they try to get a room with a view of tahrir square. >> they said they have orders from state securityot to sell any rooms overlooking tahrir. so we said okay and we settled for a nile view room. >> while organizing their coverage of the day's events nora notices something happening outside their window. she grabs her camera and begins to film a chaotic scene coming into view across the nile river. >> we heard many bombs. and we couldn't see anything. and the bombs were just going and going and going. and then we saw smoke coming out from the other side of the river. >> nora's footage shows a massive crowd of protesters engaged in a growing battling with police. >> the people wanted to get across the bridge, across the nile to tahrir square to join the revolutionaries in tahrir square. >> a line of riot police led by two armored vehicles races across to meet the crowd. >> and the riot police and their armored vehicles were determined to push them back. and it literally became a battle for this bridge. >> protesters determined, marched forward on foot. police halt the crowd about halfwa

in cairo, tahrir square was the center of the demonstration, the name known around the world. here the first flash of violence. police turned tear gas on protesters responding with rocks and missiles forcing them back. for some it marked the beginning of the end of a president in power for almost 30 years. >> translation: we are tired, man. we are tired. stop the price hikes, we are suffering. >> reporter: over the next two days the protest continued, and so did the violence from both sides. hundreds were arrested. demonstrators were killed. many groups and individuals threw support behind the calls for change. >> i wish we didn't have to go to the streets to impress on the regime that they need to change. we tried sits. nothing worked. >> january 28th, and the growing voices called for a day of rage. tens of thousands took to the streets, a big sign of dissent in modern times. the government tried to smother the demonstrations cutting off the internet ordering mobile phone services to shut down. it didn't work. battles were fought around tahrir square, and government building

it has more to do with the young lady who was killed in tahrir square. one thing that is not trending, is free aj staff. you can go there have a look. join the campaign and have that trending all over the world for our team in egypt. david, back to you. >> i will reiterate the demand that our three colleagues about released. >> the egyptian president fattah al sisi said he would like to see the case resolved. we'll come up in a moment. >> extreme sporting competitions in the world. >> you're watching the al jazeera news hour. australia has an unusual art museum. andrew thomas went down to see the weird and wonderful exhibition for himself. >> reporter: it has a fat car gold fish cheating death egyptian antiquities and a machine that is fed food, digests it, and then hours later defecates, but the history behind the museum is even more incredible than what is in it. even this, a room of books without any words. >> we call it the white library it's a library of six blank books. >> a professional gambler who studied gambling markets for 30 years. big discip

we all know the site of tahrir square at the time, the thousands who were there. this was posted in the early hours of the 26 of january 2011, 83.5000 people viewed it. this is a trends map from the day. it shows you how big january 25 became even here through the united states, europe, but particularly in egypt a very, very large block of tweet there is from january 25. of course now four years later the january 25 hash tag isn't trending so much. this is a snapshot from dade. while you do see it occasionally around here, the word january it is these large attacks that feature more on the day. that is the young lady shot and killed in tahrir square, prove that go social media does still have its strength in these times in egypt. >> thank you. >> the prime minister of japan calls the killing of a japanese man killed incredible. >> japan's prime all but confirmed the news sunday morning. he believed isil murdered one of the two japanese hostages. >> a picture that we believe shows him has been distributed. it is an extremely painful situation. unfortunately at this

let's what has changed since those hopeful scenes in tahrir square.e of the most powerful sites and sounds from the ref luths and beyond. well, at one time, i felt that selling cocaine was my purpose. >> we was starvin', just lookin' for a way to succeed. >> the first time i seen rock cocaine was 1980. >> the murder rate was sky-high. >> south of the 10 freeway, was kind of a "no-man's land". >> you know, we're selling it for the blacks. i said, you go into these neighborhoods, there's no cops you can sell it where you want and when they start killing each other, nobody cares. >> i was going through like a million dollars worth of drugs just about every day. >> that's like gold! >> we can make a fortune! >> he was maybe the biggest guy in l.a. >> freeway rick was getting his dope from a very big operator. i think we're into something that's bigger than us. something we really can't deal with. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> she could prove what she was saying. >> [rapping] crack in the system. >> [rapping] th

