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>> you are worried about the reaction of several of the, for want of the better word, audiences to that step. i mean there is an important thing to remember, john. egypts not north korea. north korea, the north korean state is an expression of the personality of kim jong-il. so if jim congrekim jong-il lea that is different. that is not the case. president mubarak has been the face of an egyptian state controlled by elements in egyptian society, certain elements in the business class, arms force...

More supportive of our world view of al qaeda than the mubarak government has been. on balance, if this is movement in the direction of democracy, this is a good thing long-term. but at a minimum, the egyptian government is going to be distracted from one of those common goals. >> theyre making the point that he believes economic stress contributed to this evolution as things spread throughout the region. egypt, the average annual income, just over $2,000 a year. that would mean yemen -- saudi a...

Live pictures, history in the making there in cairo, egypt. crowds still in tahrir square hours after their president resigned. the question is what next? as you look at this map, anything flashing in the middle east and naorth africa, that means there is protesting in recent weeks. there are future pro teftests planned in syria tomorrow on saturday. well keep an eye on that one. planned in yemen on sunday. this is the facebook page announcing that protest there. and planned in iran, an importan...

In jordan and saudi arabia, both kings highly regarded. in the gulf, an accelerant of this process in egypt has not just been political, but economic. those economic dire straits dont exist in the gulf states. so i think you can separate this, yes, there will be affects. but im not willing to predict theres an automatic domino affect. >> is it an example of technology, driving a lot of these things, social net working, the internet, we have seen around in recent days, and certainly back during t...

Constitution itself. but the interesting question is how much will they try to put in protections for their power and privileges? >> we look at the history you just talked about, lets look at iran for a moment. this is a important day in iranian history. im wondering if you see a potential domino effect knowing that the iranian opposition movement plans a demonstration on monday. we also know some of the opposition leaders have been arrested. the internet is choked off. listen to the obama admin...

Worrying. its very important that we get this aspect of it right, too. there are things we can do to forestall the mouz limb brotherhood making a huge gain here. first of all, the majority of the egyptian people do not want to live in an islamic state. they made that very clear. the muslim brotherhood enjoys 15% of support. second of all, the army. the army held together. it will be a major and important institution as a check. and i think what we need to do now this is something the u.s. govern...

This victory for the egyptian people. but egyptian republic. but the military has a huge assist. i think as we transition from last evening into this morning, there is a recipe for disaster unfolding. with all the unhappiness of a president mubaraks ambiguous speech last night, people werent going to accept that. and i imagine the egyptian military had to make a fateful decision and that is to encourage president mubarak to exit from the scene. and now they have the power and the transition begi...

Still going fairly strong. but despite all of the euphoria here, there is, of course, great concern about what is going to be happening next. a lot of debate about whether or not the demonstrators should stay or leave. im joined now by ahmed. tell us how are you feeling tonight? >> im feeling very happy for the change thats happen. we came here for the removal of the regime. and the removal of the head of corruption hosni mubarak so im very, very happy. this is a historical day in egypt. >> repo...

The ring. he let the egyptians play this out. were using our influence. i think bob is right. there are a lot of think tanks that can do to nurture a civil society and help nurture this debate between political and secular and religious parties, left and right, egyptian politics so that they can develop a national conversation towards an election. we could be part of that. but theyre in the control of that, the egyptian people as they should. >> nick burns, david gergen, bob kagan, i appreciate ...

Although we saw some dangers of this moving in the direction of the muslim brotherhood, thats not foreordained. perhaps what would be the most damaging to their vision of the future of the arab or the islamic world is a more participatory -- >> are they putting economics oil ahead of democracy, human rights, is it over completely? is there some middle ground the united states needs to get to? >> good people from both parties in multiple administrations over the years have had to make these serio...