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Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports president obama speaks out on the escalating crisis in egypt. Let me say that the egyptian people deserve better than what weve seen over the last several days. And to the egyptian people let me say the cycle of violence and escalation needs to stop. After a violent government crackdown triggered clashes across egypt and left more than 500 people dead, president obama addressed the leaders in egypt, strongly condemning the interim governments actions. We deplore violence against civilians. We support universal rights essential to human dignity. Including the right to peaceful protest. Why oppose the pursuit of martial law which denies those rights to citizens under the principle that security trumps individual freedom or that might makes right. The United States has now canceled a joint military exercise with egypt scheduled for next month as that country now faces an uncertain future. Good day to you, im peter alexander, in for my friend today, and that mitchell. We want to get you caught up. Muslim brotherhood marches along the coastal city of alexandria. Reports of Muslim Brotherhood members storming government buildings in cairo. We are also hearing of more soldiers being killed in northern sinai. Egyptian soldiers are authorized to use live ammunition if there are any attacks on churches or police stations there. This morning on Marthas Vineyard president obama told egypts leaders and the American People what the u. S. Response will be. This morning we notified the Egyptian Government that we are canceling our biannual joint military exercise which was scheduled for next month. Going forward ive asked my National Security team to assess the implexications of the actio taken by the interim government and further steps we may take as necessary with respect to the u. S. Egyptian relationship. Nbcs ayman muhyeldin is live in cairo, egypt right now. Nbcs Kristin Welker joins us from Marthas Vineyard. Figures are staggering today. More than 520 people killed. I want a sense of the atmosphere right now compared to what it was like just yesterday and if youve had a chance to hear any reaction from the people of egypt in regards to what the president said a short time ago. Well, lets start off with the situation here and that is for the second straight night a curfew is being imposed across cai cairo. Thats expected to go into effect any minute if it hasnt already. The Egyptian Military made some announcement it did arrest people who violated the curfew last night. They are serious they want people off the streets as sun sets. Thats gone into effect for the second straight night. It comes on the heels of yet another violent day not only in cairo but across the country. Here in the capital there were several marches belonging to supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, one of those turned violent at the governors office, if you will, to a district or municipal district here in the capital and it led to Police Firing teargas and more importantly that building was torched by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood according to the egyptian police. Now on the other front the situation in the sinai continues to deteriorate. There are at least four egyptian soldiers wra were killed in an ambush attack by armed gunmen. You are getting the sense the situation on the security front remains volatile. The interim government is trying to keep a steady face in all of this. They held meetings today. More importantly, the president of the country, the interim president , did accept the resignation of noble laureate and Vice President mohammed el b baradei has come under criticism for not supporting this crackdown on the supporters of the must brotherhood that unfolded yesterday. On top of that 500 or so death toll you mentioned, there are still about 200 bodies lying in a mosque, part after field hospital, still unaccounted for. We expect the death toll number to continue to rise in the coming hours. Ayman, thanks. So much of what weve heard from the president and white house officials is about the issue of leverage. From the conversations youre having with senior white house officials, how do they describe this tight rope they are trying to walk right now considering the Current Situation there . Reporter well, it is a tight rope. So first to what the president said. He essentially announced that hes canceling this military exercise. This bright star exercise. This is aimed at sending a strong rebuke to the interim government, to the military. This is a hugely symbolic move. We should point out these exercises have been in place since the 1980s after the camp david peace accords were signed. The last one was held in 2009. They didnt have them in 2011 because of the transition that was going on in egypt. So the white house essentially aiming to send a strong message, peter, to the leaders of egypt right now saying that they will not tolerate and stand behind what is happening in egypt. At the same time what the president didnt say he wouldnt say whether or not what has happened in egypt is a coup because if the administration weighs it on that point, if they determine that a coup has in fact taken place, then they would almost, by law, have to with hold the 1. 