massive protests getting more violent as opponents of mohamed morsi clash with supporters. so far at least 23 people have been killed, 200 wounded. morsi is not backing down. abc s alex marquardt is in cairo. reporter: in cairo s tahrir square, the tension is rising. the seconds tick down toward a deadline the military threatening to intervene if president morsi doesn t meet the people s demand. morsi admitted he made mistakes and said he was elected fairly and will not step down. we met norhan tahan, it was her group of young egyptians, called rebellion that launched these protests and brought egypt once again to the brink of revolution. translator: in the new cons constitution there is no role for women. in the morsi era, women have no place. the anger is driven by fear the muslim brotherhood wants to control egypt as well as that decimated economy. look at egypt s famous pyramids filled with american tourists before the revolution.
morsi clash with supporters. so far at least 23 people have been killed, 200 wounded. morsi is not backing down. abc s alex marquardt is in cairo. reporter: in cairo s tahrir square, the tension is rising. the seconds tick down toward a deadline the military threatening to intervene if president morsi doesn t meet the people s demand. morsi admitted he made mistakes and said he was elected fairly and will not step down. we met norhan tahan, it was her group of young egyptians, called rebellion that launched these protests and brought egypt once again to the brink of revolution. translator: in the new constitution, there s no role for women, she says. in the morsi era, women have no place. the anger is driven by fear the muslim brotherhood wants to control egypt as well as that decimated economy. look at egypt s famous pyramids filled with american tourists before the revolution. so vital to the economy since
bus. this is a country just in total dysfunction. so now everybody is looking to the army, but that s also a dangerous game to play, and i think there s a limit, a serious limit to how much we can geto d there s also a limit to how much you can corner the muslim brotherhood. yes, morsi doesn t look good now, but muslim brotherhood who supporters say they will fight for islam to the death today is what they were saying, that remains a very powerful political force. you don t want to push this country into a civil war. it looks like that s a possibility as conor powell reported, there is talk of that, whispers of that. according to reports, the military has to do with scrapping the current constitution, dissolving parliament, holding new elections, all of those go directly to the muslim brotherhood who had a strong roll in that, and they say they ll fight to the death, where does that leave us, charles? it leaves us where we are tonight, the government lost legitimacy in the eyes of
numbers that nina cited. this piece today and there are many studies coming out saying healthy people are going to have to pay a lot more. universal coverage isn t free. it doesn t come out of air. no. but the fact is most people get their insurance through their employer take a nonsmoking male i believe he was 40 years old and compare him to someone who is sick and what their rates would be under this new plan. base fee. their fee is going to be pumped up under this new plan as you know people who do have preexisting conditions people who are sick are going to be included and insurance companies as they compete will not be able to eliminate those people are say we won t cover you, so the numbers will go up some. but, it s just not the case that, you know, everybody walking down the street is going to pay a higher fee
protesters that the army had given this ultimatum, they stepped in and the clock is ticking down now of 48 hours. they were towing those egyptian flags underneath and the protesters went crazy, knowing that the fact that the army has now stepped in to intercede and give this ultimatum. so robin, as you point out, the alternatives of what may come next, what are morsi s best options? morsi doesn t have many options right now. the danger is that the muslim brotherhood has waited for 80 years, it s emerged from a bad movement, it believes its moment has arrived and it charges there are conspirators behind this effort, that it s the old regime trying to make a comeback and to a certain extent there are still those from the old regime who are among the opposition, who do want to make a comeback. and so, you know, this may not be solved in 48 hours. whether the military will move in and actually escort him out, that s not clear that that s what the military is talking