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We havent operated this way in probably a decade. but i think its encouraging, so you can air out these issues and people can have a cans to speak on them and to represent their constituents in the debate. >> so you give him credit for this more open process. i guess that raises the question, why didnt speaker pelosi have such a process? >> i dont know. but the point is, this is where we are now. and the fact of the matter is, this is a way of appropriations. this was shut down -- you know -- i ...

Rannian style theocracy? >> elbaradei is not a friend of the united states. second of all, he could be a figure hood for the muslim brotherhood since he has no real following in egypt. he has lived most of his life outside of egypt. muslim brotherhood we ought to recognize is an organization that wants sharia law, tied up with hamas. by any definition a radical islamic organization. although, they may be portraying themselves as somewhat different. finally, now we have to make sure that a new el...

Of the u.s. their motto has begin and remains allah is our objective, prophet our leader, quran our law, jihad is our way, dying in the way of allah is our highest hope that is their current motto. i dont think they got involved fomenting this, it might have been a democratic uprising from the start, what if they get in power? >> i think they are taking advantage of it. we have to rely on the only respected institution, the army in egypt to do everything possible to make sure that order is resto...

Rannian style theocracy? >> elbaradei is not a friend of the united states. second of all, he could be a figure hood for the muslim brotherhood since he has no real following in egypt. he has lived most of his life outside of egypt. muslim brotherhood we ought to recognize is an organization that wants sharia law, tied up with hamas. by any definition a radical islamic organization. although, they may be portraying themselves as somewhat different. finally, now we have to make sure that a new el...

Of the u.s. their motto has begin and remains allah is our objective, prophet our leader, quran our law, jihad is our way, dying in the way of allah is our highest hope that is their current motto. i dont think they got involved fomenting this, it might have been a democratic uprising from the start, what if they get in power? >> i think they are taking advantage of it. we have to rely on the only respected institution, the army in egypt to do everything possible to make sure that order is resto...

And well do everything we can to move our citizens out of harms way. bill: you said the egyptian government cannot reshuffle the deck and stand pat and hillary clinton yesterday talked about a transition to democracies. what does that mean? transition to democracy? >> well, as president mubarak indicated on friday, he is reforming his government. hes named a new prime minister, named a vice president for the first time, as far as i remember in his 30-year tenure, as president. now the real key i...

Report is accurate a call for a million egyptians to go to the streets tomorrow. which would far trump what we have seen today or even yesterday, or sunday or even saturday. you have to go back to thursday and friday of last week to get anywhere near those numbers and if that materializes what kind of a vice does that put hosni mubarak in then? >> of course, first and foremost whatever protests continue we want them to be peaceful and i think we are encouraging the army in egypt which is a very ...

Have indicated a need to leave. and at the same time we have american citizens, because the airport is still open, that i think -- making their own arrangements and using krer commercial aircraft and there is a flow of people moving out of egypt given the uncertainty of the situation. bill: a lot of that information literally changes by the hour and i read egypt air will not fly at nighttime and i dont know if that is true but lets assume that to be the case and it is 5:30 p.m. now there and the...

Inside egypt and how the figures factor in this, again, well see. it will take some time to play out but we want to have a very determined process, open process, tapping into not only, you know, those that are currently serving the government, but, those who are in opposition, those from civil society, men and well, you know, open up political and economic dialogue, and then from there, lead the efforts towards reform. bill: there are elections scheduled in the fall. is it your view at the momen...

This procedural -- this procedural mechanism to -- i saw one headline today said that democrats plan to pass the healthcare bill in the senate without anybody voting for it. i just think thats the kind of politics as usual that has so many americans frustrated. when i was home this weekend i heard overwhelming opposition to this government take over, the mandates. the bureaucracy. up heard almost as much opposition to the way they are ramming this through in a sense of desperation. its amazing t...