let's go now to reza sayah, what do you know about this? still no reaction from the leaders. but it looks like egyptian president mohamed morsy has made at least one concession to the opposition. there were two red-button issues that really fired up and angered the opposition forces, one was a set of decrees the president founta announced last month that game him expanded powers. the other was the draft of the constitution, they said was pushed by a panel that squeezed out the liberal and moderate voices. they demanded he cancel the decrees and postpone the nationwide referendum on that draft. just about an hour ago, there was an announcement that the president has, indeed, cancelled the controversial decrees that gave him additional powers. the announcement that he made last month. however, the nationwide vote on the referendum on the constitution will apparently go on as scheduled on december 15th. so clearly, one of the demands that the opposition had, apparently, the president has given in to that demand. cancelling, annuling the decr d

. >> reporter: reza was born with dwarfism and says he regrets that his father pushed him back in the to have it. he was 12. >> i did not want to undergo painful procedure which, in my mind, i was worried that, what if it fails? for a few inches, i didn't want to damage my life. i was happy with who i am. >> reporter: unlike tiffanie, reza says the surgery left him paralyzed. >> before, it was just an average dwarf, i could run around, i could play sports, i could swim and do things. i would have rather been three feet tall than be, you know, a few inches taller, with all the complications. >> reporter: tiffanie says she has no regrets. >> i don't feel like i was being reckless. i was aware of the risk. >> reporter: her strength and risk taking were admired by a nearly six foot tall marine named eric. why did you fall in love with her? >> oh, how i didn't, that's probably the better question. she's so powerful and so strong and being in the military, you need somebody that, you know, she's been through her own battles, you know, so, she knows exactly how to support me through mine. >>

reza sayah is live for us in cairo.n fact, now looking at the video, i see the fire. tell me what you know. >> reporter: yeah, that's the city north of cairo. the political wing of the muslim brotherhood, the freedom and justice party, they claim that masked men stormed their offices and destroyed it, torched it, that happened to another one of their offices in another city outside of cairo, just a sign of this conflict escalating. earlier tonight, outside of the presidential palace, an intense stretch that turned into some ugly violence, that's where you had supporters of president morsi, opponents of president morsi, gathered in front of the palace. initially during the day, there were pockets of clashes. what you had around 7:00, 8:00 p.m. was this remarkable staredown. the main road that goes through the palace is divided by old railroad tracks. on one side of the track, you had supporters of president morsi. on the other side of the tracks, you had opponents, exchanging insults and chants. you knew the tension was

is that an accurate assessment, reza?ms that way, but it's important to point out that the momentum seems to be shifting in favor of the president and supporters. he's called for the national referendum on december 15. he already has executive and legislative powers with those decrees. he has a lot of supporters. the opposition factions and protesters, if question is, how much staying power will they have? how much stamina do they have? and what other options beyond protesting do they have? we'll keep our eyes out. >> reza sayah on the scene for us in cairo, thank you. >>> nato is echoing president obama's strong warning to the syrian regime against using chemical weapons against his own people. u.s. intelligence is deeply concerned right now that the assad regime is mixing deadly sarin gas for possible use against rebels. the nato secretary-general saying that would draw immediate international reaction. inside syria, the possibility of chemical attacks has civilians terrified. joining us now from northern syria, our own

>> reza sayah for us, reza, thank you. appreciate that. >>> let's go to belize now. the central american nation is finding itself at the center of a murder mystery and also where internet mogul john mcafee has gone into hiding as police seek to question him in that murder. now in his first sit-down interview mcafee tells cnn's martin savidge has been like on the run. >> reporter: it's one of the most bizarre interviews and almost seemed at times like something out of a bad spy movie. there were people we had to meet and utter the right password to, vehicles we jumped into, drove around, switched out, switched into another vehicle and switchbacks, u-turns, crossing through parking lots. when we finally will got to john mcafee, he's wearing an outlandish disguise, kind of like an old man with a crippled arm, powder in his air to make himself look old and he's walking with a cane. when you talk to him though, this is where the conversation seemed to go from the credible to the crazy and then back to the credible again, and i began asking him the questions authorities wa

