shafiq is building a strong coalition. i think shafiq's alliance is stronger. why? the alliance is businessmen, it is some part of the community, even the young christians are likely to shift to shafiq in the second round of must strong steps are taken by the muslim brotherhood. -- round and less strong steps are taken by the muslim brotherhood. -- round unless trong steps are taken by the muslim brotherhood. shafiq is playing on the fears of this system. interfering in personal lives, in art, culture, society, this is a threat. it is the effect of an islamist state. -- the threat of an islamist date. morsi -- state. morsi is playing on fears that shafiq might be a reinvention of mubarak. that it is civil society versus the deep state. they need bold steps to build bridges and a stronger declaration. the problem is that since mubarak's oust, the brotherhood did not show that. losing the voice is very dangerous. this in at the center position -- losing the center position, more abstention, what will happen if the turnout is 35%? who will win? i am not speculating. i

shafiq came in with 1% less. they will face each other and a runoff next month. >> the electoral commission speaks but there are no surprises. four days after polling had checked with both camps, they investigated a number of complaints and rejected them all. >> the committee commission has rejected number four appeal because they were not based on reality. >> egyptians now face a stark choice. on one side is the candidate for the muslim brotherhood. he is trying to put himself forward as the candidate of the revolution. but there are many egyptians particularly opposed -- opposed to the islamic staying power. on the other side this ahmed shafiq. he says he will not try to recreate the old regime. he does promise to restore law and order after egypt's last turbulent years. as for the young egyptians who led the revolution in tahrir square, and have no obvious candidate to support. in more than a year since the fall of president mubarak, have still not pull together in a credible political movement. despite the lo

many of them had voted for ahmed shafiq and others for clomid -- mohamad mursi. people here and really do feel this is their last chance to have their voices heard. it remains to see what will happen in the hours ahead, but certainly analyst i have spoken to since the election results renounced said that it has become clear that the candidates have to reach out to these young people, the liberals, the people who took part in the revolution, to reassure them that they are not going to have some kind of agenda for the country that will exclude them. to show people here that they must include people that might appeal more to them. >> the result from the first presidential election show that the muslim brotherhood candidate won a first-round 23.4% of the vote. shafiq came in second with 1% less. >> the electoral commission speaks, but there are no surprises. four days after polling, investment -- they investigated a number of complaints and rejected them all. >> the commission has rejected for appeals because they were not based on reality. >> egyptians now face a st

today shafiq poured scorn on amr moussa. his campaign said acidly that they understood the mental state moussa must be in as it was clear he was out of the race, though so far there is no clear indication whatsoever of the results. vote counting has been carried out at individual polling stations separate after the cloves president polls. the aim is to reduce the risk of ballot boxes going astray if moved to different locations. but it could take several days foff the -- before the votes are added up. today's arguments could be a fore taste of more bitter at that time -- battles ahead in the second round, particularly if the race ends up between an islamist and a candidate who has played a part in the regime:00 mubarak. today showed that a clash of personalities can be just as bitter as any ofe the future of egypt. >> and the polls are now closed in egypt. >>> polio was a disease thought to be largey eradicated but now it's remerging as a global threat. it can leave victims criminal -- crippled within hours. the world holt -

be right if shafiq becomes the president. i strongly oppose it. >> on monday, protesters set fire to shafiq's campaign office in cairo, after the election commission announced we would head into the runoff. the muslim brotherhood candidate, mohamed morsi finished on top in the first round. the runoff campaign is expected to be a showdown between the islamist and secularist reminder of the old regime. >>> kofi annan tried before and failed, now the joint u.n. arab league envoy is again asking syrian president bashir al assad to agree to a cease-fire and end his crackdown. the pair held a meeting in damascus according to syrian state media. annan wants to salvage a six week old peace plan, but his trip is being overshadowed by attack that left more than 100 civilians dead. government forces shelled the village of houla on friday. locals say attackers went after dozens of civilians, mostly women and children. the assad regime blames armed rebels. >> our goal is to stop this suffering. it must end and it must end now. >> but syri

we had homes destroyed. >> right now many of the christians we saw say they will likely support shafiqrmer prime minister under president mubarak in the hope that brings about some type of stablization to the security situation they are facing right now. however, harris, we heard from a number of the revolutionaries who started the protests last year that if shafiq comes into office that they intend to protest, once again. >> i have to tell you, leland, looking at that video, it looks like file footage from this time in 2011. it is just bizarre to see it. i know the final election is three weeks away from today. what are the options? >> essentially egypt has been making up the rules for the presidential election as it goes because they have yet to have one yet. so they can have their first set. on the other hand they have already broke and number of their own rules and already people now are talking about delaying the elections because shafiq is under investigation for corruption. harris? >> thank you very much. the largest antigovernment demonstration held in three years in georgia. i

