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there are protesters on videos. these protesters are gunman. orders that anyone seen near the embassy armed and/or has weapons, should be shot at directly. that is why the security forces at the embassy are not acting with force, because they know that they are unarmed. >> we're hearing a lot of chanting, a lot of yelling. what are they saying? >> they are chanting and saying, anyone the prophet muhammad why degrade muhammad when we do not degrade jesus. it's to show why they believe the american people are behind the movie that was made, the homemade movie, and they are expressing their anger, and showing why is muhammad being attacked by the american people while the lebanese or the muslim are not attacking their prophet, jesus. so it's for religious rather than cultural or foreign policy. >> hakim let me ask you something. do you think the people there have seen this video, or are there the rumors of it that are causing all of this anger? because we have watched a 14-minute trailer for one of the films from this producer, and i've got to tel

live pictures from cairo where protesters outside the u.s. embassy refused to be silenced curacao an american made film making a mockery of the prophet muhammad. u.s. missions across the arab world phrase and also lot from angry crowds here is over an american made film that makes a mockery of the prophet muhammad. mosque and downs the killing of the you are some box of the to leave you say governments around the world should unite in the fight against tyranny just incitement and. hello welcome to twenty four hour news live from moscow i mean a lot on main story now protesters in egypt gathered outside the u.s. embassy in cairo for a third day sporadic clashes with police continued to flare up stones were holed by both sides and tear gas fired to contain the crowds an american made film that smokes islam and the prophet mohammad and let's now cross to local journalists about troopers in the diction capital nice to see you about so protesters are still outside the u.s. embassy wolf that is the mood like among the people that. are still basical

across the middle east and around the world protests are flaring up against the u.s. for an anti islam film we'll bring you the latest developments and those are the only protests our t. is keeping an eye on today. that. occupy wall street is celebrating its one year anniversary gone are the days when protesters were dismissed by the media as hippies and drug abusers i had we'll show you where the movement came from and where it's heading. it's monday september seventeenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz out and you're watching our t.v. . let's begin with the massive protests taking place across the world after last tuesday's attack on the u.s. embassy in libya which ended the deaths of four in the deaths of four americans including the u.s. ambassador protests have been spreading throughout the middle east and north africa there are conflicting reports regarding the source of the anger from a low budget offensive film about islam to overall frustration with the west u.s. embassies around the world are on high alert and non-essential u.s. government per

the protests have now spread from yesterday's initial protest in egypt. this is footage from protests in iraq today. there were also protests in lebanon and in morocco and in sudan and in tunisia and in iran and in bangladesh. we are told to possibly expect large protests tomorrow in pakistan. some of the most aggressive protests today came in yemen. nbc's richard engel reports on that. >> reporter: the protesters in yemen set out to destroy the american embassy in sanaa to punish an insult against islam. protesters climbed the perimeter fence, undeterred by yemeni security forces who tried to keep them back with water cannons. the crowds pushed forward and managed to get inside the embassy parking lot, smashing windows, torching vehicles, using a fork lift to do even more damage. this time, the u.s. embassy was prepared. staff was moved to a safe location. no one was hurt. in cairo, another embassy under siege, but egyptian security forces are finally taking decisive action. riot police battled demonstrators all day. more than 200 were overcome by tear g

i should say we saw protests when pastor terry jones wanted to burn korans we stopped protests when korans were actually burned in holy text or burn in afghanistan so we seen it several times why is this film in particular causing not just one country a protest but this slew of countries to protest well first of all because it talks about the prophet muhammad and for them muslims are taught to learn to love the prophet more than they love themselves so for them this film dokken about their prophet in a very insulting way is the reason why they want to go out and protest that of course you're going to see this happening in all over the arab countries all over the muslim countries more so when you know in countries other than other countries but you're going to see this happening in every single muslim and arab countries they're all going to brought this the documentary the film that is made about their prophet and regardless of what is in this film if you ask people on the street now have they seen this film most of them don't even know the name of the film that was produced a lot of them o

