egypt's new president, muhammad morsi, took sweeping new powers. ically said that any decree he issues is legal and that any decree he issues is final and cannot be appealed. so appointments of mr. morsi say he has put himself above the law, above the courts and is making himself into a dictator. supporters say it's a temporary move, it's necessary to try and fight against old holdovers from the old regime. but what we have here is something we saw a year ago during the protests; people coming out angry with their leader, chanting the same slogans they did a year ago and the starts of violence here as the crowds continue to build. patti ann, back to you. patti ann: steve, morsi democratically elected, but the tide turning against him in a big way here? >> reporter: certainly egypt's first democratically-elected president, but really a stunning move -- [inaudible] [audio difficulty] anything he issues is legal and anything he issues -- [inaudible] patti ann: all right. steve harrigan, unfortunately, we had some trouble with him streaming live for us

as a peace keeper, a man who's drawn violent protests at home. >>> reporter: the crowd accuses muhammad morsi, the first freely elected president, of making himself a pharoah. tens of thousands of activists poured in to the square, the same place where it toppled his predecessor. this time they want morsi to go. more than half the voters elected him president five months ago. he says the president is setting himself up as a god. morsi decreed that any decisions or laws he makes cannot be appealed, stopped, or overturned until a new constitution is approved next spring. he said his ruling will route out evils who are blocking democratic reform. morsi said it doesn't worry me that i have opponents. i have reserved all rights for my brothers in the opposition so they can even hold a revolution if they must. protesters did ransack and torch the muslim brotherhood officer that supports it. a far cry from a few days ago when the obama administration praised the egyptian president for help brokering a cease fire between israel and hamas. >> what happens in egypt will have consequences beyond its bor

egyptian president muhammad morsi trying to calm a new uprising, saying his latest decree is temporarylice in cairo, using tear gas, angry with the decree. morsi has given himself almost absolute power by placing himself above all oversight. welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. >> eric: both supporters of the president, promising massive marches. the government wants to turn out a million people for a protest -- supporting him -- on tuesday. we go to steve hariggan, live from cairo. hi, steve. >> reporter: eric, the number of protesters who are against the president, who think he is trying to put himself above the law, but issuing a decree say that this courts cannot review any decision he makes are growing here in ta-- tahrir square. security forces are roping back and forth. the military has put up large concrete block, blocking several alweelyways around tahrir square. we'll see large maneuvers, perhaps tonight and competing marchs on tuesday. both those mowho support the president and those who oppose thim him, trying to get their forces on the street to show

over the weekend former muslim brotherhood leader muhammad morsi granted himself sweeping powers thatuld allow him to be a virtual dictator. while the white house waits to respond to the first middle east elected muslim vice president, for months on end we were sounding the alarm on this very program about the real threat posed by morsi and his allies in the radical organization known as the muslim brotherhood, but of course our president and his unwillingness to sit down with everybody and anybody, while he ignored the obvious warning signs, including morsi's belief that 9/11 may have been an inside job -- by the way, let's not forget, morsi referred to the israelis as animals. instead the president applauded what he called "genuine democracy." remember this? >> the people of egypt have spoken, their voices have been heard, and egypt will never be the same. for egyptians have made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day. >> sean: wrong again. that genuine democracy that the president spoke of is now fading fast in egypt, and sources have confirmed to fox

this battle is between supporters of president muhammad morsy. some are called morsy a dictator. >> the obama administration finds itself in an uncomfortable position. >> police fire department tear gas on thousands of protesters that hurled rocks at protesters in cairo. at least 100 people are in violent demonstrations in several cities. thousands of activists poured into the square. the same place where the arab spring uprising last year toppled morsy's predecessor. but this time they want morsy to go. more than half the voters elected him president months ago. the president is setting himself up as a god. he decreed that any decision or laws he makes cannot be appealed stopped or over turned until a new constitution in parliament are approved next spring. he told arally that his ruling will rule out weasels that are blocking democratic reform. it doesn't worry me i have opponents i have reserved rights for my brothers in the opposition so they can hold a revolution if they must. a far cry from a few days ago when the obama administration prais

