craziest finishes you'ller see to a basketball game. how about a game-winning four-point play. you'll see how this one ended ahead in sports. but first let's get to the news live here at 30 rock in new york city. egyptian government workers have now joined the country's revolt, staging strikes an protests across the country. for the first time yesterday, thousands of employees from key industries that incline oil, gas and transportation, took to the streets to protest unfair wages and mismanagement. this is spreading across the country now. warns of a military crackdown as the demonstrations escalate. in an interview with pbs he also pushed back an american official says u.s. expectations are out of line with political reality in egypt. meanwhile reports have surfaced that the army has detain and tortured pro democracy activists. still more strikes are planned for today and organizers have called for a new protest of millions to be held tomorrow. at his briefing yesterday white house secretary robert gibbs says egyptian leaders should expect more unrest until they start to show real reform. >> it must begin now and produce without delay an immediate irreversible progress. thing it is clear what the government has put forward has yet to meet a minimum threshold for the people of egypt. >> as the administration works with egypt leaders, a new york report says that saudi arabia's king warned president obama in a phone call last month not to humiliate mubarak publicly. after meeting with president obama and vice president joe biden for lunch at the white house yesterday the top three republicans in the house are now saying they thing they can come together with the administration on spending, trade çdeals, and the economy. we shall see. they were vague about specifics, but john boehner says the nature of the meeting was promising. >> i think it's clear that the president wants to find common ground with us. there are areas we're going to disagree about, but i think all of us know there are some issues that we can work on together. and whether it's education, whether it's tax policy, whether it's trade or even cutting spending, i think we can find common ground and show the american people that we're able to work together. >> we did have a fairly robust conversation about the need for all of us to work together to send a signal that we're serious about cutting spending. we had agreement on that. >> we looked to places that we could work together on from jobs to cutting government spending, and it was a beginning and a start. we look forward to having the president on his word where we can move legislation and create new jobs. >> this is nice happy talk. now they have to act on it. robert gibbs weighed in on it. >> reducing the deficit and growing the economy were the things that according to the president were most discussed. this is going to be a long discussion on the steps we need to take to reduce the deficit. >> the gallup poll shows we still give the president low marks generally. just 27% aprove of how he's tackling the deficit. 68% disapprove. they laid out their plan to trim about $40 billion in domestic programs, but according to "the new york times" leaders are facing a mini revolt with certain conservatives demanding a larger cut. also yesterday they met with budget directorç jack lew. some say their party remains committed to job creation and economic issues. >> time is clicking. the clock is ticking and we have yet to see one proposal come out of the new house majority. >> our republican colleagues are struggling with the garden of leadership and clearly they have not found their footing going forward. >> in the budget he will deliver to congress next week president obama is planning to approve a five-year freeze on nonsecurity spending however according to a source says he'll take aim at democratic favorites to have funding for low income heating assistance. a married new york congressman has unexpectedly resigned after allegedly e-mailing shirtless photos of himself to an anonymous woman on craig list. chris lee, an upstate new york republican responded to the ad that posed the question will someone prove to me that not all craigslist men are toads. he identified himself as a divorced lobbyist and sent this photo of himself poedsing in front of a mirror and described himself as a fit, fun, classy guy. the woman reportedly broke off contact with lee after becoming suspicious that he had misrepresented himself. in a statement lee wrote i regret the tharm that my actions have caused my family, my staff, and my constituents. i deeply and sincerely apologize to them all. i have made profound mistakes and i promise to work as hard as i can to seek forgiveness. there's got to be more going on. democratic senator jim web of virginia says he is planning to retire at the end of his first term, giving theç republicans a chance to seek a senate seat next year in a traditional red state. he said he would return in the private sector, but offered no detail of more than that. web was elected to the senate in 2006, knocking off republican george allen who's attempting a comeback now for 2012. democrats must defend 23 senate seats now next year including two held by inpen dends. many in swing states. the conservative political action conference or cpac kicks off in washington today. they'll be looking at the extra poll to see who conservatives prefer to run for president next year. here are some of the key candidates. haley barbour, chris christie mitch daniels, newt gingrich, mike huckabee, sarah palin, ron paushlgs tim pawlenty, mitt romney, and rick santorum. meanwhile sarah palin and rick santorum have launched a political feud. one day after he criticized palin for rejecting to speak at cpac, she fired back. >> i think the reports were much worse than he really said. i think some things were taken out of context. ly not call him the knuckle-dragging neanderthal. i'll let his wife call him