awakening. and iran s opposition movement, the green movement saying no, we inspired this. what happened in egypt is what happened in 2009. a broad base movement, young people energizing this movement, calling for more social and political freedom, an end to the oppression. and i think most analysts who look at this say indeed there was a lot of similarities between what happened in 2009 in iran and what happened in egypt. and they also point to the events in egypt as what sparked the events yesterday in iran. reza sayeh at our iran desk in islamabad. thank you. you re watching world one live from london. food pilgrims fly in from far and wide, but the best restaurant is shutting down. stay with us. and how do you stay sane when you re trapped underground for 69 days? we re learning a little bit more about what went on in chile last
rains came down again. the rains will continue off and on for the next few weeks. remember, monsoon season here in south asia, not scheduled to end until september. reza sayeh, cnn, islamabad. thank you. the river in pakistan is expected to crest the weekend threatening thousands more people. to find out how you can make a difference to provide relief for flood victims in pakistan, visit our impact your world page on cnn.com/impact. u.s. marines returned to one of the bloodiest battlefields of world war ii. it s basically a promise to the united states government that they will do everything in their power to bring their fallen warriors home. that s the way we roll. a tiny patch of sand in the middle of the pacific called tarawa. the goal, to find marines who died there more than 65 years ago. and later, from the new
the rains will continue off and on for the next few weeks. remember, monsoon season here in south asia, not scheduled to end until september. reza sayeh, cnn, islamabad. thank you. the river in pakistan is expected to crest the weekend threatening to strand thousands of more people. to find out how you can make a difference to provide relief for flood victims in pakistan, visit our impact your world page on cnn.com/impact. u.s. marines returned to one of the bloodiest battlefields of world war ii. it s basically a promise to the united states government that they will do everything in their power to bring their fallen warriors home. that s the way we roll. a tiny patch of sand in the middle of the pacific called tarawa. the goal, to find marines who died there more than 65 years ago. and later, from the new
come on in, the water s fine. that s the message from president obama down in the gulf of mexico. he s on a short vacation tonight with the first lady and their daughter sasha, after months of oil flowing into the waters. in an exclusive interview with cnn, the president is wading deeper into the controversy over the plan to build a mosque and community center near ground zero. it s gotten so much attention that just in the last few hours the white house has come out to clarify his remarks to us. joining us from panama city, florida, is the man who got the interview, cnn s white house correspondent, ed henry. ed, what did the president say? reporter: well, don, he did jump headlong into this controversy. he was trying to maybe clarify ever so slightly what he said last night about how he believes in general in the principle of religious freedom. that sparked a lot of controversy, though, because there are a lot of people in new york, especially republicans, congressman pete
good evening. i m don lemon. come on in, the water s fine. that s the message from president obama down in the gulf of mexico. he s on a short vacation tonight with the first lady and their daughter sasha, after months of oil flowing into the waters. in an exclusive interview with cnn, the president is wading deeper into the controversy over the plan to build a mosque and community center near ground zero. it s gotten so much attention that just in the last few hours the white house has come out to clarify his remarks to us. joining us from panama city, florida, is the man who got the interview, cnn s ed henry. what did the president say? reporter: well, don, he did jump headlong into this controversy. he was trying to maybe clarify ever so slightly what he said last night about how he believes in general in the principle of religious freedom. that spark eed controversy becae there are people in new york, especially republicans and peter king who say it s insensitive to put