egypt? >> u.s. aid is that the levels it has been in the past the projection for next year is the same. there was a freeze on the delivery and that has been removed. >> it will be delivered soon? >> yes. there was a release of 650 million dollars to pay military contracts here for equipment that is going to be delivered in egypt in implementation of the 2014 budget. i still believe that is on track as well. the there is the other half of the budget, over bit over 700 million, that remains frozen waiting for certification from secretary john kerry. >> there is much to talk about. you mentioned ups and downs. how would you define the ups and downs? >> what i'm talking about is ups and downs in egypt. but we start with something that you know because you interviewed most of them. from 1952, you are that old, in 1952 -- >> i was alive in 1952. >> 50 years. you have had four presidents. from 2011 to the end of may, we have had four presidents in egypt. that is one indication of the amount of change that is occurring. society is trying to find its political identity. where the flag is the basis and then you have t

as for egypt, larry poses two questions. one is what was the government under morsi, and where is egypt today and the question of whether dan and tarek and i disagreed about, how to describe the current regime. what was the government under morsi? it seems to me in the first place it was a composite. it was morsi pushing forward and it was still existing bureaucracy and all sorts of other institutions which were not under the control. there was this constant attempt on morsi's side, the brotherhood side to push to control those things, resisted by the institutions especially in the judiciary which, first of all, prevented morsi from very quickly taking control of thanks and also drove him crazy, if i may say so. and so the critical things seems a bit december 2012 when he just lost it. i mean, lost patience and try to rule by decree, which he could make state. and that was after that, their trajectory was downhill. and if i had been morsi i would've been more patient, but i don't figures getting advice from people to be patient.

remaining 13 chapters are devoted to case studies of individual countries with multiple chapters on egypt and tunisia and individual chapters on yemen, libya, syria, bodhran, algeria, morocco jordan and saudi arabia. at the conclusion of the panel we will have copies of the book available for sale in the back of the room for those that might wish to purchase one. i believe that the privilege of introducing the panelists all of whom have contributed at least one chapter of th the book but t wwithme say a word about larry himself as one of the world's most eminent scholars of democracy, the senior fellow at the hoover institution and the institute for international studies where he directs the center on democracy development and the rule of law and he also serves with me as the cochairman of the research council of the national endowment for democracy international forum for democratic studies. i want to call attention to the superb job that was done by the journal of democracy staff first editing the articles when they initially appeared in the journajournal and then preparine book for pub

parcak, oning egypt. >> in the right, on the left is taken at the end of 2012, beginning of 2013, andou can see all these hundreds of little black holes, those are looting pits. >> they will have told me in egypt that since the revolution, we found this kind of looting has increased. it's very huge, for our heritage. i felt so bad because some people are not knowing what they are doing. the just blowing our heritage away. that's not good. because once you destroy it, you will not get it again. and you will destroy your history. >> the ultimate goal is to set up training programs so that we can train the really bright enthusiastic young egyptian men and women to use this new technology because ultimately it is the egyptian people who are responsible for protecting their heritage. >> does dr. parcak ever get referred to as space indiana jones? >> she does but she says, indiana jones has got nothing on me. she is enabling these folks the way indiana jones never did. >> there are plenty of other uses for it too. >> people are using them in agriculture, to monitor humane crises, you can se

on all the fronts cooperation with egypt is essential and threatened by a cut off of aid. on the eve of the vote american officials insist they'll move to a transition if aid is to be restored. as egypt movements from democracy, aid continues to flow. >>> so given what we just heard, gentlemen, let's go back to you. specifically, how will the united states respond to an abdul fatah al-sisi presidency. >> i think we have seen already how it would respond. one month after the military cout de tar, and let's call it a cout detar in spite that the white house won't, john kerry meets abdul fatah al-sisi and says how the army restored democracy. i think the united states is chomping at the bid to resteroid, in spite of the horror -- resteroid in side of the horror show that egypt has become. there is something less that is very, very important here. i think that your lispers should understand that the region is in a great deal of flux, that the united states made overtures to iran to see whether or not they can bring iran into some sort of understanding which means that the unite

