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Have to put that political situation kicking in and get the transition in place and then restore dignity to the great syrian people. >> how do you get assad to give up power? >> again, this is a process. we're seeing gestures from opposition. we have statements from the syrian national coalition saying he's willing to talk to representatives of the regime, so long as they don't have blood on their hands. this is a positive step forward. we saw statements talking about the regimes and it's important to put all the components together in trying to get people talking. >> well, it's always a pleas...

Colleague, a great correspondent for nbc died monday after a two-year battle with cancer. tom was one of the best. spent decades in the middle east. always calm in the fray. selfless around the globe. he began back in 1970, it was his lens that captured some of the iconic images as saigon fell to forces in 1975. later as an intrepid and fearless correspondent tom covered it all. from bosnia, from chechnya, baghdad and kabul, always as the us in president steve capus recalled where others were fleeing. he was a great story teller. the wit and ready smile. a native new zealander. he leaves his w...

Point as it has been in several american evacuations in the past about that will they have to be able to process people through here. but they are saying that the situation is so uncertain that they have no idea whens next flight will arrive. >> thank you so much, tom. the washington bureau chief joins me here now. we've been talking about the muslim brotherhood, we've been talking about what's happening in the streets. let's talk about mubarak. what is his calculus as he sees all of the stars aligned against him p? >> it's hard to work out what his intentions are. one thing we know for sure i...

Tom, with the word now from the pakistani government, they're going to open up the border, how soon does immediate affect mean? >> i think it means right away. there's a terrific backlog of tankers parked at various points on the border particularly through western pakistan and kabul. nato has always said that it doesn't have much of an impact on the -- and much of fuel they say is being kept on the pakistani border, they have others -- but by everything the border with immediate affect as you mentioned, the pakistanis will get rid of the tanker parks where many of those trucks were sitting du...