a sign of how difficult that path has become, just hours ago, egypt's interim vice president mohamed elbaradei nobel peace prize laureate resigned in protest. there are reports that eight top political leaders of the muslim brotherhood have been arrested. as the muslim brotherhood calls for more protests the government says none will be allowed. let's get to foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin live in cairo. a curfew is now in force for cairo and ten other provinces. we suns right at this moment, health officials there will have just increased the numbers, the death toll. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that's correct. . the curfew has been in effect for about an hour. it's 10:00 p.m. here. these streets would be bus ling right now but it's deadly quiet. an eerie silence has settled in over cairo this evening. people are still being roved from some of the locations where these clashes happened. that is what is driving the death toll up sharply. it is expected to rise even in the coming hours. health officials now say they have about 235 boys they have recovered that are officially dead as

no one knows, except that the -- the -- >> do you have any reaction to the interim president mohammed elbaradei? >> i do thank him for doing this. he should not have been part of this crime and this gang mentality of those people in power. mr. elbaradei is way different from the gang mentality that we have in egypt. i do thank him and wish the rest of the government, that they will be held responsible. these are -- it will be held responsible by the egyptian people, and i call upon the civilized world action call upon the united states, to -- it's small, but you can build on it the. the united states is should condemn the coup. so that we can believe -- we believed president obama when he told us democracy is the way to go. >> last -- >> we're being killed in the streets, sir. >> mr. dardery, the last question is do you think the muslim brother bears any responsibility for what's going on? we're told the clashes are not just sometimes between the protest e. and government, and i don't want to go into the history of morsi's rule, but obviously there are a lot of criticisms, millions protesting a

mohamed elbaradei resigned. who thoughteople that there would be something short of this. i do not know whether that is true or not. perhaps that is naive. we may be left with no option but to support this government. when we do that, we send a signal to the rest of the arab world. >> but this is not civil war yet apparently. states, we do say that democracy is the the rule of law, and minority rights. they have been abridged, ignored, quite frankly, by the brotherhood. true, freeon elections. this was not the first time the u.s. has ignored democratically elected governments. we did it in iran. anddid it in chile guatemala. it is a dangerous move to pursue. >> the president says we will cancel our biannual joint military exercise which was scheduled for next month. when did you think of his statement? >> it is tough to make a war statement in a vacation setting. every president takes vacation, but when you talk about people being killed, it does require a certain gravity of setting, which was not communicated in the appearance. i think his words were measured and thoughtf

. >> rose: egypt's interim vice president, mohammed elbaradei has resigned in the crackdown. as he road to the president "beneficiaries of what happened today are those who call for violence, terrorism and the most extreme groups." the white house has strongly condemned the violence in a statement. joining us on the phone from cairo is michael hanna, he is a senior fellow at the century foundation. from washington, steven cook, a senior fellow for middle eastern studies at the council on foreign relations. and here in new york, frank wisner. he is a former u.s. ambassador to egypt and served as president obama's envoy to the country in 2011. let me begin with michael hanna. tell me what's going on on the ground as we speak which is late in the evening in egypt. >> at this point a curfew is setting in, a state of emergency has been declared and it's obviously been a very chaotic and bloody day, many disturbing images emerging that all emerge from the decision to disperse the protests of the pro-morsi camps in two locations in cairo. that disperseal has been undertaken by force

. >> on the domestic front, mohamed elbaradei resigns as vice president in process of the crackdown.joining me now is a member of elbaradei's constitution party. thank you for being with us. what would you say resigning achieves, exactly? what resigning achieves is a bit early to specify, because elbaradei did not issue a press statement yet. resignation the letter, so he is just making a statement. i think others as well, he wants negotiations to be undertaken to avoid further bloodshed. >> he was against a violent solution to the ongoing crisis, but at the same time, might he not have expected something like this? he gave the interim leaders added legitimacy because they were not respected in the west, and now he seems to solution and shocked. could he see this coming? >> he cannot -- we cannot assume that it was shocked, but the way the crisis was handled, i believe that, yes, the police authority lacks experience in crisis management. and there was no transparency with elbaradei as well. with the bloodbath that we had the morsi supporters, not only them, but also different suppor

interim vice president and leading liberal voice in the country mohamed elbaradei resigned over the use of force. yousuf is in cairo. what is the latest on the ground? >> there is a relative return to calm in this part of cairo, but, of course, the country as a whole is in a state of emergency after clashes yesterday between supporters of the ousted president and security forces. the government taking a decision to disperse these two protest sites, which have been holding out there for some six weeks. the diplomatic efforts didn't work and now they made a decision, they said they had no other choice. the prime minister in a speech to citizens yesterday said that basically he could not let the situation go on further, and no state that respected itself would do what is being done now. also, the latest death toll, carolin, we have, 326 people have been killed and over 2,900 injured. that's according to the ministry of health. the muslim brotherhood on the other hand claims the figure is much, much higher. now, the clashes were very, very violent, some very distressing images and another s

