about it, they knew all about what was going on in washington, these are the salesmen right now as folks were stocking up on their old light bulbs. bill: happening now is in 11 minutes, rick folbaum is in for jon scott. rick: coming up on happening now , the president as you ve been saying getting set to speak to the country on the debt crisis in about ten minutes or so. we ve got analysis with an all star lineup including bret baier out of washington and we want to hear from you. go to foxnews.com/happening now, click on the america s asking tab and weigh in. also is the exclusion to cyber spying and crime a second internet? we ll have more on that idea. and the story of the bible s bad guys, the historical facts that are being uncovered in the israeli desert, coming up at the top of the hour on happening now . back to you guys. bill: we ll take that mystery right on, rick, thanks, see you soon. getting breaking news right now out of damascus, we reported about an hour ago tha
bill: a fox news alert, looking for more information out of our middle east bureau in jerusalem, what is happening in damascus, witnesses say syrian protesters have breached the compound of the u.s. embassy in damascus, moments ago. they were protesting three days and did not breach the security of the building itself. because, u.s. marines charged with guarding embassies around the world, reacted, and that is when demonstrators were pushed out. there was some damage to the building itself, but, no embassy staff were injured. nor are they said to be in danger and the french embassy came under protests as well and the french embassy, did not breach the compound and they did, at the u.s. site, so we re working more information on that and trying to figure out what the syrian governments and how they will respond next as protests continue in that
for about three days, that mob broke into the embassy by use of a battering ram, they did not breach the husbanding complexity self, however, because u.s. marines on guard fought them back or disspelled the demonstrators from going much further, but now we re hearing the u.s. ambassador to syria, his residence in damascus has also been attacked. we re working for more information on that, that word coming from the associated press. in a moment, you thought it was all over, right, casey anthony s sentenced, it was going away, but a may lay led police on a chase from land to sea. how did that end you wonder?
bill: here s the breaking news now and fox news alert out of damascus, syria, reports that reuters and other news agencies, protestors loyal to government have attacked a u.s. embassy compound, entering that compound, do not know if they ever made it inside, but at one point, setting up a syrian flag on the property. loyalists trying to break off from the french embassy earlier, all this comes as the regime supporters protested outside both embassies for a third straight day. so we knew they were there, and we knew there was a possibility they d be coming even more. the u.s. and french ambassadors angered the syrian government last week when they visited a flashpoint town in syria, these protests have been going on for four-months now in syria, reports say at least 1200 have been killed by the government. we re watching this story now. it is breaking news out of damascus in the middle east. heather. heather: in the meantime, there is this, drivers
senator pat toomey, thank you. thanks for having me. special coverage of today s presidential news conference begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern with chris matthews. you don t want to miss that. stick around. now to libya, progovernment protesters have attacked the embassy. richard, what s the layest from? we just spoke to witnesses in damasc damascus. they said something several supporters of the president attacked the u.s. embassy in damascus. they threw stones, they threw eggs and tomatoes, they broke a few windows, apparently. there were two attacks, one on the u.s. embassy in damascus. the other on the french embassy in damascus. the protesters managed to write gra fee tee on the u.s. embassy wall webs calling the american ambassador a dog. the attacks on the french and