named for hosni mubarak. also hotels. let me ask you, what's ahead for hosni mubarak? >> reporter: it's very difficult to say. it's true, egyptian prisons are certainly not five-star hotels, but dpengd who you are, you may find yourself in much less conditions. we understand his sons alaa and gamal are in southern cairo but living in fairly decent conditions. they're having their meals catered by the four seasons. one of the prisoners, one of the senior prisoners of hosni mubarak was found in a cell with an ipad. so there are prisoners and there are prisoners and given that hosni mao back, post president of egypt does have people who are still loyal to him, many people within the government itself. i don't think we'll be seeing him doing hard labor out in the yard as he carries out this sentence, jonathan. >> senior international correspondent and cairo bureau chief ben wedeman watching an extraordinary day outside of the court along with us. and for our viewers in the united states on cnn usa, we have been w

that is the old mubarak guard, most of those generals. is there any indication while he has been on trial, while we know his health has been a question mark, is hosni mubarak in any way still pulling any levers of power in egypt? >> reporter: you know, i would argue that he was made the fall guy, given a way basically, he was placed on trial while many of the former elements of the regime are still very much in place, and while there was celebration when mubarak was convicted as an accomplice to the deaths of hundreds of protesters earlier this month, many senior aides were implicated in that were acquitted, and that was greeted with fury by egyptian revolutionaries, by the relatives of the hundreds of people who were killed, and that was shown as evidence to them that very little had changed at the top. now you have had just now arguably the first free and fair elections, the first time egyptians have ever in thousands of years gone to the polls to elect their own leader, their own president, and it wasn't clear who was going to win the

people see him as someone who tried to protect mubarak up until the last moments of the mubarak regime. i think he cannot gain new credibility with those revolutionary forces, but it can speak for the people who are worried about the security situation and economic situation, and fear the brotherhood because of what they represent. and the brotherhood has helped by running in the first round, pitching itself in the light of the more conservative islamist party, to distance itself from [unintelligible] the came up with a number of conservative statements. >> finally, heba morayef, the sons of mubarak who were acquitted, could they be retried? and the significance of that no one was convicted of corruption? >> i think it is shocking to see the quality of the evidence on which the prosecution based its referral to trial of alaa and gamal. any first-year law student knows what a statute of limitations is. they will remain in prison or rather in detention because there is a new investigation that is against them that just did a few days before the trial, giving people the impression, the pe

mubarak has been ill for a very long time. mubarak did not want to go to prison.ack to the hospital. instead he was sent to prison. and dictators like mubarak, they're good at sending people to prison. they're not good at tolerating the same prisons. i want to really give credence to this report. we have to be fully informed and fully in the know that this man has died. >> i totally agree. as i said before, mena, the middle east news agency, sometimes they get it right. sometimes they don't get it right. here's a little of my skepticism. tell me if you think i'm right or wrong. there are elements, senior elements, very high level elements in the egyptian military who want to protect hosni mubarak, who aren't happy with the way it's turned out for him, that he was arrested, convicted, there's sympathy for him. remember he's a retired egyptian air force general. he's part of the military for all practical purposes even though he led with an iron hand for those decades. >> absolutely right. there's a movement in egypt and goes by the name forgive us, mr. president. t

from palaces to prison egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak begin serving life for his part in killing protesters last year by thousands are enraged at what they see as assault. on the world's top whistleblower julian a son loses his axe to edition of people from britain to sweden on assault on sex assault charges. for malcolm to the weekly this sunday here on our t.v. it's eight pm in moscow and i'm and he said now a good to have you with us we begin with russia's warning that the u.n. human rights resolution condemning the syrian leadership for last week's houla massacre wristy railing the peace plan moscow called it premature because the investigation's ongoing and that it's putting pressure on the security council where russia is resisting foreign military action on sunday president also insisted his troops had nothing to do with the slaughter of more than one hundred people in the city he blames armed rebel gangs for the attack and outside forces for. instigating the conflict to trigger intervention washington which backs the syrian opposition and push for regime change admit ther