two sides, on the north and the east, but it borders egyptthe south and the southwest. and the third thing is that the israeli-egyptian peace agreement remain intact and stable. if you take those three as a package, this is what we're looking at. and i think there is a sense of cautious optimism in israel that the general election would lead to that. >> all right. general, you and i were just in egypt several weeks ago. who do you think is in the best position running for president to protect the interest of the united states in this election? >> that's a great point, judge. remember, this is about the egyptian people. but the point that these egyptian officers made to us is that it's also about the united states. look, there's only one bull work in that broad swath of the middle east that is taking aggressive, offensive action against al qaeda and that's the egyptian military. they're doing it with the libyans in the west that are beginning to form malitia groups. while the rest of the middle east is either against us or neutral. egyptian ma

on the next leader. i can't grow that way without security and tolerance among egyptians. >> charlie: without bringing them together. >> without saying egypt is a good nation and jordan and so on, so my whole region is a mess. but i come from a generation that did not leave the country with a democracy. but we have a second chance. i'm not going to miss it. >> charlie: and when you ask yourself why we missed it the first time, what's your answer? >> many, many different reasons. initially with the '52 revolution -- >> charlie: he had his own problems with the brotherhood. >> sure. he had a good social contract. things were working well but didn't evolve politically at the same time. so it goes to your point earlier, you can't argue tolerance and not security, or security and not tolerance, growth without private sector or growth without public sector. you need to do all these together. secondly, frankly, and i'll fall back on a question i was asked by an egyptian journalist when i just came back from washington. we need to have -- she asked me, if i could change one provision in our old constitution, what would it be? and i said, you can't

and the election started in egypt where voters are deciding on a new president. ly stations are heavily guarded. there is tight security at echl u and african union sent observers to monitor polling and al jazeera is ban from reporting in egypt so here is the video in doha and is looking at developments online and we will come over to you. >> this is the electorate and how they are viewing the election and how the candidates and their social media teams and some are approaching it as well and pictures from a little bit earlier and it is this man who is one of the people seen voting, the interim, current interim president of egypt and this election is the beginning and end of time in office, on july 4th of last year and the appointment was on television by defense minister by the name of abdel-fattah el-sissi and he had this to say. >> translator: i ask all egyptians to vote and this is the first step and we have to stop talking because egypt has all efforts. >> abdel-fattah el-sissi's presence is strong and this is his twitter page which has 144,000 followers ther

they are let down by the united states and drops the ball on egypt and others argue that it is egypt's sort out in the end. >> the u.s. offered egypt more than 2 billion in aid. some members of congress ask if cairo what they needed for the money. we are waiting for a news conference. we'll bring it to you live. rrn >> on the deadly shooting in santa bar bra fox news has a copy of the manifesto written by the gun men. inside are chilling details. it is entitled my twisted world and over hundred pages long and brian has been going through it. and he's live in our new york newsroom. and the title pretty much says it all. my twisted world. >> it does, julie. it is one then pages of the manifesto. the story of elliott rodger. it is written by elliott rodger and devoid in eight parts including an epilog. they are devoided in different parts of his life. all of my suffering on the world has been in the hands of humanity particularly women. it made me realize how brutal and twisted humanity is as a species. the entire manuscript talked about how women hated him his entire life and that led to

was the will of all of the egyptian people. >> with egypt already dependent on aid from the u.s. and gulf allies, el-sisi has unveiled a plan. >> what is needed right now is quite incoherent. they want to push egypt in a more democratic direction. they depend on egypt for a strategic relationship. >> analysts say president obama has confounded both ordinary egyptians and the country's political class. >> he seems to be very unclear. as if he doesn't have a middle east policy, so he needs to set it out and follow it. he can't keep betting on whatever source seems like it's going to win, detached from principles and american values. >> the obama administration has resumed deliveries to egypt of some funds and helicopters suspended last year. but other funds remaim frozen. >>> james, thank you. the u.n.'s watchdog said iran has neutralized about 80% of his enriched uranium that could be used to make a nuclear weapon. it says iran has less than 90 pounds of the material, about 20% of what it would need for a bomb. >>> still ahead why wounded warriors are jumping out

