dominick cain, al jazeera cairo. >> we will be going live following events closely from cairo. before we start questions, we should flag up we are expecting amateur pictures from inside the courtroom and as we say them we may bring them to the viewers and hearing the trial may have resumed and we will get an update from you of the latest you are getting. >> yes, we are hearing the same thing, that reports coming out of the court are it has resumed but what we don't know is what mohamed morsi is wearing. we understand that and proceedings were postponed because he was still not wearing this white overall that all defendants are supposed to wear and so they had an adjournment of the trial for that to be addressed to persuade him to put it on and we are hearing reports of his main legal representative, i would nl say his lawyer because we don't know if he is speaking on behalf of the former president but he had a chance to go see mohamed morsi while this adjournment happened to calm him down. things were getting agitated in the courtroom before the adjournment. and we understand o

are we'll go back to sue turton in cairo. away from the protests and politics, this is a legal trial. the burden of proof is on the prosecution to prove insightment, in the end. >> indeed. that is the charter, the charge against mohamed morsi, insightment to commit murter, as domenic explained, this is all to do with events outside the presidential palace last december, when a sit-in of oint mohamed morsi supporters was clear. for this to be due process, a fair trial, really they should have had access to lawyers. we are hearing from the legal team that they've not been allowed to see him before today or the trial. the former presidential candidate is heading up the team and they are furious, all the lawyers are furious, to do with all 15 defendants. authorities have given 10 permits out for 25 lawyers who wanted to be in court to put the case for their defendants. they are also furious that they only got the documents, 7,000 pages, relating to the trial a couple of days before the trial begins. already complaints that there

and safe in cairo. actually the match will be held at an army stadium in cairo and it's a modern stadium and modern facilities will help egypt secure the game and also both teams are set to stay in a hotel that is a few meters away from the stadium and it will make it easier for them to support gana from the hotel to the stadium, so i think the security plan thrown off by egyptian authorities thinks everything will be fine in cairo. that is why they turned down the request of gana to move the game. >> reporter: with the political unrest in cairo and unlikely to qualify for the world cup is it the right time for them to be holding the match in the capitol? >> i think in such decisive gain there are no other options for egypt because the fans are eager and even when they virtually lost hope of reaching the world cup and they are qualified and must be held in egypt and that is why because it sends the message to the workforce in the opinion of the egyptian authorities and this is very important to stage th

, let's pull in our cairo correspondent. ties between washington and egypt interim government are pt's interimand egy government are delicate. how were kerry's words received? >> it is a rocky relationship. both sides were trying to mend the fences. fahmy said there is a turbulent relationship, but the visit of kerry and the words of kerry were a positive sign. kerry said it insured the friendship of the united states -- it ensured the friendship of the united states. behind the scenes, there surely were discussions about the concerns about the process toward democracy and a more inclusive process here the muslim brotherhood is in -- is completely excluded -- in more inclusive process. isththe muslim brotherhood completely excluded. >> are we likely to see an increase in unrest? brotherhood are mobilizing. it is important to see what happens if mr. morsi appears in court. it will be the first time we will see the ousted president, who has been hidden from the public for four months. everyone is looking to see what morsi is g

security police complex outside cairo that trial was adjourned. just minutes after it began. morrissey is the country's first ever democratically elected leader he's been charged for inciting violence linked to the deaths of protesters during his time in office cairo corresponding captaincy leaves covering the town of katherine does anymore about what happened there in court this morning this trial is due to start scientists in the insta family hearing from what source is restricted in many ways and i receive is refusing to the white suits and accept prisoners on remand after wet when the idiot box and he did appear in court festival any good jacket that he was a ton and detached and said you have no right to judge me i am still hesitant. i answered and all that is what he said l said that the defendants maintained in the calm the seas deep insight to

we are joined from cairo. what happened? >> well, the information we got so far is that there was a bus driving on the road between r rafaq, carrying army recruits, on the way back to the base. a suicide bomber attacked that bus. a car rammed into that bus, and 10 recruits have been killed. 35 more have been wounded. now, this is not the first time an attack has occurred on the road. in the past the major happenings on the road is there were improvised explosive devices. this is the first time there has been a suicide attack on the road. >> it's long been known as a lawless area. these sorts of attacks have increased in recent months, haven't they? >> they have increased since the ousting of mohamed morsi, and, actually, i think the group that has in the past that claimed responsibility, only two days ago here in cairo, there was a shooting where a senior officer of the national security deals with that, has also been killed, basically, on a busy street in cairo and was a big lose for the national security. many of these att

