escape a prison convoy. adding to what has been a chaotic last few days where more than 800 people died. leland vittert has more. reporter: the armed attacks on them and much of cairo. so far the combination of mass arrests and powerful show of force is working. a vast majority of egyptians side with the army. day three of the week of rage didn t live up to the name. a few 00 brotherhood supporters took to the streets. missing from today s small crowd, the gunman that brought carnage, riot police forced them out. now the battle of egyptian
unprecedented levels. muslim brotherhood was planning marches today, expected to be met with violence. they were cancelled. as i speak, there are gun fights going on intermittently around cairo tonight and everyone is wondering if they re changing tactics from bringing down the military regime to guerrilla tactics. u.s. aid to egypt, what would the fallout be if the u.s. suspended aid. could it be seen as a victory for the muslim brotherhood? reporter: it is hard to say. at this point public opinion is very divided in egypt. seems like the majority of people support the military and the military has positioned themselves as this national force against america and foreign intervention.
this is the fox report, heather childers in for harris faulkner. debate intensifying on capitol hill over providing u.s. aid to egypt. it is a country ripe with turmoil. after the military removed a democratically elected leader and days of protests have left more than 800 dead. this comes as we learn of more deaths, this time 38 muslim brotherhood supporters died in attempt to escape from a prison trust convoy. jake lip encot joins us by phone from cairo. what s the latest on the ground now and how likely is it that civil war could break out? reporter: well, as you mention, these protests against the military backed government have been escalating, use of force against them reached