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This deal now, you have no idea whats going to pop up in egypt and syria. and so from 15,000 feet, and frankly, with 50 years of history, it seems obvious that if theres ever been a moment in time to cut this deal, create a two-state solution, its now. at the same time, thats not whats dictated by netanyahus politics at home. >> indeed. chuck todd, stay with us. richard engel and other analysts, michael sing. we will continue to monitor the benjamin franklin room at the state department, where w...

>> reporter: i wanted to respond to something michael said. i had a similar question to folks behind the scenes at the white house. and they said, look, one thing that some people wanted to say this speech is cairo-two that president obama came addressed in 2009 that took place in cairo, a very different cairo at that time. this speech is being directed at an american audience, too. and every -- you know, all of the policy decisions being made here is through the prism of americas interests, is ...

Trns sigs. transition. >> go ahead, finish. >> i think what were going to see in yemen is a negotiated settlement. >> michael, saudi arabia has to be thrown into this mix, as well. very volatile, and if you take what christophers rightfully pointing out about the economic straits, especially the masses of young unemployed, the limited job prospects and economic prospects in the region, are we talking about some need for a western or u.s.-backed marshall plan? and can we take something like that ...

Whole other set of issues we havent even talked about, which is how you square the support for the opposition dealing with the regime and wt comes next in libya. how do you think about stabilizing libya post gadhafi? theres been no discussion about that. >> all good questions. and obviously not the last time were going to be dealing with these. thanks very much, gentlemen. christopher boucek and michael sing for aluminating with your thoughts. well tell you which massive corporation paid nothi...

Important things is theres not one single cause behind all this. i think when we look at these different cases, tunisia, egypt, syria, there are local circumstances that are propelling these events. >> and michael sing, to bring you in. is it clear when were thinking about all of these distinct situations, do we know who the opposition is? i was asking rch eng, lot w anxiety that were not sure who were dealing with on the other side and what exactly our dog is in this fight. >> well, i think, yo...

Contractor here in benghazi. and he sent his family, his wife, back to the uk. he was married to a british woman, and he picked up a gun and has now joined the rebel cause. so you have many people, most of them volunteers with a variety of different educational and backgrounds united in this goal. >> thank you very much for joining us on the ground from benghazi. be safe and stay with msnbc, youll be hearing more from richard, im sure, as the story continues to develop. joining us from washing...

As we have been led to believe he will do, its very difficult to know exactly what will happen, have been the white house has been frustrated by the sometimes vacillateing decisions from president hosni mubarek. cia director leon panetta was just testifying in front of a congressional intelligence committee today and said that he has received reports that mubarek will resign but he has not gotten specific word that he will in fact do that. thats the word from americas top intelligence officer, a...

That happens and they can see that in 60 minutes time. jon: dominic, live from tahrir square, we can feel the anticipation of the egyptian people, gathered there by the hundreds of thousands. jenna: we have conflictings *r -- conflicting reports about what the situation is but one thing for certain, history is happening. michael sing, the policy fellow for the near east at the washington institute, michael, as were watching history being made sometimes there are comparisons that pop up and weve ...

Benefitted the reserve. jenna: michael, were just getting breaking news that we want to share with you. one of the topics, to fill our audience in that weve been watching over the last several weeks is the role of the muslim brotherhood, not only in egypt has an organization but essentially taking apart of this new government and im reading this, as soon as i get this, from reuters, the the senior member of the muslim brotrhood, egypts biggest opposition group said thursday he feared the opposit...

Ultimately take over the country. jenna: michael, wed like to talk to you more about what could happen next, a dictatorship, essentially, a transitional period? what do we have lying before us? michael sing will be back with us. in the meantime we leave you images of cairo. well be back with more coverage on fox news.