what has happened is the judge will be hearing an appeal on m mubarak defense.hat being said, he is due for a retrial, which begins in a few day's time on sunday, so there are a number of possibilities in the upping, one of which the judge agreein agreeing with mubs defense and allowing mubarak build three pending investigations, but very difficult if not impossible to predict an exactly what will happen at this stage. >> if he is free you can't get more of an indication by the failure of the revolution. have things changed so much that mubarak could be freed, and this is acceptable to the majority of the public? >> whether or not this would be acceptable to the majority of the public is highly debatable, but it is a sign of the shifting changing circumstances that could be condemn plated even though it's perhaps a faint possibility. but certainly it reflects the fact that an interim government is in force, put in power by the military, and as i state again the very fact that the release is even being talked about, thought about, is just a real sign of how thing

mubarak era. but the defense arguing against the sentence. the prosecutors appealing against the court's decision to acquit mubarak on other charges in direct complicit of civilian deaths. the decision for a retrial was seen as a victory. but prosecutors in the morsi government realized with no new charge formulated mubarak would be released and hastily brought corruption charge that would keep him in jail pending trial. in recent weeks these charges have been dismissed by the court, and mubarak lawyers contend he should be released. their simple argument, he has to date not been formerly convicted of any crime and the period of detention pending judgment has long expired. but underlying this con complex legal process is a shift of power with the morsi government deposed by the military and interim state authority put in place, there is a possibility of political factors playing as much a role in mubarak's fate as legal ones. mike hanna, al jazeera, cairo. >> and we're live now from cairo. david, what is the expectation as it pertains to hosni

mubarak era. but the proposed president's defense arguing against the sentence. e prosecutors appealing against the courted's decision to acquit mubarak on other charges. all sides greeted the decision to hold a retrial as a victory. but then prosecutors in the morsi government realized that with no new charges formulated, mubarak had legal grounds for immediate release, and haste illy drew up a number of corruption charges. in recent weeks these charges have been dismissed by the court, and his lawyers now contend he should be released. their simple argument, he has to date not been formally convicted of any crime, and the period of detention, pending judgment has long expired. but underlying this complex legal process is a massive shift in the fulcrum of power with the morsi government deposed by the military, there's a possibility of political factors playing as much a role in mubarak's fate as legal ones. >>> jonathan betts joins us live now from cairo. jonathan set the scene for us, how are people reacting to this truly significant news? it's a huge developme

according to hosni mubarak's defense lawyer, the story goes that he has been cleared of corruption chargese will also be released possibly within the next 48 hours, only a few administrative hurdles to get through. now as much as he may have been cleared of that charge, the former president was ousted in 2011 was tried and convicted of failing to protect protesters that year and sentenced to life in prison. but that case is still pending a retrial. we would be surprised, that's according to experts, at least, if the former president is allowed to walk given the current heightened political tensi tensions in this country. the last fuel needed to be added to this fire would be that fuel. the president could walk. that would bring out more protesters to the streets. at least that is what some analysts are saying. if anything, the judicial officers will try to make sure that at least he is kept off the streets until more clarity emerges on the political front. >> this may be a crazy question. what's his mental faculties at this point? what's his health? is this any possibility of a precursor o

. >> reporter: released from prison and back behind bars, mubarak appears again in court. the defenses quick to introduca a new line. what is likely to be lengthy arguments. and in central cairo the trial began. the prosecution announcing it was security reasons. of the prosecution having made clear -- >>> bo xilai is accused of corruption and bribery and abuse of power. >> reporter: the long time friend and xilai appeared in the courtroom as adversaries. his wife was sentenced to a suspended death sentence. he said he couldn't have punched him in that manner and did admit to having slapped him. and he is a man of bad character and a liar and his testimony can't be trusted. mow more proceedings are expected to day. >>> five men accused of raping a iff female photographer in mum bai. >> women are still shaken days after a young photographer was attacked. she is so worried about security she has co-founded a website. subscribers are immediately alerted so they can avoid the area. >> i want to know how safe the place is. >> the area is located in the central district of mumbai. officials

