obama is going to announce new actions that the united states would take. at this point, there s no indication that the administration is planning to shift or change its policy toward egypt. we know they have condemned in the strongest terms the violence. they ve called on the military leaders in egypt to restore a democratically elected government as quickly as possible. as for that all important question of what to do about the $1.3 billion in military aid the united states gives to egypt annually, the administration has not signaled, as of right now, they plan to withhold any of that aid. we do know they are constantly reviewing the aid that they send to egypt. so i think a lot of people are going to be listening closely to see if president obama announces any shift in tone or policy when it comes to egypt. again, he will be speaking here in martha s vineyard at 10:15. those are going to be taped comments, chris, so we are going to turn them around as quickly as humanly possible so
top brotherhood officials have been rounded up over past couple days. there on the streets they are still chanting with our blood, our soul, we defend islam. they re not saying we defend egypt. we defend islam. many muslim brotherhood supporters say they would rather die and face martyrdom and then return back to mosques and return the streets of cairo to peace. whether or not they are willing to live up to the pledge will be decided tomorrow after afternoon prayers. we ll see really how this will go, jon. whether the army will take control, keep control of the streets. whether we see the running street battles once again. jon: typically fridays are the worst days in egypt during this period of conflict. leland vittert. thank you. jenna: it is really important to get the view from the ground in egypt. chaos is in the streets there. we wanted to speak to someone recently in the country and met with one of the muslim brotherhood leaders, whose daughter was killed in yesterday s violence.
lowering the full year outlook. there s some concerns about sales at the world s biggest retailers. also cisco, another big company, a big tech company cutting about 4,000 jobs. then you have the oil markets reacting somewhat to the violence in egypt. you have oil trading higher as well so a lot of variables into these markets today. one potentially good sign for the economy, the number of americans filing for unemployment in the latest week is down to a six-year low so we ll take the silver linings where we can. in the meantime, we ll keep an eye on markets for you. some new polls show signs of trouble for president obama. gallop finds his overall approval rating is taking a hit. right now just 44% of adults think he s doing a good job. that s down 3% from june. this comes as approval for his economic policy also takes a nose dive. joining us is a fox news political analyst. let s start with the overall
what it means for your bottom line. are you smarter than an eighth grader who lived 100 years ago? a test uncovered from 1912 showing just what the kids were learning and it had lots of us growing up in 2013 completely and totally stunned. right, jon? big questions and answers coming up. it s all happening now. now this fox news alert on new protests in egypt hours after the deadliest day in that country since the start of the arab spring and the 2011 uprising that toppled the ruler. we re glad you re with us. i m jenna lee. jon: and i m jon scott. it was once one of the closest allies in the region and now egypt is gripped in all kinds of turmoil. there s a state of emergency, including a nighttime curfew. this as the death toll rises to for man 500 after police swept through two sit-in sites and went after pro morsi supporters.
it s hard. foreign policy s never animated this president. he sometimes likes to retreat to sort of the soft isolationism, that lazai-fair. this is what we expect the president to do, to be strong in instances like this. does the president the optics of this are always tough. the president is on vacation. i m not one who is hugely critical of any president taking a vacation. he is on vacation. can he getway, politically speaking, with a statement and then back on vacation if the situation in egypt continues to certainly percolate? sure, i mean, the president is certainly on vacation, but the president is never actually on vacation. we have had the president make announcements, very important announcements, when he s on vacation. i do think that he always risks,