they waved images of mohammed morsi and chanted their backing for the muslim brotherhood. in pakistan, crowds in karachi also criticized the egyptian regime, and they attacked what they called u.s. support for "dictators in the muslim world." but in saudi arabia, king abdullah endorsed the actions of egypt's interim leaders. he called it a fight against "terrorism." we get more on the situation in egypt now from nancy youssef of mcclatchy newspapers. she's in cairo and spoke with us a short while ago via skype. well, nancy, welcome. you're under a curfew now,in, but what can you tell us the latest about what's going on around you there tonight. >> well, most of the country is relatively quiet, compared to this morning when there were street fights all over the country. and most what we're seeing now is activity in the sinai. there are some buildings on fire here. and there's a lot of anxiousness, if you will, in the country as the muslim brotherhood has said they'd like these protests to continue for another week, which portend more violence and more instability. >> brown:

. >> ( translated ): we are here today because president mohammed morsi is a killer. we are here to bring back the rights of our country, because president morsi and the muslim brotherhood have destroyed the country. >> ( translated ): we are sending the opposition the message that the president possesses legitimacy and that no one could make him step down. he reached this position through democratic elections and that is the only way he is going to leave. >> holman: in the coastal city of alexandria, clashes broke out between government supporters and opponents. two people were killed in the violence. egyptian officials said one of them was an american citizen. it was widely reported a retired four-star general is at the center of a justice department leak investigation. retired marine general james cartwright reportedly has been told he's a target in a probe involving a 2010 secret cyberattack on iran's nuclear facilities orchestrated by the u.s. and israel. cartwright was in charge of the cyber operation and details of it appeared in "the new york times" last year.

he was mahmoud batter, a leader of the rebel movement that led a petition against mohammed morsi and his muslim brotherhood-led government, triggering nationwide protest on june 30. two days later on july 3, the army chief appeared on television to say egypt's armed forces had removed the first democratically elected leader in the country's history. one of the fellow co-founders, mack meuld al-faka has no apologies for returning to the mill tore to out oust the president he voted for, who came to believe he was serving the islamist agenda, not egypt. >> actually all of the co-founders votedded for him. >> so you felt betrayed? >> the brotherhood and their ambassador and mohammed morsi betrayed us, betrayed the egyptian people. eeven betrayed his responsibility. >> general alsisi gave that responsibility to an interim civilian-led government headed by judge monsieur, opposing a state of emergency, alsisi promised the short-term government would move briskly down a road map to ensure civilian democracy within nine months. >> in many corners of this ancient city capital of the arab's wo

a crackdown against supporters mohamed morsi leaves at least 235 dead. but today's events are counterle and they run to egyptian aspirations for peace, inclusion, and genuine democracy. >> looking for the keys to cancer looking in our genes. research focuses on mutations which turns healthy tissue into tumors. an all-star

x egypt's former president -- >> egypt's former president mohamed morsi is now considered to be a member of a terrorist group. is the latest from the interim government following an attack on tuesday that killed 16. here is news from cairo. is what the egyptian cabinet statement said. yesterday,massacre which left 16 dead and more than they will declare the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization. the cause for this action has egyptiansgated among of all classes and sex for maybe two months ever since the office that was in support of the hominid morsi. it is no wonder that egyptians of this decision was a lot relief that could be sensed at once on social media, especially twitter. antigovernment demonstrators in the ukraine held a rally to protest against an attack on an opposition journalist. he was left in a ditch with a broken nose, concussion, and bruising. we should warn you, you might time of -- you might find some of the pictures in this report distressing. >> a beaten and bloodied face at the hands of unknown attackers. this is tatiana after she was found by police in her ca

mohamed morsi has been granted a meeting with the outside world. two hours.isited for they are demanding his return. it is earlier this month. they met for two hours at a military facility. she does not know where. >> he was in good health and humor. he has been told that i was coming. i know him. he is over advisers. the people around him to care for him. than 70 of his supporters were killed in clashes with the police on saturday. there is an even worse bloodbath at a go ahead and try to clear up the count by force. that is what they're trying trying to abort. talking to all sites in the search for common ground. veryry different views. a strong, and desire to find a way through it. >> the situation remains explosive. there is a lot to mistrust. he has been trying to identify steps that might encourage this. >> ashen was very discreet about her contents and the details of any compromise that maybe explore. officials will be continuing to fall up some ideas after she leaves. in the meantime she says she is ready to come back at that would help. to