a criminal court judge has agreed with the defense's contention that hosni mubarak has spent too longriod of time in prison while charges and trials are proceeding on certain charges. the order for his release has been given, basically the judge agreeing with the defense argument on this case. however, these particular charges will continue to be pressed against hosni mubarak, and there are separate charges which will be continuing on sunday. the situation at present we are told is there is a 48-hour period in which they can decide to appeal or not. if the general prosecutor does decide to appeal the decision, then he can be hell for a period of time. but the situation is that the court will be awaiting the prosecutor's decision for at least a 48-hour period, if that appeal is not registered then it is possible that hosni mubarak will be released. but according to the prosecutor's office he will not be released immediately. >> in short, the former president is not going to be released for at least 48 hours. and even if he is released he could be rearrested. but quite separately, the p

in other development, news that before mubarak may be habl to walk free, according to his defense lawyer, experts i talked to said it is unlikely to happen giving the political tensions in this country. for "nightly business report," cairo. >> the unrest in egypt is impacting shares of apache. the oil and natural gas giant has 17% of its net asset value and operations in egypt. shares of apache fell 4.5% today following a downgrade from buy to hold because of its exposure to egypt. no comment, though, from apache. >>> still ahead, google's stock has soared since it started trading nine years ago today. but are there other companies that are innovating just as fast that should be on your radar? >>> first, though, a look at how the international markets closed today. >>> targeting teenagers, unveiling university pages. the social networking site for professionals wants to sign up college-bound high school students to connect them with colleges and alumni networks. whether the new strategy makes the grade. >> linkedin has grown to 238 million members by giving professionals tools to find jo

from jail to house arrest in a military hospital, hosni must bebe mubarak appears in court regarding the killing of civilians the defense is quick to introduce a new line of argument to connect it to recent events. mubarak's lawyers says the charges being considered are similar to those against his compliant signalling what is likely to be lengthy argument that it was morsi not mubarak. the case has been adjourned to the middle of next month. to investigate particular charges. in central kcairo, the trial beg began. including the organization's leaders and two deputies. here, the doc was empty, the prosecution announcing the accused would not appear because of security reasons. >> the egyptian media has labeled all of this as the trial of two regimes, equating the trial of a deposed dictator with that of members of the muslim brotherhood. >> a comparison rejithd and resented by the defendant's lawyers who insist the motive for prosecution is purely political. >> this is political dressed in legal clothes. >> this case is also adjourned until the end of october. the prosecution having made clear it's not just individuals

mubarak could be freed this week amid continuing violence that left 800 dead. g youssef is live with the latest. >> the roller coaster just keeps going if you want to call it that. the defenseease of his client may be imminent, within 48 hours is what he is saying, that is fareed deep, and he explains a bunch of administrative procedures need to be dealt with and he is free to go. it is not that easy. as much as the former president was tried and sentenced for not protecting protesters during the ousting in 2011, he was sentenced to life in prison, that is pending a retrial. in the space between we understand from judicial officials he could be freed, but given what's happening on the ground in egypt we spoke about the violence earlier and the cyanide that killed 25 security officers and the violence that yesterday killed 36 supporters of mohamed morsi, that would inflame an existing plil call impasse that probably the military can ill afford. the experts i am talking to don't think it will happen. >> youssef, the key issue really seems to be u.s. military aid to egypt. no movements on that front over the past week or so. what happens now? >> reporter: okay. that conversati

president mohammed morsy a defense consultant believes the nation's military will turn any civilian politician into its own. lot even if they bring a civilian in the suit remember mubarak wore a suit before he wore a suit but the. military men. who are in power and even if a civilian government came into power they have to do as the military says or once and as long as the pro-west are no u.s. government will be allowed to remain in power as soon as they start speaking out or trying to exert their own ideas. mostly so no military. power for decades and martial law has been called for decades so the military don't see any change in circumstances. world update time here on r t let's go straight to the yemeni capital for a powerful blast through a bus carrying air force personnel at least six people have been killed and twenty six others wounded in this attack thought the explosion was caused by a bomb planted inside the vehicle and it went off as the bus was transporting workers to the base. in the arab regions. tribal militias who do often target the nation's military. thousands of people have rallied in the capital of tunisia calling for the resignation of the islamist

delayed until october defense consultant believes the army will always play a different defining role in the ruling of egypt. not even if they bring a civilian in the suit remember mubarak wore a suit for adultery before he wore a suit but socially liberal military. who are in power and even if a civilian governments go into power they have to do as the military says or wants and as long as the broad western no u.s. government of they'll be allowed to remain in power as soon as they start speaking out or trying to exert their all no ideas there will be toppled as do the rules morsi so know the military been in power for decades and martial law is been imposed for decades so the military don't see any change in circumstances. and some other stories making headlines around the world and germany stop a euro skeptic for insertion it was a tonks on stage during a rally in bremen to unknown assailants armed with knives and jumped on a bed and locate as he was making a speech to your campaign about and some two dozen others then sprayed the audience with pepper spray and tear gas and the a d. which was the abolished has been the subject of several times in the last two months.

