tonight, he will announce plans for more government spending that he will package as targeted investment in america's economic well-being. she is more than

. >> the nobel peace laureate, mohamed elbaradei, joined the opposition movement.has said he would be willing to head an interim government, but mubarara still has a grip on power at t moment. security officers are reported to have been supporters of elbaradei. the opposition figure himself is now under house arrest, but it is not clear where he is being held. the wave of anti-government protests spread throughout the country. there were clashes between demonstrators and police in many cities, including suez and alexandria. >> no one is happy with the situation anymore. there is no work here, nothing. everything is broken down. >> since before the protests began to spread, he dips police were under orders to prevent demonstrations by any means possible, including shooting at demonstrators. several hundred casualties have been reported, including some deaths. as the situion continued to escalate, the authorities called in the military to help deal with the protesters. but the protests appear to be gathering momentum, as more and more egyptians and demand change in t

the former head of the nuke yar agency mohamm agency mohamed elbaradei returned to egypt on thursday night. he said it's a critical time for the country, and he expressed his readiness to join the public protests. >> so i am here to work with everybody to ensure that we go through an orderly, peaceful process of change. egypt has to be a democracy. >> yemen's largest anti-government demonstrations took place in the capital of sanaa on thursday. protesters are demanding the immediate resignation of the president who has been in power for over 20 years. an estimated 16,000 people took to the streets in response to calls by opposition forces. the protests took place at four sites, including one near the interior ministry. collectively they are the largest in a series of protests inspired by the uprising in tunisia, which led to the ouster of the president. yemeni protestors are denouncing he and his family are corrupt in the wealth obtained from oil. >> security troops were deployed around the protest sites, but there were no reports of clashes. >>> tunisia's interim government has aske

s nuclear monitoring agency and nobel laureate, mohamed elbaradei arrived in cairo today to join tomorrow's protests. >> i have said a number of times that the right for peaceful demonstration is an absolute right of every egyptian, of every human being. >> reporter: he has expressed interest in becoming president. tomorrow's demonstrations could be a turning point. the united states, brian, is in a difficult position. of course it doesn't want to be seen as going against the democratic movement, but president mubarak has long been a stable u.s. ally. egypt has a peace treaty with israel. and this country does control the suez canal, so a lot is riding on this. >> richard engle in cairo. he'll be covering the story when day breaks there. richard, thanks. >>> now we go to south africa where the news turned ominous earlier today about one of the towering figures of our time, nelson mandela. rumors and anxiety spread concerning his condition and his health after the former president spent the night in a johannesburg hospital. we get an update tonight from johannesburg. good evening. >> reporte

we've heard a flot about mohammed elbaradei but he's more popular outside egypt than within. he's seen as an outsider, too much of a second eulogy arist. gwen: what about his son, gem snal >> these protests are as much about mubarak's son as him so to replace him with his son is not an option. you are hearing they want him noum -- out but not who they want in his place. you talk to iraqis now and they say gosh, we wish what is happening in tunisia and egypt had happened here. in iraq, it's not seen as a democratic movement but as an occupation. >> what role did wiki leaks play? >> well, the president and his wife were, in tunisia, so off the entatious about their wealth and a number of wiki leaks cables came out outlining this. and tea risk of being crass, they thought it, my goodness, even the american government can see this. tunisia was a huge wakeup call to the egyptians that really, we the people can bring about movement. it's seen as a real small window that people feel com 3e8d to try to take advantage of. gwen: we're going to come back to this in our webcast after the

weapons inspector, mohamed elbaradei, clearly wants the role. tonight, defying a curfew, he spoke to protestors in cairo and called for president mubarak to step down. "you've taken back your rights," he told the demonstrators. "what we have begun cannot go back." >> our feelings are mutual. he could form a mutual government and lead us out of this mess. >> reporter: elbaradei so far doesn't have broad popularity here. the noble laureate has spent much of his life outside egypt. president mubarak briefly appeared on television, meeting his national security council. military sources tell nbc news he has already handed some authority to his newly appointed vice president, omar suleiman. but the unrest and now crime here only seem to be convincing more egyptians that mubarak should step down to prevent more bloodshed. egyptian police have begun to redeploy across egypt. the government says they will return to the streets of cairo tomorrow. kate? >> richard, you lived there for four years. you know this place so well. you have been there on the gro

