washington, 1:00 a.m. in bahrain. you re watching world one live from london. the playboy minister of italy is facing allegations of abuse of power and paying for sex with a minor. will he end up in court? another apology from tiger woods, and it s not over his personal life but his conduct on the golf course. the story without a happy ending. the shop workers who got the sack for tackling a thief. we begin in the arab world where there is a growing belief in people power. today is prophet mohammed s birthday, and there is a sense that change is possible. authorities across the region are scrambling to keep control as unrest bubbles over around egypt s neighboring countries. it started in tunisia. weeks of demonstrations over falling living standards forced president ali to flee last month. before the end of january, protesters were on the streets in egypt. 18 days later, hosni mubarak,
this lucky couple was one of 14 from around the united states who got married at the empire state building today. how romantic. stephanie hull and john woo got hitched this morning at 7:00. this one day a year wedding extravaganza at the empire state building has been going on for 17 years. unrest is rapidly sweeping through the middle east. today the scenes in iran eerily echo what we watched in tunisia and egypt. reporting from iran is extremely difficult. the iran regime sharply restrict visas to journalists, even journalists legally in the country were denied access to cover today s protests. that s why what you re actually seeing is video from protesters and cnn ireporters linked on to the web. the iranian government has slowed the internet to a crawl in an apparent attempt to limit communications. you get the picture how difficult it is to cover the protests in iran but we have more details from the desk in
islamabad. reporter: dramatic events, many wondered if iran s opposition movement was dead, the so-called green movement that burst on to the scene in 2009 after the presidential elections. we hadn t heard much from them for the past year because of a brutal government crackdown, but on monday they made a comeback. according to witness accounts, at one pain the crowds grew into the tens of thousands. video clips of monday s protests have been posted on youtube. it was often the cat-and-mouse game that we saw more than a year ago. security forces chasing protesters away. video clips showed protesters chanting anti-government slogans like death to the dictator. that chant we ve heard before, but we heard a new one on monday. there was a clear sign that this protest was sparked by the uprisings in egypt and tunisia. take a listen.
california where we showed you some live pictures of a school in lockdown. an elementary school on lockdown. we are hearing reports from our local affiliate there that the individual was taken into custody. the individual that they were worried about having a gun in the area of the elementary school, apparently that individual is in that cop car right on your screen. more information as we get it. in the meantime we turn over seas yet again. first tunisia then egypt, now protests are spreading across the middle east. what does the growing unrest mean for the stability of this volatile region? also no love on valentine s day for the president s budget plan. republicans already saying the cuts just aren t enough. so what now? we take a closer look just ahead. [ male announcer ] it s simple physics.
the protesters there are essentially chanting the former leaders of egypt and tunisia are gone. now it s time for iran s supreme leader to be gone. based on witness accounts, these protests were largely peaceful, but it did get ugly at times. this was a man who tried to protect the poster of iran s supreme leader. he was beaten by a group of men who a short time later burned that poster of ayatollah common commony. iran s two leaders in support of the uprisings in egypt and the government rejected their request. they warned people not to come out. clearly this opposition move in