>> no, in cairo it is relatively calm. a bigger group of protesters have come from various marches back to the presidential palace. the muslim brothers completely withdrew from the area. there was an announcement by their leader in the afternoon calling his people back, and a few hours later, the base was completely empty. it is again filled by the opposition, who are standing there asking for the president basically to resign. >> morsi is supposed to speak tonight. there has been a lot of back- and-forth over weather he will speak. what is happening there? >> lots of back and forth. they are saying that soon there will be a speech by the president. we are still waiting. it is difficult to say what he is going to say, but most likely, he will try to calm the situation, though for half of the population, he is part of the problem. he will trouble with -- he will probably try to create some kind of national dialogue, may be four -- maybe for compromise along this national draft. the opposition is also not moving an inch. the

it's been a tense night here in the capital in cairo as people have been waiting for these key results on the referendum of the constitution we've got preliminary results of course the official ones will come out of the second round which indicates that it was a yes vote the muslim brotherhood together with media outlets numbers and mounting up there saying approximately fifty six point five percent voted yes forty three point five percent voting no this would seem to be of course a major blow to the opposition forces particularly because in this round only two of the governor it's involved to the ten you voted actually voted no to the constitution this particular stage of the referendum was largely seem to be the biggest chance for a no vote to the constitution as the governor it's involved actually voted against the president during the presidential elections so really right now the opposition forces are going to have to either drum up support in the next six days for the second round or final time it's a tactic to campaign i think there will be heightened tensions of course i mean p

demands by evolving to push on with a referendum on an islamist led constitution more on that from cairo based reporter true now. president mohamed morsi basically stuck by his decisions he said in his speech he said this consulate curation which was very contentious very people

few weeks ago in cairo and from the presidential palace rival groups leaving ten dead in top . country is divided so if you're against the constitution say would only enforce a presidential i think take a ship but it lacks a key social economic rights it was drafted by islamist dominated assembly so it's for the constitution say it is essential for the progress towards democracy and after the concert is drafted they say we will have parliamentary elections in the first round of course the votes of people voted in fifty seven percent in favor of the constitution analysts believe that this will be another yes vote this is largely because of the seventeen governorates voting today many of them a rule of cultural places where the mission brotherhood have quite a strong support base of the seventeen voting today only three voted against the president in the private venture for in the presidential elections even many to believe that this will in fact be a yes vote for the opposition forces for their part say that the only reason it was a yes vote in the first round refused to vote ri

of egypt in the future all right cairo based reporter belcher live in for us in cairo thanks for that update. while i was candor blogger and journalist in cairo explains why he doesn't support the constitution i did vote myself and i voted no for the constitution and i think the irrespective of the fact that the constitution the vote this vote is not about the constitution but about the legitimacy of the muslim brotherhood and the direction they're taking the country the constitution itself is a very flawed it takes away more freedoms it gives police powers to detain people for more than twelve hours for twelve hours and cement the military role in egypt something unprecedented in all of egypt's constitution. more expert analysis on the situation in egypt as well as a timeline of the recent protests and most dramatic videos always available a click away at our t.v. dot com five hundred. that's the price a u.s. marine will pay for a year in aiding on the bodies of dead taliban insurgents the marine was demoted and his pay docked after admitting to the deaths to create desecration that

deployed of the scene of the as clashes between pro and anti president protesters in egypt's capital cairo five people were killed and many more injured overnight as a riot fighting continues. israel looks in danger of losing its top european allies angle of our poll walls bang in the ten yard home he's facing political isolation over this simple man to push an aside to statehood was a recent they operated at the you are. the gloomy diagnosis for britain the country's still sickly economy gets an austerity prescription from the finance minister with a public sources battle tax hikes and spending cuts. international news live for most go this is all she was me you know our thanks for joining us first time and all made vehicles have been deployed to the presidential palace in egypt's capital cairo after a night of street battles which killed five and injured hundreds the violence started one of thousands of president morsy supporters moved in to crush this city and his opponents they stung became the bloodiest since the uprising the president began two weeks ago out of cairo based reporter t