sue turton has more from cairo, where the arab league met to discuss cairo. the new head of the arab league said there was no way the syrian coalition would sustained the geneva ii conference if iran was to attend. >> what we are clearly asking from you is to support and stop a regime, blood, security. first of all, declare iran as an occupying force of syria and demand it to withdraw the revolutionary guard. >> he put other conditions as to whether they would go or not. he expected iran's revolutionary guard to be pulled out of the syrian conflict, and hezbollah, and iraqi militia fighting. it makes the chances of the snc turning up to the conference unlikely. >> sue turton reporting. the snc renewed calls for international community to arm fighters. despite wrists among factions, the snc promises the weapons will not fall into the wrong hands. >> there'll be no clementsy for edward snowden. he's asking for leniency from the government. members of the white house denied his request. he leaked secret government documents about the n.s.a., including informatio

so on to prompt you to pray for us for a tie between cairo and anchor of falling repeated criticism of muhammad maltese but try to change it to expel the turkish ambassador and downgrades diplomatic relations. thumbs down to the water just as everyone began to give up hope he would negotiate this evil soul for deposit towards the global climate pact to be signed here attacks in twenty fifty. some political topic you very much joining us. we begin in switzerland where talks with iran sneak a program once again brought together four minutes is open six twelve cars. the goal of the talks that derek jeter is to reach a deal with the islamic republic which would see its sanctions that he's in return for cuts on to ron's new kit program of course bomb and jones are costas is falling off the defendants for us in geneva is the latest. people are cautious bag i want to call the success or faa east point. this intensive negotiations by ministers from that the sik the radiance and lady ashton around the clock to try and broker a deal but it's likely ask whether the political hurdles that they wil

they are being moved to cairo's notorious prison. france's foreign minister pays tribute from dissertation -- from our sister station killed in mali. lemaitre wins france's most prestigious book prize. prix goncourt. the trial of mohamed morsi has to january 8. his trial at the high-security police complex outside cairo was suspended minutes after it began. morsi is the country's first ever democratically elected leader. he has been charged for inciting to the death led of protesters during his time in office. thomas waterhouse reports. >> day one of the morsi trial, and just hours after the hearing began, it is already adjourned. telling the court, "i am the president of the republic," morsi refused to don the customary white prison suit. he then succeeded in disrupting proceedings further by singing in court. leading the judge to push back the trial to january. >> sorry about that, we seem to be having technical difficulties. our correspondent catherine stably is at the courthouse in cairo. she gives us more details on what happene

. >> reporter: but democracy isn't the prevailing wind in cairo these days. instead, there is a government sponsored cheering campaign for the general who kicked morsi out of office. the u.s. faces tough choices in egypt. president obama has supported democracy in this country since the revolution here in tahrir square. now the u.s. can either stick with principle or embrace the generals calling the shots. today it seems washington is leaning toward the generals. >> as president obama has said, we are committed to work with and we will continue our cooperation with the interim government. >> reporter: democracy in egypt is on hold and washington says as long as it is on the horizon, it can live with that. richard engel, nbc news. cairo. >>> another developing story we're keeping a close eye on in that region, an outbreak of polio in syria and the possibility of those trying to escape the civil war. nbc chief medical editor nancy snyderman is following this. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. when the reports of polio broke last week, the world took noti

this report from cairo. >> a training session at one of cairo's football clubs. her kissing is all the teams have been doing. or the past those two years, egyptian football has been suffering, league games have been scheduled -- have been canceled, and the stands are empty. player isel of the very low now. football stops here in egypt. >> two years without any competition. they are not the only team in trouble. four egyptian clubs are facing a financial difficulties became -- because no games means no sponsors or advertising revenue. some footballers have decided to leave the country -- leave the leaguesto play in abroad. >> there are a lot of players who left. some went to arab countries, some went to iraq, some went to europe. left theto 20 players country. >> these supporters are waiting for the league to restart, but securing the games is one of the main problems. since a riot at the stadium in 2012 left more than 70 people dead, security forces have from attending matches. fans have offered to divide security. can be very organized. that is how it can be don

