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The midst of that the united states seems to be disliked by everyone and theyve lost influence in the -- in terms of how well we can control the situation. help control it. >> and charles, on the note that the muslim brotherhood does have a lot of support. theres a lot of opposition from many different quarters to that group as well. >> well, obviously the largest, the most organized, and disciplined of all the elements, all the parties in egypt. however, it is not a majority. it isnt even close...

Went unanswered. shannon? >> alicia, thank you. south africas government is insisting the former president nelson mandela is not in a vegetative state. it says mandela is in critical but stable condition. a close friend says he was conscious and responsive earlier this week. pope francis has cleared the way to sainthood for two of his predecessors. the pope approved a second miracle attributed to john paul ii. and he decided to make john xxiii a saint despite the absence of a confirmed secon...

That today they were calling the friday of rejection. basically saying for the muslim brotherhood folks and their supporters peacefully resist, but, but -- >> im actually surprised the death toll was only 30. we saw footage earlier that slowed crowds in the streets not just in cairo, but all over egypt. and the truth of the matter is we dont know how far this can go. because the muslim brotherhood is a very, very big organization in egypt. whether you like them or not. they have a lot of grassro...

Well be perceived to have democratic legitimacy, this is a one shot at stopping the muslim brotherhood from islamifying egypt and they took their shot. >> theres been a lot of talk among the administration about what we do or dont call this. our former ambassador to the u.n. john bolton talked about this and why the u.s. may or may not be use being the word coup and what difference it really makes. heres what he said. >> all of this talk about why the administration cant call it a coup, you know...

>> and theres been some speculation about why the military acted as it did. it said there had been long ongoing discussions with morsi about trying to find some other kind of outcome. but theres also talk, jonah, there have been talks that there was possibly an infiltration or possible coup in the offing within the military itself of the muslim brotherhood. >> right. the analogy, its funny, i was actually in israel, i was talking to some high-ranking israeli officials in 2011 when the original a...

On public tv. and the church of satan themselves condemned them. >> right. >> which is just a wonderful move. and then my winner is king albert of belgium, who finally threw off the gilded shackles of the throne, decided to abdicate, and in a pr triumph reminded the world that belgium has a king in the first place. >> fascinating. all right, chuck. >> king albert, actually. >> prince, he isnt a king. >> exactly. >> my winner this week, picking up on what we were just talking about with the jobs ...

Went unanswered. shannon? >> alicia, thank you. south africas government is insisting the former president nelson mandela is not in a vegetative state. it says mandela is in critical but stable condition. a close friend says he was conscious and responsive earlier this week. pope francis has cleared the way to sainthood for two of his predecessors. the pope approved a second miracle attributed to john paul ii. and he decided to make john xxiii a saint despite the absence of a confirmed secon...

From our perspective the democrats, the small "d" democrats, are also essentially the bad guys. and how barack obama got us, or how circumstances got us, into a position where we are seen as both the supporters of hosni mubaraks regime, and of the muslim brotherhood, its a really interesting move. and i think well spend a long time trying to figure out how we got into this mess. >> the latest reports say the death toll stands around 30 and that today they were calling the friday of rejection. ba...

The streets. there will be -- back in office. >> the muslim brotherhood are going -- to attack the army. we. okay? we defend the army with our soul. >> hearing from both sides there in egypt as violence does spark up today despite calls for peace. lets talk about this with our panel. jonah goldberg at-large editor of national review online. charles lane, opinion writer for "the washington post," and syndicated columnist charles togetherenhammer. i want to start off with something we got minutes ...

Fact that in virtually all of our foreign assistance legislation theres a presidential waiver power, even if it looks like theres a prohibition in almost every case the president can waive the prohibition under the law to continue to provide assistance. >> so, chuck, if that is the case in our agreement with egypt that we could continue to provide u.s. aid to them, even if our administration decides to call this a coup, the ambassador there saying thats what it really is, and thats what most peo...