general el-sisi took over. >> sennott: tahrir square erupted. (people cheering) (people yelling angrily) >> sennott: but at the raba'a al-adawiya mosque, men and women wept. >> this definitely was very painful. we lost the country on july 3rd. but there was a quick decision made, a quick realization that we don't have to tolerate this. we will fight this. >> sennott: the muslim brotherhood dug in. at the raba'a al-adawiya mosque, they set up a field hospital, a press center, and established a kind of human shield to protect their leaders inside. the son of a senior muslim brotherhood official became their principal press spokesman. he claimed the high moral ground. >> what's at stake here is not morsi. what's at stake here is the fact that for the first time, egyptians were believing in the idea of democracy. what guarantees do they have if the military now sets a new roadmap for a new presidential election, a new parliamentary election and a new constitution, and then if it doesn't like the results, to derail it all at once? >> i know they stil

not everyone wants sisi to replace him.ey. >> morsi. >> okay. >> who is suited to be president? who can the people trust to hand over the country to after the previous horrible experience? this is not the time for experimenting with new political leaders, any new experiments will lead to the loss of our country. >> reporter: the growing admiration for sisi reminds some of the man who ruled egypt from 1956 to 1970. he was popular that led a government that was responsible for widespread human rights abuses. sisi supporters seem willing to accept his crack down on the muslim brotherhood. in which at least a thousand people have been killed. >> sits the fear of the future. fear of change. fear of the instability that the country has seen the lack of security. they believe because they have been kept in the dark for so long, so they believe that the exceptional measures that has been taken by the military are the solution for the problems that they are facing at the moment. >> reporter: sisi has said that he won't run for presi

. >> you can sake general abdul-fattah el-sisi in milk, plain or crunchy. some want him to be the next president. the head of the armed forces is attracting a cult following. >> so many are happy to serve a strong man. we have that culture, if general abdul-fattah el-sisi comes to power, without the political training, i am worried he'll fall into that trap. >> there are at least five separate campaigns calling for general abdul-fattah el-sisi to run for president. this is a country that has been controlled by the military for almost 60 years. the only interruption was the year-long presidency of the democratically elected mohamed morsi, who was deposed by the military at the beginning of july. not everyone wants general abdul-fattah el-sisi to replace him. >> translation: who in the political arena is suitable to be president? who can people trust to hand over the country. this is not the time to experiment with new political leaders, it will lead to the loss of our country. >> the growing admiration for general abdul-fattah el-sisi reminds some of al-masa

calling for sisi to run for president. this is a country that has been controlled by the military for 60 years. the only interruption was the yearlong presidency of the democratically elected mohammed morsi who was deposed in the beginning of july. not everyone wants sisi to replace him. >> who in the political arena is suitable to be president? who can the people trust to and over the country to after the previous horrible experience. this is not the time to experiment with experimental leaders. >> popular but led a government that was responsible for wide-spread human rights supporters. sisi supporters seem willing to have him crackdown on the muslim brotherhood. >> it's the fear of the future. fear of change, fear of the instability that the country has seen, the lack of security. they believe because they have been kept in the dark for so long. so they believe the exceptional measures that have been taken by the military are the solution for the problems that they are facing at the moment. >> sisi has said he won't run

now, that said general al-sisi understands full well where america is on this. they have been very important partners with israel carrying out the camp david accords, the peace treaty. we have cooperated with egypt on many issues and continue. we have common interests. but until egypt moves back in a very clear way toward an inclusive, free, democratic country then we will continue to withhold some of those military assets. already the president has announced that we would not go forward. we've already announced that we would pull down bright star military exercise. >> woodruff: so you're saying withholding military assistance will continue as long as, what? >> well, as i said, we want to continue to see progress being made with the interim government civilian government, not a military government moving toward what general al-sisi and interim government have said, a pathway toward inclusive, free, democratic government to include all people. other military-to-military relationship, which is much predicated to in the 1979 peace treaty with israel, those decision