while inflation and unemployment are putting pressure on citizens. egypt relies heavily on foreign aid. but in order to get help from the international monetary fund, the government has to implement reforms, such as cutting subsidies for bread and fuel. the patience of the people is already close to its limit. if sisi cannot turn the economy around soon, it may trigger again huge demonstrations. the new 3rez will face immense challenges from his first day in office in the polarized country. >>> a suicide bomber has attacked a military bus in afghanistan's capital kabul. a taliban spokesperson says the group is responsible. at least two afghan soldiers were killed, and nine others wounded. the bomber was riding a motorcycle when he approached a mini bus carrying afghan soldiers. he got close to the bus, then detonated an explosive, taliban militants have staged repeated attacks against security forces and military personnel across afghanistan. the suicide bombing has renewed concerns about security ahead of the presidential runoff scheduled for next month.

. >> happening today all eyes on egypt as voters head to the polls for a second day in the presidential election. this after the states say a government takeover against egypt's first democratically elected president mohammed morsi. an overwhelming victory for the former military chief who stage the government takeover. washington watching the results closely and the economy is dependent on aid from the u.s. >> china accuses the united states for unscrupulous cyber surveillance. they launched large scale attacks against the government and chinese companies. american spying operations have gone far beyond the rationale of terrorism i. he is de mooning the u.s. stop the attacks. >> more secrets will be exposed. the journalist who released secrets to the world. he is said to make his biggest closure yet. he says he is about to publish on-line the names of those americans who are targeted by the usa. now the young nsa contractor fled to hong kong nearly a year ago and was given refuge by russia. >> out with the holiday weekend and in with severe weather. maria molina is standing by with det

diminished was also said about al qaeda back in the 1990s, the group the egyptian islamic jihad only on egypts. only focused on what is in front of them until they are not. until they turn their eyes to the united united states. the john brennan tops the top terror advisor predicted that al qaeda would be in effect eliminated by the end of this decade. that certainly doesn't look like it's a prediction that's likely to come true. >> congressman pompei, a republican congressman said he believes al qaeda is greater, stronger, the threat from al qaeda today is stronger than it was when president obama took office. and there are these other assessments that are starting to bubble up, marah. >> you mean in terms of able to it launch an attack on the homeland or just -- what are the criteria? >> across the board. >> no doubt it's me as it that sized. whether it's in a position to do what usama bin laden did and launch an attack on the united states i think is debated. but, there is no doubt that the al qaeda threat is there. it's serious and it's in a lot of places. and, in particular, in syria whe

. >> briefly on egypt, phyllis. he said security first, human rights second. what message does that send? >> it sends a message to those who are imprisoned, the families who have been killed that we apparently in the united states are going to continue to support a military regime despite its responsibility for massive human rights violations. despite the fact that many of the people who fought against both this regime and who fought against the morsi regime have pulled back and said this has been a real problem. we need to go back to the original demands of the arab spring, the original demands of tahrir square, which was about dignity, human rights, and not putting the military back in power to impress thousands of people, and kill over a thousand people in protest. this is not what people went to tahrir square for in the first place, and unfortunately, it sounds like the obama administration is saying we're going continue to support the military. >> right, thank you very much for your thoughts. from the institute for policy studies joining us live from wash