in the days leading to the second round of elections so the end anger i do mubarak administration in general is still very much there what are they angry about exactly. i think the anger is directed at many things first of all the fact that mubarak himself avoided execution over his involvement in the in his lack of ability to protect the life in nine hundred or so demonstrators in last year's uprising he is also his very close aide he's won't try minister either he also said in the last sentence but why did execution and you could see people extremely angry yesterday shouting don't just as hasn't been said that execution was really what they deserved and they called in the sentences. so there was an awful lot of anger towards and crucially the world's a six top aides in the mubarak regime which were acquitted and that is an indication as far as egyptians are concerned that although the head has been removed the body destruction of the mubarak regime still very much in place and it's also an indication that. the trial was never end at. getting a tool of accountability of the mubarak

skaf was appointed by president mubarak. we're speaking act lots of tradition within these establishments. we're speaking about the president, who has to deal with skaf somehow, and there has to be some sort of use, otherwise it's going to be a deadlock in addition to the possible deadlock with the parliament, of course. a coming president, whoever he is, must face two kinds of challenges. and i would like to distinguish between two kinds of challenges, existing challenges and new challenges or newly created challenges to welcome the new president. so the existing challenges include the high unemployment, include the economic situation, they include definitely sinai. sinai is becoming way more. we know there are lots of weapons in there. again, without the security establishment, without the intelligence establishment, the job of the president can be very difficult. the other main problem is even if skaf is there, some are saying skaf is intentionally making the situation tougher for the coming president, making the situatio

the military says mubarak's condition is critical but that he is still alive. all of this confusion is coming at a critical time for egypt. thousands gathering overnight in cairo's tahrir square protesting the military leaders who stripped major powers from the office of the presidency. you'll remember this was the place where the movement to overflow mubarak was born. thousands of protesters staring down tanks and risking their lives for something they now worry is going to be taken away. ivan watson is live in cairo. what's the latest? how crowded is the square? >> reporter: the square has thinned out, the crowd were gone by 3:00 in the morning local time. and disbursed and the muslim brotherhood has indicated it did not want to participate in any kind of violent protest and wanted them to move on. that's despite the fact that some of the demonstrators were threatening to stage a sit-in until the military council that has run this country since hosni mubarak stepped down, until it carried out an unconditional hand over of power to a civilian elected governmen

it was initially reported that mubarak was clinically dead. conflicting reports of mubarak health come amid growing political turmoil in egypt. both candidates in sunday's presidential election say they won. official results are expected tomorrow. susan mcginnis in washington with more this morning. good morning to you. >> terrell, good morning. very unstable situation in egypt right now, with mubarak near death. there are unclear results from this election. and now tens of thousands are protesting a move by the ruling military to grab more power. initial reports of the death of hosni mubarak sparked celebrations in cairo's tahrir square, but they were later confirmed to be wrong. the 84-year-old is not dead, but is on life support, and in critical condition. mubarak was rushed to this military hospital after suffering a stroke in prison. a small group of supporters gathered outside. mubarak was sentenced in june to life in prison for failing to stop the killing of hundreds of protesters during an uprising last year. mubarak's decline comes wi

followers of mubarak and they are still they still belong to the mubarak regime the verdict from your city was a mere reminder that we're now back to square one. some people thought that there would be a more violent reaction with regards to the with regards to the verdict however surprisingly things are quite calm today on the streets and i actually think this is a positive thing because it reflects that people might be depressed yes they might be disappointed however it shows that there is hope of. perhaps of people taking things slow in order to think things over to see what the next step will be right but the islamists are really pushing the agenda in this election terms of we are going to be different than mubarak everyone else is the same thing with that said what do you think we can expect from this presidential runoff or are they going to are they going to make it and make it big because the population understands that right now it's very much like it was under mubarak. the mubarak regime for thirty years rule ruled the egyptian people with with with giving them an eye and all

