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In egypt. theyre formidable. >> eric: geraldo rivera is not saying he trusts the muslim brotherhood as saying we reject it. >> theyre a big organization, the muslim brotherhood now runs egypt. they run egypt. now, whether theyre the alley is of the united states remains to be seen. they certainly didnt behave as allies unleashing that mob. >> gretchen: isnt it different when a religious group, like the muslim brotherhood, rules a country as opposed to a real democracy where theyre not so tied in...

>> youve got sunni and shiite, there are divisions, theyre fighting each other for power and influence within the entire region. and saudi arabia. >> is democracy in the middle east a good thing? >> their sense of democracy is different from ours. >> this is the problem. this is the different vision between president bush and president obama. a lot of liberal democrats will say, listen, you cant hand over democracy -- >> no, you cant. >> its just one thing going on to the next and it doesnt chan...

Though theyre supposed to be separate? listen. >> what bernanke is doing is saying what the president is saying is wrong. the president is saying the economy is making progress, coming back. bernanke is saying no, its not. i got to print more money. i dont think what bernanke is doing is going to get the economy going. >> eric: mixed messages, if things are so good, if the obama recovery is happening, then why do we need to spend another, what is it, almost $500 billion a year buying mortgage ba...

Not have an uprising. we may not like it, but we understand free speech. so are we now pandering to nations that dont understand free speech? is that whats happening here, or should we be holding true the value of what makes america great, in fact, that we do and have and honored free speech? >> brian: in the middle east, we have riots which we understand are more like the first phase of the libyan attacks in egypt, tunisia, bangladesh, as well as yemen at this hour. and some of which are taking...

The bad news is they incited the riot at the embassy on september 11. so we have to be cognizant of the fact they trashed our embassy. they violated every norm, every international rule in doing that. that was the government of egypt that incited that and now they called it off. now we have them on probation. >> gretchen: i didnt get the impression from our reporter in cairo that there wont be any protests. didnt he tell us that there will actually be closer? theyve been moved inside. >> brian: ...

For a body in motion. >> gretchen: welcome back. anti-american protests spreading across the region in yemen, egypt, iran, libya. how will this affect the race now for the white house? here to weigh in former campaign manager for howard dean and fox news contributor, joe trippi, columnist for bloomberg, business squeak and author, the entrepreneurial instinct, monica mecca. nationally syndicated radio host, mike gallagher. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: great group here. moni...

Their major march tomorrow. there is a million-man march planned for tahrir square, a couple of hundred yards away from the embassy. thats the muslim brotherhoods main protest march. it is penitentiary to understand, here on the ground, the difference in the people that we are seeing. 18 months ago in the revelation -- revolution, it was a young, secular, liberal group who wanted hosni mubarak out of office, now this is a poorer, anti-american group, chanting "death to freedom," instead of "free...

Carolina ballot initiative. thats direct lobbying through her official position. and if thats not a violation of the presidents ethics pledge, if thats not a specific recognition by kathleen sebelius, then im ignoring the pledge i promised, i dont know what is. >> eric: in the aftermath of this dustup, the white house reclassified the event. is that enough? have they gone far enough to cover their tracks? >> i think it depends. if you look at the previous administration when larita dont, the gsa...

Militant who helped bring castro to power and ordered the murder of hundreds of people. some of the included facts were lifted word for word from another web site. the epa said it was sent from an individual without clearance and he has apologized. >> brian: word now protests -- >> eric: planned protests by the muslim government has been canceled after the egyptian president came out this morning urging them to protect the embassies. >> brian: does that mean these people get to go home? >> well,...

Faith. in the same newspaper you could see the gun on the virgin mary. >> i think in this case with the up rising this is the acute squad. why does the media accept it? even if you dont feel this way even if you are an atheist you talk about fair and balanced, you should find it fair and balanced for all. >> they make a special exemption. what should i do? they have this thing. if you have one bishop who makes one mistake on something rather trivial. thats -- you have other things going on in th...