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>> totally. jenna: how innocent they are. >> worst ever. jenna: pat, thank you. >> youre welcome. jenna: i appreciate you walking us through this as we try to wrap our mind around it somehow and search for answers somehow in this case. thank you again. >> youre welcome. jenna: jon? jon: right now in egypt tensions are on the rise as rival groups opposing the government are calling for mass protests tomorrow. this after supporters of president mohammed morsi, the muslim brotherhood, camed -- clai...

>> reporter: we are on the eave of that crucial vote. this is what its all b. this is a copy of the draft constitution. it is 63-pages long, 256 articles and it is causing a lot of problems, including in the egyptian city today of alexandria. protestors for and against president mohammed morsi and the constitution clashing in the streets after a cleric urged a yes vote at friday prayers, hes not supposed to do that. rocks were torn, cars were torched, there were injuries and arrests. so far in c...

Sort of last ditch get out the vote effort is underway now in egypt where opponents of a constitutional referendum are urging followers not to boycott the vote on saturday. protesters have been out on the streets in cairo after mohammed morsi granted himself sweeping powers to push through the draft constitution. a constitution that the critics claim cobol officer hard line islamic policy. gag palkot following it all from cairo and streaming now. greg? >> hey, shep. things are relatively quiet h...

Thank you. we are just a few days away from a vote on egypts controversial new constitution. today, the main alliance that opposes president morsi urged people to vote "no." opponents are wary of the regime after president morsis sweeping power grab. he has backed down from dictatorship. egypts army has called for a national unity meeting set for today bringing members of different political groups and partyies to discuss what did do. a spokesman says the officials postponed the gathering becaus...

His opponents. >> were seeing competing demonstrations, opponents of president morsi behind me but much larger demonstration from the muslim brotherhood about two miles away and cities across egypt. they have come out in support of president morsi. many coming from rural parts of egypt. some getting bussed in and chanting god is the law. a strong show of support that has been in office for five months time. we have a new date on the draft constitution. he will send it on the 15th and the entire ...

Breaking news coming from egypt where tens of thousands of protesters are gathered now in cairos tahrir square, reminiscent of the egyptian revolution nearly two years ago. now the protesters are denoun denouncing president morsi. in the draft constitution, his islamic allies approved earlier today. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel brings us. the chance of the regime echoing throughout the square, what exactly in the constitution are they so upset about? >> reporter: they are upset ...

Has stepped up seemingly to form a dictatorship and the people are rebelling. now, michael singh former senior director at national security council, currently the managing director of the washington institute. where do you see things today, michael? >>guest: well, the reaction you see in tahrir square is against morsi eliminating the last check on power, the judiciary. what is at stake is the future direction of egypt and the constitution. the constitutional assembly writing the new constitutio...

Happened just last month. >>shepard: thank you, dr. nearman. >> it has been speculated that israel may have actually had something to do with this but whether this is going to prove anything is another matter. egypt is blowing up tonight, more than 200,000 egyptians are said to be packing the streets of cairo with president morsis power grab issuing several decrees last month, including an order that all decisions he makes are final. no review by the judges. that is over. despite the constitutio...

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discuss all this. then we go overseas to egypts election of muhammad morsi. what can we expect from an islamist president? two of the top egypt experts tell us. next, how do you count and catalog 1.2 billion people? ill ask the man creating a revolutionary biometric i.d. for every one of indias citizens. also, the housing bubble caused the crash. will the coming housing boom finally power this anemic recovery? first, heres my take. what to do about syria. western military inter...