leadership position, quote, reconsidered due to his faith. joining me is dr. shaffi. thank you for taking the time. thank you for inviting me. first, let me ask your reaction to this. a precinct chairwoman, she had a facebook post where she claimed that you support sharia law. that you were an infiltrator in the party working for the muslim brotherho brotherhood. you re a trauma surgeon, a u.s. citizen. you have been a steadfast member of the republican party. what was your reaction to such a baseless charge? you know, first of all, i feel so honored as an immigrant, as a naturalized american citizen, to be serving as an elected official in our town and in a leadership role in our republican party. i have been at war with the party since i became a naturalized citizen almost a decade ago and i have always been welcomed with open arms. even when this controversy arose, our republican party
like i do financial deals i cover. lime at a loss still. then the president says he s taking safeguards and it hinges on the government of you can tar keeping an eye on these guys. didn t the government call qatar the worst on counting terrorism? didn t it say the oil-rich gulf nation hasn t only been hesitant to act against known terrorists, it happily harbors them, even fund them? isn t saudi arabia threatening to blockade qatar because of ties to violent extremists within egypt s muslim brotherho brotherhood? these are the guys we re trusting to look after these guys? that should go well. that is like me policing the prime rib counter at a ponderosa buffet. you re not going to get any
the government said it will consider disbanded the muslim brotherho brotherhood. joining me now is amon. another good day to you and evening your time. this stand off and the gunfire at the mosque today, what was this all about and do you expect we will see the same kind of violence that we ve seen all this week continue? reporter: the question about whether it will continue, the indications are that the muslim brotherhood are not deterred by the crackdown that s happened. the arrest of their leaders and the actual personal casualties they have suffered. they are calling for a week long protest. it began yesterday as thousands of supporters of the ousted president converged on to the square. it was there many of them took ref refuge in this mosque. they were inside there all night
want to get into. i can promise you that all of the people in this courthouse, all of the elected officials, all of the other people that are involved in this investigation are being very well protected. i have no question about her safety. and you heard the reference to miss fernandez. it s actually brandi fender who is mike mclelland s first assistant district attorney who s going step in on step i on an interim basis. in the meantime, a memorial for mike mclelland and his wife is scheduled for thursday while the funerals are set for friday. investigators are looking into the possible involvement of a gang called the aryan brotherhood of texas. and like other well-known gangs, the crips, blood, ms13, they re known for brutality and violent crime. our deb feyerick has more on the brotherho brotherhood, its roots and violent way of life. reporter: they call themselves the aryan brotherhood
brotherho brotherhood. so the head of hamas was allowed to travel to the gaza strip. that s one example of the titanic shift in politics in this part of the world going on right now. here is another. this is cairo. not during the revolution that brought morsi to power, but now, this is cairo right now. tens of thousands of protesters have been out there for about two weeks in the famed tahrir square and near the presidential palace. they re very upset that their newly elected democratic president morsi is doing things that they not so democratic. he is trying to make it so his decisions are not subject to judicial review. at least six civilians have been killed and hundreds injured in the violence. president obama called his egyptian counterpart yesterday to express concern about the situation that seems to be spinning out of control. he urged president morsi to meet with and negotiate with the opposition. and then there is syria, where nbc news reports the assad regime is preparing