support of at least nine security council votes and the vetoes by the us, britain, france russia or china. the draft resolution could have had the support of up to 13 council members, but the us hasjust used its veto. let s go tojohn sudworth who is at the united nations following the story. bring us up today on what has been happening? palestine already has observer status here at the united nations. it allows it to attend meetings but not to vote. what has been happening today as a result of a request from palestine itself, the security council has been considering this bid to grant full status. there has been a day of speeches by the
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president. reuters news agency president mohammed morsi will try to explain reasons for giving himself nearly absolute power. he and his backer notice muslim brotherhood argued he needed to do it to speed along the transition to a new government. the move has sparked new rallies which have turned violent at times. [chanting] shepard: meantime judges on egypt s highest court who lost their power under this decree today went on strike and say they will not return to work until the president gives up the sweeping powers that he somehow granted himself. palestinian leaders predict they are going to score historic win tomorrow when the united nations votes on whether to recognize a palestinian state. analysts expect the vote to pass and by a big majority it would grant palestine only limited understood statehood. against the effort it could give palestinians new leverage against israel.