hope that as a result they will simply not be able to access the kind of means of connecting with one another and organizing. it is a very strange way to maintain control in the 21st century, but in iran, it is still the playbook that the regime uses. >> we're seeing now demonstrations pop up in other places, all of which -- i mean, each country is different, and opposes real challenges for the obama administration, in a place like yemen, i mean, there are two battle zones going on in north and south yemen, there's a real al qaeda influence there. an administration which has been cooperating quite closely with the government there, has concerns about seeing that government overthrown. >> absolutely, and that's why you don't find the secretary of state encouraing the protesters in yemen. if anything, the united states is trying to keep focus on iran. i think what's striking here, anderson is how different the u.s. response is to the protests in iran today, than where we