you have two very different people both inspired by the arab spring in tahrir square. they both represent an important way of looking at life in egypt. the question is could they ever come together, the secularist and the islamist. >> the sad story is how they almost did and broke apart with bitterness and recrimination. i followed a dozen activists from the beginning of tahrir in my the sort of defeat of the revolution. i chose to focus on these two once i saw how it ended up, because they did embody this struggle to bridge a really deep social divide and political failure to do so. >> that's really a conflict that exists daily. >> it happened on two levels. one, the government has really manipulated this idea of religion to be part of it. in their daily life, they don't trust each other they don't get along. >> so tahrir square happens mubarak gets deposed leads to democratic elections the muslim brotherhood gets elected. the brotherhood then ended up ruling in similar ways to the military. they took a similar patronizing attitude towards egyptian. the government fun

prize-winning director of "the square," which documented the egyptian revolution of 2011 from its roots in tahrir squarehe square" won several awards and was nominated for an academy award for best documentary in 2014. jehane noujaim and karim amer welcome to democracy now! very serious of elements in the last week -- develop men's and the last week. first, can you talk about the killing of this activist leader? >> she was going to put a wreath on the grave of people that had died in the 2011 uprising. she was shot at a two meter distance by police, eyewitnesses say. a dear friend and human rights lawyer who was both in the film "the square" and is continuing to work on the ground with many of the protesters, attended her autopsy and said she was pummeled in the back hybrid shot which caused internal bleeding, which led to her death. the impunity of policeman shooting and broad daylight is something that we need to talk about just like the killings of police here, around the world, something that can't go on. >> and the killings of protesters? >> the killing of protesters, yeah. i think 18 people have b

we'll have a look at egypt four years after the tahrir square uprising pnsrising. our social media producer, hermela aregawi. what's happening? >> while you're watching let us know what you think. join the conversation @ajconsiderthis and on our facebook page. facebook page. security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> historic talks between u.s. and cuban officials had barrel barely begun, the first session exposed wide differences on immigration issues. the u.s. agreed to grant freedom to cube answer who reached theist. cuba complained the policy is dangerous for its citizens and encourages doctors defect, creating a reprehensible brain drain process. no rafters you countries would move to normalized ties. >> despite the clear differences that remain between our countries, the united states and cuba can find opportunities to advance our mutually shared interests as well as engage in a respectful and thoughtful dialogue. >> but

have large segment of the society that will be furious about this and remembering the scenes in tahrir square2011 when he was overturned and the scenes of him wheeled in to the trial for the first time. even after his first two convictions, now, all of these convictions have been overturned. he may go through a retrial, we don't know yet. but, for the time being, according to his lawyer who told us awhile ago that he will argue for him to walk free. >> what state is the judicial system in right now in egypt? >> well if you look at the trial of hosni mubarak, it was long and con long. a lot of politicizing in it. on one hand the families of the people who died in the revolution and people who were present at tahrir scare who were arguing strongly about the need for him to get to conviction. but, at the same time you were finding his lawyers and defense team and supporters bringing up all sorts of technicalities and arguments. >> just looking again at these incredible pictures we remember the scene at tahrir square in 2011 do you think the people will come out again to protest? what is the feel

tahrir square was not quiet for long. this general led egypt for 17 months after the full of hosni mubarak. during the time as interim leader hosni mubarak was charged with complicity to murder protesters. in november parliamentaries were held. there was a turn-out. the muslim brotherhood and conservative allies won a majority and set about writing egypt's new constitution. >> there's a feeling of excitement in happiness. everyone nose it's an historic day. >> the process was contentious. it was interrupted by a legal challenge and a walk out by sebbing larists. presidential elections went ahead in 2012 and mohamed mursi became the first democratically elected president. the political lines were becoming deeper. not everyone wanted a muslim brotherhood in power. in november mohamed mursi was accused by opponents of overplaying his hand with a decree granting himself executive powers and immunity from judicial review. >> a draft constitution is the outcome of the january 25th resolution guaranteeing social justice, minimum

for example, i think when you look at our coverage of isis or ebola or ukraine or tahrir square, a lot of what we do is live streaming so everyone is saying something and we're just showing it to you in real time with no commentary. i think the day of the voice of god, you know, for an hour a night telling you what you're watching and what it means and what you should think about it is over. i think that's good. because gen-y is the most sophisticated media cohort of all time. very smart. very savvy. and they can tune into something and watch it. that's why we call what we do immersionism in that we go more on a documentary film making philosophy where you go in and you press record. because the story evolves. >> right. >> it's not like oh, there is a fire at city hall can you give me two pictures. so we, you know, so that whole era of -- it's funny because whether you have the same standards, you have to understand that gen y grew up with weapons of mass destruction, with, oh, saddam hussein is harboring al qaeda even though anyone with half a brain knew they were a secular regime and

