they're asking president muhammad morsi to cancel policies. olding talks with the members of the opposition. the members of the opposition say they will not participate unless president morsi is serious about resolving this conflict. >>> hundreds of families in brazil are mourning lost loved ones after a nightclub went up in flames killing a staggering 232 people. officials believe it was caused by a pyrotechnic display. the club's single exit was partially blocked by victim's bodies. it carries haunting similarities to a nightclub fire in 2003 that killed 100 people. >>> now to a dramatic rescue. a helicopter had to be called in when a pickup truck carrying two women and a 14 month old toddler was washed up the road. the child was too small for a regular rescue plane. he was placed in a dive bag that was hoisted up. >>> now here is your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. 2014 just got a little more interesting now that long-time iowa democratic senator tom hark kin has decided not to run for a sixth term. the candidates a

president muhammad morsi says the protests are unfair. he's maintaining that he is defending the democratic process. and what we have here, victor, is a very divided nation. the question is, how is this president going to address the very real problems this country has when this country is so fractured. victor? >> patience is running thin. reza sayah in cairo for us, thank you. >>> louisiana governor bobby jindal says stop looking backwards. it is advice to his colleagues in the republican party as he lays out his vision for the gop and the nation. >>> also, have you heard about this? a bizarre murder in philadelphia. the victim is a doctor. the suspect is an exterminator. and the crime scene, a basement. >>> live pictures right now this is the gowanus canal. you see the movement in the water? there is a dolphin. you see the blow hole there. you see the dorsal fin. a dolphin stuck here in the canal. karen maginnis is joining us now. this doesn't happen very often, but it has happened before. talk to us about this canal and what happened.

muhammad morsi instituted marshal law on sunday night, defending the law. gone into three city, including suez, a major hub. morsi defended it, saying it was necessary, but it is similar to what was imposed imposed on es in three decades of the mubarak era. many egyptioians defied the order and they complain that morsi is a new islamic mubarak, comparing to the former president and strong man. he has reached out to opposition groups to form a dialogue, but the opposition group, so far, have refused to meet with him. >> if they don't talk to him, what's the next step? >> reporter: well, there are parliamentary elections in the spring, gretchen. and that is where the opposition is going to try to make their push, keeping the pressure on morsi, over the next few months, but the opposition doesn't have a leader. they certainly don't have a comprehensive plan. with the type of violence we are seeing in the streets, it is tough to say that there will be elections. it's a very sticky situation in egypt. there are a lot of concerns going forward about just where th

egypt's president, muhammad morsi, is hoping to prevent the fledging democracy from spinning outf control. we have more from cairo. >> reporter: two years ago, egypt's streets were full of optimism and hope as a united people toppled a dictator. today, stifling teargas and plumes of smoke fill the air of a divided country. egypt's police are struggling to cope with the protesters. they, too, have suffered losses and are angry. when the country's interior minister came to pay his respects to fallen policemen, he was heckled by grieving colleagues and their families. and as it has for the past three days, nightfall brought more violence. outside a luxury five-star cairo hotel. with a predictable decision, police charged the crowd firing teargas. minutes later protesters returned lobbing stones and setting fires to block roads. there are few words president morsi can tell protesters. this man says the president must resign and new constitution must be written. another says only protests work with a regime that killed his people. >>> hundreds of families in brazil are mourning lost loved ones

egypt's president, muhammad morsi delivered the angry edict last night. he's hoping to prevent the fledglingly democracy from spinning out of control. we have more from cairo. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. egypt's president mohamed morsi delivered a stern and angry warning in an address to the nation. the president declared a state of emergency in three of the country's largest cities in the eastern particular partly suez. he's also imposing a curfew to try to help restore security in those cities that have seen the most intense fighting. the military has been deployed in some of those cities and asking for more power. the ability to arrest civilians. that's is going ring alarm bells among many human rights activists. here in cairo protests continued for a fourth straight night between riot police and demonstrators bent on trying to get president mohamed morsi to resign from power and more importantly cancel a constitution that's been widely considered as controversial. nonetheless the president is pushing ahead with meetings today in th

years from the uprising that toppled the mubarak regime, egypt democratically elected president, muhammad morsi, faces his own challenge. here is a live shot from the tahrir square, where thousands are gathered. it has been a tumultuous two years for egypt, marked by political infighting, protests, a deepening economic crisis. critics of president morsi 1 radical change to egypt's new constitution. we can cross live now to cairo to our correspondent. it is the two-year anniversary. one might think that would be cause for celebration, but it seems the mood is different where you are in tahrir square. >> yes, it is. president morsi called for today to be a day for egyptians to come together in celebration, but it is a different scene in tahrir square. let me show you friday prayers a short while ago. the numbers are into the thousands. if you look up that street leading towards parliament, there have been clashes over there. we have seen tear-gas fired in the last hour or so. president morsi was calling for celebration, but a lot of these people are angry because the dreams they had two years ago

president muhammad morsi placed areas under curfew and announced a state of emergency. that basically means the military can arrest people at will. nbc's a men my had a dean is in egypt. >> not too far away from where we are, clashes are still taking place here in cairo. down one of the major roads there have been skirmishes in cairo and areas that are under a curfew starting at 9:00 p.m. the president delivered a very angry message last night. he said those participating in these protests were undermining security. the problem is that's not resonating with a lot of people, particularly the political opposition that as you mention are expected to be invited to the presidential palace for a meeting. the political opposition is holding its own emergency talks to determine what position they're going to take. they're afraid or worried that president morsi is using the cover of negotiations or talks without putting forth any concrete measures to end the crisis. there's a tremendous amount of political uncertainty in the air. >>> live for us in cairo. be safe. thank you very

but why wasn't this deal scrapped after egypt a current president, muhammad morsi made comments like this? >> you americans, the government, are buying hatred by the people here, by the american people taxpayers' money. you are buying hatred because of the hatred of your leaders. >> jeanine: joining me now, fox news national security analyst and fox news military analyst. all right, guys. last year, we gave egypt $1.6 bill whereon in aid. i believe a billion dollars of their debt was forgiven to bolster their so-called transition to democracy. colonel hunt, why are we giving them f-16s? who are they fighting now that we need to give them these sophisticated fighter jets? >> foreign military sales is a complicated issue. the problem is, we shouldn't be giving anything to egypt right now. the head of the government is a former member -- probably still is a member of the muslim brotherhood. meaning that asif ali zardari was a member. it's a fererrist organization. we should at least delay the sale-- >>> it's not even a sale! we are giving it to them! we are giving it to them! we are pay

protesters this time unhappy with the muhammad morsi government have defied a curfew and instead have been fighting openly with police along the famed suez canal. cairo also has erupted into violence. dozens of people have been killed. our ben wedeman is live in cairo for us. this is democracy, and democracy, ben, is not pretty. but at the same time, why is it that we're seeing so much violence instead of a political action to try to change the government that's currently in place? that was elected by them? >> reporter: i think it's important to keep in mind that this is a revolution. revolutions don't last 18 days. they can go on for years. this country was essentially under military rule for about 60 years. therefore, when all the controls go, when people take to the streets and fight against the military and against the police, forces are let loose that are very hard to control. there is political movement going on. there are politicians talking with the government trying to resolve this crisis over a variety of things. over the new constitution. over the actions of the muslim brot