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I have all respect to our prosecutor but i only know one thing. if i was a minister in egypt on sunday or monday morning, i would not have had that situation today. but i believe that this thing will be cleared and i know that the general prosecutor will be dealing fairly with all of the issues here. >> do you worry about the people out on the streets? do you worry that this is a muslim brotherhood movement that will take over the country and turn it into a kind of islamic state? >> well, we have many challenges. it is well known that there is, of course, a strong muslim brotherhood movement. ...

Rashid mohammed rashid was the first business leader ever in the egyptian government. he was one of the liberal, so-called reformers, nine days ago he lost his job. when mubarak fired the entire cabinet. egyptian prosecutors have since banned him from traveling and frozen his assets. he offers a rare insiders look at the highest levels of the egyptian government. >> do you think president mubarak was disappointed by the fact that president obama has in the end asked for him to resign? >> well, i can tell you now, not an official person, i can say almost whatever i want to say. i think the posi...

Helped to energize opposition. military issued its strongest warnings yet for protesters to not undermine security or damage property. but they also said they wouldn't shoot at demonstrators, an encouraging sign for a protest movement that's looking to stay alive. lara setrakian, abc news, cairo. all of the turmoil in egypt has stranded tens of thousands of americans, many of them tourists and students. many struggled through traffic and checkpoints to get to cairo's airport only to find moat most flights had been cancelled. yesterday the state department started providing charter flights ou...

Since 1952. all of egypt's presidents have comed from the armed forces. military leaders enjoy huge privileges and a fat budget in the current setup. and they will work very hard to preserve that position. in fact, right now what appears to be happening is a conso consolidation of military power. civilians and business leaders in the cabinet have been fired and new cabinet is 50% military. the governors of egypt's provinces are 80% military. the military leadership has economic reforms because the reforms threaten the industries which the army owns. it has also opposed political reform because...

Huge parts of the problem is people, the young people in particular don't have any sense of credibility. that these people mean what they say. >> isn't another tactic of the regime to try to divide the opposition? and is it not succeeding, the watch party has already engaged in negotiations with suleiman and muslim brotherhood says they will talk with them. is the opposition fracturing? >> i'm not -- i don't think i am isolated. i'm one of many parties that -- particularly the people that are camping in the tahrir square and other parts of the egypt. they are determined that they'll continue t...