happened-picked successor, a one-time bus driver and foreign minister. his platform is: i am chavez. he vowed to continue chavez aid to the poor and the anti-u.s. policy, expelling two u.s. diplomats, accusing them of espionage. and have you a younger governor who wants more moderate times with the united states and he is favor sode far in most polls, but whoever winsville a tough time. they have the highest inflation rate and the homicide rate and regular shortages of electricity and it s a country with the largest world gas reserve. it s been a bitter fight in 30 days for this election. so it s a close win on either side, we could see street protests in caracas. jamie: live from miami, steve, thanks. eric: jamie, it is early
hamas. steve has more. reporter: u.s. lawmakers are looking at the moves by the egyptian president with a great deal of waryness, n wt form the democratic government will take. violent clashes continued in cairo for the seventh day in a row with the police using tear gaps with protesters oppose to the president. senator john mccain is saying egypt could pay a price if it takes a more authorityarian turn. appearing on fox news sunday with chris wallace, acknowledging that morsi did play an important role in the cease-fire between gaza and israel. this is not acceptable. this is not what the united states of america taxpayers dollars respect. he promised the people of egypt democracy when his party and he was elected president. reporter: egyptian president expanded his powers and placed himself above
lucky? i m shannon bream, hour number 2 of america s news headquarters live from the nation s capital starts right now. the efforts to promote stability in egypt are fraying. protests an hundreds of detransportations are planned for the week ahead. steve harrigan joins us. you can probably here the sirens and small explosions behind me, tear gas and protesters throwing molotov cocktails. the demos kicked off on friday and 500 people have been injured. 2 or 3,000 young protesters are charging security forces, rushing back and forth between the two. as far as where the demonstrations go, tuesday both sides are calling out all loyalists, those to support the president and those who think he s trying to become a dictator
good to see you, thank you. thank you. a fox news alert. egyptian president muhammad morsi trying to calm a new uprising, saying his latest decree is temporary. police in cairo, using tear gas, angry with the decree. morsi has given himself almost absolute power by placing himself above all oversight. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s news headquarters. eric: both supporters of the president, promising massive marches. the government wants to turn out a million people for a protest supporting him on tuesday. we go to steve hariggan, live from cairo. hi, steve. reporter: eric, the number of protesters who are against the president, who think he is trying to put himself above the law, but issuing a decree say
aleppo, where the rebels have hung on, despite being outgunned and having no air power. and in the north, in a small town controlled by the rebels near the border with turkey, they have been turned turned ino ghosttowns through heavy pounding by heavy artillery and mortars. those who remain in the small towns are facing tough shortages of food, water and electricity. and the water itself is often contaminated. back to you. shannon: steve hariggan, live. thank you. back at home, medicare is steako taking center stage on the campaign trail and the sunday shows. the tone more hostile with both sides claiming the other will destroy medicare and leave seniors out in the cold. steve centanni is live. reporter: facts, figures, attacks and counter attacks over medicare. vice-presidential candidate, paul ryan kept the spotlight on the issue yesterday by appearing alongside his 78-year-old