greg palkot has more from pre tore i can't, south africa. >> reporter: we are outside the hospital where nelson mandela remains in critical condition. he has been here more than three weeks now. we watched all day as family members came to the hospital to his bedside, even as there are reports of arguments, including a legal tussle in the family over burial arrangements foreman della when he goes, and in an interview today, his ex-wife winnie was partially critical for staging a photo op insensitive with clearly ill mandela in april. here is what the son of a long time friend and associate of mandela told us about the man. >> a wonderful person, a great icon, not just for south africa but for the whole world and we wish him the best. we want to hold onto him as long as possible. we love him dearly. >> reporter: we have been watching as waves and waves of well wishers have come to the hospital gate, singing, chanting, praying. president obama chose not to come here out of deference to his condition, as we have seen in travel throughout south africa this weekend, he, too, paying his respec

let's go to greg palkot streaming live from cairo with the very latest. greg? >> reporter: fox news can confirm that ebaradi is set to be the interim prime minister. we are told he will be sworn in. former head of the ieaa, noble peace prize winner is well known. he should put a public face on the changes here as the pro secular democracy and with ailing economy she pro free market capitalism that could be seen as a good thing. islamist led muslim brotherhood the party of the ousted egyptian president has already flatly rejected him saying that he has nothing to do with the government involves him. over all it's not too popular here domestically. so what remains to be seen what this appointment will have. followers of the muslim brotherhood gathering in very big numbers in cairo as more clashes have been reported today nationwide including the killing of a coptic priest in sinai. there is an increase in sectarian violence. christian minority has backed the ouster of morsi and morsi government has been accused of permitting violence against christians. meanwhile

fox news correspondent greg palkot in cairo with the latest developments for us this morning. greg? >> rival camps here in cairo arguing. including in tahrir square behind me and more violence is feared as well. there was a large gathering of supporters of ousted egyptian president muhammad morsi. they are calling for his rein tatement and their leaders are telling activists to lay down their lives for them. there have been dozens killed, over a thousand injured. this amid turmoil inside the military led interim government. after confirming to fox news and others last night that muhammad elbaradei would be the new prime minister. we are waiting for more word on that. the u.s. is taking heat from both sides highlighted by a very angry protest outside the american consulate in alexandria. those favoring axed president morsi feel that the u.s. in must have okayed a military takeover and those backing change feel that washington supported morsi for too long. finally, a burial today of a christian post who was shot and killed in egypt's sinai peninsula over the weekend. there are fears o

and greg palkot is on it live for us tonight. ypt's interim government also made some big political moves today. >> yeah, shep. it was some big political news delivered quicker than expected, we are told, maybe to calm down some nervous people here. the interim president here mansoor naming new prime minister, an economist, a former finance minister, a good credential for a country in bad economic shape. he also named former u.n. nuclear watchdog interim vice president and claimed islamists would be included in the cabinet as well. this as the man really in charge of things here, the head of the military, general abdel -- went on tv to tell the egyptians the steps to transition are clear. he was referring to the now handover of power to a democratically elected civilian rule that can -- that include elections by early next year. he also told fox to stop maneuvering. the hitch is not everyone is buying it the muslim brotherhood members were busy on tuesday burying those skills. it clashes with the military. they are demanding that

in cairo, greg palkot, fox news. >> it looks like it's going to be a few more hours before power is restored to a northwest d.c. neighborhood. 4,000 customers in the shaw neighborhood lost their lights. pepco says a feeder line was knocked out. repairs are continuing at this hour. pepco is hoping to have all the power back on by 2:00 a.m. just yesterday 5,000 pepco customers in northeast lost their lights because of an equipment failure at an substation. >> another tropical storm is churning right now in the atlantic. tropical storm chantal has already triggered warnings in several island nations with more on her expected path sue palka joins us live from the weather center. sue, we've had more than our share of rain lately. is chantal likely to bring us more? >> well will that's probably one of the things we need to monitor closely because as you know we've had 11 inches of rain since june here and there is some indication that some of that tropical moisture whether or not chantal develops into something stronger could be pulled to the southeastern united states this weekend. that's why we'

greg palkot joins us live from our london bureau with more on this. greg, what is the latest on the crash that you know of. >> reporter: hey, kelly, as you can imagine the investigation continues full bore moo this horrific train wreck. among the casualties one american killed. five americans injured. as you noted 78 now believed to be the total killed. as many as 80 still in the hospital. many of them critically injured. it is a deadliest train crash europe has seen in many years. it happened outside the city of spanish city of sanity awe go compastano. they are in possession of black boxes similar to what you find on a plane with telemetry inside. this should explain what happened but focus is on the excessive speed of that train. account from the driver, admitting he was going 50 miles an hour. he was going at 120. he is now today under detention, under guard by the authorities. he is yet to be questioned, kelly. >> you're talking about that driver. there was even a report that he, while he was admitting that something was going on, that he was trav

