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Western condemnation of Egypts human rights record is causing President Al-Sisi to turn elsewhere for allies.

The 98 female judges, who were sworn in on Saturday, were appointed last year under a presidential decree to work in the circuits of the Egypts State Commissioners Authority.

>> bret: so its very different. >> yes. >> bret: still, there are concerns from human rights groups in the u.s. about egypts record and human rights, that there are tens of thousands of political prisoners. the human rights watch says its not surprising president trump want to support it but congress has to step in and continue using its authority to limit u.s. support, given how serious the scale of repression and abuse is. how do you respond to the concerns about human rights and political pri...

>> bret: so its very different. >> yes. >> bret: still, there are concerns from human rights groups in the u.s. about egypts record and human rights, that there are tens of thousands of political prisoners. the human rights watch says its not surprising president trump want to support it but congress has to step in and continue using its authority to limit u.s. support, given how serious the scale of repression and abuse is. how do you respond to the concerns about human rights and political pri...

Office. hes already dealing, of course, with a republican majority in the house, so theres going to be plenty of political friction for him to get the budget cuts that he wants in big weapons spending programs. let me tell you -- how sensitive is all of this around here right now? the idea right now today is that the only message they want to put out is about the budget. we just got an e-mail from the press secretary here at the pentagon saying when the secretary of defense comes out at 2:00 for...

Theyll say one word to describe you, the dictators. thank you. >> wael, what does the protest movement do now? what do you want to see? >> today is the day for celebration. its very hard for me now to even think. we have been -- we havent been sleeping for a few days. weve been under a lot of war -- among the media war. im also in the morning -- a lot of people saying, wael, you have been logical and not emotional. whats going on with you, so i need to refer -- restore my calm attitude. im not a...