>> well, i think tonight's protesters are quite different than yesterday's protesters, anderson. my concern is that yesterday's protesters were given enough room by the silence of the president and any clear sign from the egyptian government, especially this, you know, first revolutionary president that we've had since we got rid of hosni mubarak, the silence seems to have given some kind of green light as to what is happening outside the embassy. yesterday you saw the very right-wing fringe belonging to people who identify as salafists. today, as ian said, a lot of the protesters or some of the protesters that were there are those the kind that are other at other embassy protests. this is not the first embassy protest that we've seen in egypt, but the point that i want to emphasize in all of this is that it's imperative that we have a clear and strong statement from the egyptian government, which we have lacked so far. >> mona eltahawy, we'll check in with more with you throughout this hour and also our reporter, ian lee, on the ground. we'll talk to you later on in this hour as

one protester killed, dozens injured. and while chaos rein reigned overseas, another baths raged. >> in the days ahead and the years ahead, american foreign policy needs moral clarity and firmness of purpose. >> it is clear that message in the middle-east is the united states is weak and if the united states is leaving. >> they were a well-planned and professional terrorist act against the u.s. consulate in benghazi. >> we also need to understand that this is a fairly volatile situation and it is in response, not to the united states policy, not to the administration, not to the american people, it is in response to a video. >> to think that the libyan people are somehow involved in this is just not acrats. it was a terrorist attack. organized and carried out by terrorists. >> the people of egypt, libya, yemen and tunisia did not trade the terny of a dictator for the terny of a mob. >> when it comes to criticism, i would note that many observers, commentators and foreign policy expert, as well as elected officials, democr

and i with more coverage of the protests. demonstrations all around the world is our correspondent paula. hundreds of palestinian protesters have clashed with israeli police at a border crossing in east jerusalem at least twenty people were injured when the protesters threw stones and firebombs at the security forces who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets now this follows nearly a week of protests here in the west bank and gaza over this form entitled innocence of muslims we've seen protests and demonstrations in the west bank city of ramallah as well as in gaza where both the israeli and the american flags have been burned with people chanting death to israel and death to the united states the palestinian authority is calling for the united states to apologize over this form and we're hearing the same kind of course come from the harassed prime minister ismail haniya he says that the film must be removed and that washington needs to apologize to the arab and islamic world for the offense that it caused demonstrations

embassy in bangkok was the focus of protest. nearly 1,000 people gathered there peacefully demonstrating about that film. in the middle east, the city of basra in southern iraq has seen large scale protest. thousands took to the street to demonstrate and burn the u.s. and israeli flag. this has been a largely peaceful gathering. violence has been targeted over a paris-based magazine published a series of cartoons of the prophet muhammad. while france has closed embassy, consulates and talks in 20 countries fearing a backlash. let's get more, kristin frazier has more on this. christian, interesting news by the french authorities. not entirely surprising, i think. >> no, they were very quick out of the block on wednesday in light of the protest we've seen over the week. they're worried about being stung by the backlash by these u.s. embassies have suffered and the foreign minister was quick to improve and enhance security in 20 countries. there's also protection for french schools and there's a travel warning for french people as

protests. thousands came out to protest and seven hundred people were arrested after they blocked the brooklyn bridge many involved say police actually corralled them on to the bridge for police it was a wake up call in terms of the size and scope of the occupy. what you're doing what you know. what you we did see many weeks of action by police and later that month an open california u.s. military veteran scott olsen was critically wounded by them setting off a flood of anger and also bringing more strength to the occupied. then images of police spraying student activists in the face with pepper spray brought even more attention to the clashes between police and protesters. then as winter came the number of those taking part did diminish but many of them were forced off the properties they had been occupying many observers believe the occupy wall street to quiet down until a few months later on may first occupy protests erupted once again they force a very didn't size and shape it illustrated t

