mohamed morsi elected president of egypt. once again, live pictures from cairo's tahrir square, the place to be to see egyptian history in the making. remember what it looked like in february last year, as the crowd reacted to news that the then president hosni mubarak had stepped down. here was the scene sunday when morsi supporters heard the announcement of his victory. a sense of what it was like to be in tahrir square at that very historic moment. >> reporter: to say there's a celebration in egypt would be an understatement. just a little while ago, the supreme presidential election commission announced mohamed morsi is egypt's next president. as you can see, thousands and thousands of people are here in tahrir square celebrating. it was just over a year and a half ago protesters came to this square to overthrow president hosni mubarak. is the actually the first time egypt has ever ever had a democratically elected president. just to show, the guy who handed me this poster of mohamed morsi, saying he is the man that's goi

they fear mohammed morsi. they fear what will become of the role of women, the role of secular government, the peace of israel's relationship with the west. on this day at this moment i suppose they're being outvoted, aren't they, by the crowd around them? >> the crowd right here, i have to say, is a good mixture of men and women. old, young. but you are not seeing some of the strict single demographics that we've seen in the past. this is definitely a good mixture. right now a lot of people are thinking about those issues. these are definitely important issues that will need to be addressed as the muslim brotherhood -- as mohammed morsi now takes the presidency. these will be issues that people will definitely talk about. for right now, there's just celebration, jonathan. it is one big party here in tahrir square. it's really hard to hear them. to hear over the rapture right now. it's so loud. >> ian lee in tahrir square. if you're just joining us, here are the numbers according to egypt's higher presidential

no congratulations for mohamed morsi.israeli officials say, you know, this came -- it wasn't unexpected and, listen, the question is not whether muslim brotherhood likes israel. israel knows exactly how the muslim brotherhood feels about them. the question is, how are they going to deal with israel going forward? now that they're in power, will they be vindictive towards the west, towards israel? will they try to be more pragmatic? israel really doesn't know who he's going to appoint to have contacts with this government. is he going to delegate contacts from the military, or is he going to have a foreign minister not from his party, not from his supporters that will possibly deal with israel? relations are not very good right now. they're likely to be kind of a little bit frozen for the time being. they say that -- israeli officials tell me they expect president elect morsi to have to deal with real, immediate, domestic, pressing issues. the economy, uniting the nation, and they'll have to see how the relationship shakes

the winner in the election, the run off has been declared, mohamed morsi. a former muslim brotherhood official, gives egypt its first islamist president and you are now looking live in tahrir square as many members of the muslim brotherhood and their followers are cheering. glee fully cheering the nize that morsi, imprisoned under hosni mubarak's tenure has won election as egypt's president and faced former prime minister ahmed shafik and there are questions about the military because many see them as grabbing power and dis solving the parliament. he's 60 and was educated at an engineer in the u.s. and leland vittert standing by in tahrir square with the latest. , the reaction there that he has won? >> reporter: clearly, eric, the reaction from crowd behind me, in tahrir square, the last time we heard this kind of roar was the night hosni mubarak resigned from power, 16 months ago, the crowd here is going wild. behind me, mostly this is made up of the muslim brotherhood group. and, the salafists, harder-line version of muslim brotherhood, that have been cam

again here, mohammed. >> come on, mohammed. >> mohammed, the other concern -- you just come back from europe. we got a deal. i have to tell you, i woke up on friday morning thinking not to expect the deal of the magnitude that they seem to have arrived at in europe which we're going it talk about later in the show. as far as my storm metaphor goes, did the storm over europe weaken a little bit? >> it did weaken but it's still there. we got a deal and they made important decisions. they didn't make the breakthrough. why is that important to us? totally agree with steve. you can put the positives clearly for the u.s. first as an engineering solution to our problems. unlike europe where the engineer is really difficult. yes, cash balances are lower but they're still high. but thirdly, we have a massive technological shock positive in terms of shale gas. all this is important. but it will not be triggered to a full extent unless we get the political side right. i hope he's right. i hope we can move this political dysfunction. if we don't, then the storm over europe is going to start havin

