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Middle east expert live from london this morning, from the regatta institute. we are appreciate you being with us today. >> hi, dave, the last time i was on your show in new york, it was the day after christmas the day before the big blizzard. >> we well remember that day. tell us how you think this is likely to end and is there any chance to 80 million citizens in egypt walk away happy with the ending? >> well, two, two impossible questions, dave. let me try, let me try this on you. i think wha...

There? >> well, i think the reaction has been very different. im certainly -- anna chapmans story has been front page news here as well. she is the glamorous one of the bunch of ten that have been arrested in the united states, of course. obviously shes front page news. but i think the emphasis has been very different here. in the u.s., our understanding is that people have been concerned about what damage these people could have done potentially to the national interest, national security, in t...

Well its a house been a long. standing critic of saying that they are perpetuating the refugee problem and the issue of right of return one of the sonias issues and is ready palestinian conflict is saying that by transferring the status of wretched refugee a to descendants that creates more of a problem and it seems that us aligning itself with this position more or less but there have also been critics in the security establishment here saying that in a prompt and in of harms way to create a va...

The south korea/u.s. war time plans and a document that includes procedures to, quote, decapitate the north korean leadership. that must be very concerning for you. >> yeah, absolutely. all of these hacks, whether its into our security establishment, south korea, the north koreans are good at cyber, cyber attacks, cyber offense. we saw this with the stealing of the hacking in hollywood they did. yeah, its very concerning. we can move war plans, we can change them, we can put new plans in place, ...

>> andrea, it is historic. president trump received a warm welcome with the saudi traditions and fanfare. slightly different expressing they were on the tarmac, but not able to shake hands with president trump when he lands. lets talk about the elephant in the room. that is the revelations that president trump shared intelligence with the russians. is that at all playing out in israel? is that affecting the mood of the security establishment on the arrival of president trump? >> reporter: the in...

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Iran on the table but we should be very open about how dangerous military action would be. yes, we support israel. yes, we want to give it military aid, but we also think that some of its policies in the settlements are bad for israel and the united states. he didnt really depend those policies. >> i think thats what they wanted him to do. i think lindsey graham was trying to get him to sake some shots at israel. the minute did he -- youre good at analyzing the news, how the headlines will run, ...

The pakistani government, the security establishment has decided to give the u.s. access. so again, certainly weve seen some tremendous pressure. putting some of that pressure on is none other than u.s. president barack obama earlier this week. so certainly this could be a move by pakistan to ease some of that pressure coming from washington. >> and we know that one of the wives already told pakistani authorities that shed been living inside that compound for five years. theres obviously a lot m...

Question that reza, if your r still there, they must have some information about what was going on and how they were able to survive inside this compound. for five or six years, were not sure how long they were there, and most of the time they didnt leave the place. obviously someone was helping them. thats what american officials want to know about. >> yeah. i mean, they could have been with bin laden for ten years, so certainly they have -- could have a lot of information, not just about bin l...

Effort by the pakistanis to change the narrative. how much of a concern has that been among pakistani officials youve talked to? >> reporter: for 11 days now, ever since this u.s. raid, pakistans government and military has been pummelled with questions and criticism how bin laden was allowed to hide out here. the criticism culminating last week with none other than u.s. president barack obama coming out saying he believed bin laden had a support network here and he didnt rule out that that supp...