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They have made that decision and if they have made that decision, their ability to control the situation in the future is rather limited. >> but this does seem like a continuation of the status quo and im still not convinced that the military is going to be eager to give it up, they own 5% to 20% of the economy, based on some reports from foreign affairs, i think, published a report. why is it in their interest to hand that power over? >> well, look, the privileges of the officer corps will cont...

Ruling class must go. theyre not saying the entire regime must go. clearly, theres dissatisfaction with the prospect of suleiman taking over in mubaraks style of rule. suleiman, by all intent -- for all intents and purposes, for the last couple of weeks, has been the face of the government. we have not seen anything from mubarak other than those two prpr pretaped statements in the early days of the protest movements. so suleiman has been function tamale in charge. whether or not mubarak leaving ...

Thats the administration saying it looks like hes going to survive. were going to throw in our lot with the dictator -- you see statistic swings going back and forth. so the quo is, what can make the difference? ive got the answer. its called money. the difference between the trade embargo that we hit south africa with during apartheid, and the difference with iraq when we hit them with sanctions, is there were different sets of people it was affecting. when you did it in iraq and it was just sa...

Like, when you talk about that ruling class, youve got to hit them in the pocketbook. theres some things we can do. i see what youre saying, thats sanctions could do a lot more, but were not doing any of that, right? what the protesters could do is sit in one of those factories for a week so he cant run that factory. all of a sudden hes motivated. >> i think that anything that the protesters can do, as you just said, to go into one of these establishment and toss the establishment to recognize t...

Those that have already have a lot, and so certainly cutting off money is a very big part of the deal. i think its a blunt industry, so i dont mean to throw cold water on your idea, but i sense theres some problems. >> im going to go back at you, then. i get youll never move mubarak, same as saddam hussein. were trying to reach that ruling class. when they get unhappy, they say big guy, its been nice knowing you. >> that ruling classes big. frankly the $1.3 billion is small change in a country l...

Will. there are seven new deployments around the tahrir square now focusing around the 6th of october bridge and theyve reenforced the area around the presidential palace. what they would be looking at, what the intelligence agencies will be looking at is why are they doing that? two thing could be going on. troop deployment surrounding protesters. on the surface, they say they are ing the protesters to prevent violence. -- going back to the idea that egypt is seeking stability the powers that b...

Interdepeinte interdependa interdependence, if you will, american economic support, strategic relationship, people, officials in the egyptian government to all the senior officers are very well known to people here in washington, their counterpart. weve seen these intensive contacts in the last few days. and i would argue that people in the army would start looking at their own interests and the stability of their rip with a key player like the united states. there is foreign investment and they...

But i dont think the army or economy will allow that. then you would run the risk of divisions within the opposition and maybe thats what some people in the government would like to see. but i think the momentum now is really opposition and i think they are beginning to see that there are people within the ruling class who might be willing to enter into a deal. there are many thorny details. how do you work out the transition? who will be in charge? as i was trying to say earlier, there is now a...

Obviously, the mubarak forces decided to back off. is this the army taking a bigger role here and almost pushing back? >> it was interesting that the minister of defense was there to examine the situation. we heard report there is concern within the ruling class of the regime, that the army intervene, they would be a reaction on the part of the national guard, which is under the control of mubarak. so i think people in the army are trying avoid bloodshed. before they can ease mubarak out. i woul...

Police used tear gas to ward off protesters. hes one of the number of po politicians they want to quit the government. the homes of their former leaders have always been off limits, but thats not the case anymore. as ben wedeman reports the collapse of the government has opened the doors to expose how the ruling class lived. >> reporter: its all a bit overwhelming for the residents of the seaside town. theyre finally getting a lack at how their former rulers used to live. their sumptuous villas,...