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Its stance. i want to talk to you about that. is that the only choice we have, back the current regime, or do nothing and watch it potentially fall to maybe the muslim brotherhood? i think legally over in egypt they cannot be elected because they are not alowed to have religious groups get elected. but they could back politicians who could. or is there a better outcome? there could be a democratic election and we wouldn't have to be dealing with the muslim brotherhood running egypt. >> i'm not sure we know enough at this point that a free and fair election would not bring the brotherhood to po...

State, if you will. that would now not only would it create military implications for us, but it would create problems for the israelis as well. megyn: speak to what this means for israel if this government falls and a government backed in large part by the muslim brotherhood comes in. >> any time you have seen a palestinian-israeli conflict you see egypt mediate, trying to work it out. egypt was the first nation to recognize israel. if the ndp were to fall and eight were taken over by an islamic jihadist state, what you would wind up seeing is probably zero support for the israelies. the gaza...

Projected on facebook. that is not the muslim brotherhood. they came later when they saw the demonstrations are moving forward. now the muslim brotherhood and the radical groups are saying we are behind that and we want to establish an islamic state and mubarek should go. we have not partnered with these young people. we are thinking of talking to the muslim brotherhood. i agree with ambassador bolton. if they take over we'll have a big game changer in the region. megyn: there is no way of knowing whether that's going to happen. i think it's interesting if you can set the scene for us. if you ...

Military was actually greeted by protesters tonight. perhaps the people here see the army as a bit of a savior, at least the devil they know versus the devil they don't know or the enemy is their friend. one or the other. it's an interesting dynamic. megyn: certainly is. greg palkot is in the middle of it. we'll get back to you in the next two hours or as news breaks there. thank you. the muslim brotherhood said to be playing a key role in the protests, not just in egypt today, but other demonstrations we've seen in the middle east and north africa. they're egypt's largest and best organized o...

That's what we should say with one missing link. we can't do reforms overnight. what the president of egypt should do with our support and the support of the international community is to appoint a new government. that's the first thing he has to do. and that interim government has to satisfy in its composition representation from the demonstrators. and isolate or contain and put on the side those who are radical. it has to be a smart move, not breaking count institutions of egypt. and making sure the majority of the demonstrators who are peaceful see they have representation. the third level ...