right now no tornado warnings. we ll bring you the latest. then the storm heads eastbound. more storms for florida up through the mid-portions of atlantic. again more tornadoes possible. jon: scary stuff for january. maria, thank you. thank you. jon: brand new stories and breaking news patti ann: what is behind a salmonella outbreak and the action the fda just took. it is all happening now patti ann: get ready for political fireworks. president obama right now on his way to las vegas where he is expected to unveil his plan for immigration reform. this one-day after a
right now the egyptian government is dealing with another day of violent protests. at least 52 people are dead and the head of the army is warning that the political turmoil is putting the state on the verge of collapse. president mohammed morsi declaring a state of emergency which includes a curfew in some cities. meanwhile police are clashing with demonstrators in cairo, using tear gas to break them up and arresting protesters who tried to storm a popular hotel. conor powell has all the latest on this story from jerusalem. hi, conor. reporter: patti ann, the protests entered their sixth day and they continue to be very violent. now the anger on the street stems from the slow pace of reforms both politically and economically and making matters worse, over the weekend on sunday night, president morsi introduced martial law into three cities including the major shipping hub of suez. the morsi defended the emergency law calling it
military judge said it was not himself, and it was not the court security officer, so this came as quite a surprise to him personally. patti ann: right. meanwhile, what are we learning, catherine, about the administration s plans to close gitmo? reporter: well, an obscure internal state department announcement has revealed the administration s direction on closing the guantanamo detention camps. daniel freed, who has been charged with overseeing the transfer of detainees, has been reassigned, and no replacement has been identified. a military source told fox that this is a tacit acknowledgment that closing the camps is not a priority in mr. obama s second term. since 2009 the number of detainees has dropped under president obama from 242 to the current level of 166. 71 have been transferred out, the difference in the math appears to be that single death at the guantanamo camps. it s worth noting in the last four years the access to the camps even for journalists has become more ricke
he made headlines over the summer when he walked across niagra falls. but back then he was wearing a harness. congratulations. patti ann: right now president obama is on route to las vegas. we re just days into his second term. he is pushing ahead with the explosive issue of immigration reform. just a few hours from now the president will unveil his plan to revamp the entire immigration system. but congress got a jump on him yesterday when a bipartisan group of senators laid out their own proposal. senator marco rubio spearheaded that effort and had this to say about the president s plan. the president sees this as opportunity to move this issue to the left, to try to outbid us on immigration. i think that speaks poorly for the future outcome of this entire endeavor. this is solving a problem. patti ann: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with more on this for us. mike, any anxiety there about the president getting involved in immigration? report
as you say, if we are your people, please stop killing our children. stop destroying our future. patti ann: rebels claim snipers loyal to president assad are stationed on rooftops and fire indiscrimminantly. the u.s. today authorizing an additional $155 million in humanitarian aid for people in syria and refugees fleeing the violence. jon: deadly flooding in australia and it is far from over. floodwaters expected to peak in some of the worst-hit areas today. david piper has details for us. david? reporter: hi, jon, yes. there has been really extreme weather in australia in recent weeks. first the brush fires which ravaged parts of country. now heavy flooding in two states. the rising water has been caused by tropical sigh loan oswald which dumped huge amounts of water in the area. flash floods swept through towns in northeast australia,