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take options like not paying certain salaries, like maybe members of congress, to float some money. it gets very complicated and ben bernanke, the chairman of the federal reserve, said if there isn't a resolution of this problem, the recovery, fragile as it is, would certainly be harmed in his view. contessa. >> kelly o'donnell from capitol hill, thank you very much. also from capitol hill, two congressmen join me now, jim mcdermott from washington state, from oklahoma, tom cole. appreciate you being here. >> good to see you. >> good to be here. >> let me begin with you, congressman ...

Solid, middle class, professional, democratic group that we can deal with as the west can see. but that's not a certainty, that's a hope. and the fact is that even if that is what that group is, we don't really know how it should represent in libya or what it can do on the grouped in terms of representation and in terms of government. so we are moving into the great unknown here. >> all right. newsweek's christopher dicky, always a pleasure. thanks, christopher. >> thank you, alex. republicans are flexing their conservative muscle in iowa this morning. several presidential candidates will ta...

Christopher is an editor for "newsweek" magazine and he joins us now. i know you're concerned about who is going to take over in these countries. are there obvious candidates to do that or not? >> no, there are not. the most obvious group in a good position to try to take over is the muslim brotherhood. they're beginning strength now steadily in egypt, which is fairly problematic because egypt has more weight than all these other countries combined. so i think that's a real question and it's not one that is going to be resolved quickly. >> i know you've covered this region for a long time. is ...

and puts down a barrier to stop new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control spray once. stop weeds for months. next on msnbc saturday, libya's rebels advance, government troops retreat. the latest on a like report straight ahead. plus, the cries for freedom in one country and the worries al qaeda should be lurking in the shadows. also come up, new develops in japan. it's a cold leftover, old man winter overstays his welcome and puts the cherry blossom festival in the freezer. and it's puppy love. why might this puppy cam cause a traffic jam on the internet? good mo...

Overthrow the government by the number two in al qaeda. so there have been dangers in the past. i think there were times when the egyptian people were interested in seeing any measures used to suppress those threats. but in fact, those dangers have not existed in any serious levels for some time and most importantly, this law has been used against political opposition of any sort for a very long time and what you just heard from ivan is a description of what's being done to people who really are peaceful protestors, using this emergency law and using the ideas and philosophy that have been per...