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Process that closes off the people to have the kind of freedoms theyve been arguing for. >> nobody saw this coming in egypt. we kind of guessed tunisia, that would unravel, but egypt came out of nowhere, really. were you shocked? what do you thinks going to happen now? it seems to me mubarak can say what he like, but the people are marching and they want him gone now. >> i think when mr. ben ali was removed in tunisia, there was the general alert that there was going to be reaction and people ta...

Have a vote and elect new leadership in egypt, its not a process that closes off the people to have the kind of freedoms theyve been arguing for. >> nobody saw this coming in egypt. we kind of guessed tunisia, that would unravel, but egypt came out of nowhere, really. were you shocked? what do you thinks going to happen now? it seems to me mubarak can say what he like, but the people are marching and they want him gone now. >> i think when mr. ben ali was removed in tunisia, there was the genera...

About change within the region. now, i think one part of that change is a viable peace process between the israelis and the palestinians. but its also precisely about making sure that dictators like saddam cant stay in power. >> when you see regime change happening in the way were seeing in egypt, where its driven from the bottom up, through the people, and its based on their particular concerns about their quality of life and they resent their government and they want them out and theyre drivin...

Feeling that for 30 years, their president has been to some degree a pawn of america, and they would like a more assertive and more nationalistic foreign policy. and that is going to present complications for america. >> nick, thank you so much for your time. we really appreciate it. >> my pleasure. a short time ago, i talked with former british prime minister tony blair where he just got back from the middle east where hes a peace envoy. i asked him what happens now amid president mubaraks de...

Who they know is very much on side with the peace process, now thats going to be replaced by uncertainty. whether it turns out to be better for israel, better for the region, we just cant tell at the moment. thats why its perfectly natural, by the way, for the american administration, the british and others and people like myself say, yes we have been to have change, that change should result in free and fair elections, but its a process of transition thats got to be managed. >> king abdullah to...

Create havoc in the midwest. sounds like a hurricane, piers. >> ive never seen -- if you can still see me, ive never, ever seen lightning in the middle of a snowstorm. have you seen that before? >> i assume were done. >> extraordinary scenes from chicago. maybe the worst storm theyve ever had. as i say, ive never seen that before, lightning in a snowstorm. this is crazy weather and i hope if youre out there in the middle of this, you stay safe. when we come back, the latest on the crisis in egyp...

But i think, you know, theres nothing that is going to be done now thats going to put this particular genie back in the bottle. its out there and theres going to be change. so whatever people say now, at some point in the next reasonably short period of time, theres going to be change. the question is how -- as i keep saying, is how we get from here to there. when we come back, i want to ask tony blair, could the chaos in egypt start a chain reaction that spreads across the whole of the middle...

Down. and ive got to tell you, when the president finally made his speech earlier last night, on tuesday night, the reaction from the crowd there was immediate. they were outraged, angered, crying out, and there are still people in the square tonight and protests will continue tomorrow. theres no doubt about it. the question is, the larger the populous in egypt, 80 million people in this country, weve only seen perhaps a million or so over these last eight days, were not sure the expect number p...

Democracy that we would espouse. thats the first element. so youve got that elite at the top of the country. youve secondly got a group of people that want democracy, that are urging for open democratic change that in a way that we would respond to and we would sympathize with. the third element is islamist groups that would take the situation in a completely different direction. so its perfectly natural of us for those on the outside to support this movement for change at the same time as sayin...

Striving to make that peace, because it is so vital, not just for israelis and palestinians, but for people everywhere. >> mr. blair, good to talk to you again. thank you for your time. >> thank you. when we come back, ill ask a man who wants to be this countrys next president, mitt romney, what he would do about egypt. and later, the monster storm barreling towards you. if youre watching this, chances are its going to hit you very soon. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves e...