bret: this is a fox news alert. i m bret baier live in washington as we take a live look at the house floor. this is congressman david drier, is he the chairman of the house rules committee. the house is getting ready to debate what s called the rule, getting ready to put forward the senate bill dealing with the fiscal cliff. there was a back and forth all day today about whether conservatives in the house would let that go forward. but it looks like this will happen. let s listen in to congressman drier. similarly, this notion of approaching a deadline and trying to deal with an issue is something that happens in this institution and this is another example where that s the case. the issues that we are attempting to address tonight with this vote are as important as they are challenging the range of ideas proposed as the solutions are as desperate as are numerous. this body like our nation has
the announcement came about 90 minutes ago, defeating ahmed shafiq. christian amanpour is the global affairs anchor, also with her is correspondent ben wedeman. let s go back to the moment this was announced by effectively the elections commission in cairo. tell me, ben, wareaction imdiate and joyous? reporter: it was incredible. we really heard a rouge roar coming uprom the crowd. the only time i ve heard a louder roar was 6:00 p.m. last year when hosni mubarak s resignation was announced. what we saw it s a very hot, bright day in cairo. i d say tahrir square was about a third full. within about 20 minutes, it just filled up and people continue to fill up in the square coming from all the parts of cairo. as the temperatures become to become a little more mild, i think we re going to hear more fireworks, more car sirens and see more and more people coming out here because this is truly a historic day for egypt where egyptians finally see those who were on the other side
we have had report of tornados, tornado warnings are posted and with the land falling tropical system, tornados are not out of the question. so tropical storm debby, the latest coming out at 5:00. national hurricane center did make a few tweaks. with its intensity and path, which is quite interesting. it is a broad circulation. as you heard don said everyone from the florida to the texas coast needs to be mindful of this. also, it s moving very slowly. what does that mean? it won t be a quick hitter. 10 to 15 inches of soaking, flooding rain will be a part of this picture, also, we ve seen western florida get dumped on with rain. also, southwestern florida with tornados today. the problem is, the future is to uncertain with this because the track is so uncertain. this is what we call our spaghetti model. there are a loft computer models out there and each has its own con vekture of where the track of debby will go. now more of a consensus moving that way, but national hurrica
congressman david drier thank you. mike: we have more including israeli prime minister netanyahu and music from the gaitlin . author of cut, cap and balance. congressman reed ribble is joining me next. stay with us. turn left.
reduce spending. congressman david drier thank you. mike: we have more including israeli prime minister netanyahu and music from the gaitlin . author of cut, cap and balance. congressman reed ribble is joining me next. stay with us. turn left.