correspondent sharif abdel kouddous from cairo. what is happening? >> we are almost as zero hour, what could be the most pivotal moment in egypt since this began. the deadline by the army is due to expire in a couple of hours from this broadcast. in itsy originally said statement the political forces, if they could not meet with a call be people's demands, they would issue their own roadmap. as you mentioned, mohamed morsi i had last night did a late- night address, a very defiant speech or he rejected those he washe repeatedly said the legitimate president. word legitimate many times. word legitimacy many times. even with so far as to say he was willing to die to protect his intimacy. he reiterated only a call for dialogue, but it has been rejected for many months by the political opposition. that is where it stands right now. a facebook page affiliated with the armed forces released a statement right after in the name of the head of the armed forces, saying they were willing to sacrifice their own blood or egypt and its people, saying against any t

corresponded sharif abdel kouddous.his most recent piece is called, "what led to morsi's fall -- and what comes next?" you can hear his podcasts reports of events unfolding on democracynow.org. sharif, talk about the latest news out of egypt. we haven't spoken to you since morsi was forced out. well, i'm just coming back from the scene of a bloodbath in cairo today. the official count is at least .2 people killed, 300 wounded many were killed with live ammunition. i spoke to many eyewitnesses. they all say the attack began prayert the end of dawn where pro-morsi supporters are .olding a sit in this attack happened in kind of a splinter sit in near the headquarters of the republican guard where many morsi supporters believe the ousted president himself is being held. the attack began at dawn. when this is a began with tear gas. they said it was unprovoked. following the tear gas, it was live ammunition and shotguns. i spoke to many doctors at field hospitals who say many of the are head and chest wins, which indicates so

.- andrew pochter we will have more from egypt with sharif abdel kouddous after the headlines. the latest revelations from edward snowden are threatening a major rift between the u.s. and european union. citing documents released by snowden, a german magazine reports the national security agency spied on european union offices in brussels, washington, and the united nations. the nsa allegedly planted bugs on to conversations and also to look at the e-mail activity. says that countries such as japan, mexico, south korea, india, and turkey were included. the revelation comes just before the u.s. and e.u. are trying to negotiate a trans-atlantic trade deal. >> i feel, as a representative of the european institution, like a federal enemy. is this the basis for a constructive relationship based on mutual trust? i would say no. my request to the embassy to you as you're in brussels is, is it true, and if it is, why? it is shocking that the united states could take measures ,gainst their closest allies compare both to measures taken in the past by the secret service of the soviet unio

we will have more from egypt later in the broadcast with sharif abdel kouddous.the car bombing in lebanon has left nearly 40 people wounded. the attack hit a busy shopping area in beirut known as a stronghold of hezbollah. al jazeera reports the bombing was likely tied to their fight against anti-government rebels and neighboring syria. brazil has announced a probe of u.s. spying efforts within its borders. the report based on documents provided by edward snowden says the national security agency tap into the communications network and indiscriminately collected and stored the e-mail and telephone records of millions of brazilians for years. the government will look into whether local firms cooperated with the united states. the brazilian president says, if confirmed, the nsa operation would be a violation of national sovereignty. violationefinitely a of sovereignty, without a doubt, just as it is a violation of human rights. now we have to see without rationale or prejudgment. we have to investigate. brazil's position is very clear and strong. we do not agree, i

we must speak to sharif abdel kouddous. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. inerdict is expected today the trial of bradley manning. manning faces up to life in prison for the most serious of the more than 20 charges against him, aiding the enemy, after leaking 700,000 documents to wikileaks in an attempt to spark a national debate about foreign policy. ofer nearly two months trial, the judge said she plans to announce her verdict at 1:00 p.m. eastern standard time today. after the verdict, the trial enters the sentencing phase, where the prosecution and defense will present more arguments. israel and the palestinian authority have resumed peace talks for the first time in three years. negotiators sat down for a dinner hosted by secretary of state john kerry in washington. the talks will be overseen by martin indyk who was named as the new special envoy to the middle east. we will have more on the talks after headlines. ousted egyptian president mohamed morsi has been allowed to meet with european

we go now directly to cairo where we are joined by sharif abdel kouddous. can you respond to these developments, first, morsi being detained. he has been in detention? >> he has been held incommunicado by the military since he was deposed following that massive uprising on june 30. there have not been any charges against him. this morning -- friday morning -- it is a weekend. the judiciary to pull it does not work on the weekend. we have the order coming down leveling the first kind of any legal measures against him, and that was detention pending investigations. these accusations are telling in that they include suspected collaboration with the palestinian group hamas, to break a prison. morsi himself and other brotherhood leaders and activists were rounded up in the first days of the uprising in 2011 and were held as political prisoners. breaking out of prison during what was a political the tension is the charge, and that is telling. it also accuses him of conspiring with hamas to attack police stations, soldiers. we have to remember, in the opening days

we go to cairo for a report from sharif abdel kouddous. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. spain has a knowledge their request from the u.s. prompting the blockade of a plane carrying bolivian president and evo morales. the plane was grounded in austria for 14 hours after spain, france, portugal, and italy closed their airspace over false rumors that edward snowden was aboard. the spanish foreign minister confirmed for the first time the rumor came from the u.s. government. he went on to say he is willing to apologize to bolivia. >> there seems to be a misunderstanding, and if there is, i do not have any problem apologizing to president or less. morales if president believes there has been a misunderstanding. in the air space nor landing were closed. tuesday, able morales criticized european countries for conceding to u.s. demands. the invaders, the colonists, now they are the colonies and are invaded and are the want to submit to the united states. i do not understand what is happening in europe. i believe, along with the social

. >> you can go to democracynow.org to see an interview with sharif abdel kouddous in cairo. morgan agreed to the penalty without admitting to government allegations it manipulated utilities to raise the price of electricity. it is the largest settlement in the federal energy regulatory commission's history. j.p. morgan is facing a more expensive government penalty for its role in pushing toxic mortgage-backed securities. the firm is currently under investigation from eight different federal regulators. mit has released a report on its handling of aaron swartz, the internet activist who committed suicide. he took his own life weeks before he was to go on trial for using the mit network to download millions of articles from jstor. concludes the school remained neutral in the prosecution but adds it failed to dually take into account the water background of information policy against which the prosecution played out and the mighty people have been passionate leaders. friends and colleagues have denounced the report as a whitewash. wilker spoker -- to democracy now! on tuesday.

. >> sharif abdel kouddous, democracy now! correspondent in cairo, also a nation fellow.will have a link to his articles on democracynow.org. the bradley back, manning trial. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> weekend today show with the update on the trial of bradley manning. the judge said she will decide thursday on his lawyers requested to miss seven of the charges he faces including allegations he aided the enemy when he provided hundreds of thousands of classified documents to wikileaks. the defense of the prosecution is not provided efficient evidence that manning had actual knowledge that the information would end up with the enemy. the lawyers for the government have said based on his training, private manning knew al qaeda and other groups have access to the documents. talks on wednesday, we spoke about the trial with kevin gosztola from firedoglake who has been covering the trial. he is the co-author of, "truth and consequences: the u.s. vs bradley manning." he joined us via democracy now video stream from his car in the fort meade parking lot. i interviewed him