this crisis with a flurry of diplomatic activity over the weekend, led by the egyptian president muhammad morsi. and israeli envoy who was in cairo yesterday. president morsi was reported to be putting intense pressure on hamas leader khaled meshal. again, like i said, this has yielded nothing thus far. >> lama hasan, live in jerusalem this monday morning. thank you for that report. >> and, of course, abc news has a team of reporters across the region. we'll have an update later today on "good morning america." please stay tuned for that. >>> and here at home, the woman at the center of the cia sex scandal is starting to do some damage control. a close friend said paula broadwell is deeply sorry for the damage that's been done to her family and everyone else by the affair. the friend adds that broadwell is trying to repair the damage and move forward. but there are legal challenges ahead. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: paula broadwell with her husband and children. >> is there anything you want to say? this is it. i mean, is there anything want to say about this whole situation? >> we'

recently, there have been some changes which might be a new solution, and that is muhammad morsi, theptian president, why he took unexpected action yesterday and last week. but yesterday senator, democrat senator carl levin suggested that the biggest challenge is bringing muhammad morsi to the west's side. and perhaps that is something that has to to be looked into. what do you see, how do you see this might work and what the west can do with regards to egypt? >> well, that's a big question. i have actually written about egypt's nuclear weapons program, they had a weapons program under nasser, so it's a question i spent time in, not in a while. you know, i hope that -- this is a question that comes at a point of great confusion and no clarity about the future of egypt, is are morsi's decrees a power grab or a temporary set of arrangements to help a husband or nurture an egypt pollty that becomes democratic and strong and more legitimate? because mubarak was not he psychiatry mate at the end. i hope that it is a strong democrat, that egypt returns to it rightful place as the leader of

it's just highly ironic that after dozens of commentators left and right in this country hailed muhammad morsiis responsible conduct with respect to gaza and how he wasn't acting like an an extremist from the muslim brotherhood got what he, got what he needed from the ceasefire agreement and immediately began acting like an extremist from the muslim brotherhood. that should be what we focus on going forward. and for anybody who thinks the ceasefire in gaza is durable, all they had to do was read these headlines about what morsi did in egypt the day after it was announced. rick: john bolton, the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, thanks again for your time. enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend, sir. >> thank you. you too. heather: well, coming up, a highway tragedy after a chain reaction sparks a 140-car pile-up on thanksgiving day. we'll tell you how this happened. rick: plus, a potential major upgrade to the u.s. postal service. why you may now be able to get your packages within a matter of hours. ♪ my doctor told me calcium is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. ci

muhammad morsi gave himself special powers because officials of the former regime are blocking the draftingnew constitution. jim saida has the latest from tahrir square where thousands have gathered. >> reporter: it's a full and relatively peaceful tahrir square where about 10,000 anti-morsi protesters, who claim that he's made a power grab that will make him a virtual dictator. about five miles from here, there are apequal number of supporters who believe morsi when he says it will only be a two-month transition people and then will relinquish the special powers. part of the decree is that there will in two months time be a new constitution. the problem is in writing this constitution, those involved are all islamists. the other groups like liberals and secularists and representatives of the people demonstrating behind me boycotted the process because it became clear early on that morsi and the muslim brotherhood were intent on having islamic law as the law of the land. in alexandria, at least 25 people were injured as anti-morsi protesters raided and burned the muslim brotherhood's headqu

then she will travel to egypt to meet with president muhammad morsi and the egyptian delegation that'sing to broker this agreement, jenna. jenna: jennifer, as we continue to watch the players here, how seriously is the white house taking this escalation, how seriously are they taking the potential for a ceasefire? >> reporter: well, it's very clear that they're taking it very seriously and that they would like to prevent a ground war, a ground incursion. you have 30,000 israeli troops on the border with gaza prepared to go in the rocket fire does not stop, and i think what you're seeing is an all, full-court press by the president and the white house and the administration the halt that ground invasion. the president, president obama, has made three calls in the last 24 hours to the egyptian president, muhammad morsi. he's praised the egyptian efforts to try and get a ceasefire. here is the national security spokesman and adviser, ben rhodes. >> when our bottom line is an end to rocket fire, we're open to any number of ideas for achieving that goal. we've discussed any number of ideas

