not perfect, there were instances of corruption. but there was a relatively open political system. more open than this egypt. nonetheless, i think that the risks of president salem falling are very reel in terps of an al-qaeda presence in yemen that we have not been able to deal with effectively. when there were two yemens during the coal war, north yemen was a to have during the cold war, north yemen was a soviet ally. the risks of this regime collapses and radicals taking control is very significant. greta: you said free and competitive election in 2006 no, no, i didn t say, the state department. greta: the state department. i look at i don t think those protesters care whether the state department issues they had free and competitive
don t forget this, egypt is israel s major middle eastern ally. what can and should we expect? john bolton joins us live. good evening. the last guest said mubarak, president mubarak is not going any place. let s assume he leaves tomorrow. then what? i think the military s plan has been for these last two weeks that omar suleiman, the vice president takes his place. there may be a constitutional glitch in the way. do you that i is going to trouble the military? they will find a way through it. i want to emphasize, i don t think that you can examine this or understand what is happening without appreciating that the regime in egypt is the military. it is the embodiment of the state. mubarak is the head of the government to be sure. but i think these decisions are being made in a collective bar beginning kind of way among several key players in the military, of which mubarak
they want him out now. remember the christmas day bomber? he trained in yemen. now al-qaeda is active in this volatile country. yemen has been an ally in the war on terrorism. trouble in yemen is big trouble for us. what is it like now and what will a change in leadership mean to the united states? john bolton is back. 25 million give or take a million, 65% unemployment, they want their president out, they ve got al-qaeda, u.s. operating drones in yemen infuriating many now people are taking to the streets. this is not a good not many good signs there, sir. neither is it a cookie-cutter situation with egypt. the most recent state department human rights report under president obama and secretary clinton, described the 2006 presidential election in yemen as free and competitive. not perfect, there were
over you gotta go. greta: that s what happened in honduras in honduras and that didn t go over well. sometime it didn t go over well. greta: thank you, sir. if he does leave, was? ambassador bolton here with his thoughts. his campaign nickname was no drama obama. do you think the white house is feeling the drama now? americans fleeing egypt by the thousands. american journalists being detained and beaten like our own greg palkot. it must be rough in the white house tonight. let s ask dana perino. it has just gotten worse, now yemen, a day of rain against their president, 20,000 protesters hitting the streets. rage in a country where the christmas day bomber planned
for just $29.99 at red lobster. with fresh salads and biscuits. your choice of entrees. and an appetizer or a dessert to share. for a limited time at red lobster. greta: this is a fox news alert the right now it is about 5:30 a.m. this egypt. the sunrising in nearly an hour. rocks and molotov cocktails fueling another bloody day of protests. anti-government groups are threatening bigger protests on this day of departure. no one knows what to expect but people are running for their lifers even employees of the united nations. the u.n. says staff are being temporarily relocated to cyprus because of the growing violence. nearly 300 were airlifted on two flights third flight on i was toy rescue 100 more. some staff are remaining to