also comes as president mohamed morsi sacked his head of intelligence. he sacked the head of the republican guard, which oversees security. there was a lot of turnover right now within the security service, within the military. this is all coming as we have this conflict going on in sinai. a lot of people are wondering why he would fire his top military commander while an ongoing operation against militants is happening in the sinai, and why didn't he do this when he had a cabinet reshuffle just a couple weeks ago. so there is a lot of questions people are asking. right now it's safe to say that egypt is in a state of shock as this news comes out. >> so ian, lots of estions, lots of confusion. and while some reports he's fired them, in others he's asking them to retire, and at the same time morsi may be offering new posts, advisors to these two generals? what do we know about that? >> reporter: well, the two generals will be advisors. so really they won't have any of the power that they previously had. so it was kind of a consolation prize, if you will.

currently taking place in tehran and they were angered by egyptian leader mohamed morsi and called president assad's regime oppressive. rather divided u.n. security council tries again to break the syrian deadlock turkey was also invited to the ministerial meeting he's pushing for a buffer zone something russia and china strongly object to all of this as heavy battles continue. chancellor angela merkel is in china to drum up business and convince beijing that the euro is on the road to recovery says weaker eurozone states need to impose further cuts and reform. or if the pull scott is next with all the sporting action. thank you very much mr oriel sushi here is what's coming up in the world of sport. waiting game was fought out in moscow and. find out their group opponents in the champions league later on thursday after the moscow side we went about qualifying. game set and match kim clijsters calls time on her career after the fourth time grand slam winner loses to britain's laura robson in the second round of the us open. and on the way the paralympics officially kick off with twelve days

with tehran, i mean, that is unbelievable and is only going up, you talk about the unraveling, mohamed morsi, the president of egypt is about to go to tehran for the meeting on august 30th there. is it all falling apart? >> well i think there is a general strategic deterioration of american interests in the region and i think our allies like israel and friendly arab states are gravely concerned about what we see here. and the fact that somebody from the sunni muslim brotherhood can be making nice with mahmoud ahmadinejad in shia iran shows how great the threat is. always remember the saying from that part of the world: i against my brother, my brother and i against our cousin, all of us against the stranger. that is what is going on here. >> eric: and i imagine, ambassador, that we are the stranger? >> indeed. >> eric: and how do we deal with this? do you fear there could be a ra approachment after iraq and iran after 30 years and what dynamics can play into that when dealing with the iranian nuclear program? >> we have seen examples of that. let's not forget iran financed hamas and the gaza

by new egyptian leader mohamed morsi called president assad's regime oppressive. and on hold while the divided u.n. security council tries again because syria turkey was also on. the heavy. with the latest action from the world of sport. thank you very much rory welcome along to the sports headlines here is what we've got coming up. a waiting game spot at moscow and senate's in pages find out their group apartments in the champions league later on thursday after the moscow side and about change qualifying. game set and match kim clijsters calls time on her career after the four time grand slam winner loses to persons laura robson in the second round of the us open. and underway the paralympics officially kick off with twelve days of competition ahead interventions by viruses wheelchair fencing and blind football. stay in just three hours times and eight and spartak moscow will find out their opponents for the champions league group stages the muscovites joining the st petersburg side in the first round following a three two aggregate when i've offended but jake le

egyptian president mohamed morsi was shown awarding medals to his former top generals.u remember, tali, a defense minister in power after the removal of former leader hosni mubarak. on sunday it was announced he was sent to retirement. for more on the political shape up want to bring fawa from london. explain to us wloos this is just a show. have you this new video out and it looks like he is placing medals on these former generals. these are the folks that morsi basically said you got to go. what is the reality of what's happening on the ground? >> well, it is this symbolic show, suzanne. the fact is we may be witnessing the beginning of an historical shift in the balance of between between the military on the one hand and the civilian leadership on the other hand. remember, suzanne, the last 60 years the military was in charge. what mohamed morsi, the new president has been trying to do is assert the power of the presidency, the civilian leadership. this represents a critical moment in egypt's future. we have to wait and see how the balance of power will play itself o

