message was sent out early on in the obama administration we do not interfere in the internal affairs of this autocracies but we are invested, our treasure is invested in egypt, we have this long standing interest in egypt and we are very timid because we insist should the despot fail, it be removed, he and his family removed, we insist egypt has no other option but islamic. kind of interest electedal poverty. it's hard. >> if president obama is watching cnn right now and we don't know if he is, look in the camera and talk to president obama and what would you say to him? >> president mubarak has been in power 30 years. i think he had 12 good years. he was the son of egypt, a man who rose from the armed forces. he cared about his country, he was a modest man. there was a general of mubarak's