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Going to be an irregular progress toward any form of democracy in egypt. there are ten people in that government that are actually thinking about free and fair elections. >> okay. let's get to those elections. changing the constitution, the second point that richard gave us, changing the constitution, amending it to open it up to more candidates who will be allowed to be considered for office. where does that come from? is that purely a reaction to the people saying we want this president out and we want fair representation? >> well, you know, i've been consulting with friends who have lived i...

Several concessions after the country's vice president met with opposition groups today, including the muslim brotherhood. joining me now live is fawaz girges, the professor of international relations at the -- relations of the middle east rather at the london school of economics. welcome back. glad to see you again this weekend. >> thank you for having me. >> now, some of the concessions that the egyptian government is agreeing to include freedom of the press, changing the constitution, and lifting martial law when the security situation permits, given what's happening on the ground there. wh...

In the minority, you can also invoke a special procedural rule that used to not be used very often, which says for this particular item you need more than 51 votes. you need 60 votes. you need a supermajority to get something done. in the constitution there's only a couple things considered important enough to require a supermajority, ratifying, changing the constitution, but in the senate they think whenever the minority feels like forcing the issue. it used to be really rare. in the '50s it was never used more than twice in any two-year session of congress. in the 1960s it was never used mor...

That used to not be used very often, which says for this particular item you need more than 51 votes. you need 60 votes. you need a supermajority to get something done. in the constitution there's only a couple things considered important enough to need a supermajority, ratifying, changing the constitution, but in the senate they think whenever the minority feels like forcing the issue. it used to be really rare. in the '50s it was never used more than twice in any two-year session of congress. in the '60s it was never used more than seven times in any two-year period. but look how it's been u...

>> but you are seeing other candidates, jose, as you alluded to, embrace parts of trump's plans. overall, many seem to hope to refocus on their own immigration stances and to shift to their own policy priorities and getting away from answering questions about trump. scott walker, for example, out on the trail today talking about health care, jeb bush, national security. jose. >> thank you very much. for more on mr. trump's immigration plans specifically, let me bring in laude vazquez. great seeing you. >> thank you so much. great to be here with you. >> what's your reaction, first, to trump's ...