a huge boycott nationwide or whether it is not large enough to make an impact behind me the republican guards have had a tank stationed outside the presidential palace they've also built a twelve foot concrete barricades however the protesters on friday in quite extraordinary scenes century overwhelm the republican guards and pushed through in front of the presidential gates where they are now people on the streets of the republican guard essentially stepped aside and so many leading many to believe the military perhaps not backing morsi to the same extent that he is saying they are he has called for them to secure the streets there are fears the violence will escalate this bloody scenes on wednesday when rival groups clashed here just at the presidential palace between pro pro presidential supporters and protest is leaving at least seven dead at the national salvation front themselves in this press conference said this referendum will really just simply increase division in the country and possibly to further violence these protest groups maintaining that positions so definitely the military

protesters i've spoken to said that sensually the republican guards just stepped aside and let people cast first people worried that this might be a sign of some kind of trap or actually all the people were saying maybe they just felt that the hundreds of thousands of people because it has now stretched to hundreds of thousands of people just overwhelmed the guards and they just thought it would be safe to let people through at the moment you can see fro testers stretching into the horizon as they chance against president morsi vowed to stay here all night and we saw a similar protest near the presidential palace just a few days ago and those ended in violence you were reporting on those on those incidents although any signs of clashes now. right now the scenes are quite jubilant so we haven't heard of any violence yes it seems that they've been adamant we've had reports of the republican guards who erected these barricades on thursday and praising this curfew after violent clashes there actually standing on top of tanks with protesters who would chanting at the protests the chanting

and there's the ultimatum from the republican guard. we will have to see how that goes. >> the army planning to clear the protesters within the next 57 minutes. thank you very much. 350 people have been killed by typhoon bopha in the southern philippines. another 400 missing. much of the damage seems to have been concentrated in eastern minden now. aid workers are still trying to get to the most isolated areas. -- eastern mindenau. >> three years old, yet a survivor of the storm with speeds of 200 kilometers per hour. he was badly injured by typhoon bopha. some people are still being found. mud and debris. there is fresh grief. the dead are also being found in the rubble. the valley bore the brunt of the force of the typhoon. the hurricane barreled through the province, bringing heavy rain and floods across a vast area. officials are astonished at the scale of the damage. >> we were all surprised because this is the first time we have had a super typhoon like this. >> those survivors have makeshift evacuation centers in schools and comm

barricades storms be a republican guards who essentially stepped aside and let the flood of protesters through to the gates of the presidential palace to continue their protest right in front of the gates shouting leave morsi leave and against the constitution very emotional scenes here on the streets meanwhile the opposition forces and the national salvation front have said they will not budge they have a list of key demands which includes the referendum being stopped and also because the race in this contentious decree being revoked they said they will not speak to the president and until he listens to the demands of the moment the president is sticking by his guns to really we're still seeing a deadlock here in egypt. meanwhile the egyptian army is back in the picture in its first statement since the protests erupted the military warned of disastrous consequences if the crisis is not resolved and vowed not to let that happen but some analysts fear the army is closer involvement would mean the country plunging deeper into political chaos. at this point he should have known the gather

being a republican guards who essentially step to sites and let the flood of protesters through to the gates of the presidential palace so they could continue their protest bad right in front of the gates shouting leave morsi leave and against the constitution very emotional scenes here on the streets. and for more on the latest developments in egypt we are now joined by professor lawrence davidson from west chester university professor thank you very much for being with us. has president morsi given in to the demands of the protesters by revoking this decree well certainly. he's done a lot of. erection but i think we're going to protest there is a leadership once here is that they want to start the process all over again. so actually they want a new election one of the new harlem and new constituent assembly and a new constitution. and they're trying to force the. morsi. who are. now. more. is trying to. dialogue. and the opposition which again is more clearly. worse is she who. says no we don't want to die well. i'm not exactly sure what. she wants to save you. know i don't think the

to be a republican guards who essentially stepped aside and let the. protesters through to the gates of the presidential palace so they could continue their protest right in front of the gates shouting leave morsi leave and against the constitution very emotional scenes here on the streets professor lawrence davidson from west chester university down to the opposition would be satisfied with morsi concession as their ultimate goal is to take the power. he believes that if the vote goes and you get more shoes forces you get the constitution perhaps. and i think the opposition knows that you can do that. they want to stop that but i do want to prove to a series of leadership that was once here is that they want to start the process all over again with zero actually they want a new election maybe one new parliament and introduce a new constitution so what are you going to do if you're trying to kick them out of power if you try to change the match for new release a civil war risk we're seeing the islamists going to the students as long as population who.