delayed until october defense consultant who believes the army will always play a defining role in the ruling of egypt. not even if they bring a civilian in the suit remember mubarak wore a suit for dogs before he wore a suit. so she would live on military and known. who are in power and even if a civilian government to go into power they have to do as the military says well once and as long as the broad worst annoy us government of the would be allowed to remain in power as soon as they start speaking out or try to exert their all not ideas they would be toppled to do was morsi so no military. power for decades and martial law is really in paul's for decades so the military don't see any change in circumstances. and up next in our special report a look at some interim geisha methods used by us please send how effective they actually are that's after a short break. they say geo politics is a lot like a schoolyard and while obama snubbing a meeting with the president of russia to in theory punish him for the stone incident sounds kind of amateur that is the kind of stuff the girl you did when you're sixteen would do cancel a date just to show you how much her feeli

mubarak. does nothing now. gets involved, you know, in -- with russia and moves czech republic and the polish missile defense system. you know, our friends in the world look at us and say we're not standing with them. our enemies don't sufficiently fear us. >> i want to tackle that subject in a second. nathan, go to the criticism. >> when you focus this through the lens of domestic politics. that because the threat level increase happened overseas. we're talking about embassies. >> it wasn't here in the united states. >> right there are people who will criticize the president no matter what he does. but because there was a level of distance and it wasn't -- people standing in line at airports for four hours or something. i think -- there is little downside to the domestic policy or political front for the president. >> senator, i'm curious if you want to respond to sara's criticism there a little bit of the president. it's been a rough period for the president on foreign policy. i would say this issue, particularly of egypt, and you look at the snowden thing, you know, it's been a rough six months for the president

mubarak days which were.extremely unpopular. >> there's a lot of pressure on the white house to take some action here. take a listen to defenseretary chuck hagel and respond. >> our ability to influence the outcome in egypt is limited. it's up to the egyptian people. and they are a large, grast, sovereign nation. and it will be their responsibility to sort this out. >> michael, is that the administration throwing up its hands? >> well, to some agreeing yes but also in response to reality. i mean, it's a candid take on the situation. our influence is limited. you know, even the money that we provide, the $1.3 billion in military aid, i believe that was the level that was set more than 30 years ago when we first started spending it, and it's never been adjusted for inflation. it's not worth what it was. it's laut a lot of its value. when you compare it to the more than $10 billion egypt is getting now from regional allies like saudi arabia and the united arab emirates, it's just not -- we're not the biggest player at the card table i guess you might say. so we have some long-time relationships there. particularly military to mi

defense has done, they have maneuvered in every district, in every state. >> that's the flip side of this, is you don't actually think of american jobs -- the reentrance of hosni mubarak, amid all of this? what tease talk in egypt right now so far as his release? >> the issue of former president hosni mubarak has been one of the most galvanizing and most dramatic ousters -- the most interesting thing, the fact that today a cairo court said that he can be released. now keep in mind, he's facing a lot of different legal charges, okay, by no means. in this one case that he is facing, the judge has ordered his release saying he can be allowed to leave when that trial starts. th that. >> the jew dish area is rupt, all of these things combined together along with the attacks that happened in the -- in the grand scheme of things as one more example. his emergence on the scene if he is released in the coming day, that would certainly be a very explosive issue. i'm not sure if everyone in egyptian society would welcome it. but it would certainly be a very controversial issue to say the least, alex. >> nbc news foreign correspondent amman mojadine. amman, stay safe. >>> david m

defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >>> here's what's happening. former egyptian president hosni mubarakld be freed from prison as early as tomorrow and placed under house arrest. >>> bradley manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for releasing thousands of classified documents to wikileaks. >>> and beau biden has under went a successful procedure in houston. he is expected to be released from the hospital on thursday. now back to "hardball." ♪ >>> how dare the administration imply that they're going to get to the bottom of it. this was the targeting of the president's political enemies effectively and lies about it during the election year so that it wasn't discovered till afterwards. for years, the president bashed the tea party groups. he was very public against these groups. and on his behalf, be perhaps not on his request, on his behalf, the irs executed a delaying tactic against the very groups that he talked about. >> anyway, welcome back to "hardball." that was darrell issa, head of the house oversight committee as you saw there. he has repeatedly tried to link the irs' targ