police anger and the protesters.dered whether when we had a more legitimate elected government that would change. this is one of the first signs it is not going to change. in fact, when i heard what i was tired of protesting today, some impatience with the president. impatience that he hasn't done more to stand up to the u.s. i heard people talking about, you have to kick out the american ambassador, cancel his upcoming trip. people are angry at their own president for not speaking out more forcefully on this video. >> david kirkpatrick, i appreciate your reporting and ben wedeman as well. be careful in the days ahead. we are going to be right back. those surprising little things she does still make you take notice. there are a million reasons why. but your erectile dysfunction that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptom

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as protests over the film grow and elsewhere in the world with. country. reported in new york where. protesters say the plight of the so-called ninety nine percent still is not being addressed and they won't stop. tokyo clings to powerful allies like the u.s. . deal with. china. worldwide news live from moscow. straight to our breaking news for you this hour by far the biggest protest of the past week it's unfolding as we speak in beirut of course the capital of lebanon tens of thousands of muslims are rallying against the united states which they believe is behind a you tube film that mocks islam. or not it's across live to our correspondent lucy capital for who is in beirut and joining us by the phone lucy this is real research showing the moscow studio i hope you're going to help him in that is how do you bring us up to speed on the stand your ride in the middle of the protests and what are you seeing that now. you have been from people and neighborhood in favor of the florida law to be free i know that. reporters would have. certain people there may co

more dead as a global anti american protests over a film mocking islam escalate with violent outbursts expanding now to a new front to this. year of protest on the plight of the so-called ninety nine percent still not addressed the occupy movement blogs its anniversary with renewed rallies and the pledge not to stop until the. us tokyo clings to powerful allies like the us sealing it and team missile defense deal with washington made an escalating row with china over disputed islands. and is just one step from here cost i want survivor of the july london july seventh london terror attack a once praised as an icon of british courage now faces deportation left in limbo by the u.k.'s much criticized immigration agency. it is a pleasure to have you with us on our t.v. this monday rory sushi life in moscow. molotov cocktails and chanting for death thousands of protesters skirmished with police in both afghanistan and indonesia just a week since it all began on rest and violence has now spread to more than thirty nations around the world. feeding on global muslim fury over a u.s. made film t

are anti america protests and they're not even able to qualify selves. well said the muslim brotherhood and here we're talking also about the egyptian president mohamed morsi is walking a very fine line you have seen a lot of countries withdraw investments what he said on the fence waiting to see what develops here in the country and whether or not they'll continue to lend financial assistance and other kind of support to egypt then at the same time you have the brotherhood trying to to keep these neighbors happy but certainly doesn't want to lose grassroots support and at the moment that grassroots support is very very much and the united states so they're having to treat this very very fine line looking at the the profile of protesters on the streets there isn't necessarily a strong muslim brotherhood presence certainly i did notice that when morsi was elected and in the last few months of and we still in egypt there has been a brotherhood poisons and a brotherhood face to the protests i haven't noticed that specifically today looking around at the dem

tonight protesters stormed the u.s. embassy in yemen as the wave of fury spreads across the muslim world in response to a u.s. made film which mocks is less. stones and tear gas are exchanged between protesters and police in cairo as another anti u.s. demonstration descends into scenes of violence to injuring at least two hundred twenty people there. and president putin strongly condemns all attacks on u.s. diplomats but says governments must speak stream be cautious with people from the just feelings warning of the consequences of their lives. in a very good evening from moscow thanks for joining us here tonight it's now ten pm my name is kevin and we start with the news that protesters have attacked the u.s. embassy in the capital of yemen clashing with police who opened fire to disperse the mob two people were reportedly killed and several wounded in the clashes is the latest u.n. diplomatic mission to come under attack in response to the american film poking fun at his lab. off reports. turmoil in the arab world spr