. >> reporter: until recently, former vice president mohamed elbaradei was part of that.e's expected to go to trial over his resent resignation in protest. it has been brought by a civilian but e elparadei is in europe. jane ferguson, al jazeera, cairo. >> now we turn to the western part of the united states. it was damaged in an earthquake in 1989 and now the cost of reopening of the san francisco bridge is just weeks away. it was spent a whopping $ $6-point. billion dollars to build the bridge. it will run ten lines wide and at its highest point it will stand 525 feet above. around 270,000 vehicles are expected to cross it every single day. but as we report the project has had its share of challenges. >> reporter: the view from the east at sun down as you approach san francisco. residents will soon start driving down in what has become one of the most expensive infrastructure projects in the country. journey at this moment has hardly been structure safety has challenged engineers. two major fault lines cut through this area. in the 1989 earthquake that broke the bridge

vice president mohamed elbaradei, however, has withdrawn. elbaradei had withdrawn shortly after the onset of bloodshed saying, quote, it has become difficult for me to continue bearing responsibility for decisions that i do not agree with and whose consequences i fear. fox news sources on the ground report that el baredy had clashed repeatedly with the chief of egypt's military over the standoff with morsi's brotherhood supporters. the president today, silent on the manner, as he continues his vacation on martha's vineyard with another round of golf. the white house sending deputy press s josh ernest to the cameras to condemn those attacks before secretary of state john kerry made the following remark. this sounds a lot like an endorsement of the muslim brotherhood and their leader of choice, mohamed morsi. >> these events are deplorable, and they run counter to egyptian aspirations for peace, inclusion, and genuine democracy. the egyptians inside and outside the government need to take a step back. >> kerry's surprise appearance at the stat

. >> michael: as we mentioned vice president, mohamed elbaradei has resigned.hat is the significance of that? >> whatever coalition we saw form after the june 30th, protest when morsi was deposed is quickly faulting apart. elbaradei had been signalling all week that he didn't support such a crackdown. it appears the general made the decision without elbaradei and went forward with the plan. so not having any sort of liberal secular in that government is very troubling now. >> michael: a lot of liberal and secular egyptians supported the military when it ousted morsi. now what happens? >> i think you cannot look at this and feel like this is the military overstepping and a gross injustice that was done. just very tragic. >> michael: yeah, totally. how much influence does the united states really have right now? and is there anything the obama administration can do? >> there is always this threat that we'll take away our $1.3 billion of aid that we provide from egypt, but what i'm hearing from there is they don't really care right now. that $1.3 billion seems pre

the interim vice president signed, mohamed elbaradei saying i cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood. the white house warns the government the world is watching. secretary of state john kerry called today's events deplorable. word some high level muslim brotherhood officials are under arrest: to give you a sense of how unstable the political situation has become for our key middle east partner, judgment's government imposed a state of emergency set to last an entire month. the gunfire is evident there, loud and clear. an internet news organization in egypt reports police firing live rounds of ammunition on crowds of people. among those killed, 61-year-old mickey dean, a cameraman for our sister station sky news in london. a married father of two. he told a producer how much he looked forward to retirement. now word security forces have cleared protest camps. the violence moved to the street of cairo, supporters lighting police vehicles on fire and you'll see a police car plummeting right off a bridge. today the white house again called for egypt's military to show restr

now on threats to clear sit in spy morsi supporters in cairo over fears that vice president mohamed elbaradei might resign over such a crackdown. the interim prime minister issued more warnings to pro- morsi demonstrators on wednesday. >> we asked them once more to leave quickly and return to their homes and work without resistance. those who do not have blood on their hands, the state promised to provide them free transportation. the cabinet warns against the continuing dangers excavation and incitement -- escalation and incitement and those who are deceiving them amongst the leadership of the muslim brotherhood that threatens national security. >> a missouri judge has found death row prisoner reggie clemens was beaten by police and coerced into confessing to a role in the murders of two women in 1991. in a sweeping review of the case, judge michael manners found state prosecutors violated his constitutional rights by concealing evidence about the beatings and said the suppression might have changed the outcome of the case. however, the judge manners, who was appointed by the mistress of cou