if the violence intensifies, thank you, reza. appreciate it. >>> i want to talk about another story. this involves this american millionaire who hob has been on the run until now. john fabbing fee, he created the mcafee security software. he is wanted for questioning in the killing of his american neighbor, right? well, now he has surfaced in guatemala. he has been hiding in belize since his neighbor turned up dead about three weeks ago. mcafee is scheduled to appear at a news conference in guatemala any minute now. earlier he spoke exclusively about his neighbor's death with cnn espaniol. >> no one has blamed me for the murder. i have not been charged. i am not a suspect. they merely want to question me about the murder. i am not concerned. i have not been charged with a crime, then there is no basis for extradition. >> so mcafee's lawyer says his client is going to file a formal request for asylum in guatemala today. marten savage, who joins us, and you were one of the few people who was actually able in belize to talk to this

reza sayah joins me now from cairo with more on that. reza, is it enough, will the protesters go home or is this about more than the decree. >> reporter: for some protesters, for some opposition leaders, it is not enough, don. the president made a move tonight and he could argue that this move is a concession made to the opposition. some members of the opposition already rejecting that argument. let's explain to you some background and explain to you what happened tonight. there was two red button issues that really angered and outraged the opposition. one were those controversial decrees announced by the president last month that gave them additional powers, made him immune from the judiciary until the parliament was formed. the opposition said this was a power grab, and then you had the draft constitution. the opposition said was drafted by a panel that squeezed out the liberal voices, squeezed out the moderate voices. tonight, the president said, fine, i'm going to annul and cancel those decrees that you didn't like. however, the annu

reza sayah is in cairo outside of the presidential palace.n update on how things are today and if anything is changing or if it's getting any worse. >> reporter: well, for now, ashleigh, we're happy to report that things are peaceful and calm, but we're going to keep a close eye on the comes hours, because there's certainly there's the possibility of things getting ugly and more violence. that's because both sides in this conflict have once again called for mass demonstrations. the opposition factions, the critics to the president, have called for marches that have started and they're going to culminate and end up where we are at the presidential palace in the coming hours. and about 15 minutes away from here, that's where you have the pro-morsi, the muslim brotherhood, supporters of the president. they've call ed for their own mass demonstrations. many people relieved these demonstrations are taking place in separate hours. because we all know what happened last week when they met here. they came to blows. nearly 700 people injured, several

reza sayeh is joining us from the capitol. what is going on, reza?now there are still people at the presidential palace. a lot of people believe there were no clashes because there was a potential for an ugly night because both of these sides of this conflict once again calls for mass demonstration. the opposition and opponent of president morsi culminated outside the presidential's palace. there's the muslim brotherhood, supporters who gathered in mass. the big question was, would these two sides crash like they did last week? it was an ugly scene last week outside the palace. these two sides brawled it out. nearly 700 injured and several people killed. thankfully tonight there was no violence. the opposition came out because they still reject the process by which the constitution was done. they don't want the vote on saturday. the president's supporters saying the best way to solve this conflict is to go out for the vote on the constitution on saturday, wolf. >> so that referendum will definitely take place on saturday despite all of the protesters

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reza sayah joins us now from cairo. good morning, reza. >> reporter: good morning, carol. first off, we should point out it's not clear what, if anything, iran has captured. we're getting very two different stories from tehran and washington. washington denying iran has done anything. iran with a very different story and they're already using this to say that they've score d a bg intelligence victory over the u.s. the reports in state media in iran started early, according to iran captures a u.s. drone after it flew into iranian air space, southern iran. iran describing this drone as a scan eagle, about a ten-foot wing span that can go about 24 hours without refueling. iran already boasting a win, putting it on display, video clip posted online, carol, showed what appeared to be two military officials examining what looked like a u.s. drone with that poster that you mentioned with the title "we will trample on the u.s.." >> i don't mean to change the subject. we hear the yelling behind you. you're in cairo, egypt. what's going on behind you, reza? >> reporter: these are th

