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>> president obama using his weekly address today to frame his administration's agenda and there's a whole new scene. listen here as the president exercises the drive to quote, win the future. >> this business and others like it, are showing us the way forward. and we'll win the future by being the best place on earth to do business. >> so is winning the future a winning message? those to the democrats and the white house need one right now. joining me syndicated columnist cal thomas and texas congressman, great to see both of you. >> thank you, jamie. >> congressman frost when you think about...

And friends today in egypt. >> yes, i did, i spoke with my mom. >> her mother is in egypt. what is the mood knowing that the country is suffering so much unrest and incivility right now? >> it is suffering, but it's for a good cause so even though we are suffering and there is violence, it's scary as well and it's also exciting, so we're all hopeful that it's for the best. >> reporter: talk about how emotional this is to see your people security, scores of people dead over 60 people killed as a result of the police brutality and the government trying to shut it down by enacting the curfews, ba...

Know that they complied with the government shutdown and video phone, egypt's largest provider, wrote video phone restored voice services to our customers in egypt this morning as soon as we were able. we would like to make it clear that the authorities in egypt have the technical capability to close our network and if they have done so it would have taken much longer to restore service to our customers and it's been clear to us there were no legal or practical options open to video phone or any of the mobile operators in egypt, but to comply with the demands of the authorities. jamie, we are ...

That and i will. but next week it's likely to be dominated by the question how the president's handling the situation in egypt. he's trying to walk a fine line and saying that the protesters have legitimate rights that need to be answered in a peaceful way and at the same time not doing a thing to help the muslim brotherhood take over. we will talk about this in the future and that's a very important point, but the president right now is going to dominate next week, i believe. >> and i looked at his schedule, i guess, our preview, the economy, economy, economy, that's where the-- >> it might b...

Flight and emergency airlift mission to pull out the families and all of the children of anyone who was part of the diplomatic israeli embassy there in cairo and they brought back a number of israeli businessmen. i talked to a very well-placed source at the foreign affairs committee here who told me they're now thinking of sending in another plane to try to evacuate the diplomatic commission. kelly. >> thank you, very much. leland vittert. >> jamie: in egypt they pulled the plug and imposed a digital blackout. millions unable to use their cell phones or access the internet. president obama con...