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Nearly 800 killed in three days of violence and protests the brotherhood fighting to be heard. Egypts military fighting to keep them out of power. We have learned this morning that the brother of the al qaeda chief al zawahiri was arrested. In fact the military arrested more than a thousand supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood this week alone. We go live to Marthas Vineyard where president obama continues his vacation. Any sign from the administration of what they will or even perhaps what they will not do next . Well, craig, good afternoon. The administration at this point is not signaling any major shift in policy when it comes to egypt. We know that president obama has been briefed daily by his National Security adviser susan rice, who is vacationing here on Marthas Vineyard with him. And of course this past week president obama announced that he would be canceling joint military operations between the u. S. And egypt that were scheduled to take place next month. This was a strong, symbolic rebuke to military for their inability to really get this situation under control in egypt and to get the unrest under control in egypt. But what the administration has not announced is that they will be withholding or withdrawing that 1. 3 billion in military aid that they give to egypt every year, and that is really the United States largest point of leverage at this point in time. It is a complicated situation, craig, of course, egypt is a key partner and ally with the u. S. In a region that is already unstable, so that is one of the things that makes making that decision so difficult. The other part of this is that its not clear what the impact would be if the u. S. Were to decide to withdraw that 1. 3 billion in aid in part because it wouldnt kick in until next year. And also because other countries also fund egypt. So those are some of the ideas the administration is weighing. We do know they are reviewing the aid. They are reviewing that policy. But at this point in time no indication they are planning to actually make a move and of course there are calls on both sides of the aisle, craig, for the administration to take a tougher stance, democrats and republicans urging the administration to determine that what happened in egypt is a coup and calling on them to withhold that aid. Craig . Kristen welker, thank you so much. The fallout from egypts unrest could be felt around the world. Joining me now from washington to talk about the implication is Jonathan Allen senior washington correspondent for politico, julie mason, host of the press pool on sirius xm. Here in the studio Steven Clemmons washington editor at large for the atlantic. Big thanks to all of you for being with me on a saturday. I want to start with you here, steven, because we just heard from kristen about egypt. One of our best friends in that region for decades now. For john q. Sixpack at home watching right now, explain in the simplest of terms why this matters, why this is so important for america. Because egypt is an 80 million person country thats one of the true states thats been around for thousands of years. When you think about history, it sets the temperature for the middle east, north africa region. It is a vital ally in terms of our relationship with israel and in terms of having been a traditional anchor of stability that supported u. S. Interests in the region. So we are in a situation now where the government has taken abhorrent steps, killed nearly a thousa people, injured many thousands more, and were in a knot and trying to figure out how do you not lose this ally we need but its the same time send a very strong signal that what general al assisi just did is as over the line as anything weve ever seen from an ally. The president has got criticism from all sides since he spoke out thursday on vacation there at Marthas Vineyard condemning egypt but not withholding aid. Conservative rand paul said the president s stance appears weak. Democratic senator leahy chairman of the Appropriations Committee threatening to cut off funding to egypt. Is the president missing an opportunity to use leverage or does he just not have as much leverage as people think over the military in egypt . Well, 1. 2 billion, all this hand wringing in congress, it is a fraction of what other countries are giving egypt. It is one of our only points of leverage. The president is in an incredibly tough spot. Pressure from congress isnt going to make a difference. Their position is not changing. This is an important ally. They dont want to make the situation worse. Take our hand out of the region in that way. Theyre just going to continue to stand by. Jonathan, you wrote a post for politico immediately after the president s remarks thursday. You wrote in part, quote, he has chosen, he being the president , has chosen americas interests over its values and the pragmatists in his administration over the human rights idealists while tacitly acknowledging the limitations of americas influence in stopping the bloodshed. Bottom line, it is a pickle. Is this one of those situations that is so complicated that a hands off approach may be the only safe option . I appreciate how you condensed what i wrote into five words. Wish id thought of it. Look, this is a situation where, you know, the United States has been watching the arab spring with interest. It has tried to wade in in various countries including egypt before and we have very little ability to influence what is going on in these countries. The Muslim Brotherhood was in power for basically a couple years. I think the United States decided it didnt think the Muslim Brotherhood was very capable of managing Egyptian Affairs and at this point the military looks like the more stable force. You know, the president wants to make clear he doesnt believe the military should be killing civilians, that it should respect the rights to protest and assemble, but the bottom line, the United States is not going to enter this on the side of the Muslim Brotherhood to try to counteract the military. As far as aid to egypt goes it is sort of a separate issue. The aid is really a payment to not fight with israel. If you remove that aid, you remove that longrunning agreement where the United States gives aid to israel and aid to egypt so they wont fight each other. You could cause more problems than you solve by doing that. A price for peace as a result of the camp david accords. Steven, lets talk about general assisi the head of egypts military right now. What do we know about him, and why have we not seen or heard from him at all this week . Well, hes got his hands full. What we do know is that morsi, Mohamed Morsi thought that he had general assisi under control and the command staff of the Egyptian Army under control. The Egyptian Army basically controls about 40 of the egyptian economy. Most of those command staff we know were making a mistake by talking so much about the 1. 