reporter: there's been a heavy crackdown on protesters with a new law that prohibits demonstration without permission. critics have described the state of human rights in egypts abysmal. the head of the academy disagrees and says police have been working really hard to try to bring safety back to the streets. >> there are no angels on earth. there are bound to be mistakes. these mistakes are blown out of proportion which is not right. if there are any violations, we don't cover them up. these are unstable times. you see the bombings and the innocent people who die. there needs to be a balance between bringing security back and the issue of human rights. >> reporter: this balance will not be easy. when they leave the academy, these recruits will face many challenges. one of them is to change the notorious image of the police force. shim ma ball legal, bbc news, cairo. >>> a quick reminder of our main story. dozens of rebels are believe to have been killed in donetsk in eastern ukraine as the military retakes the airport from armed insurgents. there are also reports that in the past few hours, a large ice hockey stadium has been set on fire by a group of unide

on in the country, or not. so clearly there is a lack of communication in egypt on the part of the authorities and we need them lly let the media do its job and allow the public in egypt to get information they need and make the choice they need to make for their country. >> thanks for joining us on the news hour on al jazeera. >> thank you. >> dozens of people have been hurt in a subway crush -- crash in seoul and two subway cars derailed due to the impact and harry faucet is in the capitol, seoul. >> passengers on this train in the station would have felt enormous impact as the train behind barrelled into it and we see damages on carriages we are working past and a great number of workers and train members trying to see how much damage has been sustained by these carriages. what it really does is well show just how gripped the country is still by public safety. a little over two weeks since the disaster and south korea has to deal with what is a major public safety event. it seems so far the injuries have been relatively light but it has not been anything on the same scale as the other tragedy but the country

this newspaper headline says sisi is on egypt's throne, for a new era. >> before our last breath, after a year, we were sent sisi. god saved us. >> it will change 180 degrees in sisi's era. we were living in anxiety in our home, terrorism, robberies and carjacking. there was real anxiety. now god will calm the situation with sisi in the picture. >> the election commission said counting is still underway and the final results will not be announced before next week. the original two day poll started on monday and was overshadowed by a law voted in. election officials blame it on a heatwave and extended it a third day. there are around 50 million registers voters. an official says more than 40% of people voted. the opposition alliance including the outlawed muslim brotherhood insist that less than 10% of voters showed up. aljazeera cannot confirm this. sisi led the coupe against egypt's first elected president and wanted millions of people to vote for him. critics say he needs a high turnout to legitimize his military takeover. this heights a boycott by the young people who led the resolut

i have heard it on the streets of egypt. don't think you can have that loud of an expression for democracy and it just goes away. it is going to keep coming. we need to get on the right side of history on this. yes? >> given how much power rides in democracy, is it possible for democracy to take hold, and if it seems to create a power crak vacuum for the religious organization to take over instead. so the people, in effect, would have two very large powerful organizations that they would have to rebell against before they had a democracy. >> you lived in saudi arabia, you said? >> that's correct. for 2 1/2 years. >> in saudi arabia, that's true. theocracy in saudi arabia, you are right, that will continually thwart democracy. the family will never allow a democracy to come forward. you are right. we don't hear the united states complain about that. when is the last time you heard the united states call for democracy in saudi arabia? when is the last time we've actually taken our ideals so beautifully expressed, particularly

the 35-year-old peace treaty between israel and egypt is still in force. onll those fronts, cooperation is essential and would be threatened by a full cut off of aid. american are foils insist egypt must move towards a democratic transition. but even though egypt has moved away from democracy, american aid has continued to flow. >> james, how will the united states respond to an al-sisi presidency? >> one month after the military cocoup d'etat, to declare that egypt is on its way for too democratic transition despite the horror show, i think security interests of the united states are placed well above and have been during this entire arab spring period, have been placed well above the interest of human rights and spreading democracy. i think your listeners should understand the entire region is in a state of number. the united states has made overtures into iran, to bring into understanding, which means the united states is beginning to distance itself with the gulf countries, and with the gulf countries, bringing about some new post-cold war order that woul

