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Happen, if moubarak were to step down because of a popular up rising it would be an unbelievable moment in the arab world. he was thought of as sort of the ultimate strong man in this part of the world, someone who has held onto power through thick and thin and been a huge ally to the united states. it's a very interesting situation as the united states monitors this. what it means for a strategic ally here. of course the biggest question is, when one, does he step down, two, what happens to egypt? who will be the leader? who is the transition algovernment. is it a military coup that comes in,...

Essentially unknowable. jon: very quickly, mr. ambassador, what is the best possible outcome that you see here? >> i think a return to stability, and the creation of real political parties that can contest free and fair electionses, and the development of democratic institutions. i don't think that is going to happen in the next 60 days, it may not happen until september. i think it's critical from our point of view we keep terrorists and extremists masquerading as political parties from participating in the elections because that is the prescription for a government that is elected and turns ...

Watched, and our two employees, greg palkot and his cameraman were given an absolute beating. just about a week ago. >> but, everything -- the security force, bill -- i was referring to the fact that the people, great majority of young people in the streets have been protesting peacefully and some of the egyptian security forces, you are exactly right. have attacked media, and protesters, and that is reprehensible. bill: do you believe that the military is firmly in control if hosni mubarak made the announcement in primetime there in cairo. >> i do and it is interesting, the announcement i hea...

He'd be a lot of fun, he'd be great for people like me, great for my business. i don't know how seriously republicans would take him as a presidential candidate. you know, they have got a long list. in fact we have 19 candidates on our crystal ball who are either running or in a position to run and seriously considering it. he's got a lot of money, he's got a hundred percent name id, he'd be a lot of fun, but i wouldn't go further than that right now. jenna: all right, larry sabato we appreciate the crystal ball looking into cpac and what is ahead for us. thank you for joining us today. >> tha...

That he is already left. that he is in the resort town of sharm el-sheikh in southern egypt or perhaps elsewhere. meantime the crowd continues to grow. there are hundreds of thousands of protesters already in tahrir square. but it is not so much a protest as it is a celebration right now. you can see the banners waving. people continue to stream in. one indication that things have definitely changed is that the curfew which is supposed to take effect about 12 minutes from now, there are no policemanning the curfew checkpoints. nobody is trying to enforce the curfew that is supposed to be in ef...