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Warning from military rulers that all the protests are hurt efforts to get the economy and country back to normal. schools and banks are still shut down and there is no word on when egypt's stock market will reopen. david lee miller is live in cairo. what does it look like there today. >> reporter: the latest development we are getting word now from the u.s. director of national intelligence james clapper, he is now saying, jon, that there is some uncertainty about what position the nooyi egyptian government might take on the israeli egyptian peace treaty. he says that because of the diversity...

Protesters got their wish but they have a lot of expectations. how is the political climate developing? >> reporter: one of the thins that happened today is that a group of representatives, ten representatives from the youth movement, and it was that youth movement that allegedly fueled revolution met with the ruling military council and they presented a list of demands or a wish list, things that they would like to see implemented very soon. very quickly high up on that list number one the lifting of the emergency laws, they would like to see the release of political prisoners and number thre...

Totally different, this time, it matters more than i ever remember and i think the american people thinks this matters. bill fox news alert out of egypt, a major development now, the country's ambassador to the u.s., saying that former president hosni mubarek may be in, quote, bad health. this is the first we're hearing about the condition of the ousted leader. no details on what might be ailing him. but two cairo newspapers reporting that mubarek is refusing to take medication, he's 82, and the paper is also saying he is depressed and repeatedly passing out at his home in sharm el-sheikh, the...

This is a genuine trend and, the most you can do is to tame it. >> reporter: the big challenge is you had all of those protesters that demanded the free and fair elections and demanded democracy, but, remember, this country has not had either fee or fair elections for 30 years and most people will tell you they've never had it and the idea of building up all of the political institutions will take a long time and the gentleman we talked to said two things need to happen, checks and balances like you have in the u.s. and, also, patience. these protesters, kicked the government out in 18 days an...

Mr. ambassador, thank you. all important stuff, and we shall watch it going forward. thank you john bolton. >> thank you. bill: all right. the streets in cairo were relatively quiet two weeks ago during the height of the protest. our own fox reporting team, greg palkot and his photographer, olat wig, found themselves under seige by angry protestors in cairo. this is greg describing part of what he and olaf went through. >> the whole time you're getting pummeled, with open hands, with fists, with sticks, with, we're told, rocks. bill: well, today, we have the incredible letter written to greg f...