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Quite scary in the beginning. there is massive security where we're staying. >> i've been here before and it's pretty secure but i expected it would be quite quiet this week. so i'm really delighted. >> rick: no problem getting into the restaurant i'm sure. the streets are pretty much deserted. >> jamie: regime change sparking a huge rally in turkey. a big crowd listening to the prime minister as he urged free and fair elections in egypt. he called for a shift to constitutional democracy following the downfall of hosni mubarak. the prime minister was one of the first world leaders to urge muba...

To foxnews.com and click on the american election headquarters blog for the results. >> rick: back to egypt now. that country's military saying, we hear your voices as it promising to peacefully hand over power to a civilian government. >> we want not just egypt but every other arab country to go through this. real democracy, freedom, dignity human rights that is really want we want to see happening in this region. >> rick: what are the wildcards with people that have no experience in democracy, there is no freedom of the press and results of elections are pre-ordained. what sort of rule will ...

Because if this group does decide to try to fill the power vacuum, a know a lot of people, you and i talked about it, the longer the transition it takes the greater opportunity will have for other rad colonel groups to jump in there. do we talk to them? we talk to our enemies in afghanistan and iran. >> we do have conversations with individual members of the muslim brotherhood. it's important to remember at the moment, the muslim brotherhood is aj illegal political party in egypt because of their religious basis. you don't have a party leadership per se to talk to. they have a leader that coul...

>> what does democracy look like in egypt if in fact it does take hold there? americans have been suspicious that it won't look anything like democracy here. >> i think it will be imperfect, but they've got it a clean slate here. depends how they draw up their constitution. the fear is, of course, that the islamists will capitalize, will force people to go more militant by being an incredible political presence on the ground. but i think you'll have a lot of competition in this liberal sector. what's more, i think my concern is that because of the economic conditions from the country that will...

Support maintaining agreements like peace treaties with their neighbors. >> is it fair to say that whomever takes power in egypt will not be as close to the united states government and our interests as hosni mubarak? >> that's absolutely correct. democracy is great and this is a tremendous win for the people of egypt. but it's going to be hard times for washington. if you get the islamists in power, of course, they don't like the united states very much and they vow to end the peace treaty with israel. if you get the liberal, i think they'll be under so much pressure to go populist that they ...