it will not be happening. got to be. you will be. love it. just to see the melee. not looking to buy anything just. people watch. more power to you. thank you. little cup of cocoa or hot java. or whatever. nice holiday festive beverages. it s okay. good to see you. have fun with that shopping. we will be looking for you in the live shots. don t do that. a lot ahead, let s begin in egypt. i m fredricka whit field, welcome to studio 7. it is happy thanksgiving day. military leaders in egypt are apologizing for the deaths of prob pro democracy protester d . . at least 38 people have been killed in the last six days. 3,000 others have been injured. the apology was posted on the facebook page of the supreme council of the armed forces. an egyptian american journalist in cairo is accusing the military police of sexual assault. mona tweeted she was quote beating and arrested. her arms are in casts. she has been released an mona now joins me on the phone f
more from the sweeney family, the sister spoke and said they re optimistic about one thing, the fact that they re not being detained at a prison in egypt. they re actually being held in a courthouse, so they look at that as one positive sign. we re also hearing from another mother who says that her son would never be violent and be hurling fire bombs off the rooftop of american university in cairo as they are being accused of. she calls him an islist person and not violet at all. these three gentlemen were studying abroad and found themselves in the middle of it it all. the u.s. embassy in cairo is working to secure their release, heather. heather: and what is happening right now in cairo? reporter: we re getting word, actually, that the army, the military has sent in a larger presence, more soldiers to a side street off of tahrir square where there have been a lot of clashes there. it s interesting, it s been relatively quiet when you compare it to the other five days, so we ll have
d.c. without presidential leadership, that he is diametrically opposed to any sort of entitlement reform or doing i ll tell you the deficit as well. he wants class warfare! it s what he wants. that s what it turns into. the grand bargain that he was willing, apparently, according to insiders, he was willing to adjust. never said it in public. he didn t, right. he didn t. who knows if it s real. who knows? all right. let s take a look at the headlines. on beginning fox news alert right now, this is out of cairo, three american students reportedly arrested by the egyptian government. egyptian state tv says the three men are being held for throwing molotov cocktails at security forces in the square. they re believed to be students at the american university in cairo. well, now, let s take a live look at the square in cairo. where clashes between protesters and the government are getting worst now. the death toll up to 29. this as egypt civilian cabinet
from that field marshal, the object of so much anger here. earlier today in the square, they were hanging an effigy of the field marshal. he is meeting with different political leaders and is expected to make a public statement. and one other thing, we have also learned about those three american students. the american university in cairo has confirmed that they are american students studying here and have been detained, apparently being held by the egyptian prosecutor s office for throwing stones or somehow being involved in clashes that have been taking place here. richard? a compelling evening. as always, compelling reporting from our chief foreign correspondent, richard engel. thank you. nbc news is reporting that the penn state sex abuse investigation may be widening to include obstruction of justice charges. we re learning that the second mile, the charity founded by accused predator jerry sandusky was the focus of a secret contempt motion filed back in july. that motion was
there s a field hospital set up there. there is a mosque set up there. and if you pan over a little bit to the left, you can see the flashing lights of an ambulance. that is because down that narrow side street, which is right by the american university in cairo, that s where the clashes have been taking place throughout the day. people have been injured there. they re either put into ambulances or sometimes rushed on foot on motorcycles or carried by other protesters to this field hospital in the center of the square. but it keeps going and going. and it just continues to go. there s the arab league in front of us. and it just goes all the way. and it s starting to grow even in the direction of the cairo museum. these are definitely the biggest protests that have taken place in cairo since the revolution that toppled egyptian president hosni mubarak. it s also the biggest challenge to the military which has dominated political life in this country for nearly six decades. richard, as