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the exact number of prisoners on hundrehunger strikes are unconf. but egypt has a notoriously tough prison system with wide allegations of torture and abuse. mohammed sol tan's case is one of many. al jazeera's an doll la abdullay has been held without charges. many are languishing in egyptian jails without charge, without trials and without transparency. >> thanks stephanie. al jazeera correspondent abdullah al shamy has been moved to a location unknown. his attorney has asked that he be transferred to hospital because his health is failing. >>> three other al jazeera journalists are accused of conspiring with the out lawed muslim brotherhood. the group has been declared an terrorist group in egypt. al jazeera is rejects all charges and demands for their release. >>> we look at boko haram and the men behind the nigerian movement. the ultimate capturing device. swiss researchers develop a bionic arm that can catch balls like a human. >> welcome back, a reminder of our top stories here in al jazeera. nigeria has rejected a demand by bow could had a ram to swap

let me mention one, egypt. they think we take their role. that's not true. we know the size of egypt, we know the capability of egypt. but tell me, egypt what they did internal policy. i'm not talking about the new guys because the new guys tell the news that egypt in term oil. i hope after the election we can see better policy, better result which i truly think egypt, stable egypt is important for all the middle east. and i believe at the time when it was playing some roles we have no alternative. we have our opinion and we could see the opinion of most of the arabs. but many policies being done for no reason. and in the end we find ourself that taking a role which we don't want to take it but we thought about the principal. the principal is to take that role. it is said you harsh within the protection there are some people who are the most radical in terms of islamist power and rhetoric. >> as i told you, there is a lot of talk in the region. and if we hate somebody, we throw excuse me for this all the garbage to him. no. if we have somebody, it's publicly

of increasing behavior on the regime and have abdel-fattah el-sissi as the new, uncontested rule of egypte see it based on the campaign rhetoric and the use of violence used and the fear used on the egypt population and look at the result there is an attempt as much as possible to cement this as a ruler and someone u noom mouse -- unanimo unanimous. >> what is the size of abdel-fattah el-sissi's majority and let's cut to the chase and the size of the turn out. >> there is more discussion of the turn out than the results signals a couple of things and this is no longer seen as a legitimate contest. we know this is of course that the chips are completely stacked in faither of abdel-fattah el-sissi candidacy because it has support of the state behind it and because the turn out is low it is alarming because there are millions of egyptians refusing to take part in the process and they are not accepting the legitimacy of the presidency or political apathy and we know it exists and people feel disenfranchised from the process and do not feel part of the transition. >> if it's a low turn out peo

what impact does it have on egypt going forward? >> he would no longer be able to -- imagine if sisi came in triumphant with huge turnout and 90% of the vote? the kind of president would be very different with diminished turnout and not a lot -- and clear signal that a lot of people are not necessarily happen with what happened on july 3, 2013 when morsi was overthrown. >> tarik, very good to hair your thoughts. thank you very much. he's here in the studio in doha with us. >>> meanwhile, al jazeera continues to demand the release of its journalists detained in egypt. they have been held in prison for 150 days. their trial has been adjourned into june 1. they're accused of conspireing with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the charges. a the fourth al jazeera journalist has been held in a cairo prison without charge for more than nine months. his lawyer has filed a third grievance to the attorney general demanding his release. he's requesting a medical report to document his poor health. >>> to nigeria now. at least

associate professor of public policy at harvard university and also o author ofa new book on elections in egypthe lawyer who we had on set here was saying there have been serious violations. but he accepts defeat. what do you think is going on there? >> well, i think he doesn't really have much of a choice, you know, this election has been very embarrassing for him. he was really running to demonstrate that there is a big pay revolutionary camp still in egypt and he ended up polling around 5% of the vote. in fact he was beaten not just by al sisi but also beaten by spoiled ballots. in egypt that count all the ballots for every candidates and the once they couldn't read or messed up there were more spoiled vote balance ups than vs for him. >> do you think his comments undermine the credibility of the elections even more than critics say it has? >> i think certainly these elections had a lot that happened that undermined their credibility. they extended it to a third day which is unprecedented. so clearly there are lots of question marks around this election and his statements just further add to

