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Atmosphere. i dont know if you can hear the cheering starting right now. >> i can. i can. and its amazing looking at pictures of children. i mean, clearly these demonstrators, young, old, as you said, intellectuals, secular. again, live pictures there of cairo. i imagine arwa is somewhere in the thick of that. arwa damon, im going to let you go for now. of course well check back in with you as you are in the midst of these crowds in tahrir square. arwa, thanks. >> were going to take a short brea...

Is we have a separation of religion from state as a prerequisite to democracy. they appreciate human rights, those things that would be jeopardized should they fall into extremists taking over. i dont think people are oblivious to that. give people more faith. work with them. help them so that, indeed, we cannot have the wrong outcome and the best way to guarantee you wont have a wrong outcome is to help the institutions that are moderate, secular, democratic because the radicals will be margina...

None of them had a problem with the middle east part. they are more confidence in european i do. ive seen finance fight. worst case scenario, may not happen, but this is the goal of many of the people pulling the strings in the middle east. here is how a caliphate could play out. you have somalia and iran already in green. lets add tunisia. former tunisia government was considered the most secular corrupt government in the world. most dangerous scenario is radical muslims seize power and put sha...

Into extremists taking over. i dont think people are oblivious to that. give people more faith. work with them. help them so that, indeed, we cannot have the wrong outcome and the best way to guarantee you wont have a wrong outcome is to help the institutions that are moderate, secular, democratic because the radicals will be marginalized. on the other hand if you dont do all of the above these forces become cynical, hostile which is the perfect breeding ground for extremists who tack advantage ...

>> reporter: now, suzanne, the people here are saying they want hosni mubarak to hear what they have to say. and its not clear whether or not that message is coming across, though. egyptian state television says the banks may start refilling cash into the atm machines tomorrow. that will bow a help to many egyptians who say theyre starting to run out of basic supplies and even cash. an important point here, who are the opposition? who are the people that are seeking to perhaps fill a vacuum if i...

To see. there is a transition figure. there could be interim government before election. its unclear. what is the strength of the muslim brotherhood? it seems like egypt would rather have a secular, modernizing government, not islamic one. >> under two minutes to the president, charles. the military has a big say in what happens in egypt. >> we ought to be guided by the pie yot wisdom and information. not choose to be a king-maker. >> mubarak would be a disaster. the brotherhood would use him as...

Im not sure its going to happen. the egyptian military is different than the iranian military was. its more powerful and more secular. when you have a choice of two individuals, all right, ayatollah or shah, you have to go with the shah as bad as he is. >> we didnt do these kinds of things before the progressive movement. george washington said, stay out of other peoples quarrels. >> i know nobody would think it would work but we never tried it be switzerland. >> bill: you are wrong. before worl...

Im not sure its going to happen. the egyptian military is different than the iranian military was. its more powerful and more secular. when you have a choice of two individuals, all right, ayatollah or shah, you have to go with the shah as bad as he is. >> we didnt do these kinds of things before the progressive movement. george washington said, stay out of other peoples quarrels. >> i know nobody would think it would work but we never tried it be switzerland. >> bill: you are wrong. before worl...

King of his power to appoint a new prime minister and government. not all the demonstrators are islamists. many secular. they say the secular performance will be satisfied by concrete reform and a new government that battles government corruption. >> we have social demands coming in terms of services, in terms of income. disparity and other aspects. they only want reforms theneck round is planned for wednesday moves forward. mike tobin. back to you. >> bret: perhaps no middle eastern government ...

Mubarak government a strong rebuke from the white house. the alternative mubaraks government was hinted was chaos, and egypts painful history of terror attacks meant little was left to the imagination. from luxor in 1997, when more than 60 people, mostly tourists, were slaughtered, to the resort city of sharm el sheikh in 2005 where 88 people were killed. like a cat, mubarak seems to have had nine lives. he survived multiple assassination attempts, including an attack by islamic extremists on hi...