he told nhk that mubarak is not dead. mubarak took over as president in 1981 after the assassination of anwar sadat. he went on to become egypt's longest serving president. protesters pushed him from power last year in the wave of the arab spring. many egyptians have found out that change is not all that they hoped for. the muslim brotherhood claimed its candidat mohamed morsi won the election last weekend, but military rulers have expanded their authority to civilian rule. tens of thousands of people gathered in tahrir square. members of the muslim brotherhood and other political groups and young people joined in. the supreme military council took over last year when mubarak stepped down. the generals are scheduled to transfer power to the newly elected president at the end of the month. >> translator: the military rulers are trying to deprive a military president from his power turning him into a puppet. >> the muslim brotherhood held a majority in parliament. the country's highest court ruled last week that the electio

hosni mubarak, who was a u.s. emissary and could talk to anybody is no longer in power and all of a sudden the united states is not negotiating with an ally, it is negotiating with somebody who can bring a lot of weight to bear, remember, egypt controlled the suez canal where the united states now can jump the line so u.s. naval warships open the mediterranean sea down towards the straits of hormuz and into the persian gulf, a see, not only economic but military and strategic ability for the united states, and that is part of the partnership the united states and egypt had, along with that 1.2 billion dollars in military aid. so all of that is now in question. i talked to a lot of people and they say what leverage does the u.s. really have over the egyptian government? now that mohamed morsi is here and now that he will have a lot of allies senate arab world, what leverage does the united states have over this new egyptian government? and it really just comes down to the monday and investment the united states can

dissolved in addition to that which i think is backed by the army and was also a prime minister in the mubarak era has been given the green light to remain in the presidential race the decision also reverts to legislative authority back to the ruling military and the military really holds executive authority in this country and to a new president is elected so you have this very worrying situation where a president will be elected in the absence of a constitution and also in the absence of a parliament so at this stage there are more questions than answers the official line from the muslim brotherhood is to respect the decision of the court we heard as much from their candidate dr mohamed morsi although he did warn that there could be more dangerous consequences and he did say in fact that if there were any kind of mishaps in the elections and he would support people going back to the streets there there have however been leading voices within the muslim brotherhood that have denounced the decision of the court and the phrase being used is that this is a fully fledged coup and we're hearing th

mubarak took over at president. he stuck to the peace treaty and maintained a close alliance with the united states. at home, mubarak was an authoritarian using the state police to suppress opposition. but he was unprepared for the arab spring last year. antigovernment protests broke out in january, 2011, and kept growing until february 11 when mubarak resigned after nearly 30 years in office. the military has run the government since then. on june 2, mubarak was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of failing to prevent the killings of hundreds of protestors during the uprising. it was not long after the egyptian revolution that syria's dictator bashar al assad had a revolution on his hands. his army has slaughtered thousands of civilians over the last year. today a russian ship that was carrying attack helicopters who assad's army turned around unexpectedly. we asked david martin to find out why. >> reporter: an obscure dutch flag freighter suddenly became ground zero in the increasingly testy disagre

the minimum sentence for mubarak is to be hanged. so we are all disappointed and back to the square, tahrir square for justice. >> ifill: saturday's controversial outcome set the stage for even more tension as egypt's presidential runoff approaches on june 16. over the weekend, presidential candidate mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood said if elected, he'd retry mubarek. >> we have true evidence to retry the criminals who killed the martyrs, who killed the revolutionaries, and the egyptian people. >> ifill: his opponent ahmed shafiq, the last prime minister under mubarak, lashed out at morsi's party. >> ( translated ): i represent the civil state while the muslim brotherhood represents a sectarian state. i represent development and improvement while they represent regression. >> ifill: more controversy emerged today. three losing candidates from the last round of voting said those results should be made invalid. they say 1.6 million ballots were illegally thrown out. more than 20 million people voted less than two weeks ago. and

