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Churches have been attacked, government buildings have been attacked. so, i think we are already seeing a low-grade insurgency that is probably going to last some time. if the united states weighs in, and cuts off aid, egyptians feel it would only be making the insurgency worse by telling the people, telling the muslim brotherhood that it has an ally in washington and to keep up the fight. that is certainly the egyptian governments line. >> robin wright, final word on whats next, the way you see...

>> a white house official this week said there has to be humility on the part of the u.s. to try to influence democratic change in a region with centuries of religious and sectarian scores to settle. thats where we find ourselves. robin wright, richard engel, who will continue his reporting there in egypt, thank you both very much. coming up here, were going to talk about race and justice. a federal judge rejects new york citys controversial program called stop and frisk. next, my interview wi...

To israel and from washington to egypt. and does the united states really want to be the first country that breaks the spirit of the camp david accords? whether it is breaking the law or not, it would certainly be seen here as breaking the spirit. also, does washington really want to back the muslim brotherhood? at the end of the day, we can talk about process and our love for the democratic process, but now that is broken and the choice is binary. do we want to be with the military or do we wan...

>> senator jack reed, senator kelly ayotte, more on the washington debate. thank you both very much for your time this morning. >> thank you. >> let me bring in richard engel, our chief foreign correspondent, on the ground in cairo, as well as senior fellow at the woodrow wilson center, robin wright, an expert on the broader middle east for context here. richard, your reporting has been compelling from the chaotic streets of cairo. given your sense of things, where is this headed? >> reporter: w...

Consequences of the region, our interests and the worlds interests as well. >> a white house official this week said there has to be humility on the part of the u.s. to try to influence democratic change in a region with centuries of religious and sectarian scores to settle. thats where we find ourselves. robin wright, richard engel, who will continue his reporting there in egypt, thank you both very much. coming up here, were going to talk about race and justice. a federal judge rejects new y...

Egyptian security forces have also been killed. churches have been attacked, government buildings have been attacked. so, i think we are already seeing a low-grade insurgency that is probably going to last some time. if the united states weighs in, and cuts off aid, egyptians feel it would only be making the insurgency worse by telling the people, telling the muslim brotherhood that it has an ally in washington and to keep up the fight. that is certainly the egyptian governments line. >> robin w...

Between israel, from washington to israel and from washington to egypt. and does the united states really want to be the first country that breaks the spirit of the camp david accords? whether it is breaking the law or not, it would certainly be seen here as breaking the spirit. also, does washington really want to back the muslim brotherhood? at the end of the day, we can talk about process and our love for the democratic process, but now that is broken and the choice is binary. do we want to b...

Thank you both very much for your time this morning. >> thank you. >> let me bring in richard engel, our chief foreign correspondent, on the ground in cairo, as well as senior fellow at the woodrow wilson center, robin wright, an expert on the broader middle east for context here. richard, your reporting has been compelling from the chaotic streets of cairo. given your sense of things, where is this headed? >> reporter: well, i think a lot of it depends on what happens in washington. and just to...

This is not a one-sided crackdown, by the way. the protesters, supporters of the muslim brotherhood have been doing the overwhelming part of the dying, and most of them have been the victims, probably 800, 900 so far. but around 100 members of the egyptian security forces have also been killed. churches have been attacked, government buildings have been attacked. so, i think we are already seeing a low-grade insurgency that is probably going to last some time. if the united states weighs in, egy...

Qatar has been supportive of the muslim brotherhood. this is something thats going to change the face of the region. its gutted democracy in the most important arab country. it affects the democratic experiment in the last bloc of countries to hold out against the democratic tide. you cant ignore it and the consequences of the region, our interests and the worlds interests as well. >> i was struck by talking to a white house official this week by saying, there has to be humility on the part of t...