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Powerful. it has 468,500 active members. 479,000 reserves. the military received $1.3 billion in u.s. military aid every year. obviously there are close ties. there is the man in charge of the military. our defense secretary robert gates has had at least five discussions with mim about this process of transition. bring in our panel. stephen hayes. kirsten powers, "new york post." and charles krauthammer. your thoughts for today? over view. >> triumph, optimism and concern. triumph for the people who no longer live under the rule of hosni mubarak. at the same time, moment of optimism.

Enan is 63 years old and has spent considerable time training with the u.s. military. he was in washington holding military talks when the protests first broke out. keep in mind all four egyptian presidents since 1952 have come from the military. mubarak himself is a former demander of the egyptian air force. the country relies on conscription for its more than 468,000 active personnel. and reserves of 479,000 more troops. and the u.s. has close ties with egypt's military, as we said, providing more than $1.3 billion in military aid every year. but it is unclear what influence, if any, the u.s...

It has 468,500 active members. 479,000 reserves. the military received $1.3 billion in u.s. military aid every year. obviously there are close ties. there is the man in charge of the military. our defense secretary robert gates has had at least five discussions with mim about this process of transition. bring in our panel. stephen hayes. kirsten powers, "new york post." and charles krauthammer. your thoughts for today? over view. >> triumph, optimism and concern. triumph for the people who no longer live under the rule of hosni mubarak. at the same time, moment of optimism.

468,000 active personnel plus a reserve of 479,000. okay. let's take a breather from the real news to gather around the water cooler for a moment. brian williams took a brief break from real reporting last night, making a guest appearance on "30 rock." in last night's episode there was a fake rumor going around the office that liz lemon was pregnant. how did everyone find out? of course, from the country's favorite anchorman. >> check this out. i was up in the everybody dining room, sharing a table with b. dubs here, and guess what he told me? >> gossip alert. according to my colleague carme...

We'll see what happens. a lot of that will be skewed by the census workers which is kind of a one-time thing. today's numbers were just ugly. you'd like to see these somewhere below 400,000, maybe even down to 350,000 in a strong jobs market, instead we have it way up at 479,000. this four-week moving average is supposed to smooth it out because these things can jump around, that's high, 459,000. companiesing are still laying people off and the ones that are not are probably not hiring. still a pretty rough situation. jenna: and, again, big jobs report tomorrow morning around 8:30. we'll see. ...