>> greg palkot live in cairo. thank you, greg. >>> the violence in egypt raises the stakes for the u.s. as it watches events unfold in a country that has been a major ally in the region. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight. >> reporter: as president obama headed to camp david, he and other u.s. officials used the holiday weekend to avoid making any on-the-record statements about the change of leadership in egypt. earlier today, the president left the white house to play golf. secretary kerry remained in nan talkate where he phoned in to a emergency national security meeting thursday. and made calls to his egyptian counterpart and world leaders. a state department spokesman corrected an earlier denial that kerry had been out on his yacht. vice president joe biden stayed at rehoboth beach in delaware. so far the white house and other administration officials have refused to refer to the egyptian military's removal of president morsi as a coup. by law that would trigger automati

greg palkot live for us in cairo. greg? >> hey, shep. accounts there have been no clashes tonight here in cairo yet. but i spoke with one eyewitness who was at the scene of monday's violence and he called that ugly. now, that occurred where some have thought that the deposed egyptian president mohammed morsi has been detained by authorities. the muslim brother activist described the incident as a blood bath, a massacre and some accounts do back up their claim that the soldiers fired live ammunition into the crowd. security officials do claim though that there were terrorists inside that crowd that fired back at the soldiers and soldiers were simply defending the building whichever account is correct, the incident has pushed the two sides even further apart in this deadly situation. a leading muslim figure warning on monday that there will be a civil war in this country. support for the military backed interim government has weakened as they scramble tonight to put out a so-called road map or a handover of power back to a civilian democra

greg palkot is in cairo with the latest developments. greg? >> rival camps are gearing up for roasts in tahrir square. a few miles from where we are right now there was a large gathering of supporters of president morsi who was ousted and they are calling for his re-instatements and activists are saying they will lay down their lives for him backing a military coup people are organizing but there have been dozens killed and a thousand injured. there is turmoil inside the military interim government, as well, after confirming to n and others last night that the former nuclear agency chief would be the new prime minister but the authority seemed have walked back from that because they are upset with his secular credentials. the united states is taking heat to both sides highlighted by an angry protest identified the americans consulate in alexandria with those favoring president morsi saying the united states must have okayed the military takeover and those backing change feel washington supported horse for too long. a burying of a christian pri

greg palkot is live in london. hello, greg, what is the latest. >> reporter: hi, patti ann. being called one of the worst road accidents in italian history. the italian prime minister calling it a huge tragedy. it happened last night on a winding italian highway through the mountains just outside of naples. a tour bus full of folks were come back from a weekend at an area spa and a religious shrine. that is when it got into trouble. that bus slammed into as many as 11 cars before it slammed through the guardrail and plunged down to the ravine. others were thrown from the bus. others were crushed inside. rescue workers got to the scene, trying to cut their way looking for any survivors. incredibly there were survivors, at last count, 10. five children, patti ann. all now in the hospital. >> any idea what caused this crash? >> reporter: cause still unknown, patti ann but they're looking very hard with a technical problem with the bus. one theory that the brakes failed. in fact the driver tried to slow the thing down, throwing it into a different gear. bits of transmission were