are packed of cairo with dueling demonstrations for and against ousted president mohammed morsi. the current president says us give him a mandate to fight terrorism. meanwhile, the muslim brotherhood is holding rallies claiming that the new government lacks legitimacy. morsi has been detained on complicity in kidnapping and murder. >> when the egyptian army called for the people to take to the street, it said it was to rid the country of terrorism. and alexandria, it meant violence today. this man fires what appears to supporters.orsi the army intervenes to separate both sides. at least five died in these clashes. in cairo, the military got the mandate it had demanded. a massive show of support as they seek a second revolution. >> the army is the only organization in egypt that supports egypt. >> for the supporters of the ousted president, egypt is now under military rule. here are tens of thousands of morsi supporters on the move. they are trying to settle this dispute with a massive show of force on the streets. the egyptian grief grows every day this goes on. this family's dau

morsi and was sentenced to a year in prison for not carrying out a ruling. his arrest was announced by the interior ministry but it is not clear where he was arrested and further details on that. just a reminder about that breaking news, hesham qandil has been arrested. more on that to come. let's stay with the situation in egypt where it is not clear who has been behind a par 4 car bomb outside of a police -- who has been behind a powerful car bomb outside of police headquarters in egypt. 15 people have been killed and more than 100 injured. the attacked was the fourth of of the attackce was fell 20 kilometers away. the muslim brotherhood has condemned the bombing. from cairo, here is our report. the fullht reveals extent of the damage. it was the first major bombing in the nile delta region but the target was a familiar one, the police. the blast killed away way part of the provincial security headquarters in the city of mansoura. most of those who died were police officers. this was the chaos after the explosion, with worried relatives joining the crowd a

morsi. security forces said the lands were made -- the plans were made to avoid bloodshed. to get a sense of what it would take to normalize the situation in cairo, i was joined earlier i from theer, an expert washington institute for near east policy. what you make of the policy to clear the camps and do nothing? indecisiveust how the security forces are and frankly that is a good thing. i think any crackdown by the security forces would be very costly. there would be many apel dead. that would force the brotherhood and others to dig their heels in further. theyat do you think that will make of this decision? >> whatever happens, the brotherhood has been pretty consistent. for them it is a matter of principle. they had their president removed. they cannot have any faith in the political process. which is why any western effort to help the situation has to look the on the brotherhood. you are just not going to get the brotherhood on board. >> is there any way of avoiding bloodshed? rb we clo

morsi will begin november 4. he's accused of inciting supporters to kill protesters while he was in power. a published report says the libyan government tacitly approved a u.s. commando raid that netted a top al-qaeda militant. "the new york times" account today said the libyans consented ahead of time, although they sharply criticized the raid after it took place on saturday. according to the report, libya also approved plans to capture a key suspect in the benghazi attack last year that killed the u.s. ambassador. that raid did not take place. an investigation has begun in bangladesh in the latest disaster in a garment factory. a fire yesterday killed at least ten people, six months after another factory collapsed and killed 1,100. we have a report from laura kuenssberg from "independent television news." >> reporter: a 21st century factory, where one overheating machine, we're told, sparked flames that tore through the building and took lives. dousing the embers from a fire this man's friend could not escape.

