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This is gps, the Global Public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you live from new york. Today on the program, a week and a day after hamas terror attack, israel continues to strike gaza and rockets continue to hit israel. As the world watches for a Ground Invasion to begin. Lets get the latest live from israel and then we will talk to Richard Haass about the Global Politics at play, the influence of american, saudi arabia and iran and others in this conflict. Then, historian Rasheed Halle will join me to talk about the rest of...

Nephews. people are coming with their families, christians, muslims. you still see an incredible diversity among the crowd that certainly does reflect the diversity of egyptian society. you see a certain number of what happened to be the members puff the muslim brotherhood, but they're not the dominant force. the predominant number is young people, fairly well educated, by and large i would say solidly middle class, so it's a fascinating group people who are down in that square. >> all right. ben wedeman, thank you so much. once again, excellent reporting. our next guest says the protesters ...

living, going about the rituals that are part of a life. like marriage. for one young couple their life begins. they choose to be married in front of what they call their new family, protesters. but for a journalist, a life ends. he has died from wounds he suffered. mahmud was standing on his balcony photographing the fighting between protesters and security forces when he was shot by an unidentified sniper. today angry demonstrator staged a. just hours ago, goaling executive wael ghonim was released. he did an interview with a egyptian reporter. he told the reporter he has mixed f...

Antiques, totally reformed. very, very bold. joining me is rasheed khalidi. professor, you can tell i was skeptical. am i right to be skeptical about his record? >> i believe he's deserve a rich degree of skepticism. he's old-school, is identified with repression. the idea of connecting that individual with the word "reform" is ludicrous, to put it mildly. >> that gets to the critical question, if mubarak is saying i'll hang out for seven months action i'll go out in september, have my guy run, probably omar suleiman. if you think that is how it would unfold action is that basically window dre...

on why it won't work this time. good evening. there it is, breaking news. i'm cenk uygur. president hosni mubarak was foursed to go before the cameras and say he will not return for another term. he says in september he will be walking, like an egyptian, out of office. in a recorded statement that aired late this afternoon, he vowed to oversee the peaceful transition of power. that means his 30-plus year will come to an end. it's important he's not stepping down, essentially retiring seven months from now. that is not what the protesters wanted, of course. they want him out now. an...