in addition to that on egypt, i'm not making that up. it's in the document that they provide to susan rice to prepare her for the sunday shows. >> there it is. here is the problem, hillary clinton was the one who was supposed to a, testify, and go on the talk shows. what's the reason for the terrorist attack? she was the one who had to have said, well, it was the video that caused the attack. they knew she couldn't do that because she was going to run in 2016 and they could not throw her under the bus at that pointt so she hits her head. cou she has to spend two weeks out of commission, can't testify, can't go on the talk shows and they send susan rice to do her dirty work. >> to take bullets. >> she had said that after that. that the video. she's already said that. >> because then that's the point, bob, that they were>> s already too far gone. then they had to get the cover-up and it begs the question of who pushed thegs cover-up. >> who cares? >> i care.e >> if you think russia or china is quaking in their boots whenus they see this col

results come out and this is on line and you can keep too touch with us on line and if you want to alert me to something use hash tag egypt to pick that up and a.j. staff will be talking about that in an hour's time. >> we will see you there and throughout the day and keeping an eye on social media developments from out of the elections in egypt, thank you. elections in europe have seen a swing to the far right in parties across the continent like in france where they topped the call for the first time e r ever. >> translator: our people demand a single policy, the policy of the french for the french with the french, it will no longer be directed from outside. and laws which they have not voted for or obey commissioners who have not talked about the sufferage. >> reporter: this is gaining popularity and eu independence party topped the poll there and harry smith has more. >> reporter: he doesn't have a seat in the uk parliament but like any politician in resent years he is transforming the layout of the country's power and for months the opinion polls have been predicting that the uk independence party were on the verge o

now the death of one teenager in egypt is leading to legal action. political parties in spain have suspended campaigning for the european elections after a local politician was shot dead in the northern region of late on -- leon. a mother and daughter have been arrested in connection with the crime. >> shot dead in broad daylight on a bridge near her home. witnesses say several bullets were fired at point blank range. the victim, a leading politician in the region of leon for the country's ruling conservative popular party. across spain, a sense of shock as colleagues and politicians from other parties pay their respects. >> spain's deputy prime minister said she was dismayed. "our thoughts are with her family at this time. oh the leader of the country's main opposition party condemned the murder, and spain's prime minister traveled to the region to pay his respect. is a normallycs polarized and sometimes even tribal affair, but sometimes there is unity on all sides. televised debate has been canceled. so, too, have sessions here in parliament, and al

on social media, twitter, facebook, enough so that it prompted the sultan in a fit of peak and anger to say that all of the critics themselves would be subject to punishment. >>> coming up, thousands in egypt go on hunger strike to protest against their treatment. plus... >> yes, i have smoked crack cocaine. >> toronto's mayor is taking a leave of absence - time to get help. >>> here at al jazeera, the top stories. 30 people, including children have been culled in a government -- killed in a government air strike in a school in syria. the security council resolution passed to build aid to syria is not working. police in northern island are questioning republican politicians in connection with the murder of a belfast woman 32 years ago. jerry adams is innocent. she was killed in 1972. brunei was the first country in south-east asia to introduce criminal law. punishment will include flogging, potentially death by stoning. >>> 20,000 prisoners across egypt have gone on a hunger strike. it's in protest of conditions. we have more. >> reporter: from well outside the prison gates the chance of protest can be clearly heard. down with the regime they chant. down with military rule. >> this is the

we sat on the streets of egypt watching all of this unfold. he demonstrations of june 30 were extraordinaire in the way that they were huge outpouring just as powerful if not more powerful in terms of numbers on the street against president morsi who had been democratically elected. he came out of the muslim brotherhood. he win the election. parliaments in elections before the presidential election, the muslim brotherhood party, the freedom and justice party had done well. they had won 40% of the seats in parliament and other islamist groups had 120%. -- had won 20%. morsi who is elected. he stays in office for less than a year. in late june 2013, the decide they are fed up with the government of morsi. they feel that it has failed. and had done a very poor job. it may be good at organizing people, good at organizing different pockets of party in ro but the people of egypt felt they were doing a terrible job. people i know called it peach mint from the street. they say it is no different than what we took down mubarak. him fromoing to impeach t