last night the one notable --eption was albert dave mohamed elbaradei, probably the most prominent statesmanin the interim cabinet that left legitimacy in the eyes of the international community to the military as transition. he resigned yesterday. he is one of the few voices that was calling for the sit ins not to be forcibly dispersed. he said he didn't want to take responsibility for actions that are outside of his control anymore. i think this lays bare even further, if there ever was any notion that this is a fully military-led transition and the military is in control. >> we're going to take a break and come back to this discussion the sharif abdel kouddous, democracy now! correspondent along with lina attalah. when we come back, they will be joined by chris toensing. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. our guest are sharif abdel kouddous in cairo, lina attalah is there with him. in washington, chris toensing, middle east research and information project. he cowrote the book, "the

egypt's vice president mohammed elbaradei to protest deadly police assaults against two sit-in campsesident morsi. he said he is not prepared to be held responsible for a single drop of blood. he warns violence will breed more violence. egypt's official news agency says 149 people have been killed in clashes across the country between morsi supporters and security forces the police raids set off a running street battle in cairo and other egyptian cities. a white house spokesperson says the world is watching what is happening in cairo and urged restraint. egypt's interim president declared a month-long state of emergency. that is one of your headlines this hour. the fox business network and an important one at that. ashley and tracy, back to you. ashley: jamie colby. thank you very much. we appreciate that. >>> major averages are in the red as investors wait more from fed president james bullard but eurozone is climbing out of recession posting better than expected gdp growth, certainly in france and germany at least. my next guest says even though the recovery is slow those european

to support the opposition coalition led by mohamed elbaradei. sharif has been involved in monitoring egyptian elections in cairo and has worked as a freelance journalist. in 2004 he was honored by the center for human rights for his work in defending freedom of expression in egypt. on my right is adel iskander, who was a scholar of arab studies whose research focuses on media and communications. he is the author and editor of several works, including "al jazeera, the story of the network that is rattling governments and redefining modern journalism." and "edward said." his most recent publication is the anthology "egypt in flux, essays on an unfinished revolution." you probably should've have waited to finish that book. he teaches at the center for contemporary arab studies and communication at georgetown university in washington, d.c. we will ask sherif to start. this meeting is being held today because the c.p.j. is launching its report on press freedom in egypt. the report is called "on the divide, press freedom and risk in egypt." there are

the violence prompted egypt's interim vice president mohamed elbaradei to resign.lved peacefully and he will not bear responsibility for bloodshed. secretary of state john kerry condemned the violence and said it will not solve the ongoing conflict. >> today's events are deplorable. they run counter to egyptian aspirations for peace, inclusion and genuine democracy. >> secretary kerry said this was a pivotal moment for egypt. yesterday's violence dealt a serious blow to the efforts to reach some sort of compromise between the interim government and morsi supporters. john and diana. >> karen, thank you. >> army private bradley manning apologized during his sentencing hearing for one of the largest leaks of classified information in ugs in u.s. history. he told the court he was sorry, and he talked about his troubled childhood. two experts said manning's gender identity disorder contributed to his actions. manning had e-mailed a picture that he had of himself wearing a wig and lipstick and e-mailed it to a psychologist said that manning was struggling under extreme c

to support the opposition coalition led by mohamed elbaradei. sharif has been involved in monitoring egyptian elections in cairo and has worked as a freelance journalist. in 2004 he was honored by the center for human rights for his work in defending freedom of expression in egypt. on my right is adel iskander, who was a scholar of arab studies whose research focuses on media and communications. he is the author and editor of several works, including "al jazeera, the story of the network that is rattling governments and redefining modern journalism." and "edward said." his most recent publication is the anthology "egypt in flux, essays on an unfinished revolution." you probably should've have waited to finish that book. he teaches at the center for contemporary arab studies and communication at georgetown university in washington, d.c. we will ask sherif to start. this meeting is being held today because the c.p.j. is launching its report on press freedom in egypt. the report is called "on the divide, press freedom and risk in egypt." there are

host: mohamed elbaradei, the vice-president, resigning as a result of what was happening.e than 3500 individuals injured yesterday. the ambassador, who spoke in washington yesterday, outlined how egypt reached this point and what will have to happen next. here is a portion of what he said yesterday about how egypt reached this point. polarization in the country. an environment of political islam, discrimination, religiousism, on basis, not only between muslims and christians, but also between sunni and portia, between whoever is not muslim brothers, and who is muslim brothers. time, we found this kind of polarization is affecting the human relations between the people themselves. behavior, which is well known with a peaceful attitudes, is changing. second, complete absence of security. the rate of crime has risen dramatically and people started to feel, for the first time in history of egypt, that we are on safe and -- unsafe. why? the police were fragmented. in january, presents were opened, weapons were smuggled, all prisoners were out. this is another long story. the fa