chatter about this day because there's a lot of -- there's a protest scheduled against president mohamed morsi. there's been a push by different political parties saying that they're going to come out on that day to protest against the powers that they see that mohamed morsi is trying to get. that's a date to put on the calendar, to see if there is a fallout from this decision, if that affects the protest in the coming weeks. >> ian lee from cairo, thanks for that update. >>> let's talk about the u.s. presidential race now. with just 87 days left until election day, both candidates are packing their schedules with fund-raisers and campaign stops. mitt romney and his new running mate, paul ryan, are sturming in the battleground state of north carolina. they just wrapped up an appearance at a furniture store. tonight they fly to ryan's home state of wisconsin for a rally in the congressman's home district. and then the team splits up. ryan heading to iowa and romney flying to florida to resume his battleground bus tour. at every stop so far -- the economy has been the big focus. >> i've got good

well right now you are watching live pictures from beijing where it gyptian president mohamed morsi meets chinese president hu jintao morsi came to power in june after the ousting of hosni mubarak who'd been a loyal ally to the u.s. for decades after visiting china the president will head to the summit of the nonaligned movement in tehran becoming the first egyptian leader to visit iran in over three decades his trip to the islamic republic is seen by many experts as a major foreign policy shift for the arab world's nation lawrence davidson a professor of west chester university says more it sees action show egyptian wants to distance itself from the west what the egyptians are trying to do. there is sources of assistance particularly economic assistance if they can find financial and other sources. of resources outside of the united states then they're going to do it that was it's certainly leaning towards not only china. but on so maybe russia and also saudi arabia and the gulf morsi is teetering to that area because of financial need i would think that gyptian policy or chip gyptian ac

looking east egypt's new president mohamed morsi heads to china hoping to bad billions in economic deals after decades of the country being america's loyal ally gyptian leader says he's seeking a more balanced foreign policy. the british immigration system is under fire after more than one hundred fifty thousand illegal immigrants become unaccounted for after arriving in the country the home office is now promising a major review of its policies to tighten what's seen as a levy fit. some headlines next interview and today our speaks to an author and scholar at a major washington think tank andrew levin and he talks about the pitfalls of the american electoral system and barack obama's four year term in the white house. i. were sitting down with an author professor of philosophy and currently a senior scholar at the institute for policy studies and your living thank you very much for joining me you contributed to a book it's titled hopeless barack obama and the politics of allusion what was the allusion in your opinion and how did it get hopeless well obama of course campaigned on the ide

how big of a move was this for mohamed morsi and how are egyptians reacting? >> reporter: this was, egypt is in state of shock now. for the last two months we've been watching this power struggle between president mohamed morsi and the military. he eliminated his rivals within the military while keeping the military structure in tact. this move gives him all the cards. other than have presidential powers he now has legislative powers. he also has powers, a lot of influence over the writing of the new constitution. as one prominent political figure in egypt says he has super powers. with super powers comes super responsibility. anything that goes right or goes wrong will fall on his head. he cannot hide behind the military anymore. after this decision was made, the muslim brotherhood wanted to show their support for this decision. they called their supporters out to demonstrate to show that they support this decision. there's also an aspect of egyptian society that's very much afraid of what's going on. you have a president from the muslim brotherhoods with all

delegation has walked out on a session of the nonaligned movement in tehran after egyptian leader mohamed morsi called the syrian regime oppressive in his speech morsi added that assad's government had lost its legitimacy and urged attending nations to support the rebels antiwar activist sara flounders says morsi is trying to do america's bidding who didn't want to see the meeting go ahead. there was an all out effort to stop this made in an all out effort to blockade iran itself and to stop any country from having any economic political relations with iran whatsoever so over the very fact that one hundred and twenty nations thirty five heads of state have come to tehran for this meeting is an extremely short of them now will they all agree with each other no i don't think so. will this be a voice and a possibility for the future i think that potential is still there but we should be aware that there's big pressure. very much so on every one of the countries i can understand fully syria walking out the day our flight they seem absolutely changed and. there's every effort of the u.s. to interven

