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Israel. let me ask you straightaway. what is the mood like in israel about whats going on in egypt? >> the mood is very sober, very skeptical, skeptical of and skeptical of the united states power in this situation. the -- obama actually in my view has really very little standing in the arab world and its because he cosseted them as soon as he got into power. he went to cairo in june of 19 -- of 2009, praised them to the skies without ever really

Book for this but if theres representation by the military, representation by civilian authorities and especially representation by the pro-democracy forces working so hard to bring about this change, if you have a coalition of folks to come together and begin this process right now and, of course, president mubarak has to get out of the way and allow this process to take place so they can transition. >> omar suleiman said earlier today that he firmly blames the media including western media for...

Gaue grmatains heyesy.rc g going straight back to nick robertson in egypt. nick, you spoke to a local judge who wants president mubarak criminally charged. tell me about that. >> reporter: hes a judge thats come out on the streets here with the anti-mubarak protestors. he is a well respected judge whos gone toe to toe here with the regime. he told me he was incredibly proud of the youth for doing what his generation couldnt do. but when he watched what happened in the center of cairo, when i a...

That will descend the country into chaos. i mean it seems a pretty ironic statement given what were witnessing today. weve seen scenes chaotic, to put it mildly. >> i mean for 30 years mubaraks systemic policy has been to prevent any kind of a secular reasonable opposition so that he can stay. if its not for me, well have chaos in egypt. and at times, american officials have kind of believed that. but in the last few days, i think that has lost all credibility, because weve had a peaceful, secul...

They hope that doesnt happen, they say in their conversations theyre getting back from the egyptian military that the military wants to play a responsible role. so they say what theyre herring before the overall picture, keeping stability is incouraging, but the actions, especially the beatings of the journalists, kicking people out the blackout, if you will, has them incredibly anxious. >> you spoke to senator john mccain earlier. i watched that interview. it was fascinating in many respects, b...

Stays, but the one thing you want to make sure of, however he leaves, you dont want to make sure the next people are dominated by the muslim brotherhood. that would be a disaster for us and disaster for the plo and jordan and for saudi arabia. >> the muslim brotherhood are the leading opposition in egypt. >> by far. >> theres no sign at the moment of extremism there, but i -- you know, a lot of people say theyre playing a game here. >> piers, let me just mention one thing. how about hosni mubara...

Domino effect, but he also answers the critics -- there are some critics on the right saying president obama should stand by mubarak. senator mccain says thats unsustainable at the point. the genie is out of the bottle, and there may be dark days ahead there may be instability and unpredictability ahead, but he believes, especially at this moment, the united states has no choice but to stand for freedom and democracy, even though theres a lot of risks about what would come next in egypt, yemen. ...

Conjunction with senior members of the army. do you think that is a credible plan thats going to work? >> if they accept it, if the army accepts it and if suleiman is willing to do it and if mubarak is willing to give him that blessing, yes. i just dont know that mubarak is going to leave. this may be an american plan. it has to be an egyptian plan for it to work. these are -- look, mubarak is not saddam hussein, and egypt is not iraq. you know, so we have to find some way. theres an old saying ...

Anderson cooper and our cnn colleagues are reporting from. but we vow to bring you their stories. >> the egyptian government must demonstrate its willingness to ensure journalists ability to report on these events to the people of egypt and to the world. >> protests spread across the region. what does it mean for israel? is an explosive situation about to get much worse? this is a special edition of "piers morgan tonight," the story the egyptian government does not want you to know about. good e...

You had the weeks or months or years of re-adjusting in the region. he sees there is a great risk out there but says at this moment in time he believes president obama is doing the right thing by saying mubarak must go. and we need a transitional government. >> john king, thank you very much. >> thank you. when we come back cnns nic robertson broadcasts live from inside egypt and a brave young reporter on the front lines in cairo defies authorities to get her story out. ill talk to her live in...