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Know and i dont think it will be decided by the numbers. this is not about one man, one vote and we count the votes. this about raw power. it really is about raw power. does the egyptian middle class or the army as its trument does it defend itself against the muslim brothers and fundamentalists. >> all right. fuad ajami, the wisdom that we always listen to, thanks for those great lectures 30 years ago when i was a freshman at princeton. good night from new york. "piers morgan tonight" starts ri...

I left i had to have help, of course, and three people in tahrir, three local people volunteered their services to lead me out by secret passages and i just tremendously admire their courage and willingness to help us. >> nick, what was your reaction to mubaraks interview with christiane amanpour, because he was trying to make out that although president obama has asked him to go now, that will descend the country into chaos. i mean it seems a pretty ironic statement given what were witnessing t...

Resign immediately. hosni mubarak told abc news hes fed up serving as egypts president, but if he leaves without time to steer the country toward a smooth transition, egypt will degenera degenerate. hes also upset about the protests and progovernment ago fishists. at least 5 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the fighting so far. in the past few hours, egyptian authorities -- excuse me, hold on. im just getting a message here. now, our viewers in the u.s. are going to go back to t...

This is a peaceful largely open border between israel and egypt. were on the other side of the wire fence, on the other side lies sinai peninsula. behind me you can see the egyptian military watchtower. 26 miles in that direction lies gaza. 85% of this desert is used by the israeli military for training purposes, and when the uprising began in egypt just over a week ago, the concern on both countries parts was there might be potential instability on the sinai peninsula. >> violent protests in eg...

Yemen, because it has a much poorer populace, extreme faction there, and there is a tipping point which if yemen reaches it, could turn it into the next afghanistan. whats your view of yemen? >> piers, it could be the next afghanistan. its one of the poorest countries in the region, running out of oil and water, two wars going on, al qaeda. but the one big difference between egypt and yemen is that the yemeni dictator, as it were, has allowed a little bit more political parties to function. so w...

Egyptian militant groups that killed more than a thousand egyptians in the 90s and culminating with a massacre where a group of terrorists went hunting tourists, murdering more than 50 of them, these are the activities that destroyed the group, these militant groups in egypt. there was a lot of repression by the government, but also the population turned against these groups. so al qaeda and allied groups in egypt, they dont have any legitimacy at all. al qaeda will in the next week or so releas...

Egypt. we have seen thugs on the streets systemically attacking people, descending upon peaceful protesters and now systemically trying to find and beat up foreigners and westerners and other -- people from other arab nations who are reporting simply trying to tell the truth of what is happening here. >> anderson, youve covered a number of dangerous assignments. have you ever known one where so many of the media have been badly beaten, stabbed, in one case kidnapped and threatened with beheading...

Not going to reveal where you are. these are the first images we have seen from egypt pretty much all day. youre an experienced journalist, worked at cnn for a long time. have you ever seen anything like quite like this against the media. >> reporter: no, this is a concerted campaign to intimidate -- intimidate and confiscate equipment and its having an effect. it is stopping us getting to the story in many cases. its tough to get out where we are. it is not only the pro-mubarak supporters. its ...

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 mubarak come into power? he was sitting next to anwar sadat who was killed by the muslim brotherho...

>> we condemn in the strongest terms attacks on reporters covering the ongoing situation in egypt. this is a violation of international norms that guarantee freedom of the press and it is unacceptable under any circumstances. we also condemn in the strongest terms attacks on peaceful demonstrators, human rights activists, foreigners and diplomats. >> i mean, john, shes pretty strong there in her condemnation of the attacks on the journalists. i mean the reason i think its of paramount importance...