that up as a cautionary example. the military melted down. the military was given orders to shoot protesters, rank and file stopped doing it. they defected 1,000 a day. this key pillar of the state disappeared. that s what we don t want in egypt that s why we can t back mubarak any more. sean: this was a great. greta is next, see you tomorrow night. greta: a fox news alert. right now no one, no one is safe in egypt. look at this video. riot police cars on the streets smashing through protesters the situation is volatile. already eight confirmed dead, nearly 1,000 injured. it is 5 a.m. right now egypt. the sun is rising soon in cairo. everyone fears it could get worse in the next few hours. the new target of violence, journalists. you ve seen the gangs up close, throwing fire and beating
descended into further chaos, i thought open the window is further chaos? exactly. this is not right. greta: why do they hate him? you know, they really don t hate him. they hate what he stands for. the fact is mubarak for 30 years has led egypt. he took it from a very dangerous position when sadat was assassinated. he has done a great deal of good things. he s lost touch with the people. he s lost touch with his country in the last five to 10 years. the man is aging. greta: lost touch in what way? we have turnovers because we have terms for our presidents. lost touch in what way? he doesn t understand his people any more. anybody that could look out there and suggest that he was still in charge or that he had any chance of being in charge in the future and look at what is going on in the seats, would understand this isn t going to work. greta: this is anger
holding talks with top egyptian officials about the possible immediate resignation of president hosni mubarak, but a spokesman says the decision must be made white egyptian people. thousands of people are expected to attend what they call the day of departure demonstration on friday. stay with fox newschannel for the latest out of egypt. now back to on the record. greta: right now it is morning in yemen. protests are erupting there. today is a day of rage in yemen. first egypt, now yemen. more than 20,000 chanting in the streets, down, down, down with the re . they want their president to step down after 32 years as their president. the yemeni president is responding saying he will not seek another term that is not enough for these protesters
surrounded on every side again. greta: did you see this coming? you were in israel for so long or in the mideast having moved back to the united states, see this coming in egypt? reporter: no, i didn t, particularly here in he . i looked at the mubarak government has having an iron fisted control and the prediction was that his son would succeed him and everything would remain constant. it is remarkable that this has been such a grass roots movement that has sprung up with so much emotion and up through social media. it is remarkable that social media and the modernization of everything is dragging the arab world in particular into the modern world. what is really interesting here is just to see the potential that a secular organization could really come to relevant power right now. and the world that is watching this needs to think about the potential of grooming a leader out of this secular movement. they are so young and disorganized and they are at a
over you gotta go. greta: that s what happened in honduras in honduras and that didn t go over well. sometime it didn t go over well. greta: thank you, sir. if he does leave, was? ambassador bolton here with his thoughts. his campaign nickname was no drama obama. do you think the white house is feeling the drama now? americans fleeing egypt by the thousands. american journalists being detained and beaten like our own greg palkot. it must be rough in the white house tonight. let s ask dana perino. it has just gotten worse, now yemen, a day of rain against their president, 20,000 protesters hitting the streets. rage in a country where the christmas day bomber planned