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standoff in egypt is one in the morning in cairo, top political leaders calling it quits. protesters are still in the streets demanding more. i'm heather childers, welcome to another hour of america's news headquarters. >> and i'm gregg jarrett. some of the most powerful political leaders in egypt stepping down, including the president's son that. is not stopping egyptians from gathering in the capital. charging regime changes fall too short. president mubarak shows no signs of resigning any time soon. dominic who stepped down today? >> reporter: the biggest name of all was gamal mubarak the son of hosni mubarak who was being groomed by his father to take over to ensure the mubarak family would continue in egyptian political history. that now seems certain it won't happen. also, we saw the secretary

general of the national ruling party quit as well. shah reek has -- shafiq has also resigned. that name not as much as gamal going. >> it was just several days ago president obama was calling for mu pew to leave immediately. now the administration wants mubarak to stay put. tell us about that? >> reporter: it is being perceived in egypt, they believe it is critical that mubarak stays on for the reasons of a smooth transition. frank wisner saying it is crucial. he believes if mubarak stays on there will be a peaceful and orderly transition to

democracy. >> i believe that president mubarak's continued leadership is critical. it is his opportunity to write his own legacy. >> reporter: sigh mull taken ly, -- simultaneously, secretary of state clinton said the process must be supported. she believes democratic elections have to take place. which is what the protesters want. >> what will be the impact if you can sense it among the anti-government protesters now that the obama administration, no longer appears to be pushing for mubarak's immediate removal? >> reporter: those protesters never believed they had the full backing of america however much the white house is making statements. they will feel that america has very much turned its back

on them that's a great concern. these are the people if they are to be the future leaders or the core of the future democracy here and they don't feel like they've had american backing that is not going to help relations going forward. america needs egyptians to be on its side for foreign policy in the region especially as it is is up a key ally with israel. >> powerful explosion rocking a pipeline in egypt.  a leak triggered the blast. other reports suggest it is sabotage. the pipeline in question running between egypt and greg burke is live with the latest on this story. >> reporter: it is one thing to watch the unrest in egypt from half a world away. another thing to watch from bordering israel, a long

border with egypt. the unrest has brought question into how relations will develop. today the first concrete example of how things could go for the worse, of the natural gas pipeline that supplies israel. still unclear whether it was sabotage or a leak. there were huge flames shooting up as the explosion hit. israel gets 40% of its natural gas from egypt. although that part of the pipeline that supplies israel was not damaged, it was done on the israelly -- israeli side as a precaution. it shows what kind of problems could be coming israel's way if this was terror. demonstrators hit the streets in the west bank to show solidarity with egyptian protesters. the the palestinian group was relatively small because the palestinian authority has considered mubarak an ally in the past for helping in peace talks with israel. the big question for israel is not the pipeline.

there will be more problems. the major one is who is going to take over the leadership in egypt? you have to realize they have been pretty good neighbors for 30 years since signing a peace treaty with a country of 80 million next door israel wants to make sure things remain moral friendly. >> thank you. >> the crisis could be taking a toll on president obama here in the united states. his approval rating dropping four points since the violent protests in egypt began. how should the president handle the volatile situation overseas? joining us former senior adviser to senator john kerry marianne march and gop poll -- pollster adam geller. is there a sense the president's handling of the egyptian crisis has been inartful at best and clumsy at worst? >> i think it is egypt is the

factor that people are going to judge obama on. i think it is the economy. egypt will be left to history frannians. perhaps voters felt the president was distracted -- distracted from getting people back to work. because of egypt that may have affected that the only way egypt has any true bearing on obama's standing going into the 2012 election is if this affects our economy and/or israel to such a degree that jewish voters who normally tend to vote democratic, there's a backlash there. that is the only way that is going to hurt president obama. >> last sunday john boehner said that the president's handling of the situation in egypt was "he handled it pretty well." mitch mcconnell said he had no criticism of the president and his handling of the situation. assuming t this is a big assumption, that he hasn't

handled it well, hadn't gop party leaders been complicit? >> i think a week later, we are able to see obama's policy has been a dismal failure. he didn't see this change in leadership coming. mubarak is 83-years-old, he needed surgery there were rumors he was terminally ill last year. president carter lost his presidency because of the iranian hostage crisis. it was a foreign policy failure. just like the potential to be a foreign policy failure here. if the muslim brotherhood takes over in egypt and we lose access to the suez canal and the region becomes un . as important as our economy and jobs are that is going to overwhelm this presidency and probably overwhelm american foreign policy for a generation. >> the american surrogates were doing all the talking for him we weren't hearing too

