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>> this puts americans sort of in a tricky place because american officials say they support the egyptian protesters but theyre concerned about someone less stable replacing president mubarak. yeah. and i think they got a point because right now, the favored candidate is mohamed el gary bussey. >> never know. >> you should see his mug shot. >> but i did love him as buddy holly. he was normal there. the escape from egypt continues today. hundreds of evacuees fleeing to nearby israel. leyland vite...

>> meanwhile, can i have an order of french fries but hold the salt? what? thats right, the obama administration would like that a lot. "fox & friends" and fries starts right now for hour two. >> and we start this hour on this tuesday morning with a fox news alert. more than 200,000 people are flooding cairos main square at this moment on what is expected to be the largest protest yet in egypt. protesters say theyre not going anywhere until president hosni mubarak gives up power. this as the uni...

>> all right. >> were watching you! >> yeah. and heres whats coming up. escaping egypt. thousands sharing new horror stories as they flee that country. >> theyre looting. theres gunfire on a regular basis. >> yeah. >> were live where some of the first planes from cairo are landing now. >> and floridas unions are hopping mad over a plan that forces them to pay for their own retirement. do they really have a case? governor rick scott joins us a little later on this hour. >> answer the question cor...

I was worried. >> i saw your lips form and think uh-oh, do we need to bleep? >> as we look at those pictures out of cairo, hundreds of thousands of people, according to some sources will march on the presidential palace and then storm it. and the opposition, youve got elbaradei, the former u.n. watchdog guy. >> he was good, wasnt he? he was good with iran, wasnt he great? he had it down. >> he said for sure, theres no proof that iran wants to use their nuclear technology for weapons. but when he...

Shop? >> thats true. no internet? by the way, whats really challenging is no atms so now these people, even if they own -- if they have money, they cant access money. >> that means they dont have any money to buy food but then again, the food is in short supply as well so its a mess over there. >> so lets continue that discussion. the escape from egypt continues today. hundreds of evacuees fleeing to nearby israel. we find our own leland with the very latest. good afternoon to you, leland. >> go...

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He joins us now on the phone before this major center square. good morning to you, greg. >> hey, gretchen, steve, brian, absolutely. we are in the center. tens of thousands of people filling up this square. they are determined. they are angry. they are not going to give up. they want to see president hosni mubarak go. we marched in with some. they came from all over cairo. one person told me he came as far as 50 miles away. its quite a trek because the government has cut off all railings to this...

>> they start appearing and special -- >> and, of course, thats israels real fear that they are going to suddenly have a hard line islamic state there on their southern border. in just the past couple of hours, israel has made the all but unprecedented move of allowing egyptian troops into the traditionally demilitarized sinai peninsula to try to quell some of the violence and uprisings in the towns there. they hope that by doing that, they will prevent a lot of the attacks that may happen. weve...

Before, they wear special clothing. >> and, of course, the muslim brotherhood are an extreme islamic group taking over egypt is the real fear. israel has allowed the most unprecedented move of president mubarak moving some of his army into the traditionally demilitarized sinai peninsula to try to quell some of the riots in cities there and trying to provide some order and law enforcement were told theres a number of al-qaida cells that have been operating in the sinai peninsula that clearly egyp...

Center of the city. the tahrir square, liberation square thats been the focal point and the clash point in the last eight days of unrest here. and the word is that from there, they will march on to the palace of the president, hosni mubarak. thats when things should get really interesting if that happens. back to you. >> all right, greg live from cairo, egypt, thank you very much, greg, for the live report. >> no cops, just tanks. and the army just trying to say, you can express your freedom of ...