. greta: there s much more ahead but first to our new york newsroom. reporter: congress now one step closer to retaining the full power of the nation s anti-terrorist law. earlier today the house agreed to extend three provisions of the patriot act until next december. first common ground must be found with the senate before those term expire the end of this month. provisions grant authorities broader surveillance powers. opponents argue they infringe on civil liberties. gm s hourly workers about to get close to $4,000. bonuses coming fewer than years after the company went bankrupt. the money more than doubles gp s previous record payment. when the workers will get their bonuses will be announced later this month. for all of your business news tune into the fox business network giving you the power to prosper. i m ainsley earhart, thanks
greta: there s much more ahead. but first to our new york newsroom. reporter: new pressure within egypt and from washington for government reform. the troubled nation facing massive strikes. workers are demanding better pay, benefits and working conditions. the white house is warning egypt s leaders further concessions must be made to stop this unrest. president obama today reenforced the need for an immediate transition during a phone call with the king of saudi arabia. powerfullably dumping a record amount of snow in the midwest. parts of oklahoma and arkansas getting hit with more than two feet of snow. two deaths being blamed on the severe weather. national guard being called in to rescue stranded motorists. the storm now heading for the deep south which could get up to five inches of snow. for all of your business news tune into the fox business network. i m ainsley earhart, back to
greta: there s much more ahead but first to our new york newsroom. reporter: egypt s vice president says the protests in cairo captain be allowed to continue much longer. omar suleiman s warning comes on the day that demonstrators staged one of their biggest rallies. he says don t expect the immediate departure of president mubarak. suleiman confirms militants linked to al-qaeda were among thousands who fled during the right why thes. he calls the during the riots. he calls that a threat to society. a tractor trailer sideswiped a bus crashing head into the other. two adults on the truck driver were kill. 60 students injure. the bus was returning from a field trip to the university of mississippi. the injuries not considered life-threatening. for all your business news tune into the fox business
caucuses. the airport attack killed 36. he s claiming responsibility for the moscow subway bombings last march. consumer borrowing increasing for the third month in a row. fed reporting a hike of a little more than six billion. spending on credit cards rising for the first time in more than two years. economists see the increase in credit card use as a sign of growing consumer confidence. for all your business news tune into the fox business network. i m ainsley earhart. now back to greta. greta: president obama going head-to-head with our own bill o reilly in a taped interview minutes before the super bowl. i was president obama s first appearance on the o reilly factor in nearly three years. bill o reilly asked tough questions we want to know the answers to. bill: are you confident we are going to win in afghanistan? can you say to the american people the blood and treasure is wore it, we are going to defeat the taliban? can you say that? the president: i can say we
discovery set to liftoff february 24th carrying supplies to the international space station. for all of your business news tune into the fox business network. i m ainsley earhart. thanks for watching fox. back to greta. greta: egypt is a vital partner in the mideast. egypt could not be more important to the israeli-palestinian peace process. with the reason uptick in violence it becomes a very sticky situation. joining us john bolton. good evening. if you were in charge and could make the decisions, how would you be handling this crisis? what you have to keep first and foremost is what america s interests are. not some academic class in comparative government. the issue is what is in our interest first stability and the egypt -israeli peace agreement that s threatened by loss of stability and potential chaos.