interests to walk away from whatever is happening in cairo. the idea that because egypt had an amount of influence in the region, the u.s. wants to see the country move past the long-running political crisis and re-establish come democratically elected government. the u.s. is using leverage in doing so. it's worth noting that because john kerry has gone to cairo to deliver the messages, that the u.s. is stepping up pressure on the interim government to get on with it. let's talk more about the visit, the visit that nobody knew about until he actually landed, which is unusual, considering the relationship the two countries had in the past. it makes you think of dangerous places like iraq and afghanistan. what does this say? what should we read into that? >> the situation on the ground has been considered unstable. there has been a number of human rights abuses that the u.s. government does not like. crackdown on the burgeoning free press. crackdown on political opponents of the regime, including the muslim brotherhood, in which mohamed morsi wa

with inciting others to commit murder. 20,000 members of the security forces are on the streets of cairo determined to make sure the trial goes ahead. the public opinion about it is polarized. >> god will be on our side. the court will issue a verdict that will be for the sake of egypt and the egyptians to more forward. morsi was not fair at all. >> this trial has nothing to do with being fair or unfair. the man was the president. he had the full right to do whatever he wanted, and to contact whomever he wanted. >> reporter: hundreds of people died in the 2011 revolution to force hosni mubarak from power. millions of people had high hopes when morsi became the country's first democratically elected president in june of last year. but increasingly frustrated with what they saw as his authoritarian rule, and his failure to fulfill promises, many egyptians took to the streets again. a growing wave of protest ended up with the military's decision to remove morsi from office in an act that morsi himself said is against the law. >> the difference between the trial of dr. morsi and the trial of

one of points that john kerry is making whilst in cairo is that the interim government, backed by the military, can't exist inperpetuaty, it needs to get on with establishing elections for a democratic-elected parliament and needs to take the steps sooner rather than later. >> let's talk about the visit to cairo. we didn't know about it until he landed, which makes you think iraq, afghanistan - dangerous places. what are the security concerns. it seems like the relationship between the two countries is clearly not what it was. >> certainly it is telling this the u.s. state department did not want to anoups or confirm -- announce or confirm that this is a possibility. it says that the u.s. is disapproving of how the interim egyptian government has functioned in the past five months, since july 3rd, when mohamed morsi was removed as president of egypt. when you don't make a hue and cry, it sends a message to the host country that it's not behaving the way washington wants it to behave. as for security, we is seen and heard numerous reports of political crack downs, being arrested for de

the streets of cairo are calm. that might well be because the security presence that made itself felt today in the streets of cairo was very intense and it certainly was in the courtroom. deposed president arrives for his trial in cairo. for the past four months he's been in detention at a secret location. as he entered the cage reserved for him and his co-defendants his supporters greeted him with the sign of the anticoup alliance. , some opponents were heard to shout, execute him. morsi rejects the jurisdiction of the court. and says he is still the president. eventually, the senior judge felt compelled to adjourn the trial for two months. mohamed morsi's son osama told al jazeera that his father felt the proceedings are a sham. >> in the case of the no human rights no legal rights and in a call of emergency and emergency we know of emergency. it's not constitutional. it's not legal case. it is in fact of egypt. >> outside the courts, hundreds of morsi supporters had hoped the court might dismiss the case. across

extreme novel starring in cairo there for a sense that match. tunisia streisand has extended a state of emergency until the middle of next year as political wrangling over a new government continues. a weekend deadline for the governing is the mess and the opposition to choose a new prime minister has been pushed back to monday the security situation in tunisia has carried since the toppling of former on crack. the of a dean denali last week a suicide bomber blew himself up in the resort town of susanna and there's been recurring gun battles with police. french authorities have said that two french journalists killed in northern valley on saturday were shot to death they're killing is underscored concerns about lingering in security in northern mali months after french led military intervention against islamist extremists. and many are wondering how the gunmen managed to carry out the attack so close to a town where both french troops and un soldiers are stationed the last year he dove was the center with moderate uprising against somalia's gove

