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Government begins. the new cabinet is composed of many former generals. most of egypts provincial governors are ex-soldiers. sings the overthrow of the monarchy in 1952, egypt has been ruled by a series of generals in civilian clothing. so far the generals show no willingness to depose one of their own and then share power with the opposition. >> given as you say its 60 years basically of military-backed -- of civilian-faced military regime, its hard to see them suddenly getting all friendly wit...

Subsidized and encouraged by the regime. this was not a spontaneous demonstration. that was regime-backed. >> does it come from the very top, mubarak sends out orders, mobilize? >> money gets spent and people emerge. >> i dont think you have to send out orders. mike, it doesnt take a rocket scientist to see what happened to saddams people in iraq. you -- there are people who have a vested interest in keeping mubarak in power because if he is not in power, there will be trials. there will be hang...

For being somewhat right of center. he hired a hundred people from aol, "the new york times." what will will it be from its dna. >> reporter: the backed is rooted in newspapers. it is meant to be a journalistic enterprise. what i found fascinating about what he said on stage this is an enterprise and creative product like weve never seen before. getting you information whatever in the world you live in. you can consume it in a way that you cant get it anywhere else. if you want to touch the 360 ...

Palestinians. just like egypt, u.s. officials are very worried about what happened in jordan. they hope the king can stay ahead of the situation. jordan and its border with israel, helped secure israels borders like egypt did. if youre a security planner in egypt you have a lot to worry about right now because of these two borders and the border with lebanon, where a hezbollah backed prime minister has just taken power. >> a real fluid situation as they say. brian todd, thanks very much. were on...

Many are saying this white house was slow to respond here, but i believe they get it now. >> wolf, i mean, this seems to me potentially very dangerous situation for the world because were seeing oil prices rocketing. the stock markets plunging. no one is quite sure whats going to happen. egypt has always been this pivotal country in terms of the middle east and the peace movement. where does this leave us? i mean, how bad could this get, and what are the implications not just for america, but fo...

Me potentially very dangerous situation for the world because were seeing oil prices rocketing. the stock markets plunging. no one is quite sure whats going to happen. egypt has always been this pivotal country in terms of the middle east and the peace movement. where does this leave us? i mean, how bad could this get, and what are the implications not just for america, but for the world? >> it could get a whole lot worse, piers. and thats the great nightmare. no doubt whats going to keep presid...

Were seeing oil prices rocketing, the stock markets plunged. no ones quite sure whats going to happen. egypt has always been this pivotal country in terms of the middle east and the peace movement. where does this leave us? how bad could this get, and what are the implications not just for america but for the world? >> it could get a whole lot worse. thats the great nightmare. thats no doubt whats going to keep president obama awake tonight, tomorrow night, the coming nights. it started wi ed wi...

The stock markets plunging. no one is quite sure whats going to happen. egypt has always been this pivotal country in terms of the middle east and the peace movement. where does this leave us? i mean, how bad could this get, and what are the implications not just for america, but for the world? >> it could get a whole lot worse, piers. and thats the great nightmare. no doubt whats going to keep president obama awake tonight, tomorrow night and the coming nights because it started with tunisia, w...

Years. he speaks arabic. we appreciate his reporting. the spark that may have touched off a powder keg was lit in tunisia. the strong man of that nation was in power for 23 years, but street protests over unemployment, corruption sent him fleeing this month. then a grass roots fury in lebanon this week for a different reason. anger over the naming of a new prime minister backed by hezbollah. many see that as a power grabby the iranian backed shiite movement that toppled a prowestern leader. an...

Want anything -- any of their entitlements touch and that will take leadership. and, they do think that there is this healthy tension in the republican party between the freshmen and jim demint, who want to go farther, than the establishment has been willing to go and if you look back in the last couple of months, so far, this up starts, the tea party won a few battles and, earmarks was something mitch mcconnell defended a lot longer than i thought he would and then he fold. >> chris: i want to ...