your -- after the this i am representing all egyptians whatever they are inside or abroad. >> mohamed morsi, egypt's new president. will he unify the country? so many are still suspicious of the muslim brotherhood. cnn's chief international correspondent and abc world news global anchor christiane amanpour in cairo. what is morsi promising the egyptian people and do they believe him? >> reporter: hala, that is the impression for the majority of egyptians. we have so many people in tahrir square still celebrating. this will go on a long time. they have fireworks, people streaming in from all over cairo and other parts of egypt, they're celebrating as well. mohamed morsi was urged to embrace all egyptians and work for national reconciliation. his speech, as you mentioned, did say he would be the president for everyone, christians, minorities, women, listed all elements of society, army, police, intelligence service, teachers, farmers, he went on and on embracing all egyptians. the truth of the matter is half the country did not vote for him. 48% voted for ahmed shafik. they want stability and

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

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

i mean, i think a lot of people -- and even a lot of people that are happy that mohamed morsi and not shafiq is president, will admit this is a slightly bittersweet moment. to a large chunk of the egyptian electora electorate, the choice between morsi and shafiq was a depressing choice, was a mubarak-era choice. it was a sine thgn that we have gone as far as we would have liked to now. i think a lot of people -- the core son stit core constituencies of each people. anybody but shafiq voting for morsi. >> let me ask you what your personal reelection was today as you saw people pour into tahrir square once again at the announcement that mohamed morsi, a former muslim brotherhood member, imprisoned himself by the regime of hosni mubarak, is now president when hosni mubarak is in prison. >> it was hard not to enjoy the irony of that no matter what you feel about the muslim brotherhood or mohamed morsi. today in tahrir square, it was infectious. it was huge. the crowds in tahrir as i left a couple hours ago were as large as they were on the night that mubarak resigned. i was impressed with

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

we are awaiting to hear the first remarks from the president-elect, mohamed morsi. when those comments come, we understand there will be some english translation. when they come we'll bring them to you as soon as we can. again another look at a very crowded tahrir square on a windy evening as you saw ben's hair blowing there which was a very hot day. perhaps these are indeed winds of change. >>> all right, the white house is reacting to egypt's election. it just released this statement, saying, in farther, "we look forward to working together with president-elect morsi and the government he forms on the basis of mutual respect to advance the many shared interests between egypt and the united states." >>> back here, in the u.s., tropical storm debby is strengthening off the gulf of mexico. the storm's path is uncertain but people living along the texas coast to the florida panhandle are all getting ready. louisiana is so concerned about the flooding, the governor has already declared a state of emergency. southeast of new orleans, plaquemines parish president said th

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

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

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

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 words on t

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 would s

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

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

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

in other news this is the most mohamed morsi celebrates victory after being declared egypt's first democratically elected president but he is poised to take office as a mere figurehead with the military still holding the reins of power. turkey locks horns was syria for shooting down a military jet as international pressure grows on damascus over the affair that's with nato leaders preparing to meet to discuss the incident. and as the world's most wanted whistleblower julian the songs waits to find out whether ecuador will grab more political asylum his next show is ready to air right here on our seat. it's three pm in moscow this is archie coming to you live on and he said no way with our top story president putin is back in the middle east after a seven year break his visit comes as russia steps up efforts to help mediate a solution to the conflict in syria but pressure also rising over iran's nuclear program. in tel aviv with the latest. the russian president has arrived in israel his first stop was in the coastal city of natanya where he inaugurated and monument to the red army it's estimated

. >> we turn now to egypt, where president-elect mohammed morsi has moved into his new office and workingew government. tens of thousands celebrated the results of the historic presidential elections in cairo's tahrir square over the weekend muslim brotherhood candidate morsi was declared the winner a week after the vote was held. he picked up 13.2 million votes, or 51%, beating out former egyptian prime minister ahmed shafiq, who received 12.3 million. in his victory address, morsi vowed to respect egypt's international obligations as well as human rights at home. >> i approach all the on this day we are witnessing. and which i have become thanks to god and your well, the president to all egyptians. and i will treat all egyptians the same and respect them equally. we will respect agreements and international law as well as egyptian commitments and treaties with the rest of the world. we will work to establish the press -- principles as well as human values, especially freedom and respect of human rights. the respect of women and family rights as well as children and to do with any discri

mohammed morsi has won the presidential runoff.olice presence in tahrir square, worried about what would happen, what protesters would do. we'll give you any developments as they come up. >>> back to local news. hundreds of thousands of people showing their pride in san francisco, one the biggest celebrations in the world. the parade kicks off at market and beale at 10:30, followed by the main stage celebration at civic center from 11 to 6 p.m. several streets will be closed off and parking may be a problem. >>> thousands of people celebrated last night in annual pink party. this year events organizers tried to ton it down by banning alcohol and hiring security guards move was meant to crack down on violence which has overshadowed the event for the past two years. >>> earlier, ed lee and nancy pelosi joined a long list of dignitaries for the installation of giant pink triangle at twin peaks. >> this isn't about tolerance. it's about respect. it's about taking pride. and that is what this weekend is about. >> the triangle was once u

extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, egypt's military rulers have announced an islamist, mohamed morsi will become the country's next president. members of the election commission announced the muslim brotherhood candidate won the presidential runoff held a week ago. tens of thousands of morsi supporters celebrated in tahrir square. morsi captured more than half the votes. he narrowly defeated ahmed shafiq the last prime minister under former president hosni mubarak. morsi is the first freely elected president in egyptian history and the first to represent an islamist movement. his victory sets up another chapter in the long struggle between islamists and the military. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline". i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us.