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morsi was in, now morsi is out and instead army general and george lopez of the desert abdel fattah al-sisi is in. and with tensions running high, folks, everyone is suspecting everyone else over there and i don't blame them because they all look kind of middle eastern. (laughter) but thankfully there's been an improvement in egypt's security situation. for more we turn ktrt, houston's egypt news leader. >> in egypt, a stork was busted as a suspected spy. a citizen thought the bird was an undercover agent because it carried a suspicious electronic device. >> stephen: "suspicious electronic device." could it have been the new iphone 5s? (laughter) and i say that simply because i want a free one. (laughter) now, don't believe this stork is a spy? some sources have reported that this agent was instead a swan! which means this stork has a secret identity, a nom de plumage. (laughter) and this is not the first time the animal kingdom has got caught up in middle eastern espionage. as i reported previously, egypt accused israeli agents of being behind a local shark attack and -- (laughter). saudi

morsi was in, now morsi is out and instead army general and george lopez of the desert abdel fattah al-sisid with tensions running high, folks, everyone is suspecting

many think the government is only a facade and the real power lies with general al-sisi. but they seem fine with that for now. >> we found public relations manager ayman fahrad sitting in a cafe. who do you think is running the country right now? >> now -- the general rule. >> general alsisi's rule. >> protecting the muslim brotherhood and i would like to salute him. >> when i asked who was running the country you said president monsieur but you were laughing. why were you laughing. >> i feel like you know the answer. >> the interim government has one job that can't wait nine months. to start rebuilding an economy battered by the constant strife since the 2011 up rising that toppled long time ruler hosni mubarak. the streets are empty of tourists and foreign investors, the country's most visitd site, the pyramids, now a ghost time. the interim government is surviving on cash infusions from the gulf. yet nor difficult will be rebuilding the trust between two groups of egyptians who united in the revolution of 2011 but couldn't agree on anything after that. in one camp, mor

for president the goal is to collect thirty million signatures to convince general abdel fatah el-sisi to give in to what the organizers describe as overwhelming popular support it's two months after the else had egypt's first elected president mohamed morsi mess of protests against a group of them swept through egypt almost a thousand people died in the bloody crackdown on dissent. civil rights groups have been raising the alarm in the u.s. where over the weekend police officers opened fire on unarmed civilians in two different states archies every martin takes the issue on breaking the set to air and right here at eleven thirty g.m.t. . over the weekend america's grossly over militarized police force once again showed its true colors first and charlotte north carolina where police killed twenty four year old football player jonathan feral who was seeking help after miraculously surviving a car crash a homeowner called nine one one and told dispatchers that a man was repeatedly knocking on her door. when they are right. but them but something tells me that by charge they meant stumbli

retrial yes of course he's been released on another case but in this case yeah but ever since general sisi came to power hundreds of people have different the power ever since you know he's in charge a lot of people that you still not in charge it's simply responded well he's responsible for the armies and yes ok so under his rule as a chief of the army a lot of people have died and a lot of them were also muslim brotherhood members all i'm saying is that all i'm saying is that there is a rift in the country it may be considerable may not be considerable but there is a rift and people are dying and have been dying how do you guys plan to reconcile well several ways first of all the message has to be clear for everyone violence terrorism criminal acts will not be conducted but mullins goes both ways i didn't say which start i mean not just saying violence will not be condoned by anybody anywhere irrespective of the justification you cannot have a democracy that's not based on the rule of law and security that's the first one and secondly anyone. any political party irrespective of. if it's

for president the goal is to collect thirty million signatures to convince a general abdel fattah el-sisi to give in to what the organizers describe as overwhelming popular support it's two months after the acid egypt's of elected president mohamed morsi massive protests against the crew then swept through egypt almost a falzon people died in the bloody crackdown on dissent. the costa concordia cruise liner has sounded its horn in celebration after being pulled up right twenty months on from a terje that claimed thirty two lives they tally and ship which ran around after striking a reef will now be towed away and scream you are now seeing the time lapse which is of the lifting operation the biggest ever for passenger vessel after nineteen hours of stream u.s. efforts by engineers first star board side it was hurled out of the water off the coast of tuscany no environmental spill from the wreck has been detected so far two hundred in one thousand meter vessel is longer than the titanic with more than double the time which. so rights groups have been raising be a long way in the us with a w

not everyone wants sisi to replace. >> morsi.>> on okay. >> who in the political arena is suitable to be presence? who can the people trust to happened over the country to after the previous horrible experience? this is not the time for experimenting in with new leaders, any new experiments will lead to the loss of our country reu6789 the growin country. >> reporter: the growing admiration we reminds people of the rule from the 70s, he led to wide spreads human rights abuses. his supporters seems willing to accept his crack down on the muslim brotherhood. >> it's the fear of the future. fear of change. fear of the instability that the country has seen the lack of security. they believe because they have been kept in the dark for so long, so they believe that the exceptional measures that has been tak taken by the military e the solutions for the problem that they are facing at the moment. >> reporter: he has said he won't run for president, but his supporters think he can be persuaded. for them a change of heart would be, well, t

