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Trump perform manual labor? oprah. she got him working in his own hotel. youll see the man of the people. nice gloves. youll see him at work a little later. first, lets get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. egypts embattled president hosni mubarak has set up a committee now to discuss and recommend stugal changes that will relax eligibility rules for who can run for president and also limit the number of presidential terms. vice president omar suleiman says mubarak w...

I think that we had a lot of stake in egypt. by kind of holding his fire and seeing how things played out, the president played his hand right. i was really surprised that the muslim brotherhood didnt have a stronger hand to play itself in egypt. they have faded. and also looking at the various influences in the region, i mean, the egyptians say were a sea of calm surrounded by radicalism. and looking at the other countries, you know, in the area, in the region, they -- they also were sort of st...

Men had had. frank wisner now back in the united states. he was speaking to that security conference in munich where hillary clinton was all over the place. she was having bilaterals with the russians, with europeans, taking a lot of questions on egypt. she seemed to embrace the talk that keir just reported on with vice president suleman and some others in the opposition party, though not necessarily the muslim brotherhood. she also warned of nefarious factions within egypt that sought to derail...

Most influential writers, journalists, political scientists and this group of wise men is nutritioning communications and telephone calls with senior government officials with an effort to continue the reform process but stop the chaos that has paralyzed so much of the country. all of it going on in the background. the egyptian officials are coming forward on national television saying we need to go back to work. and the finance minister said that banks will reopen tomorrow. he said that governm...

These are our traditions. >> give me an example of a good arab country that knows how to do it. jordan, is it peaceful? is it democratic? >> no, no, and we have had. weve hads various periods. the king has changed the government, these were necessary decisions to take. we have plans that have been developed in the past for a reform process, a gradual reform process, and perhaps now they can start to implement it. >> i went through the list, jordan, yemen, different kinds of countries, the west b...

Decisions to take. we have plans that have been developed in the past for a reform process, a gradual reform process, and perhaps now they can start to implement it. >> i went through the list, jordan, yemen, different kinds of country, west bank, palestinian authority, syria, sudan, im not sure what you would call that. are these countries watching this and thinking about things that will really matter and will keep their countries from going radical? >> god willing they are. god willing that w...

Enough. keeping inflation under control is the best protection for those at the lower end of the economic scale. inflation harms those who are the most defenseless and so i think the target must be to accelerate the trickle down but equally its not going to remove the fact there will be a hard road when you do the reform process, whether its a developed country or a less developed country. >> ariff, egypt, the largest population in the middle east. 80 million. they have been reforming for better...

Would speed up the reform process, they will engage with the people. the protesters are no longer interested in that. they are still out on the streets. a short while ago, there were reports that some protesters broke into the foreign ministry. they seem well beyond listening to dialogue from president mubarak. >> richard, explain to all of us what were seeing in terms of the noise levels, the people on the street, again, the imposed curfew taking place just 90 minutes ago with the sun being dow...

Again. and i think he wants to see what happens when the sun comes up. >> lets talk about the demonstrators and what they are actually asking for. basically, just better human conditions. when we talk about what theyre earning in terms of their professional jobs, some as little as $2 a day. when we do hear from mubarak, do we anticipate him addressing concessions, certain things, especially relating to the political climate, the economic and socioeconomic climate there? >> reporter: that is cert...

Gunning down an killing a 40-year-old disabled man and a teenager as they tried to cross the danziger bridge to leave the flooded city. the federal indictment also alleges the two supervisors helped them to obstruct justice. the attorney general eric holder announced the charges yesterday. >> put simply, we will not tolerate wrongdoing by those who are sworn to protect the public. this will not stand. we will hold all offenders accountable. while accountability is a vital part of the reform proc...