3 billion in military aid that the United States gives to egypt annually. So the administration right now sort of dangling that aid out in front of the interim government saying, look, we still have this leverage, as you point out, peter, that we can ultimately determine that we will wind up withholding. Theyre not there yet so they are basically playing their cards in a progressive manner. Now we are getting reaction. It is what you would expect. Democrats standing behind president obamas announcement. For example, tim cain of virginia saying the president s announcement was appropriate. Some republicans already saying, as you would expect, saying this amounts to nothing more than a slap on the wrist. Rand paul saying, president obama, say that this is, a coup, a withhold the aid. That 3 billion in aid is a critical question. We know the administration is reviewing whether or not theyll ultimately determine to pull that aid back but right now they are still dangling that in front of the interim government. Thats where things stand right now. President obama is back on the golf course, peter, underscoring sometimes what the difficult optics of a president ial vacation can prove to be. He will undoubtedly get some remarks for that decision to go right back out on to the golf course after making that announcement about egypt. Kristin welker traveling with the president , to both of you, thanks. The host of nbcs meet the press, nbcs David Gregory is now with us on set. David, thanks so much. I want your sense as we talk about the president s remarks today. One of the Biggest Challenges for the u. S. Right now is the sort of unclear nature of what its real strategy is, what theyre really trying to accomplish here. Weve heard for months going back to when the arab spring started so it is even longer than that, that the administration and the u. S. Has limited ability to influence the trajectory of any kind of democratic step that egypt takes. Now we know that the u. S. Does have leverage. Its got leverage because it is United States. It is leverage in the region and because of a lot of aid but i think this president has been reluctant to overstep whatever u. S. Leverage it has and whatever leverage he has as president. Its not clear to me what the strategy is right now in terms of how the u. S. Wants to interfere. Theyre sort of watching and encouraging the president talked about having an inclusive Egyptian Government. They were critical of mohamed morsi. They basically allowed this coup to happen without spelling it out in name. So it is difficult and there are going to be critics of the u. S. Saying, hey, youve got to sort of show the way. I think over the past decade the u. S. Is less willing to do that given our entanglements in iraq and afghanistan. That idea, the earth that people are saying the u. S. Needs to show the way is in question. You raised it you said the question people are asking, what does the u. S. Stab for right to you and what is it willing to do about it . We know what the you had stands for. We know what the Administration Stands for. The question is what are they prepared to do about that to have those values actually stand up in egypt . I think thats the critical point. It is well, whats possible . What is it the u. S. Can do beyond aid . I think whats important about this whole thing to remember, the strongest part of the u. S. Egyptian relationship was military to military and this is the military thats carrying this out which has to be deeply worrisome to the administration because when mubarak left office, it was the military and their relationship with the u. S. That gave them real cause for optimism that they would have some period of quiet. Even after morsi was thrown out by the military, the view among u. S. Officials i talk to at the highest levels was, hey, this will be okay. We got elbaradei in there, other things will come together and there will be some stability. Now i dont know how they can say that. This is really about the future of the Muslim Brotherhood and islamists all across the region. Isnt it . Well, yeah. It was a bad day for islamists when morsi was kicked out but it could be a bad day for democrats as well in egypt if the must brotherhood takes up its struggle in a different way, as it has historically, and basically walks away from the democratic process. So that cant be what certainly the u. S. Wants. When the president says that our partnership is based on our principles, what are they going to do to enforce those is the question that i have. What happens in egypt, as tom friedman noted, doesnt always stay in egypt. Whats the impact on our allies in the region . John kerry has been making the push for a new effort between israelis and palestinians . Thats the biggest concern. Military to military is also between the Egyptian Military and the israeli military. Camp david accords is a concern. And the camp david accords. There is no question that ultimately what happens in egypt, lack of stability in egypt, any kind of terrorist element is a big threat to israel. That will get the u. S. attention in a very real way. David gregory, thanks for your time. The National Transportation safety board has recovered those black boxes from the wreckage of the pups cargo plane that crashed in birmingham, alabama yesterday. Those black boxes will be sent back to washington, d. C. To be analyzed. The cargo plane en route from louisville crashed just short of the runway killing both crew members on board. Investigators say there was no distress call from the plane before its impact. [ male announcer ] whats important to you . At humana, our medicare agents sit down with you and ask. Being active. And being with this guy. 