3 billion military aid. What we need to look at is decades of those command staff running through the National Defense university, having relationships both in the intelligence and military side with our pentagon people. There are deep human relationships really at stake so general assisi is well known to americans, and i think that he has made a play from the moment that they issued the 48hour warning to morsi. In my view they made a decision to go to war with the Muslim Brotherhood. I am a big fan of Jonathan Allen where as i am a realist and worked with Richard Nixon many years ago. I with argue the one point that there are many realists who say it is strategically consequential to the United States if the Muslim Brotherhood and its young members decide not to pursue democratic style dwrups f groups for their aspirations. If they go back underground and take a violence track were looking at something that has consequences not only in egypt but through the entire middle East North Africa region and it will keep us tied up in a tumultuous situation and threatening israel, threatening u. S. Interests, for quite a long time. So i urge those people who think this is just about democracy and not humanitarian issues to think about how important it is to get those people back into an inclusive track. Julie, we have seen over the past few days some pretty shocking, violent images coming out of egypt particularly during yesterdays socalled day of rage. At one point, i want to show what we can of this, but at one point we saw demonstrators actually jumping off a bridge apparently to avoid military gun fire there. Do you think as we continue to see images like that, political leaders in this country will be forced to act at some point, or are we going to become desensitized . I hope we never become desensitized to images like the ones you are showing. It is absolutely devastating whats happening in egypt right now. And the Administration Stands by impotently, unwilling or unable to do anything. They do seem completely out of ideas. The president sent john mccain and Lindsay Graham into the region but they went in with so much ambiguity and this is a situation that defies ambiguity. They werent able to get much done. Weve seen other countries go in. The eu went in to try to stave off this violence. That didnt work. Im not sure what outside interests can do at this point. Jonathan allen, julie mason, steve clemmons. 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Mr. President , invite the rodeo clown to the white house for a beer summit. Take the temperature down. Have a laugh. Relax. Its not about race. Philip rutger of the Washington Post actually traveled to missouri this week to cover the fall out from the incident or perhaps maybe i should say lack thereof. Phil, good to see you again, sir. Hi. Glad to be here. One fair goer told you, quote, it was just a fun guy making fun of the president like everyone else does. Whether hes black, white, green, or purple hes the president and hes got to know when he goes in that position people are going to make fun of him. Is that the sentiment that essentially represents what you heard on the ground there in missouri . Absolutely. You know, i went there wednesday to spend a day and hear what people had to say and i interviewed about a dozen people and that was universally the sentiment. Nobody i talked to felt that rodeo act was disrespectful or inappropriate. Not one person . Not one person at the rodeo. One gentleman who was at the rodeo that saturday night was so outraged by it he videotaped it and thats what has spawned this sort of National Outrage weve seen. There was another farmer that you talked to there named virgil henke and he told you in part, talking about the president here, hes destroyed this country. How much freedom have we lost . I dont care whether its a black man in office, but we have to have a trueblooded american. I think hes muslim. I think hes trying to destroy the country catering to the Muslim Brotherhood in egypt. Philip, we know thats nutty. We know its not true. But i wanted to highlight that statement because he is expressing a sentiment that you still see and hear and read about from time to time. Is there a great chasm that exists between the perception of the president in places like d. C. And new york and boston and in the real america . Absolutely. Here in washington you dont hear anybody say that. What this gentleman said is plainly untrue and yet five years after obamas into obamas presidency the opposition to him is even more deeply entrenched and there is not any kind of recognition he is a legitimate commanderinchief. It is just some of the comments you hear are pretty outrageous. Again, i think you said there was just the one person that you talked to who was bothered by the incident is that right . Thats right. His name is perry. He is the one who videotaped the incident and that is the recording that weve seen. What else did you learn about that event that wasnt captiure on the grainy Youtube Video . There were mullet pr people involved. The most telling part of the event was it was a large rodeo arena, standing room only i was told, and the crowd was hooting and hollering and there was a lot of enthusiasm and energy kind of cheering this on. This gentleman perry said it felt like a kkk rally. He felt that kind of anger and intensity in the crowd. Thats what people found most disturbing. We should note that the said clown has been banned from all state fairs in missouri. Right. And the announcer has resigned from the state rodeo board. Philip rutger, the Washington Post, always a pleasure. Thank you. Thank you. English majors across the world are up in arms literally up in arms over the Oxford English dictionarys decision to literally change the definition of literally. Follow me here. As well as meaning in a literal manner or sense, like the driver took it literally when asked to go straight over the traffic circle, literally can now be used to acknowledge something is not literally true but is used for emphasis or to express strong feeling. It seems literally has become the most misused word in the english language now and rather than fight it experts have decided to acknowledge the words dual definition. You are right now literally watching msnbc. With the spark cash card from capital one. 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