convention. the texas congressman will join us live this hour. we ll talk about his presidential hopes and the 2012 election. and if you re fuming about surprise credit card fees or lousy service, there s now a place where you can share your complaints with the entire world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is just coming in to the the situation room right now. take a look at this. wow. it s a huge, huge crowd that has gathered at tahrir square in cairo. tens of thousands of people back at the site where last year s revolution started. the demonstrators are protesting the moves made by the egyptian military leadership, which they say could hurt the presidential election results. also, only moments ago we have confirmed that the former president of egypt, hosni mubarak, has suffered a stroke. that according to officials in egypt. his heart apparently has stopped. but it was revived. he needed critical condition care. he has received it. we re monito
shepard: nothing has stopped the syrian government from killing 10,000 or more people. it appears the violence is getting worse in the face of growing international pressure. and now jennifer griffin has the news. the biggest question around here, are there signs the united states military could be considering getting involved? guest: well, not according to united states defense officials who i have spoke be to today. there does not appear to be stomach on the part of the united states military to get involved despite the strong statements from the state department today. what government voluntarily uses helicopters and fires from them on their own civilians if they are not desperate? what government depends on a bunch of thugs in trucks, if they are not desperate? clearly the government is unthreat and it is not just security threat. they are also under increasing economic threat as they are running through the country s reserve.
activists say 13,000 people died since more than a year ago. the united states is warning there will be consequences. jennifer griffin on this broken record at the pentagon tonight. those consequences still do not include military action, right? not according to u.s. officials. there does not appear to be a stomach to get involved despite the strong statements from the state department today. what government voluntarily uses helicopter and fires on them from their own civilians if they are not desperate. what government depends on a bunch of thugs in trucks if they are not desperate? so, you know, clearly the government is under threat. defense secretary leon panetta reiterated there are no civil bullets for syria. but the british foreign secretary william hague earlier today did not rule out that britain might get involved to try to stop the
collect d.n.a. samples to confirm that bin laden was at this compound. last week, pakistan sentenced the doctor to prison on charges of high treason for supposedly betraying his home country. a senate committee fired back by slashing millions of dollars in aid to pakistan. and now like to new york city studio. late word from the state department today, anything new there? guest: it is clear that the u.s. government has in idea what is going on with the doctor and a spokesman saiding that our arch in pakistan is trying to find out more, and that the united states is very concerned for the doctor s safety. and, also, breaking news from dr. shakil afridi s lawyer firing an appeal, and since he was imprisoned, congress has voted to slash aid to pakistan by $33 million, $1 million for every year of that sentence but the pakistanis say he wasn t convicted helping the united states but, instead, convicted
this 70-year-old man was kidnapped in august. in december al qaeda claimed responsibility and laid out a series of demands. now we re seeing in this video today that he s asking, as you said, president obama to make good on those demands. so has there been any official reaction from the united states at this point? well, not yet. i mean, some of those demands, as we ve been talking about, he s asking for the u.s. to release all prisoners from the taliban and al qaeda. also asking for all drone strikes to stop in afghanistan, pakistan, somalia, and yemen. and going as far as to ease the border between gaza and egypt. so it s not just about al qaeda and taliban, but improving the life of all muslims. but the u.s. says we don t negotiate with terrorists. we are aware of the video. very concerned about his well being and safety. fbi working with the pakistanis but no negotiations with terrorism. if you think back to when the journalist from the wall street journal was kidna