morsi is set to go into a runoff against shafik. the muslim brotherhood is looking to gain support from some of the revolutionary forces and the liberal forces that they distance themselves from over the past year-and-a-half. >> they had a turnout of roughly 47% in the parliamentary election, but since then we've seen the support that almost by half to only about 24% in the presidential election. i think how they make that is critical. the reason for the drop has been the perception, widespread among all of the revolutionaries, all the different movements within the revolution, that the muslim brotherhood has really been looking out for its own interests. at certain times when it suited the organization and its political wing, that it has cooperated with the government at the expense of the revolutionaries. and other moments when its own personal interests were being threatened, they then joined with the revolution against the government. >> this is a member of parliament. he briefly served as culture minister in shafik's cabinet, b

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two men who had recently shared front-runner status with morsi appeared well behind. abdel moneim aboul-fatouh's liberal islamist candidacy had attracted voters seeking to blunt the muslim brotherhood's political force. and amr moussa, a former foreign minister and arab league secretary general, finished with a small percentage of the vote. the runoff election is scheduled for the weekend of june 16 and 17 with a winner declared june 21. reporter nancy youssef is covering the elections for mcclatchy newspapers in cairo. i spoke to her a short time ago. nancy, thanks for joining us, so what's its reaction there? is it seen as a surprising result? >> yeah, people are really stunned here. the news started trickling in around 4:00 in the morning. and many people woke up and were shocked at the results. it you are a revolutionary you were particularly shocked because none of the revolutionary candidates appeared to make the runoff which means rather than sort of creating the great reform that they had hoped for, people are really voting for some of the past ideas, whether

well first of all this is that what we heard from the muslim brotherhood the same with mohamed morsi before the elections he says that he's lived by and he's committed you know to keep the peace treaty and peace. relations with israel and so this is the message that you are getting from the muslim brotherhood but this is not the question you see you have both statements and declare nations before the elections and that would say that those are only for the campaign. but when you are president of the not this is you have to take care and to take into account also the interest of the country and the interest of the countries to keep the peace treaty between israel and egypt. so you think that's going to happen you think it's just campaign words and that actually when a person is in office they're going to see the geo political reality of it all. well first of all any new president would have to take the geo political situation in the middle east the second point is we have to wait and see who is going to win between the two contenders there's a lot of still a lot of time in two and a h

morsi -- state. morsi is playing on fears that shafiq might be a reinvention of mubarak. that it is civil society versus the deep state. they need bold steps to build bridges and a stronger declaration. the problem is that since mubarak's oust, the brotherhood did not show that. losing the voice is very dangerous. this in at the center position -- losing the center position, more abstention, what will happen if the turnout is 35%? who will win? i am not speculating. i am not campaigning. i think shafiq has a coalition with a stronger group. he has a bleak business people. he has members of the -- he has elite business people. he has members of the ndp. two quick points. shafiq is closer. this might be a problem for morsi. shafiq will suffer from the parliament and some interviews. i know the muslim brothers are intentionally blocking some steps needed in the economy. the imf wanted to give egypt a loan. the muslim brothers insisted they are going to block it. they do not want the government to benefit. maybe having morsi with help. can we look at the deal between the musl

there were reports that the muslim brotherhood candidate morsi had offered him -- had offered to talkolitical alliance. now those reports were denied by the campaign of sabahi. so it seems right now talks, perhaps, or at least overtures are being made to defeat the prime minister. back to you. >> thanks so much. >>> and could the islamist front-runner in egypt's election try to turn the largest nation and american ally into another iran? our brian todd takes a closer look at the muslim brotherhood candidate. brian, so as holla points out, this is causing a fair amount of concern in lots of quarters, particularly in this country. >> that's right, a lot of concern among western observers, gloria. this man was the backup, the spare tire candidate. but when the leading man was barred from competing, mohammed morsi became the top choice for egypt's president and has a good shot as holla mentioned as beating hosni mubarak's ally in the runoffs. >> reporter: the prospect he could be egypt's next president might be unsettling to the u.s. and its allies. >> in person he's quite hostile toward

now who are fifty eight belongs to the former indeed the party and to the former mubarak regime and morsi belongs to the muslim brotherhood means that all of them belong to that evolution rather fortunately evolution evolutionary candidates did not win which means people are looking for something that we cannot understand as people involved in that evolution and i hope we can help them get to our you know to our battle sooner or later so there is a general sense of disappointment of course amongst the young people which are present the majority of the population but now everyone is asking who to vote for whom among. the two are on off. and i think most of that we will go for. just casting but we all recall those pictures hundreds of thousands of people filling tahrir square last year in revolt the world seem convinced that egyptians wanted the mubarak era gone for good to know why the ousted regime's last prime minister won so many votes when you put that two. years that's really strange you know how much a feat was involved in beating people into higher score during the revolution and he