opponents of ousted president mohammed morsi held a prayer service in tahrir square. elsewhere, morsi's supporters held their own gathering, highlighted by a surprise appearance from his wife. she had not been seen since the military forced her husband out, july 3. rebels in syria marked the end of ramadan with an attempted direct attack on president bashar assad. two groups claimed they fired rockets and mortar rounds that struck his motorcade in damascus. in turn, state television aired video of assad, unharmed, at a prayer service. his information minister portrayed the claims as the rebels' wishful thinking. >> ( translated ): regarding what was said on the saudi channel, al-arabiyah, i confirm to you that, of course, the news is completely untrue. this news just shows the false hopes of some media outlets, and the governments who are behind them. >> holman: opposition groups nonetheless said today's attack rattled the regime. 30 people died today in pakistan, when a suicide bomber attacked a policeman's funeral in the western city of quetta. it left burned vehicl

video released this showing the size of the anti- mohamed morsi protests two weeks ago. the army insists that it had to respond. this afternoon, the military was there as egypt's interim president swore in his new ministers. the armed forces argued that civilians are now in charge. somewhere, here in cairo, security forces continue to hold the deposed president. the military still has the final word on one of the most political subjects of all, the that theythe man overthrew. >> indeed, the future of democracy still in troubling time in egypt. mexican authorities are celebrating the capture of one of the country's most notorious drug lords. ,he head of the zeta cartel miguel angel trevino morales, was wanted for a series of reticular we d -- of particularly brutal murders. in addition to trafficking and other charges. ,> miguel angel trevino morales in mexico his name is synonymous with brutality and his face, the final image that dozens, perhaps hundreds of victims would have seen before he ordered their slaughter. now, he is in the hands of the authorities. members of

morsi. cairo has been looking elsewhere for support. the fact rush's minister is part of this delegation has set off speculation of an arm still in the making. >> bilateral ties are old. in particular in military areas. this was discussed by the defense ministers yesterday. >> some ordinary egyptians applaud the meeting and see it as long overdue. about theseic relations and about getting our help from different countries. >> efforts to revisit its relationship with moscow is the clearest sign yet egypt is actively looking for new friends. >> these days instagram is a global gathering but when atlanta photographers did not like the way their city was being portrayed, they took it into their own hands and created a new hashtag -- we love atl. and decided to give the submissions to a real-life gallery, working out of a converted bread truck. the proceeds will go to the food bank. here is a look at some of the ideas. ♪ >> we came up with the hashtag because it is a proclamation and we knew th

thousands of supporters of mohamed morsi have rejected an appeal for the military that cap it to and their sick instinct cairo. the interim leaders have ordered police to and ongoing protests at two sites in the city. the election in some bob ley was largely peaceful but today the opposition says it certainly wasn't fair. that's the election in zimbabwe was largely peaceful. -- the election in zimbabwe was largely peaceful, but today the opposition says it wasn't fair. power says there was no vote rigging. in.he first results are days before an official announcement, the president's party is confident of victory. the officials say their party has failed in both parliamentary and presidential polls. mugabe's opposition says there is clear evidence of vote rigging. video of people voting illegally in one part of the capital. today, the ndc declared the election a fix. >> this is a huge farce. the credibility of this election has been marred by the violations. this is a sham election that does not reflect the will of the people. >> in the main domestic election monitoralleed the fairnes

. >> ifill: and margaret warner updates the mounting tensions in egypt, as president mohammed morsi addresses his nation and the opposition plans large scale protests. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: supporters of same-sex marriage claimed a twin win today, coming on the final day of the u.s. supreme court's term. both of the closely-watched cases were decided, five-to- four. ray suarez begins our coverage. >> reporter: outside the court building, supporters of gay marriage erupted at the first decision. >> doma's down, doma's unconstitutional! >> reporter: the justices had struck down a key section of the "defense of

morsi. and to try and placate that particular group, they went along with their rejection of mohammed el baradei. he is the head of the liberal opposition that participated in the massive organization and therefore would never be acceptable to the al nour party. it is representing right now the islamists in the absence of the muslim brotherhood which obviously boycotted this whole process because it's a process that depotsed a democratically elected president so it was very important to try and placate the al nour party by doing this. >> ifill: the united states has been tiptoeing through this. we saw today that john mccain, the senator from arizona, said we should cut off u.s. aid to egypt. we saw the white house saying we think that might cause more problems than it solves. what is the u.s.'s role here and how much of it could backfire? >> well, much of egypt thinks that the united states either supports the muslim brotherhood or supports the military. in fact, the united states has been e