>> i would say for every pro-mubarak person, there is probably or anti-mubarak here, they are outnumbered. we spoke to them before the verdict and many of them said that this trial is unfair, that hosni mubarek served the country for 30 years as president, before that its vice president, before that the head of the air force and that he simply does not deserve to be treated like that. several of the mubarak supporters i spoke to said they believe that the entire egyptian revolution and the revolutions exploded across the arab world were part of a plot. rob? >>> big day in cairo, egypt. ben wedeman is there, we'll check back with you, thanks ben. >>> the verdict comes at a turbulent time for egypt. the presidential run-off happens later this month on the 16th and 17th. i'm joined by mona, what does this verdict mean for egypt? >> well, the verdict overall, rob, is seen by many people in egypt as the latest blow, the latest blow of injustice from the military party ruling egypt since they forced mubarak to step down on february 11th a lot of people feel there was forgery during the election

egypt's deposed dictator hosni mubarak could trace execution or decades in jail if found guilty by cairo court of involvement in the death of hundreds during last year's revolution these are live pictures from inside the courthouse in the egyptian capital verdict is to turn out shortly. two sons on trial along with the former leader. in paris president putin has urged the international community to stick to kofi annan peace plan for syria to prevent a full scale civil war. and facing the sack of speaking out a lot been unable to says he's a victim of persecution of ethnic russians in the baltics after raising that night on the t.v. . and online twenty four hours a day this is our table. a car a court is set to announce whether egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak is guilty of complicity in mass murder he's accused of ordering security forces to open farm protesters demonstrating against his rule through last year's revolution leading to more than eight hundred deaths so latest from miami shani outside the courthouse. if convicted former egyptian president hosni mubarak faces anything f

the two candidates who won the most votes were on one hand hosni mubarak and the other was mubarak's minister and is considered very much a holdover from the old regime. many people feel that this verdict which wasn't strong enough has a very good chance of beating the muslim brotherhood candidate in the runoff elections that work. developing into a convict between supporters of the old regime and supporters of, i guess we can call it the egyptian revolution. it could get very messy. rob? >> ben wedeman, a long day for you, we know. probably a long night. we thank you for your insight and very descriptive report. thank you. >>> get this. a man woke up in the middle of the night, smelled fire and rushed to get his family out and he did it all with his prosthetic arms. but now he's fighting for his life. his stepdaughter and doctor are live with us in just a minute. >> announcer: this is the day. the day that we say to the world of identity thieves "enough." we're lifelock, and we believe you have the right to live free from the fear of identity theft. our pledge to you? as long as the

let's not forget, hosni mubarak did heed the voice of his people. and did heed the voice of the united states when they said it was time for him to leave. unlike gad dadfy who did not, chased out. and unlike syria's president, still slaughtering his own people. mubarak is a different kind of arab leader and he stepped down in the face of revolution. >> about the girls, and the talk of the future, what do you make? the elections are coming up weeks from now. >> what is incredible, the final runoff will pit hosni mubarak's former prime minister against the muslim brotherhood. there are not liberal candidates even though the revolution said they wanted a more liberal way to the future. that is going to be interesting to see. and don't forget, mubarak was a close ally to the west and to israel as well. everybody is waiting to see how the elections turn out. >> christiane, thank you. our global affairs anchor tonight. >>> meantime, back in this country this evening and the battle over sugar playing out here in new york city. mayor michael bloomberg looki

ironically, this is one of the things that mubarak was for. he said, you know, early elections and he's going to leave in six months. lots of people don't trust mubarak. myself, i don't trust him. i don't think he would have left. however, i think it's very important -- it was very important not to prolong the transition period. the other thing is the divisions among the revolution forces which caused them -- lots of people prefer security, lots of people prefer let's go back to our normal lives. the other thing is with lots of protests or gatherings, people didn't understand the purpose of these gatherings. so all these mistakes, ended up with 51% turnout, however, still, i think at least 65% of the votes went to the revolution. the interesting situation is at the moment let's look at 2005. and i worked with greg in 2005 at the national institute. 75% of the egyptians in 2005 didn't vote for the muslim brothers. 75% of the egyptians in 2006 or late 2005 didn't vote for mubarak. now we are asking them to choose between shafiq, who is an extens