. >> they are closing temporarily tahrir square. when the former president hosne mubarak was depose red power. what egypt's president abdel fattah al-sisi pedestrian. >> there must be a revolution certified us that shall push us forward in all feels. >> ukraine's president has promised to punish those responsible he says for a rocket attack that killed at least 30 people in the eastern city of mariupul. rebel leaders claim responsibility for the attack. charles stratford reports. >> sirens ring out across the city, a warning of more attacks. this amateur video shows residential apartments their windows blown out. a woman's body lies amongst the rubble. a body of a man lies close by. ukraine military says pro-russian rebels launched rocket attacks on the port city of mariupul. mariupul is of strategic significance to both sides. major city between russia and russian annexed crimea. national security and deference council alexander torchinof said vladimir putin is responsible. putin has blamed the recent upsurge in violence against wh

for example, if you look at our coverage of isis or ebola or ukraine or tahrir square, a lot of what we do is live streaming. everyone is saying something but we are just showing it to you in real time with no commentary. i think the day of the voice of god for an hour a night telling you what you are watching and what it means and what you think about it, is over, and i think that's good. gen y is the most sophisticated media cohort of all time, very smart and savvy. they can tune into something and watch it. that is why what we do we call it immersionism. you go in and you press record. the story involves. it is not like, a fire at city hall, give me two pictures. that whole era -- and it's funny, will you have the same standards -- you have to understand gen y grew up with weapons of mass distraction saddam hussein harboring al qaeda, even though that anyone with half a brain knew they were natural enemies. the irony now is, what is happening, we go into iraq to get out al qaeda and then fuck it up so that we create isis which makes al qaeda look like a tea party, and you have to

police backed by soldiers in armored vehicles sealed off roads, including those leading to cairo's tahrir square, the -- riot police with rifles and plain clothed men with pistols were seen chasing protesters through the streets of cairo. the heaviest death toll was in the cairo suburb of matariya, a muslim brotherhood stronghold, where eight people, including one policeman, were killed. on saturday, shaimaa al-sabbagh, a leading member of the socialist popular alliance party, was shot dead at a protest near tahrir square. video and photos of the shooting went viral across egypt. meanwhile, two sons of post numeral brick are released from prison today, nearly four years after they were first arrested along with her father. last week in egyptian court ordered the release pending the retrial in a corruption case. the united states and india have reached still to allow u.s. companies to build a new generation of nuclear plants in india without being held legally liable in the event of a nuclear power plant catastrophe. india is one of the few nations that don't exempt nuclear suppliers from acciden

another young woman was killed, shot in the back in broad daylight as she was carrying flowers to tahrir squareyesterday, in a district of cairo that is perceived to be a stronghold. the regime has not stamped out all dissent. >> from cairo. reports now from syria that the islamic state group has been almost completely pushed out of the border town of kobane. if that is confirmed come it would mark a major symbolic victory, both for kurdish fighters who have been leading the move on the ground and the u.s.-led coalition airstrikes. in nigeria, the army says it has pushed back multiple attacks by boko haram on the biggest city in the northeast. the militant group is gaining ground, capturing and other strategic town in the region. the violence coincides with the arrival of the u.s. secretary of state in the financial capital of lagos. john kerry has promised to boost support in the fight against boko haram. charlotte hawkins reports. >> the u.s. secretary of state landed in lagos hours after boko haram overran a town and launched a failed attack on maiduguri, the capital of borno state. john ker

despite the army filling up tahrir square protesters have been taking to the streets to mark the dayhe uprising began. he job descriptions marched in cairo, alexandria and several cities to demand an end to what they dahl military rule and a return to the path of the revolution. >> we stand at the situation that's even worse than the mubarak days four years after the revolution. and in my own personal view i think that the first wave of the egyptian revolution has been defeated. we have to be frank with ourselves about this. >> there have been death ins alexandria after violent skirmishes with the police. on a district in the northern region where security forces tried to break up a protest, and in the capitol, cairo, two policemen were injured in an explosion. security sources say the bomb targeted the officers stationed outside a sports club in the heliopolous area. the latest violence follows the death on saturday of a female protester. video posted to the internet shows shama ar saba protesting peacefully. witnesses say she was hit by a birdshot that was fired by police to disper