mubarak being released because the army is now playing a bigger role in politics? is there a connection between those two? >> absolutely not. this is nonsense. you know, everybody knows very well in defenseour judiciary nobody can comment, nobody can interfere on the verdict issued by the egyptian judiciary. it has an excellent reputation all over the world, and there is no connection whatsoever between the two matters, and this is quite clear. so there is no single person in the country or outside the country can comment on judicial word. >> why is the general saying at this time the addition will not be appealed? >> again, it was taken in conformity with the internal law with the penal code which put some sort of time limit for a person to be detained, and this is according to the penal code. you cannot perso put some person prison without indictment forever. we cannot at all, nobody, nobody at all, from the highest official in the country to the lowest one can interfere or dare to interfere into the affairs of the judiciary, and that was quite clear. in the last year it was quite year. >> i'm sorry to interrupt, but general prosecutors have issued new charges against mubarak when ther

defense lawyers said it looks like another deposed president, mohammed morsi will appear in court soon on charges related to accomplicety icomplicity of kilf civilians. those are the charges against mubarak beginning a argument that involves pinning the killings on mohammed morsi taking attention away from the other displaced president, mubarak. interesting there. the judge in adjourning the case said three committees are set up to look attic largest river aspects the author instructed his estate they'll reporattic largestriver aspectsl be appointed to go off to work. >> that's mubarak trial, another trial of interest was of various muslim brotherhood leaders including the spiritual leader. but, that was opened and adjourned almost immediately. what happened there? >> it was indeed. the six accused including the chief guide of the guidance bureau, the most senior official within the muslim brotherhood and two deputies, they did not appear in court at all. the prosecution said that they were not brought for unspecified security reasons. in that particular case, the judge heard the initial charges and then has postponed that case until the end of october. a long wait until then. >> okay. a

became an authoritarian in the way mubarak was an authoritarian and did not want him to turn into a 30-year dictator. we do not want to return to military rule. the defenseutmost responsibility for what happened last night must understand that just as we ended the military after we got rid of hosni mubarak, we'll stand up to him, as well. not from his lamai islamist rul. >> thank you very much. please, keep us informed about what the situation is for how people are able to live their lives in the midst of all of this. appreciate the commentary on "new day." >>> chilling new details leading to the kidnapping of hannah anderson. paint a gruesome scene inside the home of james dimaggio, who we are now learning was shot five times by the fbi. casey wian is in los angeles with the very latest. good morning, casey. >> good morning, kate. you know, it's hard to imagine that the story of hannah anderson's kidnapping could get any more disturbing with the release of the search warrants they have. they reveal before her mother and younger brother were killed, they were tortured. grisly new details are surfacing in the alleged kidnapping and murder case of suspect

they were very much on the defensive for the last couple of years. after the fall of mubarak, the police and the security services, state security, the intelligence services were harshly criticized by the public and they were sort of in retreat. countere sort of committee were taking a low , they werecowed taking a low profile. they were coming under harsh criticism for past human rights abuses. intrusions into public freedoms and civic freedoms and so forth. they are now back. the interior minister came right out and announced it a few weeks ago. we are back. we are back in two political affairs, religious affairs, etc. unfortunately, there was no security sector reform. there were -- the interior minister was tried and so forth, but there was very little, there was no reform of security services. there was just about no accountability for abuses that they carried out either during the revolution or before that, and so because of that, in this situation, we now see the military and the internal security services which had been kind of rivals during the mubarak era, cooperati

they were very much on the defensive for the last couple of years. after the fall of mubarak and the security services, state security, the intelligence services were harshly criticized by the public and they were sort of in retreat. they were sort of cowed, they were taking a low profile. they were coming under harsh criticism for past human rights abuses. intrusions into public freedoms and civic freedoms and so forth. they are now back. the interior minister came right out and announced it a few weeks ago. we are back. we are back in two political affairs, religious affairs, etc. unfortunately, there was no security sector reform. there were -- the interior minister was tried and so forth, but there was very little, there was no reform of security services. there was just about no accountability for abuses that they carried out either during the revolution or before that, and so because of that, in this situation, we now see the military and the internal security services which had been kind of rivals during the mubarak era, cooperating very closely. trying to really recon