the group's leader, mohamed morsi, is leading the presidential race. during campaigning, he advocated building a nation based on islam and repeatedly made remarks about restricting women's rights. his remarks posted on the internet are also proving controversial. >> reporter: in parliament, islamist lawmakers are submitting bills about women. including one that would limit the rights. the secular policies adopted by the mubarak administration helped women to participate in society. egyptian women are now feeling a sense of crisis and fear that an islamist president may sharply restrict their rights. kamel is a tv anchor and pro-democracy activist. she ran in the presidential election on a platform calling for a promotion of women's rights. she drew attention as the only female candidate, but she pulled out of the race after an islamist group threatened here and disrupted her campaign. she fears that resurrection against women in egypt have been getting stricter by the days since mubarak's fall. >> translator: islamic fundamentalists want to send women

muhammad morsi on the left is a member of the muslim brotherhood, a party once banned in egypt. the candidate on the right is a member of the old regime who served as prime minister. former u.s. president jimmy carter is in cairo where he is leading a delegation of observers. he's joining us right now over the phone. president carter, first, give me your impressions as you are a monitor there of these elections, your impressions of how this first free election has been carried out. >> well, i think in general terms, it's been okay. the egyptian people and all of the opposition candidates have seemed to agree that the election has been orderly, and that the people's will has not been subverted by any outside forces. it looks like it's been quite another major step toward full democracy and freedom in egypt to replace the dictatorship of the past. >> is it at all a concern to you or has it been expressed by others that the two two are in this runoff are two very polarizing figures? >> well, the muslim brotherhood is one of the major factors in the political situation here. i would

morsi finished on top in the first round. he won more than 24%. shafiq came second. the run-off campaign is expected to be a divisive showdown between the islamist and the secularist reminder of the old regime. >>> kofi annan is trying to salvage his plan to end the violence in syria. the joint envoy of the u.n. and arab league hopes to meet later in the day with president bashar al ashaud. assad. annan returns to damascus. they killed more than 100 people. many of the casualties were women and children. >> our goal is to stop the suffering. it must end, and it must end now. >> the government forces have not let up in their attacks. human rights activists say nearly 70 people were killed in the past two days. >>> police in tokyo are trying to find out what a chinese diplomat has been up to. they've asked the man to surrender himself for questioning. they suspect he obtained an identification card illegally. they are just not sure why. investigators suspect that a first secretary of the chinese embassy applied in 2008 for a registration card required for foreigners. d

setting the stage for a potential runoff showdown with mubarak's last prime minister islam is mohamed morsy supporters have already thrown down the gauntlet and their shoes at ahmed shafik calling him a remnant of the old regime. detention for seven hundred students mass arrests in canada's increasingly furious rallies over college fees quebec's government introduced emergency laws aimed at curbing protests which instead sparked further demonstrations. the time to shift gears now and head outdoors to the sunny skies with moscow out and everything warm to do in moscow. hello great things and good to see you again this week will be exploring the beauty of the call to keep the area of over six square kilometers it's one of the largest outdoor spaces in the russian capital of culture it's the ideal place to bring family friends what exactly is there to do here and why is the park so popular while that's. one of the oldest and largest parks in europe the area has a wide and varied history. the park gains its name from the. hunting ground for birds of prey and a place where the mosque and ability

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or a top official from the mubarak era the run off though between the muslim brotherhoods mohamed morsi and the former prime minister ahmed shafik will take place next month cairo based activist dalia ziada says that many egyptians are already disillusioned though with the ballot. there is a general sense of disappointment in the whole country people did not expedite that especially in those that we've reviewed unities did not expect that egyptians will vote for nor evolution the two candidates that have been chosen for the runoff means that all of them belongs to that evolution so there is a general sense of disappointment of course among young people which at present the majority of the population but now everyone is asking who to vote for after such a feat was involved in beating people into risk or during that evolution and he was a prime minister is that mubarak used to beautify is image in his last days before he leaves the fact that people are choosing him now probably they want to give him a new chance or probably zif. selected as a negative vote to morsi want to present is a mu

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morsi, dr. morsi, was educated in california. he's got a ph.d.ing from southern california tech, and he also is ordained of an engineering school here. he knows our country and in my conversations with him he's been quite the moderate and progressive. >> we pause today to honor americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice, giving their lives in war. but what about the children they leave behind? we're going to take you to good grief camp where kids can have fun and play while remembering mom or dad. from helping to revitalize a neighborhood in brooklyn... financing industries that are creating jobs in boston... providing funding for the expansion of a local business serving a diverse seattle community... and lending to ensure a north texas hospital continues to deliver quality care. because the more we can do in local neighborhoods and communities, the more we can help make opportunity possible. nice'n easy colorblend foam is winning top beauty awards hands down! with beautiful tones and highlights... no other foam lasts longer. and no other fo

