Egypt this week when the military raised two camps in cairo, tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood 130r9ers protesting theous ter of president morsi. The tension continued saturday when the military stormed a cairo mosque where hundreds of brotherhood supporters were taking shelter. A mob outside attacked brotherhood members as they left the mosque. International leaders have condemned the violence. Leaders of the European Union called for a return to dialogue saying in a statement, the calls for democracy and fundamental freedoms from the egyptian population cannot be disregarded much less washed away in blood. The Egyptian Government decried the foreign influence against violence, especially against the international media, which the government believes is too sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood. Officials are considering reinstating 60year long ban on the brotherhood organization. Joining us now to give us the latest from cairos nbc news chief correspondent Richard Engel. Thank
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0 chief correspondent richard engel. thank you for being here this morning. can you, first of all, describe the situation in egypt today. is it calm, is it tense? give us the lay of the land. reporter: it s certainly very tense. there are calls for more protests from the muslim brotherhood. the group is trying to organize a series of demonstrations all week. every night there s a curfew in place. you re seeing pro vigilante checkpoints in the muslim brotherhood areas. they have set up some of their own checkpoints and barricades. we re seeing divisions and clashes, sometimes between egyptians them received divided along these lines, pro military, pro brotherhood a very dangerous situation. richard, we re hearing on egyptian television, you re starting to see even english chirons set up, a war against terrorism. it is. trying to describe this. won a national election, a president in office as a result of a national election, now writing off the muslim brotherhood as a terrorist