these are the basic principle for the united states, we shouldn t just support a government oppressing their own people because the alternative not to our liking and this is not what a great american should say, sean hannity. we greatly appreciate it. hillary, thank you. news nation will continue to monitor the situation in egypt and bring you latest developments at msnbc.com. check out our interactive features including an area to listen to stories of protests from reporters on the scene. waiting to hear from mark kelly, husband of gabrielle giffords. he s going to speak in less than an hour. he will announce whether he plans to lead the final flight. demand for justice. disturbing surveillance video is released of police officers beating a teenage burglary suspect, even after he surrendered. we have that video. we re going to show it to you.
other,s that has been a successful effort. let s bring in our panel. the middle east analyst and former washington bureau chief for egypt tv, a former member of egypt s parliament and a concern member of the opposition coalition, and professor of american foreign policy at american university, formerly served at u.s. embassy in cairo. mohammed, i ve got to start with you. the day of departure, as protestors have called it, and now we are at a stand-off between both sides here. well, i smell something there because when you watch egypt tv, the official service in egypt and you they are now having guests, talking loudly about departure of mubarak, they are asking him, please, let the authority go to omar suleiman and the army. when you hear that on egypt tv you know that something is coming. i ve got ask you, yesterday
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for 30 years and that allow the police really extraordinary arbitrary powers. christopher, before we go, i ve got ask you, in your article you talk about what will emerge during this change. there are reports and concerns here in israel and in the united states that radicals might try to infiltrate, fill that power vacuum, a report that al qaeda is watching this, having started in egypt and looking for channels to take advantage of what we re seeing here. of course they would like to do that. there are lots of things that radicals and terrorists would like to do. the question is always, can they do it? and if there is an orderly transition, then it will be very, very difficult for radicals to take advantage of it. i think the thing we have to keep remembering about this protest movement is that it is very much the product of educated, young people who want a better future for themselves and their country, and they don t see that future
question from the canadien press and one question from the american press, we can be sure the question from the american press will be dealing with the issue of egypt, united states influence, how much is there, how are they using it. the administration is not denying reports that they are talking to omar suleiman and the military about the arrangement that you described there. getting mubarak, hosni mubarak, the 30-year leader of the regime, out of power sooner rather than later, having suleiman lead the transition. what would it look like between now and elections, and when would the elections take place. we re all aware of the fact there are elections scheduled for september in egypt. also, admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff at the pentagon, last night on the daily show with jon stewa stewart, of all places, says he s in close contact with the military urging them against violence, urging them to work to keep the calm. apparently from reports from richard eng