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lemmon. this is not good for the president of syria. one of his most senior officials has defected and now hes talking. nawaf was the syrian ambassador to iraq. not anymore, he fled his post and fled to another country and is supporting the rebels trying to throw out president bashar al assad. >> translator: the regime in syria is a totalitarian regime and dictatorship. there is only one person who gives the orders. one person who is the president. >> fares talked to cnn from his secur...

say to president obama that waiting for election day the make the right decision on syria is unacceptable for syrians. we cannot understand that a superpower ignoring the killing of tens of thousands of syrian civilians because of an election campaign. also an american pastor kidnapped in egypt apparently had no idea that where he was traveling was a dangerous area. the pastor was abducted along with a parishioner and tour guard. his son talked with cnns randi kaye about the ordeal a...

Decades. what i heard was that the u.s. administration is still trying to catch up with the reality on the ground that has outpaced everybody. for example, when he spoke about egypt and the need to support egypts reform and its new dawn in egypt, there was a missing sentence, and the missing sentence was -- that the united states continues to give $1.3 billion in aid to the egyptian army and egypt right now is ruled by the supreme military council so there was nothing there. military council is ...

educator in chief that came out today. he provided a kind of world view, almost a historical interpretation of the causes and consequences of the arab spring. he began in the beginning with tunisia and moved forward. he tried to present a way in which he saw americas interests and values as squarely aligned with this arab revolution. he touched on the places that we dont like, the regimes we dont like that are having trouble dealing with people. tehran, damascus. he also talked about b...

We will go to the democracy through that dictatorial constitution. my expert on constitutional law said the easiest way to start an new era with an interim constitution and set aside the parliament which is rigged and the constitution which has nothing to do with democracy and give ourself a year for the peaceful and safe transition. then we will get a proper president and proper parliament then again a full fledged democratic institution. thats the way i see it. >> a pleasure to have you on. th...

They feel the government in its way of doing that is to divide them and conquer them. by appearing to give some concessions, they feel the government is in effect trying to buy some of them off. were actually seeing the effects of that on the streets, people saying, look, theres been too much chaos now, the government has given us a little. he wont stand again. that should be enough. its those kind of divisions that are now pulling real anger on streets here, fareed. >> a fascinating turn in the...

Many people around the world have seen the proof that egypt can deliver. and today the challenge is first to resume law and order. we need to bring law and order back into the country. we need to bring back security into the country. we need to give the right messages to the business in terms of business environment. and that is probably one of the challenges now, especially when many business people are under attack. but also more important than that, we need also to prove that the transition w...

Through that dictatorial constitution. my expert on constitutional law said the easiest way to start an new era with an interim constitution and set aside the parliament which is rigged and the constitution which has nothing to do with democracy and give ourself a year for the peaceful and safe transition. then we will get a proper president and proper parliament then again a full fledged democratic institution. thats the way i see it. >> a pleasure to have you on. thank you so much. up next, th...

So-called reformers, nine days ago he lost his job. egyptian prosecutors have since banned him from traveling and frozen his assets. he offers a rare insiders look at the highest levels of the egyptian government. >> do you think president mubarak was disappointed by the fact that president obama has in the end asked for him to resign? >> well, i can tell you now, not an official person, i can say whatever i want to say. i think the position of president obama and the president of the american g...

What egyptians out on the industry are protesting is not just mubarak personally, but the whole system, the military dictatorship. if the united states is seen as having helped orchestrate a continuation of military rule under a democratic facade, we will deeply disappoint and frustrate the on opposition in egypt which will inevitably turn more extreme and religious. then some years hence, the iranian scenario might well come to pass. you can read much more about what i think about democracy in ...