nbc's veteran middle east correspondent martin fletcher has more on that tonight. >> reporter: nobody is looking with more concern than israel. it's airline flew israelis out of cairo to safety. while the prime minister ordered a complete blackout, no israeli officials allowed to talk about egypt. at stake, israel's peace treaty with the arab world's largest country and friend. change in government in egypt could threaten three decades of stability on the border. a former israeli ambassador says it will only be a matter of time before a leader of egypt today revolution arises and he will come from the muslin brotherhood. the underground opposition there, and if they gain power, that will strengthen the hamas in gaza. ho hamas is known as the egyptian brotherhood, another fear that the egyptian revolt could spread to the palestinians in the west bank. so far it's been quiet. in tunisia, the people forced the government to flee, now anti-government protests in other countries are scaring their leaders. in yemen, algeria, lebanon, jordan. analysts compare the egyptian riots to the fall o

martin fletcher, nbc news, new york. >>> up next, don't put the shovels away. another winter storm headed for a large part of the nation. >>> investigators in oregon resumed their search today for 8-year-old kyron horman who disappeared from his school seven months ago after a science fair. they searched rural areas north and west of portland. investigators say snow prevented them from searching these new locations until now. >>> there's another winter storm headed for the midwest and northeast and it is expected to impact 29 states. in fact, united airlines has already waived its change fees for passengers scheduled to fly in and out of chicago o'hare from tuesday to thursday. the weather channel's adam berg has the latest for us. good evening, adam. say it ain't so. >> reporter: good evening, kate. i wish i could say it ain't so, but this is yet another system and a lot of folks here at the weather channel, national weather service, we're calling this one here maybe one of the more significant systems of the season and we are already so sick and tired of it.

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martin fletcher is our veteran middle east correspondent and the author of "walking israel." good morning. >> good morning. >> you know israel has to be standing by watching everything that happens very, very closely. egypt is the first arab country to make peace with israel. what does all this mean for that country right now? >> it's huge. it's huge. egypt, the world's largest country, as you said, the first arab country to make peace with israel. if a government takes over in egypt led or influence strongly by the muslim brotherhood. that peace agreement would be in jeopardy very quickly. >> we haven't heard much from israel although benjamin netanyahu goal is to maintain relationship. >> for the united states t, egy, those two countries drift apart and the peace treaty in danger, who do the americas support? israel and egypt are the two main recipients of the american foreign aid. they each get $3 billion a year and have done so for decades. middle israel with 7 billion people, where do you put your money? >> first we see this happening and are we seeing a domino effect wi

nbc's martin fletcher is keeping an eye on all the celebrations across many time zones, designed to get 2011 off to a grand start. he joins us tonight from london. happy new year, martin. >> reporter: thank you kate, you too. with the weather, the economy, it's been a rough year worldwide. but for a few hours at least, all that is set aside as new year celebrations unite much of the globe. new zealand opened the new year celebrations well enough almost a day ago. that was eclipsed by its neighbor's celebrations in sidney, australia. >> three, two, one, happy new year! >> reporter: sidney calls itself the world's new year capital. seven tons of fireworks with 1.5 million aussies lining the walls. in fact, across the time zones, each stroke of midnight looks like the next stage in a fireworks competition. taiwan. four marks for trying. while japan did its own thing. traditional prayers by monks ringing in the year of the rabbit, and thousands of silver balloons trailing notes with people's hopes for the future. myanmar was muted. its nobel peace prize winner, aung san suu kyi, freed from

for "today," martin fletcher, nbc news. >>> it's time for a check of the weather.karins is out there on the plaza. >> that looks really cute. that's the only warm spot in the country, it's really cold in the eastern half of the nation, we have some snow moving through the great lakes and rain developing in texas. there's no real big storms out there, so this weekend everyone can get in and out of their >>> right now, fog really the only concern we have this morning in the north and east bay valleys. you will notice the storm track way off to the north. this is going to be mainly north to the entire bay area through the weekend. a glancing blow from one system dropping in late sunday evening. 40s, morning. areas not stuck with fog will be warming into 60s as early as lunchtime. upper 60s in the warmest places. 70, gilroy. cooler for sunday and we bounce back up with the temperatures approaching monday and tuesday. going to be sunny and 83 in l.a. that's a look at your weekend forecast, lester? >>> now to the controversy surrounding the new miniseries about the kenne

martin fletcher has the details. >> reporter: getting kicked out of america may be the best thing thating herself as russia's darling. kicked out of america in disgrace, at home a heroine. failed spy turned russian superstar. a young woman in a big hurry. she wowed russia in a one hour tv special of her life last week. the host asked her, do you want to be an actress. she said let's wait until next year. that's today and here she is, anna chapman doing what she knows best, acting the spy. [ speaking in native language ] >> it's a spoof on an old russian movie, husband and wife both spies meet in a bar once a year. they can't talk or acknowledge each other, the cia might catch them. the message, don't keep a secret, she says. if you love someone, tell him. well, in russia, the secret's out. they love anna chapman. she hopes anyway. she's everywhere. and the colder the winter, the fewer the clothes. covergirl. bond girl, i'm passionate about shooting, she says. anna chapman, public face of the russian secret service. >> do we have any spies that hot? >> let me make it clear, it wasn't my