corruption, charges dismissed against mubarak and his sons. the decision sparked chaos in the courtroom as mubarak supporters fought with prosecutors who shouted demands that the judicial system be cleansed. outside the courtroom, hundreds gathered under heavy security, initially went wild with joy. the judge had ruled that even though there was no evidence mubarak had directly ordered police to shoot protesters, he and his interior minister were guilty because they had done nothing to stop the killing. but the acquittal of the security officers was greeted as dangerous. khalid fahmi has been part of the revolution from day one. >> this verdict is basically acquitting the police officers. basic sendeg them a message that they can do whatever they want to do. >> reporter: summing up 60,000 pages of evidence and 250 hours of trial proceedings, the judge called mubarak's 29-year rule dark days. he said those who died to overthrow it were asking peacefully for freedom and justice against those who lived in corruption. the irony of dismissing the c

mubarak is a different kind of leader. and he did step down in the face of revolution. >> about the girls, and the talk of the future, what do you make? >> what is incredible, the final runoff will pit hosni mubarak's former prime minister against the muslim brotherhood. and the revolution said they wanted a more liberal way to the future. that is going to be interesting to see. and don't forget, mubarak was a close alley to the west and to israel as well. everybody is waiting to see how the elections turn out. >> christiane, thank you. >>> meantime, back in this country this evening and the battle over sugar here in new york city. mayor michael bloomberg looking to ban super sized soda. all to the fight obesity, he says. tonight, the soda industry is fighting back. and the ad shows a towering bloomberg in a nanny outfit towering the city. new yorkers need a nanny, not a mayor, it says. and it was diane who asked the mayor about that criticism this week. >> i wake up this morning and i read nanny mike and i read soda scroo

hosni mubarak. if found guilty he could be executed. british woman is under arrest in bali, suspected of drug trafficking, ands has been taken to hospital for treatment. rachel claims not to have slept properly or eaten for days. she's being held with three others after police seized cocaine worth more than half a million pounds. >> for a british woman at the center of the drug trafficking allegations, the awfulness of her situation has made her fearful and fradgeiverl. -- fragile. concerns for her physical andment state today led the indonesian authorities to transfer dougal from the jail where she's being held to a police hospital. the 38-year-old says she hasn't been sleeping or eating and that she's missing her 6 -year-old daughter. another briton in custody is 55-year-old lindsay sanderford. it's thought she agreed to take part in a sting operations aimed at dougal and dougal's porn -- partner, julyian ponder. both claim they were set up by doug -- sanderford. her lawyer says she brought the drugs into the country because of threat

about the only thing they have now is a common fear of the post-mubarak future. on the streets and in the tea shops, the topic on everyone's lips. the year since the revolution has been traumatic. >> the newspaper, the news, the tv are talking about the crimes, the criminal. we're feeling so awful. >> there is an irony here. last year, hundreds of people died on the streets of cairo to get rid of mubarak. now many here are yearning for a new strongman to take control and make them feel safe. bbc news, cairo. >> uncertain times in egypt. unemployment is a scourge on both sides of the atlantic at the moment, and today there was a number to prove it. the jobless rate in the eurozone stayed at 11% in april. that is the highest level since the single currency was introduced. here in the united states, the unemployment rate rose last month to 8.2%. this is the most important number in this year's presidential election campaign, and both president obama and mitt romney weighed in. >> the economy is growing again but not as fast as we would want it to grow. our businesse

if president mubarak's health is deteriorating as quickly as it appears.ision that mubarak has suffered a stroke and could be moved to a military hospital. shep? >>shepard: thank you as we look at live pictures from tahrir square. mubarak did not lose consciousness during the reported stroke from the news agency, and the same agency previously reported that doctors earlier treated the former president with a defibrillatorror, mubarak said by egyptian state television said to be in the final hours. we shall see. [ barking ] i'm your dog, holding down the fort while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me, your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this. [ electricity crackling ] [ gasping ] so get allstate. you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. [ dennis ] mayhem is everywhere. so get an allstate agent. are you in good hands? >>shepard: breaking news coverage continues on fox news. the fo