defense attorneys are trying to get him out on a technicality. he's facing a whole bunch of different charges right now and you have to remember that just last year, hosni mubaraken a life sentence to try to prevent the killing of protesters in 2011 when that revolution started there and that was overturned and a retrial was ordered. so i think it's too early to say it. but the timing of this and the prospect of him being released when that country is still reeling from a military coup and from the massacre of hundreds of people, more than 900 people in just the last few weeks would be astounding. >> going back to the arab spring and the fight for democracy in egypt, if he's a free man right now, it was all for nothing? >> well, if we see him walking free or being pushed free in a wheelchair because there have been constant suggestions that he's about to die by his defense attorneys, which really does look like it's been a strategy, a legal strategy and he's apparently been doing okay, yeah, if he is freed, then what was it all for? this man was accused of everything from corruption to basically killing his own citizens. so -- and prompted and unheard of and un

and intelligence services, because they were very much on the defensive for the past couple of years, right after, after the fall of the mubarak, the police and the security services, state securities, the intelligence services were harshly criticized by the public. and they were sort of in retreat. they were sort of cowed, they were taken a low profile and in some cases with regular place not even showing up for the job and so forth. so they were coming under harsh public criticism for past human rights abuses and intrusions into public freedoms and civic freedoms and so forth. they are now back, and the interior minister came right out and announced it a few weeks ago, we are back, and we're back into political affairs, religious affairs, et cetera. unfortunately, there was no security sector reform during the first couple of years following the egyptian, initial egyptian revolution in general 2011 when there was an opportunity to do so. there was, the interior minister, was tried and so forth but there was very little, there was no reform of the security services. it was just about no accountability for abuses that they car

mubarak is freed from jail. so a whole lot to discuss today. david schencker, director for the program on arab politics for the washington institute for nearest policy and former middle east advisor to secretary of defenseonald rumsfeld. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. heather: let's start first with syria. you heard the president speaking there, a big event of grave concern, very troublesome, requires america's attention, but yet a year ago he said if syria crossed the red line there would be action. we have proved there was the use of chemical weapons back then. there does not appear to have been any action. do you think he will take some this time? >> well, i find it very hard to believe that he will. the fact he referred this to the united nations a strategy which typically is time-tested way to do nothing suggests that he doesn't want to do anything. the policy is focused around not getting involved. so far you have had 100,000 dead, mostly killed by bullets and missiles, hard to see how one thousand or a couple hundred dead from a chemical weapon, while deplorable would impact his calculus. heather: but on the other side of it, by recalling a the rebels are we in essence arming al qaeda?

defense secretary chuck hagel when asked yesterday at the briefing about egyptian aid. that was his response. front page of the miami herald this morning, this headline on egypt. mubarakeave prison soon. a judge set aside some charges tbeps the former dictator who was ousted in the rebellion that led to the recently-overthrown islamic government. reporting from cairo, former egyptian president hosni mubarak who is on trial for the deaths of hundreds of protesters in 2011 may soon be released from prison after a judge set aside a corruption case against him. mubarak, 85, faces another legal challenge, and there's the possibility that prosecutors could file new case against him to continue holding him. that's in the miami herald this morning. and then the front page of the washington post, saudi leads efforts to back egypt's military leaders, a forceful effort by persian gulf monarchies to back egyptians. egypt's new military leaders exasperating a fierce be struggle for influence in the inegg creasingly leaderless arab world. on monday saudi arabia promised to compensate egypt for any aid that western countries might withdraw in response to the harsh tactics employed b

defense secretary chuck hagel addressed this news report during a conference today at the pentagon. here's a look. >> we don't know about a mubarak report. i'm not aware of it. i can't help you. saudi arabia, as you know, saudi arabia, uae, kuwait, announced a couple weeks ago that they committed to a considerable amount of assistance to egypt. the specifics of your question regarding saudi arabia, i don't know about those specifics. your question regarding cancellation of apache helicopters, or other perks, as i said to bob, we are reviewing all aspects of our relationship. >> [inaudible] to bring an end to the bloodshed in egypt right now? and why not answer the calls from capitol hill? just pull all the aid out if they're not cooperating our don't appear to be cooperating. >> first, there's not a consistent call for capitol hill one way or the other, as you know. but more to the point, we have serious interests in egypt, in that part of the world. this is a very complicated problem. we continue to work with all the parties. to try to help as much as we can. facilitate reconciliation, a stop the violence. our ability to influen