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The political crisis in egypt has so far not disrupted the flow of goods through the region, but even the mere possibility has rattled investors. we sat down with jamie webster, oil analyst with pfc energy, who predicts higher gas prices. >> this event kind of helped push up the global oil price above $100 today. it was up a couple dollars the day before. there were already some pressures on it that was fueling sentiment to bring it higher and this just raises a concern primarily because of the suez canal, that we're kind of in a moment where there's some real potential for some supply disrupt...

People carrying signs. there were people also with their children. it was very peaceful it seemed. we had the one incident where i thought they were going to turn our bus over because they were running down off a bridge. we saw tear gas in the air, heard gunshots. it was quite something. >> and then, take a look right here, pictures that are actually not from egypt. coming up, where is this protest and why are the leaders of other arab states watching closely? me. yea? we mail documents all over the country, so, what if there were priority mail flat rate... envelopes? yes! you could ship to an...

Initially, as you mentioned, kind of tepid saying you should allow people to protest peacefully, and then it became we need to see a transition of power, and then it became a transition of power now, not yesterday, but now. so what happened in that week that would make this administration or the u.s. posture different? >> well, they saw the writing on the wall. i mean, they saw that change is coming. it's coming fast. no mat wear kind of a transition is worked out, egypt is not going to back to the way it was before. and i think president obama did not want to be on the wrong side of history h...

What the change means. >> he is very aware of the need to modernize, to develop an independent judiciary. it is the role of the judiciary and the legislature, but more than that to develop a third domain of government, private sector, and civil society at large. >> king abdullah clearly seemed to be watching what happened in tunisia, then egypt. abdullah just turned 49 and as a younger and what some call a more agile leader than knows in tunisia and egypt, he wants to get ahead of the cur toil, but there are key differences in jordan. >> they want to take away from the king the ability to appo...

Violence that taook place this week. they're more gratified that has calmed down for now. one of the things they have been talking about today is the group -- rather, the points that have been brought up by a committee of so-called wise men, of business people, intellectuals, and others that are represented in cairo and in other parts of egypt that are trying to come up with some plan, some way to break the impasse. of course, nothing has been agreed to yet, but there is still hope there that that will happen. people here say they will not be satisfied until president mubarak leaves. fredricka...