good evening. and tonight it looks like chaos in egypt. they have no constitution, no parliament. two men are insisting they are the next president. and reports have been swirling all day that the last man in charge, hosni mubarak, is clal though to be fair, he s been gone from egyptian life for some time. once again tonight, tahrir square filled up with people. once again, there s the threat of violence in the largest arab nation in the world. the home to 90 million people fresh from its own revolution, and still tonight not on course. it s also posing a big problem for the united states. we have it all covered tonight, beginning with our chief foreign correspondent richard engel in cairo. and richard, what is going on there tonight? reporter: good evening, brian. egypt s official state news agency reports that mubarak was unresponsive to attempts to restart his heart and is clinically dead. but his personal lawyer told us that mubarak is still clinging to life. either way
nightly news begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. and tonight it looks like chaos in egypt. they have no constitution, no parliament. two men are insisting they are the next president. and rumors are swirling that hosni mubarak is clinically dead. he s been gone from egyptian life for some time. once again tonight, tahrir square filled up with people. once again, there s the threat of violence in the largest arab nation in the world. the home to 90 million people fresh from its own revolution, and still tonight not on course. it s also posing a big problem for the united states. we have it all covered tonight beginning with our chief foreign correspondent richard engel in cairo. richard, what is going on there tonight? reporter: good evening, brian. egypt s official state news agency reports that mubarak was unresponsive to attempts to restart his heart and is clinically dead. his personal lawyer told us mubarak is still clinging to li
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. and tonight it looks like chaos in egypt. two men are insisting they are the next president. and rumors are swirling that hosni mubarak is clinically dead. he s been gone from egyptian life for some time. tahrir square filled up with people. there s the threat of violence in the largest arab nation in the world. the home to 90 million people fresh from its own revolution, and still tonight not on course. it s posing a big problem for the united states. we have it all covered tonight beginning with our chief foreign correspondent richard engel in cairo. richard, what is going on there tonight? reporter: good evening, brian. egypt s official state news agency reports that mubarak was unresponsive to attempts to restart his heart and is clinically dead. his personal lawyer told us mubarak is still clinging to life. either way here in egypt an open power strug sell now underway as this country s franz igs to democrac
words. the prosecution subpoenaed that interview sandusky did with bob costas on rock center on nbc. they have, they even reference it, referred to it, prosecutor joseph magedigan, costas asked if he was sexually attracted to young boys and the response that sandusky gave. at the same time, in his opening statement, defense attorney joseph amendola assured the jury that they will hear from sandusky as part of this trial, that sandusky will take the stand in his own defense, once the defense takes over the process later on. right now, of course, the prosecution is continuing to present its case, earlier this morning, mike mcqueary s father, john, was on the stand, to corroborate that mike mcqueary said in 2001 what he said on the
looking back too much in the rear view mirror at the bush administration. isn t it fair the bush presidency being a central figure to our current economy it has to be discussed to give it proper context, right? it s fair for the. to the make that case and fair for paw lent ai yen the others to try to push back in their way. the truth is it doesn t matter what either side is saying. what matters is how americans are feeling in late october and in early november. lot of this is really out of their hands and that s why the administration is worried now and that s why the republicans are smelling blood here because they believe that things are not going to improve particularly in the jobs picture in time to help president obama. that s why people believe that the white house needs to take a different tack here and take a more aggressive position. meanwhile, the economy remains topic number one. susan, i want to show everybody because mitt romney said at this podium yesterday