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Ten minutes in guiza from cairo. before the revolution, you had some 270,000 americans who travelled there on some sort of holiday. at this particular juncture, are you prepared to say to americans that its safe to travel to egypt? >> needless to say there is tension and turmoil. i still believe its generally safe. but one of the reasons why the military intervened was to try to prevent widespread chaos and move us into a political transition. so i would hope tourists feel comfortable in the nea...

Before the revolution, you had some 270,000 americans who travelled there on some sort of holiday. at this particular juncture, are you prepared to say to americans that its safe to travel to egypt? >> needless to say there is tension and turmoil. i still believe its generally safe. but one of the reasons why the military intervened was to try to prevent widespread chaos and move us into a political transition. so i would hope tourists feel comfortable in the near future. >> ambassador, thank yo...

Some 270,000 americans who travelled there on some sort of holiday. at this particular juncture, are you prepared to say to americans that its safe to travel to egypt? >> needless to say there is tension and turmoil. i still believe its generally safe. but one of the reasons why the military intervened was to try to prevent widespread chaos and move us into a political transition. so i would hope tourists feel comfortable in the near future. >> ambassador, thank you very much for your time this ...

Were going to take a break here. andrea and chuck will stick around with us. jeff, tom, robin, thanks for your insights. coming up, did the obama administration give republicans that political ammunition i referred to when they decided to key that key part of the presidents reform on health care. is there a reason to expect further delays now? plus the immigration reform fight. that moves on to house. ill speak with congressman raul labrador of idaho all coming up after this short break. vietn...

0 appearance with me here on "meet the press." i was able to reach him by phone. he said he had laryngitis and a fever and under doctors order for no television interviews, but theres a lot of confusion about whats going on and whether the opposition to him being an interim leader is what was really at work here. he told me he expects to be named as early as today firmly the leader of egypt, but he also said, his words, that the country is falling apart. now to our correspondent on the ground in...

Power. but the muslim brotherhood didnt like the military didnt like what the muslim brotherhood was doing. many of the brotherhoods supporters, their sons and cousins and family members were signing up for the military. the muslim brotherhood was trying to take over the rank and file. the replace many of the mid level commanders both in the earl and the interior ministry and the army felt if this continues in three years, the institution of the armed forces which is largely secular would be ero...

>> and i do want to talk with you though briefly about george zimmermans outside jacket, the orangish red jacket. >> yes. >> without going through all of the samples that were george zimmerman, were there any spots on that outside shirt that were or could have been trayvon martins? >> on the original jacket? >> yes. >> and lets do this one more time. you can point that out. the wit may step down. thank you, judge. lets just have you focus on the stain or stains that were or could have ...

Protesters that the army had given this ultimatum, they stepped in and the clock is ticking down now of 48 hours. they were towing those egyptian flags underneath and the protesters went crazy, knowing that the fact that the army has now stepped in to intercede and give this ultimatum. so robin, as you point out, the alternatives of what may come next, what are morsis best options? >> morsi doesnt have many options right now. the danger is that the muslim brotherhood has waited for 80 years, its...

Example, silenced in russia as a condition for refuge. >> robin, do you imagine he has a trump card, other than what hes placed around -- you would think this guy would have some type of trump card up his sleeve? >> i think he had a plan in terms of releasing information, but its clear that he didnt have a game plan for what to do next. i think he was terribly naive in considering what the outside world would want of him or would offer him in exchange for information. >> yeah. >> and he just did...

Involved, means that this ultimatum will be met one way or another because this is the way that they got rid of mubarak. >> well, the president issued a statement last night -- >> robin wright? washington. >> good morning. >> something wrong with the sound. >> we can hear her. >> we can? >> something wrong with my sound. >> let her talk, barnicle, let her talk. >> its me, not you. >> good morning. >> im going to get q-tips and ill be right back. >> good morning. look, this is a turning point for...