leader mohamed morsi who called president assad's regime oppressive. while he departed un security council tries again to break the syrian deadlock turkey was also invited to the ministerial meeting it's pushing for a buffer zone something russia and china strongly object to that says heavy. plus chancellor merkel is in china to drum up business to convince beijing that the euro is on the road to recovery but beijing says we care eurozone states need to impose further cuts and reforms. in the news team with more news stories for in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime paul is next with the sports. thank you very much bill welcome along the to the world of sports here is what we've got coming up european tool the draw for the champions league group stage has just taken place with zanny and spot finding out that continental opposition. splashing up the cash bond munich breaking windows legal record by signing spanish midfielder javi martínez for fifteen million dollars. and on the way the paralympics officially kick off with twelve days of competitio

step towards the east as the country's new president travels to china to seek economic assistance mohamed morsi will also be the first egyptian leader to visit iran in over three decades. by next year and speak to a scholar at a major washington think tank. he exposes the pitfalls of the american electoral system. four years in the white house. we're sitting down with an author a professor of philosophy and currently a senior scholar at the institute for policy studies and you're living thank you very much for joining me you contributed to a book it's titled hopeless barack obama and the politics of illusion what was the illusion in your opinion and how did it get hopeless well obama of course campaigned on the idea of hope and the possibility of change but he was skillful in turning himself into something like a rorschach figure which anyone could see whatever they wanted to see the changes were not certainly ruptures with the paris review. and they dashed at the expectations of virtually every constituency that supported him because they envisioned. transformations of american domestic and fo

delegations walked out on a session of the nonaligned movement in tehran after egyptian leader mohamed morsicalled the syrian regime oppressive in his speech morsi added that assad's government at last.

session of the nonaligned movement in tehran they were angered at a speech by the egyptian leader mohamed morsi who called president assad's regime oppressive syria's foreign minister said the comments amounted to inciting further violence in the country here on the program. he believes the statement was unbalanced. he didn't criticize the rebels at all i mean the rebels have been responsible for much of the violence in syria the government to but you know there were bombs going off this week a few people clearly didn't he didn't make any mention of that so i can understand the syrians feeling very green but what he said we got to bear in mind the fact that egypt receives about one point five six billion u.s. dollars in aid and on top of that back in august they received two billion dollars from qatar and of course the u.s. and it's hard to the leading hawks on syria so when you're receiving that much money from us in good times hardly surprising go to a summit and criticize syria is not a big surprise really so the new leader the new egyptian leader mohamed morsi are perhaps already. signaling

unusual to seal off the tunnels particularly under the presidency of the new egyptian president mohamed morsi who's muslim brotherhood party has close ties to hamas which rules the gaza strip what's more morsi has said that he is committed to improving the lives of ordinary palestinians now i've been down some of these tunnels and i can tell you that i've seen everything pass through them i saw because there was still fully intact i saw huge were for generators and even people the tunnels are a massive myth where everybody is somehow connected to everyone else and the people on top of the ground know what's going on underneath the ground they stay in constant contact they also noted sometimes by the egyptian security personnel who are outside the tunnels on the egyptian gaza border. well there's plenty more still ahead for you this here in r.t. including justice in the dock illegal weapons trading doesn't mean jail for everyone it seems we report on how tourists private u.s. security contractor avoided prosecution plus. more pain to this economy to more european companies have announced they

criticize syria but it was not a big surprise really so the new leader the new egyptian leader mohamed morsi are perhaps already. signaling his friendship with the west or possibly a war capitol hill as you say with his brow don't follow should you think that with the whole summit going on and you know one hundred twenty members of member states being represented here do you think they can come to something to resolve the ongoing crisis in syria. who are like you know what i think the key player in this rule is the u.s. i mean the u.s. is the main part of the skokomish that the u.s. and its allies which look at force as well and if we get a change of position from there i don't really see what the any movement can actually do and i think the ball's in the us court or we're getting i'm afraid from a washington is more sort of right wing rhetoric about arming rebels on the lease or rights today so unless we get a major shift there it's not going to help really and a great egypt position is helping at all it doesn't matter what media groups we set up which countries are on the key player in all

taking place in tehran they were angered by gyptian leader mohamed morsi who called president assad's regime oppressive. u.n. security council tries again to break the syrian turkey was also invited to the ministerial meeting it's pushing for a buffer zone something russia and china strongly object to heavy battles continue . in china to drum up business and convince beijing that the euro is on the road to recovery beijing says we eurozone states need to impose further cuts and reforms. but up next we talk to a nun who lived in syria for a decade and witnessed what the people went through when the first sparks of trouble ignited the war in-depth interview next. well today we're joined by sister agnes mariam of the cross she's founded a christian community had a monastery in damascus she's been living there and working there for the last twelve years thank you very much a sister for joining us today my first question is you've been there for twelve years working in damascus in syria iran different areas has there been a difference in your work throughout those years and in the recent m