for us this video to tell you it's nice here in the capital in cairo is people have been waiting for these key results on the referendum of the constitution in the last few hours we've got preliminary results of course british ones will come out of the second round indicate that it was a yes vote the muslim brotherhood together with the media outlets numbers of matching up they're saying approximately fifty six point five. percent voted yes three point five percent voting this will seem to be of course a major blow to the opposition forces particularly because in this round only two of the governorates in both through the ten votes as i see voted as a no to the opposition with numbers as high as seventy percent into ports of the constitution across the country this particular stage of the referendum was largely seemed to be the biggest chance for a no vote to the constitution as the government involved actually voted against the president during the presidential elections so really right now the opposition forces are going to have to either drum up support in the next six days for th

we have more now from cairo. >> the opposition response was quick. been maintained the position they do not consider the constitution -- they maintain the position that they do not consider the constitution legitimate and will continue fighting it by peaceful means. >> we will not allow them to change the identity of egypt going forward. and we will also change the constitution. >> after claiming irregularities, the high election commission promised to look into them thoroughly, but it is not clear if the election will deem these irregularities secure -- serious enough to investigate. in cairo, the opposition begins. >> the constitution is built on iran foundation. we revolutionaries have promised god and ourselves that we will struggle. we will win or we will die. >> but not everyone agrees that the document is lot. >> the referendum was completely free and fair. i saw it with my own is. over 66% voting yes. the egyptian people remain committed to the results of the ballot as part of democracy. >> it was the lowest turnout from any vote sends the re

of business you know here's contrasts between pro and anti presenter protesters and egypt's capital cairo five people were killed and many more injured overnight as sporadic fighting continued. for a mix in danger of losing its top european ally the amount of homework. space and political isolation over the stop and start settlement approach and palestine whose state who was recently on pointed out that you are. on to be diagnosed it's published three countries to secrete economy gas and austerity prescription from the finance minister with the public being force fed ex hikes and spending. this is coming to live from moscow hello and welcome to the program tongues and all my vehicles have been deployed to the presidential palace in egypt's capital cairo after a night of street battles which cold file an injured hundreds the violence started once thousands of president morsy supporters moved into a crush of setting off his opponents the standoff became the bloodiest says they'll prising things the president began two weeks ago cairo based reporter belcher told me the latest. right now i ha

in cairo cairo place reporter about true good morning bro so good to see you so is it really likely that the egyptian president is going to bog down for more than two weeks of a popular uprising against him interact. who we're witnessing is some movement in the direction of the opposition forces demands very for egypt is a broad respond to wednesday the justice ministry came out yesterday and said that the referendum may be responding to or in egypt. should the opposition forces agree to meet open dialogue without preconditions with people on the streets but it is using the rest of the minds here behind me the presidential palace dozens of protesters stated in a spontaneous city overnight after we witnessed extraordinary scenes where hundreds of thousands of protesters stormed the public in the guards broke through the concrete barriers and continued very loud protest outside the presidential gates calling for the end of the constitution which they see as illegitimate as it was written by an islamist dominated constitutional assembly and also actually calling for morsi to step down

how there been any signs of violence outside cairo. absolutely so not only are we witnessing violence outside the presidential palace has been described by eyewitnesses just now and we're seeing violence in other cities like a sewer is an area. and pro morsi supporters are meeting in clashing in particular the headquarters of the muslim brotherhoods have been attacked which is which has already happened last week during these clashes between rival protest groups following morsi is what they called power grab constitutional declaration we want himself sweeping powers and of course the constitution which is being put to referendum supposedly next week which many of the opposition groups seized in the gist of this yes and what's been the official reaction to what happened in the direction capital overnight. the i mean the reaction really and from of the fischel level has been almost minimal president morsi has yet to come forward and addresses opposition which has been one of the major criticisms of him because of course he's given long l

in cairo. the egyptian army has deployed tanks and armored vehicles outside the president's palace, dealt -- telling demonstrators they must leave the area within an hour. a night of clashes between supporters and opponents of president mohamed morsi. five people died and the hundreds injured in the fighting which erupted in several cities around the country. more advisers have resigned over night. 6 in total since the awarded himself sweeping new powers. the gloves go to cairo for the latest. -- let's go to cairo. there are protestors from both sides in various locations. no clashes at the moment that we are seeing. the republican guards or tanks outside the ballots have issued an ultimatum to call all protesters from either side to leave the area within an hour. another interesting development, the most senior institution in sunni islam has called for the president to withdraw or suspend the controversial new powers that he took. so they have warned the president to diffuse the situation. so

