just a minu egypt. republicans will not go to repeal obamacare despite the urging of the president. they didn t have the votes to pass it. but congress the avert a government shutdown. for now passing a short term funding bill for one week. joining me, brenda lawrence, good afternoon. good afternoon, chris. how are you? good. let s start with the 10:00 resolution. you voted yes so the government gets on stay open another week. how confident are you that you ll have a budget deal next week that will keep it open until the end of the year and what are your concerns? there are a number of concerns. you ve seen the skinny budget the president presented which would slash and cut so many programs that s the core to what we value here in america. taking care of those, our children, head start, afterschool programs, insuring
next for the important u.s. ally. more from senior white house correspondent ed henry. saturday was another intense day here at the white house as senior officials continue to work around the clock to monitor the situation there on the ground in egypt. it started early in the morning with the president s national security adviser, tom donlan, convened a principals meeting, including cabinet secretaries, other senior people, like the cia director, leon panetta, hillary clinton joining by teleconference as well. later in the day, president obama convened a meeting of his own here with top officials, including chief of staff to figure out what to do next and get briefings on what is happening on the ground. we re told by senior officials, the president is firm in reity rating what he told in the telephone call. he reiterated our focus on
egypt in crisis. let s get you caught up. the u.s. state department is getting ready to fly american citizens out of egypt. those flights could start tomorrow. turkey and saudi arabia, also making flights available for their citizens. what started as mostly peaceful protests have turned deadly in many cities across egypt. at least 31 people are dead in alexandria. in cairo, several people killed in clashes between protesters and police in the interior ministry building. the army is actually guarding that building. we are also hearing reports of more than a dozen others being shot by officers at police stations outside of careo. the police have become a symbol of the government s power and target of protesters anger. the police have seemingly abandoned the streets, and because the protests and the threat of violence, egypt s stock exchange remained closed toyed. banks are also shut down as a precaution. we are hearing reports of at least two deadly prison breaks around cairo. more th
are asking for gas in cairo today, chances are the gas stations are running out. looking for cash, bank machines are broken into, banks are closed. first day of the workweek in egypt. but not a lot of people working. too much chaos. jim bolden live in london with the financial angle of all of this. good morning, jim. good morning, jonathan. this is the first day of the workweek and would you normally expect egyptian stock markets to be opened. it was closed for the day, we can t get a reaction from the market. egyptian stocks down 16% last week. let s look at some of the others in the region. a huge effect in stock markets. dubai down more than 4%. imam down 2.3%. kuwait down 1.7%. saudi down strongly on saturday. it has rebounded today. and it s still trading in this hour. most other stock markets have already closed for the normal work day on sunday. what s interesting about saudi arabia, because we saw oil price
now or we ll be overtaken by what s happened in egypt, if candy crowley has her power back on. after a five-inch snowstorm here in the capital. it seems to me you can t win. we don t want a laundry list. a more thematic speech and the reaction was, it was too vague. in some ways, it was the obama administration s attempt to move to the middle, not on the political spectrum, but on the spectrum of how these speeches are done. it was kind of a little bit of specifics, enough to satisfy the public. a little bit of schematic, enough to step back and be above it. maybe also a slight move to the middle politically, five-year spending freeze and maybe the liberal media didn t like it that much. interestingly enough if you talk to the right, they don t