that was his camera when david bloom roared across the desert and when richard engel came out with his combat unit just a few months back. craig says he's going sailing with his wife and he will, but i say we'll see craig again. >>> when we come back, a royal couple honored. >>> it's been just two months since the royal wedding that received global attention. and now will and kate are on their first official trip together as husband and wife. it's kate's first-ever trip to north america. which will bring them to los angeles a week from tomorrow. but they're beginning tonight in canada and the well behaved and reserved people of that great nation are in their own way reacting wildly to the trip. here is nbc's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: they have been lining the streets of ottawa since sunup, all waiting to catch a glimpse, albeit fleeting, of the duke and duchess of cambridge. on their first international tour together. it appeared as if everyone wanted to present the royal newlyweds with a bouquet and the flower stands were doing brisk business. what do you think of kate? >> i think s

our chief foreign correspondent richard engel was watching from his post in cairo and is with us from there tonight. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. i was watching yemeni state television on a big 37-inch television right in front of my desk here in cairo. and when the yemeni president started to speak and i know what he looks like, i did not recognize him. his face was much darker than it normally is, he didn't move at all in the chair in which he was sitting, his face was completely expressionless, his hands were bandaged. this is the first time we have seen the yemeni president since that assassination attempt, an explosion inside the yemeni presidential palace a month ago. if this was an attempt by the president or the yemeni government to show that he is still in full control and in command of his capacities, that attempt might not have been successful. in yemen itself, the reaction is largely one of disappointment. members of the opposition who are still out on the streets every day, they want him to step down and say what they saw today on television is

our coverage begins tonight with chief foreign correspondent richard engel. >> reporter: the bombs were well hidden and coordinated to explode at the height of mumbai's evening rush hour. the first exploded in a renowned jewelry market just before 7:00 p.m. a minute later, a second, more powerful device went off in a crowded business district near a bus station, one bomb was apparently hidden under an umbrella, the other in an electric circuit box. after two back to back explosions, police knew, mumbai was under attack by terrorists. then a third bomb believed to have been in a taxi, exploded downtown. police locked down the city. >> the entire city of mumbai has been put on high alert. i would appeal to the people of mumbai and people all over the country to remain calm and maintain peace. >> reporter: so far, no one has claimed responsibility, but suspicion falls on the same pakistan-based group that attacked mumbai in 2008. this time, mumbai was better prepared, but the violence would inflame tension between two old enemies, india and pakistan, both nuclear powers. richard engel, nbc

our chief foreign correspondent richard engel finds himself back in tahrir square once again tonight. richard, good evening. >> reporter: we certainly are back here in tahrir square and so are the demonstrate fors, today we saw the biggest protests since the ones that brought down hosni mubarak and they say they're going to stay in this square until the revolution's been met. over 100,000 people in tahrir square today, back with their tents and slogans. mubarak may be gone, but he and his top officials have not been put on trial, reform is slow or nonexistent. the revolution here is clearly not over, but now many of the young activists who started this revolution five months ago fear it's being hijacked by the military and islamic groups. we visited the cairo headquarters of the secular revolutionaries who toppled mubarak with their campaigns on facebook and twitter. they're nearly out of money. they're office, grubby, cheaply furnished, with old commuters and a photo copy machine. sheryl says young organizers like her are losing power to the egyptian brotherhood. >> reporter: just co

foreign correspondent richard engel is in egypt, the latest of everything going on in the middle east from libya to the renewed upheaval in syria. let's start with libya. there's been two reports out there. we heard from the gadhafi side about a peace deal. we heard from the rebellion said, gadhafi, he can stay in the country if he leaves power. what's the truth going on in the middle? >> reporter: the truth is that there are no real serious negotiations between the two sides. these are mostly reports that have been in the media and denials by the government or denials by the rebels. the rebels at one stage said gadhafi could stay in the country if he leaves power. then the government said today that gadhafi has no intention of ever leaving power. so the reality is there's no concrete dialogue here. it is still a conflict and it is still a deadlock. >> you're in cairo. i do want to go there. there's more protests due to a court ruling. there's speculation that the elections could get postponed beyond september. what can you tell us about all that? >> reporter: there's still a lot of p

our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is back in tahrir square in cairo where it all started. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. when i spoke to you last friday, the egyptian revolution was starting all over again and as you can see, the protesters are still here, they believe that egypt's transitionary government isn't implementing reform quickly enough, and they are starting to see results. this week that transition government fired about 700 senior police officers including 500 generals. they also postponed elections here until november, giving these demonstrators more time to organize themselves politically. in syria, however, a very different situation, today syria saw perhaps the biggest demonstration yet, more than a million people out in the streets in nine different cities, all protesting against the government, although the syrian government is cracking down, injuring more than 20 people just today. >>> we learned more today about what some have called osama bin laden's wish list, taken from his compound that was raided by u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s, u

for "today," richard engel, nbc news, in front of the sphinx in giza. >> so sad that tourists have been scared away. because it's an amazing place. >> i know you talked so highly of it. and you've had that similar interview and you've been in some of the pyramids. >> i had interviewed dr. hawass at one point. i forget the figure, but some very tiny percentage of the antiquities and treasures that they believe they've uncovered. >> there's so much more. you could see that by what richard was going through. i was having a hard time breathing watching him. >> i don't think i would have gone that far in. but that's our richard. still to come, as we continue on a saturday morning here on "today," without a trace. the search for a missing mother of triplets. we'll tell you more about it. [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters since time began. not anymore. ♪ fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies is a nicely designed package. ♪ now you can have brownies again. new fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar

nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in egypt with a rare look inside one of the ancientrichard, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. we have something very special today. egypt has been in the news a lot this year because of its revolution and on going political unrest. but this country has so much more to offer than that. and we were given exclusive access to a network of tunnels that i didn't even know existed underneath egypt's oldest stone pyramids. and it was a look inside the pharoah's secret tunnel. the saqqara is also the oldest. the step pyramid of the pharoah was built years ago. today it's partially covered with scaffolding, under restoration by the minister of antiquities. >> the pyramid was tearing apart. the stones were loosening. it was collapsincollapsing. >> reporter: but the pyramid also has a secret, which we saw when the doctor took us inside. hidden beneath the pyramid are tunnels, they stretch for five miles. >> some of them with r. quite small. >> yes. >> reporter: at the center of the maze is the pharoah's final resting place, 120 feet belo

but nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel came across ancient ruins there that may take your breath away and may make you forget about the conflict for a little while. richard, good morning. glad to have you in new york. >> people think of libya, as you said, they think of gadhafi, the war zone. there's a totally different libya. hundreds of miles of unspoiled mediterranean coast. an ancient city. we went to the city mention in the bible, many know it as the city of serene. it's under rebel control and for the first time, perhaps, it's accessible to visit. >>> east of the rebel capital, benghazi, is the ancient city of serene. unesco called it one of the most impressive complexes of ruins in the entire world, with a forest of columns, temples, and a massive theater overlooking a long valley. 2,500 years ago, this was a flourishing greek city. it was called the athens of north africa. there was even a school here established by the student of sock are a t socrates. history moves on, it became a roman city, even the christians lived here. because of libya's modern political iso