this is mubarak as they would like to remember him, as a soldier and statesman. not as he is now, a sick old man laid out on the gurney in court. but for abdel hamid there's only bitterness and hatred for mubarak, a man she said took away her son. >> she's shot in the chest and this is the blood you can see on his trousers. >> mustafa was one of the first martyrs of the revolution, cut down by police bullets as he marched on the square. translator: i will not rest until i have the revenge because my heart is burning until what he did to my son is done to him. >> the verdict was supposed to be about bringing a definitive end to the mubarak era. but egyptians today remain deeply divided as ever about what to do with their former president. about the only thing that unifies people here now is a common fear of the post-mubarak future. on the streets and in the tea shops, the topic on everyone's lips, the years since the revolution has been traumatic. >> kids are feeling fear and newspapers, the news and tv's are talking about the crimes and criminals. that's why the

mubarak, wearing dark glass,s, he was kept in a cage. sentenced to life in prison for his role in the killing of protestors. >> reporter: he will now spend the rest of his life locked up. six others acquitted and because of that, that was outrage in court. a bloody brawl breaking out. and to cleanse the justice system. and mubarak, rushed out. and from just a year hay go. back then, when we reporting from the square y mubarak's men came charging in, charging into the crowd with whips. and the president stepped down. fear spreding through cairo quickly. >> so tense now, they don't want us near the entrance to the neighborhood with a camera. >> you hate us? >> yeah, i hate you. >> at the time, many believed that western cameras were fueling the unrest and we also heard hope from the youngest faces. what do you hope now? >> i want to be a doctor. >> i want to the be a doctor. >> yeah. >> i want to the be a scientist. >> a scientist? >> yeah. >> computer engineer. >> a computer engineer. >> who could forget the faces of those girls. i want t

hosni mubarak, was egypt's leader, u.s.-backed leader for 30 years. he was immensely popular amongst his people, typically winning elections between 98% and 127% of the votes. ( laughter ) in any given election. he was so beloved so popular, last winter his people demanded he take a well-deserved retirement. ( laughter ) lest they grow to love him. they just didn't want to smother him. so where is he now? >> the big story here today is breaking, a report that former egyptian hosni mubarak is clinically dead. ( laughter ) >> jon: the news now official, 11:15 p.m., eastern standard time, hosni mubarak-- sorry, we're getting an update. >> the former egyptian president hosni mubarak is now reportedly in a coma. >> jon: okay, he was dead, but now he's in a coma. wait, how can you tell? whenever you see him he's just on a bed wearing sun glasses? ( laughter ) maybe he died weeks ago and the egyptian military is pulling a "weekend at hosni's" thing. you never really know. haugh laugh ( applause ). >> jon: wait. why would they say mubarak was dead and then sa

egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak begin serving life for his part in killing hundreds of protesters last year but there's a mix of angry reaction outside court. president putin pushes the u.n. envoy for peace plan for syria insisting that both sides need to stop the violence as the russian leader travels to bring them and parents. out talking to are to you could get you fired in line for the end of stony as people and want to demand equal rights for apnic russia. it's nine pm here in moscow this is r.t. coming to you live from houston now a with our top story is of to post president hosni mubarak is right now beginning his life sentence and reportedly suffered a serious health problem on his way to prison he's been convicted over the killing of eight hundred and fifty protesters during last year's uprising but works former interior minister has also been given life but several former security officials have been acquitted the verdicts triggered anger among many egyptians crowds are gathering in tahrir square curious at a court they believe it's too lenient for streaming live picture

and tonight, mubarak is reported to be near death. our own richard engel is in cairo tonight. >>> in this country, taking the stand. jerry sandusky's wife speaking out for the first time under oath. the question is, could he be next? >>> heat wave. 's early yet, and yet it is painfully hot, and it's moving east. >>> hooked, the hidden epidemic. you may be shocked to see who is addicted now. >>> olympic dreams. she's cleared a lot of hurdles to get this far. tonight an exclusive look at the all-out push to get a shining star on to team u.s.a. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. and tonight it looks like chaos in egypt. they have no constitution, no parliament. two men are insisting they are the next president. and reports have been swirling all day that the last man in charge, hosni mubarak, is clal though to be fair, he's been gone from egyptian life for some time. once again tonight, tahrir square filled up with people. once again, there's the threat of violence in the largest ar