president mohamed morsi is shaking it up and the country's strong leadership by replacing two key generals including field marshall mohammed hussein pentawi who is the most powerful man in egypt. he is the defense minister in power after the removal of former leader hosni mew bark and he was given a top medal and sent into retirement. that is right. for more, we are joined by ian lees in cairo. and ian, a lot of people look at this and say, political tsunami and game-changer in egypt. how does morsi and this guy survive? is there going to be any backlash when he has the top military general's out and his own people in? >> well, suzanne, he is definitely now the most powerful man in egypt and not only presidential power, but legislative power and enormous sway over the writing of the constitution. and people are wondering what will the military's response be? the military has been tight lipped so far, and in the past, we usually don't hear what the military is going to do until they do it. remembering back during egypt's revolution, we didn't know that the military was going to take over co

delegations walked out on the session of the nonaligned movement in tehran after egyptian leader mohamed morsi called the syrian regime oppressive in his speech morsi said that assad's government had lost its legitimacy and called on the attending nations to support the rebels syria's foreign minister slammed the comments as inciting further violence in the country my colleague spoke earlier to journalist and broadcaster neil clark who believes morsi is statement was on balance to best. he didn't could criticize the rebels at all i mean the rebels have been responsible for much of the violence in syria the government for another two but you know there were bombs going off this week that you know people clearly didn't he didn't make any mention of that so i can understand the syrians feeling very green by what he said you got to bear in mind the fact that egypt receives about one point five six billion u.s. dollars in aid and on top of that back in august they received two billion dollars from qatar and of course the u.s. a guitar or two of the leading hawks on syria so when you're receiving th

nonaligned movement currently underway in tehran they were angered at a speech by gyptian leader mohamed morsi who called president assad's regime oppressive the high hopes were put on the gathering of the states who don't consider themselves allies of major western powers and their ability to negotiate a solution to the syrian crisis as discussed the implications of this now with a journalist and broadcaster neil clark coming live on the program good to see you today sirius i report hello syria's foreign minister said that or more sees comments amount to inciting further violence in the country what do you think. well i think the problem i had we had this speech was it was so on balance i mean he didn't quit criticize the rebels at all i mean the rebels have been responsible for much of the violence in syria the government fair enough to but you know there were bombs going off this week at funerals twelve people killed he didn't he didn't make any mention of that so i can understand the syrians feeling very green by what he said but don't you agree that mean what morsi would have foreseen tha

not going to see the same kind of willingness for cooperation from the new egyptian president mohamed morsiwho comes from the muslim brotherhood that you saw in the past between his predecessor of course mubarak and tell of of as far as the situation in syria goes the ongoing violence has israelis concerned that should if bashar assad is toppled he could be replaced by al qaida the violence hasn't extended you get to the golan heights but certainly israelis are concerned about the toppling of a same troll control from within damascus they're also concerned that you could have chemical weapons falling into the hands of extremists elements in addition to those who have a massive control in the gaza strip you have hizbollah operating from lebanon all of this coming on top of an already volatile but dormant situation these are the israelis and the palestinians so certainly tel aviv is viewing with growing concern the volatile situation on its borders afraid that in a moment it could flare up of course here tel aviv. coming up in the program rags and ruin a bangladeshi clothes industry workers s

what i'm trying to fix the discuss with un alliance between the muslim brotherhood government of mohamed morsi and the scaf the. command of the. supreme command of the armed forces and egypt it is an alliance between the muslim brotherhood government which is backed by the big boards was easy and the military apparatus in egypt itself therefore these sackings which were compelled by the acknowledgment that the israeli and operation was in the knowledge of egyptian intelligence and they did nothing about this nothing to do act of course because they're complicit in it themselves it has to do with the human gas supply it has to do with the fact that something like sixty percent of the population not the official forty percent who live on less than two dollars a day that this corrupt oligarchy of the military which the muslim brotherhood government is servicing and facilitating is pitted against the egyptian masses and the israeli state is individually as is the united states linked to these events these are the class issues which on the line gyptian revolution which more sees government in conju

