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Offend. if you want to protest, go ahead but do it peacefully. what we have seen in egypt over the past four days is a very violent reaction, especially yesterday and the day before. >> let me ask you about exactly that. part of what i hear you articulating is about that transition to what democracy and freedom feels like. i hear you that the offense is real but the nature of how one would then respond to offense is part of the maturation of what a democratic society that allows freedom of expression is. are these the growing pains of democracy that we are seeing? >> these are tremendously pai...

Holmes. jami, let me start with you. the you've been blogging on the very issue of the constitution. if indeed president mubarak does step down, satisfying all of the protesters that are milling in the streets and spent so many days there, is the constitution strong enough to get them to the next place? >> look, they have a constitution in egypt. it's been on the books, ratified by the people in 1971. but what we don't always understand here in the west is that a revolution does not necessarily lead you to democracy and that a constitution is really just a bunch of words on a page. that it nee...

Starting this transition. >> mohammed, when i asked glenn that question, i want to ask the same thing of you. do you feel this weekend is going to be the turning point to tell us what's going to happen in the days, weeks, to come? >> i think after today's demonstration, that the government, with all its propaganda campaign over the last two days, wasn't really able to stop or abort. i think they have no choice anymore. they are talking now loudly in egypt tv about the president handing over his power to the vice president. and i think the most you can hope for now is to keep the president even...