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Either. >> interpret what you think the people in the streets heard from mubarak today and what they heard from obama. what do you think their reaction is? or their interpretation of those two presidential remarks in the last couple of hours. >> you could practically hear the eyes of 8 million people in cairo rolling in their sockets. they heard this many, many, many times from the egyptian president. we'll do better, more reforms, more democracy. they've seen from the united states, you know, we're serious and you better do it this time and nothing ever happens. so people, this is not a speec...

Democracy to the extent they have one, at least the government overthrowing king fa farouk. what's your judgment? >> my judgment is they will not want to use violent means against the demonstration. but if the army believes the brotherhood have taken a far more front bench view here, it doesn't make any difference what have elbaradei says. the army realizes that elbaradei is somewhat of a lone wolf politically. he may have the support of the demonstrators in the streets, or at least a significant number, but there are other heroes of democracy that have paid a far better bitter price for their...

States like syria? could a country that strong, and dictatorial, you could argue, could they be vulnerable? >> i'll give you a barometer. immediately after the president in tunisia left -- fled the country, what did many of those governments, including the government in syria, they increased food subsidies. that's how worried. >> payoffs. >> payoffs. that's how worried everybody is in the leaderships of all these countries. >> how do you believe the united states' policy is being read as the president spoke tonight? when he did those sort ever strong dutch uncle advice as we say in this countr...

Will support them, too. be nonviolent, but be vocal. >> i think we hear the president -- i think the president is being very transparent. it's an extraordinary situation, robin wright, having covered diplomacy over the years, to have the president of egypt say something he didn't really like. he thinks it's the old defense arguments of nonchanging, getting on the phone to him, talking to him for half an hour, perhaps pleading with him, perhaps warning him, and then going right on national television, worldwide television and saying what he just said to mubarak. this is extraordinarily transpar...

>> given the extent of what has actually happened in egypt, i don't think that's going to be the other leaders' top concern in the region. i'll tell you why. when president obama told the egyptian government a few weeks ago when they were having elections let us have international observers, and mubarak said what? over my dead body. well, what has happened in egypt actually gives the obama administration added ammunition. >> a hammer. >> right. look, the united states -- >> do you think that people in the streets watching will settle for an election at this point, a real election with honest o...