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states. its a fascinating, troubling story. were also going to look at the war on drugs in mexico. could it actually be working? first, heres my take. a new poll in the united states shows that americans are still deeply frustrated at the slow pace of the economic recovery. thats understandable. unemployment stays stubbornly high. i was just in europe, and they think america is booming. consider this. the u.s. economy is on track to grow between 2% and 3% this year. in europe, by contr...

The christians are nervous about the election. they see islamic radicals are empowered and the military is not stepping this to help them and yesterday came out and was attacking them. they are nervous about not only the transition phase, but what the political process will bring. >> we look forward to your reports throughout the day and on nightly news. thank you very much. what political story will be making headlines in the next 24-hours? thats next on "andrea mitchell reports." so you can fo...

You rise in the republican party right now by slashing contrasts and attacks on barack obama. can a republican win the nomination by saying hes a nice guy, i just disagree with him? >> i think probably not. but hes in a transition phase. it was just three weeks ago he was working for barack obama. so presumably theres going to be a period of time before hes going to feel really comfortable taking him to task on the things the obama administration has done. >> so hes waiting patiently, you think?...

upper east side apartment where he had planned to live while fighting sex assault charges. but up first tonight, two breaking global challenges. the obama administration issues a new warning because of intelligence seized at osama bin ladens compound in pakistan. chris lawrence is live from the pentagon with more on that. chris? >> reporter: well, john, what weve been able to determine is that al qaeda thought the best way to hijack some of these oil tankers and really hurt oil and nat...

President suleiman. according to u.s. officials weve spoken to, the president honestly believes that this movement will go away. that tell i did pate and that he can ride -- that it will dissipate and that he can ride this out. the protesters are on a different page. they dont want this. they dont trust the system. they want mubarak gone, and they want to make sure that this transition phase takes place without mubarak in the same regime with a position to wield the levers of power. >> richard, ...

Weve spoken to, the president honestly believes that this movement will go away. that it will dissipate and that he can ride this out. the protesters are on a different page. they dont want this. they dont trust the system. they want mubarak gone, and they want to make sure that this transition phase takes place without mubarak in the same regime with a position to wield the levers of power. >> richard, the white house finally issued a statement. they were working on it for hours. it was suggest...

Not just democracy, its true economic opportunity. thats not going to happen right away. what we really are going to have to look at is whether the new constitution, the new democratic regime that is put together, that is cobbled together does reflect the aspirations of this large number of egyptians who really do expect change. again, its going to be a huge question mark. if youre somebody like me, youre going to look at things like energy futures, oil futures, data that measures the markets re...

Commander in chief, to hand power over to the egyptian military, but he says its not a coup in the traditional sense. at the same time this noncoup/coup would go, of course, outside the bounds of the egyptian constitution, so the egyptian people have to look at this tonight. there are political parties, the ruling political party, not a popular one, the people in power clear links to the military, but they are not necessarily popular, the military itself might in the eyes of many egyptians be a ...

Initially the government was able to say these protesters were just young people, just students. but as these protests have continued and as they have continued to grow, it has become obvious to the military, which has made this statement just a short while ago, and to the presidency itself and perhaps even to president mubarak that this is not just a small movement, it is not going away, and that president mubaraks presence was considered more of a destabilizing factor during this transition ph...

Sustenance. we think that he may be saying to himself, in fact weve interest crepted communications that say, hey we only have to holdout for so long. >> reporter: only have to holdout for so long. he also went onto say that he is certain that u.s. marines are going to remain in afghanistan in sizable numbers long after july, 2011, when that transition phase for withdrawing the troops begins. he says any i taliban fighters or al-qaida fighters who are h u.n. kering down are going to be unhappy t...