keep the number of cardinals at the required 120 who are under the age of 80 and eligible to choose his successor. god only knows when that will be. we have no indication that the pope is anything but good health but at the same time 85 is 85. he clearly wants the college of cardinals to be at full staff going forward. there is a bit have controversy about the lone american. archbishop james michael harvey has been in charge of the papal household for several years and direct superior of the pope s former butler who is new jailed for stealing. they is seem by some vatican insiders away from the pope s inner circle. heather: lauren green reporting. gregg: a new report examines homeland security and suggests
benedict has put a stamp not only on the college of cardinals, but on the bishops that he s been appointing around the world. and that is part of his legacy and it will be interesting to see how all of that plays out. now, there is a bit of controversy about the lone american in the group of cardinals, archbishop james michael harvey and papal council. the direct superior of the pope s former butler accused of stealing the pope s private papers. and some are seeing a lateral move away from the inner circle. lauren green, thank you very much fwor the report. rick: coming up, picking up the pieces in israel and gaza, how life there is getting on after a cease-fire that ended eight days of virtually nonstop violence. and a new report that consumer confidence is on an upward swing amid black friday madness. why doesn t the nation s unemployment number reflect the same progress?
arthel: and the new high-tech toys out there this christmas. never fear, consumer reports is here with the top picks for under the tree. rick: but we begin with a fox news alert on the political crisis that is now unfolding in egypt, where just hours ago, the country s highest judicial body calling for a national strike. the protest of a prove by the president there, mohammed morsi granting himself sweeping new powers, a move that since resulted in the violent and widespread protests they ve seen. and steve harrigan is streaming live from cairo with the latest. where do the protests go from here? rick, the numbers are down today from what we saw on friday and we re likely to see more large scale protest demonstrations in the coming days, after sunday morning prayers and again on tuesday. what we re likely to see then are really competing margins, those who support the president, who feel like his moves are necessary, to break the log jam and to move the country forward
granting himself absolute power. this is how bad the violence got. thousands clashing with police and morsi supporters and new pressure on the president to back down and fear that violence will flare up. steve? reporter: the number of those tents put up by protestors has grown. they are intent to stay there throughout the week but the number of protestors on the street has declined dramatically over the last 24 hours. on late friday there were up to 40,000 people on the square. the protests did turn violent here in cairo and other cities. buildings torched. police cars torched. a lot of tear gas and pepper spray in the shutdowns between protestors and security forces. and morsi and the top justices. many chief justices here in cairo and across the country they will no longer to go work until the president repeals his decrease for a power grab. we re seen what could be a show down on the streets. that is when supporters on tuesday and saying that he is trying to be a dictato