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Im doing very well. Let me ask you right off the bat. Your thoughts about what we heard from the president today and how concerned perhaps you are about the actions that you have seen from the military leadership in egypt at this time . Well, egypt is a tragic mess at the moment. Historically the militarys been the most respected institution in egypt. Its the one institution that we have some certainly influence potentially over but that influence is being really shown to be pretty weak at this point in time. Think with that limited amount of influence, the statement by the president , the cancellation of the military exercise was an appropriate action. I think his comments were appropriate. I think at this point in time all america can really do is ask for restraint on both sides. Certainly keep our fingers crossed that the bloodshed will end and that the military will respect human rights. If we wait and we keep our fingers crossed and we ask for restraint, u. S. Officials as we understand until the very last minute before this crackdown were reaching out to their counterparts in egypt asking for that very restraint but they were ignored. So do we have an influence . Keeping fingers crossed doesnt seem like it is going to cut it anymore. No, its tragic we dont have greater influence. About the only thing we have right now is the threat of cutting out military aid. Quite honestly, a number of us in the senate were willing to give the president the flexibility prior to the august recess. When we come back in september if events dont improve dramatically, i dont think there is going to be any choice than to basically force the hand of this administration and cut off military aid to egypt. Should he have made that call today . Should hathat have been the decision now . First, i dont think there is any reason to at this exact moment. I think potentially dangling that carrot still out there might provide some influence but again, were seeing that our influence in the region not only just in egypt but across the world because of, unfortunately, this administrations tendency to lead from behind or to follow, not exerting the type of American Leadership, it is just not working out very well and thats across the region. Thats very unfortunate. I want a sense from you. You say you are satisfied with what the president said today than what you think the alternative is. That is a common phrase we hear from republicans. President s been leading from behind. What could he have done differently that you suggest in egypt that this administration did not do properly specifically . Well, again, from the start of this administration when he embarked on his apology tour, when he did not offer even words of encouragement to the young people in iran, canceling municipal defense shield, not establishing a status of force agreement in iraq so we could at least prevent the iranian overflights that are supplying the slaughter in syria. Across the board this president has not shown the type of leadership around the region, those governments sometimes talk about not wanting American Leadership but lined the scenes, they actually do understand that america when we dont lead it creates leadership vacuums and voids and very bad things fill that void. We are seeing that across the region. At this point in time with the lack of influence we have over events, the president basically his statement was about all we could really offer and it is tragic. Senator, youve been back home, had a chance to speak with some of your constituents right there. Based on the conversations what you are hearing, what is going to drive the conversation here in washington when congress is back from its recess . Well, tell you what. Wisconsinites certainly understand how dysfunctional washington is. Again, they are incredibly disappointed that we are not coming to grips with our very severe debt and deficit issue. People are really concerned about the implementation of obama care across the board, whether you are talking about businesses, city grofovernments. You say a shutdown wont help. Well, unfortunately, theres no way for us to defund obama care short of harry reid passing a bill in the senate and president obama signing it. I dont think thats going to happen. So what conservatives need to do is to point out to the American Public the rolling disaster that the implementation of obama care is going to be and i think as americans come to realize that, hopefully we will create the political pressure to repeal this had bill once and for all. I really think thats probably the best shot at making sure obama care never takes firm or permanent root. I want to end with a trip you recently made to a state not too far from your own. I think they call it iowa. 2016. Is a president ial run a couple years from now something youre thinking about . No. I went to iowa because if were going to really repeal obama care, if were going to come to terms with our debt and deficit issue, we need a majority of republicans in the senate to start passing good laws and iowa has a unique opportunity to send us an ally, a fiscal conservative, somebody that really realizes that we need to limit the size of the federal government, limit its debt and deficits. Really i just went there to offer whatever support i can to that effort. Who is that person . Pardon oh. From a standpoint of republicans in iowa, theyre probably going to have a primary. I was certainly talking about the record of bruce grayley who seems to be the Democratic Senate candidate. Hes totally wrong on issues. Big supporter of boobama care a big supporter of deficit spending. We just thought you might be making some sort of president ial endorsement three years out which would be groundbreaking. Senator johnson, nice to visit with you. Thanks for your time. Have a great day. At least 14 homes have been destroyed now in a wildfire that continues to burn near park city, utah. Gusty winds, high temperatures there are stoking the flames. They call this the rockport five fire. Rapidly growing wildfire has consumed an estimate 2d,000 acres. It is only 25 contained at this time. Elsewhere in that region out west, 44 wildfires are raging across 11 states. Forecasters warning there are more that could happen soon given the tinder dry conditions. In idaho, the massive elk complex wildfire has burned more than 100,000 acres. Weigh you down . As soon as you feel it, try miralax. It works differently than other laxatives. 