ian lee, appreciate that. thank you very much. >>> and to belize now where a murder mystery has forced interinate mogul john mcafee into hiding. police want to question mcafee who is maintaining his innocence following the shooting death of his neighbor. he talked to martin savidge in his first sit down interview about life on the run. >> are you afraid? >> wouldn't you be, sir? >> what have these weeks been like? it has been three weeks now. >> it hasn't been a lot of fun. i miss my prior life. much of it has been deprivation. no baths, well, poor food, at least. here we're in belize, hot showers, a stove. so, we're fairly happy right now. >> how is this going to end? how do you see this coming to an end? >> i don't have a crystal ball. if i continue to fight until something changes. >> you will not turn yourself in? >> i will not. >> it will be that either you get away or the authorities come and get you? >> one of those two. get away doesn't mean leave the country, it means that number one they will find th

ian lee joins us this morning. what's happening right now. >> reporter: we have the elite republican guard, the people tasked with protecting the president. they are putting up barbed wire and road blocks, diverting traffic and people away and trying to keep the two sides, the pro-morsi and the anti-morsi protesters away from each other. last flight we saw thousands of pro-morsi supporters camp outside of the presidential palace, that is after they went there and removed, by force, the anti-morsi protesters. but now we have a small -- protests are planned for today against morsi and their plan to defe descend, again, on the presidential palace. >> a direct constitution has been approved and egyptians are scheduled to vote on it next week. is there something in this proposal that has protesters so angry? >> reporter: well, a lot of protesters are angry at the quickness that this draft constitution was first put forward. it was really rushed through. in a 48-hour time period we saw that. that was in response to presi

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. >>> let's check in now with cnn's ian lee. he is in cairo this morning. good morning. how was the voter turnout? >> well, randi, voter turnout was really, really low. lower than a lot of people were expecting, especially in the turmoil we saw leading up to this election. the second lowest turnout we've seen. 32% of egyptians came out and voted, which really is having a lot of people wondering where the 68% of other people weren't voting. either they were unwilling or unable to cast their votes. it really is not a strong mandate for the muslim brotherhood and president morsi. they will be happy that they won this constitution, but with such a small number of people that came out to vote, a lot of people are wondering what they could have done differently, especially with the opposition. what they could have done differently to get people out to vote in this constitutional referendum. >> it certainly was so controversial now, i guess, the question is what does this all mean for the opposition? >> well, the national salvation front, which is the umbrella organization for

ian lee is live in cairo this morning. what is happening now? >> right now we're watching protesters slowly filing in to tahrir square. we expect massive demonstration today as all political forces that are opposing president mohammed morsi have called for demonstrations against the constitutional declaration and the draft constitution. continuation of the large protests that have gripped this country. >> ian, president obama actually called president morsi. what was that conversation like? what was said? >> president obama wants president morsi to open up for dialogue with opposition and to come out with some sort of agreement that both parties can move forward to. president morsi did offer to have dialogue tomorrow with opposition forces, but that the invitation was a bit vague on who he was going to invite. opposition forces say that shows that he's not sincere in the dialogue with opposition. they also say it's not something they want. they don't want to have a dialogue. they within a the declaration, the draft constitutional declaration, bo

ian lee, appreciate your time. thank you. >>> to belize now where a murder mystery has forced internet mogul john mcafee into hiding. police want to question mcafee, who is maintaining his innocence following the shooting death of a neighbor. now he talks with cnn's martin savidge in his first sit-down interview about life on the run. >> reporter: are you afraid? >> wouldn't you be, sir? >> reporter: and what have these weeks been like? it's been three weeks now. >> it hasn't been a lot of fun. i miss my prior life. much of it has been deprivation. poor food. here we're in bliss, hot showers, a stove. so we're fairly happy right now. >> reporter: how is this going to end? how do you see this coming to an end? >> i don't have a crystal ball. i'm going to continue to fight until something changes. >> reporter: you won't turn yourself in? >> i will not. >> reporter: so it will either be that somehow you get away or the authorities come and get you. >> one of those two. get away doesn't mean leave the country. it means

. >> ian lee, thank you. another piece of evidence that democracy is not always clean. often very messy. thanks, ian. >>> dana and i will be working. but it's christmas eve, of course, and across the country, many travelers rushing to reach their final destinations on time. big storm out west delayed some travel plans. heavy rains and high winds slamming the san francisco bay area and lots of snow in the sierra nevadas. some other areas across the country will experience a white christmas. our bonnie schneider in the cnn weather center with a look at the holiday weather forecast. what's it look like for those people on the roads, rails, planes, trains, automobiles today. >> a lot of people, you are right. they are going to encounter all types of extreme weather today and tomorrow. right now, heavy rain, stormy activity all the way from birmingh birmingham, alabama, through knoxville, tennessee and backs eastward toward greensboro and roanoke, virginia. all of these places seeing heavy rain it will get worse tomorrow. driving or traveling on christmas day, heads up. poss

ian lee, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> president obama back in washington today to tackle the so-called fiscal cliff. he landed about 30 minutes ago. you see him getting off of the air force one. the president shut his vacation short do deal with this economic crisis. according to a tweet from a white house spokesman, the president spoke with all four congressional leaders before leaving hawaii for washington, and the senate is reconvening today. now the automatic spending cuts and the tax increases that make up the fiscal cliff, they're set to take effect in just five days. much more on the fiscal cliff crisis, the effort to reach some kind of agreement later this hour. we're going go live to capitol hill for the latest as the senate returns to work. that is coming up in about 20 minutes. >>> and president obama's going to have another cabinet position to fill for the new year. we learned a short time ago apa lisa jackson is stepping down after the president's state of the union speech in january. jacks

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