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Ken pollack is a senior foreign policy fellow at the brookings institute. ken, thanks for being with us. you have taught a couple years about almost predicting what we have seen here. as you move to the next step of where it goes from this point? >> sure. thank you for having me on, lester. the wonderful thing about revolutions is they can result in days like this. we need to recognize how incredible this day is for the egyptian people and share in their joy. by the same token, revolutions are unbelievably unpredictable. there are all kind of problems that always occur. even the best of revolu...

Important aspect of our security needs in that region as well. >> ken pollack, you bring a lot to the table. we appreciate your thoughts. we're joined now by carl bernstein and charlie cook, editor of the cook political report. i bring the two of you on. i want to let viewers now that we expect to hear from the president at 3:00 today to give his statement in reaction. let's start off there. what you would expect the president to say? is this the point to really, really give the egyptians even more room? >> i think the president had -- this is where the foreign policy pros really earn their mo...

Elections, we've seen this elsewhere, elections do not equal democracy. and oftentimes if you move to elections too quickly, you can actually get the worst elements in society getting elected and ultimately wind up subverting the democracy. ultimately wind upsetting it back. behind all this, as you've been talking with all of your other guests, you have egyptian military which has done the right thing absolutely so far. but it's not a democratic institution. it doesn't understand how to run a transition to democracy. and it could easily get frustrated with the patience, demands, people talking...

Of background information getting out. they told some of us but they certainly didn't properly communicate how concerned the president and his team are. and the fact that they felt the time film that mubarak was conceding was far too long. they never thought that what he was suggesting in his conversation with the president, and his speech was adequate. but they didn't communicate that properly. and at that point it was too late to be concerned that the other arab leaders and about mubarak himself and his sensitivities. they had to be much more direct, i think. the conclusion that people i've ...

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