barricades storms the republican guards who essentially stepped aside and let the flood of protesters through to the gates of the presidential palace to continue their protest right in front of the gates shouting leave morsi leave and against the constitution very emotional scenes here on the streets meanwhile the opposition forces and the national salvation front have said they will not budge they have a list of key demands which includes the referendum being stopped and also because the race in this contentious to three being revoked they said they will not speak to the president and until you listen to the demands of the moment the president is sticking by his guns to really we're still seeing a deadlock here in egypt. truce keeping an eye on developments in cairo and in one of the latest updates on twitter feed she tells hell the military is again making a concrete barricade outside the presidential palace but this time even higher you can follow her tweets under school call. meanwhile reports in the egyptian media suggest president morsi will soon also rise the military to help p

the republican guards who essentially stepped aside and let the flood a flood of protesters through to the gates of the presidential palace to continue the protest right in front of the gates shouting leave morsi leave and against the constitution very emotional scenes here on the streets. and staying in the region public outrage hits the streets of a once stable gulf stream. we report from the capital of kuwait where tens of thousands demonstrated potentially writing a new chapter in the history of the arab spring find out what straw broke the camel's back later in the program. police in the u.k. are refusing to release the details about the death of a nurse who allegedly committed suicide after a prank call about the pregnant duchess of cambridge news of the nurse's death only added fuel to the fire as media speculation about the royal baby reached fever pitch and artie's public boyko reports analysts say the frenzy had already hit almost hysterical levels of coverage all this taking place against a backdrop of intense media speculation a real media circus the whole pos week news tha

presidential palace they said to remind people of what the military is capable of right now the republican guards. the pilots they have erected twelve foot barriers which the protesters did manage to push through but it's still a sign that maybe we'll see more tanks on the streets as the descent continues in the lead up to this controversial referendum well certainly a terrifying prospect and bell very very briefly how solid though is the military support for morsi i mean could we see some divisions within military ranks. is an interesting question to you are scared people aren't entirely sure what the loyalties are all of the military they did beef up security as i mentioned outside the presidential palace but just this when they were able to to basically end the cordoned off area the republican guard essentially stepped aside and let them three leading many to believe that perhaps they were on the side of the protesters although that's on the confirmed of course they did release a statement saying they were on the side of the people and dialogue which they said would be the only way to avert th

if you start to look at who the brigade commanders are of the different republican guard brigades, they are assads. there is no sort of -- it is hard to figure out where you could have a -- where you could cut off the head of the snake at some point. it just keeps going. add to the fact the way the regime intelligence services is constructed, you have for intelligence services all watching the military, all of which have independent reporting chains back to assad. their mission is to watch out for potential for coups and defections. i think it would be very difficult. the final thing that is critical is, if he were going to try to stage a coup, you would have to be 100% certain. it would happen in damascus. mechanically, some elements of republican guard going up against the elements of the fourth armored division in damascus, the rebels would just walk in. i do not think you can bring together a group of officers, if you're willing to take the risk. ." >> to play this out a bit, they have really hits their wagon to the -- >> whether they wanted to or not. >> that is what makes the bloo

protest is i've spoken to said that to essentially the republican guards just stepped aside and let people cost i first of all worried that this might be a sign of some kind of trap or actually other people were saying that maybe they just felt that the hundreds of thousands of people because it has now stretched to hundreds of thousands of people just overwhelm the guards and they just lose it will be safe to let people free by the moment you can see for a test is stretching into the horizon guys they chance against president morsi in a mild to stay here all night so i know the scenes are quite juvenile and so we haven't hired to have any violence yes it seems that they mean at the moment under force of the republican guards who erected these barricades on thursday increasing this curfew after violent clashes there actually standing on top of tanks with protesters threw a chance in the protests the chanting against the mostly they don't appear to be doing anything about the crowds we have an absence here of all pro president supports his mission which actually helps in terms of violence a

at the moment we have beefed up security here at the presidential palace the republican guard themselves have turned up again with several tanks and lined up against the walls hundreds of them monitoring the situation the military have of course as you said been given the rights to arrests in which was met with much dismantling the protesters who said that it may be facing martial law reuters reported in fact that the defense minister of the i.c.c. has called for a national dialogue tomorrow which has led many to question the position of the military whether they are in fact backing the president or they are in fact still in the presence of the protestors site is yet to be seen really how they will react if there is even more civil unrest on the streets but we expect them to see perhaps then to bring more tanks to the streets if there is continued violence in the first on the could the question of the allegiance of the military has been been brought up as a bell now if if the referendum does go ahead on saturday what is the likely outcome of the vote you think. this is the million dollar

the commander of the republican guard said they are not taking sides. what they are trying to do is separate the opposing forces, not to oppress them. they ordered them to leave the presidential palace and morsi supporters did so. the opposition to a lesser extent. they continued to uh mass outside the palace. at this time the situation is tense, but calm now as the president of egypt speaks to his people. shepherd? >> what the opposition has been asking is he step down and they start this process over again. any sign that might happen? >> reporter: not right now. -- >> not right now. we don't know where the president is going in this address. they want him to reverse that decree that gave him ultimate authority. and they want a postpone meant on the referendum for a new and very controversial constitution. as of now he was expected to speak last night. what caused him to speak now? that's not entirely clear. i can tell you since november 22nd when he issued the all powerful decree, six of his advisors have stepped down. one just today. the head of stat