. >> in egypt, protests are growing against muhammad morsi, morsi giving himself near absolute power. the judges calling for a strike and protests until the decree is removed. morsi warns of possible military intervention. ner. now back to fox files. >>> ♪ >> what does a famous hollywood actress, a tough fearless hockey player, and a woman who grew up in the 1930s have in common? they are all in the center of a medical mystery which may effect 3 million people living in the united states. we begin with jennifer esposito's story. >> you are new york girl all of the way. >> i am. born in brooklyn and raised in staten island. i wanted to come to the city and start my acting career. >> growing up in a middle class family actress jennifer esposito caught everyone's attention with television shows like spin city to award winning films like "crash." and her most recent work on cbs's "blue blood." while her hollywood star was rising she haved suffering from an illness that was slowly debilitating her. >> when did you realize or your family realize that something was wrong? >> when i was a tee

muhammad morsi has a tremendous amount of popular support as well, the muslim brotherhood canceled itsch today, they were afraid if they marched at the same time, there could be violence. right now we are seeing scuffles, tear gas back and forth between police and some of the younger protesters and reports that one protester has died, suffocated from the tear gas. jon, back to you. jon: steve harrigan, thank you. for more on this and what it means to america's interests in the region, aaron david miller, adviser to sex secretaries of state -- six secretaries of state. so we got rid of hosni mubarak, what has taken his place? >> well, you've got an insular party, anti-semitic, very peculiar views on women and gender equality. elected democratically in a very traditional, conservative country. and the muslim brotherhood, and let's be clear, once a bro always a bro, even though morsi has technically resigned from his party, the brothers are involved in a long game. it's going to outlast barack obama, it's going to outlast the next american president, and their objective is to become the p

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gregg: a fox news alert, we are just hearing now that egypt's president, muhammad morsi, is issuing constitutionalr-reaching powers. morsi is also ordering the retrial of leaders from former president hosni mubarak's regime. morsi also decreed that all decisions that he has made since taking office in june are not subject to appeal in court by any other authority. pretty interesting developments, so we'll try to get some further details for you. >>> in the meantime, the clock is ticking right now for walmart as the world's largest retailer has just hours to stop its workers from walking off the job and staging protests on black friday. one of the biggest shopping days of the entire year. walmart taking legal action, filing a complaint with the nlrb, the national labor relations board, claiming unfair labor practices. workers at the retail giant say it's walmart's fault that they're being unfair to the workers, and some shoppers seem the back them. >> today deserve more, and i believe walmart should pay us more. >> walmart has a right to make money, but today shouldn't do that in an unjust fashion.

egyptian president, muhammad morsi made a bold move, grabbing near absolute power, hours after the negotiations in the gaza strip were completed. egyptians have flooded into the streets in protest. joining us to talk about egypt and that region and beyond, fox news military analyst, general jack keane, thank you for coming in. what do you make of morsi's very bold move with the negotiations between the executive and the judicial branch. but observingly, he is saying, i am all powerful, the courts can't stop me. >> it's a bold move. he is consolidating power. he has been doing it since his inception. he ransacked the military brass. he did that after taking counsel of officers, inside the military, alm -- assuming they would not resist if he took the old bosses out. they have economic interests. he hopes that that military will stay neutral and not get into the streets and deal with deposing him or causing him political internal problems. the other calculations he has, he has been taking out the 61 constitutionalists and he took the lead prosecutor and other key officials out. so he now owns the

