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The door. >>guest: and on the other side is the straight of hormuz and the persian gulf. it is the middle east. not like a area with a lot of stability to start. it is not a jump to spread into neighboring countries if it were, it could get very ugly and rumors, be careful with this, rumors the muslim brotherhood could be playing part of that and that is scary. it could go on and on and we have to watch and wait-and-see what mubarak decides to do. appointing his son is not an option. >>neil: a quick thing before i let you go, you get what you expect. prices run up but there is a cap on how far...

>>neil: we are waiting to hear a message from the par element speaker in egypt that could involve not only the whereabouts but the decision of mubarak to remain as egypt's president. he has been in that office for three decades now. came into power after sadat was assassinated and mubarak was behind him, the top serving general. that is then. it is now looking like a public overthrow now. this is very big deal for not only what is going on there, stability in the region, but even in this country here for stability and a nation recovering taking on some strength of late which is why, tomorrow, ...

Uponnibility to put forth the free democrat agenda. >>neil: the american personnel still in egypt, what do you recommend? >> well manner security guards are not responsible for external security outside the buildings at our embassies and it is up to the host government to protect our diplomats and our corps but i just don't see the egyptian government able to stand up to the protesters. mubarak will probably end up next -- next i'll and whatever country hends up in will see challenges and uprisings in cairo. >>neil: the americans are on their own. >> we were on our own but we have a rapid depl...

An announcement will be made and we think back to the shah of iran and he fell. he left the country for france and then the united states for medical help and no indication what mr. mubarak will do but it is a good time to step back and look at the global implications. with a big global c.e.o. bill johnson here. and only here. bill, what does this mean to a guy like you? a big global player and now an important part of the globe is dicey. >>guest: this is not beneficial to business. we have a small business in egypt and i had two employees head flood tomorrow and i canceled that trip obviously...

>>neil: is it your sense, congressman, we just will not give that much money to egypt anymore? >> i don't know what will happen. a lot depends on how the demonstrations work out, the egyptian government, mubarak and others, how do they handle it? bring about more democracy? more openness? we don't know. will the situation settle down? we don't know. we will have to be flexible in the short and very determined in the long term to deal with the energy issues because we cannot allow our nation's security to be at risk by a demonstration in one or another of the middle east countries or in other p...