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Joining us now for our daily fix, Chris Cillizza and copost of in play you shufting between places. National Political Correspondent Karen Tumulty is in studio. Now that the spotlight is finally off of Anthony Weiner at least for the moment, Michael Bloomberg, has relationship to speaker quinn, the connection the two of them had, the various policies, give us a sense of her campaign at this time and what you really think the conversation is behind the scenes . Youve hit on it. I think the biggest problem here is that chris quinn is seen by Many Democrats as essentially a fourth term of Michael Bloomberg. He is not someone whos all that popular in a democratic primary and being seen as kind of his pick doesnt help you. I think if youre chris quinn you have to be concerned that youve started this race as the frontrunner before Anthony Weiner got in. Anthony weiner got in, it was seen as the it would have you are the cofrontrunners. Now all of a sudden youre replaced. If youre not for chris quinn now, why all of a sudden are you going to be for her is the question. Karen, Michael Bloomberg waited for the last minute endorse in the president ial campaign. Does he show up at the last minute in this shsome way . The question is what his endorsement will mean at a moment when the city could hurt. Yes, exactly. As popular as he has been, some of his moves most recently have not been so popular and also there is this kind of coming off of just all of this craziness. I think that somebody who comes in looking halfway fresh is going to have an advantage. Feels like a certain smallness to this race though doesnt it after these Rudy Giulianis and Michael Bloombergs. All of a sudden this has been just such a eh campaign. The race for controller thanks to elliott spiiot spitze getting a relevance its never had before. Controversy out west in san diego, bob filner. Were learning that today there will be another news conference, another woman said to be coming forward accusing the mayor of sexual inappropriate behavior. This is a great grandmother. This is its not a joke because it is too serious to be a joke but it is outrageous how long its lasted. At what point does this actually impact other democrats across the country for not saying more . Well, i mean honestly, i think at this point, this is either the 14th or 15th woman who will come forward and make these allegations against bob filner. At this point i feel as if youve had most top democratic elected Officials Say it is time to go. They cant force him to leave office. The problem here is the san diego recall laws, if bob filner doesnt want to resign. The recall laws, it is a high bar. It is over 100,000 signatures to get a recall in the ballot. Might not happen until later this year, maybe early next year. So if he wants to stay in office which he seems to want to do despite sort of public evidence everywhere pushing him not to, he can stay for a while. Karen . I do think though if somebody really senior in the party or a lot of people really senior in the party lean on this guy, hes ultimately going to have succumb to the pressure because he is a democrat and this does reflect on everyone else in the party as long as he is out there in office, these charges are getting more serious and this is not a sex scandal. Thissen is abuse of power scandal. We know the post was hacked earlier today. Were glad you guys are up to speed. If you ever need to, you can turn to msnbc. Well played. We appreciate it. Well played, indeed. This story hits close to home for me and a lot of other new parents out there. Raising kids today, it aint cheap. It is certainly getting more expensive. A new government report, parents with a baby born in 2012 will spend at least 217,000 to raise a child to the age of 18. That includes money for housing. Gout to pay for housing . Food, transportation, clothing, health care, child care, education. The price tag does not include the cost of college, adjusted for inflation. Kids are now 23 more expensive than in 1960. The Muslim Brotherhood has taken to the streets today marching in protest to yesterdays violence. Clashes there. Youre watching Andrea Mitchell reports only on msnbc. We want egypt to succeed. We want a peaceful, democratic, prosperous egypt. Thats our interest. But to achieve that, the egyptians are going to have to do the work. That was the president , president obama, this morning expressing his hopes for the egyptian people with a dose of reality. There are some new developments coming to us from egypt really within the last 30 minutes that we want to share with you. We are told that Egyptian Security sources confirm that seven eye gipgs soldiers have been killed today in an attack on an army an military checkpoint in the northern sinai. Also secretary of defense chuck hagel called his egyptian counterpart today telling him that the continued violence is putting the u. S. And Egyptian Defense cooperation at risk. Joining me now for more perspective on the events taking place in egypt, chris hill, dean of International Study at the university of denver and former u. S. Ambassador to iraq, and aaron david miller, distinguished fellow at the Woodrow Wilson center and a former state department advisor. Ambassador hill, ill start with you. The president s decision today to cancel those joint exercises. Was that sufficient . Was that the right move at this juncture . Im not sure it is sufficient to affect the situation in egypt. Im not sure any move would be sufficient to affect the situation. I think hes trying to buy some time for himself. There is a tremendous amount of pressure on the administration to take tougher measures against the Egyptian Military. I think my impression is hes not sure thats the right approach and he would rather keep influence with the Egyptian Military. So i think he is trying to get away with canceling an exercise rather than canceling syrias programs which would affect our influence, our ability to talk to these people. This is a very, very tough issue and it is not easy to take measures that can really thread the needle to some kind of solution. Aaron, if thats not sufficient, or nothing at this time would be sufficient, i guess it raises a much broader question