cairo. >> in some ways there are things theneed from egypt. the intelligence cooperation and these things are very valuable. core interests in the middle east in their own way. when he says the aid suspension was not a punishment that is what the administration are thinking about. that they were trying to signal some kind of displeasure of what has happened in the last seven months in eguesstimate egypt. but they are not trying to rearrange their alliance with eyegypt. >> who stands more to gain the united states or egypt? >> i think inener inertia is a e thing. and the united states sees a lot of value in the intelligence sharing and the tangible benefit of the susuez canal. they don't need the united states. you have kuwait andmenthe the ue pledging millions of dollars. i think it's clear from the perspective you know what is more valuable. >> and you agree? >> i toldlto -- totally agree. the u.s. will give the whole package again and they will give money, but in exchange they will get more cooperation from the government of cairo with regar

only a few dozens showed up outside the courtroom, while a few dozen or mistreated in cairo. denied a political platform they are now turning to the internet whether supporters are trying to sabotage the army's image. >> egypt's military that the government has been counting -- cracking down on the muslim brotherhood and regional affiliates including hamas in gaza. donald once used to smuggle weapons from egypt to gaza have been destroyed by egyptian authorities. -- the tunnels once used to smuggle weapons have been destroyed. >> over the past several months, egypt has been tightening the noose around gaza's neck did cairo has shut down nearly all of the hundreds of tunnels that run between both territories. worker tilt --n, takes a 12 meters below the ground. -- takes us 12 meters below the ground. once to show us the only work that is left down here. >> there is no one, working in the border between gaza and egypt. all we can do now is cleaned the tunnels by rolling out dirt. i pray to god he changed their mind. merchandise, including weapons, used to be brought into the st

turkish envoy in cairo the for tat expulsions come on to anchor a call on the egyptian government to release as did president muhammad were staying. turkey has been the focal critic of course was the agent after he was removed from power in july and has called for him it would seem to be released from prison on friday demonstrations marks one hundred days since hundred mechanics when security forces appeared to vote for more see counts in cairo. un climate talks in warsaw poland have gone into overtime this weekend negotiations were supposed to finish up on friday evening. cause i get from over one hundred and ninety countries are scare them wrangling over their contributions to stating on climate change and many of the issues that had divided negotiations at the start of the talks on november and that that remain on results these telkom amid serious warnings from scientists scientists warn that arctic ice is rapidly melting away maybelline carbon emissions for rising temperatures and melting ice and want emissions cuts to slow global warming. but there's still no breakthrough at the

i would say that their position regardless of the relevancy towards what's going on in cairo right now is positive i mean saudi arabia and israel two separate sections are probably at their best relations with egypt now since july third the amount of security cooperation that's going on between israel and egypt is unbelievable according to what's going on with the shutdown on hamas right now and the saudi financing of the current regime is really proving to be the backbone of keeping the egyptian economy afloat but the reason why they're doing that is not really they're not in a new energy and mistakenly interested in egyptian democracy though is it what the people want because saudi arabia and israel prefer to deal with dictators in egypt it's been their tradition it's worked out well for them that's that's that's completely and correct mohamed mohamed morsi the go she aided the ceasefire by himself between hamas and israel a democratically elected president of egypt though she did the ceasefire between both two opposing forces one he was allied with the islamist hamas and what israel

i police in cairo enforce a new law that restricts protests amid fears the country sliding back to an all for a tarion regime. and a ticket to ride n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden appears on posters on washington buses this campaign is americans to follow his lead i'm reject government surveillance. are you watching r.t. this afternoon with me. now demonstrations continue in ukraine's capital kiev over the government's decision to turn down an association agreement with the european union that is president putin called on the e.u. leaders to stop their criticism of russia over ukraine as decision the european bloc has accused moscow of pressuring kiev out of sign the deal artie's alexy our share of skis following the protests in kiev. protesters still continue in kiev they lost it overnight despite temperatures dropping well below zero and right now several thousand people are besieging the government building in central kiev and there's been a warning coming from the authorities for the general public to abstain from any kind of provocations because they had information that some

in the cairo sun. then we were finally admitted into the prison, which was greeted by the welcoming committee. tarek can tell the arabic phrase for that. it from loubani, take there. >> the abuse of prisoners and detainees in egypt is systematic. it happens to everybody who walks through the doors. it is so common, it has a "the welcoming party ," which really started while we were still in the transport vehicle where 5 people actually ended up with pretty severe heatstroke, one of whom i was pretty convinced would die within about an hour. he had reached the point where he could no longer speak and have become unconscious. of put through this process. then whewe had enough -- had had enough, beyond that the door was opened, and we exited only to find two lines of people, some with batons and some with cattle prods, to beat us on exit. two linesrough these to find another series of people who work hitting with their hands and feet, one of them who actually struck prisoners so hard that his hand actuall

