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What makes anyone think the generals will hand over power to democratic forces? thats what i want to get to the bought many of. joining me are richard haass and steven cook, both have deep knowledge of inner workings of the egyptian military. joining me from egypt, nick robertson, senior correspondent. nic, what is your sense about the trust factor between the public and the military? does the military have the publics trust? >> reporter: it does at the moment, fareed, and weve seen that so many...

Of demands and are you empowered to speak for the opposition? >> i think the opposition clearly is fragmented after 60 years of oppression. but i think it is all of one mind. we need to co-manage the transition. we need to reach within a year a country that is ready for fair and fair election and to elect a president and a new parliament. i think there is no agreement. we need the army to reach out to us right now. >> if by friday there isnt a meaningful road map for transition, you would call f...

Stepped down. that trust hasnt been lost with the majority of the people. thats something that the army has managed to maintain. and really thats golden for them at the moment. it is in a way, theres the squander. there have been demands that there should have been a speedier transition than the six months they announced. but at the moment the majority do seem to support the military and they see them unlike the police as not being corrupt. they are, after all, a con script army, people describe...

The transitional period. so far they have done nothing of that. they have been talking to each other. they havent talked to the people. and as you can see, people are still in the streets and i was told today that by friday, if we do not see the -- people go back to the street, i understand that the army might need some time, but they need to lay out what they need to. we need clearly a transitional period. we need heavy participation by the civilian with the army. it could not be just the army ...

Would layout the road map for the transitional period. so far they have done nothing of that. they have been talking to each other. they havent talked to the people. and as you can see, people are still in the streets and i was told today that by friday, if we do not see the -- people go back to the street, i understand that the army might need some time, but they need to layout what they are up to. we need clearly a transitional period. we need heavy participation by the civilian with the army....

Protesters. the egyptian military took power in a coup more than 50 years ago and still has power today. what makes anyone think the generals will hand over power to democratic forces? thats what i want to get to the bottom are. joining me are richard haass and steven cook, both have deep knowledge of inner workings of the egyptian military. joining me from egypt, nick robertson, senior correspondent. nick, what is your sense about the trust factor between the public and the military? does the m...

Of demands and are you empowered to speak for the opposition? >> i think the opposition clearly is fragmented after 60 years of oppression. but i think it is all of one mind. we need to co-manage the transition. we need to reach within a year a country that is ready for fair and fair election and to elect a president and a new parliament. i think there is no agreement. we need the army to reach out to us right now. >> if by friday there isnt a meaningful road map for transition, you would call f...

American foreign policy. thats the challenge in egypt. what you dont want to have is mubarakism. can we bring a gradualism in the direction of a society. it may not look like the federalist papers. it may frustrate people in the street and people in the white house. weve got to be smart and careful about how far how fast. >> you look at indonesia and nigeria, it takes a while. the struggle to get power from the military takes a while but over time if you have a democratic leader like the parliam...

Shaking the hands of the soldiers, rushing up and kissing them after president mubarak stepped down. that trust hasnt been lost with the majority of the people. thats something that the army has managed to maintain. and really thats golden for them at the moment. it is in a way, theres the squander. there have been demands that there have been a speedier transition than the six months they announced. but at the moment the majority do seem to support the military and they see them unlike the poli...

What you might call mubarakism without mubarak. can we bring a gradualism in the direction of a society. we have to be very careful. it may not look like the federalist papers. it may frustrate people in the street and people in the white house. weve got to be smart and careful about how far how fast. >> you look at indonesia and nigeria, it takes a while. the struggle to get power from the military takes a while but over time if you have a democratic leader like the parliament, that gives them ...