sisi's been to school here too so i would imagine he's done the same thing. keep in contact with friends. general abdel fattah el sisi, today egypt's strong man, spent a year at the us army war college in carlisle, pennsylvania. his advisor was retired colonel stephen gerras. >> i would assert for any conversation that a senior department of defense official has with a general from another country, if they've been through a senior service college - you could cut down a lot of barriers. so if you're talking to general el sisi you know that he's been to the hershey amusement park and taken his kids on a roller coaster and understands what a chilly dog is. >> all of that builds a personal relationship that can transcend political disagreement. you can operate at the speed of trust. and that is so important in a crisis. there's a real belief in the military that personal friendships between egyptian and american generals can handle any bumps in the road. >> i would say that there's a very cautious optimism that it will work itself out. >> what is that based on? >> i think that's based on our - now th

that the current government is a legitimate government and that they are part of the roadmap that general sisi had put forth now the muslim brotherhood. you know giving more and more into the you know scenario of victimizing themselves they're going on the streets now although they haven't recently used violence but violence has been. imposed on them and they have a lot of victims in the past couple of days and in the past month or two which i've been going first. playing abroad where you know we're hearing from our correspondents today the security situation is getting worse there what's going to happen in the near future do you think. well the economic situation it's actually a crisis is going to impose itself on both. conflicting parties egyptians are finding it very hard every day with the crazy inflation rates going up to make ends meet so the could be another wave of revolution and demonstrations widespread because the situation cannot continue to be there has to be political pressure on both parties to come to a solution. consolation process has to start by presenting those of wrong. on

what general al-sisi said it isn't about the aid. it is the political support. cost awe penny. they would love the political support. it allows them to establish security. they have credibility at home. lori: that ssund so easy. why is this becomeing a political volleyball. >> this is the problem with the political volleyball. i worked for henry kissinger in the early 1970s. in 1973 after the war we flipped egypt. prior to that they were a russian ally. after the '73 war and deals between united states and israel as signatory, egypt has been our friend. for the last 40 years has been major superpower in the region. what happened with us? got to the ahead of the queue ins suez canal. kept arab-israeli peace for 40 years, one of the longest periods of piece in modern times. they used to go to war every 10 years. it kept the oil flow egg. in 1970s we had long oil lines and arab embargo. we haven't had any of that stuff. lori: you suggest that russia will move into the power vacuum. some people may argue, we want to protect the israel, with the u.s. more energy inde

and then egypt's general al sisi with his mandate to fight terrorism.k to today's events our correspondent in egypt, whom we're not naming for security reasons. >> reporter: in the south sinai police station, and this bomb was very, very large. ithere was half a ton of explosives backed in this car. it left a crater three meters deep and the windows were blown out of the building. this is a surprise because this area of the south sinai region has been restive. it's been a tourist destination. people are known for going on holiday there. the hourism of ministry has been pushing to get tourists to return to egypt. you mentioned the crackdown in the middle of august when hundreds of people were killed. well, egypt has seen a drop of tourism by 80%, and the tourism ministry has been calling people back to egypt on holiday and he had gotten 15 countries to reverse their travel bans on egypt. this now has them rethinking the reversals on the travel bans. the second attack is on the suez canal. we now understand that you mentioned five officers were killed. th

thousands of people were celebrating the anniversary, waving flags and posters of general abdul fatta el sisi, some egyptians in tahrir square took a more conciliatory tone the following morning pps. >> we don't want to relate everything not muslim brotherhood because the brotherhood are not from generosity the area, they are part of the country. the previous events this used to happen we never said it was the muslim brotherhood. >> the second attack was on ishmamalia outside the, launched this attack on a ship in the canal in july. over the last few months, egyptian authorities have launched the largest military crack down on the sinai peninsula in decades. but it is focused often the north in areas like el arish and raffa, where authorities attack targets on nearly a daily basis. no one has claimed responsibilities for these latest attacks. al jazeera cairo. >> in other news at least 37 people have been killed on a series of attacks on the iraqi capital, baghdad. among those killed four security forces at a checkpoint in meshaffa town in the country's north. over 100 people injured all out.

general al-sisi said to me, what is much more important than the military assistance is the political. if we get that, doesn't cost you a penny, that is more important to us. jenna: kt thanks for being here and sharing your ad vicinitytures with us. >> thank you. jon: senators ted cruz and marco rubio are speaking at the values voters summit. carl cameron joins to us tell us who is making an impact. jon: fox news alert and big news out of the air force which announced that it is firing the two-star air force major general in charge of the nation's nuclear missiles. we are told it is not related to gambling or the loss of a nuke or even sex, something like that. his name is major general michael carrie. being removed from the command of the 20th air force which is responsible for three wings of intercontinental ballistic missiles. a total of 450 missiles at bases across the country. air force is citing loss of trust and confidence in his leadership. the exact reason for the firing not immediately clear. this follows on the heels of the firing of a vice admiral in the navy who was also

generals come to the u.s. teacher to be trained in american war colleges. sisi. those was general this exchange program will continue. the major generals in american military and egyptian military told us, this is a key part of the relationship. it creates lasting friendships between the two militaries. and you found even as the obama administration was announcing these cuts, huge shipments were on their way to egypt. >> right. so there was a military coup in egypt july 3. under u.s. law, the u.s. is required to suspend military aid to a country if there is a determination there is a military to there. the u.s. has declined to make the determination so far. what we found, and this is on the department of defense website, is that after july 3 in the three months after the coup before the latest announcement, the pentagon continued to award defense contracts to large defense corporations for equipment headed to egypt. so this was to raytheon, dae systems and general electric. this continue through july, august, and september. when we asked the pentagon to comment on

but when we talked to the general prosecutor they said they have no idea about that and they have not issued any memo to detain al sisi. they said in such cases the general procedures of are the right procedures to be followed in this case is to withdraw authority and issue a memo to detain him they nigh they have issued any memo. they have been recognized by the general national congress here, so they act as a farmal military body within the military. so i think that there is a dispute between them on one side and the government of ali zeidan on the other side. >> to other news, the u.s. is conduct hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cash and military aid to egypt they say they will reinstate but not until though progress on human rights. here is more from washington, d.c. >> reporter: there the moment they threw mohammad marc morsi f office the u.s. has debated on how to respond but months have made of their mind, hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid now on hold until kyrie returns to a full did democratting path. what's frozen? f-students fighter jets, n1a1 thanks, apache helicopters. harpoon missil

we talked to the general prosecutors commanders from the chamber confirm that they have did he trained al sisiained him on offered the prosecutors office but the prosecutors offers said they have not issued such a memo and they have tois issue a them toeo draw authority and ask the military decision to go and detain him. but in such case, they confirm that they have not issued such a memo. on the public level here, i think that there has been a lot of dispute on the ground about the performance of al sisi dan's government especially the last couple of months in terms of the security and some enterprise in th in the refinern the east. >> we commi we'll continue to fw that story. the deadline will be met that's the mess fridge left team working to go get rid of syria's chemical weapons. so far the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says the sear january government is cooperating with inspectors, barnaby phillips has more on the ongoing negotiations with both sides of the conflict. >> reporter: in the hague the head of organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons gives h