particularly with his speech in cairo he has it's pretty much fallen down on the job there he had a chance to you know defend advance the agendas of the revolutionary movements across the middle east and he decided to basically to succumb to the elites in the middle east to the agendas that competing agendas. in that in that time he has pretty much drowned under those agendas and can't seem to find his footing there is no coherent theme to his point foreign policy whether it be in the middle east or in the broader global sphere and i think that has caused some critical damage to the confidence that both domestic front and globally in in america in terms of what it's you know what its role is as a dominant power and as a leader and without that coherent theme without that coherent strategy he comes off is a second guess or a guy who doesn't follow through on his on his goals and and and i think the time is running out for his administration. to advance some sort of legacy where his foreign policy is concerned you know i have to agree with. him. the map of the middle east in my head right no

particularly with his speech in cairo he has it's pretty much fallen down on the job there he had a chance to you know defend advance the agendas of the revolutionary movements across the middle east and he decided to basically to succumb to the elites in the middle east to the agendas that competing agendas. in that in that time he has pretty much drowned under those agendas and can't seem to find his footing there is no coherent theme to his point foreign policy whether it be in the middle east or in the broader global sphere and i think that has caused some critical damage to the confidence that both domestic front and globally in in america in terms of what it's you know what its role is as a dominant power and as a leader and without that coherent theme without that coherent strategy he comes off is a second guess or a guy who doesn't follow through on his on his goals and and i think the time is running out for his administration. to advance some sort of legacy where his foreign policy is concerned you know i have to agree with. him. the map of the middle east in my head right now an

i would say that their position regardless of the relevancy towards what's going on in cairo right now is positive i mean saudi arabia and israel on two separate sections are probably at their best relations with egypt now since july third the amount of security cooperation that's going on between israel and egypt is unbelievable according to what's going on with the shutdown on hamas right now and the saudi financing of the current regime is really proving to be the backbone of keeping the egyptian economy afloat but the reason why they're doing that is not really there and it eventually is mistakenly interested in egyptian democracy though is it what the people want because saudi arabia and israel prefer to deal with dictators in egypt it's been their tradition it's worked out well for them that's that's that's completely incorrect mohammad mohammed mohamed morsi the go she aided the ceasefire by himself between hamas and israel a democratically elected president of egypt though she did a ceasefire between both two opposing forces one he was our i'd with the islamist hamas and what i

cairo. my colleague kevin i when i spoke about china as a resource hunger with offline investor jim rogers he told us that beijing's playing find us across the whole world. china is trying to secure natural resources all over the world africa south america central asia himself said the beijing success is build on washington's failures what do you think. well certainly if you look around the world you will certainly see there's a lot of truth to that the chinese have more or less. they're all over africa they're buying plantations and everything else america's got very little presence in africa now time is making inroads in the middle east is going to get a lot of oil from iran going forward it looks as though china may even start getting oil from iraq you know america says that they were a liberated iraq in the end it may be the chinese who get the oil for a long time and rest in the middle east to help push up and gets prices up all over the world today's kinds of report that said how consu

in cairo. they are content to take the lead at some other news stories covering for you this hour the shipwreck of a refugee boat in the bahamas has left crusty thirty dead. about one hundred and fifty haiti migrants run for the boat that capsized after burning the ground. survivors clung to the vessel four hours before being rescued authorities say the de hydrated my fridge and in that boat sailing for eight or nine days with little food and water and no life jackets the other day by about eight hundred bronze has seen eighteen evacuated. i can just north of paris is one of the biggest in france the latest in a series of moves from the french interior ministry to move the mike rounds out its appeals court here has confirmed the firing of a child can play for wearing of veils to work. a previous ruling had an open her initial firing from the private day care center for wearing the muslim veil of firing the woman's lawyers have labeled discriminatory french law prohibits the wearing of any outwa

this is north cairo where egypt's burgeoning chinatown has now planted its roots restaurant owner. says the chinese community here is thriving despite the political turmoil. most chinese come here for study or to call the muslim chinese minorities i opened my restaurant recently i know the political situation here is difficult but it doesn't affect chinese businesses it's a good place to live as us egypt relations soured after american officials with the help key military and economic assistance in october egypt has hinted at cozying up to other super powers like china analysts say to china its more about its political expansion gaining clout with one of the region's main players rather than finance we have sixty three agreements i mean different kinds of cultural political egypt is central country in the arab region and it is very useful to have good relations developing relations with us because we have a say in the region merging turn of the chinese embassy in cairo says although two thousand and thirteen was a turbulent year for egypt the country's exports to china increased by