this is cairo right now where protesters outside the u.s. embassy or refusing to be silenced furious at an american made film that bridge accuses the prophet muhammad blind pictures from the. big guns anger against the film leads running across the region with other you us missions on the target while it's nice to form than we've been seeing children go as they are suspended. russia condemns the killing of the glass on van sort of to libya saying governments around the world should unite in the fight against a really interesting songs and. international news live from moscow this is all she was me thanks for joining us protests as an egypt refused to leave the streets outside the u.s. embassy in cairo for a third day sporadic clashes with police continued to flare up stones were told by a both sides and tear gas fired to contain the crowds angry over an american made film that mocks islam and the prophet mohammed and local reports now from the egyptian capital. we're still basically saying quite violent street fights between the protesters a

similar calls for protest in iran and the gaza strip, and large protests expected in baghdad and iraq's second largest city basra, as well as amman, jordan. ian lee has been following the developments in cairo. ian, what's the scene like right now? >> reporter: well, right now christine, we still have battles going on between protesters and police. we're still seeing the tear gas used rubber bullets used, protesters responding with molotov cocktails and rocks. this battle has been going on since wednesday night. it's now friday, just about noon, so it's been a sustained battle. really no either side getting the upper hand on the other, but we're seeing injuries and more injuries on both sides as this battle continues. it is happening near the u.s. embassy on a road that goes from tahrir square to the u.s. embassy. right now the protesters are about roughly 80 to 100 yards from the embassy, but the police have been able to hold them off. the military's also building a huge concrete wall on the road leading to the embassy. this wall is about ten feet tall, and we've seen this used in the

feeding on global movement fury over the film new protests hot spots are appearing. cocktails and challenging for death thousands of protests a skirmish with police outside the american embassy in indonesia and afghanistan a thousand protesters burned cars and surrounded the u.s. base just a week since it all began unrest and violence has now spread to more than thirty nations around the world. with the details. police and protesters have hatched in the indonesian capital to costa and these classes took place when hundreds of pod line is in front of the american embassy they took the police by surprise when they started pulling walks at them because until now all the demonstrations that have been taking place across indonesia which is the world's most populous muslim nation have been peaceful the police responded with tear gas water cannons and by firing warning shots to disperse the crowd but not before protesters had the chance to throw molotov cocktails to burn tires and also to say for explosives also on monday there have been fresh clashes in talk this time this

burned an american flag more or less peaceful protests in iran as well as protests in iraq on the topic of iraq we also had the leader of one of the leaders of an iraqi militia there saying that american interests in that country are. in danger or on the counter of the film we've also seen a very popular in. posters twitter account of call for protesters to gather on thursday evening side of the american embassy there so it remains to be seen how that situation will play out and of course the one to really watch is going to be afghanistan and we know that you tube has tried to block access to that video in afghanistan as well as in libya and egypt but if people really do catch on to this we could see some unprecedented levels of. islands this is according to some of the people some of the reporters that i've spoken to on the ground in kabul libyan situation is a little bit different from the other countries where we've seen where of course the libyan protesters or the libyan people who are against the government of moammar gadhafi had really welcomed us intervention called western inter

has this been a very violent protest?e've seen this back and forth with the police, but how serious is this really? >> we're told that -- if you compare this to other periods of clash that is have taken place since the revolution, what is surprising is the fact that nobody has been killed so far in these demonstrations that began on wednesday evening. it does appear that the police are showing a good deal of restraint compared to what we saw in the past, but the fact that these demonstrations go on all night long, and they've been going basically around the clock since wednesday evening. the security forces haven't really been able to clamp down on these protests. suzanne. >> ben, thank you very much. want to bring in holly, who has been covering this. you were in tahrir square as the arab spring was taking place. we heard a warning from president obama yesterday telling the egyptian government that it would be a really big problem if there was a lot of violence that was directed on this day of prayer towards americans. t

