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Eastern europe. you've got, of course, a government that is not elected according to the democracy that we would -- the system of democracy that we would espouse. that's the first element. so you've got that elite at the top of the country. you've secondly got a group of people that want democracy, that are urging for open democratic change that in a way that we would respond to and we would sympathize with. the third element is islamist groups that would take the situation in a completely different direction. so it's perfectly natural of us for those on the outside to support this movement fo...

We're not doing this for us, we're doing this for the generations that come after us so that they can taste freedom and democracy. >> governor romney, the chant from tahrir square in cairo tonight was "freedom, may god make it happen, may it be tonight." president mubarak says he's going to step down, but not for quite a few months. is that reaction tenable, given the situation on the ground? >> that's something his people will have to decide. the real objective has been met, and that is that the people of egypt will have a chance for democracy, a chance to vote, and hopefully economic freedom...

Hundreds of thousands of them died as a result. so that was never going to happen there. i would prefer to see change from the bottom up in iran right now. i mean, that is a country where if you had a free and fair election, i've got no doubt at all you'd have a different government and a government that would be for a better for the stability of the region. but that's not possible to do. and what's happened with egypt, particularly with the army playing the role it's playing, is that these protesters have been able to come on to the street and mistake their voices heard. unfortunately, in oth...

Say, the modernizing forces, the people who want the types of things we take for granted in britain and america, whether they are the people that would secede those governments, or whether the very strong islamist movements wouldn't rather take control. >> isn't part of the problem as we've seen in egypt, when you educate your populous the way they have in egypt, but can't give them jobs at the end of it because you run a rather repressive regime, they end up in the situation they find themselves in. they're well educated, they travel, they're aware of the internet, know what a better life can...

But for people everywhere. >> mr. blair, good to talk to you again. thank you for your time. >> thank you. when we come back, i'll ask a man who wants to be this country's next president, mitt romney, what he would do about egypt. and later, the monster storm barreling towards you. if you're watching this, chances are it's going to hit you very soon. ring ring ring ring progresso. hi. we love your weight watchers endorsed soups but my husband looks the way he did 20 years ago. well that's great. you haven't seen him... my other can is ringing. progresso. hey can you tell my wife to relax a...