much from him. we were hearing from secretary of state clinton saying the mubarak government is stable, clearly it is not and was not. vice president biden hauled off and said mubarak's not a dictator. he doesn't need to leave. did the administration misread, miscalculate and misunderstand? >> two points. first, let me correct the point that was made. jimmy carter failed because there were american hostages. that was the big thing there. >> because of an islamic revolution after the shah was deposed. after the shah was deposed -- [ talking over each other ] >> you guys i don't want to get back to fighting the old war with tehran and jimmy carter and the hostages and so forth the world has changed considerably since then. things are different in egypt than tehran so let's not go there. but answer my question marianne, do you think the president and his

administration misread the situation? >> no. i think they've consistently everyday in a coordinated way put pressure publicly and privately on mubarak to step aside. >> when the vice president said mubarak doesn't need to leave that's no pressure at all, would you admit? >> when you look at what hillary clinton has said and done the op-ed that john kerry wrote when you look at total actions of this administration is very clear they are pushing mubarak to leave. it is going to take longer. i think there is a point here to be made. if the americans are seen as backing any particular person to take mubarak's place, that's bad too. it is a very tough tightrope we are walking. the outcome is important. overall, at the end, this only back becomes an issue for obama politically, if there's an impact on the economy. >> adam in fairness your party wasn't pushing either. boehner was saying this is being handled well.

mcconnell saying no problems. let's be fair. you guys were misreading the situation as well too, weren't you? >> first of all congressional leadership isn't going to criticize the president during a crisis. >> they do it everyday, all the time. >> here's the point. when they were saying that, you know, these things change by the day. look what is happening a week later. they are burning american flags in the streets of cairo. potential for violence. people are now able to very, very clearly understand the dismal failure of the obama administration. and the mixed signals the administration is sending daily. nobody knows what it means. we want him gone now? what does now mean? >> you can have it both ways. >> you are right. when john boehner said that he was coming from a place and point where that's what he was looking at. the fact is that here we are a week later this situation is far from over.

>> sometimes i think that's what politics is about. trying to have it both ways. thanks very much. >> word of even more kay why is on the ground in egypt. fox news now investigating reports of an assassination attempt on egypt's number appointed vice president. deadly attack coming two days after he was sworn in. molly henneberg is live in washington with more on that. >> reporter: egyptian security source is denying to reuters there was such an attack. u.s. sources tell fox news there was some type of organized attempt to take out the egyptian vice president omar suleiman last monday. he had just been vice president two days prior. he may factor prominently into a post mubarak egypt. he may lead the country. the assassination attempt took place during a motorcade event. that suleiman survived and was not hurt. two of his guards were killed

in the attack. >> secretary of state clinton in germany for a security conference. the attempt on suleiman's life came up at an event. the secretary talked about it briefly then moved on. here's what she said: >> i think that news report certainly brings into sharp release the challenges that we are facing as we navigate through this period. >> reporter: fox asked white house press secretary gibbs yesterday about that assassination attempt. gibbs said, "i'm not going to get into that question." >> thank you molly. >> extreme weather. that is our cap almost everyday for the last six, eight weeks. in some parts of the country again, causing severe problems. louisiana freezing temperatures. turned this road into an uphill skating rink.

around the state ice brought down powerlines, knocked out electricity to more than 10,000 homes. our chief meteorologist busy. >> in dallas today they got above freezing for the first time since tuesday morning. around five days below freezing. >> good thing they have a dome for the super bowl. >> very good thing. they've picked these places in sunny, warm locations and a lot of people not happy with what is happening in texas. there's more cold for texas tomorrow that in a second this is the storm we are watching across parts of the east. rain to the south. snow across the northern tier. heavy at times across upstate new york, northern new england winter storm warnings in effect. if you see the snow they've had this year more is not going to be good. next patch moving in, with it cold air diving down across parts of the south. winter weather advisories in effect across western parts of

the panhandle of texas towards new mexico tonight and tomorrow morning seeing more snow that. is going to continue to pull off towards areas like dallas tomorrow bringing a little bit of mixed rain and snow towards the north this is how much snow we'll see over the next four to five days across the south. dark blue is maybe 12 to 18 inches of snow across parts of oklahoma again that. going to be tuesday too wednesday. same storm will pull towards the northeast. good news, if you look at this forecast model, the coast dry, not dry but all wet, meaning rain. the snow across interior sections. new york, hartford, boston doesn't look like significant snow. a relief for some. >> we will take it. >> so tired of this winter weather and winter. >> it is nice in southern california. >> cold and rainy weather couldn't dampen spirits of competitors in the krispy kreme challenge.

