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>> shep: our leaders are walking a fine line when it deals with this crisis in egypt. its calling for an orderly transition to democracy, but the white house will not say whether it means president mubarak has to go. >> that is not for our country or our government to derl. i dont think that people that see greater freedom are looking for somebody else to pick them. >> shep: that is the public word but behind the scenes, the united states is pushing hard for free elections in september without h...

Bottom in and out of government. >> shep: we do give them a lot of money each year, it gives united states a little bit of a push, doesnt it? >> before the wars in iraq and afghanistan, egypt was the second biggest recipient of foreign aid. most of it was military aide so most important talks is going on with gates and mike mullen and his counterpart in egypt. both them and the president making it clear that continued aid depends on the egyptians getting it right. also today, democratic senator ...

Themselves heard in a different way and they top the news as we go around the world in 80 seconds. >> egypt, taking to the streets of cairo with a gentler tone. this man flying the colors of egypts flag over the city what he calls a peace kite. he says he wants his homeland to get better. australia -- cyclone anthony making landfall in queensland which has suffered deadly flooding. storm uprooting trees and knocking down power lines and forecasters report that a larger one will hit the area on t...

They dont want to it to be hosni mubarak but they dont want to publicly push for his ouster. now they have decided were pretty much beyond. secretary of state clinton says we want exactly what the protestors are seeking. former u.s. ambassador to egypt were slow off the mark but he says mrs. clinton is pretty much on track now. >> i think that yesterday when the secretary started talking about the need for transition, peaceful transition, she is signaling that we are no longer advocating for pre...

>> were expecting the crowds to start amassing in about 7 hours time. we are in a tense and volatile situation here but the military says it wont use force against the public, its too hard to tell what exactly will happen. back to you. >> shep: this crisis in egypt could have an effect on each and every one of us when it comes to the prices we pay for energy. just ahead the instability in the oil market, the numbers that came out today. what it could mean for the cost of gasoline. in the wake of...

Its a small plane. updates as we get them on fox report. >> im shepard smith and this is the fox report. its the bottom of the hour, time for top of the news. thousands of americans trying to get out of egypt amid riots. airport in cairo is said to be quite a mess and screaming matches and fist fights as the number of evacuees far exceeds the number of seats on departing flights. 2600 american citizens have requested assistance to get flights out of there. they evacuated 1200 americans today and...

The chaos. tonight, the race to escape egypt. >> plus, ready for more snow? >> im tired of it. >> a new storm expected to the affect dozens of states and more than 100 million americans. so get ready for the latest sequel to snow-megeddon. >> this one is different. could be the biggest winter storm that cities have seen in years and now they are telling us maybe even decades. this one is enormous. chicago office of emergency management warns snow totals could be the highest since two feet buried...

There was no internet service. a lot of cell phone services was off. >> shep: one american who made it out of there said the workers at her hotel came out with knives and bats to keep protestors from looting guests in the hotel. jontd hunt is in new york tonight. >> there are tens of thousands of foreign citizens still in egypt tonight, many that are desperate to get out of the country but getting out is anything but easy. >> we got ourselves to the airport. it took us three hours, blocked traff...

Unconstitutional. this is already being heard in the sixth circuit of appeals and this case goes to the length. those are being expedited so you will hear arguments in sixth circuit in may, so instead 2012 this they will take the case, they could get it in 2011 session. >> shep: were keeping a close eye on the situation in egypt after the military made a major announcement. the troops will not use force against protestors. that word from a spokesman who says the military recognizes the legitimac...

Stand trial. youll recall that the three are said to be hiking on the iran iraq border. iranians arrested them accused them of spying. the guys remain in the prison there and iran released shourd. but now an iranian prosecutor wants bowers fiance to come back. they say they freed her for humanitarian reasons. iran says they will seize $500,000 bail if she doesnt show. >> weve been tracking the protest in egypt for about a week. it may seem they snowballed quickly but the reality tensions have be...