president mubarak from office. yesterday the president announced he would not run for re-election this september but that he is not stepping down. he ignored calls to do that hours after he spoke, thousands of his supporters for the first time suddenly flooded cairo s main square. we saw some riding on camels and horses attacking the crowds. their accusations mubarak hired guns to create the chaos. president mubarak denies it. and we don t yet know the truth. as you look at these images, keep in mind they are not from inside a war zone. they are from a nation that is home to some 80 million people. a nation that is a key american ally and a nation that is tonight in a safety chaos in crisis. we have team fox coverage of the massive developments in egypt. that s coming up. let s get right to dominick dinatale in cairo where the number of pro-government demonstrators has diminished and antigovernment demonstrators maintain control of the square.
israeli authority calling this an earthquake in the middle east. it s unclear at this moment where israel stands in relation to the mubarak government. we have team fox coverage throughout the special hour from fox news and we begin on the ground in cairo, with fox news correspondent greg palkot. good evening. reporter: remarkable day. egyptians have shaking their heads, so are we. it s just after midnight now. there is a tense calm in the city. protesters are still out, but i would say they re more milling around, shep, more peopling a little of satisfaction, a little achievement today. the security forces which are out, are now the army. we have seen armored personnel characters, tanks, passing by our position in the heart of the city. remarkably, the protesters are almost embracing the military. almost seeing them as a possible lubricant, savior, maybe, ally at least to help them in the transition. the folks that they hate are
audience house chamber this year. instead of democrats solely on one side of the aisle, the left, and republicans on the right, many lawmakers say they plan to sit next to their political rivals. a show of unity in the wake of the tucson supermarket shooting that nearly killed congresswoman gabrielle giffords. and members of the arizona congressional delegates are to sit together gathered around a seat marked empty in her absence. six supreme court justices to attend. we expect clarence thomas, anthony scalia and samuel alito all from the same side of the political aisle, at least it would seem to miss this speech. one other note from the excerpts the white house sent out today, the address includes a line about how both parties hold responsibility for governing. both parties after the last election. tonight the president is slated to say we will move forward together or not at all. we have team fox coverage now ahead of the state of the union address. carl cameron on the sort of recep
victims on the attempt of her life. her colleagues from arizona will be leaving one seat empty for her. team fox coverage continues now. our chief political correspondent carl cameron will s. live down the road here on capitol hill. lots of talk about unity. talk, i should emphasize but the parties are still very far apart on some big issues. the parties are far apart from one another and they are divided internally there are some liberals who are upset with the president for not having been progressive enough in the last year there are some conservative republicans who think that the g.o.p. establishment needs to be more greive in fiscal conservativism. the remarks are going to come from paul rine the chairman of the senate budget committee. while he too has said it s important to be civil and to strike the proper rhetorical tone, there is no shading the disagreement on policy. one of the things that he will say tonight, an excerpt from his forth coming response is as follows, quote
profuse. her memory seems to end there. shepard: highlyman then explained how he told his wife what had happened. suzy had her breathing tube removed late saturday evening. the very first thing she asked. she grabbed my hand and looked me in the eyes and said what about kristina. what about christine that? bill heilman told the truth to his wife but not sure how much of it sank in. he says he has now spoken with little kristina s dad and that the two men spent ten minutes crying together. we have team fox coverage. eric shawn on the accused shooter s possible defense strategy. first to trace gallagher live at university medical center there in tucson where all the victims went. we heard from another family there today, trace. we did, indeed, shep. we heard from the two daughters of a man named door win stoddard. 76-year-old. he brought his wife maybe to that shopping center. when the gunshots rang out he used his body to shield her body. he fell to the ground.