mohammed elbaradei said he could not go along with the crackdown on protesters. >>> model gia allemand who was on the reality show the bachelor died in an apparent suicide. tmz reporting she and her boyfriend hit a rocky patch. he is the one who found her hanging in her new orleans home. she had been in critical condition in the hospital for two days before doctors took her off life support. she was 29 years old. >> tom brady goes down clutching his knee. take a close look. it was all caught on camera. >> oh no. >>gretchen: it happened during a joint practice with the tampa bay buccaneers. he was able to walk off the field. doctors say it was a sprain. he's listed as day to day but expected to practice. the injury could mean more preseason playing time for tim tebow who celebrated his 26th birthday yesterday. >>> new details about the fast and furious scandal. three more guns were discovered at crime scenes in mexico. the rifles were train to a gun shop -- were traced to a gun shop in arizona. the government encouraged that shop to sell weapons as part of the botched gun running operat

to cite a few examples, mohamed elbaradei was the most prominent liberal politician backing the coup on july 3. he resigned following the massacre on august 14. he was immediately attacked viciously in the media by the military and former regime. charges have now been brought against him for reaching the national trust and he is now in austria staying outside of egypt to avoid prosecution. movement hasouth long been seen as a threat by the military. they were seen as instrumental in the 2011 evolution -- revolution. some of the leadership of this movement in recent weeks has been critical of the military, including of the violence that we have seen in the last couple weeks. just a few days ago, we saw the --lic prosecutor in egypt two were under investigation of charges for espionage for receiving foreign funding for activism. becausea note not only it shows the military attacking its critics, but also both of these young women had been supportive of the military actions in the past couple months including supportive of the coup, but nonetheless, we are seeing preemptive actions by t

mohamed elbaradei resigned, but very few figures have so far left the government or splintered their coalition. the second event that many predicted would erode support significantly for the military was the release of former president hosni mubarak from prison. he was released last week, and i think that has had, as of now, less of an effect than many expected. we will see in the weeks and months ahead, it's possible that he may be cleared of charges including for killing protesters in 2011, and that might spark more of a reaction. i think one major challenge for the military will be to respond to economic pressures. the rising discontent against morsi and his government came in large part from his government's inability to address egypt's economic woes. i think egypt's military will, you know, i think we've seen those signs that they're ready to undertake serious chick reform -- economic reform. instead, they seem to be counting on the largess of the gulf states, namely saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to sort of help them kind of hold egypt's economy together. but but be

in this new, the associated press reporting mohammed elbaradei has resigned to protest the deadly policeaults against to student protest camps. dei submitted his resignation today. the white house released a statement on the fighting thing and strongly condemned the violence crackdown and opposed the country's state of emergency law. white house deputy spokesman talked about the administration's response to the situation in egypt during today's briefing with reporters. here is a look. >> the united states strongly condemns the use of violence against road testers in egypt. we extend our condolences to the family of those who have been killed and two the injured. we have repeatedly called on the egyptian military and security , ands to show restraint for the government to respect the universal rights of its citizens, just as we urged protesters to demonstrate its silly. -- demonstrate peacefully. the violence will only make it more if called to build a lasting stability and evocative. tois rightly countered pursue reconciliation. we also strongly oppose a return to straight ever merges th

mohammed al bare ra die quit in protest over the blooding crackdown. elbaradei tendered his resignation in a letter toed aly monso monsour. he said he couldn't accept responsibility for the way the interim leadership has acted. he was reluctant to use force to remove morsi supporters. he called on the opposing sides to resolve the crisis through dialogue. leaders from the u.s. and the united nations have also condemned the crackdown. they say it will push egypt further into turmoil. u.s. secretary of state john kerry issued a statement denouncing the heavy-handed actions of security forces. >> the united states strongly condemns today's violence and bloodshed across egypt. it's a serious blow to reconciliation and the egyptian people's hopes for a transition towards democracy and inclusion. >> white house spokesperson josh earnest said the obama administration was likely to suspend its financial aid. the u.s. will give egypt $1.5 billion this fiscal year. most of it will go to the military. u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon said he sympathized with egyptians wh