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>> to buttress your point, to leap into chaos right now could be truly catastrophic. my question to you is at this moment in time,gien whats coming out of washington, given what we know is going on in egypt, who, if anyone, has leverage or more leverage? is it the egyptian army, is it washington, is it the pro-mubarak forces? or does leverage remain with the vast numbers of people in alexandria and cairo in the streets. >> we have almost no leverage. lets not kid ourselves. its mubarak, the army...

>> it really s. mubarak has effectively, mike, snuffed out all opposition for 30 years. >> yes. >> its like a network. an anchor. you never have a number two in command. he did that so effectively right now, there is an absolute void. >> thats tough for us. americans want to know who the guy is. people say mubaraks gone. whos the guy they have to deal with? truth is there 0 is no guy. >> joining us now from cairo, we go to nbcs lester holt whos covering the story. lester, whats the latest there?...

And i think its a good thing for us to be reminded of that. >> dan senor, what do you make of the prime minister apologizing for at tacks and then, of course, the accusations on the other side as to what they really were about? you could -- there were some who feel that perhaps the demonstrators were being goated into acting out violently. >> i think -- if you look at the first week of this crisis, the egyptian government was clearly on the back foot. i met with someone, former intelligence pers...

A norwegian lawmaker believes its disclosures of classified documents promotes world peace by holding governments accountable for their actions. and lindsay lohan is being investigated for grand theft. shes accused of stealing a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store. the egyptian armys positioning reinforcements in cairo. soldiers are clearing away pro-government rioters, deploying tanks to separate them from anti-government protesters. pro-regime supporters turned central cairo into a battle...

In egypt is relevant to america. now were supposed to look to jordan at whats happening there and how thats relevant. >> reporter: its relevant because the arab street is so interconnected. we saw it in such a way that the tunisian uprisings inspired what happened here and in cairo. the situation now in cairo has so much gravity, it has drawn a lot of passion out of the demonstrations here in jordan. the demonstrations went ahead as planned, voicing opposition to the kings latest move. he tasked...

Mubarak was that the time for change had come. >> im still trying to get at the core question about what this president can do about that. >> i think the -- i think change in all of these instances -- what weve seen transpire over the course of the many days in cairo and around egypt has taken place as a result of change thats needed to happen from within the country. i think you have seen statements from throughout the world, in the region and outside of the region, where president obama and le...

Demonstrations is there turn violent. clashes between pro-mubarak supporters and anti-government supporters who are convened there in tahrir square as our live picture shows. lets get to richard engel, nbc foreign correspondent on the ground in cairo. whats the latest there? >> reporter: the situation is getting worse. we have had heard some gunfire and been told by the members of the opposition the people who were originally in tahrir square who claim they were attacked by gangs of pro-mubarak ...

Demonstrators, dealing with mubarak to try to get the orderly transition that the white house said they want. megyn: do you think it has anything to do with the fact that when president bush was in office, he was very big on promoting his freedom agenda. when president obama came into office he rejected all things bush, including the freedom agenda and he didnt want to sound like president bush or look like president bush or act like president bush. and to do that, maybe in the iran situation or...

And get just dates from our team of correspondents reporting live from the middle of the chaos in cairo and around the region including jordan, lebanon and israel. coming up in 19 minutes. "studio b" with mr. shepard smith. shep: well continue the discussion on nicholas burns. he will be here to help us understand who is behind these protests and what they mean in the bigger picture. juan williams is also here. and the two sides of this story of the muslim brotherhood and other organizations the...

The news wires. egypt says 600 people have been injured in today many riots in egypt. cairo got a whole lot more dangerous today as fights began breaking out between anti-government protesters who we have seen for a week now and folks who decided to come out today supporting president mubarak. ashley webster joins me on the phone. the violence taking place in this tahrir square and around it which is in cairo. now there was a warning out earlier from state tv in egypt ordering people to get out ...