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>> shannon: thank you. >> this is a fox news alert. the dowel on democracy. president morsi pushes for plan for new constitution, after granting broad new powers that many call the overreach. they have protest. we have live team coverage from steve centanni in washington. steve harrigan in cairo. and that is where we begin. steve? >> the supreme constitutional court justices suspended their work in cairo because a crowd of protesters surround their building when they try to go to work this morning. the protesters are loyal to the egypt president mohammed morsi. the supreme court justices said they felt intimidated both physically and psychologically. so they will not continue their work indefinitely.
dumb on a constitution. the highest court in the country is delaying their decision. they continue to protest his power grab while they are protesting the courts. more details about yesterday's murder-suicide involving 25-year-old nfl player javon belcher. he killed his girlfriend and drove to the chief's stadium and killed himself in front of his coach and manager. they said it's been an incredible 24 hours for our family. >> and the veteran will tie the knot with her partner. she graduated from west point in 1980. that was the first class of cadets that included women. israel is rejecting the un's endorsement of statehood. first they said they would build new settlement in the west bank and now it's promise to withhold more than $100 million it owes to the palestinians.
by the federalist society and far right wing of the republican party. they were right. got majority of the supreme court justices. although i would about say they have a slam dunk at this point, might be premature to declare the case over. >> shannon: in the opinion that we got earlier in the summer on different grounds. a number of the justice did sign on to the opinion that said the law has to comply with the rest of the constitution, including the religious exercise clauses. >> i don't. i don't think itsthat great ovations to get to the supreme court. it has exception for religious activity and beliefs an finds that tem ployier mandate and the rest of the affordable care act that is relevant here falls fully within the constitution history. >> shannon: as the case develops we want you to come
>> right now protests are set up outside in egypt. we will talk about the increase in protests and what it all means. terrorism analyst dr. alid ferris. thanks for coming in today. >> thanks for having me. >> this is coming from reuters. the judges in egypt are being asked to comment on the legitimacy of the new draft constitution and the new draft referendum scheduled december 15th. and the body representing the judges, we are told, will urge their members not to supervise the december 15th referendum on the constitution. what does that mean now? >> it means two things. number one is that the courts themselves have refused to serve the executive branch because they believe the draft of this constitution goes against the principles of democracy and freedom. in addition to that, a so-called union of judges, the so-called club in cairo has asked their own membership not to supervise the referendum.
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