only 50% of the electorate turned out and mohammed morsi only won 52% of that. so we're talking about somewhere between 25% and 26% of those egyptians eligible to vote actually voted for him. and many egyptians were unhappy with the choice that they were given in the second round. on one hand, mohammed morsi of the muslim brotherhood, an organization many feel is too ideological, too religious. the other choice was a holdover from the regime of hosni mubarak. i know one egyptian who told me that he would vote in this election, but he would do it wearing surgical gloves and holding his nose because he didn't like the choices that were being presented. >> ben, what about women? there had been many women who had expressed their concerns that many of their rights that they have and enjoy right now would be taken away if mohamed morsi, muslim brotherhood party were to be elected and here we are. so are women expressing that same sentiment prior to the vote? >> certainly there's a large sector of the population where women and others who were concerned about the attit

cal he'll mohammed is a slice of life. public library schomburg center for research in black culture. >> i want this center to be as aggressive and as well positioned as possible to be a resource to anyone who has questions about the kind of country we live in and the kind of country that we can live in. >> cal he'll mohammed is a respected scholar and author. is he also the great grandson of elijah mohammed, founder of the country of islam. >> given that i was want yet 3 years old when he passed, i have never tried to claim more connection to him than my biographical connection. >> as it turns out, mohammed took office during the same time the schomburg featured a special from its featured collection on malcolm x. >> my great grandfather malcolm x helped to create the space in this country necessary for the real change that took place in 1960s. >> keeping history like that alive for generations to come is only one of his goals. >> what's special and perhaps unique about kalil mohammed is that he is not only a brilliant sc

dr mohamed morsi addressed this situation because there were many concerns. about the relation with israel and he stressed very clearly that he would be respecting all commitments. with between egypt and the outside world that was said generally but of course everybody knows that he means the david treaty and that he means to respect the peace process and the peace which has been established with since the camp david treaty. all right live from cairo use of third war an editor in chief of the country's only christian newspaper thanks for that. the anxious wait for it continues i should say for wiki leaks founder julian assange over ecuador's decision on whether to granted political asylum i mean lost his u.k. supreme court appeal he's facing extradition to sweden on sex crime allegations but fears eventual transfer to the u.s. where you could face the death penalty for leaking thousands of government secrets meanwhile the next edition of his political show airs on tuesday right here on our t.v. star firth has more. julian assange has just spent his six nights

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you're looking at live pictures from cairo egypt where they are celebrating as the muslim brotherhood mohamed morsi is named of the country's new leader. how's that terry kerry how was it square and the country that made this. democratic election. just. turkey calls an emergency nato meeting to discuss how to respond after syria shot down one of its fighter jets says the plane could have strayed into syrian airspace while on a training flight. wiki leaks editor and the world's top whistleblower julian assange awaits ecuador's decision on his bid for political asylum. recapping the week's top stories and looking at today's top headlines this is our team with the weekly glad to have you with us muslim brotherhoods mohamed morsi has been named egypt's new president the islamist leader gathered up to fifty two percent of the boat votes after a runoff with mubarak era prime minister ahmed shafik parties in tahrir square with the latest. the mood here is just simply electrifying when those results were announced that mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood is egypt's next president the crowd here w

right now you're looking at live pictures from cairo egypt celebrates as the muslim brotherhood's mohamed morsi is named to the country's new leader. house. where. nato meeting to discuss how to respond after one of its fighter jets says the plane could. while on a training flight. wiki leaks editor and the. decision on his political asylum. stories and taking a look at your top headlines this is our team glad to have you with us we start in egypt where muslim brotherhoods mohamed morsi has been named egypt's new president the islamist leader gathered up to fifty two percent of the votes after a runoff with mubarak era prime minister ahmed shafik parties. square with the latest. the mood here is just simply electrifying when those results were announced that mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood is egypt's an ex-president the crowd here would simply mad and since then they've been cheering they've been shouting they've been waving flags i won't cost a group of women who had linked arms and were crying they've been men and knelt down and where there's this constant explosion of fire word