election officials said mohamed morsi beat his rival, ahmed shafiq with 51.7% of the vote. >> as the news crowds in tahrir square were waiting to hear. people see this victory as justice. for fellow egyptians who lost their lives fighting for freedom on this very square. 16 months ago, tahrir square became the frontline in the revolution to overthrow president hosni mubarak. in 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, mohamed morsi said their deaths would not be in vain. the u.s. trained engineer said that he would be a president for all egyptians. across town, supporters of shafiq appeared to be in a state of shock to hear the news of their candidate's defeat. they accused the generals of lacking the courage to stand up to the muslim brotherhood. for his supporters, the celebration picked up when the sun went down. >> there's no doubt the celebrations will go on for some time. but tahrir square will go back to being a protest camp and the muslim brotherhood resumes its

after all they have decided to elect mohammed morsi as the president.the united states needs now to be good to its work and also recognizing the history of the united states's involvement with mubarak's egypt needs to take a step back a little bit here and recognize that washington is profoundly unpopular and that it could do more harm than good by speaking out as forcefully as some suggest. >> what will be the reaction with the rest of the arab world and turkey and iran. >> well for the... now i think that the whole region people are no longer talking about the turkish model. it used to be for us five, ten years for people who are studying and commenting democratization in the arab world and the muslim world everybody was talking about the turkish model. now i think we are going to have the egyptian model in which you have a revolution where a change into civil rule without waiting for decades until the military is no longer. until you have really a party or a candidate that is elected by the people themselves. and that is a very important affected sof

>> just now the white house announced the president called mohammed morsi and wished him well. congratulated him and said he wants to work together with him on egypt's transition to democracy. u.s. officials are watching events, lester. they're saying so far, so good. they're impressed that dr. morsi promised tonight to abide by international treaties, that means not breaking egypt's important historic treaty with israel. he also committed to observe women's rights and minorities right, as richard said. and said he plans to be the president of all the people. will he honor those commitments? administration officials say their greatest leverage is, egypt's economy collapsed after the revolution. morsi needs us, they need billions of dollars in u.s. aid and imf loans if his government is going to have any chance of surviving. today, john kerry, who's done a number of delegate missions for the white house, revealed he recently went to cairo, he had two very candid talks with morsi, and morsi acknowledged the central issue facing his future is economics. kerry believes that morsi u

when this revolution began a year and a half ago, in this square, mohamed morsi was behind bars. today morsi was touring president mubarak's old office, even sitting down in his old chair testing it out for size. critics say that the rise of the muslim brotherhood to power will be absolutely disastrous for this country, turning egypt certainly anti-israeli and perhaps anti-american as well. brian? >> all of that will deserve watching over the coming days. richard engel in tahrir square tonight. thanks. >>> still ahead, as we continue along the way on this monday night the mean season. the fires in the american west so bad now half the nation's firefighting aircraft are all working in one state. >>> later, let the games begin. it looks like michael phelps might have met his match. a great rivalry in the pool. on the road to london. >>> as we mentioned we've got a dangerous situation in the american west. conditions are bad. red flag fire warnings are posted from kansas all the way west to california and in colorado it's downright urgent. 11,000 people evacuated right now tonight,

muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi has been declared the winner of egypt's presidential electionouncement was met with massive cheers by,000 sanz of his supporters who gathered in tahrir square. morsi defeated ahmed shafiq. >>> turkey's foreign minister says syria gave no warning before shooting down a turkish military jet that strayed into syrian territory. turkey is accusing syria of spreading disinformation about the friday incident and says the plane was unarmed and not sending hostile signals. turkish boats and helicopters are searching for the plane's two-man crew inside syrian waters. >>> tropical storm debbie is on a bath for the u.s. gulf coast. the storm is packing winds of 60 miles per hour. louisiana's plaquemines perish is preparing for a state of emergency. >>> days after being sworn in to fill gabrielle giffords' seat, congressman ron barber held a congress on your corner event in tucson. it was the same type of gathering in which barber, giffords and 17 others were shot in january last year. six people died in the massacre. hundreds of people attended yesterday's

polls for a presidential runoff between shafiq and the muslim brotherhood presidential candidate mohamed morsi after thursday's ruling, morsi vowed to stay in the race but said that any foul play in the election would be met by a new revolution. >> we will continue with our journey. if there's any fraud, we already know the consequences will be, the revolution against the criminals, against those who protect the criminals. a revolution until the goals of the january 25 revolution are fully achieved. >> after the ruling, protesters gathered outside egypt's constitutional court. >> this ruling is void. but what logic earthjustice can the one who killed our brothers and the person behind the battle and the one part of mubarak's regime and said mubarak is his role model, by what logic and we returned to the old regime? where is the justice in that? no revolution in the world brings back a tyrannical regime. this military council wants to bring back the old regime and us to return to being subservient. we will not go back. we will continue to struggle against ahmed shafiq. >> to find out more about

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