it plans on dealing with these acts of disobedience by supporters of the ousted president and muslim brotherhood, what kind of tactics they re going to be using. one important thing is some those arrested already in the last 24 hours are being referred to military trials or military courts. and that is going to be a major cause of concern for human rights activists and other organizations here in egypt who are very worried this could mean the introduction of emergency law and the curbing of civil liberties and at least some individual rights as the government tries to get an upper hand on the security situation here. you mentioned the pro-morsi supporters in giza. any do we have any indication what the interim government is doing at the moment or might do in regards to that? obviously, we know what happened in the last few days. do we have any indication how they re planning to handle that, this latest incursion? well, the interim government has made very clear it will have a zer
who are adherents to political islam. who decided rather than take a violent course to go through the machinery of getting elected. if you remove that from them i asked condoleezza rice about this. if you remove that from them, you run the risk of sending them under ground. you run the risk of keeping egypt unstable for another decade. i ve never really been on the same page with condoleezza rice on much but this is one where she s absolutely right. i want to read something. the washington post editorial board wrote a strongly worded op-ed. see if you think it s the right tone. it says this refusal to take a firm stand against massive violations of human rights is self-defeating for the united states asunconscionable. helping to push the country to a new dictatorship rather than a restored democracy. that was probably written by jackson diehl and he s half right.
this is clearly the case in pakistan where we lost contact with a generation of military officials. i m not trying to be reckless in what i m saying. i m saying there should be a temporary suspension. in the long run, we need, just like we did with china after tiananmen, we must have a relationship, an engagement strategy with egypt. at the same time, we can t acquiesce to 4,000 people being injured and 525 deaths. i assume you ll be writing on it, i ll be reading on it, at the atlantic. thank you. it is trivia time. we asked the daily rundown crew, who was the first president to have a middle name which was the first name of a former president? i love this one. the answer is george herbert walker bush. herbert being herbert hoover s first name. a hat trick to our super fan for sending that in. and congratulations to today s
few precious days. christoph anderson, not only the author of this book but the father-in-law of vaunted daily rundown executive producer brook brower. the very best executive producer in the business. that s what we hear. i didn t have to say that. thanks. we re continuing to follow the breaking news out of egypt. the president will make a statement from his martha s vineyard vacation residence at 10:15 a.m. on that situation in egypt. we ll bring it to you as soon as we have it. next, we ll go live to the streets cairo where the confrontations are taking place right now. but first, on a lighter note, the white house soup of the day is white chicken chili. is a little fallish this morning when i woke up, it was in the 60s so okay, i ll live with it. we ll be right back. [ female announcer ] made just a little sweeter. because all these whole grains aren t healthy unless you actually eat them multigrain cheerios.
i remember, in egyptian press. i remember when i was a student living in egypt they played it up. it will really not affect the military. it really won t create a backlash. if we delay weaponses transfers we re talking about, that will have more effect on generals because they like the toys that they play with. jenna: interesting. always great to have your perspective. appreciate it very much. i m sure we ll be talking soon and thank you, on behalf of our viewers. thanks for having me, jenna, well, right now the obama administration is trying to roll out the new health care law. you have heard about some of the glitches. a political action group that supports the president s agenda is releasing a new tv ad promoting obamacare s benefits. listen. when the affordable care act was passed we ended up getting a $350 rebate from our insurance company and then the premiums would go down by about $60 a month. jon: let s talk about it with karl rove. he served as deputy chief of staff and s