columbia. that s why we are reporting from outside. there are major developments involving cell phones, information that you need to know from the world health organization about the possible danger of cell phone use and cancer. stand by. elizabeth cohen has a full report. we re also watching bin laden and the black money trail. new information coming in on money and bin laden. stand by for that as well. we ll have the latest on anthony weiner, the congressman from new york. our own dana bash is following up on this story. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. but we begin with major developments involving cell phone use and you. information that you need to know right now. the world health organization for the first time has raised a serious possibility of a link between cell phone use and cancer. here s our report. what did this world health organization report conclude? the who concluded that cell phone are a possible carcinogen for humans. this is a really
taking on islamic militants who have overrun a coastal town. it s a case eerily similar to the one against former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn. an egyptian businessman could be arraigned in new york today, charged with sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper. 74-year-old mahmoud abdel salam omar is accused of groping a maid at the pierre luxury hotel. she says she went to the room at omar s request to drop off tissues. call it a bin laden bounce. strong performances on national security and international relations are driving president obama s overall poll numbers even higher. a new cnn opinion research survey finds that 54% approve of the job he is doing. that is up six percentage points since early april. when are you planning to announce you ll run for president? what do you think the odds are you ll run? are you going to run? that is the question. there is no public schedule, but sarah palin s bus tour seems to be headed for philadelphia today. now palin v
his body is now paralyzed. like many, he is euphoric at being able to freely speak his mind. but at the same time, he shares the general apprehension that gadhafi will launch a vicious bombing campaign. the will to win is as strong as ever. now the national council has to come up with a cohesive plan. to move from civil war to the creation of a new civil society. arwa damon, cnn, libya. six new government ministers have been sworn into office in egypt. and the nation s new prime minister has called on young activists to contribute to the new government. has also vowed to increase the representation of women in egypt s parliament and repeated the government s commitment to standby national agreements, including the 1979 camp david peace accord with israel. there could be a difficult day ahead for hosni mubarak, though. they expect to uphold a position
reporter: well, the turnout was disappointing, but also the reaction the women received was disappointing. you know, many of the women had come for what they called a celebration of the huge role that women played here during the egyptian uprising. women who were very much present during the protests before the fall of president hosni mubarak. instead they were surrounded by male demonstrators who were chanting at them to go home. but this was not the time to be calling for women s rights. this was the time to be banding together. and speaking to some of the activists, that s been their concern from the beginning, that they would play this huge role during the uprising. but as soon as they came to try and actually talk about generui power and political role, the women would be sidelined eside. there were some demonstrations that led to president mubarak s departure, that it was a turning point for women in egypt.
shouting match today between female activists and men chanting anti-feminist slogans. despite their help in organizing the revolution, women in egypt are largely being left out of building egypt s new government. nbc s ann thompson is on the ground in cairo. ann, this was supposed to be a big demonstration for fair and equal opportunity. how did this all get unravelled today? reporter: well, what happened, and rea, women gatherd in tahrir square. first of all, there are far fewer than a million. there are a couple hundred of women there. they wanted to celebrate in tahrir square. they felt the revolution was the starting point for women to achieve equal citizenship in this country. it is still a male-dominated society. and as the women stood there and they chanted, suddenly this group of young men started chanting things that women should go home, that they should stay in the home and the proof of that is that god didn t make any female prophets.