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Had said it was just a matter of time, were easy targets. do you think there is a default position when you have and announced meeting -- there was no specific threat with gabrielle giffords, she was meeting in a parking lot in a safe way. should there be local police or capital police, somebody there? >> i think every member will take steps to enhance their security. but, i think it is also fair to say even if there was a protective detail there. we do not believe it would have stopped this par...

>> president barack obama: i told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words. to take con kreets steps and actions that deliver on that promise. >> chris: egyptian president mubarak announcing changes and the president putting on the pressure as both men try and deem with the fast moving events in ejichgypegypt, brit hume, ni easton, bill kristol of the weekly standard and "new york post" columnist kirsten powers, join us now, on our panel. we have seen the situations before wher...

Think all members of congress should have some form of security in town hall meetings, or in congress on your corner meetings when they are actually in the public? >> we have worked with the sergeant-at-arms office and the capitol police and all of the members outlining a lot of ideas and steps they can take to enhance the security for themselves and their staff. and i think a responsible way is for members to follow those steps. there are a lot of things that could be done that dont require add...

>> president barack obama: i told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words. to take con kreets steps and actions that deliver on that promise. >> chris: egyptian president mubarak announcing changes and the president putting on the pressure as both men try and deem with the fast moving events in ejichgypegypt, brit hume, ni easton, bill kristol of the weekly standard and "new york post" columnist kirsten powers, join us now, on our panel. we have seen the situations before wher...

Had said it was just a matter of time, were easy targets. do you think there is a default position when you have and announced meeting -- there was no specific threat with gabrielle giffords, she was meeting in a parking lot in a safe way. should there be local police or capital police, somebody there? >> i think every member will take steps to enhance their security. but, i think it is also fair to say even if there was a protective detail there. we do not believe it would have stopped this par...

Think all members of congress should have some form of security in town hall meetings, or in congress on your corner meetings when they are actually in the public? >> we have worked with the sergeant-at-arms office and the capitol police and all of the members outlining a lot of ideas and steps they can take to enhance the security for themselves and their staff. and i think a responsible way is for members to follow those steps. there are a lot of things that could be done that dont require add...

>> chris: all of your answer has been couched in terms of president mubarak, does that mean the administration still backs mubarak thats legitimate president of egypt. >> we have been clear we want to see a transition to democracy and want to see the kind of steps taken to bring that about and also want to see an orderly transition. right now, from everything we know, the army has taken up positions, they are responding very positively thus far to the peaceful protest but, at the same time we ha...

Freedom, a real path to democracy and economic opportunity. and for 30 years, the united states, republican and democratic administrations, has been urging the mubarak government to take certain steps and we have been urging a vice president be appointed for decades and that has happened but there is a long way to go and our hope is that we do not see violence, we see a dialogue opening that reflects the full diversity of egyptian civil society, that has the concrete steps for democratic and eco...

Freedom, a real path to democracy and economic opportunity. and for 30 years, the united states, republican and democratic administrations, has been urging the mubarak government to take certain steps and we have been urging a vice president be appointed for decades and that has happened but there is a long way to go and our hope is that we do not see violence, we see a dialogue opening that reflects the full diversity of egyptian civil society, that has the concrete steps for democratic and eco...

>> chris: all of your answer has been couched in terms of president mubarak, does that mean the administration still backs mubarak thats legitimate president of egypt. >> we have been clear we want to see a transition to democracy and want to see the kind of steps taken to bring that about and also want to see an orderly transition. right now, from everything we know, the army has taken up positions, they are responding very positively thus far to the peaceful protest but, at the same time we ha...