egypt. mismanagement and corruption in growing state-funded subsidies have been a problem, specially on basic goods. researchers say an unfair tax system is an issue. between 2008 and 2012, egypt's largest cooperations contribute 13% in taxes, less than half the amount paid by individuals. the disparity in income between the poor and rich - a graduate doctor earns $60 a month forcing millions to travel abroad. the majority under the age of 30. faced with the challenges, egypt's interim government announced infrastructure projects - a rise in minimum wage and cancelled fees for state-owned schools. people have not seen economic progress. short igements and power out -- shortages and power outages are a part of daily life. solving the issues are at the heart of the campaign. >> i'll by 1,000 trucks, each with 200-300 young men working on them. we'll drive them to farms. >> the front runner is retired army chief abdul fatah al-sisi. he is hinting at cutting spending and reducing poverty. egyptians have heard it all before. from the hundreds of thousands struggling to survive every day, promise a

egypt's biggest investment bank. good to see you. what are the thoughts of the investment community on these forthcoming elections? likewise, ross. great to see you. egypt's macro economic story is characterized by weakness. this say country, remember, that depends on fdi, depends on remittances from abroad and tourism. the latest tourist arrivals, down some 32% year-on-year. a great opportunity for to us go to cairo and sit down with him to get a sense of where this country is going. just for context, efg hermes, i asked him whether the return of a military man to the presidency meant the return of old ways of doing politics and business. have a listen. >> no. i think the situation has definitely changed, you know. there is more activity that is on the street. and there is also an intention to participate in the democratic process a lot more actively than before. i think the situation has changed a lot since 2010 for sure. >> talk us through then what types of investors are willing to put capital to work in egypt? who comes to play the game? >> a lot of the people that are looking at egypt today are looking at th

franz also commented on the issue in egypt. >> freedom of expression is one of the underpinnings of democracyust like resume of law, just like political reconciliation. and just like tolerance and respect for human rights of everyone. >> tomorrow marks the 21st anniversary of world press freedom day, the day also honors journalists who have died, while covering conflict and 70 journalists were killed in 2013. the work that ends up helping others, quite frankly. >> mohamed fahmy, is to be honored during world press freedom day, and another al jazeera colleague, peter greste, has been honored, here is what the letter said. >> growthings to you all on world press freedom day. here in egypt we've been imprisoned along with other journalists as part of what the egyptian government has indicated as their own war on are journalism, we've seen countless protests around the world. an extraordinary online campaign, together have been unprecedented in the struggle to protect press freedom. we of course are deeply moved and strengthened by the outpouring of support but we also understand that this isn't

we have this look at who he is. >> this is one of egypt's veteran politicians. the socialist has been involved in politics for 40 years, and started off as a student activist and is one of two candidates contesting the top position. he served twice, both times during the rule of hosni mubarak. he was known as an advocate of justice and arabism or arab unity. he joined anti-government protests, and got rid of hosni mubarak. his dig nit yit party formed a coalition in the muslim brotherhood in the parliamentary elections that followed the uprising. it was later dissolved by a decision he did not object to. this is not the first time he runs for president. in 2012 he was one of six candidate that took part informant free and fair presidential election. muslim brotherhood wept on to win elections. within months he became a critic. in late 2012. he helped form the national salvation front. he and his allies were angered by controversial presidential decree giving immunity to the president. they insisted mohamed mursi no longer had legitimacy and had to be removed. he

