water cannons to drive them back. secretary of state hillary clinton says the u.s. is closely watching the developments in yemen and across the region. we certainly hope and expect that there will be steps taken to avoid violence and prevent the escalation of protests into violence. protestors are back for a third day of riots in cairo, egypt where mass demonstrations are planned for tomorrow. all non-emergency personnel have been ordered out of libya. the pentagon has an additional warship off the libyan coast and a second one will arrive today. president obama spoke to the leaders from yemen and libya last night and asked for the assist en. today we learned one of the identity of the american security guards killed in libya. glen doherty was a private security guard and former navy s.e.a.l. nbc jim maceda is on the ground in cairo. there are calls there, so what s the mood there today? reporter: hi. well, those calls for mass protests come from none other than the pre
riot police uted tear gas and water cannons to drive them back. secretary of state hillary clinton says the u.s. is closely watching the developments in yemen and across the region. we certainly hope and expect that there will be steps taken to avoid violence and prevent the escalation of protests into violence. protestors are back for a third day of riots in cairo, egypt where mass demonstrations are planned for tomorrow. all non-emergency personnel have been ordered out of libya. the pentagon has an additional warship off the libyan coast and a second one will arrive today. president obama spoke to the leaders from yemen and libya last night and asked for the assist en. today we learned one of the identity of the american security guards killed in libya. glen doherty was a private security guard and former navy s.e.a.l. nbc jim maceda is on the ground in cairo. there are calls there, so what s the mood there today? reporter: hi. well, those calls for mass protests com
joining us now is reva bell. and the author of how to be secular. reva, i want to start with you. david i go anyway shus writing in the washington post had an interesting take on what was going behind the protests particularly in libya and egypt. he wrote what s happen inning cairo and benghazi is a case of political opportunism by salafist islamic extrooemists who are unhappy with the success that more moderate islamist and secular in egypt and libya have had in building political support. do you agree with that statement? absolutely. there s a lot of intraislamic competition like the muslim brotherhood trying to take leadership in the arab world and coming to the political rise in