fund-raising goal money to be used to expand and maintain the presidential library. people right here in the u.s. supporting the protesters in egypt. i ll take you to a rally here in atlanta. a debacle at the super bowl over fan seating. our mark mckay live from the stadium. what happened?
former president nominee and former governor s&p is rising up. she s criticizing president obama s handling of a situation. in her words this is what she says. it s a difficult situation. this is that 3:00 a.m. white house phone call and it seems for many of us trying to get that information from our leader in the white house, it seems that the call went right to the answering machine. the white house has offered no response to palin s comments but earlier today president obama stood by his policies. told fox news that he is hopeful democratic reforms will take hold in egypt. he was also asked to pick a super bowl winner. he refused and on a more personal level he talked about what he considers the worst part of being president. the worst part of the job is, first of all, i ve got a jacket on on super bowl sunday. if i was not the president that
going home with a super bowl loss. we re going to have to see what happens. as you mentioned, don, let s not forget about the accommodation and the airline tickets just to get here let alone the ticket prices. and the monitors in the room they were invited to go to. they said the same size as a sports bar. oh, my gosh. i d be so upset. thank you. appreciate it, mark. u.s. passion for the protesters in egypt. my report on a rally in atlanta is coming up on cnn. but first, unrest in egypt is causing economic unrest and the americans are tired of pinching pennies. stephanie elam has it all in this week s getting down to business. protests in cairo are having some economic repercussions. the egyptian stock exchange has been closed since the upheaval began. it s lost 20% of its value. the suez canal. there s concern that shipments could be disrupted.
mubarak had access to all of the investments in egypt. he with would get 20% of the deal. sweet deal. you are going to generate million monthly. that money reportedly funneled into secret bank accounts, building wealth, they have homes, hotels. they are certainly not hurting for money that. is part of the regime that is corrupt and fraud and everybody gets kick becomes. that is how it has been for the last kickbacks that is how it has been for the last 30 years. neil: we ve been talking about what happens if cairo could spread elsewhere. we heard talk of protests the westside of the african con . nevertheless, big islamist population. we ve seen uprisings there. protests in algeria, jordan,
seen as the next president of the country, not now. other mideast leader are getting edgey. iraqi malachi today saying he won t seek a third term. the egyptian government is trying to prehaven t a run on banks. cash with calls will be capped at roughly $10,000. planned reoning of the egyptian stock market for monday has been put off. in israel they are tense. mike huckabee in that country. he s been very quiet about the case next door, governor huck pea joins on the phone. i would imagine they are concerned, governor? there s great concern. egypt has been a steady and stable partner for the past 30 years. there s been a peace albeit a cold peace but at least between israel and egypt, no war since 1973 and one tank commander from the israeli military told me for the first