egypt's most diplomat nobel prize winner mohamed elbaradei are here. we are hearing reports that mohamed elbaradei, i mentioned in my report wasn't allowed to leave the mosque to lead the marches. he is being penned in there. we also hear some firing and i can smell ter gas and probably tear gas to control the groups of people. clearly the situation is very tense and is going to go on for many hours yet. jeff? >> liz palmer joining us live from cairo this morning. liz, thank you. >>> in kabul, afghanistan, a bombing at a supermarket popular are westerners. at least eight people were killed there, among them three foreigners and a child. several embassies. saying it was against a u.s.-based security contractor. >>> former president nelson mandela has left the hospital. the 92-year-old was admitted on wednesday suffering from an acute respiratory infection. cbs news correspondent mark phillips has more from morning from johan nanesburg. >> reporter: he has had a chest infection, officials said today, a serious enough illness for a man his age but not as

even so, nobel peace prize winner mohamed elbaradei could give demonstrators a boost. he returns home to egypt to lead today's rally. president obama is walking a fine line on the issue. while he sees mubarak as a key u.s. ally in the middle east, he's also sympathetic to the protesters. >> you can see these pent-up frustrations that are being displayed on the street. >> reporter: in an interview posted on youtube the president called for mubarak to make changes, but refused to take sides. >> i've always said to him that making sure that they are moving forward on a reform, political reform, economic reform, is actually critical to the long-term well-being of egypt. >> reporter: mubarak hasn't been seen in public or heard from since the protests began tuesday. his party says it's ready to talk with opponents but so far has offered no consensus. and many of the protesters are young and without jobs. egypt has a population of about 80 million people. about 40% of them living on less than $2 a day, betty. >> all right, ines ferre in washington for us. thanks for that upda

egypt's bookish nobel peace prize winner mohamed elbaradei defied the curfew to come and address the crowd. his message, it's all over for president hosni mubarak. but so far there's no sign that mubarak is going anything where. today he continued swearing in senior officials to serve alongside the newly appointed vice president and prime minister. a government reshuffle that hasn't impressed the protestors. >> he is trying to cheat us and these two person, the prime minister and the vice president are worse than him. we don't want all this regime, no way. >> reporter: the supposedly fierce guardians of this regime, the army, are a puzzle. they're arresting looters, but embracing the demonstrators who, for their part, have accepted the soldiers as popular heroes. but there are mixed messages from the army and very loud ones as we found out during an earlier report today. >> just in the last couple of minutes he's seen an extraordinary show-- i don't know if you can hear me, those are f-16 aircraft, they are supplied to the egyptian military by the united states and they've been flyin

mohamed elbaradei. dr. elbaradei may lack the support, but could serve as an acceptable figure to the united states. secretary of state hillary clinton. on all five sunday talk shows asking for an orderly -- appeared on all five sunday talk shows, asking for an orderly transition. dr. elbaradei says, "clinton's words erode american credibility." the phone numbers are on your screen. let's begin with "the washington post," "u.s. seeks a swift transition in europe -- egypt. obama has aligned itself -- obama's administration has aligned itself to an orderly transition, amid concern that unrest could spread across the arab world. in telephone calls, egyptian -- in telephone calls to egyptian leaders, president obama and his top national security advisers tried to reassure them that their countries remained vital u.s. strategic partners. senior administration officials said that the transition -- 'transition' wording, used by both the white house and secretary of state, was carefully chosen to indicate a desire

former united nations official mohamed elbaradei is a leading egyptian dissident.sed protesters and says a new start means no mubarak. >> it will not end until mubarak leaves today. >> reporter: in egypt, the waiting and watching continues. chuck sivertsen, abc news. >>> the u.s. is now urging tens of thousands of americans now in egypt to leave that country as soon as possible. charter flights were expected to begin carrying americans to safe havens in europe as early as this morning. the state department says it will likely take several days to get everyone out who wants to go. the airports there have been packed with stranded tourists who are now awaiting flights. >>> the crisis in egypt has the white house walking a fine line. how does the u.s. back a democratic movement without alienating long-time ally hosni mubarak? especially if he survives this crisis. david kerley has more. >> reporter: for a second day, protesters in front of the white house demanded president obama call on mubarak to leave egypt. instead, the president, who met with his national securit

mohamed elbaradei denied the curfew to address the crowds. his message, it is all over for president mubarak. so far no sign mubarak is going anywhere. as hundreds of people jam the airport highway, die hard demonstrators camped out in liberation score last night. they woke to find the political situation hadn't changed a bit, but neither has their main demand. the one thing uniting every participant, the believe that hosni mubarak has to go. so far these demonstrations have been organic. there haven't been big leaders or clear instructions, but for the first time it seems there is a widespread understood instruction that tomorrow there is going to be what is called a million person march. >> elizabeth, thank you. >>> the state department is evacuating u.s. citizens. getting word to them is tough because the internet is shut down. mark strassman is in cairo with more on getting americans to safety. >> reporter: millions of egyptians clam mor for change but some people want no part of this revolt. an estimated 90,000 americans live and work in