which is, how much leverage, how much influence does the u. S. In fact have over the Egyptian Military right now given the fact that up until the last minute they were demanding them to not go ahead with the crackdown and they were u. S. Officials were ignored . Considerable influence in certain circumstances. Thats the question. When to use the influence that we do have. The fact is the Egyptian Military, rightly or wrongly, perceives that the future identity, the institutions, the ultimate security of the state is at stake and theyve moved with broad popular support, at least initially, in what was clearly a coup, a military intervention to remove a democratically elected, however incompetent and authoritarian government under mohamed morsi. The problem here, it seems, is very clear. If you want clarity in our middle east policy, youve come to the wrong region. Our policies, our interests, our values are at war with one another. We intervene in libya and not syria. We support an arab spring in egypt but not saudi arabia. So im comfortable to a degree with the absence of that clarity because, as chris said and i think he is right the president is walking the finest of lines. If we believed if he believed that the suspension of military assistance would turn the Egyptian Military into a catalyst for democratic change, i think the guy might be more inclined to take a more committing step. But there is a reality here. Egypt has been in the hands of the two least Democratic Forces in the country for the last two years and that is not going to change any time soon. Chris, isnt this one of the problems ambassador hill, isnt this one of the problems at the very bottom of all of this is the simple fact that the administration in effect supported a military coup, even if it wont call it a mill tea co military coon because of the consequences that come with that and it is sort of that lack of definition i think the first thing sto to understand is this is not about what we think about democracy or military coups. This is, as aaron accurately said, is about an Egyptian Military that feels theyre fighting for the entire future of this country and by the way, the must brotherhood is a very different perspective but the same kind of stakes involved. So our ability to affect in on the margin is maybe not what it should be. I think we have tried to be in touch with both side. Weve urged caution. Weve urged efforts at reconciliation but this is a real knife fight going on in egypt right now and its not going to be easy and it is going to take some time to work its way through and i think whats important for the United States is they continue to have some leverage, albeit not particularly leverage they can use today but leverage for the future. Aaron, how does this go . How does this conclude . The roman historian said in the 4th century the best day after the death of a bad emperor is always the first day. We have to hope thats wrong because the trend lines here do not look good. Do you not have leaders that are prepared to act in the National Interests of a national vision. You lack authoritative representative institutions and you dont have a mechanism to debate these issues without spilling into the streets, paralyzing the country and causing massive violence. I suspect and i hate to say this, it is going to get worse before it gets worse. Going to get worse before it gets worse. Ambassador chris hill, aaron david miller, thanks for spending time with us. Coming up, what the smithsonian calls their most exciting zoological discovery yet. Weve been waiting all day for this moment. Well introduce you to the newest member of the animal kingdom. It is live next. My mantra . Always go the extra mile. To treat my low testosterone, i did my research. My doctor and i went with axiron, the only underarm low t treatment. Axiron can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. 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Meet the olingeto. The smithsonian announcing the discovery of this adorable mammal from south america this morning. Its related to the raccoon. It is part of the raccoon family. It is described as a cross between a house cat and a teddy bear. Teddy bear isnt real so thats not really a cross. The scientist who first discovered the mammal joins us now in studio. This is a good breather from the politics of the day so we appreciate you spending time with us. Absolutely. You described this as a case of mistaken identity for decades right now. So you, after years, finally went down to south america and what did you find . We found a new species of mammal and a expect collar new species. This is a beautiful animal and we can hardly believe that everybody else has missed this. This has been completely overlooked by zoologists. Help me understand. When you go off to columbia, to ecuad ecuador, this one is not live. It is napping. What do you look for . Youre like im going to find a new species. How does one even embark on that journey. I knew what to look for because i first realized the animal existed by studying decadesold specimens in museums. This allowed me to realize this animal had never been documented by scientists before but i didnt want to just study it in the museum collection. I wanted to see if we could go out and find the animal in the wild. This is the first carnivore found in the western hemisphere in 35 years. In north or south america, its been more than three decades since anyone has named an animal in this part of the mammal family tree. You brought us the skull. Give us a sense of what that sort of teaches us. The skull was the element that first allowed me to see how special this animal was. Until now most people have confused this animal with another kind of mammal called an olingo. As soon as i saw the skin and skull in museums, looked at the teeth and bones, i knew we were looking at something quite different. First, we should ask more broadly, how many more undiscovered