into the weekend and they re re-energized. this started a week ago today when the proposal came out. it has just built day after day after day. and so how this is going to end, no one know, but the first olive branch from the union is out on the table, and maybe we ll hear the governor respond to that in just a moment. does that seem to be the exit strategy here? obviously they re at lagger heads. one would imagine the democratic senators can not stay, you know, over state lines indefinitely. although there s precedent in the texas redistricting case of them staying a i cross state lines for a quite long amount of time. but is that what this olive branch as you calls it indicates. it looks like the governor is about to talk to us. governor scott walker of wisconsin. not going on in the state capitol. first off, i want to begin, certainly acknowledge the thousands of people outside protesting.
administration is playing down concerns that if president mubarak is forced out, radical islamists could cease power. yet, there s a sense of frustration and uncertainty at the white house. the administration has made clear to president mubarak he needs an exit strategy but sees no evidence as yet he is ready for a true dialogue with his critics. as one official put it to me, it is not clear he is listening, and he may try to overstay his already overstayed time. and we have more from cairo. reporter: hi, john. on that point you were just making there about the concern that exists that if the moib regime should fall there would be some islamic government that would take over, a lot of strong opinions on that front from the streets of cairo. people saying that, no, that is not the case because this is not an islamic revolt. this is a revolt of the people and what they do want is democracy. and anyone who comes into power
can he prove the doubter wrong. the number one threat of american troops in afghanistan right now is not coming for the taliban or al qaeda, the new network could complicate the exit strategy. wolf blitzer is off today. i m suzanne malveaux. you re in the situation room. well, the northeastern united states and beyond, there are a lot of stranded people who can t help but wonder if they re going to make it home before the new year. blizzard conditions are in the region. they have eased. but the fallout for holiday travelers is still being felt at airports, train stations, on the roads, you name it. now, i want you to check out the planes in the sky with the last few minutes. more than 3600 flights have been cancelled today alone. two big hubs, new york s jfk airport and airport of newark, new jersey are due to reopen in about an hour. we re hopeful that that will happen.
we ll have more as the story develops. oh, boy, so troubling. to the rest of your headlines, president obama arriving back in the u.s. they worked out an exit strategy and the president says he s confident that the u.s. can start withdrawing troops next year. last year we made progress and i expect we ll make more progress next year and will not be without occasional controversies and differences. the president also met with afghan leader hamid karzai and he told them he wants all u.s. combat troops out by the year 2014 so afghans can take control. this morning in utah hundreds of officers resumed the search for a wounded man who repeatedly shot a park ranger and recovered his backpack and bloody towel. police are unsure of a motive. he has a record, but
presidential race. plus, with the holiday travel season about to start, airport security gets up close and personal. we ll ask our sunday panel if these tsa procedures go too far. and your power player of the week. a former graffiti artist now creates works of art you can eat. all right now on fox news sunday. chris: hello again from fox news in washington. president obama and other world leaders agreed on an exit strategy in afghanistan turning over security to the afghans by the end of 2014. while nato does not expect foreign combat forces to keep fighting the taliban after that u.s. officials said they will decide at the time. earlier, we spoke with secretary of state hillary clinton from the nato summit in lisbon. secretary clinton, welcome back