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This deal now, you have no idea what's going to pop up in egypt and syria. and so from 15,000 feet, and frankly, with 50 years of history, it seems obvious that if there's ever been a moment in time to cut this deal, create a two-state solution, it's now. at the same time, that's not what's dictated by netanyahu's politics at home. >> indeed. chuck todd, stay with us. richard engel and other analysts, michael sing. we will continue to monitor the benjamin franklin room at the state department, where we are expecting president obama to connect with hillary clinton coming to the state department...

>> reporter: i wanted to respond to something michael said. i had a similar question to folks behind the scenes at the white house. and they said, look, one thing that some people wanted to say this speech is cairo-two that president obama came addressed in 2009 that took place in cairo, a very different cairo at that time. this speech is being directed at an american audience, too. and every -- you know, all of the policy decisions being made here is through the prism of america's interests, is one thing i was told. you know, first and foremost, one of the questions i had asked is the goal to...

Trns sigs. transition. >> go ahead, finish. >> i think what we're going to see in yemen is a negotiated settlement. >> michael, saudi arabia has to be thrown into this mix, as well. very volatile, and if you take what christopher's rightfully pointing out about the economic straits, especially the masses of young unemployed, the limited job prospects and economic prospects in the region, are we talking about some need for a western or u.s.-backed marshall plan? and can we take something like that on when we've already go so much of our own debt, deficits, and woes back home to deal with? >> we...

Whole other set of issues we haven't even talked about, which is how you square the support for the opposition dealing with the regime and wt comes next in libya. how do you think about stabilizing libya post gadhafi? there's been no discussion about that. >> all good questions. and obviously not the last time we're going to be dealing with these. thanks very much, gentlemen. christopher boucek and michael sing for aluminating with your thoughts. we'll tell you which massive corporation paid nothing in taxes despite making billions in profits. does that sound right to you? plus, michelle bau...

Important things is there's not one single cause behind all this. i think when we look at these different cases, tunisia, egypt, syria, there are local circumstances that are propelling these events. >> and michael sing, to bring you in. is it clear when we're thinking about all of these distinct situations, do we know who the opposition is? i was asking rch eng, lot w anxiety that we're not sure who we're dealing with on the other side and what exactly our dog is in this fight. >> well, i think, you know, one point where i differ from christopher is that i think actually the causes across the...