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the president was injured, a government official says he has a slight head injury but hes not been seen publicly since then. several other officials were also hurt, a cleric and several bodyguards were killed. he claimed the attack on "gangsters and insists hes in good health. [ gunfire ] >> just today, there was gunfire in the streets. this video was posted on youtube. a youth activist says four anti-government protestors were shot today. government security forces fired at various lo...

government official says he has a slight head injury but hes not been seen publicly since then. several other officials were also hurt, a cleric and several bodyguards were killed. the president did speak on state-run tv. only his voice could be heard. no pictures of him. he blamed the attack on "gangsters" and insists hes in good health. theres also video of what shows a crackdown on protesters demanding the president step down. [ gunfire ] >> just today, there was gunfire in the stre...

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Muslim women in france will face fines if they go out in public wearing a full face veil. the man who forces a woman to go veiled could be fined more than $40,000 and might spend time behind bars. welcome to frances new burqa ban. it is already sparked a protest in paris that led to women being arrested. they claim the ban is an affront to their freedom of expression and religion. joining us now via skype, christopher dicky, a middle east regional editor. why did france take thisç controversia...

Nobody counts them. this is a put up job. >> christopher, good to talk to you. thank you for weighing in. i appreciate that. a look at todays political headlines and donald trumps poll numbers may be surging, but president obamas top political adviser says trump isnt a threat. david plouffe told abc, trumps birther obsession is probably a deal breaker for most voters. >> i dont think there is zero chance that donald trump would be hired by the american people to do this job. >> rick santorums ...

take options like not paying certain salaries, like maybe members of congress, to float some money. it gets very complicated and ben bernanke, the chairman of the federal reserve, said if there isnt a resolution of this problem, the recovery, fragile as it is, would certainly be harmed in his view. contessa. >> kelly odonnell from capitol hill, thank you very much. also from capitol hill, two congressmen join me now, jim mcdermott from washington state, from oklahoma, tom cole. appreci...

Solid, middle class, professional, democratic group that we can deal with as the west can see. but thats not a certainty, thats a hope. and the fact is that even if that is what that group is, we dont really know how it should represent in libya or what it can do on the grouped in terms of representation and in terms of government. so we are moving into the great unknown here. >> all right. newsweeks christopher dicky, always a pleasure. thanks, christopher. >> thank you, alex. republicans are...

Christopher is an editor for "newsweek" magazine and he joins us now. i know youre concerned about who is going to take over in these countries. are there obvious candidates to do that or not? >> no, there are not. the most obvious group in a good position to try to take over is the muslim brotherhood. theyre beginning strength now steadily in egypt, which is fairly problematic because egypt has more weight than all these other countries combined. so i think thats a real question and its not one...

and puts down a barrier to stop new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control spray once. stop weeds for months. next on msnbc saturday, libyas rebels advance, government troops retreat. the latest on a like report straight ahead. plus, the cries for freedom in one country and the worries al qaeda should be lurking in the shadows. also come up, new develops in japan. its a cold leftover, old man winter overstays his welcome and puts the cherry blossom festival in the fre...

Overthrow the government by the number two in al qaeda. so there have been dangers in the past. i think there were times when the egyptian people were interested in seeing any measures used to suppress those threats. but in fact, those dangers have not existed in any serious levels for some time and most importantly, this law has been used against political opposition of any sort for a very long time and what you just heard from ivan is a description of whats being done to people who really are ...