that. i don't know what the big brouhaha is. i've never ben to that conference. i don't think why anybody would think it's that big of a darn deal not to be there this time. just over a month after being shot in the head, arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords speaking. she requested toast with her grek fast and has been speaking a little more each day. mark kelly posted on facebook that doctors believe she is recovering at lightning speed saying herç appetite is back. john roll was killed in last month's chutings. they're naming a new court house in yuma, arizona, after him. the courthouse should be completed by 201 #. homeland security secretary janet napolitano is warning the threat of a terrorist attack in the u.s. is now at its highest level since the september 11th attacks partly because of home-grown radicalization. those comments came at a congressional hearing yesterday where another official said anwar al awlaki, an american born islam ache cleric now tops osama bin laden as the biggest threat to the united states. fans of the iphone 4 are expected to line up in droves today as verizon begins selling the device to new customers. they found that it drops fewer calls than the at&t version, but the antenna problems with the phone that first surfaced last june is worse with the verizon phone. they say they can sell as many as 9 million iphones this year ja let's take a look at the markets. cnbc steve sedgwick live in london. ben bernanke talking to the politicians on the hill. he's got a lot on his mind, growth, inflation, and when to cut the deficit. he says we have to take the long-term view on the budget cuts. the cost to the recovery would outway the benefits in terms of fiscal discipline. i think we really need to take a long-term view. he says we don't have a problem right now. i do want to repeat that we are extremely vigilant. we will be very careful to make sure that we don't wait too long to tighten monetary policy. stimulus for the moment, no budget cuts yet. but he thinks eventually we going to have to think about this. elsewhere, one of the biggest deals of the year could well be taking shape. it seems the new york stock exchaowe euronext could be taken over by deutsche boerse. everyone's looking at the boerse consolidation. this will be the big one. we might get an announcement on this one in the next couple of days. back to you. >> you're right. that's certainly the headlines. all right, steve. thanks a lot. still ahead on "way too early," goalie fight. how do you tern an nhl game into a spectacle. clear the benches and have the goalies mix it up. plus, donald trump unloads on china. it's a big issue. by god, he might ride it all the way to the white house. kasparov is playing computer and there's more at steak. it's a test to see if the human brain can outwit the machine to see if it can shift through the 00 million moves a second. the results of game one, it went to the computer. ♪ [ male announcer ] here they 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[ sighs ] ugh. over here! put your roots in reverse. with root touch-up, by nice 'n easy. it extends the life of your color in 10 minutes with a seamless match to any brand -- guaranteed! roots are outta there. with root touch-up by nice 'n easy. roots are outta there. of all the places you look when you need new ideas for dinner, it's time to discover the best place of all. go to campbellskitchen.com. where you'll find hundreds of fresh recipe ideas, made with the brands you love. make campbell's kitchen part of your kitchen. new york congressman chris lee may have made some topless history yesterday for the quickest resignation in the wake of a scandal. lee's congressional seat has a rich history of its own. ifç you want to sound smart toy tell your friends that jack kemp served nine terms in the western new york congressional seat being vacated by representative chris lee. enough of the real news. let's huddle up around the water cooler and conjure up some interest if we can in the arrest of lindsay lohan. let's focus on as we so often do, fashion. a lot of people talking about the white dress she wore into court. i wasn't talking about it, but a lot of people were. the color of innocence. she did everything, but release white doves as she walked in. it's a big talker. let's go through some of the other outfits. there's the confetti dress. there's paris hilton. how about snooks. >> what did she wear? i don't know. any takers? i think lohan wins. she's on the front cover as you might imagine of the "new york post" as well because, well, we're tackling the big issue. lindsey steals the show in court and it was all about her dress. let's move on, shall we? donald trump on cnn is hinting around he may or may not run for president. his big issue is china. he says he considers them the enemy? i think they're enemies. i deal with chinese. i just sold an apartment to a chinese person for $33 million a short while ago. i mean i'm supposed to like the chinese, but i understand the chinese and i deal with them all the time. they consider our leaders extremely stupid people. they cannot believe what they get away with whether it's they olympics where they put people under age and sa no, no, no, no, no, no and we find out it is true and they say, oh, we didn't know. they have the beautiful girl singing the "national anthem," but it wasn't hers. so many didn't things. the chinese are looking to put us under. >> they lip civiced the "national anthem". it's been all over the internet. it's the story out of ft. wayne, indiana. beloved former ft. wayne mayor harry b-a-a-l-s pronounced balls. they want to put it on the side of the bidding. they say it's not promote to have the name harry baals on the side of the building. if the people want harry baals on the side of a building they should have harry baals on the side of the building. why are you awake? 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