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rupert murdoch under fire in britain and in the united states. two separate u.s. agencies calling for investigations into rupert murdoch. have you heard this story? an 8-year-old boy kidnapped, murdered, then mutilated. now new york place are scouring a stream of surveillance video for answers. more on that. first, i want to begin with this. let's just plunge right into the debt negotiations at this hour. daily talks at the white house resume in one hour, and by all accounts, they are becoming more tense, more heated, more testy, the closer we get to the deadline. you know the da...

Megyn: if libya is not a vital national interest and we called for hosni mubarak to called egypt, which he was an ally to the united states, even though not the greatest guy, so we get involved in those two, but not iran in 2009. >> right. megyn: we called assad a reformer and not get involved in syria. it's like our enemies, we won't get involved there. >> our friends, we'll topple. our enemies, we won't touch. megyn: why? >> the problem with syria, it's a bigger problem. they're closely aligned with iran. we didn't even verbally support iran two years ago. so we're in an odd position there. ...

Heading to the airport last saturday, there were armored personnel carriers, just one right next to the other completely around the front of the presidential palace. you couldn't even see anything past them. i assume those are still in place and probably more has been added. joining us live from d.c. is professor dr. fouad ajami, senior fellow at the hoover institution. and steven hadley, and in cairo, ben wedeman and ivan watson. ben, do we know what role the military plans to play in the hours ahead? >> no, we don't actually. and that's really what people are asking. the military has -- is c...

And steven hadley, and in cairo, ben wedeman and ivan watson. ben, do we know what role the military plans to play in the hours ahead? >> no, we don't actually. and that's really what people are asking. the military has -- is currently in an odd position. they came out with a so-called communique number one in which they said that this higher military council would be studying the situation very carefully. we also had recorded pictures from that meeting and interestingly enough, there was no picture of president mubarak on the wall. and when that first communique came out, anderson, some peopl...

He has to deal with the tea party. where does that leave him then? >> it actually leaves him looking pretty good. after the popularity plummeted since the election, it is inching up and gave the state of the union looking better in the polls than a long time. 55% of americans basically approve of the job he's doing as president. that's way more than other members of congress, way more than potential republican opponents and the republicans are in this odd position. they have the tea party that's fighting for control of the grassroots and their single most prominent leader sarah palin frightens...