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I have all respect to our prosecutor but i only know one thing. if i was a minister in egypt on sunday or monday morning, i would not have had that situation today. but i believe that this thing will be cleared and i know that the general prosecutor will be dealing fairly with all of the issues here. >> do you worry about the people out on the streets? do you worry that this is a muslim brotherhood movement that will take over the country and turn it into a kind of islamic state? >> well, we hav...

Rashid mohammed rashid was the first business leader ever in the egyptian government. he was one of the liberal, so-called reformers, nine days ago he lost his job. when mubarak fired the entire cabinet. 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...

Helped to energize opposition. military issued its strongest warnings yet for protesters to not undermine security or damage property. but they also said they wouldnt shoot at demonstrators, an encouraging sign for a protest movement thats looking to stay alive. lara setrakian, abc news, cairo. all of the turmoil in egypt has stranded tens of thousands of americans, many of them tourists and students. many struggled through traffic and checkpoints to get to cairos airport only to find moat mos...

Since 1952. all of egypts presidents have comed from the armed forces. military leaders enjoy huge privileges and a fat budget in the current setup. and they will work very hard to preserve that position. in fact, right now what appears to be happening is a conso consolidation of military power. civilians and business leaders in the cabinet have been fired and new cabinet is 50% military. the governors of egypts provinces are 80% military. the military leadership has economic reforms because the...

Huge parts of the problem is people, the young people in particular dont have any sense of credibility. that these people mean what they say. >> isnt another tactic of the regime to try to divide the opposition? and is it not succeeding, the watch party has already engaged in negotiations with suleiman and muslim brotherhood says they will talk with them. is the opposition fracturing? >> im not -- i dont think i am isolated. im one of many parties that -- particularly the people that are camping...

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Demonstration today on wednesday, on friday. and so it is complete standoff. and i hope somebody will send the message to president mubarak for the sake of the country, for his own dignity to defuse this crisis, he better step down and everybody is ready to give him the dignified out he is entitled to as a former president of egypt. he needs to go. you need to engage the civilians. it should not be just the military. outgoing regime, the change. people are not believing that and any feeling peop...

If the united states is seen as having helped or chess straight a continuation of military rule under a democratic facade, we will deeply disappoint the frustration in egypt which will turn more extreme and more religio 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 my cover story in this weeks "time" magazine and on time.com. up in just seconds, elbaradei and then david cameron. lets get started. moham...

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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...