reza sa . >>> want to get you up to speed on some of the headlines right now.gedy strikes the nfl tonight. the kansas city chiefs linebacker jovan belcher has committed suicide after allegedly killing his girlfriend. he shot his girlfriend multiple times at the couple's home. he then drove to the practice area for the stadium, walked up to the coach, the head coach and the general manager. thanked them for what they had done for him and then shot himself in the head. last night, i spoke to mark mcmullen, a former chief's player, he is trying to make sense of it all. >> i am kind of at a loss for words. nobody knows what was going on in that man's mind at that particular time. first, i would like to say prayers and condolences to his family and girlfriend's, as well. it is a tough situation, and to hear something like that, you know, for the young man to actually go to the facility of his work place and do something like that, you wonder what is going on, what was his main goal or the purpose of taking his life in front of his coaches. >> well, the team released

cnn's reza sayah is in cairo with the latest. good morning, reza, what can you tell us?cal day here for egypt, as this conflict unfolds and it evolves into a violent confrontation between these two sides. later on today, president morsi is scheduled to address nation. we're not sure what he's going to say, but certainly this is a president that's under tremendous pressure to cool the situation down and unite this country, because there's all sorts of evidence that this is a country that's divided and things could get worse if something doesn't change. we're overlooking the presidential palace right now, in front of the palace, you have a large group of supporters of the president that have gathered. a block away, you have anti-morsi protesters looking on. these are two sides that went at it last night. they literally brawled in front of the palace. more than 400 people injured, five people killed. and the question today, will those clashes take place again? the tanks have moved in to protect the palace. i wouldn't read too much into that. there's no indication that the m

let's get more now from cnn's reza sayah that's in cairo. why did the court do this today?> reporter: it looks like they were worried about their safety, randi." this is a big development, and these opposition factions behind us around going to like this, but this seems to shift the momentum in favor of the president and his supporters. this was the top court in egypt. they canceled a hearing where they were about to rule on the constitutionality of president morsi's decrees last week, and the constitutionalityality of this special panel that did the draft constitution. the government did a dismal black day, and the statement said they tried to walk in the courthouse, and the demonstrators in favor of the president had blocked the -- and climbed the walls and were chanting against the judges. they said in their statement because of the uncomfortable security situation, they suspended the hearing. no word on if or when they're going to reschedule this hearing, but if they would have ruled on these decrees, it would have been a direct challenge against the president. they did

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hamid reza taraghi said members of the delegation met in october with their counterparts in pyongyangsecretary of the workers' party of korea, kim yong il, led the north korean side. taraghi said his counterparts told him they were ready for a satellite launch. >> translator: north korea ec emphasized the launch would be a result of their technology. the country maintained it would be a satellite and not be used for military purposes. it's a good thing to break away from the western monopoly on satellite launches and for asian countries to gain the know-how to launch their own. we encouraged and welcomed their decision. >> taraghi said they discussed ways to ease the impact of western economic sanctions. he said that they agreed to collaborate more on how to meet their energy needs and how to feed their citizens. iranian officials insist they have not provided north korea with missile technology. >>> millions of south koreans are taking time out of their day to chart their future. polling stations are open for a presidential election. voters are weighing a number of issues as they cas

reza sayah for us this morning. thanks, reza. appreciate the update. our other developing story in the middle east this morning. fears that syria could unleash nerve gas and what could that mean for u.s. military involvement. nbc news is reporting that syria's military has loaded the component chemicals for the deadly nerve gas sarin into aerial bombs that could be dropped from fighter jets. cnn reported on monday that syrian forces started combining chemicals that could be used to make sarin gas for weapons. mohammed jamjoom is in beirut. he's got more on the story for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. this latest report only increasing concerns about the intentions of the syrian regime when it comes to their chemical weapon stockpile. now, why are there so many concerns? not just because people are worried what bashar al assad might do with these chemical weapon stockpiles, as there have been for months, but more as rebels are advancing on damascus and the battling are getting more heated and pitched around the capita

we have reza sayah joining me from cairo.or this weekend's referendum? >> reporter: well, i think for the opposition factions they don't need much. at this point they don't want the votes to happen. they reject the process by which this draft constitution was written, they want to postpone the whole thing and that's why they're out here in front of the presidential palace. that's where we have been for most of the night, the opponents of the president have gathered. we got back from another neighborhood where supporters of president mohamed had gathered. we'll go out on a limb and say thankfully there will not be much violence tonight. there was a lot of concern coming into tonight because, again, the two sides had called for mass demonstrations, the opposition here. and the muslim brotherhood supporters of the president and in a neighborhood 15 minutes away, but they remain peaceful, they remain calm and the crowds are starting to thin out, and now all eyes, brooke, on saturday, the day of the big vote. all indications are t