>> greg palkot live in cairo. thank you, greg. >>> the violence in egypt raises the stakes for the u.s. as it watches events unfold in a country that has been a major ally in the region. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight. >> reporter: as president obama headed to camp david, he and other u.s. officials used the holiday weekend to avoid any on-the-record statements about the change of leadership in egypt. earlier today, the president left the white house to play golf. secretary kerry remained in nan talkate where he phoned in to a emergency national security meeting thursday. and made calls to his egyptian counterpart and world leaders. a state department spokesman corrected an earlier denial that kerry had been out on his yacht. vice president joe biden stayed at rehoboth beach in delaware. so far the white house and other administration officials have refused to refer to the egyptian military's removal of president morsi as a coup. by law that would trigger automatic freez

thank you so much, greg palkot, reporting live for us.eaders in washington monitoring the tense situation in egypt. egypt is one of the biggest partners in the region and their military is dependent on more than a billion dollars of our aid. every single year. steve santani has more on that. >> reporter: with u.s. aid in egypt in the balance, they spoke out today about the unsettled political landscape in cairo, a military takeover of the government and an ouster of the president met with cheers and jubilation and senator john mccain said today he believes the military action violated the terms of the $1.4 billion in aid the u.s. gives egypt every year. >> reluctantly, i believe that we have to suspend aid until such time as there is a new constitution and a free and fair election. morsi was a terrible president. their economy is in terrible shape thanks to their policies but the fact is the united states should not be supporting this cue. >> reporter: but the egyptian ambassador to the u.s. said the action was not a coupe. >> egypt has n

greg palkot live in cairo on the latest. they did have high hopes that morsi could turn this country around. >> reporter: it has gone the other direction as we have seen. a night filled with the sound of gunfire. the rumble of armored personnel carriers. scene behind me might be noisy but the best we can figure out, there is no violence at this moment. this day was anything but peaceful. along with those killed, authorities say 250 people were injured. pro morsi activists doing battle with those back in the interim government to replace mohammed morsi has come up against the riot police and military. military very much a presence, apache helicopters, fighter jets and vehicles moving around cairo. one way it was a show of force it was an attempt by authorities to keep both sides apart unsuccessful to a large degree. military very much in charge. they showed it again tonight. they took into custody another figure, muslim brotherhood party and we haven't seen morsi in days. message from that party tonight -- we will fight on. >

fox news correspondent greg palkot is in cairo with the latest developments. >> reporter: hey. rival camps are gearing up for more protests in tahrir square. just about a few miles from where we are right now there was a large gathering of supporters of ousted egyptian president morsi. they are calling for his reinstatement and they are telling activists they'll lay down their lives for him. so far there have been dozens killed. over a thousand injured. this amid turmoil inside the military led government, after confirming to fox news and others last night that the former u.n. watch doing would be the new prime minister, the authorities seep to have walked back from that, apparently islamists are upset with his secular credentials. we're waiting on more word from that. meanwhile, the u.s. is taking heat from both sides, highlighted by a very angry protest outside the american consulate in aeblgs and dree yeah. finally, a burial of a christian priest. he was killed over the weekend. there are fears of an uptick in sectarian violence. a natural gas pipeline was attacked in the si

. >> that was greg palkot. the full story of what happened that night still under wraps. but chief intelligence correspondent is on it, live in washington with exclusive new details of heroism under fire. katherine? >> reporter: thank you, shannon and good afternoon. confidential sources tell fox news during the second wave of the benghazi attack, diplomatic security agent david ubben was on the roof. the first mortar missed, about 50 yards short with a second and third round direct hits. both woods and dougherty were killed with ubben nearly missing his right leg. ten months later he's still being treated at walter reed medical center in suburban washington alongside america's war-wounded warriors from iraq and afghanistan. fox news is obscuring the photo to respect his request for privacy as he remains focused on his family and recovery. smith's mother tells fox she hopes to meet with ubben to express her gratitude. >> thank you very much for what you've done and why couldn't the government have done the same thing? i think he's a hero. he absolutely is a hero, along wi

greg palkot is live in cairo with the latest. >> welcome to a very noisy tahrir square.an president muhammed morisy and those who got it making their presence known. one facca ou this is one phak n out on the free throws. hundreds of thousands of supporters of morsi are also out on the street. they are demanding reinstatement. so far the two sides tonight have not come together but we are watching it because in the past couple days dozens have been killed in clashes across the nation. more than a thousand have been injured. this amid some confusion inside the military-led interim government here after confirming to fox news and others that in fact the former u.n. agency chief muhammad albaradei would be the new prime minister. he is quote quoted as p. sayine believes he will be the new prime minister. we spoke to his office a couple of minutes ago and they have no word. the united states a taking heat from both sides. we have seen it on the streets of cairo and we saw it in alexandria the second city in egypt where there was a noisy protest outside of the u.s. consulate