. >> reporter: we have the elite republican guard, the people tasked with protecting the president. they are putting up barbed wire and road blocks, diverting traffic and people away and trying to keep the two sides, the pro-morsi and the anti-morsi protesters away from each other. last flight we saw thousands of pro-morsi supporters camp outside of the presidential palace, that is after they went there and removed, by force, the anti-morsi protesters. but now we have a small -- protests are planned for today against morsi and their plan to defe descend, again, on the presidential palace. >> a direct constitution has been approved and egyptians are scheduled to vote on it next week. is there something in this proposal that has protesters so angry? >> reporter: well, a lot of protesters are angry at the quickness that this draft constitution was first put forward. it was really rushed through. in a 48-hour time period we saw that. that was in response to president morsi's constitutional decrees. he said once a constitution is approved, the powers that he took, he would no longer have

after a night of violence, the republican guard moved in and demanded protesters leave the area. they are now protecting a beleaguered president morsi. some are still maintaining a vigil outside. >> mohammad morsi, one of the biggest opponents of the old regime, is now holed up with the army protecting him inside the presidential palace while his opponents protest outside. >> increasingly, the jansing is calling for the president to go. -- of the chanting is calling for the president to go. >> we want his resignation and a constitution. we are protesting against morsi. >> but tonight, the president gave a defiant address on television. while calling for dialogue, he offered few concessions and blamed supporters of the old regime for the recent violence. >> my responsibility, as i define it, is to look after the s protect theter state institutions. i will carry on this duty respective of the pressures upon me. >> in the protests last night, six people died. it brought the crisis to a head. members of the opposition said the trouble started when supporters of the president at delib

after a night of violence, the republican guard moved in and demanded protesters leave the area. they are now protecting a beleaguered president morsi. some are still maintaining a vigil outside. >> mohammad morsi, one of the biggest opponents of the old regime, is now holed up with the army protecting him inside the presidential palace while his opponents protest outside. >> increasingly, the jansing is calling for the president to go. -- of the chanting is calling for the president to go. >> we want his resignation and a constitution. we are protesting against morsi. >> but tonight, the president gave a defiant address on television. while calling for dialogue, he offered few concessions and blamed supporters of the old regime for the recent violence. >> my responsibility, as i define it, is to look after the s protect theter state institutions. i will carry on this duty respective of the pressures upon me. >> in the protests last night, six people died. it brought the crisis to a head. members of the opposition said the trouble started when supporters of the president at delib

at the end of the day a significant number of the republican guard forces managed to escape. and this became, they were unenvironment-- instrumental in putting down the shi'a rebellion in iraq wants was that his fault, based on miss assessment or bad strategy on his part or was it just the way the war unfolded and ended so quickly. >> it was a complicated series of circumstances. but first there was a lot of pressure from washington from the white house, from the pentagon and the war, at a hundred year fossa void the fear piling on. second washington really didn't have an accurate picture of what was happening on the battlefront. there was a lot of confusion in the, and neither really did schwarzkopf. he didn't know where all the moving pieces were at the time. he thought he new but in retrospect the situation, not as much had been achieved as he thought. so those were two factors that i think contributed to this decision toned the war at 100 hours which was quite controversial among a lot of officers in the fight at the time because they thought it was a day or two too soon.

at the end of the day a significant number of the republican guard forces managed to escape. and this became, they were unenvironment-- instrumental in putting down the shi'a rebellion in iraq wants was that his fault based on miss assessment or bad strategy on his part or was it just the way the war unfolded and ended so quickly. >> it was a complicated series of circumstances. but first there was a lot of pressure from washington from the white house, from the pentagon and the war at a hundred year fossa void the fear piling on. second washington really didn't have an accurate picture of what was happening on the battlefront. there was a lot of confusion in the and neither really did schwarzkopf. he didn't know where all the moving pieces were at the time. he thought he new but in retrospect the situation not as much had been achieved as he thought. so those were two factors that i think contributed to this decision toned the war at 100 hours which was quite controversial among a lot of officers in the fight at the time because they thought it was a day or two too soon. >>