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Support the universal human rights of the egyptain people, including the right to freedom of expression, of association and of assembly. we urge the egyptain authorities to allow peaceful protests and to reverse the unprecedented steps it's taken to cut off communications. >> reporter: speaking about the free flow of communications, as we look at live nighttime pictures coming to us from cairo, egypt. we're hearing reports that protesters have stormed the state tv channels there. that should have some impact on communications in egypt. secretary clinton urged the mubarek regime to seize the mo...

President hosni mubarek. we are getting word of gunfire in cairo and elsewhere in the country. we are getting reports protesters have stormed egypt's state television building. we are look at compelling video from earlier as the crisis unfold in egypt. one of the biggest drivers behind the angry demonstrations is a group known as the muslim brotherhood. you have heard us mention that term. it's credited with the group of al qaeda and hamas and it's linked with some of the world's most dangerous terrorists. jamie, thank you for being here.

Organizations, but the group is called "illegal and not legitimate political group." we'll take a closer look at what is at stake for the united states here and why everyone needs to be paying attention to what is happening in egypt today. meantime, we have this fox news business alert for you closer to home. america's growing budget deficit is jeopardizing our credit rating. moody's is giving the u.s. its top rating, but for now. it's also warning that the united states is running out of time to deal with this problem, saying it may downgrade america's credit rating unless more is done to bri...

Keeping four regimes in power in the middle east -- egypt, saudi arabia, kuwait and jordan. it's worked to our benefit. if this one falls, could another one fall? how strong is this muslim brotherhood? how strong is the will of the people to get rid of the current government and what are the problems with it? why are they so outraged? there's been a crackdown in the media to prevent people from seeing what's going on in egypt, but that's not exactly what the protests are about. they're sick of this regime. there was a question about if it is in any way representative of the citizens over there...

For, what are the alignments here, what are the risks on both sides? >> right. and you mentioned before how oil has gone up $4 a barrel. one of the concerns, clearly, is that it will not just be limited to egypt. that it could spread to saudi arabia. if saudi arabia goes, that's a serious problem. that's a different story. i was in saudi arabia last year for the new book "the secret soldier," and i don't think there's the same risk there. first of all, the saudis are richer and have more to lose than people in poverty in cairo. but also, the saudis have incredible intelligence and secret polic...