. >> narrator: the arab spring surged out of tunisia into tahrir square and on to tripoli.e mass demonstrations overthrowing powerful dictators must have been worrying. >> it was the first stage of his coming to understanding that he could never quit the post, because the destiny of gaddafi could be waiting for him. >> narrator: in 2011, when vladimir putin announced he would run again for russia's presidency, the response was mass demonstrations in moscow's streets, protests which had to be put down by police. >> there's never been a good succession model in the soviet union or in russia, and he's very worried about how he will leave power. he doesn't want to leave in a coffin, he doesn't want to go to a jail cell. he's got so many guilty secrets, so much money's been stolen, and so many people have been killed that he doesn't really trust anyone to keep him safe if he steps down from power. so in a way, he's both the master of the kremlin but also a prisoner in it. (russian national anthem playing) >> narrator: in 2012 putin moved medvedev aside and took back the presiden

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today you have the four-year anniversary of the uprising in tahrir square and 14 people killed in protest being focused on enough when it comes to stability in the region? >> i think that's true. if the stories weren't so true in yemen and iraq and syria we'd be more focused on egypt which is the more populist country and the new leader of egypt is in many ways, i think more autocratic than mubarak who we regarded as an autocratic dictator. he's thrown many many thousand people in prison. he's banned the muslim brotherhood which is an organization of millions of people the largest political organization in reg i want and i think he's creating a powter keg because these people may advance. we've seen a group in the sinai which is being quite effective at killing tourists and others and identifying itself as part of isis in just this past several months. so i think we'll see a growing terrorism problem in egypt because the government is basically repress anything form of political dissent including completely regity mat forms. >> colonel reese, a growing threat of terror in egypt. do you ag

you know, it's very -- it used to be very hard to get people the turn out -- or to turn out in tahrir square. it was dangerous business. now all you need is a cell phone. there will be a demonstration at 10:00 thunderstorm morning -- tomorrow morning, and you get a million people. it's a different sort of a world. and i think what happened on 9/11 is that there was a quick interpretation that this new world was bringing an attack on the united states and that what we had in 9/11 was only the first attack. and there were going to be floods of attacks, and we had to do a lot of things to prepare for them. now, it didn't happen. now, did it not happen because we were prepared for it and dealt with it, or was that not the nature of the attack anyway? those are the kinds of things which affect the way the system reacts and also whether or not it's the right way or not. i guess what i would say is the first thing you need to do fundamentally is reduce somewhat the size because a when you've got 350 people you've got a management issue. the nsc should not be managing. it's a thought processing syst

[shouting] bill: antigovernment protesters clashing with police back in tahrir square. comes as egypt marks four years since the uprising led to out ofs of former dictator hosni mubarak in 2011. it comes one day after a female protester was shot dead in a protest in downtown. martha: white house chief of staff denis mcdonough defending president obama on a wide range of issues and fueling claims that the president may be living in a different world than the rest of america. >> does president obama realize that he lost the midterm election? >> well what the president realizes, he laid this out in the speech of last night over the course of decades, middle class countries faced unrelenting pressure as costs go up while wages stagnate. >> not really answering that question. katie pavlich is news editor for townhall.com, fox news contributor. merryian marsh former advisor to secretary of state john kerry. that was odd answer and talked about middle class. president himself said his policies were on the ballot. i would assume that means wait the handled the economy and other

all you have to do is pick up your cell phone and say there will be a rally tomorrow in tahrir square at 10:00 and you can get 10 million people. this is a very very different world where the west failian information is keeping people out it didn't want people to see and that is what we are facing and we've barely begun to deal with it. and i add -- i add climate change to it because it demonstrates what we cannot do the nation state alone. no nation state can deal with climate change. we have to cooperate to make it work. it is just that way. so these are new impacts on our system. and they make governance more difficult. and more so for the united states because we have been at the forefront in liberalizing the west failia system in making a more just world for all. to help us in this difficult task we should look to our alliances, especially nato. i think nato in many ways is as valuable as it was in the cold war n. a world where the relationship of the individual to the state is frequently under attack an alliance of states to whom that personal relationship to the state is sacred

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