general sisi had promised this would be a democratic transition but we see tanks on the streets we see massacres we've had a number of massacres of islamist supporters of the ousted president. the closure of islamic channels and the arrest of muslim brotherhood leaders the return of the emergency law we have a curfew in place. the return of state security so all this takes us back to the mubarak days and it looks like none of the goals of the january twentieth levon revolution have been met friday we saw a mixed crowd of protesters not just muslim brotherhood supporters but a lot of revolutionary activists demanding legitimacy and calling for the goals of the january revolution but so be muslim brotherhood is calling for more protests tomorrow the ouster of more senior to months ago will do you expect to see tomorrow will there be a mass turnout. what we've seen a lot of bloodshed a lot of violence and violence can only breed violence i see the only way out as recount silly ation as you know marginalize ation and isolation of the muslim brotherhood can only lead to more protests and mo

run for president he goes to collect thirty million signatures to convince general abdel fattah el-sisi to give in to what the organizers describe as overwhelming support last two months after he asked egypt's first elected president mohamed morsy supporters to guess the quran swept through egypt and most people died in the bloody crackdown on dissent. and the costa concordia cruise liner has sounded its horn in celebration of being pulled upright twenty months on from a tragedy that claimed two lives italian ship which ran aground after striking a reef will not be towed away and scrapped are seeing time lapse were to drop the lifting operation the biggest ever for passenger vessel after nineteen hours of strenuous efforts by engineers the crushed starboard side was pulled out of the water off the coast of tuscany going viral. until the spill from the wreck protected so far. ninety feet a vessel is longer than the titanic with. an engine. well next to trigger happy police officers and their bounden heroes of nine eleven and breaking the set with happiness. we talked before about people

. >> i'm participating because al sisi killed our brothers and he toppled the presidency after he wassworn in. >> we want the right of the elected institution. >> let's go to our correspondent in ka cairo, who we're not namig for security reasons. tell us about what is going on in the streets of egypt today. >> in terms of topography there were rallies and marchs in most of the population areas of egypt, which are under a curfew. 7:00 local time for 17 gmt is the time people are not allowed to be out and about in many parts of egypt. the protests. >> they carried on well after the curfew. it's hard to say exactly what the situation now, they have been in the last half hour. they are well beyond the curfew. >> the courts have ruled that the netherlands are liable for three in 1995. let's get more from our london news center. >> thank you. well, those three young men were among the 8,000 men and boys killed by boss neo bosnian on a peacekeeping mission. >> relatives of the victims broke down in tears and hugged each other and their lawyers after the verdict was read out. this man's fath

will general sisi cede power to a democratically-elected government, eventually, and will the muslimherhood be allowed to participate if there are elections? the correct answer to our gps challenge question was, a, brazil volunteered to open proceedings of the special session of the general assembly in 1947. the transition has been upheld ever since. the united states usually goes second. >> mr. president -- >> in 2011, by the way, brazil's president became the first woman to ever open the general assembly. this year, she's in the news for a different reason. she has

. >> translation: i'm participating because el sisi killed our brothers and mother. and toppled a legitimate president. >> >> translation: i'm here to restore our president who was kidnapped. >> many of of the marchers want mohamed morsi back. others demand is a legitimate political protest. the biggest demonstrations are usually on friday. numbers are thinning out. the muslim brotherhood is under pressure with its top leaders either in gaol or on the run. still around 1,000 people gathered in giza and on the other side of caro, a few thousands rallied in nazar city, the same district where security forces cleared out a sit in last month. in alexandria, coup protesters fought with people who live in the area. both sides threw rocks at each other. there was similar violence in damietta, in the nile delta. investigations continue into thursday's assassination attempt on the interior ministerer. al jazeera sources say the vehicle was stolen six months ago. dozens of demonstrators were arrested. people keep marching every week. not even the crack down on the muslim broth

for instance, they refuse to sing songs in support of sisi. >> what is your estimate on this?e hasn't been a good representation of numbers, but there is support on both sides. i think now we're seeing much bigger numbers that are slowly growing in terms of the number of these protests, they are actually quite scattered across egypt, and this has been a big decision to not concentrate the protests in up with or two locations, and instead scatters them throughout the cities. it is growing in the people who supported morsi originally, but they are being far less represented, far less inclusive, and certainly taking on the tactics of the old regime in terms of the violent opposition, and this is serving as a wake-up call to larger sections of the egyptian society. >> thank you very much for joining us. >>> well, we're going to move to syria again, because we're hearing opposition groups are trying to break an army blockade in damascus. a number of areas have been cut off by assad's forces. and aid agencies are warning of the risks of starvation. >> translator: all of this man wan

