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A lot of people defying the curfew. a lot of anger and a sign that maybe something is turning in this country. megyn: how much do we know about how leavely the muslim brotherhood is participating? what percentage of the protests come from them? what influence are they having? >> reporter: they're involved. they've been watching on the sidelines the last couple of days. according to the experts i've been speaking to on the ground, watching to see which way that this was going. and now that it seems to be going in the favor of change, in the favor of reform, they seem to be getting involved. aga...

It difficult accept nation of information impossible among -- to make the dissemination of information impossible. it's one of the things -- it's one of the things that is leading to what we are seeing. not just a feeling of being repressed by a government that doesn't hear you. mubarek has been elected with a 99.6% margin every time. >> i know someone who traveled to egypt often who told me on election day. excuse us we have to vote to re-elect president mubarek because they knew what the outcome would be. they might feel very alone in their feelings wondering why their government is so unjus...

You are saying is delivered carefully. president obama when he speaks is not just speaking to the american people. he's speaking to our allies. he's speaking to the protesters. he's speaking to the current egyptian government. the words have to be chosen carefully. i believe of course they want to see democracy advance in these place. but instability is something they have to be concerned about. megyn: look what happened with hamas? r in the middle east. when you were working in the white house understood president bush, was the policy materially different towards egypt than it is now? >> no. ...

As the bad guys try to push across to smuggle weapons into the gaza strip. egypt has a counter terrorist operation come patting that which supports israeli security. so it would be opening the floodgates in the gaza strip and allowing the flow of terrorists and weapons into israel. it would not be good for the israeli state at all. megyn: could we be looking at an egypt-israeli war? >> i don't know we could go that far with it. i'm focusing -- megyn: at the moment that's out of the question. that's not going to happen under the current government. does that become somehow possible if you have ...

Control is what you are seeing right now. they are going to ramp up fear in that population as quickly as they possibly can to rebuild that wall of fear. that's why you are seeing what you are seeing. they are attempting to put the revolt down. they are trying to do this as quickly as they can and get back in control again. the army in egypt is extremely powerful and they don't want to lose control to a religious-based government. that's something -- i just do not see that taking place. we may see some muslim brotherhood influence because you have strive in the streets. and there is probably a...