morsi. >> is there enough common ground or not? that's going to take more detail. but i think the iranians met almost everybody at the highest level available here at the general assembly. ultimately, even with the american part, the telephone conversation between the president and rouhani, and there was a meeting between the secretary and foreign minister of iran. so i would love to say i was a star, but in actual fact iran was. >> rose: a historic phone call, the foreign minister of france, and the foreign menster of egypt when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> we're mindful of all the challenges ahead, the very fact that this was the first communications between an american and iranian president since 1979 underscores the deepness thrust between our countries but it indicates the prospect of moving beyond that difficult history. >> rose: we begin this evening with historic news. earlier today, president oba

thousands of supporters of mohamed morsi have rejected an appeal for the military that cap it to and their sick instinct cairo. the interim leaders have ordered police to and ongoing protests at two sites in the city. the election in some bob ley was largely peaceful but today the opposition says it certainly wasn't fair. that's the election in zimbabwe was largely peaceful. -- the election in zimbabwe was largely peaceful, but today the opposition says it wasn't fair. power says there was no vote rigging. in.he first results are days before an official announcement, the president's party is confident of victory. the officials say their party has failed in both parliamentary and presidential polls. mugabe's opposition says there is clear evidence of vote rigging. video of people voting illegally in one part of the capital. today, the ndc declared the election a fix. >> this is a huge farce. the credibility of this election has been marred by the violations. this is a sham election that does not reflect the will of the people. >> in the main domestic election monitor, they have challe

i think that's one of the hopes of the government of president mohammed morsi, that the violence will burn itself out, but what we're seeing now is that the violence is spreading to cities where we hadn't seen it in recent days. the protests, especially against this new marshal law, this emergency law, are increasing to other cities and towns. in addition, we're seeing new forms of violence, new types of organized violence with new types of protestors taking to the streets and sort of doing things that they haven't done before. >> brown: tell us a little bit about the opposition. the national salvation front is the coalition that sort of organized coalition opposition. how much are they leading this? how organized is it? and you're saying there's other kinds of opposition at this point. >> i think that's a really good in terms of what connection the violence on the streets has to the rhetoric and back room machinations of the so-called national opposition salvation front. you do have the leaders, al baradei and musa who make up this liberal leftist coalition that is opposing the musli

morsi. >> ( translated ): this blood-- a man was standing next to me-- in a second he was hit in the chest and died. he died in a second, he was hit in the chest. what have we done? we had made a barricade and were standing in front of it, we didn't do anything. we weren't doing anything at all, we had our hands up in the air, like this. why are they killing us? >> brown: an egyptian internet t.v. service showed police apparently firing live rounds directly into the crowds. but state t.v. broadcast this infrared footage and said it showed the pro-morsi crowds firing at police. some residents said the protesters shot first. >> ( translated ): they are firing on people, with guns and automatic weapons. the army and police are over there. do you hear that? people can't even stand or see what's happening and they're firing heavy weapons on us. >> brown: at least two journalists were among those killed: a cameraman for britain's "sky news" and a reporter for "the gulf news,"- based in the united

. >> holman: supporters of ousted egyptian president mohamed morsi staged their biggest protest today, since a military crackdown two weeks ago killed hundreds. by the thousands, they marched through cairo and other cities, demanding an end to military- dominated rule. most marches ended without incident, but there were some clashes, and several deaths. still the crowds remained defiant. >> ( translated ): we are here and we are unarmed as you can see. we have nothing and they are the ones who are hitting us with tear gas and hitting us with live fire. >> ( translated ): i am here today to tell military chief general abdel-fatah el-sissi that we will not be scared of your tanks and your soldiers. you may put us all in prison as much as you like. we will not kneel. >> holman: many leaders of morsi's muslim brotherhood have been arrested in recent weeks, and that had put a damper on demonstrations, until today. the mayor of san diego, bob filner, officially stepped down today after being accused of multiple instances of sexual harassment of women. 19 women have gone public with accusati

