everything to do with a state of emergency declared last night after an awful day of violence. the death toll now stands at a staggering 520 people. that s going to be one of the deadliest death tolls in modern history here in egypt and it s those kind of numbers that have many describing yesterday as a massacre. for weeks, egypt s military-backed interim government had promised to crush a six-week long sit-in demonstration in support of the ousted president mohamed morsi. on wednesday, they delivered with a ferocious crackdown. authorities claim initially they used tear gas and water canons to scatter protesters. they say morsi supporters fired first and they were forced to fire back. whoever started it, the gunfire lasted for hours. security forces steadily pushed in and behind makeshift barriers, morsi supporters
reporter: according to various eyewitnesses, the muslim brotherhood was holding a peaceful sit-in demonstration they have been conducting the past few days at a site where they believe morsi is being held. they say they were attacked by terrorists who tried to storm the headquarters. 51 people have been killed. more than 300 have been injured. this is the type of violence that most people here are fearful will set off a larger clash across the country. it demonstrates how deep the divisions are. very little trust between the two groups. patti ann: what effect is today s violence having on the military-backed government? reporter: we are seeing the divisions went pro morsi and
recovering the snake was patience. we had to give her a chance to feel secure and comfortable so she would come out and explore her environment and that would be the best chance for us to get her. megyn: sounds like a psychotherapist, doesn t he? we needed her to feel secure with her environment. she does now. the snake was an instant star on twitter. someone pretending to be the snake was sending out fake updates. she had 200,000 followers. the reptile house will reopen next week. mass anti-government protest spreading across the middle east, syria, yemen and jordan. young protesters there gathering in the capital city for a sit-in demonstration, demanding democracy, less than a week after clashes with government sources left one man
get muammar qaddafi to pull his fire power out of the cities, where a lot of it pulls back to and want the right to peacefully protest against the qaddafi regime. no word on how that might go over, the push for freedom, threatening, this morning, a big story, stability in jordan. the latest place where we are seeing in, how we start a brand new hour of america s newsroom, i m martha maccallum. gregg: i m gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. young protesters in jordan gathering in the capital city for a sit-in demonstration, demanding democracy, less than a week after clashes with government forces, left at least one man dead. martha: team fox coverage on this, reena ninan is streaming live from amman, jordan. conor powell is live in the city of tobruk. reporter: martha, the political leadership of the rebel opposition in libya, did offer a conditional cease-fire, today, and it follows about 7 to