mursi he has told the protest camp in an attempt to try and gain support from them and mohamed mercy has said that if he was elected president he would try it back on trial and have him executed many people though are scared that the muslim brotherhood may hijack their revolution and bring in their own religious conservatism the other candidate who is mubarak's last prime minister has warned that the muslim brotherhood would take egypt back to the dark ages many people though do not trust him seeing him as part of the old regime. here with r t a live from moscow later this hour we'll look at what the future holds for rallies in russia that parliament is still debating imposing tougher penalties for violations take public gatherings we tell you how the fines might grow if the last. person painting by numbers we tell you what portion of the auction sold part turns out to be fake and why most collectors calm out of their money choose to keep i have. going to return to cairo for one of our top stories this hour thouse. of people if not tens of thousands out on tucker square let's get the

they weren't all supporters of the muslim brotherhood or its candidate mohammed morsi. they came toer the we are, at a irrelevant square and home to the sell great a turning point in egypt's history the country's first truly democratically elected president .. having been there right from the beginning, what does this day mean to you? >> i tried to -- i tried -- i thank god, i can't express anything, and this is just, we still have a lot road, long road ahead. >> it was close, election officials said mohammed morsi beat his rival former military general shafik with only 51 percent of the vote. >> the crowd in at a we are, at a irrelevant square, see this as justice for fellow egyptians who lost tha their lives while fighg for freedom in this square. >> the square became a front line in the revolution to over throw president hosni mubarek, and the scene of deadly clashes between pro democracy demonstrators and forces loyal to the regime. more than 900 people were killed. >> in his victory speech, mohammed morsi said their deaths would not be in vein. the u.s. trained eng

and now, mohammed morsi has won the presidency. the big question going forward is what is the army going to do here isn't army is in charge of this country. they dissolved the parliament. they said they will rewrite a new constitution. so the question is: will they end up giving power to the muslim brotherhood. and if they don't, which many experts say is possible and will make morsi only a figurehead, will the massive crowd continue to protest and riot? to give you a perspective here, the crowd from our position is well more than a quarter mile away. it continues to grow. and we can hear the roar. these people are very excited. but it's a very different group than the liberal, secular, democratic revolutionaries we saw 16 months ago. mohammed morsi has a very hard-line, islamist following, especially among the poorer members of this country, where the muslim brotherhood has a very powerful political machine. this is crittedical for egypt and this changes the political landscape of the middle-east. egypt was always an ally of the u

mohamed morsi. what mohamed morsi did now and he's. the head of the count i see this as a little victory. to their revolution as someone who was with us in the square and someone who would struggle against the system. for their boss here. despite the differences between. us and them. among muslim brotherhood but it's a better then someone from the old regime. so. yeah just just for this story continue. from my how i told you of lucian continues and process of change. will continue and our struggle against. any of the egyptian revolution when it will continue and i think the muslim brotherhood will do a good job in that because they learn from their mistakes in the us ok somebody thank you very much and if you time somebody called the revolution activists there in karachi thanks for your thoughts your welcome is all to live here it will stay with you twenty four hours a day two russian landing craft are ready to head to the syrian port of told to use to protect its naval base and citizens there if needed the sources from the russian nav

mohamed morsi has been declared the first ever democratic elections.e is a strict muslim and bound to honor all international agreements. make sure to watch at the top of the hour for reports on this historical election. >>> sparks of another new wildfire quickly burning 2500 acres in the mountains of colorado springs. the entire town of manna ttu springs, 4,000 residents nearly forced to evacuate. >> it has been such an exhausting couple days for folks living in colorado springs, about an hour south of denver. you can see what's happened to their mountain backdrop. all sorts of smoke up there. about 11,000 people have been evacuated in and around the colorado springs area. that fire continues to burn out of control at this hour. zero percent containment. what we're hearing from fire crews today, they don't plan on getting any hope for containment, however, they're using point protection. simply, what that means, they're trying to protect any infrastructure. there's a cell phone tower on top of the mountain. doing drops with helicopters, dropping 400 g

