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They were angry. and sadly, some people were predicting there's going to be violence tomorrow. we, of course, don't know that that's going to happen, but they thought this would embolden the pro-mubarak forces, the people out in the streets weeks ago, that's when we had the clashes when the two sides, the pro and anti-mubarak forces came together. and people that we were talking to, they just feel that this is the worst possible scenario that the government, that the president would defiantly in their eyes, stand before the nation and basically give them more of what he's been giving them for ...

But the same message, you have to go. i think it means he has to leave the country the i wouldn't trust the mob to decide on this man's future in the mood they're in right now. i don't know what institution in egypt would protect him. maybe the army would. i think he has to leave. oy certainly hope there's plans for asylum for the president, because i think he's going to have to leave, given the demands in the street from some of the elements that he be tried for murder? i don't think he should stick around if that's the environment. >> congressman ackerman, there's some reports they have reac...

The president of the united states speaking on the momentous events of egypt today. to discuss the statement, joining mess is crist matthews, the host of "hardball" and savannah guthrie and congressman gary ackerman. chris, what did you make of it? >> there's a bit of wiggle room saying he wants the transition to begin now. that's pretty close to what we're getting as the message that was delivered by hi liaison with mubarak yesterday, which is you have to leave now, a little subtler than apparently the delivered statement. i get you would have to say begin now is going to be a head now. he wa...

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Know. >> clarity? clarity? he's talking about clarity. you've got to be kidding me, man. look, the republican party is a how-to guide on how not to deal with the middle east. listening to the gop's advice on middle east is like going to bernie madoff for financial advice. they have no grounds to say anything. the adults are having a conversation now. republican party, shush. all right, joining me now is one of those adults, democratic congressman gary ackerman of new york. he's the top democrat on the house subcommittee on the middle east. do you agree with the no-fly zone and what president o...