bill: angrier, they were led to believe as everybody else was that it it was all over and transition was going going to come. omar is going to be my guy. omar is always his guy. there is no change there. the president of the united states, you know, took to the podium in michigan. he didn t do that because he didn t think anything was going to happen rosen. you know what i m talking about? i thought everybody thought something was going to happen. right. he called it a transformational moment. so, clearly, the president had some expectation. bill: he got blind sided, right? it looks that way. one key to understanding perhaps mumbarak s motivations was when he made reference to not being dictated to by foreign powers, whoever they may be. the egyptian inner circle for mumbarak has felt stung by the obama administration s handling of this event and as if they had some bill: is he doing a blank you to the united states. is he gone anyway. i m going to predict in the next coupl
mumbarak and hope to elect somebody else from his party. they are not going to let the opposition guy take over unless there s a lot more put that aside. i will give awe chance to rebuttal but i want to go to marco who is director of global strategy project geopolitical research and analysis. thanks for being here. does museum b mumbarak stay or ? he himself has to go. it s a matter of time. the question is how and when? obviously he s over stayed his welcome. that s the bottom line. he did serve a purpose for quite a while. he was a good ally to the united states. after 30 years in power people think they have a sense of invincibility that they can stay and do whatever they want. if the idea was to pass on to his son that s a nonstarter. i think a lot of it is an accumulation over time over the last ten years a bit more maybe
end of this term this fall for mumbarak and hope to elect somebody else from his party. they are not going to let the opposition guy take over unless there s a lot more put that aside. i will give awe chance to rebuttal but i want to go to marco who is director of global strategy project geopolitical research and analysis. thanks for being here. does museum b mumbarak stay or ? he himself has to go. it s a matter of time. the question is how and when? obviously he s over stayed his welcome. that s the bottom line. he did serve a purpose for quite a while. he was a good ally to the united states. after 30 years in power people think they have a sense of invincibility that they can stay and do whatever they want. if the idea was to pass on to his son that s a nonstarter. i think a lot of it is an accumulation over time over the last ten years a bit more maybe
casey, tell us about it. good to see you. some of the largest rallies in fact have been right here in california because a lot of people do not know this but the golden state is home to the largest population of egyptian americans in the whole country. the street koe corner behind me quiet now but it was a different story a couple of hours ago when dozens of people filled the sidewalks in front of the egyptian consulate in los angeles. these demonstrations have been peaceful across the nation. nothing at all like the pictures we are seeing coming out of egypt. houses of people gathering in dozens of cities showing solidarity and asking president mumbarak to step down. take you to other events. the next stop chicago the windy city. they estimate roughly 600 folks gathered outside of the consulate yesterday and in minneapolis they took to the steps of the state capitol building showing support for family and friends in egypt
casey, tell us about it. good to see you. some of the largest rallies in fact have been right here in california because a lot of people do not know this but the golden state is home to the largest population of egyptian americans in the whole country. the street koe corner behind me quiet now but it was a different story a couple of hours ago when dozens of people filled the sidewalks in front of the egyptian consulate in los angeles. these demonstrations have been peaceful across the nation. nothing at all like the pictures we are seeing coming out of egypt. houses of people gathering in dozens of cities showing solidarity and asking president mumbarak to step down. take you to other events. the next stop chicago the windy city. they estimate roughly 600 folks gathered outside of the consulate yesterday and in minneapolis they took to the steps of the state capitol building showing support for family and friends in egypt