megyn: and we ll see and what the banks wind up doing. jay, great to see you. thanks, megyn. megyn: and fox news alert now, on an outbreak of violence in egypt that just forced the u.s. to close its embassy in chi he row. the state department confirming that closure as egypt s latest political crisis spirals out of control, forcing a state of emergency to be declared, that s doing little to contain the growing violence in that country. as deadly protests threatening the government of the islamist president morsi continue. connor powell is live in jerusalem with the very latest, connor? megyn, dozens have been killed during these five days of violence, protests that intensified in the wake of a ruling over the weekend sentencing egyptians to death for their part in a soccer riot last year that led 74 people dead. and in order to calm the situation, morsi declared
of these, and now gamal is saying, you know, i m out of here, too, part of the national democratic party and the only viable party in this government. now, he s he out of there and the national democratic party itself is under new leadership. secretary-general who is a liberal by egyptian standards and not by our definitions of liberal here is the new head of that. all right. these violent clashes in egypt are now turning deadly for reporters on the ground. a man by the name of ahmed mahmoud worked for an egyptian newspaper dying after being shot while taking pictures from his balcony off the square below. journalist knows firsthand about the dangers. he joins us in chi he row cairo on the phone. did you know this fellow very well? no, i didn t know him, but
are on the side of the protesters. and minutes ago, palestinian protests flaring up and calling for mubarak to step down. but this is kind of stuff spreads like wild fire, right? and we re watching bahrain, yemen, jordan, algeria, just some of the hot spots that have or will have rallies and protests over the last 48 and next 48 hours. the fox business network s ashley webster is live from chi he row. what s the latest there, buddy? reporter: yeah, good morning, neil. we re keeping an eye on state-run television. we understand at this moment one of egypt s top military commanders is addressing the crowd in tahrir square urging them to go home. and reports are he s drown out by the protesters by playing loud music and the interesting thing, the protesters don t