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From the perspective of the united states, our ability to influence this is limited. one has to ask oneself in politic as in life, what is the alternative to the mubarek administration. what do we know about the people in the streets? many of them are students. do you know what kind of curriculum they study? so i just think it's a mistake that because we see young people writing on facebook and tweeting that it means jeffersonian democracy is next in egypt. i think it's a mistake to think our influence on the government or the people in the streets is all that great. which is why prudence at t...

Group band in egypt. it gave birth to hamas and al qaeda. some of the world's most dangerous terrorist were once in the muslim brotherhood include. it's seeking the transition into an islamic regime. it has been drawn closer to the iranian regime along with hamas. that's what ambassador bolton was expressing concern about. if you have that kind of regime tied to osama bin laden, hamas, al qaeda, that wants egypt transformed into an islamic regime, obviously the united states has concerns. if that's what we can expect. much as we may favor democratic reforms, it's not for us to

Are proceeding. but the question i think a lot of our viewers are asking, what should americans be hoping for? because normally we want democratic reform. normally that's the kind of thing we favor. but when all saw what happened in gaza where there was democratic reform. now hamas is running the place. and this -- this -- if that happened in egypt where we had an iran sympathetic radical islamist musliislamist muslim bd group, could we be looking at war with israel? what co-could it do to the middle east? >> you posed it well. that's why you are not hearing anything out of the government of i...

Helpful in middle east peace talks. going forward, i'm curious to find out more about what gregg jarrett reported on when he said some people in the white house and state department are thinking about cutting off aid to egypt. i would like to know more about what does that mean? megyn: we give them billions of dollars in aid. >> right. and pakistan and many other places around the world. the united states is not necessarily held up as friend number one, but as public enemy number one. we do it because it many the right thing to do and their governments help us keep stability or they allow our ...

Brotherhood. the price of bread was about to go you have it's amazing how many of these protests erupt over the price of bread. that's the kind of thing. market reforms that take a long time to get in place where a power sharing agreement might be the best answer. megyn: joining me on the phone is the former ambassador to the united nations, john bolton. we hear the domestic headlines. we may now be us spending aid to egypt to the tune of billions. we are urging americans to defer non-essential travel to egypt. we are watching the protesters get more and more upset as they storm the state tele...