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Direction on egypt, a u.s. role that is more proactive as egypt enters a tremendous financial crisis, and of course some backing for liberal forces in the region. jenna: and what that proactive role is still has yet to be determined, david. i know you also spent some time in egypt. we hope to have you back to talk a little bit more about the forming government there as that is so important to us stateside as well. thank you for your insights, we appreciate it. jon: the u.s. military is making fr...

The most recent this past saturday at a miami radar facility that handles traffic for much of the say of florida. randy babbitt says it will take more to fix the problem than well just another cup of coffee. >> safety is our number one concern. we certainly looked at with the best evidence that the medical science can give us as to how to mitigate fatigue, but we certainly look at other systems. but napping is not going to be considered with us. >> shepard: there are already questions as to whet...

Going to be difficult. >> whats the danger? >> the danger is that yemen now will become a save haven for terrorist organizations like al qaeda. we have the notorious al-alaki that operates out of there. its a spring board for terrorist organizations in north africa. weve seen al qaeda in somalia, sudan and move across north africa into magreb region. i personally believe they have aspirations toward nigeria on the west coast of africa. i think this represents a 21st century international securit...

Situation abroad. ken pollock worked as director for the national security council and joins us this morning. ken, nice to see you. right now i want to talk about yemen. i want to talk about these other hot spots. and theres always a major uprising under way in yemen. many experts have said theres a lot of instability there. also all of us in the united states say its a proving ground. i think all of us remember what happened to the "uss cole" so why would he get involved in libya instead of doi...

Proactive in many cases and they also say that the nuclear regulatory commission should be more proactive in some areas. but even this watchdog group, the union of concerned scientists, says that there is a very low risk of any sort of a nuclear disaster in this country. >> tom costello in d.c., thank you. this sunday on "meet the press" -- neglect secretary dr. steven chu will discussion what the nuclear crisis in japan means for the future of nuclear energy in this country. also on the show,...

Commitment. remember, they live there, this is their community, their country, and theyre really acting like heroes we would talk about in any other setting. they are also the people who know most about the plant. but there are other people who understand this plant. this isnt the only plant of its kind in the world. there are other plants in the united states like this. i think there is outside assistance brought to bear. i think what happened is the government deferred to the utility and other...

Governments. so i think weve crossed the threshold of sitting and watching. its time to be more proactive. >> were going to talk you later in the show about that angle. we want to also talk to the former operator of three u.s. power plants about the last line of defense during a disaster. thats coming up in the next hour on cnn newsroom. gas prices heading down finally after rising for 20 days straight. a live report from the new york stock exchange. like instant discounts,ies free-nights... ....

Its like taking one vote. its one thing. one job. one job from every business and youve got millions of jobs. its ridiculously simple. its got to work. >> listen. ridiculously simple, but sometimes, hard -- the simplest things are the hardest to do. do you have anxiety about doing this with the economy? >> i think its easier to have anxiety, but in the context of the economy, in a difficult economy as a business owner, the scarier thing is to do nothing. youve got to be proactive. if you want ch...

We know how to organize elections. we know how to help them put in part -- place a political partys law and there are groups like the iri and the ndi, for the republican and democratic party that do this work. overseas. >> reporter: and, in yesterdays white house briefing, robert gibbs suggested the administration may be more proactive if anti-government protests erupted in iran again and said the iranian government should allow the iranian people to exercise the same right of peaceful assembly ...

They have when icing sets in. now we have a cold, hard rain. jenna: it seems like they are being proactive, that must be a good thing. you cant prepare for it if youre going to the airport and jumping on a plain. are we hearing anything about delays at logan. >> reporter: at logan airport they are pretty tough down there. they have runways clear and they are ready to go. earlier today they shut things down. they are concerned about ice -gs. it is a fluid situation. there are a lot of cancellatio...