about right. small d democratic values have not been upheld that bothers people. future policy is unclear. more development that has to be a concern to the white house. turk, prime minister erdogan, on-again-off-again ally, linchpin for u.s. policy to work in the region is accusing israel of being behind morsi s ouster. the idea of erdogan using h hyperbole. he s been the staunchest defender in the middle east so far. meanwhile pictures of a 70-year-old muslim brotherhood leader in custody are all over sociomedia this morning and it s making a bad situation more tense on the streets of cairo. so lets go to the streets of cairo where ayman joins me now.
mowing down people on the streets of cairo. according to a spokesperson for senator patrick leahy, they re temporarily reprogramming that aid. now it is not a decision to turn it off or to do really anything but they are reprogramming and that averts what presidentby ma doesn t want to have to do, which is to define it, is it a coup or isn t it a coup because if it is they d have to cut off the aid. it s a lot of money $1.5 billion is the total the taxpayers give to egypt. thanks so much for tracking that, jill, from the state department. there is a lot of news developing at this hour so let s get straight to michaela. good morning to you at home. just released court documents detailing the injuries suffered by boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev before his capture.
the violence in egypt isn t just in the streets. today at a prison in cairo, members of the muslim brotherhood started to riot. state media says 36 were killed in the attempted breakout. today on the streets of cairo, there were several peaceful marches. the protests followed days of violent clashes. dozens of christian churches have also come under attack. hundreds of people have been killed. joining us now from brooklyn, massachusetts, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. bill richardson. good to see you, mr. ambassador. thank you. so the u.n. secretary-general has strongly condemned the attacks on churches and he s appealing to authorities to revive the political protesz
welcome back. one of the top stories we re following this hour, bullets fly on the streets of cairo as security forces and protesters battle it out for a fourth day. we ll tell you what turned a relatively peace stand off into a scene of chaos. and extreme weather is hitting the u.s. fires in the west. a flood threat in the southeast. find out which states are suffering the most. and oprah winfrey on the n word as she tells anderson cooper her feelings on the use of the word. first up, the crisis in egypt. this was the scene earlier today outside a mosque in cairo. take a look.
adt. always there. offer ends soon. bill: this is a story we re going to h throughout the day now on the streets of cairo and throughout the country of egypt. reports of 600 killed this week alone this that country, and as more blood spills in egypt, president obama s handling of the situation is under fire. formerword to the u.n ambassador to the u.n., john bolton, says this all starts from the policies at the white house. it s another sign of u.s. influence declining in the country as a whole, and in part it s because of the president s incoherence, his inability to see what america s real interests are. bill: kt mcfarland, fox news national security analyst, good morning to you. bolton may have a point, but i don t know what we could have done ultimately anyway, because the egyptians are determining their own future and their own fate. what could with we do? well, i think we could have.