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Of view. egypt has 85 million people. i don't know we have an acute sense of public opinion surveying about what the majority of them think. remember, two days ago after mubarak's speech saying he would not seek reelection, the military said to the demonstrators, go home, we going to turn the internet back on. i think they were prepared to have mubarak stay. i think the rubber is going to meet the road friday, egypt time when we see the prospect after friday prayers of the mullahs as they did last friday calling supporters of the muslim brotherhood back into the streets. i think that's where w...

With a high degree of uncertainty. sometime when we act in a particular way we produce the opposite result. as i think we did urging mubarak to leave and seeing him dig in, in response. >> greta: ambassador, thank you. coming up, what do you think it is like at the white house tonight? everyone fears daybreak in egypt. now protests in yemen. then problems we have here at home. our unbudging high unemployment rate. now the president's health care law declared unconstitutional. the is it rough at the white house? knows how to make things that are good for you. new v8 v-fusion + tea. one combined...

Easily turn violent? >> greta: mike, before you came to the united states you were in israel for a number of years. i'm curious if you have talked to any of your friends and how they are looking at what is going on in egypt or your thoughts about this conflict vis-a-vis israel? >> reporter: the israelis are not missing a beat as to what happens particularly as it relates to egypt. they don't want to see the peace deal fall apart. they are nervous about the muslim brotherhood coming to power which is why they are not going to support someone like elbaradei. they believe over time the peace deal...

Anti-american feeling that existed before these demonstrations started. i spent 16 months at the united nations. the biggest problem, not the biggest, there was competition. one of the biggest problems for the united states was the position the government of egypt took on issue after issue. there's already a lot of anti-americanism there, whatever we say about hosni mubarak. >> greta: i guess we should brace ourselves for whatever the future may bring. it is uncertain mixed in with violence. >> it is complicated. in life sometimes your most profound moral convictions conflict. that is what is ...

More al-qaeda radical islamists influence in these demonstrations in yemen than we've seen in cairo. i want to come back to what i think is an important point. despite similarities of people this streets, i think the political realities in yemen are different from egypt. not to say one isn't affecting the other. i don't think you respond in a knee fashion equally in both. >> greta: thank you. only one day since senate republicans lost the vote to repeal the entire health care law. they are not throwing in the towel. go to capitol hill to hear the next step from republicans. mitch mcconnell wen...