. >> the nobel peace laureate, mohamed elbaradei, joined the opposition movement.has said he would be willing to head an interim government, but mubarak still has a grip on power at the moment. security officers are reported to have been supporters of elbaradei. the opposition figure himself is now under house arrest, but it is not clear where he is being held. the wave of anti-government protests spread throughout the country. there were clashes between demonstrators and police in many cities, including suez and alexandria. >> no one is happy with the situation anymore. there is no work here, nothing. everything is broken down. >> since before the protests began to spread, he dips police were under orders to prevent demonstrations by any means possible, including shooting at demonstrators. several hundred casualties have been reported, including some deaths. as the situation continued to escalate, the authorities called in the military to help deal with the protesters. but the protests appear to be gathering momentum, as more and more egyptians and demand change i

mohammed elbaradei joining protestors and calling for the regime to listen to the people. though the nobel winners' supporters were beaten when they tried marching this afternoon. tonight cairo is in chaos. there are fires burning around the mubarak party headquarters. the air is thick with smoke, ringing with the sound of gunfire, along with the cries of thousands calling for the end of the mubarak regime. a nation-wide block on the internet and mobile phone coverage has failed to stop this in-- insurection and it isn't clear what will. it was after-- when president mubarak appeared on state television, his first appearance since the crisis began. he said he was sorry that people had been injured. and he promised political and economic reforms. but he also defended the crackdown against protestors. >> there's a fine line that separates freedom and chaos. i'm absolutely on the side of freedom of each citizen in expressing our opinion. and at the same time, i am on the side of the security of egypt. and i would not let anything dangerous happen that would threaten the peace

now we're going to talk to mohamed elbaradei.ear, he's come back to try to lead this protest movement. it wasn't going anywhere for awhile. he left, now he's back again. we spoke to him earlier today. are the latest moves by the president sufficient, appointing a vice president, a prime minister? >> it doesn't begin to address the people's concerns. the people's concerns right now is mubarak has to go. immediately. the sfirs tep to get out of this mess and it is a total mess. security is not there. it's a total chaos situation right now. the first step, he has to go. the second step, we have to have a government of national salvation in coordination with the army. the people and the army would get together and go for a transitional period. then move on toward a democracy. the third point, the army has the horrible task of ensuring security. prisoners got out of prison. the security force, over 1 million, has opinion disbanded. it's a criminal act. i don't know who did that. >> do you think the army would turn on the people? if th

they used water cannons against mohamed elbaradei as well.hips eat for internet providers have been shut down as well. president barack obama spoke about egypt will he was answering questions yesterday that had been submitted by www.youtube.com. >> egypt has been an ally on a lot of critical issues. president hosni mubarak has been helpful in the middle east. i have always said making sure they are moving forward on reform, is critical to the long- term well-being of egypt. you can see these pent-up disruptions. my hope is violence is not the answer. >> the united states probably counseled reform in there. saying they should not use violence against protesters. >> latest developments in the disappearance of a juliani cardenas and his kidnapper jose rodriguez. they're back in paterson today. will tran back there again today. >> the search will begin at 9:00 a.m., they are back where it all started. a farmworker said he saw a car that looked like a silver correlate going to the water with a boy and man. they have not found it. they thought they

mohammed elbaradei, win over the nobel peace prize. today he struck a leader-like pose. that may not impress leaderless egyptians who rose up on the streets without his help. >> they have to understand that they have to listen to the people, listen to them quickly, take concrete action towards reform toward a new sdwlapt is democratic. >> reporter: egypt's band islamist party is also climbing aboard the protest bandwagon. the muslim brotherhood, demonize bid mubarak as violent extremists is calling out its members tomorrow. tonight reports came in of demonstrations in several towns and cities. in the sinai region, a 22-year-old man was killed by security forces. eyewitnesses said he has been shot in the head. >> brown: so how should the u.s. respond to the wave of protests that began in tunisia and have spread to egypt and yemen with protests also hitting algeria and mauritania? we pick up on the comments of vice president biden, with: graeme bannerman, a former middle east analyst at the state and defense departments. he's now a scholar at the middle east institute. and

