they are in response to a leaked draft opinion revealing a majority of justices poised to strike down roe versus wade. if over turned, constitutional protections for abortion rights will be eliminated in 26 states, likely. we have reporters covering this in several key cities today. joe johns is live for us in the nation s capitol. let s begin in the nation s cap capital. the d.c. rally is near the washington monument and it will kick off at about noontime and people will start making their way to capitol hill outside the u.s. supreme court. reporter: that s right, fred. the point, obviously, the message they are trying to send is there is strong support for upholding roe v wade even though the court appears to be poised, if you will, to strike it down. what we re told here is that they are expecting about 17,000 people in the nation s capital for this event but that certainly could be affected by the weather. rain is in forecast. a coalition of organizations is throwing th
200 events across all 50 states. rallies are in response to a leaked u.s. supreme court draft opinion revealing a majority of justices poised to strike down roe v. wade. if overturned, constitutional protections for abortion rights would be likely eliminated in 26 states. we have reporters covering this in several key cities today. cnn s shimon prokupecz is live in the nation s capital. paulo sandoval is covering the event in new york and nadia romero. and the rally began just near the washington monument. there on the mall. later protesters will be marching to the u.s. supreme court. tell us what you re seeing right now? reporter: yeah, so that is the expectation that at around 2:00 the thousands of people expected here, their permitted for about 17,000 people. at around 2:00 they are expected to march to the supreme court. but right now what is going to take place here this morning, starting here shortly, are speakers. speakers are going to take the stage and we re seeing
welcome back. i m fredericka whit fooed. i m john voss. i want to talk about why egypt is such a strategic country in the middle east. and one of the things which we need to be aware of is the relevance that egypt has in as far as egypt goes. it was the first arab country that formally recognized israel. president mubarak has a very good relationship with benjamin netanyahu, the current prime minister of israel. if he goes, the muslim brotherhood group, the main opposition group says we ll put the peace treaty thing with israel to a referendum with the people and let them decide whether or not that peace treaty should continue. that s obviously a big concern for israel and for the united states. the other thing too is that egypt has also no love for hamas, which is in control of the gaza strip. that s a big plus for the