the time. we think the way our law is with our changes, we himself we can defend it, that we can prevail on this, and have it held constitutional. he says he is still talking to the feds even though they re suing them, trying to resolve their differences of opinion before these controversial provisions kick in in 2013. jon. jon: peter doocy, live in washington. the arguing goes on. thanks peter. thank you. jenna: we re going to turn it to overseas now. mounting pressure on egypt s military regime as thousands of demonstrators face off against riot police. straight ahead, what they re demanding and what it will take to restore the calm.
rick, thank you very much. jon: i think that s the reason enclosed malls jenna: right, that s a good point. jon: now to a fox news alert, and the number of americans seeking unemployment benefits grew slightly last week. the labor department reports 393,000 americans now applied for benefits, that ends two months of what had been steady declines. the future of unemployment benefits and payroll tax cuts for millions of americans is in jeopardy if congress fails to act soon. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live in the washington with a look at that. first on the payroll tax, mike, what s the status? what should we expect? reporter: jon, good morning. the senate may vote as early as next week on extending the tax cut, president obama s pushing congress to do it arguing if they don t, middle class families are going to get hit with a tax increase at the worst possible time. take a listen. for the average family, your taxes will go up a thousand dollars if congress does
to bring problems around the gulf, stretching towards the great lakes area. that s going to have delays if you re traveling on that date. sunday this storm pulls off to the east, and we ll see delays maybe towards the northeast and sorts of the southeast as well. get ready, as cool air moves in, maybe seeing a snow flurries. jenna: by that time it s christmastime, though. exactly, you re ready for the snow. jenna: jon: the federal reserve is keeping a close eye on the economy and congress, as it considers additional steps to try to promote economic growth in this country. fox business network correspondent peter barnes reports for us live from washington. peter. reporter: hey jon. a lot of this could be triggered by gridlock, believe it or not. some economists now saying the federal reserve may have to ride to the rescue of the fragile economy once again because of the failure of the supercommittee. some economists now worry that congress and the white
going to take over the future of egypt, if the military should step aside. jenna: just a final thought here robin. i know this is a fast moving situation. but do you think the egypt that emerges next will be an ally of the united states? it depends upon how this plays out. the longer this disorder goes on the more the united states is seen as an ally of the military, the greater the danger the people also hold the united states accountable. so a lot of this will be determined really by the time factor. jenna: very interesting perspective, robin. always nice to have you. thank you for joining us and happy thanksgiving. same to you. jon: in washington, economic policy is very much in the air as you know with the failure of the supercommittee to come up with some kind of a deal to cut the decifit. now a worried federal reserve might be ready for more monetary stimulus. what that means for the value of your hard earned dollar. plus are you travel fog thanksgiving? some important info
pretty well, delays holding at 35 - 30-45 minutes, there s one last bit of rain moving through. this storm impacting the northeast, it happened about one if it happened 12 hours later we d have big problems because last night, very heavy rain along the eastern seaboard. it s exited the east coast. still have a last batch of showers near the airports causing delays. big snows across new england so the roads driving home will be problematic. not across the west, the steady stream of moisture is pulling in, across oregon and washington, you get that this time of year but this is certainly a wet storm out there. here s your look at tomorrow. we ve got rain across the west, the center part of the country is warming up. we re going to see temps around 30 degrees above where you should be in the heartland. so a very nice day, much of the east coast looking great. it won t be that windy, great lakes will see a little bit of cool weather. want to quickly, though, jen kwrarbgs talk about your