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Their message is very clear. they are reminding the military, saying theyre still there. the people of egypt are still watching and they want the reform process to work and delivery on the promises they were made. the political unrest in the middle east is affecting the world of sport, as well. pedro pinto, whats going on in bahrain in. >> well, you know, the political unrest going on, the violent protests will affect the start of the formula one season it looks like right now. the boss says t...

President suleiman in egypt appearing in the cross halls of the residents welcoming the developments in egypt, certainly relief and joy here at the white house trfling that, which was the jubilation which was seen in that cairo square. the president spoke of this in historic terms, talked about the power of human dignity. but he also took time to praise the egyptian military, alex, and thats very significant. the egyptian military is obviously now in charge in egypt. several officials in the aft...

Manner. this has been a remarkable development that the whole population of egypt was eager to participate in. >> greta: what happened in the last 24 hours? >> i believe it was the last effort to try to initiate a reform process within constitutional framework within legislative framework of various laws. it was indicated that it would be undertaken under the guarantee of the military, but that did not satisfy the protesters who continued to demonstrate in the street. by morning, the president r...

For undertaking all responsibilities under the constitution, its vice president omar suleiman. >> hes in charge for all practical purposes hes in charge right now. >> for all presidential authority stipulated in the constitution. >> you had put on your hat as a proud egyptian, someone who has watched this. you and i have spoken severals, put on your hat as someone who understands the mood -- will this be acceptable to the prote protesters? >> i wouldnt speak on anyones behalf. i think that remai...

Hands are dirty. but i think that -- a lot of what theyve done is forgivable. what bothers me about them is not what they did leading up to the crisis, its that they backed themselves that this situation where you couldnt reform the system where they essentially said these banks are too central to the economy to allow them to fail, were going to subsidize them back to health and in doing so created these monsters that were able to prevent themselves from being reformed that were able to exert po...

Will undertake their responsibilities to express their opinions in a peaceful manner and the voice of the people has been heard and will continue to guide the reform process. >> do you believe that your foreign minister, that the u.s. administration is improperly interfering in domestic egyptian affairs? >> im sorry, my position here as ambassador necessitates that i maintain channels of cooperation and consultation, and this is our interests to maintain our special and strong relationship to th...

No one. >> what about the ability to end the state of emergency, which has been around since 1981? who canened that? >> that of course is the authority of the de facto president. >> in other words, if omar suleiman wanted to end the state of emergency tomorrow, he could sign a piece of paper and that would end it. >> he has 5u89 authorities under the constitution to act on any matter. >> do you have any indication that he will end the state of emergency? >> there were references in both speeches...

On capitol hill. they all believed mubarak was going in some form. they dont believe thats what happened tonight. now theyre trying to scramble and figure it out. we know that vice president biden and vice president suleiman talk a lot. no one will confirm they talked today, but its clear they did. >> according to the white house point of view, who is president of egypt right now? >> right now, they want to believe that suleiman is in charge. that would be the thing to expect in the statement. e...

When it comes to egypt. how big of a deal is it? >> well, this is a significant factor in any administrations calculations about whether to support the reformers and how fast to go ahead with the reform process. egypt used to have a nuclear weapons program, they gave it up in 1981 when they signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, but they quietly were doing some experiments on the edges of this kind of weapons program until as recently as 2005 when it was discovered by the international ato...