hosni mubarak s health is an issue here in egypt. keep in mind when we heard earlier today is that the lawyer for hosni mubarak said he was in a, quote, deep coma, he fell into that coma midday local time and that the lawyer was on the way to the hospital and didn t know whether or not hosni mubarak would ever regain consciousness. now, the hospital for itds part as you said, said, yes, he did lose consciousness. he fainted for a while earlier today. but regained consciousness quite shortly after that. they re also telling us that apparently it s not uncommon for mubarak to faint every once in a while. simply because his health is so problematic. the reason why this is such a big issue here in egypt, fredricka, is because mubarak is due to stand trial on august 3rd for atrocities allegedly committed during his reign here of almost 30 years in power. and, of course, during the revolution that started on january 25th and that eventually led to him being ousted. so a lot of pe
continues. what we ve learned is that afghan security forces are being led by afghan national police. this is significant because nato and part of the transition made it clear that they re intent on positions more and more authority towards afghan forces. today was actually the first day of the transition period to be extended over the next two years. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. the murdoch phone hacking scandal in britain has claimed its first public official. just hours ago, britain s top cop suddenly resigned. his resignation comes on the same day police arrested a top murdoch executive. let s bring in cnn s atika shubert. atika, is there a connection between the resignation and the arrest of that top murdoch executive? well, there are basically two different strands of the same scandal. in the place of sir paul stevenson, the topmost senior police officer here in britain, he basically resigned because of increasing intense scrutiny over th
megyn: how extensive is this search? reporter: it s clear it s a wide and coordinated effort. immigration is involved. an arrest made in maine, new york, new jersey massachusetts. homes, businesses, two gas stations in brookline, massachusetts being searched owned by the same family. that family has 30 employees. we are looking into whether a particular employee is of particular interest. there was a honda accord that was searched today. it is registered to mohammed kahn. we are hoping authorities will clear some of this up and say who they have in custody and perhaps what charges megyn: are they saying whether there is a possible threat at
more than half a trillion dollars. new details on who and what was responsible. we begin with this fox news alert. there are new fbi and immigration raids underway in three states this hour. all connected in some way to the plot to set off a bomb in times square. fbi teams moving in on homes and businesses in massachusetts, new jersey, and in long island, new york. at least three people have been taken into custody so far today. trace gallagher is putting it all together from our breaking news desk this hour. what do we know? reporter: the man you had in the top box faisal shahzad that is the failed times square bomber. all the information that is being acted on today is because of the interrogations happening with him over the past several days. the justice department telling us the number of raids and arrests and in the coming days and maybe by the end of today will rise. we have had raids in three different states. we re talking about boston, brookline and watertown. two