they said they do not like ahmed shafiq, the former member of the mubarak regime. at the same time they certainly do not want the muslim brotherhood who is going to base the egyptian state on islamic law. >> some people are already chanting, "down with the next president." >> stephen: yes, down with the next president! hey hey! ho ho! tbd has got to go! [ laughter ] this may look bad, but there's nothing to worry about. look at the facts: nobody likes either candidate, angry protesters are screaming in the streets, and only 46% of registered voters went to the polls. which means egypt has finally achieved american-style democracy! [ laughter ] fork america! -- for america! because democracy isn't about getting everything you want! it's about not getting most of what you don't want! egyptians understand this. look at the sphinx. that was a compromise between voters who opposed a giant statue of a man and voters who opposed a giant statue of a cat! [ laughter ] that's what we americans are going to do this fall. in november, we'll go to the polls, hold our nose and p

we had homes destroyed. >> right now many of the christians we saw say they will likely support shafiqrmer prime minister under president mubarak in the hope that brings about some type of stablization to the security situation they are facing right now. however, harris, we heard from a number of the revolutionaries who started the protests last year that if shafiq comes into office that they intend to protest, once again. >> i have to tell you, leland, looking at that video, it looks like file footage from this time in 2011. it is just bizarre to see it. i know the final election is three weeks away from today. what are the options? >> essentially egypt has been making up the rules for the presidential election as it goes because they have yet to have one yet. so they can have their first set. on the other hand they have already broke and number of their own rules and already people now are talking about delaying the elections because shafiq is under investigation for corruption. harris? >> thank you very much. the largest antigovernment demonstration held in three years in georgia. i

we had homes destroyed. >> right now many of the christians we saw say they will likely support shafiqister under president mubarak in the hope that brings about some type of stablization to the security situation they are facing right now. however, harris, we heard from a number of the revolutionaries who started the protests last year that if shafiq comes into office that they intend to protest, once again. >> i have to tell you, leland, looking at that video, it looks like file footage from this time in 2011. it is just bizarre to see it. i know the final election is three weeks away from today. what are the options? >> essentially egypt has been making up the rules for the presidential election as it goes because they have yet to have one yet. so they can have their first set. on the other hand they have already broke and number of their own rules and already people now are talking about delaying the elections because shafiq is under investigation for corruption. harris? >> thank you very much. the largest antigovernment demonstration held in three years in georgia. it is our top s

. >> for those -- ahmed shafiq represents everything they have been fighting against. he is a former fighter pilot, like mubarak himself. both military credentials have gained him the trust of many voters, who say this is exactly what egypt needs. >> i did not want him to win in the first round. i wanted to be ahmed shafiq, so that the total authority is not just in the hands of the muslim brotherhood. the brotherhood are not good. i voted for them in the parliamentary elections, but there needs to be a variety. >> whoever the president will be, he will have a long list of demands. high on that list are security and the economy. the constitution has not yet been written, he will first need to know what actual powers he will be able to exercise in egypt. >> nearly a third of the olympic games tickets had been made available to the british public earlier this week. that means there is now a real prospect for the first time since it went on sale last year that belonged in games will not be sold out. the organizers are expected that all tickets would be snapped up quickly

shafiq came second. the run-off campaign is expected to be a divisive showdown between the islamist and the secularist reminder of the old regime. >>> kofi annan is trying to salvage his plan to end the violence in syria. the joint envoy of the u.n. and arab league hopes to meet later in the day with president bashar al ashaud. assad. annan returns to damascus. they killed more than 100 people. many of the casualties were women and children. >> our goal is to stop the suffering. it must end, and it must end now. >> the government forces have not let up in their attacks. human rights activists say nearly 70 people were killed in the past two days. >>> police in tokyo are trying to find out what a chinese diplomat has been up to. they've asked the man to surrender himself for questioning. they suspect he obtained an identification card illegally. they are just not sure why. investigators suspect that a first secretary of the chinese embassy applied in 2008 for a registration card required for foreigners. d

i voted for them in the parliamentary elections, but their knees to the variety and that fifth shafiq is good. >> whoever the president will be, he will have a long list of demands. high on that list are security and the economy. as the constitution have not yet been -- has not yet been written, he needs to know what powers he will be able to exercise in egypt. >> the brazilian president passed a controversial bill that regulates how much of their land farmers have to preserve as forests. the farmers' lobby said an easing of restrictions would promote sustainable food production. they asked the president to veto the entire bill. nearly one-third of the olympic games tickets that became public to the british citizens are unsold heriot there is a concern since the first time they went on sale last year of the game's not being sold out. they expected all 928,000 tickets to be snapped up quickly. the olympic torch relay ended its second week. the flame is making its way around the uk. the convoy left england and has entered whales for the first time. it will finish here in friday evening