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new requests about about the -- new questions about the crisis in egypt. the white house is downplaying reports that it was blindsided saying the intelligence community had been sounding the alarm for years about rising instability. what should spy genesses focus on next in the mideast? jamie smith former cia officer and ceo of scg international a global security firm. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> we should explain what does say an intelligence organization like the cia what do they do? they receive a budget of 80 billion dollars a year the intelligence community as a whole. the cia serve a couple different roles, right?

>> right. the agency is broken into a number of different divisions one collects information and brings home the bacon, so to speak. that information is sent to another division which takes that information, analyzes it and makes recommendations and presents that information to the executive branch so the commander in keefe can make decisions related to the -- in chief can make decisions related to the information collected. it is collected covertly and overtly through all source, scanning the airwaves for internet traffic, social networking sites, newspapers all over the world. then you the covert side that is depicted in movies and books and people can get an idea what that's about. that's generally what that agency is responsible for. >> the question would be the first that you referenced. the long term intelligence they carry out many some

question as to whether or not they were able to withhold that balance between the two? >> well, i don't believe this was a surprise to the obama administration. it should not have been. the things that we are seeing in the middle east are what president bush's administration tried and with the invasion of iraq to accomplish. that was an attempt to inspire democratic change across the middle east. that foreign policy effort was made with the invasion of iraq in 2003. we've seen -- that was a goal. we see it taking place across the region right now. the administration itself, the united states is not as concerned about the end of the new era, because the political forces require military backing to be successful. in egypt, what you've got is a military that runs the country.

there will be no stability in that area until the military decides to make it stable. what the united states is seeking and what the egyptian government is seeking, both countries are seeking stability. the intelligence agencies are going to be looking at what elements are going to stabilityize this. the protesters, they are not really an issue -- an issue, if you will in terms watch is going to stabilize that government. because they are not backing any political party. they are protesting civil issues. they don't really have that much in the way of political power. the muslim brotherhood, they are going to be looking at the muslim brotherhood but again, not as much. again, they are trying to get in front -- trying to catch the bandwagon they didn't start this fire. they are just trying to take advantage of it. what the intelligence agencies are going to look at specifically in egypt is going to be the military situation. troop deployments, if you

will. there are seven new deployments around the tahrir square now focusing around the 6th of october bridge and they've reenforced the area around the presidential palace. what they would be looking at, what the intelligence agencies will be looking at is why are they doing that? two thing could be going on. troop deployment surrounding protesters. on the surface, they say they are ing the protesters to prevent violence. -- going back to the idea that egypt is seeking stability the powers that be the ruling class are seeking stability. the way they stabilize this is they say we are trying to prevent violence to the protesters. but, what they could be looking for is an excuse in order to come in and put the hammer down on the protesters and drive them away. when the protesters go away the situation stabilizes. that is simply put that's what takes place. they are going to be looking at those types of things and

how might the situation stabilize itself. either with mubarak stepping aside or the military comes in and puts this protest down and they use the violence of the crowd as a pretext for doing so. they might say they are protecting government buildings or there was a threat to life and we had to break this up. that may be why you see the military positioning the way they are. >> thank you jamie. >> get ready for a good chuckle. police in farmington, connecticut, busting a man after he call 911 with an unusual question. 21-year-old robert nickelson asked a dispatcher how much trouble he could get in for growing pot.

>> thanks a lot. police quickly traced the call. he's charged with possession and illegal cultivation. a big thank you to him for that bust. >> what do you say to that, really? >> forest gump said it best, didn't he? stupid is as stupid does.

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fox news alert. tunisian news agency reporting the police chief in a north town fired at a crowd of angry people killing four, injuring 17 others. the regional calling for calm. letting people know the chief of police has been arrested. tunisia still remains a hotbed of public unrest. protests in egypt fanning out around the world, including here in the u.s.. this was the scene in washington. the unrest in egypt sparking big demonstrations from coast-to-coast i.j. about is live in our newsroom -- julie banderas is live in our newsroom with more. >> reporter: for the second