muhammad morsi gets to decide what the law is. he's the executive and the legislature in egypt.ssue amendments to the temporary constitution that governs egypt, and that's what he's done so far. there are a bunch of people that are supposed to be writing a more permanent charter, but they've been selected by an islamist dominated parliament that's now dissolved. so the liberals are feeling that the constitution writing process is not going in the direction that will produce something that all egyptians want. so they have found that their closest ally in the apparatus of the state is this judiciary. so the judiciary has taken steps through this post revolutionary period to limit morsi's power and his declaration is basically an attempt to say listen, stop this, i'm in charge, and i'm going to determine how the process goes from here on out. >> you've done your academic work on the muslim brotherhood. my sense is that you've spent a lot of time there and met morsi. >> a bunch of times. >> has morsi's development as a leader -- to me, there's a putinesque quality. putin has proven

this is also a test for egypt because the new president of egypt, muhammad morsi, has only been a muslimerhood leader his whole life. he needs to respond as a president of egypt and take into account egypt's national interests. he also can't brook having these small extremist groups dictating relations. jon: are you optimistic or pessimistic of the week ahead? >> the u.s. feels we do need to be able to push back on terrorist groups, we have a common interest. the question is, what are the exact objectives, and can they be accomplished quickly without widen the fighting here, and that remains to be seen. jon: yeah, that's the question. michael singh, thank you. jenna: up next, a record settlement in the gulf. bp pleading guilty in the 2010 oil spill. where that money is headed, next. >>> plus, getting to the bottom of benghazi. several hearings on the deadly terror attack takes place today on capitol hill. breaking news out of one of them. secretary clinton will testify. the lawmaker who made that announcement, the chairwoman of the house foreign relations committee, joins us next. [ male

soon after the prime minister touched down in gaza, egypt's president muhammad morsi appe appeared ontate tv. >> translator: we support the people of gaza. we are with them in their trenches. what hurts them hurts us. and the blood that flows from their children is our blood too. >> now to cairo and reza sayah, he joins me now. egypt condemns the israeli attacks, but so far says it will not break a long-standing agreement with israel. so what kind of bind is egyptian president morsi in over this conflict? >> reporter: well, he certainly has to walk a tight rope and mohamed morsi, the egyptian president is learning how quickly how difficult it is to be the president of egypt. here is why the situation is packed with so much drama and intrigue. for more than 30 years, mohamed morsi, a member of the muslim brotherhood and the movement were on the outside looking in when it came to this israeli/palestinian conflict. they didn't have much of a role under the mubarak regime. then came the revolution, in came the muslim brotherhood, very influential in this current government, with the promi

. >>> and clashes in egypt today after president muhammad morsi grants himself absolute power. we're live in cairo. arthel: oh, the frenzy is on. holiday shoppers across the country are battling massive crowds for black friday deals. we're seeing long lines and packed aisles as consumers hunt down deep discounts. unfortunately, those black friday prices may not be quite as low as you expect. trey bodge is here, president of retailmenot.com. who are the biggest winners here? retailers or shoppers? >> it definitely depends on what you're shopping for. we did a survey and found 80% of people were interested in tech items for christmas, so you will see big doorbuster deals on flat screen tvs and cameras, so i think everybody wins for cyber monday and black friday. arthel: okay. there are certain items you don't buy on black friday, what are those? >> i would actually agree. you're not going to find big discounts on accessories, jewelry, clothes, toys for the most part. tech is where i would focus your shopping efforts for those two days. arthel: so you touched on cyber monday, righ

and now you have muhammad morsi, a member of the muslim brother h hood, president of egypt.n a much better political shape. and unlike in the last round of fighting in 2008-2009, as the general mentioned, they were -- they have been spared a military humiliation, a ground invacatsi where they get mauled. they have a negotiated settlement to bring about the cease-fire, so they do have something to crow about at the moment. anderson? >> and, ben, just very briefly what does that mean for the palestinian national authority and the west bank? >> well, certainly they sort of have been on the sidelines the entire time. they don't have a lot of sway with hamas, even though they did sign a reconciliation agreement last year that hasn't really resulted in much. but they don't have any influence really on the affairs of gaza. once more, just to repeat myself, it is really egypt who is the main player, the main influence, the gatekeeper to gaza. the fattah movement, the palestinian authority based in ramallah, has really just sat on the sidelines and watched and issued some protests ov