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They'll have their feet held very closely to the fire and there will be a lot of in fighting and the islamists may, over time, capitalize on that. >> is this contagious to iran? >> god willing. we've had an opportunity, the people of iran have come forward and really made a great effort, but it's a lot different. in egypt, the army would not open fire on the crowds. in iran, of course, we've seen the iranian government order their authorities to shoot on the crowds. likewise, in syria, there is not going to be a movement any time soon. they were supposed to have their own day of rage and the r...

Thanks for being with us. do we trust the egyptian military and do the people of egypt trust them? >> the egyptian military is the most respected institution that remains in egypt. we trust them. they have a healthy skepticism about the muslim brotherhood and they really control the streets and seem to be sincere about handing over power to civilian leadership. well shall see. but they comported themselves with the demonstrations over the past three weeks. >> how long will transformation in egypt take? >> this is going to be a very lengthy process. it's not just the nuts and bolts of remaking ...

Of middle eastern affairs. we've heard from the muslim brotherhood in the last 24 hours, they have no interest in governing. they won't put forth a presidential candidate when there are presidential elections. should we believe them? >> they are clearly trying to lay low because they know the concerns of people in the west and many people in the egypt for the prospects if they were to come into government. we can't really know exactly what the muslim brotherhood thinks. they published op-eds trying to put forward their best. it's hard to know exactly what it would look like if the muslim broth...

Freedom. >> there is a lot of pandemonium not only for egypt. there is a lot of emotion and the united states has been criticized by some of the crowds. >> jamie: initially when the women came out to the streets, it was so unique because they usually don't. then the children came out and then everybody came out. >> rick: leland did a great job and so did other journalists but what do you think of america. i think that important for what is to be down the road. anything we're talking about is that there might be a very different priorities as far as what our wishes for egypt is and what the egy...

Presidential powers anymore but all indications he has got a lot of cash lying around. there were reports earlier in the week that he was worth up to $70 billion, if that was true, he would be the richest man on earth, but u.s. intelligence officials said his net worth is likely in the range of $1-5 billion which is still a lot and most of that is believed to in be bank accounts scattered around the world. he won't be making any withdrawals from swisser land because they want to avoid misappropriation of state owned egyptian assets. they froze his. swiss banks had $3.35 billion of egyptian dep...