. >> cairo is in crisis again. protesters have broken through a barricade surrounding the presidential palace. >> the barbwire was put in place after street battles between president morsi's supporters and opponents turn violent this week. >> finding a political solution to the crisis will not be easy, either. egypt's main opposition parties announced they will not take part in a national dialogue propose. >> the president called for talks from all sides to end the disputes. >> the atmosphere in front of the presidential palace is tense amid fears of more violence. thousands of anti-morsi demonstrators marched toward the palace after friday prayers. some groups called for the president to stand down. many are furious and believe he has put himself above the law. >> we want a free egypt. we won an agent for everybody. >> morsi is refusing to back up to pressure. and in the nation is ready for the referendum on time. if the people agree, they will start building institutions upon this foundation. if it is rejected, i

it's to mobilize most people to come to cairo he had to convince them that this is going to be at the restrictions in support of god in support of god's rule show me out and also to support the show me how to do all for the person the morsi and that is the only way you can remove the license prisons for people who look at the closes look at what they are coming from and what does your group what do you know about this time actually are and to simply it is a magic wand for real problems to get through to sure this of course ok then obviously as as you say many divisions here we just see some live pictures there as well mostly of stress that his new powers a temporary that until a new constitution comes into force but how long is that likely to take. you nor any of that good to be fearful in the world to plug lean in you will tell you it is a temporary thing it is for emergency they pulled us the seams the same thing six years ago under president obama and we stayed under emergency rule for seventeen years and it was all the same excuse that the simpering it was a short period egyptian

cairo based journalist true thank you very much indeed. human rights activist believes the overthrow of president morsi won't see a result of the crisis which is being seen by many egyptians as a relapse into the country's uprising last year. it's a kind of a hard situation if there was morsi or any other candidates. this confusion has started with the military council taking over in old the constitutional declaration that came afterwards for doing work today nishan so i think it's a built up to what we have been going through since the initial uprising in generally to say even if the opposition some of the opposition i think you know but over so in him i don't think they have the general population that seems to want more stability and economic instability in one. more in the overthrew him now do we do have to go through another circle of elections again in like four months i do think that the majority of people would like to go with this option. when reaching for the sky that's not a bad idea to ask friends for help but sometimes even ba

many of the products sold in the markets of cairo are imported. that also comes at a price -- today, the average egyptian spends nearly half of their income on food. bread is a staple, but every year egypt has to import seven million tons of wheat. wheat also consumes a great deal of water. but instead of wheat, the water goes to grow potatoes for export. on the global market, profits govern what gets planted, and daltrex is no exception. the first potatoes are harvested in the spring. they are then stored in refrigerated containers and shipped to europe. because they're organic, european consumers assume they are farmed sustainably. christoph schÄfer hopes to educate consumers. his princess potatoes might not be quite as fresh and lovely in the spring as the competition from the desert. but schÄfer hopes that environmentally-conscious consumers won't just care about beauty, but about true sustainability. >> a tough choice for consumers, when the environmentally sound choice could kill jobs in egypt. and that's all for today, but please tune in

to the fighting in central cairo near the presidential palace a few. muslim brotherhood supporters up there is pelting stones to be morsi persisters here who are giving as much stones back to the crowds are flowing to and fro injuries are going carried back when their stores with head wounds and other wounds from the flying stones moments of camp tales are being thrown the buildings where they save your life and selling the family so it is an immensely violent situation even just send it from earlier in the day when the players who are supporters arrived at the un to you know see a protest has come to dismantle that i'm attached to them this is a mistake to take. action that wasn't the kind statement i don't see in the streets how the been any signs of violence outside cairo and we're seeing violence in other cities like a serious and in particular the headquarters of the muslim brotherhoods have been attacked which is which has already happened last week during these clashes between rival protest groups following morsi is what they called power grab c

in the streets how the been any signs of violence outside cairo. absolutely we're seeing violence in other cities like a serious and in particular the headquarters of the muslim brotherhood's have been attacked which is which has already happened last week during these clashes between rival protest groups following morsi is what they called power grab council that gratian we would himself sweeping powers and of course the constitution which is being put to referendum possibly next week which many of the opposition groups sees it to see this president morsi has yet to come forward and address his opposition which has been one of the major criticisms of him in addition there's been some reaction from his aides several members of the presidential committee have quit in protest of of this in addition we've had reports. why is it the interior ministry is calling this a civil war i think this is probably an overstatement definitely we are seeing unprecedented levels of violence between citizens including possible use of blood i'm going to definitely use

