Libya Versus Egypt News Today

Mediterranean, big deal. >> it is a big deal, except that what it does is it shows the world that the iranians are willing to be assertive and aggressive when it suits their interests and that egypt right now cant do anything to stop them. jon: theyll push the knife when they can. >> exactly. jon: judy miller, thank you. jenna: utter destruction, thats how our next guest describes the earthquake that left new zealands largest city in ruins, at least 65 people are dead, many more trapped in the r...

Thinking and the israelis? >> the israelis, i was in israel two weeks ago before i was in egypt to cover the events there, the israelis are terrified about whats happening around them and especially in egypt, because egypt was a stalwart, friend, an ally in the fight against tehran, the mullahs of tehran, and now you cant depend on egypt to be that stalwart ally. we dont know what the future of egypt is going to be, but one thing israel does know and washington is beginning to figure out is that...

Bill that would restrict collective bargaining. in nevada the governor wants a 5% pay cut for all workers. well have a live report for you later this hour. jenna: right now iran literally testing the waters following political upheaval in egypt, really chaos around the entire region sending two warships two the suez canal and into the mediterranean sea for the first time since the revolution. israel calls it a pure provocation. leland vittert is live with the story. >> reporter: its our understa...

Egypt or baj or bahrain, the vie there is unpredictable. youre dealing with a man who is the state since 1969. by the light of his speech this morning i doubt he is in any mood to move and to leave. the real question is at some point he probably will be forced to surrender power, and the obvious question for the united states, for the europeans is then why. unlike tunisia and egypt where you have institutions, a developed sense of national identity, here you dont, and oil markets should be worri...

>> it definitely is ruthless and its vintage qaddafi. if he cant depend on his own military hes going to depend on his security forces which are even more ruthless, plus his army -- thats his army. so right now were in a civil war territory, jon, because the most powerful tribe, the wasalas, have decided theyre not going to have any of this, theyre not going to be part of a slaughter of the libyan people, and they have turned on him and sided with the protestors. the eastern part of the country,...

Iranian naval presence inside areas of water that tip typicay israels navy has always controlled. there was a thought that they could get egypt to stop the crossing through the suez canal, that didnt happen. when you take a look at the map you can see just how close everything is. of course there is a big question of what these warships are delivering to syria once they dock. it is possible weapons that could be delivered to hezbollah. israel has not had egypt to count onto counter iran. there i...

We are looking into more on what happened. we will get you any new information as it becomes available out of phoenix. jenna: fox news alert now violent protests in libya, unrest in that opec nation putting the oil industry really on edge pushing prices much higher. higher by about $5 right now. colonel mcchain is joining us to talk more about this. this is something we have not seen with egypt. weve seen unrest in the middle east over the last couple of weeks but right now. >> there is a big di...