biggest country in the region and as the second largest recipient of u.s. foreign aid, egypt remaining a strategic concern for the united states. the white house has a lot at stake when it comes to what s next for egypt. joining me now, nbc news white house correspondent peter za alexander. egyptians tagging the united states with being on the wrong side of history again. they did that after hosni mubarak. how has the white house responded to this latest round of criticism? reporter: the white house has been largely muted in its entire response to this. we finally did hear from them late yesterday as events continued to evolve. one of the criticisms that we ve heard on the ground from protesters in egypt, richard, has been that the u.s., among other things, overlooked the crackdown by the morsi government if that government would continue the peace treaty with israel in that country which had had been a great frustration for a lot of people there. the white house made it very clear t
0 prescott, those heros and of course our hero firefighters across the country and those who fight for our freedoms around the world. thank you so much. i m brooke baldwin. happy 4th of july to you. now we go to washington. the lead with jake tapper is now. cheer up, england. we eventually game friends again. and in egypt, what comes next now that the president has been overthrown and members of the form are rule be party are being rounded up? the money lead, what s the 4th of july without the rocket s red glare? no fireworks for many of our families on bases across the country because our leaders in washington could not get their act to the. and in national news, limits on high capacity magazines. would any of that have stopped newtown, aurora or tucson, where gabby giffords of shot? i ll ask the couple as they begin the push for what they call gun responsibility. happy independence day for all of you. thanks for spending part of your holiday with us. we ll begin with our worl
it took 40 minutes to get from the financial district to here. its better story for people riding the bus. it s been a lot better. the lines weren t as long. but the picketers are still out there and everybody is wondering how much longer will the strike go on. i m dan ashley. the talks resumed after a dinner break and that alone is is a considered a positive sign. as laura anthony explains, regardless of what happens tonight, it s unlikely bart will be running for n time for the 4th of july holiday. expected for anything to happen. there was zero communication for bart negotiators. bargaining teams for the two main unions went in just before 1:00. both both sides say the two mediators have asked them to keep their comments to the minimum and their talks stood in in a the negotiating room. jeff burger showed up with a sign and message for bart. a licensed commercial pilot, burger says he hasn t been fully employed in some time. bart employees get paid very well fo
south of haymarket there in prince william and down to the south on 95 near stafford. good morning. things are looking great outside all around the beltway and northbound on i-95 the. as you come up from dale city to woodbridge, up into springfield, the lanes are open. and no problems on 395. we ll take a live look first there on the northbound side where you can see that traffic is very light. there s no one there. no hov restrictions by the way in maryland or virginia except on route 50 as you come in on route 50. you will have hov restrictions in maryland. here s what it looks like inside the beltway on 66. no issues to report as you head for the roosevelt bridge. we want to let you know that metro, by the way, opens at 7:00 a.m. i ll be back with more traffic at 5:09. rain fell across our area last night, but those storms caused serious problems in some spots. sort of the usual suspects here, too. firefighters even had to rescue some stranded people in a part of nor
this tour. we ve been hearing about this, sort of kicking off he s the king of outsourcing line. but is that such a clever thing to do at this point, particularly when the president is pretty vulnerable on the economy front? and also because some democrats have obviously parted ways with him very visibly last month, bill clinton very big among them. the reason the campaign and president obama are, if you will, doubling down or even tripling down in a way on this, is because they feel like it s sinking in and there are some polls that are kind of showing that. when you look at some polls recently and let s look specifically at a poll that was done and the results from the states that president obama is going to. in ohio, he s doing pretty well there. 47% to 38% over romney, well above that margin of error. in pennsylvania, among likely voters and their choice for president, 45% over 39% for romney. and this is something that happened before that supreme court ruling last