leadership, from benghazi to cairo, to damascus, we re to baghdad, we re failing across the board. obama s foreign policy is not working. the middle east is literally in flames. and the biggest prize of all is egypt. if we lose egypt. if he egypt becomes a famed fractured state, i cannot imagine what israel s future looks like p. very interesting. it will be interesting to see what hillary clinton has to sane the upcoming foreign policy speeches how things are going in this region as well. thank you so much. good to talk to you. there are some revealing new poll numbers today that show president obama s approval rating nearing an all time low right now. is it simply a case of second term blues you see sometimes or something different going on politically? we ll talk to our panel next. as the white house claims it is working on the benefits backlog at the v.a., actor and first advocate, gary, is here to show
anything other than this? do we have that tape? the world is what is happening in cairo. we urge the government in egypt and all parties in egypt to refrain from violence and resolve their differences peacefully. basically issuing a statement. is the president right to keep the united states at arm s length from what s happening in egypt? the president has to navigate the anger and resentment that s now felt on both sides of the equation in egypt. let s remember, we have a stake in egypt s stability for the regional goals and objectives of u.s. foreign policy, jonathan. not only the camp david accords, not only its role in counterterrorism against islamists and terrorists throughout north africa, but also as a center of stability, relative stability in this arab spring. so the most important leverage we have is the economic leverage we have over the future of egypt s economy and the need of the egyptian military to borrow vast sums from multilateral
can lead egypt forward. it s important to note the largest protest we have seen in egypt ever was a protest called by ceci and have people come out and support him a couple weeks ago, a powerful man and well liked by a lot of folks but not just the muslim brotherhood protesting right now. thank you very much. egypt a critical american ally in the region, the question is how should the administration, how should the white house respond? what do they do at this point? we re waiting for the state department briefing. as soon as that gets under way, we ll go there. it was delayed last hour, we can only assume because of the crisis as they download the information from cairo to come out to speak about it. we ll see if there are questions about this video leland reported on earlier. let s look at it once again. the word was the muslim brotherhood side was protesting peacefully. what we re hearing about this video is it proves otherwise, it shows according to the reports,
interim government may be already struggling. the question also on everyone s mind is how exactly is the situation going to unfold from the perspective of law and order. the egyptian armed forces have now been called upon to augment the police in restoring is law and order here in cairo and across the country where security remains extremely volatile. there are already marches and protests being organized by supporters of the muslim brotherhood in response to what happened today. so indeed it is a very rapidly escalating situation. as we head into these early hours of the curfew, it is going to be a major test to the police and to the government whether people here abide by it or not. ari? ayman, thank you for that reporting. please stay safe out there. joining us now, former u.s. ambassador mark ginsburg. ambassador, walk us through what s happening here and how significant it is with regard to the transition from the morsi government to this interim
throughout the course of the last 24 hours. here s a live look from cairo. things relatively quiet now that military leaders have declared a state of emergency. they have in stilled a curfew on the streets they say will be in place for a month all in reaction to deadly violence we saw playing out this morning. government forces began to clear out. we saw sit-ins part of the protests and we were told they would deal with those by peaceful means. it all changed dramatically in early morning hours there this morning. running battles in the streets as supporters of the ousted president tried to protest. deputy white house press secretary, josh ernest spoke with reporters early this morning as the president is on vacation in martha s vineyard. here is what he had to say. the united states strongly condemns the use of violence against protesters in egypt. we extend our condolences to the families of those killed and injured. we have repeatedly called on