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Change impact arab nations surrounding the country? let's bring in our company, the daily beast reza aslan and analyst colonel jack jacobs. good morning. good to see you. reza, let's start with maybe the most basic question, is it even in hosni mubarak's dna to step aside? >> absolutely not. i mean, this is a man who has spent the last 30 years creating one of the most oppressive police states in the entire middle east. every aspect of life in egypt from its politics to its economy to its society is under mubar mubarak's control. >> to the press. >> to the press, absolutely. >> as we're learni...

High tomorrow. as many as 1 million egyptians demanding the ouster of president hosni mubarak. but after 30 years, why now? richard lui is here now with the details. >> good morning, chris. as we try to answer that question, there's also the composition of the protesters out there right now. they are the middle class, the educated elite, the poor and the young. the egyptian middle class, they feel they don't have real freedom. that's why they're out there. the educated elite feel they're being blocked and cannot take their rightful place as leaders. then there's the poor with one in five in 20...

Enormous stake in the future leadership of egypt especially in the nation's assistance with u.s. counterterrorism. president mubarak has been an important partner in combatting terror in the region. and they get more money from the u.s. than any country but israel. evan coleman is an nbc news terrorism analyst and senior partner at flash point global partners. our company is back with us. reza aslan and colonel jack jacobs. let me pick up on what we were talking to congressman schiff about, which is you can open the door to democracy. the question is, who's going to walk through it? and how mu...

There was so much organization being done on facebook and twitter before people started demonstrating. yesterday, everything was cut off. now, the internet is still shut off in egypt. none the less, mobile networks are on again. it's trending. we look at trends map now, one of the key topics on twitter, the tweets appearing. this is a user in chi owe. vodafone is back again. because it's intermittently working, signs across cairo with graffiti. this says down with mubarak. this is a theme with this morn. this one, down with mubarak. on a carrier, graffitied up with

Poverty, frustrations and now everyone is seeing what happened in tunisia, taking look at what's happening in egypt. it could be an effect on what's happening in the whole middle east. what's happening is going to be an indicator of a domino effect that's very uncertain now. >> elise, mubarak, the face of a u.s. ally who supports the peace process. supports peace with israel. in fact, he didn't sign it, but his pred assessor before he was assassinated signed it. what does this upheaval have on the u.s. sponsored middle east peace, the palestinians, the israel israelis. >> that's the major thin...