suzanne. >> reza sayah, thank you very much. want to bring in michael holmes from cnn international that saw the last image that we saw of people praying. break this down for us. you have some people who are against the president, against the government, don't like what the president has done, and then reza is talking about groups that normally don't like each other and are fighting on the streets. what do we make of who is out there in tahrir square and how big this thing is? >> there's also the cairo factor. that is that mr. morsi and the brotherhood are more unpopular in cairo than in other parts of the country, so you get a bit of a distorted view when you see massive crowds out there. the brotherhood has a lot of support, and you have seen a lot of the supporters bringing brought in to cairo to counter demonstrate. what we've been seeing is the clashes. it's a very different dynamic in egypt now than what it was during the revolution. you had everyone from islamists along side secularists and along side the intelligencea al

reza sayah joins us from cairo. know about the protests outside morsi's home at the palace and also in tahrir square? >> reporter: well, in tahrir square the protests do continue. for the most part it is peaceful and tension outside his house in a city outside of cairo, but, deb, we want to pass along some new information that we just confirmed and we're not sure what this means in the grand scheme of things. but the president's adviser has announced that the vote for the constitution for expats, egyptians living outside of egypt, that was sketcheduled fo tomorrow, it is postponed until tuesday. the opposition factions, mr. morsi's critics want the vote for next saturday, taking place here in egypt. that's the referendum on the constitution, they want that to be canceled. that hasn't happened yet. that's why they're out here protesting again. and also rejecting the president's speech from last night, a lot of people -- anxious to see what the president would say, if he can resolve this conflict, back down from his p

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clashed with police as they tried to break into belfast a city hall leaving eight people injured and reza flared up after the council the catholic majority voted to remove the british union flag from the building which has been hiding there for over a century emotion cost of fierce backlash from a group of unionists protestant. new research suggests britain is one of the toughest countries to live in when it comes to paying taxes evidence or shows us some households are handing over a whopping seventy three percent of their income in tax with little hope of getting vital benefits in return polly boyko reports. up to seventy three percent that's the amount of tax that your average british household pays once an average british household that's two kids two parents with one breadwinner so a lot of people who are just trying to raise a family being called good by this tax that goes towards your income tax your national insurance a lot of other european developed countries they also pay a high rate of tax but nowhere near as high as the u.k. we've got the netherlands that pays around forty ei

and their own company has grown to eight employees including founder ahmed reza zahedi.next year, higher profits? >> yes, of course. >> reporter: techsharks is set to make a profit next year. a healthy profit where the average person make $4/25 a year. it's still not easy. business is done on a who you know basis. only a quart over adults are literal and only 5% have access to the internet. and those connections are not exactly reliable. that hasn't stoppi inping hamraa website. he's brought in users. his goal, 1 million users as more launch to the internet and prices drop from hundreds of dollars. >> now you can get an internet connection for $1,500 which is around $30. >> reprter: so that's much better than it was. >> yes, much better than it was. it works. it still works. >> reporter: but these afghan entrepreneurs face an even bigger challenge than connection rates. their success depending on stability after coalition forces leave in 2013. ali reza akbari is a tech shark computer guy. >> i'm a little worried about that. >> reporter: you're worried. >> i'm worried but

thousands of residents were said to the air reza area hospitals with breathing difficulties. >> opec ministers keeping output ceiling at 30 million bar. a day prices are relatively high. the average cost of the group's oil produced by opec countries has been about $100 a barrel for two years. that's a first of opec's history here in the u.s. believe it or not we have a glut of u.s. crude it is around $86 a barrel. dozens more in analysts saying that he thinks the u.s. crude could drop to $50 a barrel. why not why not a huge drop in gas prices? we don't have enough refineries. there has been a new refinery built the u.s. in 1976. all the soil is not backing up at u.s. refineries. >> detectives of pleasant hill say copycat criminal may be to blame for the latest by bomb incident outside a school there. a pipe bomb some outside pleasant hill and the school yesterday. it did not go off and will start. this pipe bomb case marks the second three days. on saturday battles look this mailbox, a short time later officers as mantle another pipe bomb and arrested three things. at this point they