protests in yemen. one important note here sh, ye is a key ally in the fight against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula which has been a massive, massive problem of late. hakeem al wa ssri, is our journalist on the ground there. can you hear me? are you there? >> yes. protesters are decreasing and force forced to leave 300 meters away from the u.s. embassy. there were clashes. and three people were reported injured and one in critical condition. it caused the protests to es kate la, and as the day continues this these protests increase, and we are expecting more tomorrow, because right now many in yemen are reviewing the individu video online on the movie that is attacking the prophet mohammed, so this could not be the end from what we see. >> hakim, i'm looking at the protesters who are looking like they are armed with the crude of weapons and sticks and stones, little ray wiliterally, and is coordinated or just spontaneous? >> no, this is spontaneous. these are protesters angered from the mosques who t

i'm not talking about it these protesting in general many of these people are genuinely protesting against this and sold in for what they believe in but is absolutely sure that there are also organization who use this for their own goals extremist movements i mean we all now begin to see that the attack on the consulate in libya was actually a very well prepared commando attack i mean the d.c. the anger is always there this is always happening whenever there is revolved whenever there are protests people will use that as a as a vehicle for their own agenda dishpan is perfectly clear that what is going home is partly anger and frustration of many people and on the same time this is being used by extremist movements. so there is only so much of what we're seeing is now spreading all across the world it's been going on for just a week over fifty approximately now have been killed in the violence over thirty countries we're seeing the short term effects talk about the long term effects. well i think the short term effects of course you have to do whatever you can to stop these protests but und

iona craig in yemen, i cannot find one protester who had seen the trailer -- i could not find one protester who gets in the trailer for this movie that has inside is a much bigger. but everyone's eye to the movies and the reasons for being there, for being in the insults for the profit. i think was used as a trigger by conservative muslim groups here in egypt, for example, a spokesperson for the largest salafi party here in egypt allied with the muslim brotherhood, said that the film had been broadcast on u.s. channels -- which is a blatant lie. that is what is happening right now on the ground. on the political scene, mohamed morsi waited 24 hours after the initial protest on tuesday night before releasing any kind of statement. he is in brussels today on his first visit as egyptian president to europe. he spoke at a press conference about what is happening and says he condemns in the attack or any non peaceful protest and embassies, but condemned any insults to the prophet. he had a phone call of president obama and said he offered his condolences for the death of the four americans who d

there was a protest.uickly some two dozen people took that as an opportunity to attack. they have attacked the benghazi consulate before. i believe it was on june 6th. so this is not a new thing. but i think one of the great lessons out of this is there are consulates in these very troubled nine middle eastern nations must be in very secure locations if we have them there at all. >> the libyan prime minister has told our christiane amanpour that they have arrests. >> once the news is ahead, but i'm very pleased to learn the same thing. people have been arrested. and i believe an investigation is going on in this country concerning the individual who did this very obnoxious, 12-minute preview of some very stupid movie and wrong-headed movie. and he may well not be who he has claimed to be either. so we're going to have to find out a lot about what happened. i would hope -- a big day is coming up tomorrow, it's friday. it's a day of prayer in the islamic world. and i would really hope that cool minds prevai

the protest unfolds in london on it with thousands of demonstrators joining as full blooded anti-matter can rally in the quality of film deemed insulting to islam. prime a french prime minister defines the publishing of profit on the cartoons as freedom of expression all explicit photos of the british royalty are taken off the shelves . also moscow banishes of the u.s. agency for international development saying it's channeling money into russia's internal politics. plus the super rich in france threaten to pack their bags as the government considers taking seventy five percent of their earnings in turn to amend the national budget. hello and welcome to you are too young karen taraji with you it's eleven o'clock here in moscow and tens of thousands of lebanese have taken to the streets for their second massive anti-american march in the last few days organized by hezbollah's leader experts say the undertones are increasingly political rather than religious and i challenge to america's regional clout. but more on the rally and loved. as well as other islamic demonstrations all over the w