on the campaign trail. welcome, underdog in egypt presidential race. a politician works the crowd in one of his strongholds. she is reaching out to the youth, saying he will carry on their unfinished revolution. he was in the presidential election of 2012 when voters chose the islamist mohamed morsi. the former political prisoner says the egyptian people have toppled two presidents in recent years but have seen no benefits from the change. he promised no one would go to sleep hungry if he is elected. but look what he's up against. runner is hugely popular and is already getting the presidential treatment from the egyptian media. the former army chief commands more airtime and more deference. he told us it's an unfair contest, but he won't leave the fray. >> we have to fight. i don't think it is a fair i will stay in my home, the paradise of democracy to come. he has hadaving now, a very enthusiastic reception here and has a loyal following. many see him as a champion of the poor. they know that in the selection, they have a tough fight ahead. >> another

on al jazeera america >. >> ... >>> welcome back. those were some photos showing support for some of our own al jazeera colleagues who have been detained for 126 days in egypt. one has been on a hunger strike since august. it's world press freedom day and a new report just out by the committee to protect journalists says global media freedom is at a 10-year low. a humbling experience around this topic? >> to celebrate our peers, i checked out the museum. >> 1 in 6 people live in a country where the press isn't free. the stream is coming at you from the newsuem. we are about about to check it out. >> journalists face serious dangers such as harassment, imprisonment and murder. the u.s. state department is calling on all governments to protect the freedom right of human of expression. >> an attack on press freedom is an attack on press freedom everywhere. journalism is not a crime. it isn't. >> however, the obama administration has used the espy onnage act to prosecute seven whistle blowers, more than all previous administrations combined. attacks in jummists have increased with more than 6 murdered in past 20 years. >> i am at the journalist memorial. all of

that was mainly going on in egypt. the video thing was a side show. state department put out tweets to try to spin the trouble in cairo as attributable to the video but actually, it was al qaeda elements but if they admitted that. >> no video could ignite something that doesn't have embers burning all around the place underneath it. there has to be an underlying policy issue. >> he said he decimated al qaeda. it would have been clear he didn't. >> thank you very much. pleasure. >>> some of america's top democrats are meeting this week with some of america's wealthiest liberal donors but when the cameras showed up, everybody got camera shy. they didn't want to talk at all. why? we'll investigate. >>> a report that china's economy will soon by pass the united states of america. we'll show you exactly what that means. [speaking foreign language] [ male announcer ] staples has everything you need to get your client's attention. from brochures to business cards to banners. everything... except your client's attention. thousands of products added every day

and sisi faced only one other contender. >> translator: egypt's economy will now develop. >> translator: cheers to the country's new leader. i will follow his ideas. >> sisi led a group of generals last july that overthrew then-president mohamed morsi. and media outlets gave strong support to his presidential campaign. commentators said he could save the nation from chaos. the military backed interim government has been cracking down on morsi supporters in the muslim brotherhood. they've rejected the results, calling the election a sham and posted calls on the internet for people across egypt to protest the election. >>> a heat wave is pushing temperatures into the 40s for parts of asia. meteorologist jonathan oh joins me now. jonathan, i hear people in india are having a rough time? >> yes, shery, they are. because the temperatures are really, really warming up. we're talking about highs to around 40 degrees or so. so we have a couple of pieces of video coming out of india. let's take a look at it and show you what's going on. in western india, they're known for the's at-ic lion at the

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it was just one of a series of explosions across egypt on friday.s was the scene on the road to the city on the red seacoast. the bus was carrying workers to a tourist venue when a suicide bomber blew up his device. in cairo a device was detonated outside of a courthouse. >> translator: i was driving my car this morning and heard a loud explosion. we found three injured people on the streets, and one of them had a serie injury to his neck. >> reporter: friday also saw demonstrations for and against the military-lead government in the capitol, members of the anti-coup alliance took to the streets to proclaim their allegiance to sisi. >> the amount of violence in the streets have increased heavily and that is because of the so mad policies that the coup government has taken. >> reporter: but elsewhere it was different as in here, where a few hundred sisi supporters staged a rally, chanting slogans directed against mohammed morsi. many believe that sisi will be the winner of the elections soon to come. >>> the trial of three al jazeera english journali