weekend in a row the 60,000 living in the tri-state area were called to duty to protest again. their message, down with mubarak. today's demonstration outside the united nations brought out a lesser turn-out due to the rain. those who did make it out say these rallies will go on as long as necessary to get mubarak to step down. there had been speculation whether the protests would settle done after mubarak announced he would not seek -- settle down after mubarak an sentenced he would not seek reelection in the fall that is not enough for activists demanding change now. >> get the hell out, nobody likes you, nobody wants. he's staying seven months for what? >> reporter: president obama hoping diplomacy will push mubarak to leave sooner. friday 1,000 egyptian new yorkers and supporters marched from times square to the egyptian mission on the eastside. more protests today outside the white house

nouriel roubini. louisiana, west virginia and -- a united call for solidarity. from lebanon, turkey and beirut to paris, brussels, south africa and latin america. after 12 days of protests and over 100 dead the peaceful activists we spoke to say they won't let bloodshed stand in the way of)uc! democracy. super bowl xlv is less than 24 hours away. hundreds of law enforcement officers are working together to ensure security for the big event is tight as a dumb, as they say. chris due ter resident is live at cowboy stadium in arlington, texas. tell us about security there. >> reporter: what -- >> reporter: what law enforcement is pressing is security is a shared responsible. whether you are with law enforcement or a fan everyone

needs to keep an eye out. janet napolitano launched a campaign in week if you see something, say something. dhs has been working with state and local law enforcement for the past six months to ensure this event will go off without a hitch. one expert say it may not be the game people are worried about. >> i think the biggest issue is not the super bowl. there's too much security here. bad guys like softer targets. regardless of what happens, if it happens in ft. worth or some place else, it is still theater and the super bowl. that's been the function and focus of the preparation, not just the super bowl but the areas around. >> reporter: all hands are on deck. 25 k-9 teams are surrounding the super bowl with atf has 100 personnel, more than any other super bowl in history. >> it likes like the weather is cooperating. it is cold, isn't it chris?

>> reporter: yeah, key word is finally. the high today was around 57°, which is awesome. you may have heard that there was some issue of falling ice. i want you to look live behind me. you see brave men on the top of that stadium with the shovel. he's trying to get that ice and what is left of that snow off. jerry jones was told to heat the stadium from the inside to help melt some of that ice. look at this video. this happened yesterday. huge chunks of ice came sliding off the top of cowboy stadium. if you think about it, that stadium is 12 stories tall. by the time that ice came crashing down on the people down below, six were injured, two serious enough where they had to be hospitalized overnight. everyone is okay. the ice is slowly thawing and so are we here in north texas. >> that's a retract habit -- retractable dome, are they going to open it for the game? >> reporter: no they made that

call a while back it is supposed to be closed for the game. >> amazing stuff, great pictures. chris gutierrez, thanks. >> a programming note, part of fox network super bowl pregame coverage from bill o'reilly, a special live one-on-one interview with president obama tomorrow at 4:45 p.m. eastern time. i think it is a 12 minute interview with the president. you want to catch that. >> that will be good for sure. >> in his weekly address, president obama offering a challenge to the american business community and perhaps a glimpse into his highly anticipated speech to the u.s. chamber of commerce monday. >> the president: supporting businesses with this kind of 21st century infrastructure and cutting-edge innovation is our responsible. businesses have a responsibility too. if we make america the best place to do business, businesses should make their mark here in america. >> jonathan is a portfolio manager and joins us with

more. thanks for joining us. the best place on earth to do business that. is what president obama called for. of course that sounds great to everyone. he plans to do that with investments to the national infrastructure. you that i is code word, politically correct term for government spending will that work? >> it is. businesses and the president want the same thing, more jobs, a profit. the president talks about wanting to make the united states the best place on earth to do business. unfortunately, many in the business community and of course the business community is diverse. many feels he goes about it in the wrong way. it is government spending, taxes and regulation. it is why we've seen the trillion plus dollars in spending. i guess now recoded as investment already. still unemployment rate hanging around 9%. it hasn't worked thus far. i think many in the business county are concerned it is not going to work moving forward

either. >> jonathan, as you mentioned in the business community they all want a profit. how in your opinion do they do that? >> it is more and more difficult in an environment in which every move you make is suspect. am i think are still smarting over the last couple years, feels the president has made business in general, profit-seeking in general an immoral activity something to be looked dn on. there's a suspicion ultimately the president says he believes in a free market but his version is one where the government is picking winners and losers. the great american success stories, mcdonald's, wal-marts, come from freedom of competition not from government involvement. that produces amtraks, freddie macs and fannie maes of the world. >> outside of investing, there's a call for more government regulation. you've touched on that but you probably wouldn't agree that.

