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world heard of osama bin laden there was shake omar, a blind egyptian cler irk who was the spiritual leaders of the 1993 world trade center bombers. he was later convicted of plotting to blow up other new york city landmarks and is serving a life sentence in the u.s. but now a surprise development. egypt's first democratically elected president, who will be sworn in tomorrow, is vowing to free him whom he calls a political prisoner. our cnn senior international correspondent, dan rivers, is in cairo. dan, tell us about this speech in general by president-elect mohammad morsi. >> repo...

Many different angles. a new one that wall of water coming through. as you can see, some people to the left of your screen are trying to get out of the way as quickly as possible. they are just down there. then you saw a flash of the hand on higher ground, videotaping all of that and must have been so surreal to sit there and watch that happen. they were unawe wear of the devastation that was impending just a few hundred feet away and the danger they are about to face. in the meantime, the japanese government is reportedly preparing to ask the united states for military help in dealing with th...

Facilities perhaps being breached. that would raise the level to -- raise the concern to a new level. with all of this happening, the emperor unprecedented has never addressed the people before during a time of crisis. he did today in a televised address. he recorded a video that was played across the country saying he deeply cares for these people. telling them to keep hope and saying they will be able to build a better and new japan, but also expressing concern about what's going on the unpredictable events at the nuclear power plant. >> thank you, stan. the japanese government is reported...

Currently 26 democrats and 23 republicans and one independent. and 37 states elect governors this fall between 11 and 18 races viewed as tossups. political analysts from both sides agree it's now republicans who seem to want change and maybe more motivated to show up at the polls. and julie? >> malini wilkes, thank you. learn more about the races in your area and complete coverage on your website, go to foxnews.com and you'll find the 100 days to decide link and click on it. that's foxnews.com. a failed dam causing millions worth of damage and sending hundreds fleeing, sending waste from toile...

Conditions across the coastal areas. megyn: we are awaiting a briefing at the bottom of the hour on this growing disaster and the cleanup efforts. how are they going to contain this? how do you stop 5,000 barrels of oil being released in the ocean from reaching lands? we are expecting to spear from the homeland security second tarry, the energy secretary terry, the louisiana governor it's scheduled to begin at 2:30 eastern on what is shaping up as the oil disaster in u.s. history. now to a possible threat to our nation's security coming from the other side of the world. the world's expo is ope...