pointing to isis which blames coptics for supporting the military's overflow of president mohamed morsi in 2013. >>> new jersey center, robert menendez released this statement. new jersey is home to a vibrant and thriving coptic community who are mourning this unspeakable tragedy and anxiously awaiting news from egypt that loved ones are safe. touring this time of sadness, my thoughts and prayers are with the coptic community who deserve peace and tranquility. >>> septa police are asking for your help to find a man accused of inappropriate behavior. take a look at this surveillance picture. they are not saying exactly what this man did but that he acted inappropriately against a female rider. if you have information, contact septa police. >>> 5:19 on this monday morning, december 12th. let's get a check on traffic this morning. >>> first alert traffic reporter, jessica boyington has you covered. >> we are watching the boulevard around broad street. you can see rain falling. we are seeing some slippery conditions on the on and off ramps as well. we are seeing some accidents and problems

assaulted by the islamists, because christians are partly blamed for supporting ousted president mohamed morsi today they still feel they are vulnerable. the blast, which took place within the premises of the country's main orthodox cathedral, claiming many lives, was one of the worst attacks on egypt's coptic christians in recent years. bbc news, cairo. katty: around the world, some 65 million people are currently displaced from their homes, according to the u.s. -- according to the u.n. now the faces behind those figures are on display in washington. five internationally known photographers have traveled across five continents capturing people's portraits and telling their stories. the result is in a division called -- exhibition called "refugee." >> i think photojournalism has a power to make you stop and look. we are bombarded with video and instagram and so many images these days, that the power of the still photo is still incredibly compelling. the signature image of our exhibit is by an internationally known photographer who has covered war and conflict for the past 20 years. thousands

seemed to often a little in some of his crack down on the brotherhood, at least he has taken president morsi off death row. i would be curious to what extent these issues affect you and how you need to deal with egypt. >> i think they're helpful to us and, you know, frankly i think the military to military relationship, it's certainly like all relationships has its highs and has its lows but i think it has remained pretty steady. so i talked to general hagazi on a regular basis, we've visited back and forth several times just in the relatively short period that we've been here, but things like that i think help give us space to develop the relationship and to move forward and look for opportunities to move forward and to try to capitalize on. i know as i work with their military leaders, mostly through the chief of defense there, i think he agrees with that and so we are. one thing we are trying to do, we are trying to get our exercise program back in place. as many of you recall we have had an exercise program called bright star that's long been a staple of security cooperation in the regio

ed morsi and the hot air blog thinks that republicans could go to 62 or 63. and two years in advance i'm not going to argue with him. i think it's probably, you know, mid 50s, upper 50s. why does it matter. because on many subjects in the senate, in order to pass something you really have to have 60 votes. you have to control 60 votes. now you don't have to get 60 republicans to get 60 votes. again there are democrats representing red states. those who survive the election may be more inclined to vote with the republicans on certain key issues. but you have to get to 60 to make things work for most votes in the senate. >> thank you. here with more and we want to go through the numbers a little bit. chief speech writer to president bush marc thiessen and richard fowler. marc, it looks like trouble for the democrats in 2018. what do you see? >> yes, it is trouble for the democrats and particularly it puts them in a bind in terms of how they govern. you look at the numbers that larry just put out. there are ten senate democrat that are vulnerable because they're

that's when the president morsi was overshown. they ban ned the muslim brotherhood, jailed thousands of islamist dissidents and faced a violent backlash. fighting small scale attacks for three years now. last week, six police officers were killed in a bomb attack in a check point close to the pyramids in cairo. a group called the hasan movement claims responsibility, but said they did not carry out the church bombing. so far, no climb claiming of responsibility for sunday's attack. back to you. >>> late last night, a jury delivered a guilty verdict in the killing of will smith. cordle hayes insisted he shot him because the retired player was drunk and violent and grabbed a gun after a car crash in april. he now faces up to 40 years in prison where he's sentenced if february. today, new orleans funeral services will be held for a former running back, joe mcknight. he was shot to death during an apparent road rage incident this month. the man accused of gunning him down is accused of manslaughter. he was 28 years old. >>> ash cart e

ed morsi and the hot air blog thinks that republicans could go to 62 or 63.nd two years in advance i'm not going to argue with him. i think it's probably, you know, mid 50s, upper 50s. why does it matter. because on many subjects in the senate, in order to pass something you really have to have 60 votes. you have to control 60 votes. now you don't have to get 60 republicans to get 60 votes. again there are democrats representing red states. those who survive the election may be more inclined to vote with the republicans on certain key issues. but you have to get to 60 to make things work for most votes in the senate. >> thank you. here with more and we want to go through the numbers a little bit. chief speech writer to president bush marc thiessen and richard fowler. marc, it looks like trouble for the democrats in 2018. what do you see? >> yes, it is trouble for the democrats and particularly it puts them in a bind in terms of how they govern. you look at the numbers that larry just put out. there are ten senate democrat that are vulnerable because they're r

