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With egyptian president hosni mubarak under pressure to step down, there's speculation an islamic opposition group, the muslim brotherhood, could move in to fill the void. carrie wickham is an associate professor at the university of atlanta and is here to give us a pe better idea. what or who is this muslim brotherhood? >> the muslim brotherhood started out as a group positioned outside the formal political order. it was founded in 1928. it was committed to the comprehensive islamic reform of society and state. its primary method to achieve that goal was through the dala or religious outreach...

>> it doesn't necessarily want to be on board in terms of leadership. >> it does not want to be the public face. it has said this is an egyptian revolution, not an islamic rev nugs. it has chosen to back mohamed elbaradei and it sdwadoes not w to jeopardize this. >> quickly what would that mean for israel? i've read and seen that israel does not like the muslim brotherhood. >> well, the muslim brotherhood has been the least pragmatic in its rhetoric on foreign policy issues, including on israel. so it's an open question whether it will continue to be dogmatic or move in a more pragmatic direct...

repeal health care have a different take on their own insurance coverage. to the movement to install democracy in egypt now. it's after 11:00 p.m. there and again the government has ordered protesters to stay off the streets and out of the squares. journalist ian lee is on the phone now from cairo. what do you see at this hour, ian? >> reporter: the protesters are still in the street and they're still defying the curfew. they're still very defiant. they were telling me earlier that they're going to camp out around the tanks, so the tanks can't move to help kind of put the squeeze o...