in, could have treated him. he pulled it out. that s what did him in. unbelievable images i hope we didn t disturb you too much. some have guardian angels. he has the a legion of angels. the president is looking for a new ambassador to iraq. the first choice withdrew his name from consideration after confirmation looked to be in doubt. the trouble began after sexually suggestive e-mails between himself and a former reporter for the wall street journal were made public. sent on a state department computer. celebrations are under way in egypt after a member of an islamic group claimed victory in the country s free presidential election. muhammad morrissey won 52% of the vote, but it comes after a last-minute power grab stripping the presidential office of most of its key powers. the obama administration is warning the military to speedily handle the power or risk losing
the u.s. sanctions are working. we will have a report live from we will have a report live from teheran. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. happy father s day. it is 8:00 on the east coast and 5:00 a.m. out west. thanks for starting your day with us. first, the eyes of the world are on greece. voters there are picking a new parliament and many fear that the outcome could spell financial turmoil, not just for greece, but the struggling u.s. economy. debt ridden europe and even rising super power china. several parties are battling out in greece, because they say they don t want out of the single currency eurozone, but one of the front-runners is voiing win end the austerity. back home, nearly 200 acres have been destroyed in the fast moving hyde park fire in northern colorado. thousands of people have been evacuated in the fire. and today s weather could make things worse with wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour expected. it sparked a
the election. he joins us from cairo. hi, richard. well, first of all i have been on your show, to good to join you, and thanks to the having me on. i am excited to have you. these two candidates who ended up in the runoff are the most polarizing candidates the islamic brotherhood and the old mubarak regime and what does it mean for the election for egypt going forward? well, let me put it to you this way. here in the bureau in cairo last night several people here who were supporters of the revolution, who were out in tahrir square to topple mubarak when there was an air of enthusiasm and revolutionary zeal that everything was possible and several of them in the office were crying when they learned that these are the two people that they have to choose between. on one hand, muhammad morrissey from the muslim brotherhood who wants to impose islamic law which is something that many people in this country including
majority and the greatest at its best. so i was pleased that mitt romney was addressing similar concerns to the latino coalition s national summit. here we are on the most prosperous nation on earth, and many of our kids are getting a third-world education, and america s minority children suffer the most. this is the civil rights issue of our era, and it is the greatest challenge of our time. listen up, because you may not hear me say this often. on this one narrow point, mitt romney is right. and education is the civil rights issue of our era, but only if you extend our era back about 200 years. you see, throughout the 19th century, southern states made it illegal to teach slaves to read. in the 1840s, irish immigrants struggled to maintain control of their kids education so they wouldn t be overly influenced by protestantism, and then congress made it illegal to teach native american children in their native languages. america has long been the train of inequality and
news agency said the official warned north korean officials will have to take countermeasures if the u.s. continues to press for tougher sanctions. the senior u.s. diplomat for north korea is leaning on chinese leaders for their help. glen davies wants them to use their influence with officials in pyongyang to stop further provocations. davies made the comments after meeting with china s special representative for the korean peninsula. the six-party talks will take place. both china and the united states really have the same fundamental interests when it comes to the peninsula and in north korea, which is peace, stability and the pursuit of denuclearization. davies will head to tokyo later in the day with talks with japanese officials. a japanese research institute said satellite images show that north korea is building a new launchpad in the country s northeast. researchers at johns hopkins university announced the results of their analysis of the photos of the site ta