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welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. there was jubilation in the streets of egypt friday, after president hosni mubarak finally decided to step down. he handed power to the military's supreme council. the council pledged to meet protestors' demands for a peaceful transfer of authority that will lead to a free democracy. meanwhile, debate continues over the role religion could play in a new government. kim lawton and i examine the week's dramatic developments in egypt with geneive abdo. she's a longtime middle east reporter and author of the book "no god but god:...

protection act, which is stalled in the senate, the executive director of the national whistleblowers center, stephen kohn, joins us. has the economy changed your investment habits? the number for republicans is 202-737-0001, democrats is 202- 737-0002 and independents at 202-628-0205. you can email us at journal@c- span.org or send us a tweet at twitter.com/cspanwj. "investors flee the stock market. americans see risk even as companies have recovered. they are testing in the americas -- america's love affair with the stock market --" host: one analyst said that small investors are l...

resurrect that momentum that may be lost. the american petroleum institute wants to put the final nail on the coffin on the spill or at least half what gets through watered-down. >> last year, there was a similar dynamic. i went to a couple of these in the midwest. there were a little town hall meetings, bus tours. and the energy industry would have huge rallies with a band and speakers and something very elaborate, saying climate energy will destroy the economy or cost a lot of jobs. it seemed then there was a real imbalance in the political momentum. it proved to be true. the senat...

>> the whistle-blower protection act is currently stalled in committee. the time magazine editor discusses the lives of muslims living in america today. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> one of the things that i regret about political and rhetorical life in washington is that every major figure from the president on down is nearly -- is simply reading what someone else on some committee has produced. >> he wrote speeches for the carter administration. he wrote about presidents as architects of power. his the literary editor of "the weekly standard." he will shar...

>> up next, treasury secretary talks about thener future of housing finance. and then they will discuss the condition -- and then there will be a hearing on the discussion of the conditions of the nation's bridges. the obama administration gave congress a comprehensive proposal on the house of finance and urges action by january 2011. we begin with our treasury secretary. later we will hear from the hud secretary shaun donovan. this is about two hours. >> i will start with our panelists first. alex pollock has written extensively from a different perspective, i think, on these questi...