species exist out there . Is there any way to even begin to guess how many more species could show up . There is a huge number. We know as scientists that most of the biodiversity in the world, animals and plants out there may not have been discovered. Whats so unusual about this is we dont expect those new species to be hiding amongst the kind of furriest and most beautiful parts of the mammal family tree. Do any olinguitos exist . We cant trace any but one went on the american sort of zoo tour in the 60s and 70s and no one realized what it was. This is the best shot we have of the olinguito. In that red circle . Its jumping like a flying squirrel. Thats the best we got. That shows you what it is like to be a field biologist. Is it from that that you can say we have a new species . We got much cloeser and we could see it much better. This animal only comes out at night. It doesnt come out of the trees so you what does a animal like this eat . Whats its prey . It is related to carnivores. A member of the order but it is an unusual carnivore in that we have only documented it eating fruit. Just like a giant panda is a bear but eats bamboo its a meat eater that prefers bananas. Thats it. Thats the olinguito right there. Any other announcements . While we have you on Andrea Mitchell reports, we figured this was a Good Platform to break any news to all of america watching right now and some other species are you hiding in your back pocket . Im not telling yet but at the smithsonian, one of the things i do for a living is discover these new species and we have a long lineup coming and this isnt even the biggest one that we have in our pockets. Give us a teaser. Your next destination . Almost always new guinea. Island of new guinea. Lots of discoveries. Very cool. 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Do they think this is as bad as it will get or do they fear that this is only going to get worse . Reporter it seems that people when theyre sort of talking perhaps amongst themselves they are sad, but the outward rhetoric is very much one of we will not stand for this and we want revenge. Right now i trust that there is a curfew throughout that country as people head to bed tonight and anticipate tomorrow. Is there a fear of more of the same . Reporter well, not more of the sentences same in this sense in that this encampment has tens of thousands of people, however, curfew has actually just been lifted slightly so its now gone from 7 00 p. M. To 9 00 p. M. The problem is now that theyre currently marching through cairo and as the curfew falls tonight theres a very good possibility, i think, that there might be clashes. Louisa is joining us from cairo, egypt. Shes been reporting from the ground from that war torn city. We thank you for your time. We appreciate it. Which political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours . Chris is back with us for a little lateshow fix, if you can. Anthony weiner, chris, we know is not the next 24 hours as the next several hours. Campaigning with his mother in brooklyn today. You know, your Progress Report on where this stands. Hes now dropping approaching Single Digits in the polls. Yeah. You know, peter, look, its a circus, not a campaign at this point. Hes not going to be the next mayor of new york city. As a father and a husband, i think hes not as a political observer, i think hes doing more harm than good but he seems committed to sticking it out until the end, which is roughly a month from now. If you look at the polling and watched the debate, its pretty clear that hes down in polling. He is certainly not at the center of a conversation in the debate which is always the sure sign of where candidates stand. So much that hes not the center that folks said im not going to speak about anthony. Not only not in the center but on the periphery. Chris, we appreciate it. Thanks. Thats going to do it for this edition of Andrea Mitchell reports. Remember to follow the show online as well as on twitter andreamitchellreports. Marra schiavocampo is up next. New reaction to president obamas reaction to the unraveling crisis in egypt. Hes already canceled a joint exercise with the Egyptian Military. Is that enough. Plus, both sides on the fight of the samesex marriage awaiting a new jersey judge decision. Dramatic video where there wasnt enough time to get to the delivery room. Well hear from the new mom next on news nation. Nocharge scheduled maintenance. Check. And heres the kicker. 0 apr for 60 months. And who got it . This guy. And who got it . This guy. And who got it . This guy. Thats right. [ male announcer ] its the car you wont stop talking about. Ever. Hurry in to the volkswagen best. Thing. Ever. Event. And get 0 apr for 60 months, now until september 3rd. 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Plus, why one Weightloss Program is pulling celebrities from its advertising. Im marra schiavocampo in for tamron hall. We begin with the still unfolding crisis in egypt and president obamas response. Despite the Egyptian Governments imposition of a nighttime curfew, violence continues. With government building set on fire today. There was this defiant protest in cairo by supporters of ousted president mohammed morsi. Thankfully no repeat of yesterdays bloodbath. Egyptian authorities now say more than 500 people were killed in yesterdays crackdown on morsi supporters and thousands more were injured. Several hours ago president obama made his first Public Comments on that violence. The United States strongly condemns the steps that have been taken by egypts interim government and security forces. We deplore violence against civilians. While we want to sustain relationships with egypt, our cooperation cannot be continued when violence continues. This morning we notified the Egyptian Government that we are canceling our biannual joint military exercise that was scheduled for next month. Going forward, ive asked my National Security team to