. >> many fear a president morsi would use the brotherhood's control of parliament to turn egypt in antate. >> it's scary. >> the rise of muslim brotherhood isn't the only fear. across cairo, spray paint covered the faces of posters supporting shafik from the regime of former president hosni mubarak. students at cairo university led the revolution to oust mubarak last year. and a win by shafik or moussa will bring people back to the streets. >> we are going to see a revolution. >> results from this round of voting should be released sometime next week. barring a winner, the top two vote -getters head to runoff election in mid-june. most likely they will be a combination of the top two islamists in the race and also those two former mubarak regime members. bret? >> leland vittert live in cairo early thursday morning. thank you. >> spain's prime minister says his country urgently needs liquid funds and can't continue much longer with the current high interest rates. this as the 27 european union leaders met in brussels to keep a debt crisis from spiraling out of control. last night i spo

candidates, egyptian voters narrowed it down to two promising contenders: from the conservative mohammed morsino relation to morrissey. [ laughter ] he's a member of the muslim brotherhood, which is kinda like the sisterhood of the travelling pants, only they don't allow their sisters to travel, or wear pants. [ laughter ] he's facing off against secular former military officer and prime minister under hosni mubarak, ahmed shafiq, who promises to "restore security with an iron fist." which is why, if things don't work out for him in egypt, he could run for office in arizona. after all it's a desert, and they've already begun mummifying their current ruler. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] egyptians are so excited about these candidates, they're taking to the streets! >> in tahrir square last night thousands of young revolutionaries came out to protest. they said they do not like ahmed shafiq, the former member of the mubarak regime. and at the same time they certainly do not want the muslim brotherhood who is going to base the egyptian state on islamic law. >> some people are already chantin

that is the challenge morsi is facing. he can woo voters more easily than morsi. trying to monopolize the political [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> the mitt romney victory in the texas primary gives him enough delegates to capture the republican presidential nomination. yesterday, he campaigned in las vegas and that is next on c- span. after that, the white house medal of freedom ceremony and on this morning's "washington journal" the discussion on the presidential race and we will talk with the washington post reporter. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. deputy defense secretary ashton carter will talk about budget priorities and the possible effect of budget cuts in january that the white house and congress agreed to last year. live coverage is at 10:45 eastern here on c-span. later, a discussion on the 2008 financial crisis with a former chief economist. live coverage from the cato institute is at noon, eastern. mitt romney wrapped up the republica

. >> reporter: front runners include muhammad morsi of the islam brotherhood a fundamentalist group a fotuh is also in the race. a moderateslist w lt the brotherhood. other strong cteer a ahmed shafiq a former air force commander an prime minister and amr moussa. he's a former foreign minister and secretary-geral. egyptians voted in parliament e econbeeeas november and january. islamic parties won the largest share of votes. threlt of the votes should be known within the week. no one is likely to win a majority. so the first andecdla finishers will face each other next month in a no. e winner is to become egypt's first clearly elected president. tomoko yaguchi, nh world, cairo. >>> saudi arabia is one of the most conservative arab nations, especially when it comes to women's place in society. they have been long been banned wkn e service sector. but change is coming at least whent meto sling underwear. >> reporter: from the shopping mall, saudi arabia is a man dominated society in eryway. >> translator: women should defer to their husbands. >> translator: islam teaches that women belo

first free elections for president ever and now looks like there will be a run off in between muhammad morsi and a former general who was mubarak's last prime minister. do we support shafiq because he would maintain close relations with israel and the u.s. and block the muslim brotherhood from taking control of the entire country and possibly creating an islamic state? >> we can't weigh in on this, chris. there is strong antiamericannism in egypt for a whole variety of reasons but we have to stay out of it. if it is a fair democratic process we have to recognize the result of that and work with whoever wins. >> and what if it as muslim brotherhood president and muslim brotherhood parliament? >> i think that that could be -- that could have a serious consequences. but i would also point out that there are different gradients of the muslim brotherhood. they were once the only opposition to mubarak in egypt. mubarak was going to go and anybody who thinks he wasn't doesn't recognize the hinge of history. so we have to try to work with the new regime. i'm very worried mainly about their economy w

. >> frontrunners include mohamed morsi. of the muslim brotherhood, a fundamentalist group. abdelmonen abol fotoh abdel ises this is also in the race. he's a moderate islamist who left the brotherhood. other strong contenders are ahmed shafik and amre moussa. he's a former foreign minister and arab league secretary-general. egyptians voted in parliamentary elections between last november and january. islamic parties won the largest shares of votes. the result of the presidential election should be known within a week. none of the candidates is likely to win a majority. the first and second-place finishers will face each other next month in a runoff vote. >>> representatives of six world powers have started new talks with iranian officials. they're trying to come to some sort of agreement over the country's controversial nuclear program. the discussions started wednesday in baghdad. this is the group's second meeting since negotiations resumed in mid-april after a 15-month break. the world powers consist of the united states, russia, china, britain, france, and germany. their