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 battle 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 halfw

absentia to 15 years in prison by the cairo criminal court, on the charge of torturing a lawyer in tahrir square in 2011. mansour denied the charges. in october 2014, interpol rejected a request for an international arrest warrant by egypt, against him. mansour is an outspoken critic of the egyptian government. supporters say the arrest is a worrying sign that president abdul fatah al-sisi is extending crackdown on dissent beyond egypts boarders. >>> akmed mansour's lawyer joins us from london. he said germany acted irresponsibly. >> we don't see any reason why the generalions don't check the identity of the person, which shows, and here the arrest came after allegations. after a brutal event in egypt. working with the angela merkel as if he was from a well-recognised democracy. the germans knew of the oppression of journalists with any dissent. the conclusion is the egyptians new ahmed mansour was in germany, and the germans complied with that request, and it is shocking that ahmed mansour was detained at the airport by the police as if he was a criminal. german authorities should be held to ac

absentia to 15 years in prison by the cairo criminal court, on the charm of torturing a lawyer in tahrir squaren 2011. mansour denied the charges. interpol rejected a request for an international arrest warrant. mansour is an outstanding critic of the egyptian government. supporters say the arrest is a worrying sign that president abdul fatah al-sisi is extending it is rule behind boarders. >>> security forces say the armed group is getting closer to the capital. let's get more from our correspondent jennifer glass who is standing by in kabul. explain to us how closer the taliban to the regional capital. >> well they are just about 5 minutes drive outside the capitaling kunduz city where the front lines are with the taliban. it began yesterday, late in the evening they took control. the police headquarters under taliban control, and captured 12 checkpoints, police vehicles and weapons. the deputy chief of the army says three police have been killed, and six have been injured. provincial officials say the number is much fire, but this is a serious offensive by the taliban, at the gates. >> how a

sentenced in ashen is that to criminal court in prison, the charge of torturing a lawyer in tahrir square. when egypt asked interpol to issue a red warrant it refused. it appears cairo has taken the direct route. >> >> it is inconceivable to arrest an innocent man. he was just doing his job. he has two leading programs on al jazeera. al jazeera has said the crack down by egyptian authorities on journalists is well known. other countries must not allow themselves to be tools of some oppression. ahmed mansour is one of the arab world's most respected journalists and must be released immediately. >> on on line petition has so far been signed by that thousands of people. german politicians have come out in support of mr. mansour. the leader of the green party tweeted german government must explain arrest of mansour in berlin, highly questionable. the international federation of journalists, the arab organization of how many rights and dozens of other rights organizations have condemned mr. mansour's arrest. protestors gathered in berlin to show solidarity, but there will be no further progres

sentenced to 15 years in prison in absentia in cairo last year on suspicion of terrorizing a lawyer in tahrir square in 2011. egypt asked interpol to issue a warrant, and they refused. >> it's inconceivable to have an innocent man. all he did was he was doing his all he did was his job, two programs on al jazeera. >> al jazeera said in a statement: this case is fast becoming an international diplomatic incident. mr mansour holds joint british, egyptian citizenship. so the u.k. consule in berlin is involved. and the german authorities have a headache of explaining why their police executed an arrest warrant which interpol rejected. >> an online petition has been signed by thousands of people. german politicians came out in support of mansour. the leader of the green party defeated: >>> the international federation of journalists, arab organization of human rights and dozens of others have condemned mr mansour's arrest. protesters gathered to show solidarity in berlin. there'll be no further progress until the case goes to court on monday >>> paul joins us live from berlin. what is happening today? >>

. >> he was sentenced in abstenia to 15 years in prison on the charge of torturing a lawyer in tahrir square in 2011. when egypt asked interpol to issue a red notice international arrest warrant, interpol refused. now it appears cairo has taken a direct group. >> an in the man, doing his job. two leading programs on al jazeera. >> al jazeera's acting director general said in a statement, the crackdown ol journalists by egyptian authorities is well known. our net working is the arab world's most watched has taken the brunt of this. other countries must not be tools of this media oppression, at least least of all. germany. he must be released immediately. >> this is becoming an international diplomatic incident. mr. mansour homes joint citizenship. the uk consul has been involved. germany have to explain why their police issued an arrest warrant. >> an online petition has been signed by thousands of people. german politicians have come out in support of mr. mansour. the leader of the green party tweeted german government must explain arrest in berlin. highly questionable. >> the international

. >> he was sentenced in abstenthatabsten abstentia on the charge of torturing a lawyer in tahrir square in 2011. he wasn't even in the country at the time of the alleged crime. it's because of these baseless charges that interenterpol -- interpol objected. >> since the first, he hasn't held back from cracking down on journalists in any form of free speech. several journalists were killed by the egyptian army during the early days of the coup dozens remain behind bars. 3 journalists were unjustly imprisoned for over a year. repeat peter greste was released and deported back home to australia. he and his two colleagues are facing a retrial. al jazeera has urged german to release mansour immediately. the network's acting directing general said in a statement, the crackdown on journalists by egyptian authorities is well known. our network is the arab world's most watched has taken the brunt of this. other countries must not allow themselves to be tools of this mode i can't oppression. least of all those who respect freedom of the media as does germany. he is one of the world's most respecte