looking east egypt's new president mohamed morsi has arrived in china hoping to bad billions in economic deals after decades of the country being america's loyal ally gyptian leader says he's seeking a more balanced foreign policy. for british immigration system is under fire after more than one hundred fifty thousand illegal immigrants were called unaccounted for after arriving in the country the home office is now promising a major review of its policies to tighten what c.e.o.'s of the. next are danders the world of historic reenactment meets the would be soldiers taking to the battlefields of the past. in the early hours of a hot july dawn a group of unusually dressed people carefully head on to the shore of one of the journey up as tributaries there clad in servant military uniform from the days of world war two. in the summer of one nine hundred forty one on the crossing the. one hundred thousand people were killed while they were trying to escape the surrounding enemy. i witnesses say that the river ran red with blood for several days now candles float down the river. moscow's mili

president mohamed morsi has ordered two top generals to retire and two new officials have been swornn. the egyptian leader has cancelled a constitutional decree issued by the army limiting presidential powers. >>> lolo jones felt the heartbreak of finishing without a medal in the 100 hurdles in london but is still leaving london as o of the best known athletes at the games. i spoke to her about her performance and the pressure of being an olympian. how do you assess it all at this point? >> well, it's -- obviously i'm notuber thrilled with the results. i'm very pleased with my effort. i had a lot of setbacks. the injuries kept coming and i fought through it all. i made the team and when a lot of people said i wouldn't make the olympic team. so i'm just really proud of myself. it wasn't the fastest time i ran in my life but the fastest this year. >> you are an inspiration in so many ways. i know there is tremendous pressure an olympian puts on oneself, the coaches, corporate sponsors. from which has the pressure really been the toughest? >> well, i think you hit all of them. they are

warner: how big a move is this on mohammed morsi's part and why did he do it? morsi did this to roll back restrictions on his power that were put in place just before he was declared the winner of the presidential election in june. so he has overturned this supplementary constitutional declaration that gave the military broad political powers, and he also, of course, replaced the powerful defense minister who was in his job for more than 20 years, and the chief of staff as well as several others: the commander of the air force, the navy, et cetera. there was a whole bunch of military replacements. >> warner: if you look at it in the big picture, is is this president morsi trying to shift power, consolidate power in the presidency and to diminish the military? was it a question of getting rid of elevating people he thought were more loyal? >> it's a matter of putting the military back into the place that they occupied before president mubarak was removedn february 2011. so putting the military back into purely a military role and removing them from any extraordi

. >>> president mohammed morsi made the surprise move yesterday to order the retirement of the defense minister and chief of staff and commanders of the navy, air defense and air force. he canceled the military declared constitutional amendments that gave top generals wide powers. morsi also swor worry in a new defense minister and appointed a pro reform judge as new vice president. >>> a navy ship is in port dubai after colliding with a oil tanker. the ship was left with a gaping ten foot by ten foot hole in the starboard side after the accident. they say the porter can still operate on its own. they say the cause of the accident was being investigate. there were no injuries. >>> now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in ohio an alligator hammil allr is recovering after the animal he showed bit down on his arm. children were among those who watched in horror for 21 seconds until the reptile released its grip. >>> in florida crime is all in the family surveillance video shows what deps say was a mom and son theft ring. they allegedly stole more than

leon panetta declared his support for mohamed morsi when they met in cairo. morsi assumed the presidency in june. he was meeting with the defense secretary for the first time. panetta is believed to have reminded morsi to respect egypt's peace treaty with israel. that has been a diplomatic sticking point. the muslim brotherhood takes a tough stance on israel. pa net that pledged support for the egyptian military up to $1.3 billion a year but it comes with a condition. egypt must maintain peaceful relations with israel. egyptian officials say that morsi has sent a letter to israel pledging to restart middle east peace talks. >>> the office of the israeli president says that t letters suggests that egypt wants to work for security and stability for all people in the region. israelis have been concerned about how relations might change. but morsi's letter suggests he will respect the peace treaty. still, many israelis view morsi with suspicion. he has been holding discussions with hamas. >>> china's communist party leaders pledged to give priority to stable grow

