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good morning. welcome. it's thursday morning, may 19th. we have a lot of news this morning including some breaking news. let's begin with that breaking news. the resignation of dominique strauss-kahn as head of the international monetary fund. this move comes just before a bail hearing today in new york. we're seeing this mug shot for first time. the former imf chief is facing sexual assault charges for allegedly attacking a maid in his manhattan hotel room. he says he is not guilty. resigning from the imf so he can defend himself fully. >> here is part of a statement he released. ...

For that entire region and as egypt weakens, the other major power in that region is, of course, iran. so there is grave concern in saudi arabia that iran will start to exert more influence. and then another thing, randi, they are losing some of their faith in the united states, that the united states is letting mubarak go and mubarak, as we know, has been a great ally many have said to the united states and certainly to israel. >> jill dougherty, we have to leave it there. thank you. the shouting from the street is loud. the message to hosni mubarak is leave but it seems the egyptian presid...

It has really challenged the army's efforts to try to assert control. >> former ambassador to egypt, daniel kertser, thank you for your time. >> thank you. let's get back to the epi center of the protests. our frederik pleitgen is in cairo and nearby in tahrir square. describe what you are seeing and hearing. set the scene for us. >> reporter: well, what i'm seeing is that basically this entire part of downtown cairo has been taken over by the anti. mubarak protesters. you will see tahrir square absolutely packed' filled. as i have been saying, it's the largest crowd i have seen here since t...

Getting conflicting signals, particularly some of the opposition leaders in egypt. they are now saying if this is what the united states means, if the united states means it's okay for mubarak to stay in office, that's a nonstarter. so we want to kind of take a diplomat who is out of office and see if we can get him to be undiplomatic about what they are trying to say. >> i'm sure. you also have former ambassador kertzer. we spoke with him a few moments ago. he has some great incite on what might happen for israel with the uprising in israel and what it might mean for the peace treaty. >> we h...

Maintaining security along that border. and the israelis will watch that situation quite carefully. >> and just very quickly who do you think is the best choice to lead egypt when it comes to israel's interest? >> i don't make that kind of choice. clearly the israelis are going to be comfortable if someone like omar suleiman or a civilian like omar musar were to take over, they have dealt with both men in the past. they are tough egyptian patriots, but they are committed to the treaty. the israelis would like to see people with whom they've dealt, even if the government, the prime minister and...