the president. he asked mubarak to go. he s not asking morsi to go. the military has been taken over. the new constitution calls for shuria. where is the president and the feminist movement? we have all been focused on the fiscal cliff as we should be, but we re looking at a national security cliff coming as well, bus you ve got the middle east basically in many ways spiraling out of control. al-qaeda resurging across the region. a president who is sitting silently, the state department calling for calm. in egypt you ve got people who want democracy rising up against the muslim brother hood who is not a friend of the united states, not an ally of the united states, and clearly we have put ourselves in a position but we don t have the ability to influence the outcome. sean: what s amazing to me, i mean, this is now being chronicled. the silence is deafening. right. sean: there s two instance where i think obama should have spoken up, and i don t think in the case of mubarak as i
the president. he asked mubarak to go. he s not asking morsi to go. the military has been taken over. the new constitution calls for shuria. where is the president and the feminist movement? we have all been focused on the fiscal cliff as we should be, but we re looking at a national security cliff coming as well, bus you ve got the middle east basically in many ways spiraling out of control. al-qaeda resurging across the region. a president who is sitting silently, the state department calling for calm. in egypt you ve got people who want democracy rising up against the muslim brother hood who is not a friend of the united states,f the united states, and clearly we have put ourselves in a position but we don t have the ability to influence the outcome. sean: what s amazing to me, i mean, this is now being chronicled. the silence is deafening. right. sean: there s two instance where i think obama should have spoken up, and i don t think in the case of mubarak as imperfect as he
international airport. we ll bring you updates on this. and the state department calling for the release of two american hikers detained in irab. shane bow yer josh fattal are sensed to eight years in prison on charges including espion age. they were arrested hike nothing a iranian border. sarah shroud returned to the u.s. after being released on bail. i am harris faulkner. we ll immediately get you back to huckabee. and school is about to start and with it, you know what comes? report cards and americans are not giving president obama a passing grade. here is a new gall up poll showing that 71 percent of the americans disapprove of obama s handling on the economy . handing out the grapeds. associate pressor carolyn helman former advisor to hillary clinton and david web
strong city of cairo was being buzzed by two air force f-16s, doing formations, we all remember, should remember, mubarak used to be the commander of the egyptian air force. back to you. eric: greg palkot with the latest and we ll get back to you, as anything else develops, thank you. jamie: the obama administration s walking a very fine line on the situation in egypt. monitoring it, but not taking any sides. here s a photo of president obama getting a briefing. he has been focusing on opposing violence and calling for restraint. and the state department calling for a voluntary evacuation of all americans who don t absolutely need to be in egypt. and here s one american who was caught by surprise, by this up rising. i knew that he had been. (inaudible) it was interesting,
alleging that they are no longer taking people into custody. wolf? ivan watson, our man on the scene for us. we ll stay in close touch. ivan will have more for us in the next hour. there s growing concern the obama administration is sending mixed signals to egypt with the defense secretary robert gates now speaking out about the crisis for the first time, and he s praising, praisie ining in strong terms and words, the egyptian military. let s go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. she has details. what s the latest. reporter: well, you know, wolf, the white house calling for a media change and the state department calling for a processive change. one thing seems very clear. the protesters are not going away. with crowds swelling in cairo s tahrir square, a greater sense of urgency from the u.s. that the egyptian government needs to show change is coming. in a phone call u.s. vice president joe biden telling egyptian vice president omar suleiman there must be a transition w