. >>> in iran, egyptian president mohamed morsi urged the world in the matter of the rebels, which caused others to walk out in protest. >>> and a federal court blocking the identification law in texas that would require a photo id before casting the ballot, saying it would likely curtail the ability of minorities to vote. >>> and the defense department sent a letter to the former navy seal regarding the book he is about to publish regarding the raid in pakistan. the military is considering legal action. >>> and a cheating scandal at harvard university as dozens of students are being investigated for possibly copying answers on a take-home final exam. now if found guilty, they face a reprimand or suspension. >>> now, here is your first look at the morning's dish of scrambled politics. former florida governor jeb bush among the speakers on the final night of the republican national convention in tampa. he told voters to stop blaming his brother, george w. bush, at this gop convention. >>> and the former vp says it is time to eliminate the electoral college and have the popular vote to deci

members egypt's new leader mohamed morsi came to iran after more than three decades of no diplomatic ties transferring the summit's rotating leadership the un chief moves out the meeting despite u.s. objections says to iran can be much help in resolving the syrian crisis at the same time a special group of inspectors has been created by the united nations to monitor iran's nuclear facilities right as the rise of a poor things to iran is being courteous. the i.a.e.a. has a twenty four hour around the clock monitoring system off the facilities mr ban ki-moon can watch it from his office at the united nations so i think that is just a great courteous gesture on behalf of iran to invite him to the facility mr brime ki-moon does recognize the fact and he has said so this iran is a key player in the region and nothing much really can be solved q flowers hurons participation i'm sure that the united states and israel would like. to come down hard on iran but he's also aware of the fact there's two thirds of the countries that belong to the united nations are member countries of the nine ali

the president of egypt mohamed morsi is in iran today for the summit meeting of the 120-nation non-align it is the first iran visit by an egyptian leader in decade. >>> in florida they have agreed to have a new judge for george zimmerman's trial because the previous judge went too far with some negative remarks. zimmerman has pleaded not guilty in the second-degree murder of black teenager trayvon martin. >>> 11 people were injured when a car backed into a sidewalk. he said he was sorry and was not arrested. >>> the worst drivers in the u.s. are in washington, d.c. according to an annual survey by ail allstate insurance which say s drivers only go 4.7 years without accidents. meanwhile the safest drivers are in sioux falls, north dakota, where the average driver has an accident every 10.8 years. >>> in canada bat made a guest appearance flying through a studio during a newscast in ottawa. a young woman, a brave young woman who works in the newsroom eventually helped escort the bat out the side door. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow

. >>> in iran egyptian president mohamed morsi warned them. >>> a federal court blocked the voter identification law in texas that would require a photo i.d. before casting a ballot. >>> a letter was sent regarding the book he's about to public. the pentagon says the book is in violation of nondisclosure agreements he signed and the military is considering legal action. >>> and a cheating scandal at harvard university as dozens of students are being investigated for possibly coining answers on a take-home final exam. if found guilty, they face a reprimand or suspension. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow closed at 13,000 after tumbling 106 points yesterday. the s&p dropped 11. the nasdaq sank 32. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei stumbc stumbled 143 on hong kong the hang seng fell 70. >>> later this morning fed chairman ben bernanke finally gives the speech that has kept wall street frozen all week. investors have been waiting to see if bernanke gives clues as to the next round of stimulus from the centra

president mohammed morsi made the surprise news yesterday to order the retirement of the defense minister and the chief of staff and the commanders of the navy, air defense, and air force. he canceled a military declared constitutional amendment that gave top generals wide powers. morsi also swore in a new defense minister in a brief ceremony yesterday and appointed a pro reform judge as his new vice president. >>> a u.s. navy ship is at a port in dubai after colliding with an oil tanker in the persian gulf. the guided missile destroyer, the "u.s.s. porter" struck the straight of hormuz. it was left with a gaping 10 foot by 10 foot hole in the starboard side after the accident. it can still operate on its own while they assess the damage. the cause of the accident is being investigated but it was not combat related. there were no injuries. >>> now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in ohio an alligator handler is recovering after the animal he was showing at a county fair bit down and pinned his arm. the trainer had been walking around the gator when h