. >> as protests continue in egypt, opposition leader mohamed elbaradei address the crowd say that change is coming. we will show you a portion of all forum he appeared at earlier. it touches on his possible role in the future of egyptian politics. this is half an hour. >> i am an egyptian and i have been in massachusetts for the last 30 years. you have become -- what do you judge your ability to become the next president of egypt. what are your top four or five issues in egypt? and could you rank from 1 to 10? >> those are three questions. you can answer any questions you want. >> apparently do not know. my concern is to be an agent for change. whether i am president and not as totally immaterial to me. that will have to choose whoever they think is the right person for that job. the other question u.s., my priorities, people do not understand that if you ask that this -- i democratic system about economic development, education, democracy means that you are collecting the people you think are the best. you are able to have an independent judiciary and parliament or congress. your havel

. >> we saw you over the weekend talking to mohamed elbaradei. he has really stepped forward. do you think he has the support of the people? could he be the next leader there in egypt, depending on what happens to president mubarak? >> reporter: well, that is what we're looking at very closely. i've known him for many years. he's very well-known to the u.s. he used to be ahead of the watchdog. he's a nobel laureate. but he's the only person who has come back and shown himself publicly and has taken the need, if you like, last night he came to liberation square, and he told people to be patient, that this would take time, but what they had started would not go back. he's obviously calling for mubarak to leave but he's also talking about a transition. the muslim brotherhood to be their negotiator if there is any new negotiation with the new government. robin. >> we'll check back later. george? >>> ejiptd, of course is the world's largest arab country which means what happens there is going to affect the rest of the world. let's take a look at the impacts right now. starting with

what's the likelihood that mohammed albeara day -- elbaradei will be the president of eegypt? >> egypt. >> elections are in 2012. >> what's the probability? >> he will not be named president. he will be namedda interim if -- named interim president if mubarak goes. >> he rigged his last election. if they have a new one, he will not win. >> you mean he's a crook? >> i think his long-time survival is between 1 and 2. >> elbaradei as president of egypt is in the united states' best interest right now. >> given the choices that i'm familiar with. >> i'm -- >> i think i agree we would like to see that happen. but i don't think it's going to be. elbara day is -- albarra day is a week structure. >> what makes you think he's weak? >> he's an older, weak character who has left the last couple of years in vienna, for pete's sake. so he doesn't have the fight in him. listen to me, john. >> vienna? >> not leadership in cairo. what has been so different about these protests is, whenever we've seen mass protests in the middle in the past, they've always been drink by the islamists, screamin

by using those rules, is the administration and meetiadmittig mohamed elbaradei to lead? >> i do believe it means change. what we have advocated from the very beginning is the way that the way each of books and operates must change. that is why we believe we should increase the amount of freedom that is held by the egyptian people on association, on the assembly, on speech, on internet and open communication. but that is not for us to determine what the parameters and limits of those are. but undoubtedly tradition in this case means change. there is no doubt about it. >> the leaders are saying he should be removed from office right now. >> that is not for our country or our government to determine. i do not think that people that see greater freedom are looking for somebody else to pick what and how that change looks like. that is quite frankly -- that does not appear in any way to would open democratic process that allows for a full discussion and negotiation about what that freedom looks like. the greater economic opportunity. that is not for us to determine. >> the whi

host: that was written by mohamed elbaradei in newsweek. if you go to newsweek.com, you what he had to say. he went back to egypt and was arrested. egypt's military chief happens to be in washington. he is returning home after today's -- after two day. s. he was in the u.s. for the highest level strategic talks between washington and cairo. we want to take you back live to the congressional black caucus. they have been holding a series of bids and panel discussions looking at the federal deficit and economic policy. this is live coverage on c-span. >> the committee member of americans for financial reform and a member of the roosevelt institute's new deal initiatives. prior to his appointment to ncrc, he worked for planning and research at the fannie mae corporation. he was a research associate at the center for -- research associate at rutgers university. he will graduate degrees in urban and regional planning from columbia and the university of pennsylvania and an architecture degree from hampton university. welcome. this ought to be a fu