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Moderate bahrain, the government seemingly thumbing its nose as american calls for restraint. helping us to make sense of it all is dr. fouad ajami and nic robertson. ben wedeman joins us. professor, you saw the video in bahrain. it goes exactly against what the envoy from bahrain keeps claiming, that these are proportion at responses. >> we witnessed two revolutions, one in tunisia, one in egypt. both the protesters and the people in the armed forces belong in the same nation. they may be engaged in a fight. now when you look at bahrain, this is a very different land. the ones who run bahrain...

And ruled runs right through the heart. >> and the royal family is sunni, the population is shia. many of the soldiers and police come from other countries. >> there's a great controversy about this, i believe, and there's ample evidence that the forces of order of security in bahrain are for the main part pakistanis, sudanese and other mercenaries. they're imported to do the work of the repression. so the bond between the protesters and the security of -- the forces of security do not exist in bahrain. >> nic robertson, you've seen these security forces up close. what are they like? how did t...

Them two centuries ago. you think they would make their home in bahrain, they still aren't. they still view themselves as a conquering dynasty. and a conquering community. >> let's move on to libya. ben, amazing pictures from tahrir square today filled with protesters, people celebrating one week since the revolution. also wanting to send a message to the military to uphold their demands in egypt, correct? >> reporter: that's correct. what we heard was people are celebrating. there really is this feeling of joy. it's as if today they had just heard the news that president mubarak had been oust...

Heart. >> and the royal family is sunni, the population is shia. many of the soldiers and police come from other countries. >> there's a great controversy about this, i believe, and there's ample evidence that the forces of order of security in bahrain or for the main part pakistanis, sudanese and other mercenaries. they're imported to do the work of the repression. so the bond between the protesters and the security of -- the forces of security do not exist in bahrain. >> nic robertson, you've seen these security forces up close. what are they like? how did they compare to what we saw in egyp...

The live chat is up and running. we'll talk with our correspondents in bahrain and egypt and talk with dr. fouad ajami about the history unfolding as well as the horror as this uprising continues. casey wian is in madison, wisconsin where teachers continue their standoff with the governor over his budget plan. >> reporter: here in madison, teachers and other state workers surrounded the state capital today, closing schools and forcing democratic lawmakers into a showdown with a republican state governor over union power and a growing budget deficit. details coming up. [ male announcer ] a ch...