will general sisi cede power to a democratically-elected government, eventually, and will the muslimrhood be allowed to participate if there are elections? the correct answer to our gps challenge question was, a, brazil volunteered to open proceedings of the special session of the general assembly in 1947. the transition has been upheld ever since. the united states usually goes second. >> mr. president -- >> in 2011, by the way, brazil's president became the first woman to ever open the general assembly. this year, she's in the news for a different reason. she has called off her state visit to washington, a rare occurrence in international relations. she's protesting in the wake of revelations that the united states allegedly spied on her personal conversations. >>> thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. ly see you next week. >>> hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. these stories are topping the news this hour in the newsroom. a tense situation still developing inside a shopping mall, a day after a bloody massacre. 68 people have been killed. and investiga

the muslim brotherhood and obama are against general sisi in egypt. gulf states are for sisi.otherhood. muslim brotherhood is against the u.s. turkey is with the gulf states. yet turkey is pro-muslim brotherhood against general sisi. welcome to the middle east and have a nice day. >> anna: essentially there are bad options and there are worst option. >> tucker: anyone who tells you, it's simple, has no idea what he's talking about. >> brian: right. but the problem is when the president said offhand remarks, not written statements, adds to a question, the red line is using chemical weapons and moving them all around and actually implementing, that will be his red line. that's where he backed himself into a corner. >> anna: that seems to be where the mistakes started happening. nine minutes after the hour, we have to get to other headlines for you. another fox news alert out of afghanistan. a u.s. base coming under attack from the taliban. this is new video just in from the base. 9 insurgents set -- the insurgents shutting down a key highway for nato supply trucks. three members

does this president support general sisi. does this general support the a secular military?oes this general support the muslim brotherhood trying to cast some rhetoric around it as if it were, not simply a fundamentalist islamist or r organization but rather a, a club for democracy that just happens to reside in egypt? this is baffling. >> egypt has been a priority in the early 1970's when president nixon began brokering a deal between israel and egypt. we produced peace, that peace between the two countries is stuck. egypt has been a terrific it keeps its canals open.lf war. its skies clear. we supply our forces in afghanistan. thanks to our support that we've received from the egyptians. we need a steady policy, not with one government or another but policy of cooperation and a policy that permits egypt's stability and economic development. stability can flow from consensus government and therefore the priority for democracy is a good one. lou: i couldn't agree with you more and i just want to add to that two points. one is, that it is certainly not constructive to have a

many think the government is only a facade and the real power lies with general al-sisi. but they seem fine with that for now. >> we found public relations manager ayman fahrad sitting in country right now? >> now -- the general rule. >> general alsisi's rule. >> protecting the muslim brotherhood and i would like to salute him. >> when i asked who was running the country you said president monsieur but you were laughing. why were you laughing. >> i feel like you know the answer. >> the interim government has one job that can't wait nine months. to start rebuilding an economy battered by the constant strife since the 2011 up rising that toppled long time ruler hosni mubarak. the streets are empty of tourists and foreign investors, the country's most visitd site, the pyramids, now a ghost time. the interim government is surviving on cash infusions from the gulf. yet nor difficult will be rebuilding the trust between two groups of egyptians who united in the revolution of 2011 but couldn't agree on anything after that. in one camp, more secular minded egyptians like this for

morsi had accused christians of being among his chief opponents and when general abdel fatah el- sisi announced he'd deposed morsi, he was flanked by civil and religious figures, including the coptic pope. but mona zulficar, a prominent corporate lawyer, a muslim who also fights for women's and minority rights, thinks the animosity goes deeper than that, among the ranks of islamic fundamentalists. >> ( translated ): there is a part of the extremists' view that looks at non-muslims as infidels, and this is not true islam. i must underline that is a malicious, abusive interpretation that has no foundation in the holy quran; to >> reporter: as a member of the committee now rewriting egypt's constitution, zulficar iis pressing for it to include a guarantee of equal rights and opportunities for all egyptians. you are not a christian. why is this issue, why is the protection of these rights for christians so important to you? >> if you start discriminating between people you are destroying the social fabric of this society. >> reporter: that social fabric for christians has been destroyed i