reza joins us from cairo, you were down there when things turned particularly violent today, what wasnxious to see if it would cool down, and it's not, it looks like it's heating up. a spokesperson issued a statement calling on everyone to go home, withdrawal from the presidential palace in an effort to the establish peace and calm. some have gone home, others have not, it's just after 1:00 a.m., and what has been an incredibly intense stand off between supporters and opponents of the president, they gathered in front of the palace, starting earlier, at one point, there was literally a stare down. and you just knew that all it took was an instigator. someone to throw a rock, debris, for things to get violent, and that's exactly what happened. at one point, debris flying all over the place. rocks, molotov cocktails, in came the police, they calmed some locations, more than 200 people injured. we have conflicted reports of two people killed. the health minister saying two people died, state media saying no fatalitiefatalities, more th people injured, both sides appeared defiant, and whe

cnn's reza joins us from cairo.wn with one of the president's top advisers in an exclusive interview. what did he tell you about saturday's referendum? >> reporter: ted, this was the president's chief of staff, and he told us point blank that this nationwide vote on the constitution will go on as scheduled on saturday. he said delaying it is impossible. he said the opposition is kicking and screaming because they're desperate knowing they're in the minority. we also asked him why many in the opposition simply don't like the president and the muslim brotherhood. we have talked to a lot of these protesters and many say they just don't trust president morsi, and you sense they don't like the muslim brotherhood. sometimes you sense hatred. how do you address that? >> these people have a political view that has to be respected, and if we do not manage to come to terms, let us go to the people. >> let me tell you another thing that i hear often, and it's a pretty harsh criticism. the opposition believes the brotherhood an

reza is in the middle of it in i can propose the demonstration had been unfolding for a while. what's happening in the last half hour or so? >> reporter: yeah, let's get you up to speed, michael, on new information that we've gotten over the past hour. according to witnesses on the ground, protesters have broken at least one barrier, set up with barbed wire that was arranged by police to keep protesters away from the presidential palace, another witness telling us there's been one clash between protesters and police after demonstrators started throwing rocks, debris, other objects, at police and police responded by firing at least one round of tear gas. for the most part, these demonstrations near the presidential palace have been peaceful, but with this clash, we're going to keep our eyes on things to to see if that leads to more violence. this is the first time these opposition factions have marched towards the presidential palace. this is, of course, part of today's big demonstration that opposition factions have dubbed the final warning, the seculars, moderates, liberals, w

reza sayah is in cairo with more. >> morsi can certainly argue he made concession to the opposition, opposition rejecting the argument. one opposition figure calling the president's movie a joke. let's give you some background and explain what the president did on saturday. there are two red-button issues that really outraged the opposition and really sparked the protest that we've seen in egypt over the past two and a half weeks. one was the set of controversial decrees he announced last month that gave him additional powers, made him immune from the judiciary until a parliament was formed. and then you had the draft constitution. the opposition said this constitution was drafted by a panel that squeezed out the liberal voices, the moderate voices. the opposition demanded the president to annul and cancel the decrees and the constitution or at least postpone the nationwide vote on the constitution. on saturday night, the president agreed to annul the decrease. here's the announcement made after a lenty meeting at the presidency. >> translator: the president has decided to cancel the

reza, what is happening now? >> reporter: ted, i don't think too many people want a repeat performance what have we saw last week, at the presidential palace where the two sides of the conflict met here and came to blows, nearly 700 people injured in clashes, several people killed. today the stage is set for another potentially violent and explosive day, because both these sides again have called for mass demonstrations within the next hour, opposition factions, critics of the president, have set out on marches that are going to culminate here at the presidential palace. in about 15, 20 minutes away from this location, that's where the muslim brotherhood, the supporters of the president, have called for their own demonstrations. i think a lot of people are relieved that these demonstrations aren't going to be at the same location but the potential for protesters to cross paths, opposition factions, demonstrating again because their demands have not been met, they still don't like the way this constitution was dra