. >> the first stop made on the trip to the middle east was not to saudi arabia, but instead to cairo egypt. it's the first and highest ranking visit by a u.s. official since july 3rdrd. that's the day that the military removed mohamed morsi from his post as president of egypt and placed him under arrest. the u.s. has been quite anxious about what has been happening in egypt since, and it was john kerry's mission on sunday to deliver a message from the obama administration about what washington expects cairo to do in the weeks and months ahead. >> how can the united states reconcile working with the government and supporting the move to democracy? >> basically, let's put it this way - the trip was unannounced. in diplomatic terms that is in essence denying egypt the ability to say, "look, the united states is in support of what we have been doing here politically in the past five months." by having the unannounced trip the u.s. sent a message that it disapproves of what has happened. that said, the u.s. is making it plain, and we heard this from secretary kerry on sunday that the u.s.

dominick cane, al jazeera, cai cairo. >> mohammed morsi's son said court proceedings were a force. >> this is not a trial. a trial has no legal guarantees. no criteria who or who will not, the president refused to recognize this nonsense and these coup procedures. >> sue, i know you've been speaking to one of the lawyers who wants to represent morsi. what's he been saying? >> reporter: yes, we were speaking to one of the lead lawyers who really wanted to be there in court to put forward the lead of the defense. he was a presidential candidate but he wasn't allowed to act on behalf of mohamed morsi, as you're hearing. he's saying that he doesn't respect the legitimacy of the court. when he explained to us that the judge put the charges to morse any, the charge to incite murder, he didn't respond and didn't recognize that the court is a legitimate court. and we're hearing some of the lawyers for the other muslim brotherhood defendant who is were standing newspaper court and shouting down with the military, down with the military leaders, and people on the journalistic bench shouting to

. >> reporter: supporters of the deposed president mohammed morsi outside of the cairo police academy where the former leader is on trial. they say he was forced from office illegally, and they demand the charge against him be dropped. mohammed morsi is charged with inciting others to commit murder. in connection with the deaths of several people killed in street fighting outside a presidential palace in december. 20,000 members of the security forces are on the streets of cairo determined to make sure the trial goes ahead. but public opinion about it is polarized. >> reporter: god will be on our side, the court will issue a verdict that will be for the sake of egypt and the egyptians to move forward. morsi was not fair at all. >> this trial has nothing to do with being fair or unfair. the man was the president. he had the full right to do whatever he wanted, and to contact whoever he wanted. >> reporter: hundreds of people died in the 2011 revolution to force morsi's predecessor hasy mubarak from hour. from power. increasingly frustrated with what they saw as his authoritarian rule,

distinctly many thanks for that update from cairo omar shore. one of the players. he in all of this in the sinai peninsula the very very complex situation on on the one hand you have most of them the security agencies the room where the creek and sign licensed it to solve them. especially after the second in the fall though when you saw a rise in the cyanide based activism main support of the year although the causes and northern borders of the flights trying to find her plans to lease all day the competition will protect its security said the security fence to see to that institution was a dominant player but also the general intelligence and intelligence were going there and then they're useful. meet the initial stages of depression followed by the episodes of political violence in southern dissolved and go to the depression by a glimpse of the southern two and another cycle of depression lightens solve them for supper and six. and then add that to make this one is for the latest episode one thing to solve and kind and amount to an end. these mittens since the om

cairo. my colleague kevin and i will speak about china as a resource hunger with author and investor jim rogers who told us beijing's appetite isn't regional it's a worldwide. china is trying to secure natural resources all over the world africa south america central asia jervas off said that beijing success is build on washington's failures what do you think. well certainly if you look around the world you will certainly see there's a lot of truth to that the chinese have more or less. their all over africa there by plantations and everything else america's got very little presence in africa now time is making inroads in the middle east and it's going to get a lot of oil from iran going forward it looks as though china may even start getting oil from iraq you know america says that they were a liberated iraq we're in the end it may be the chinese who get the oil tiny's look around the world they see what's happening over the next few decades they're going to be big shortages of oil and many