tonight protesters stormed the u.s. embassy in yemen as the wave of fury spreads across the muslim world in response to u.s. made film which mocks islam. plus live pictures here stone sent six changes you can see right now between protesters and police in cairo that's another anti u.s. demonstration descends into scenes of violence in germany at least seventy people. and president putin strongly condemns all attacks on u.s. diplomats but says governments must be extremely cautious because people's religious feelings warning of dire consequences otherwise. hello eight pm thursday evening here in moscow you're most welcome if you just joined us this is r.t. and i'm kevin owen and to start this hour news that protesters have attacked the u.s. embassy in the capital of yemen clashing with police have opened fire to disperse the mob two people reportedly killed and several wounded in those clashes it's the latest u.s. diplomatic mission then to come under attack in response to that american film poking fun at islam. from off

anti-american protests continue there. rioting police firing tear gas at rock throwing protesters. they breached the wall of the u.s. embassy. they tore down the u.s. flag of our embassy. and also hoisted a black flag oftentimes symbolic of the far radical wing of islam and oftentimes al qaeda as well. these are some of the latest pictures that we've been getting in from the capital of tunisia. again, reaching the u.s. embassy in tunis, the capital of tunisia. in sudan, in khartoum the capital there. protesters targeting american, british and german embassies and setting fire to the german embassy. so far the protests that are outside the american embassy have been peaceful but these are the images elsewhere. the british and the german embassies seeing the most voils in khartoum, sudan. in egypt the muslim brotherhood has cancelled a nationwide call to demonstrate. before the announcement was made several hundred protesters were clashing with riot police near the u.s. embassy in cairo anyway. right now thousands of protesters are gathering in tahrir square, again despite the fact t

hundreds of protesters in afghanistan clashed with much- needed aid he was military base in cockpit protesters burned one police car and then threw rocks towards a u.s. military police. the truck up of the chanting death to america. bichette and into that crowd spit the minister's hundreds of people in the northwest region set fire to a press club in government office. u.s. officials said all americans inside the consulate are safe. in the mud and the steelers are still trying to figure out if the four americans killed including the ambassador here or plan to of part of the planned protest of the entire muslim extremists took over from the demonstration. libya is president disagrees. he says was a well-planned attack i think it was clear that there were extremist elements that joined in the past led to violence. one of the word extremist, phillips i think this stuff is one thing these approaches acted and moved in and it leaves us with no doubt that this was predetermines the attack did to religious and if the security shirt and tie in libya. analysts is the back with a number of essential per

the wrath of muslim protesters in response to an american film mocking is. more countries. today we report from the front line. thousands take to the streets of egypt capital street battles between protesters and security forces in front of the american embassy at least one person is killed in the worst mining since the brotherhood comes to. washington to save face and contain the scandal which ignited a keg of anti american sentiment that according to opinion polls has been brewing for years. and after a summer break russia's opposition comes together once again in demonstration with public sector workers now joining the rally the first time. it's a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today. life in the russian capital fierce anti american protests by muslims have gone global on their fifth straight day as demonstrators clashed with police outside the u.s. consulate in sydney i mean time over in yemen security forces reportedly fired warning shots to disperse a fresh more gathering there near the american embassy in the u.s. itself the alleged creator of the controve

we've still got hundreds of protesters here mainly use. who managed to take over the central square that the security forces have been holding all day which is adjacent to the u.s. embassy security forces were pushed into a neighboring street conduct an american street where we're seeing really is normal behavior for egypt's security forces are pretty stunning which is essentially used to control tactics of the court and heavy handed rein searches to go we've seen short compound it also has been exchanging in. during the books the protests that have really been done and nothing's been done to actually calm the crowd so much i think this is probably getting the crowds more excited as we've seen before i can remember last year now crashes which stretches for five days and the same thing in december in the same thing again in february of this year so i don't think much is being done to to to to calm the crowds down really they just use the old heavy handed topic these are the first major purchase it's more six hundred officers and really peop