people here in washington don't seem to understand that if you don't like the government in cairo or if you do like the government in cairo i guess i should say then you will love the government the comes to power in damascus because you will see a sunni muslim islamised government a muslim brotherhood style government that is absolutely intolerant fundamentally hostile to the west washington has failed to officially denounce the many suicide bombings perpetrated by the rebels in syria preferring to focus on the wrongs committed by the assad regime alone the u.s. is also ramping up the rhetoric about the possibility of the assad government using chemical weapons against civilians something that damascus says would be suicidal on the other hand many rebels are not averse to the idea of suicide in the name of what they call holy war militants have recently taken control of a toxic chemical plant in the country's second city of aleppo a video was uploaded to youtube showing them testing chemical weapons on rabbits we could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage. you wi

resentment is still bubbling outside the presidential palace in cairo as egypt's president morsi refuses to back down from his controversial political drive during a long awaited address to the nation. united last rebels join president and southern dismissing washington's chemical weapons fears as media games while a u.s. invasion fleet sits poisoning syria's borders. and also one step forward one step by just as the american sign that sloshes a cold war the limiting trade it approves of these about uncertain russian officials are provoking a promise of a similar. new song russia and around the world this is our she would need our hello and welcome to the program along anticipated state address by egypt's president morsi has failed to silence the angry voices on the streets of cairo has claimed his still ignores their key demands by volleying to push on with a referendum on islam misled constitution and more than that from cairo based reporter true now. president mohamed morsi basically stuck by his decisions he said in his speech he said consulate curation which was very contentious man

tomball to joins us live now tom we're getting reports of fresh clashes in cairo any signs of those where you are. there is indeed to buying it seems that in the streets outside the presidential palace it's become a battleground between pro and anti mohamed morsi protesters we with them last night an enormous crowd made up of the more liberal elements of the opposition elements. he gathered to demand that varying things in between him leaving his office completely or at the very least rescinding those extra powers that he gave himself over a week ago that caused this whole through war in the first place that was a largely peaceful protest but to get to begin with the police fired a few rounds of tear gas but once the crowd set about wrenching aside the barbed wire barricades the police really fell back and didn't do very much to stop them and they swarmed around the palace search chanting there also seem to be some aim to case and the police and security forces were going quite lightly on the protesters a few people went so far as to suggest perhaps that they perhaps a little sympat

. >>> as we turn overseas now more than 100,000 people took to the streets of cairo today. this time they were there to support the new president and his bold move to give himself sweeping powers. from egypt, nbc's jim maceda with the latest on that showdown. >> reporter: this was president morsi's day. tens of thousands of his muslim brotherhood and other islamist supporters packed the streets outside cairo university looking more like a political rally than a protest. they needed to show up in big numbers to slow the opposition's momentum and did not disappoint. i think the numbers you see today show the true legitimacy is with president morsi, he said. they applauded morsi's controversial decree giving him near absolute power as well as a draft constitution, which human rights experts warn could seriously limit freedoms of speech, religion, and women's rights. they are against islam and don't want islamic law said this protester. we want islamic law. while clashes between pro and anti--morsi protesters in alexandria left at least a dozen wounded, here in cairo one of the

authorities in egypt arresting this man in cairo, mohammed ahmad. he's identified as the alleged ring leader of an al-qaeda-linked group that is suspected of taking part in the september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate where ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed. u.s. intelligence reportedly take part in the capture. molly henneberg has more for us from washington. >> hi, jamie, a leader in the terror world, ambitious and very dangerous and now, egyptian authorities aided have him. and the u.s. officials have been tracking him for months according to the wall street journal and interest in him intensified after some of his follow,participated in the attack on the consulate in libya. we don't have details how or when-- how or where he was detained. u.s. officials have not been able to interrogate him yet. here is what we do know: he's a former egyptian jihad member, released from prison in march -- he was in prison in egypt, he was released in march, 2011 during the arab spring. he's now the leader of the jamal network and

