surrounded on every side again. >> greta: did you see this coming? you were in israel for so long or in the mideast having moved back to the united states, see this coming in egypt? >> reporter: no, i didn't, particularly here in he . i looked at the mubarak government has having an iron fisted control and the prediction was that his son would succeed him and everything would remain constant. it is remarkable that this has been such a grass roots movement that has sprung up with so much emotion and up through social media. it is remarkable that social media and the modernization of everything is dragging the arab world in particular into the modern world. what is really interesting here is just to see the potential that a secular organization could really come to relevant power right now. and the world that is watching this needs to think about the potential of grooming a leader out of this secular movement. they are so young and disorganized and they are at a