, always great talking to you, mohamed el-erian, c.e.o. of pimco. >> tom: a big change today for america's immigration policy. president obama announced new rules allowing certain immigrants to be spared deportation. immigrants affected are those who came to the united states illegally as children. >> effective immediately, the department of homeland security is taking steps to lift the shadow of deportation from these young people. >> tom: it could affect up to 800,000 people. if they qualify, they would be allowed to work and live in the u.s. for up to two years and could be eligible for extensions. republican presidential frontrunner mitt romney said he preferred a legislative response on immigration. >> susie: a high profile former goldman sachs and proctor and gamble insider, rajat gupta was convicted today. he was found guilty of conspiracy and securities fraud for sharing confidential information and making millions in the process. the conviction marks a big win for insider trading watchdogs: gupta faces up to 25 years in prison and

they show 52% of those votes went to mohammed morsi. that would be radical change for this country, the first time the muslim brotherhood has ever held power in egypt, the biggest country in the arab world. they want to impose islamic law. it is openly hostile to israel, no friend to the united states, although it has been trying to appeal to u.s. lawmakers and the white house with different delegations. that's on the muslim brotherhood front. the military here is clearly nervous about a muslim brotherhood victory. that's why in the late hours last night, just as it seemed that the muslim brotherhood was poised to win, the military issued this surprise statement, curtailing the powers dramatically of the new president, saying that the president wouldn't have the power to declare war on any other country, and wouldn't have the power to make key changes in the military. so the military is trying to protect itself against any kind of purge. so a power struggle has now been set between mohammed morsi who will want to assert its authority an

top vote-getters from first round of the presidential elections, the muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed mursi and the former or the last prime minister under mubarak, ahmed shafiq, who is a career air force officer. the outcome of this election has caused a lot of disturbances within egypt, as many of you have probably seen from the media reports just in the last 24 hours. there were demonstrations in tahrir square and also the burning of ahmed shafiq's campaign headquarters. the two -- the conventional wisdom prior to this election was that the former foreign minister and former secretary-general of the arab league would have been a top vote-getter as well as fe tewell, but they did not reach those positions. many of the egyptians who led the efforts in tahrir square a year and a half ago are upset with the outcome, but we don't really know what's going to take place in the coming weeks. to make matters even more complicated, we don't even know the presidential powers. there was a committee to draft the new egyptian constitution, but one of the egyptian higher courts said that this pan

mohammed was laid out for burial at a relative's house. his father said he'd only been playing in the street. when word got out, neighbors came by the hundreds to view the boy in a box. that sound you hear is a pledge to overthrow the dictator or die trying. and now in this country, people who believe they got cancer working at ground zero after 9/11 have long battled for help from the government. tonight it appears they're about to get it. jim axelrod tells us about a government proposal to expand a health program for 9/11 related illnesses. >> reporter: the rescue and recovery workers who toiled at ground zero in the months following 9/11 and then got cancer have waited years for the government to take care of them. firefighters jik jeff stroelhein now retired on disability. do you feel the cancer you developed started down there? >> oh, yeah, there's no question about that. i don't... you know, i can't see how they were saying anything else. >> reporter: he worked at ground zero for several weeks after the attack. a decade later he was

is a mess to mohamed morsi celebrates victory after being declared as egypt's first democratically elected president but he's poised to take office as a figurehead with the military still holding the reins of power. key locks horns in syria for shooting down a military jet as international pressure grows on the massacres over the affair with nato leaders preparing to meet to discuss the incident. and the world's most wanted whistleblower tuna sandwich to find out where the ecuador will grant and political asylum his next show was ready to go on air right here on r.t. . around the world and around the clock this is. egypt's president elect mohamed morsi is set to begin forming a new government after being announced on sunday as the country's next leader he would celebrations agree to the delayed results showed he beat the barracks last prime minister ahmed shafik by around four percent merci has pledged to bring unity and resigned from the muslim brotherhood to become a nonpartisan leader but the authority of the office he seems is determined by the military which holds lawmaking powers aft

he's mohamed morsi, a civilian, and a member of the muslim brotherhood. for the united states, these are also uneasy times. america gives egypt $1.6 billion a year and depends on it to keep the peace in the middle east. and stability throughout this region. morsi has assured the united states, and he told me in an interview, that he will respect egypt's peace treaty with israel. and you will respect that treaty? >> yes, of course, i will. >> reporter: as far as security is concerned, it's the u.s.-backed egyptian military that's still very much in charge. so who exactly is this new president? mohamed morsi went to university in the united states. where he earned a ph.d. in engineering at usc. two of his sons were born in the u.s., and they are american citizens. so what will his presidency be like? some people are worried, including egyptian women. >> if he will not fulfill his commitment, the people will react against him. >> reporter: mohamed morsi has now resigned from the muslim brotherhood, well aware of the fears of many people here in egypt, as wel