protesters blocked several intersections. it was one of several actions marking the day in san francisco. occupy activists spoke to me about how the movement changed ovthe course of a year. >> -- over the course of a year. >> there is people that have different ideas about where they would like to take it. some people want to move it into a political arena. >> reporter: back out here live that bank of america plaza. you see one of the signs. there have been no arrests so far according to police. they plan to cap the day with a burning in which they will burn debt papers. reporting live, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> in davis 50 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration. it is the second time they targeted the product company. many wore costumes and masks. >>> the daily californian is reporting news from cal's water polo team. 5 players were suspended for violating the team's code of conduct. there are no details on what they did. >>> searchers continue to look for a firefighter who disappeared after leaving on a t

this morning we saw protests pop up in sydney, australia. turned violent with protesters clashing with police near the consulate. especially trained u.s. marines were sent to help beef up security. in benghazi, four americans were killed in the first few hours of the protests there. their bodies were returned to the u.s. on friday. cnn's senior international correspondent arwa damon visited the ruins of the destroyed consulate and she has more on what happened and why. >> amid the ash, soot and debris, remnants of a life that was and what it meant to those stationed here. scrawled on this sheet, libya is so important. traces of blood stained the walls. what is now a blackened ruin, was a pleasant compound in an upscale benghazi neighborhood. libyan officials say tuesday night's attack was planned by islamist militants and quickly overwhelmed the libyan and american guards. the compound's first line of defense easily breached. according to one of the libyan guards who was stationed at the gate, armed with only a radio, the assault happened si

and in cairo, protesters trying to reach the u.s. embassy clashed with police, who responded to tear gas -- with tear gas. media reports that more than 200 people have been injured in three days. in alexandria, an angry crowd burned the u.s. flag. the egyptian president condemned the violence and said that his government was committed to protecting embassies. let's go to our correspondent in cairo, who joins us on the line now. we had morsi pledging to protect u.s. and disease. is his government getting this under control? >> only a few hundred protesters are left, basically. the police set up a huge concrete wall around the embassy and holding basically the demonstrators at bay from the embassy itself, although we now have basically another front open to the national forces in sinai, which are there to basically monitor the peace treaty. one of the bases was attacked by militant islamists. when jeep and one helicopter were destroyed. >> president obama was quoted last week as saying that egypt is not an ally and not an enemy but a d

attacks and protests spread world wide, our u.s. embassies abroad are facing millions of dollars in cuts to security. those details came a week late, but the white house is now finally providing a breakdown of where the cuts in the budget will come from on january 2 if congress fails to reach a deal on deficit reduction. peter doocy is standing by with more from washington. >> you're right, united states embassies abroad will suffer further security setbacks if the sequester takes effect because there are $129 million in cuts to embassy security and maintenance and construction in a 394-page report released by the white house yesterday that lays out the specific things that add up to the $1.2 trillion in cuts over the next decade. half copping from domestic programs examine half coming from defense spending. >> i cannot understate the amount of damage these cuts would do to our military. they would essentially holly out our armed forces. what that means, we would have the smallest ground force since 1940. the smallest navy since 191

at least one hundred twenty muslims were arrested at a protest in. it's no longer about burning down u.s. embassies in muslim countries in europe they're calling the holy war. london saw similar demonstrators outside the u.s. embassy following friday prayers. and up to a thousand again on sunday tempers flared and flags were burned. out of this point how this moves scale of european protests compared to those in the middle east but they say local islamists are using this to recruit new members a worrying sign. as i say mainstream extremists want a better word groups looking to exploit this in order to encourage young men to come and join them and try and get into the habit of protest. extremists demonstrations and that's always there it's be concerned about and it's already prompted a backlash as u.s. embassies all over europe come under siege from angry muslims fall right islamophobia group in germany says it wants to place on a screening of the controversial film the innocence of muslims the prove citizens movement say it's a question of art and fr