Is real but what about the stories of flying saucers and space aliens . That and much more this morning on cbs this morning saturday, august 17th, 2013. Captioning funded by cbs good saturday morning, everyone. Vinita, good morning. Good morning. Nice to have you. Glad i could be here. We have some great guest this morning including a veteran rock group from buffalo that made it big. Yeah, the goo goo dolls. Thats johnny theyre going to be performing in the second half. And the dish awardwinning chef afternoon inson. Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi are promising to defy a state of emergency once again so they can march against the military. A crackdown this week has already left 600 dead. Protesters took to the streets on friday in what the Muslim Brotherhood called day of rage. More than 08 people were kill and there was a tense standoff overnight at a mosque in cairo. Charlie dagata is in egypts capitol. Good morning charlie. Reporter good morning to you, vinita and jeff
Good day to you, im Peter Alexander wrapping up this week for my friend, Andrea Mitchell. Today tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood members across egypt are refusing to back down to the interim government guided by the nations military. Once again there have been deadly consequences there. Nbcs ayman mohyeldin, we want to get to him right away, he is live for us in cairo right now. Ayman, more casualties after what was already the worst mass killing in that countrys modern history. Before we ask you a thought about whats going on now, i want to show you a picture that struck us this morning. This was taken near alexandria, egypt, of egyptians on the beach there. Even as violence raged in the city behind them, we cant verify the person who took this shot. Nonetheless its worth showing because it provides some small window of normalcy and perhaps optimism. Are we heading into another weekend of violence . Peter, the short answer to that is yes, absolutely. Were looking at a death tol
Made enough money in a week to head off to college today. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Im lester holt sitting in for brian. The world can only stand by and watch in horror today as one of the most vital countries in the middle east spiralled deeper into chaos and maybe even civil war. In egypt, two days after hundreds of its supporters died in the face of a government crackdown, the Muslim Brotherhood made good on its promise to take to the streets again in what it billed as a day of rage. The outcome was the one many feared. Tonight an estimated 100 people are dead in cairo and other egyptian cities, and, once again, our Richard Engel was there to witness it all. He joins us now from cairo. Richard, good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. There are now open battles between supporters of egypts democratically elected president and the military who removed him. And today
Good evening. Im lester holt sitting in for brian. The world can only stand by and watch in horror today as one of the most vital countries in the middle east spiraled deeper into chaos and maybe even civil war. In egypt, two days after hundreds of its supporters died in the face of a government crackdown, the Muslim Brotherhood made good on its promise to take to the streets again in what it billed as a day of rage. The outcome was the one many feared. Tonight an estimated 100 people are dead in cairo and other egyptian cities, and, once again, our Richard Engel was there to witness it all. He joins us now from cairo. Richard, good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. There are now open battles between supporters of egypts democratically elected president and the military that removed him. And today the two sides clashed violently here in cairo. In cairos ramses square, just protesters denounced egypts militarybacked government. But after just three hours, it turned. Gunshots rang
Good day to you, im Peter Alexander wrapping up this week for my friend, Andrea Mitchell. Today tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood members across egypt are refusing to back down to the interim government guided by the nations military. Once again there have been deadly consequences there. Nbcs Ayman Mohyeldin, we want to get to him right away, he is live for us in cairo right now. Ayman, more casualties after what was already the worst mass killing in that countrys modern history. Before we ask you a thought about whats going on now, i want to show you a picture that struck us this morning. This was taken near alexandria, egypt, of egyptians on the beach there. Even as violence raged in the city behind them, we cant verify the person who took this shot. Nonetheless its worth showing because it provides some small window of normalcy and perhaps optimism. Are we heading into another weekend of violence . Peter, the short answer to that is yes, absolutely. Were looking at a death tol