absentia to 15 years in prison by the cairo criminal court, on the charge of torturing a lawyer in tahrir square in 2011. mansour denied the charges. in october 20 14 rks interpol rejected a request for an international arrest warrant. mansour is an outspoken critic of the egyptian government. supporters say the arrest is a worrying sign that president abdul fatah al-sisi is extending crackdown on dissent behind its boarders. >>> akmed mansour's lawyer joins us from london. thank you for being with us. could you explain to us what exactly are the charges against mansour. they are merely lies put before the people of interpol who confirmed to us as lawyers in london on 21 october 2014, that the egyptian authorities sent a request for the arrest of mansour, and interpol rejected that request. >> reporter: before we get into the details of the case we have not examined what the charges are. what exactly are they? >> they claim they are laughable, because they range from theft to rape to detaining people against their own will. in a cairo street - he was not there at the time of the allegations. the

the next day met with egyptian leader and in tahrir square with abadine. a $267 million contract was working its way through official channels. >> my application was submitted on the 12th. these brokers then through their relationship with the tnc then provided that application information to mrs. clinton via the tnc council when she was in cairo. that's what was told to me. in an e-mail. >> turi also showed fox e-mails from april 6 and 7, 2011 that he exchanged with chris stevens personal e-mail account alerting him to his application to sell weapons. stevens replied with a thank you. and i'll keep it in mind and share it with my colleagues in washington. >> he is the point guy now. >> coming up what does this recently released e-mail from secretary clinton tell us about her secret strategy to arm the rebels in libya? ♪ i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash bac

15 years in prison by cairo's criminal court last year on the charge of torturing a lawyer in tahrir square in 2011. when egypt asked interpol to issue a red warrant it refused. it appears cairo at a taken the direct route. >> it is inconceivable that have an innocent man just doing his job, he has two leading programs on al jazeera. >> al jazeera's acting director general said in a statement the crackdown on journalists by egyptian authorities is well known. other countries must not allow themselves to be tool of this media oppression. this case is fast becoming an international diplomatic incident. mr. mansour holds joint british-egyptian citizenship to the british issue consulate have become involved and the germans have the headache of trying to explain why their police arrested him. >> the leader of the green party tweeted german government must explain arrest of mansour in berlin highly questionable. the international federation of journalists, the allegation of human rights and dozens of other rights organizations of also condemned mr. mansour's arrest. gathering in berlin, they show

years in president by die crow's criminal courts last year on the charge of torturing a lawyer on tahrir square in 2011. he wasn't in the country at the time of the alleged crime. it's because of these baseless charges that interpol rejected egyptian's request for an international arrest warrant against man sour. peter greste was eventually released and deported home to australia, now he and his two colleagues mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed are facing a retrial. germany is urged to release mansour immediately. he said in a statement: mansour is one of the world's most respected journalists. ed leader of the green party tweeted the german government must explain arrest of mansour in berlin. highly questionable. germany must not be sisi's henchman. the arab organization of human rights and dozenses of other rights organizations condemned mansour's arrests. protestors gathered in berlin to show solidarity with the detained journalist and demand his release. he is one of the most renowned journalist. his arrest symbolizes foch more. it is the fear that democratic countries could start doing the a

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court sentenced mansour to 15 years in prison in absentia for allegedly torturing a lawyer in tahrir square during egypt's 2011 revolution, but al jazeera has rejected the charge as false. reporters without borders condemned mansour's arrest as part of "egypt's terrible revenge against journalists that cross the regime." on friday, wikileaks published more than 60,000 cables and other documents from the saudi foreign ministry which reveal how the oil-rich u.s. ally pays for influence around the world. one document appears to show gulf states were prepared to pay $10 billion to secure the release of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak. another expresses saudi concerns over "flirting american messages" to iran over its nuclear program. another document found by the associated press shows a saudi princess racked up a multi-million dollar limousine bill in geneva, then left town without paying it. wikileaks says this is only the first batch of over half a million saudi records. the revelations came as supporters of wikileaks founder julian assange gathered outside the ecuadorean embassy in

what has happened is people are talking to their governments on 21st century technology from tahrir squarevernment hears them on 20th century technology and is providing 19th century responses. so there is no confidence in the institutions. and yet institutions need to be built in order to be able to deliver the jobs, education, and health care. >> can i just make a point about the make a point about the -- the attitude that people have towards their lives. we have been asking what i like to call the reagan questions, are you better off than you were. do you think you're going to be better off in the next few years? are your children going to be better off than you? and are you better off than your parents? and we ask a right track/wrong track data. we've got the data over the last 15 years and it's fascinating. it's an interesting way of looking at people and then looking at the demographics within. and we largely find not a big shift among the different age groups or gender groups interests. if there's hope in the country it's widespread if there's a lack of hope it seems to be widesprea

is once still dominant on social media in arabic is what i would call the freedom spirit, the tahrir square statement. i am a citizen, i'm not going to be pushed around. i can communicate. i have my device. unconnected. i'm not going to take it anymore. i won't take it from a mullah. i won't take it from authoritarian leader. you know i'm going to live in my own world. somehow that message that spirit of connectedness i think of free citizens which is still there. we get too depressed about the air of winter sometimes. it's still there as near as i can tell. somehow that has to become more of the dominant narrative. it probably needs help from governments, but i worry in the post-snowden age about swallowing the poison pill. i worry about steps that seem sensible in terms of messaging that ends up limiting the message or undercutting it. so i think this is an area where it's crucial to get it right but the one thing i think the u.s. has learned is that united states is not a credible messenger in telling young muslims what islam is, how they should live who the right enemies and allies are.