Told this woman who was born in morocco was the niece of egypt s former president hosni mubarak. how s that for a twist in this one? that is quite a twist what you ve been telling us about. we re hearing that berlusconi is saying interesting things that s making people turn their heads certainly. reporter: yes, listen to this. this was said to a british newspaper. i think it was the daily telegraph. here s the quote, he said every woman that has had the opportunity to know me knows my regard for them. i ve always behaved with the greatest attention and respect toward them. i have always made it so that every woman feels, how should i say, special. prostitution not in this country we should say in italy is legal, but the legal age there is 18. this woman, again, was 17 at the time. these reports of wild sex parties at his luxurious private villa near milan has been the center of intense scrutiny in italy for quite a long while. the real challenge now is trying to restore power in a country where his, well, support has been increasingly limited. richard? i was also reading that he
Democracy which long term could be very, very positive, i believe it will be for america, in the short term can be exceedingly destabilizing, especially when it comes to places like jordan, saudi arabia, potentially down the road, and of course we just saw egypt, which was a relatively peaceful transition so far. that may not be the case in some of these other areas. early to tell. roger, the points that were brought up by rick there is destabilizing or positive. so the question to you then is, can the u.s. state department, does it have enough capacity to make an impact on that destabilizing influences that we ve been seeing as of late? well, congressman lazio hit the nail on the head. that s a good summation of the issues and our interests here. richard, you ve got to view this as a wave. the united states is going to ride the wave. we have very little ability to control its direction right now. the reason why egypt played out the way it did is because the egyptian military and security services made a decision not to
Energized by the revolution here in egypt. the government in iran is making it clear it will not allow more protests, calling them riots. thousands demonstrated on monday in solidarity with egypt and apparently to restart an uprising crushed by the iranian government after disputed elections in 2009. iran is determined not to allow a new round of protests to take root. nbc s tehran bureau chief reported from our bureau in the iranian capital. reporter: anti-riot police tried to disperse the crowd using batons and teargas, but the crowds wouldn t go away. as night fell, the protesters tried to make their way to the square, also known as freedom square, to try and emulate the sit-in at tahrir square. they were confronted by the militia who beat them back. today, members of iran s parliament called for the execution of opposition leaders, mir hussein mousavi. reporter: the new round of
Press conference with the president because there are two clashing news stories coming at the same direction, from the different directions actually. it looks like the president s going to hold a press conference on the budget. my sense is given the direction of the front pages of the newspapers these days he s going to have to deal with a lot of questions about his relationship with the secretary of state, the possible kurfuffle as to what our policy was toward the emerging revolution in egypt, and what are we going to do about israel and countries of the middle east who feel under threat. i can not believe that that s not going to be some of the sharpest questioning of this morning. however, the question officially today is what does the public think of and the press think of this what they think of the budget proposal. let s go to richard wolfe at the white house. do you think the president s going to be able to keep this on the budget? reporter: they re going to try. but officials expect there will be questions about the middle east but obviously what we ve seen across the arab world in
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