>> wee see the real-time results. a -- a lot of individual consumers having trouble getting credit. free connecting, more and more is on the way out that. is a direct result of so many of the new bank regulations that have gone into place over the last year. same with higher credit card rates. everyone wants a positive successful economy. unfortunately, the president believes that intervention, regulation, higher taxes, that's the road to prosperity. history at least so far has never seemed to bear that out. >> we'll see what he has to say monday. we know more people need more jobs and we need more new business, thanks. >> thanks heather. >> fox news alert. the white house and the department of state now appears to be reacting to the story that we've been paying a load of attention to. with respect to frank wisner the envoy to egypt. here's the statement from p.j. crawlly.

he's essentially the spokesperson, we have great respect for frank wisner and we were deeply appreciative of his willingness to travel to egypt last week. he has not continued in any official capacity, following the trip. here's the important part. the views he expressed today, are his own. he did not coordinate his comments with the u.s. government. so, it would appear the white house and the department of state now distancing itself from the comments of the envoy frank wisner who said earlier today that mubarak needs to stay in egypt to assist in a transition. that of course could take months. leading up to the september elections. if you were scratching your head at what mr. wisner said earlier today, because it was several days ago the president said it was time for hosni mubarak to leave and to

leave right away. suddenly, an about face by the president's envoy saying no, mubarak needs to stay. now p.j. crowley saying wisner doesn't work for the president any more. and his comments today were his own and do not represent the united states government. so, a bit of a political whiplash, if you have been trying to follow what it is the administration is doing. we'll have further details, as we get them. >> president ronald reagan talking a lot about him, he was known as the great communicater. his ability to get his point across was on full display during his presidential debate. the campaign against president carter included a scheduled 1980 debate. here reagan landed memorable quotes. >> there you go again. >> reporter: a debate in which reagan was poised, polished and prepared with a question

for the voting public. >> it might be well if you would ask yourself, are you better off than you were four years ago? >> reporter: on election day, america responded, voting carter out and reagan in, in a landslide. running for reelection in '84 reagan squared off against democrat mondale. a campaign in which reagan's age was the issue. >> you already are the oldest president in history. i recall president kennedy had to go for days on end with little sleep during the cuban missile crisis. any doubt in your mine that you would be able to function in such circumstances? >> not all. i want you to know that also, i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i am not going to commit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. [ laughing ] >> if you are walter mondale all you can do is laugh.

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new reports today some egyptian leaders plans for a transition could number out

mubarak. joining us lt. colonel ralph peters. always great to see you. what do you see the role of the egyptian military? >> self-preservation. every general in the egyptian military has been personally approved for promotion by president mubarak. the senior generals are wealthy and powerful. they owe mubarak. but the smarter ones know he's on the way out. you have a situation where the generals are probably waiting for the other guy to make the first move. staring around the room wondering who is going to stick the first knife in caesar. >> i could there be a split young versus old? >> absolutely. the old guys owe mubarak everything. they don't necessarily want to keep mubarak but they want to keep what they've got. the young guys more patriotic, less beholding to mubarak and more apt to sympathize with the demonstrators. >> do you think the generals

will decide to put mubarak on a plane? >> they have the power to put mubarak on a plane. and they are the only ones who can do it. make no mistake the power now in egypt is in the hands of the generals. >> what about the feared and reviled security forces? >> there's a crucial problem. the vice president suleiman, he was a general but he moved over to the security force, the intel forces. he's hated. the notion that mubarak will step out of the spotlight and transfer power to suleiman, that's not going to make a lot of people happy. suleiman is a torturer. if there was assassination attempt on him, if there was, it could have been somebody not related to the demonstrators who has a personal for what to their family. >> the state department just issued a statement saying the envoy wisner who said mubarak should stay during the transition, doesn't speak for

the administration what is going on? >> every time there's a foreign crisis the washington digs some old diplomat out of his grave and sends him. poor frank wisner should have stayed home. he goes back to the days when we loved our dictators and had them close. he can't seem to get over that. having mubarak stay, to oversee a transition to democracy? it is about as smart as having hitler cater your bar mitzvah. >> quick question and answer, attack on the pipeline not terrorist, was it? >> my personal view, i would bet your next salary check on it gregg, that attack on the pipeline as well as the attack on the cop tick christian church today was done by the -- serity forces who have everything to lose and want to create an atmosphere of chaos. >> thanks for being with us. >> that is it for us. stay tuned, fox report, next. ♪

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