norman finkelstein, author and scholar. his most recent books, "knowing too much: why the american jewish romance with israel is and "whatan end," gandhi says: about nonviolence, resistance and courage." when we come back, we will go to cairo to speak to sharif abdel kouddous. ♪ [music break] >> "shawaree el quds fairuz" by may nasr. democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the crisis in egypt. after being held incommunicado for every or weeks, mohamed u.n. was allowed to meet envoy catherine ashton. she was flown to an undisclosed location to meet with morsi. >> he was well, we had a friendly and open, very frank hours ion for the two saw him. i saw where he was. i do not know where he is, but i saw the facilities he has. warm discussion. as you know, i have met with him many times before. i sent him good wishes from people here and he asked me to pass wishes back. of course, i have tried to make sure that his family knows he is well. >> shortly after she met with mohamed morsi. 72 peopl