shep: our leaders are walking a fine line when it deals with this crisis in egypt. it s calling for an orderly transition to democracy, but the white house will not say whether it means president mubarak has to go. that is not for our country or our government to derl. i don t think that people that see greater freedom are looking for somebody else to pick them. shep: that is the public word but behind the scenes, the united states is pushing hard for free elections in september without hosni mubarak on the ballot. wendall goler is live at the white house. they are insisting they are sending the same message in public and private but you know. they think it amounts to the same message. people of egypt should decide who their leader is and the folks believe that have decided
bottom in and out of government. shep: we do give them a lot of money each year, it gives united states a little bit of a push, doesn t it? before the wars in iraq and afghanistan, egypt was the second biggest recipient of foreign aid. most of it was military aide so most important talks is going on with gates and mike mullen and his counterpart in egypt. both them and the president making it clear that continued aid depends on the egyptians getting it right. also today, democratic senator bill nelson of florida says it s important the egyptians get right the transition of the change of government and prevent a collapse that could put a more radical group. mr. mubarak will have to go but not without an exit strategy without opening the door for
themselves heard in a different way and they top the news as we go around the world in 80 seconds. egypt, taking to the streets of cairo with a gentler tone. this man flying the colors of egypt s flag over the city what he calls a peace kite. he says he wants his homeland to get better. australia cyclone anthony making landfall in queensland which has suffered deadly flooding. storm uprooting trees and knocking down power lines and forecasters report that a larger one will hit the area on thursday. some officials it could be the worst ever to hit the region. venezuela, a fire at an arms factory killing one person and injuring three more. evacuating hundreds near the facility. the cause was not clear. united kick come a climber
they don t want to it to be hosni mubarak but they don t want to publicly push for his ouster. now they have decided we re pretty much beyond. secretary of state clinton says we want exactly what the protestors are seeking. former u.s. ambassador to egypt we re slow off the mark but he says mrs. clinton is pretty much on track now. i think that yesterday when the secretary started talking about the need for transition, peaceful transition, she is signaling that we are no longer advocating for president mubarak that he has to stick around. president obama has sent another ambassador to egypt to press for democratic reforms. he served in the regulate and a first bush plgsdz and he has close relations with egyptians
we re expecting the crowds to start amassing in about 7 hours time. we are in a tense and volatile situation here but the military says it won t use force against the public, it s too hard to tell what exactly will happen. back to you. shep: this crisis in egypt could have an effect on each and every one of us when it comes to the prices we pay for energy. just ahead the instability in the oil market, the numbers that came out today. what it could mean for the cost of gasoline. in the wake of the tucson supermarket shooting, a team goes under cover at an arizona gun show. tonight the sting operation aimed at exposing those that break the law. that is from the journalists of fox news. to homes across america and in 110 countries around the world, this is the fox report.