the wait is over of the muslim brotherhood's mohammed morsi named egypt's next leader of this is live video from cairo's tahrir square where thousands are cheering after the country's first post poll. how's that telling time is tough it's where the country senate made the first post democrats you can except all of the details in just a few moments. turkey denies spying insisting its military jets shot down by syrian forces friday was on a training flight as nato is set to investigate. and the world's top whistleblower julian a songe waiting for his fate to be decided by ecuador after he's asked for asylum in the country's london embassy. nine pm in moscow i matras or bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news here on r t and islam is mohamed morsi has been elected egypt's new president the muslim brotherhood's candidate cleared near the fifty percent of the vote after the runoff last week his rival the mubarak era prime minister ahmed shafik secured just forty nine to forty eight percent parties paula so here is in cairo's tahrir square with all the latest so paul

live pictures from the egypt where the wait is over the muslim brotherhood's mohamed mercy naming the country's next leader. now for the tank top its plan and it seems that it might be noticed by democrats you can extend all the details just. turkey denies spying insisting its military jet shot down by syrian forces friday it was on a training flight as nato was set to investigate. and the world's top whistleblower julian assange waiting for his fate to be decided by ecuador after he asked for asylum in the country's london embassy. midnight in moscow i matras are bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t and islam is mohammed morsi has been elected egypt's new president the muslim brotherhood candidate won nearly fifty two percent of the vote in the runoff last week his rival the mubarak era prime minister ahmed garner just more than forty eight percent or he's powerless leader has the latest from tahrir square. the mood here is just simply electrifying when those results were announced that mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood is egypt's next pr

mohamed morsi went to university in the united states. where he earned a ph.d. in engineering at usc. two of his sons were born in the u.s., and they are american citizens. so what will his presidency be like? some people are worried, including egyptian women. >> if he will not fulfill his commitment, the people will react against him. >> reporter: mohamed morsi has now resigned from the muslim brotherhood, well aware of the fears of many people here in egypt, as well as in the united states. and sources tell me he wants to move away from being a religious representative to one who is worried about bread and butter issues for the people and to promote a progressive islamic democracy for this part of the world. diane. >> thanks so much, christiane amanpour. >>> back here at home, your money brings another day of good news about gas prices. the average price of a gallon of gas is now down 10 cents in the past week. $3.44 a gallon. here are the new projections. experts say gas could fall another 11 cents by the fourth of july. >>> and there is word tonight that "je

power, there are rumors that staff will maintain control of all the ministries. >> mohamed morsi hase. no one is under any illusion that these key ministries which recall the sovereign ministries in arabic, will be appointed really by the military council. there is no way, i believe, morsi winning in one other than tantawi as the defense minister. we will have to see. >> could be armed forces just call for a new election and for months and mohamed morsi would be out? >> yes. they made up the rules as they went along. this has been a flawed process from the beginning. a big failure was to except in march 2011 the military to oversee what was a transition to civilian democracy. >> and where is on the shafiq? >> apparently flew to the united arab emirates with his older children, some of his grandchildren, just after charges of corruption were opened against him. >> sharif abdel kouddous, great to have you back in new york. [captioning made possible by democracy now!]

egypt's newly elected islam is leader mohamed morsi set to form a government but despite celebrations concerns mount over a possible radicalization in. more pain in the eurozone cyprus set to ask for a rescue citing exposure to struggling greece well spain in turn is expecting one hundred billion euros worth of bailout cash. and is the world's top whistleblower julian a songe awaits ecuador's decision on whether it will grant him asylum the final edition of his groundbreaking interview show set to air here on r.t. . ten pm in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story russian president vladimir putin has called on both sides in the israeli palestinian conflict to resume talks to break the stalemate russia also increasing efforts to resolve the conflict in syria and he's tension over iran's nuclear program as putin starts his visit to the middle east the first leg of his tour in israel is where he begins with artie's paul asli are along for the ride. both leaders said that the talks had been frankenfood full and the most significant point made was the point

the winner in the election, the run off has been declared, mohamed morsi. former muslim brotherhood official, gives egypt its first islamist president and you are now looking live in tahrir sq