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And it was at 4:00. they called the presidential palace in egypt. they organized the schedules to figure out when. and thats when mubaraks folks basically said look, were going to talk to the public and then well talk afterwards. and now, of course, we know those events. look, chris, im pretty confident what the president said to mubarak and what he said that he said to mubarak is one in the game on that front. i dont think hes playing games here. guess what? in the age of wikileaks when you kno...

Where its headed. thank you, chuck as always. chuck todd at the white house. our coverage of the crisis in egypt continues after this. this is "hardball" on a very difficult night. with prostate cancer... i needed a coach. our doctor was great, but with so many tough decisions i felt lost. unitedhealthcare offered us a specially trained rn who helped us weigh and understand all our options. for me cancer was as scary as a fastball is to some of these kids. but my coach had hit that pitch before....

>> i want to bring out congressman meeks. u.s. interests, what are they? >> yes, well, the u.s. has a lot of ointerests here. we talk about the u.s. being one of our biggest allies along with israel. young people will have their voice. when you look throughout listry, theyre discontent with what status quo and freedoms are not there. so they go to the street. thats what theyre saying, president mubarak. i know a number of types i visited him in egypt or here in the united states, i said there ne...

That time. they made change. and the young people in egypt are now saying they want change. >> do you feel like you know hosni mubarak personally enough to know who hes rooting for here? is he rooting for those young people in the street, the lower middle class who have worked over there and not gotten a break, or is he rooting for the old coalition between israel and a compliant egypt? whs he rooting for? >> you got to think that he is somewhat rooting for the old guard. that will keep him in p...

Basically crash down rather than implement reforms as quickly as possible. and frankly, chris, just one other thing. this government has shuffled the deck chairs of government and prime ministers time and again. dont be fooled here. just saying that hes going to replace this current government is not going to satisfy these demonstrators because most of those ministers are viewed as people who are in the back pocket of hosni mubarak. >> lets take these two points, mark, and interpret them as you ...

Himself, looked at his values and said this is where i stand. now, the question is going to be, if we end up with the muslim brotherhood in charge of egypt, then the president is going to be called to account for the commitment he made. but hes hoping, and hes got to have some kind of end game here. theyve got to understand where this is going. if mubarak is out, whos in? elbaradei probably doesnt have the public support. the ambassador would know better tharn i, b. is there somebody in the army...

Washington is talking about are eform. many of the demonstrators in cairo are talking about mubarak actually leaving. so thats the first thing. and then there are the two different political clocks. president obama is here in d.c., the demonstrators and president mubarak in cairo. the way i read it, being here in d.c. is that i know that a lot of people are calling ining fo political head and they want you to leave in ej i want. im going to do you one more favor and im not going to call for that...

You meet in the streets of egypt if you travel there as a tourist, visiting egypt. you meet a lot of working people. they wear western clothes. they dont seem particularly religious in their politics. they have jobs but they dont make enough to really make it in the world. do they have an alternative in their minds as they demonstrate. they want him out, they want him gone. they want his posters down with their faces on them. do they have another face they want up there? >> not necessarily. i ex...

And suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. whats needed right now are concrete steps that advance the rights of the egyptian people -- a meaningful dialogue between the government and its citizens, and a path of political change that leads to a future of greater freedom and greater opportunity and justice for the egyptian people. >> there he is, calling upon our ally, a partner, mubarak, to make political change. hes telling him to not be who he is. >> yes, but the potential pr...

United states has a partnership with egypt and we clabed on many issues including to advance a more peaceful region. but weve also been clear that there must be reform, political, social and economic reforms that meet the aspirations of the egyptian people. in the absence of these reforms, grievances have built up over time. >> the middle east, of course, our long-time ally egypt. chuck todds white house correspondent. chuck, youre very good as a reporter. is this too hard to report right now? w...