ian lee, live in cairo for us this morning. be safe. thank you. >>> and potentially worrying new developments this morning in syria as well. increasing the fear that bashar al assad's embattled regime may be preparing to use chemical weapons against its opponents. nbc news reports that syria's military loaded the component chemical for the deadly nerve gas cerron into bombs that could be used in fighter jets. they reported that syrian forces started combining chemical that could be used to make that gas for weapons. >>> here at home, big news in the state of washington. it's the first state in the nation to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. voters approved a ballot initiative last month making it legal for adults to possess up to an ounce of marijuana. the new law took effect at midnight and people marked the occasion with a pot party at seattle space needle overnight. it's not a blanket license to smoke pot anywhere anytime. cnn's miguel marquez has been up all night, live in seattle for us. so it's not illegal to smoke marij

percentage of the country as it was trough it by islamist dominated constituent somebody to here in cairo really expecting big crowds on cheese day against the president the counter protest was arranged by a new coalition of islamic forces of course the president's own choose day. they said they want to have a million people on the streets in support of the president of course with the background of violence on wednesday between rival protest groups right here at the presidential palace which bloody scenes in the streets of cairo such a recent a tweaking are being told the president has also made a tree to step in and secure the nation in addition to giving power to arrest citizens this is the much criticism from the protesters who fear of the military will take a heavy hand this comes off the minute to. egypt after hosni mubarak stepped down last year which witnessed quite a heavy and bloody crackdown on protesters during the last two in that transition period last night at the protest in front of the presidential palace protesting school. footage of the minute trees human rights violati

let's go to ian lee who is in cairo's tahrir square. you are at the scene of the anti-morsi protests. are crowds turning out there? >> this crowd in tahrir square is smaller than what we've seen the previous days, but usually the crowd picks up later into the evening. we've seen tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people in tahrir square. but there's a dueling protest at cairo university where the muslim brotherhood and islamists are calling out for their supporters to show up. this is the first time we're seeing the brotherhood flex its street muscle, if you will. and show their support for the president. there's thousands, tens of thousands at that rally already right now. this is a big moment for them because we haven't seen them come out and give their opinion and this comes as the president morsi embattled as he is, trying to push the country into accepting a new draft constitution, which should be voted on within the next 15 days. >> and i'm curious. have the rallies, have the been protests been pretty much calm or, i know there

egypt's opposition group continues hundreds of protesters camped outside the presidential palace in cairo suburbs the angry crowds are spread from the iconic squared to the outskirts of the city where the president forced to feed through the back door of the palace and choose day cairo based reporter bell truly is following developments. i was that in the march tenth that tens of thousands of protesters coming from various locations in cairo converging in front of the presidential palace in a suburb of cairo when they got there they were greeted by police behind barbed wire and really i mean speaking of the protesters they felt like they wanted to protest the walls of the presidential palace to the president not to what they said was a bunch of police so what happened is they broke through the barbed wire which obviously was met with seven tear gas so quite a lot of take asked by the police who actually fled eventually and the tens of thousands of protesters continue and had their protest there in front of the rules right now as you can see behind me got an ongoing sit in the hundreds tha

blogger and journalist while as candor in cairo explains why he doesn't support the constitution i did vote myself and i voted no for the constitution and i think that the vote this vote is not about the constitution but about the legitimacy of the muslim brotherhood and the direction they've taken the country the constitution itself is very flawed it takes away more freedoms this it gives police powers to detain people for for more than twelve hours or twelve hours and cement the military role in egypt something unprecedented in all of egypt's constitution the numbers so far in the past results have indicated that this constitution will pass the amount of the voting electorate a regular duties come from that and the regime is is determined as well to to let the. more expert analysis on the egyptian situation plus a timeline of the recent protests in the most dramatic videos always a click away at our teeth dot com. five hundred dollars that's the price a u.s. marine will pay after urinating on the bodies of dead taliban militants the marine was demoted and his pay docked after admitti

which has already won the approval in the first leg was preceded by another a flash of anger live to cairo now a journalist felt flu well bell what are the sentiments you're hearing among people was it goes on through this referendum vote. well in the next hour we're going to see polling stations across seventeen government open on the second and final stage of the county to referendum yesterday this once again was in the back of the violence as we saw clashes in this in egypt's second city alexandria between those who are for the constitution those who are against the constitution this has been docked islam is staged a hundreds of thousands strong rally in support of the constitution and the implementation of sharia law the two sides hold rocks at each other they cars and buses some saying these buses belong to the muslim brotherhood police intervened with tear gas leaving seventy seven injured so this obviously comes on to several instances of violence is in alexandria in cairo a few weeks ago in cairo and from the presidential palace rival groups clashed leaving ten dead in terms of peo