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>> you are worried about the reaction of several of the, for want of the better word, audiences to that step. i mean there is an important thing to remember, john. egypt's not north korea. north korea, the north korean state is an expression of the personality of kim jong-il. so if jim congrekim jong-il lea that is different. that is not the case. president mubarak has been the face of an egyptian state controlled by elements in egyptian society, certain elements in the business class, arms forces and so on. so his leaving would be an important thing. but in terms of what's happening in tahrir...

More supportive of our world view of al qaeda than the mubarak government has been. on balance, if this is movement in the direction of democracy, this is a good thing long-term. but at a minimum, the egyptian government is going to be distracted from one of those common goals. >> they're making the point that he believes economic stress contributed to this evolution as things spread throughout the region. egypt, the average annual income, just over $2,000 a year. that would mean yemen -- saudi arabia more affluent. the thinking those regimes being more stable. in a moment, michael holmes rejo...

Live pictures, history in the making there in cairo, egypt. crowds still in tahrir square hours after their president resigned. the question is what next? as you look at this map, anything flashing in the middle east and naorth africa, that means there is protesting in recent weeks. there are future pro teftests planned in syria tomorrow on saturday. we'll keep an eye on that one. planned in yemen on sunday. this is the facebook page announcing that protest there. and planned in iran, an important one on monday. we'll track all these developments. the question is, will this spread? will there ...

In jordan and saudi arabia, both kings highly regarded. in the gulf, an accelerant of this process in egypt has not just been political, but economic. those economic dire straits don't exist in the gulf states. so i think you can separate this, yes, there will be affects. but i'm not willing to predict there's an automatic domino affect. >> is it an example of technology, driving a lot of these things, social net working, the internet, we have seen around in recent days, and certainly back during the elections, disrupting information flow, arresting people. >> in our history, we would expect, ...

Constitution itself. but the interesting question is how much will they try to put in protections for their power and privileges? >> we look at the history you just talked about, let's look at iran for a moment. this is a important day in iranian history. i'm wondering if you see a potential domino effect knowing that the iranian opposition movement plans a demonstration on monday. we also know some of the opposition leaders have been arrested. the internet is choked off. listen to the obama administration trying to send a message to iran here. >> let your people speak. release your people fro...