removed mohamed morsi. next year he could be elected himself. do you want the general to run for president? raise your hand. >> yes, yes. such is the hope of him but you can even find him on the street. for many who fought for change, this leaves a very bitter taste. this person, filmed here in 2011. his dreams of freedom cost him his site. -- sight. his right eye was hit by shotgun pellets. his left eye targeted by a sniper. we sat down with the former tend to stay -- with the former dentist. he says the old regime plunged into darkness, and has not yet been overthrown. system remains the same. the army is maintaining its position and has applied more privileges. not see a need to change because some young people took to the streets. still taking to the streets, or trying to. although protests are all but banned. prominent liberal activist are being rounded up. but the biggest casualty may be of the muslim brotherhood. these days it is hard to find the brothers so we joined some of the sisters, making a house called to a bereaved family. the re

. >> ifill: egypt's political crisis deepened today as the military pressed president mohammed morsi to make concessions to the opposition. massive crowds took to the streets again today keeping up the pressure on the embattled morsi. the military deadline energized many of them. >> the army and the people are united. the army is supporting the people not any regime or any government. >> egypt's state news service reportedded that military general said the elected parliament should be dissolved, the constitution suspended and an interim administration created if the egyptian president is unable to create a road map to wreck son sill iation with opponents by tomorrow. he was pictured meeting with morsi. egypt's prime minister was seed between them. but his political isolation has increased. in a statement released overnight morsi's office said he was not insulted by the military about its ultimatum. we will not allow egypt with all forces to return backwards under any circumstances, the sphaiment read. we all chose democratic means as the only safe way to manage our differences of opi

so far, no evidence has been offered that mohamed morsi himself was involved in planning this raid. >> woodruff: this is supposed to be a new government but w a new approach. so tunisia, another part of north africa where there's been unrest and now there's this political assassination. what's the situation? >> well, judy, tunisia seemed much farther along in the path to building an inclusive democratic government. just like in egypt, the islamists won, this party called ennahda, won the elections but they reached out and brought in some small secular parties to their government. in fact, the head of ennahda was here a year or so ago, i went to a small lunch with him and he said "we are going to demonstrate that islamism and democracy are not incompatible." their problem has been -- or they're accused of holding on to pow too long, being in power longer than they were supposed to and coddling the more extreme krad calists, the salifies, who've been marauding through universities, attacking women for not wearing the veil. preaching imposition of their views. so this is a very -- and no

it was the deadliest attack since islamist president mohamed morsi was ousted in july. the interim prime minister vowed to respond. >> here at the forefront of a confrontation with one of the worst faces of terrorism, we will not stay silent. we will confront it and whoever committed this attack whether an individual or a group is a terrorist. >> ifill: mohammed morsi's organization-- the muslim brotherhood-- denied any role in today's bombing. back in this country, the u.s. postal service won a temporary rate increase today, after losing $5 billion in the last fiscal year. the postal regulatory commission raised the price of a first- class stamp by three cents to 49 cents as of january 26. rates for bulk mail, magazines and packages will rise 6%. the increases will last for two years. grammy-winning musician and composer yusef lateef died last night at his home in shutesbury, massachusetts. the renowned tenor saxophonist and flutist was one of the first to incorporate world music into jazz. and, in 2010, he was named a national endowment for the arts jazz master, the n

demanding the ouster of mohammed morsi after one year in office. egypt's top general gave those political leaders a 48-hour ultimate um to settle their differences and address the demands of the protesters or the country's military will impose its own road map for the nation. >>> the heat is on here as well. century old temperatures are broken in the nation's southwest. the triple digit heat looks to be around for a few more days. ♪ viva viva las vegas >> what happens in vegas melts in vegas. >> it's smokin' out here. >> i've never been in 117 degree heat. >> it's hard to have a lot of fun when it's 117 degrees sunday. tieing a sin city record, it's harder to work. >> the entire west has been cooking and the oven won't shut off for several more days. in death valley, temperatures reached 129 degrees a record for june. in palm springs it was hotter inside grant williams car, where he photographed cooking a prime rib on the dash. in phoenix, some usairways commuters planes were grounded for fear the hot air wasn't dense enough to create lift. >> 19

