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Adding, "we will not abandon our demand. that is the departure of the regime." outside the square egypt is suffering, the economy is reeling. on a normal day there would be thousands of people visiting this place. look around. theres nobody here. its almost spooky. the pyramids have been closed since the beginning of the protests. that represents not just a huge blow to the egyptian economy, but to the soul of this country as well. policemen on camelback patrol deserted grounds and there are tan...

Street. nic robertson is in alexandria for us. it looks like there was a huge crowd on the streets today, nic. >> reporter: wolf, as big as any other day. the message was interesting. the imam giving the prayers was talking about unity, about not giving into the government, about demanding not only that president mubarak steps down, but the whole regime, and reminding everyone gather ad t the mosque that they werent there representing a religious interest or a political group, but they were all ...

Take half measures, for example, as mubarak did by naming a new cabinet, which did not respond at all really to what the demonstrators are asking for. >> were hearing the administration has decided to send a former ambassador, frank wizner to, go as a special envoy to egypt. i assume hes going to meet with president mubarak with a special message. he nose frank wizner very well. he spent a lot of time in egypt. what do you think that special enjoys message is going to be? >> i dont know what the...

Operations to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from grave danger. on my orders coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine saddam husseins ability to wage war. i assure you this will not be a campaign of half measures and well accept no outcome but victory. may god bless our country and all who defend her. shannon: with those words president george w. bush told us america was at war again. now 7 years and 5 months later the la...

Bit warren, civil lib terties and many others. please, no more half measures. this country elected you because you ran on the message of change. they gave you huge majorities in the house and senate. what did you use it for? health care reform with the private insurers are still the only option. yes, there were positive parts to the bill. but the system remains the same. how about financial reform? where the banks are still too big to fail. dont you get it? if and when they crash the economy aga...

The senator said this. >> this is what he used, vile and vulgar comments, the exact word used by the president, not more, repeatedly. chris: secretary, you were in the meeting in the oval office, did the president say that? >> i dont recall him saying that exact phrase. i think he has been clear and i would certainly day undoubtedly the use strong language when it comes to this issue because he feels passionate about it. what was frustrating about the meeting for all of us in the meeting althoug...

>> this is what he used, vile and vulgar comments, the exact word used by the president, not more, repeatedly. chris: secretary, you were in the meeting in the oval office, did the president say that? >> i dont recall him saying that exact phrase. i think he has been clear and i would certainly day undoubtedly the use strong language when it comes to this issue because he feels passionate about it. what was frustrating about the meeting for all of us in the meeting although the deal presented in...

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The american people want a decisive leader who will unite the country and world behind a common goal. he has not done that. why you see 65% of the american people feeling insecure and rejecting the way he is pursued this global war on terror which he refuses as such. so when you have "the washington post" opinion page calling him petulent, his response, divisive and reluctant, this is reflected also in the opinions of very knowledgeable democrats who are familiar with the intelligence and nation...