their anger is directed at shafiq, who will likely come in at second.y say he is a relic of the mubarak era, and certainly not want to wipe the slate clean. >> we will not tolerate him as president. that will not go over well. it will mean a second revolution. >> on the campaign trail, he tried to appeal to voters who yearn for a more secure opposed revolutionary egypt. he also pledged to name a christian woman as his vice president of supporters say he is striving for reconciliation. but both liberal activists and the muslim brotherhood distressed him. at friday prayers, people expressed hope that egypt would become more religious it the muslim brotherhood's candidate wins. many count on the brotherhood to clean up the cronyism of the mubarak era. >> shafiq has already said we should stop demonstrating immediately, said this man. he will act against the will of the people, but we want a new beginning. >> but the muslim brotherhood's candidate, mohammed mursi, has problems, too. christians and moderate women are fiercely opposed to him. egyptians will f

they also assaulted the campaign of prime minister shafiq. >> ayman reporting from cairo. thanks so much. i'm sure we'll be back checking with you through the week. >>> domestic politics. one year ago this week, mitt romney launched his presidential campaign. he can officially and will officially become his party's nominee by winning the majority of delegates in tonight's republican primary in texas. 152 delegates up for grabs in the lone star state. and romney needs just 60 of them to clinch the nomination. the general election fight is already well under way. marking memorial day, mr. romney addressed military families alongside senator john mccain at an event in san diego while president obama paid tribute to the country's fallen troops at arlington national cemetery. >> i wish i could tell you the world is a safe place today. it's not. we have two courses we could follow. one is to follow in the pathway of europe to shrink our military, smaller and smaller to pay for our social needs. the other is to commit to preserve america as the strongest military in the world, se

i don't want an islamist for president, and if there is a runoff, i will vote for shafiq. >> brown: in third place for now, just behind shafik, sat hamdeen sabahi, a socialist whose candidacy attracted liberal and leftist voters. >> ( translated ): hamdeen sabahi is like what he says. he is one of us. he is not considered an islamist or from the former mubarak regime. he is just an egyptian. >> brown: largely left out of the bidding was the fractious liberal contingent that fomented revolution in early 2011. it did not coalesce behind one candidate, splitting its vote among several. two men who had recently shared front-runner status with morsi appeared well behind. abdel moneim aboul-fatouh's liberal islamist candidacy had attracted voters seeking to blunt the muslim brotherhood's political force. and amr moussa, a former foreign minister and arab league secretary general, finished with a small percentage of the vote. the runoff election is scheduled for the weekend of june 16 and 17 with a winner declared june 21. reporter nancy youssef is covering the elections for mcclatchy newspap

brotherhood candidate mohammed mursi will stand against a longtime associate of the mubarak regime, ahmed shafiq. the runoff is scheduled for june 16 and june 17. >> the bond markets are rocking today. interest rates on italian debt -- and spanish that have hit new highs. >> the spanish government says the country may use more sovereign debt to recapitalize the bank its director has asked the rescue fund for billions for losses on residential mortgages. >> bankia has told the government it needs another 19 billion euros. the government says it will come up with the cash, but just how is far from clear. because the bar wing is allred -- the cost of borrowing is already soaring. this is more than spain spends on education each year. many say the money is going to the wrong hands. >> this money comes from taxes taken from people at the bottom. those on top do not have to cut back on anything. >> i don't think it's right for us to pay the debts of a private company whose managers produced the debts. no, i do not think it is fair. >> and the government may have to find more money to keep other banks

shafiq from the old mubarak regime and the one from the muslim brotherhood.w many egyptians here in the middle are not happy with either of their two choices. >> angry? i'm more than angry. >> reporter: are you going to stay in the square and keep protesting? >> of course i will. >> reporter: you think more people will come? >> yes. of course we want our freedom. we want freedom. [shouting] >> reporter: the crowd went absolutely wild here in tahrir square when one of the opposition candidates came in. activists say they will stay right here protesting until things change. however, the muslim brotherhood candidate and shafiq got a total of 50% of the vote. many egyptians hope next month's election will simply be the end of this revolution. >> safety and security, that is the main concern and the economic and the political side for the country right now is not that good as well. >> reporter: you think shafiq is the guy to do it? >> yes definitely. >> reporter: egyptians won't up to the news that the campaign headquarters of shafiq were torched overnight. they g