i would say that their position regardless of the relevancy towards what's going on in cairo right now is positive i mean saudi arabia and israel on two separate sections are probably at their best relations with egypt now since july third the amount of security cooperation that's going on between israel and egypt is unbelievable according to what's going on with the shutdown on hamas right now and the saudi financing of the current regime is really proving to be the backbone of keeping the egyptian economy afloat but the reason why they're doing that is not really they're not in a new energy and mistakenly interested in egyptian democracy though is that what the people want because saudi arabia and israel prefer to deal with dictators in egypt it's been their tradition it's worked out well for them that's that's that's completely incorrect mohamed mohamed morsy negotiated the ceasefire by himself between hamas and israel a democratically elected president of egypt negotiated a cease fire between both two opposing forces one he was our had with the islamist hamas and what israel that h

what of a muslim in cairo? is there ethical struggles? is there ethical dilemmas that a young muslim has to go through in trying to realize- in this case his- his own proper patterns of action? what's the good life for him? now, to some extent, this happens in all cultures, because he's a young person trying to make sense of life. but what akmad- who we interviewed- what he brings out is that even within islam- i mean, you may be well familiar with this- but even within islam in egypt, there is major conflicts. and to put a little bit of a background on it, when we were in egypt, there were very, very few tourists there because not shortly before, the tourists in luxor had been mowed down by machine guns. and what's fueling this, of course, is the quest by fundamentalist, traditionalist muslims to overthrew what they perceive as the secular regime of mombaric. and more and more, akmad, this young person, is feeling that pressure- the pressure of the old, the old traditional, those very rigid ethical patterns of action that come out and ar

we'll go live now in cairo. bring us up to date with what you understand is happening there, please. >> reporter: well, we have a standingoff going on at the moment in the city from what we understand from witnesses we talked to on the ground, the situation seems to have calmed down a little bit. what happened is that some protesters tried to reach the intersection which was the heart of the sit-in last summer before mohammed morsi was ousted and it lasted really until the security forces cracked down on it in a very violent way. so we have that going on, but it has calmed down, and then there is another standoff going on around a dormitory of the university. the university is the most prestigious religious university in this country. just two days ago the security forces had stormed a dorm there. there were clashes between the students and the security forces, and one person had died. today what happened is the students were trying to get out of the dormitory on to the street, the security forces fired tear gas

. >>> overseas tonight and to cairo now. where secretary of state john kerry is visiting for the first time. it will be a tense week ahead there. of course, we all remember the image of former president hosni mubarak behind a cage in that courtroom, being tried for allowing protesters in tahrir square to die. well, tomorrow, the next president who followed him, mohamed morsi, slated to be in court, as well. his trial set to begin. abc's alex marquardt in cairo tonight, watching it all. alex? >> reporter: good evening, david. egypt is on edge tonight, bracing for possibly more violence as the trial of mohamed morsi starts in just a few hours. the muslim brotherhood, which morsi belongs to, has called for massive nationwide protests, which in the past have triggered violent clashes with the security forces. morsi hasn't been seen since he was ousted by the military on july 3rd after millions of egyptians poured into the streets, demanding he step down. he's also been held at a secret location. and as the anxiety here rises, se

here's heaven from which the counts in cairo. un climate talks in warsaw poland have gone into overtime this weekend negotiations were supposed to finish up on friday evening. cause i get from over one hundred and ninety countries are scare them wrangling over their contributions to stating on climate change and many of the issues that had divided negotiations at the start of the talks on november and that that remain on results these telkom amid serious warnings from scientists scientists warn that arctic ice is rapidly melting away they blame carbon emissions for rising temperatures and melting ice and want emissions cuts to slow global warming. but there's still no breakthrough at the warsaw talks. environmentalists say which countries and emerging powers are to blame for an impasse. this is like so what does a mighty good a time fortunately some of the industrialized countries to come here a job at this stage rather than owning them so in a spirit that old website that be. i think it's bad enough but did not have the sense th