morsi. cairo has been looking elsewhere for support. the fact rush's minister is part of this delegation has set off speculation of an arm still in the making. >> bilateral ties are old. in particular in military areas. this was discussed by the defense ministers yesterday. >> some ordinary egyptians applaud the meeting and see it as long overdue. about theseic relations and about getting our help from different countries. >> efforts to revisit its relationship with moscow is the clearest sign yet egypt is actively looking for new friends. >> these days instagram is a global gathering but when atlanta photographers did not like the way their city was being portrayed, they took it into their own hands and created a new hashtag -- we love atl. and decided to give the submissions to a real-life gallery, working out of a converted bread truck. the proceeds will go to the food bank. here is a look at some of the ideas. ♪ >> we came up with the hashtag because it is a proclamation and we knew th

the obama administration has declined to say the military ouster of president mohammed morsi was a coup. kerry said the military did not take over, but in his words is restoring democracy. he said millions of egyptians asked the armed forces to intervene. egypt's interior ministry offered safe passage today to thousands of morsi supporters, if they end two large sit-ins in cairo. the offer came a day after the interim cabinet ordered police to break-up the demonstrations, but gave no timetable. even so, there was no sign today the protesters plan to move on, despite the risk of new bloodshed. instead, the muslim brotherhood called for a mass march tomorrow. charges of election fraud echoed across zimbabwe today, as votes were counted in yesterday's presidential contest. the opposition charged the outcome has been fixed by robert mugabe, the 89-year-old president who's led the country for 33 years. we have a report from neil connery of "independent television news." >> reporter: as the results from zimbabwe's elections slowly emerged, the anger of what's been condemned as a monumental fr

burns' arrival in cairo came as thousands of islamist supporters of ousted president mohammed morsi demonstrated again. they waved flags and pictures demanding his return to power. u.s. officials insisted today president obama remains committed to arming rebels in syria. they played down a "new york times" report that the effort is much more limited than first discussed. the report said the c.i.a. will provide only small arms, on a limited basis, and that it could take months for the program to affect the battlefield. the full u.s. senate went behind closed doors this evening in a bid to avoid all-out fracture over filibusters and senate rules. democratic leader harry reid said republicans must allow confirmation of seven presidential nominees they've blocked so far. if not, reid says majority democrats will change senate rules, instituting an up-or- down, simple majority vote for such appointments. iowa senator tom harkin made the democrats' case. >> if we're doing our constitutional duty, we would confirm all of these nominees tomorrow and move on to our legislative work so why aren't we doing

supporters of ousted president mohammed morsi insisted the real numbers are far higher. president obama announced the u.s. is canceling joint military exercises with egypt next month. but he gave no indication of any plans to cut $1.3 billion in military aid. and pentagon officials announced new initiatives to address sexual assault cases in the military. >> brown: online, a story of an unlikely partnership, between a drug dealer and a nurse. kwame holman has the details. >> holman: in a neighborhood in tanzania, one woman sells heroin to her neighbors. another provides clean needles. is the joint effort helping to reduce h.i.v. and tuberculosis? or just increasing drug abuse? read about the controversial harm reduction approach in our special report: "the street of blood and smoke." and economics correspondent paul solman responds to recent criticism of analysis given on these airwaves. read his defense on making sense all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeff

mohamed morsi neutered the judiciary and the legislative, leaving the military. the choice is between the big states and. it is in our interest and the interest of the friends of egypt to support the big state. >> you know how tenuous america's reputation is in this part of the world. saying, like america is democracy is great unless it comes up with answers we don't like. this, the way to put united states has ended up with lead. course do notdle support one side or the other side. and instead we talked about principles and tolerance. as a result we have alienated everybody. the military, who say you are not with us. we have alienated the brotherhood who say that you say you are for democracy but look what you do when it happens. this is not just egypt. this is every regime in power. they question the constancy of the united states as a partner. >> that leaves america in a very tricky position. we will have you back to continue this discussion. thank you very much. the united nations is making a for more west to the syrian government to allow you inspectors to i