Sides have called for demonstrations after fridays prayer. Egypts government has authorized the use of deadly force against protestors who target police or government buildings. The death toll from wednesdays clashes has officially surpassed 600 and it continues to rise. My brothers number here at this makeshift morgue is 261. I know at least theres 261 bodies here. Reporter theres concern among many in the world that the violence in egypt will spread. The u. N. Security council met here in new york last night and was briefed behind closed doors. There was a common desire underneath to stop violence and to advance national reconciliation. Reporter president obama condemned the governments decision to crackdown on protestors and he announced the u. S. Would cancel biannual military exercises with egypt that date back to 1981. Our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets and rights are being rolled back. Reporter one thing the u. S.
Peter, 20 and montano 22, will be about 50 years old when they are eligible for parole. The defendants families had no comment. Both the Defense Attorneys say they plan to appeal the convictions. Live at the martinez courthouse, im da lin, kpix 5. Two more defendants will be tried in the case. They are facing lesser charges. There will be no jail time for a San Francisco cyclist who hit and killed a man. Chris bucchere entered court for his formal sentencing today. He previously pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter after hitting a 71yearold man crossing castro street. That man died four days later. Bucchere will serve 1,000 hours of Community Service plus three years probation. Today the victims son made a special request. We hope that, you know, adult probation and the judge can Work Together to make sure he does something that is lasting to give meaning to the life that he took away, my father, to assist people with traumatic head injuries, because thats something that my father
But not everyone is so sure thats a good idea. The best thing to do would be to wait until the retrofit is complete, then open the bridge. Reporter but experts and transportation officials have repeatedly insisted that the real threat to Public Safety is keeping drivers on the old eastern span, which remains vulnerable to an earthquake. The existing bridge is the one folks ought to be worried about and thats the one they shouldnt be trusting. Reporter the Oversight Committee agreed that the bridge will open the morning of september 3rd with little fanfare, a simple chain cutting ceremony and potentially a larger scale celebration next year. The temporary fix will be going in this weekend. It should take only about a day to install it. Just to give you an idea of how quickly this whole process is moving along, within about an hour of that unanimous vote happening, we saw that caltrans had already put signs up along the approach to the bay bridge, announcing the bridge closure from augus
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