they understand there's a lot of resentment about shafiq.e's a technocrat and part of the former regime, the military like him. don't underestimate the importance of the military, not just organizationally but the fact is there are security services members and their families, extended members of their family have a stake, hundreds of thousands of people, possibly millions so he does have some support. but there's a lot of resentment of him and the brotherhood is beginning to play on that and they're going to try to appeal to the liberals against him and unless they do that, they don't -- they can't win. host: quick follow-up on hosni mubarak. did he expect the arab uprising? is this something he thought was going to happen? guest: no, undoubtedly, though. not in his wildest dream. even after the tunisian uprising started, he was just laughing at it, you know, this can't happen in egypt and the very fact that he was, you know, grooming his son, some people around him were grooming his son to be president was an indication of how certain and

other strong cteer a ahmed shafiq a former air force commander an prime minister and amr moussa. he's a former foreign minister and secretary-geral. egyptians voted in parliament e econbeeeas november and january. islamic parties won the largest share of votes. threlt of the votes should be known within the week. no one is likely to win a majority. so the first andecdla finishers will face each other next month in a no. e winner is to become egypt's first clearly elected president. tomoko yaguchi, nh world, cairo. >>> saudi arabia is one of the most conservative arab nations, especially when it comes to women's place in society. they have been long been banned wkn e service sector. but change is coming at least whent meto sling underwear. >> reporter: from the shopping mall, saudi arabia is a man dominated society in eryway. >> translator: women should defer to their husbands. >> translator: islam teaches that women belong in the home. >> reporter: jeddah is one of saudi arabia's commercial cities and intshoing malls all the sales people are all men. seven years ago it became leg

do we support shafiq because he would maintain close relations with israel and the u.s. and block the muslim brotherhood from taking control of the entire country and possibly creating an islamic state? >> we can't weigh in on this, chris. there is strong antiamericannism in egypt for a whole variety of reasons but we have to stay out of it. if it is a fair democratic process we have to recognize the result of that and work with whoever wins. >> and what if it as muslim brotherhood president and muslim brotherhood parliament? >> i think that that could be -- that could have a serious consequences. but i would also point out that there are different gradients of the muslim brotherhood. they were once the only opposition to mubarak in egypt. mubarak was going to go and anybody who thinks he wasn't doesn't recognize the hinge of history. so we have to try to work with the new regime. i'm very worried mainly about their economy which is they are running out of hard currency. they are facing extreme economic difficult yos. we have to respect that election if it's free and fai

and other strong contenders are ahmed shafiq, a former air force commander and prime minister and amr moussa, an arab league secretary general. >>> voters expect to hear the results by next tuesday. none of the candidates is likely to win a majority. the candidates who finish first and second will head to a run-off next month. >>> many voters considered security and the economy when they made their choices. but many female voters care more about equality. they won freedoms in recent years and they believe a victory by an islamist candidate would put those freedoms in jeopardy. tomoko yamaguchi reports from cairo. >> reporter: support is growing for the muslim brotherhood. the group's leader, mohamed morsi, is leading the presidential race. during campaigning, he advocated building a nation based on islam and repeatedly made remarks about restricting women's rights. his remarks posted on the internet are also proving controversial. >> reporter: in parliament, islamist lawmakers are submitting bills about women. including one that would limit the rights. the secular policies adopted by

the leading secular candidates include mubarak's former prime minister ahmed shafiq, who insisted he was his own man-- then, and now. >> i worked for myself. i worked for my family. i worked for the big family of egypt not for someone or for the regime. i am serving egypt, egypt and egypt. >> ifill: former foreign minister amr moussa is also a veteran of the mubarak years, but says he firmly supports egypt's turn to democracy. >> ( translated ): this is a good start for the second republic and if god wills it the majority of votes will bring the right president to egypt. >> ifill: many of those votes were expected to be influenced by rising concerns about crime and the economy. >> ( translated ): regardless of the fact that mubarak was corrupt, life was easier, life was a lot cheaper. >> ifill: and no matter who wins, it remains unclear whether the losers will accept the outcome and whether the ruling military council will readily cede power. voting lasts through tomorrow, with a runoff likely in mid-june and a winner announced june 21. for more on today's historic election, we turn

former president hosni mubarak's last prime minister ahmed shafiq came second with more than 23%. but no one secured an absolute majority, so the two front-runners will enter a runoff june 16th and 17th. protesters ousted mubarak last year in the swell of the arab spring. young egyptians spearheaded the uprising, but the youth failed to field a strong candidate in the presidential poll. the runoff campaign is expected to be a divisive showdown between the islamists and a reminder of the old regime. >>> people in japan's northeast are focused on overcoming the challenges of the 2011 disaster, but it won't be easy. they have to rebuild homes, businesses, entire communities. we'll show you their struggles and their successes on "the road ahead" every wednesday at 1:00 p.m. japan time here on "newsline." >>> japan's former prime minister is defending how he led his country through one of its most challenging times in history. naoto kan was in charge on march 11th, 201, when an earthquake shook the nation, triggered devastating tsunami and sparked meltdowns at fukushima daiichi. he gav