at least he's taken president morsi off death row, an important step, a bit overdue. how do these issues affect you and the way you deal with egypt? in other words, internal governance. >> they are helpful to us. frankly, i think the military and military relationship and certainly like all relationships has its highs and has its lows, but i think it's remained pretty steady. so i talk to the general on a regular basis. we visited back and forth several times just in the relatively short period we've been here, but things like that i think help give us space to develop the relationship and to move forward and look for opportunities to move forward and to try to capitalize on. i know as i work with their military leaders, mostly through chief of defense there, i think he agrees with that. so we are. one thing we are trying to do, we are trying to get our exercise program back in place. as many of you recall, we've had an exercise program called bright star that's long been a staple of security cooperation in the region. we stopped doing it back in about 2009 timeframe

the government of mohamed morsi, a member of the muslim brotherhood was removed by power el el-sisi.this violence increased through that. when i talked to the pope after the removal of mormorsi, he was concerned the violence would be directed at the christians. he was concerned about it. i think his fears were realized. this strike was at the heart of the coptic church. this is the seat of power. >> thank you so much for your perspective on these attacks. >>> up next, monday brings another day of testimony in the charleston shooting trial. sunday services at the historic mother emanuel ame church. the pastor said his congregation is still trying to heal. more on that next. glad forceflex. extra strong to avoid rips and tears. be happy, it's glad. [and her new business: i do, to jeanetgo. jeanette was excellent at marrying people. but had trouble getting paid. not a good time, jeanette. even worse. now i'm uncomfortable. but here's the good news, jeanette got quickbooks. send that invoice, jeanette. looks like they viewed it. and, ta-da! paid twice as fast. oh, she's an efficient offi

road map with the participation of all of the political dimensions of egypt and decided to depose morsi>> a muslim brother leader and we know of the problems created in egypt but he was democratic elected? >> yes. never -- >> now in jail? >> yes. >> how long? >> for the duration of the court rulings issued against him. he's been acquitted of some wrongdoing but convicted of others. the term i think is 25 years. >> let's look ahead. we can argue about whether it was a coup or not a coup. >> it wasn't a coup. >> look ahead. talk about the relationship you anticipate developing between egypt and the united states during a trump administration. i understand you personally had a chance to speak with the vice president-elect. how did that go? >> yes. it was a very fortunate conversation where i reiterated again a message from president assisi, the importance we attach to the relationship, strategic nature, our ability to deal more effectively with the common challenges that face us in the region, regaining the security, the stability of states in the region and that egypt's role is indispensa

at least he has taken president morsi on death row, which is important, but here he is, to what extent do these kinds of issues affect you and how you have to deal with egypt? en. votel: they are helpful to us. frankly, i think the military-to-military relationship, like all relationships, has highs and lows, but i think it has remained pretty steady. i talk to general ghazi on a regular basis. things like that i think helped getto develop the relationships and move -- help give us space to develop relationships and move forward. as i work with their military eaders, mostly through the chief of defense, i think he agrees with that, so we are. but one thing we are trying to do is get our exercise program back in place. as many of you recall, we had an exercise program called bright star that has long in a stable of security cooperation in the region. we stopped doing it in 2009 largely due to what's going on. but they agree and we agree that this is something we ought to investigate. so we are. we are looking for those types of opportunities where we can capitalize. michael: by the way,

little did we know that summer that the egyptian army would throw a co to up and that morsi would be and syria would be progressively getting worse -- >> i got one thing right! [laughter] >> but i'm, i was going to ask kind of how has that changed considering in light of the election, but also how has that changed -- is the world entering 50 years, not just the middle east and the unstable parts of the world, but is the world as a whole, even the developed part, entering, you know, some 50 years of chaos? >> so i have to confess, i can ruin any dinner party, okay? [laughter] and i do weddings and bar mitzvahs as well. [laughter] so i don't want to ruin this one, but i have a chapter on that in the book. and it's built around the television show "get smart." you're a little too young to know, but it was a famous spoof on james bond in the '60s, and don adams was agent 86 and agent 99. and he worked for an organization called control. and their worldwide enemy was called chaos. spelled k-a-o-s. and what the chapter is about is that the world today is actually the relevant are divide in

from the slightly confusing signals about when president knew bar rack should step down to president morsi in his period, president sesy. i realize some of this is getting into the broader relationship but in some ways you are arguably the highest level american official dealing with egypt and therefore all these issues i know are on your mind. the follow-up question would be have you seen consequences, fallout that affects the relationship between the united states and egypt from that 2011 to 2013 period in a harmful way that has pushed them away from us and therefore there is not that much trust or cooperation as there once might have been? >> certainly we have -- i think we've seen some outreach to russia here lately, i think that's of some concern for us and it's certainly something we ought to take notice of here and look at what that means to us long-term. i don't know that that is particularly helpful to the things we're trying to accomplish in the region to push them into the arms of others here. so i think we do have to -- we do have to pay attention and i think those are good exa

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