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This hour. richard haass and bret stephens are here in new york. gentlemen, ill get to you in a moment, but lets begin the latest in cairo. cnns ben wedeman, who has covered the arab spring right from the start is overlooking tahrir square. ben, give us the latest. how dangerous do things look over there? >> reporter: certainly, egypt at the moment is on a nice edge. we have large demonstrations planned in support of the military, in support of the toppling of mohamed morsi. in this part of town...

Told me they will be reviewing data and interviewing pilots in the coming days. the death toll in the crash stands at 2 with 182 injured. we will continue to follow the story and bring you live news conferences as they happen. thank you for watching "state of the union." right now, it is time for right now, it is time for "fareed zakaria gps." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this "gps," the "global public square." welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i am fare...

The attempt to get mohammed elbaradei elected. and it was at the last moment when they were called for a press conference that el baradei was appointed, that he was actually not appointed. excuse me. a lot of dust in cairo these days. so, they really in a sense are the kingmakers. they are the islamists within the current regime. but without their approval, it appears that mohammed baradei cannot be appointed prime minister, and they are the ones who can decide. >> thank you, ben. yes, mohammed ...

Elected government. then to cairo and the embattled political parties. ill talk to a leader of president morsis party and a leader of the opposition. well also check in on edward snowden. where will the nsa leaker go? venezuela? bolivia? nicaragua? and how in the world will he get there? all that and much more coming up. but first, heres my take. the events in egypt over the last week have been fascinating but also a bit bewildering. most of us dont quite know what to make of them. is what hap...