criminal court. chris: both of you talked about the arab spring, the extraordinary spread of people power in a lot of repressive regimes. what follows it some the dictators are on our side, some aren t. let s talk about the astonishing situation in syria. a violent crackdown there. but given the fact that president asaud is no friend of the u.s. and iran s biggest ally in the middle east, what should we do about syria? let me say first it is important for everybody to understand what we are doing for the world community in libya is what the arab street wants us to do. so finally we are on the side of the massive people yearning to be free within the arab world. secondly, i think the world has made a clear statement in libya which is being heard by both
president barack obama: i told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words. to take con kreets steps and actions that deliver on that promise. chris: egyptian president mubarak announcing changes and the president putting on the pressure as both men try and deem with the fast moving events in ejichgypegypt, brit hume, ni easton, bill kristol of the weekly standard and new york post columnist kirsten powers, join us now, on our panel. we have seen the situations before where thousands of people go into the streets to protest repressive regimes. brit as someone who has seen a lot of these, is mubarak going to be able to tough it out. it doesn t look as though he will for a couple of reasons. one is the protesters seem unwilling to pay any attention to the curfews and the army, such as it is, has begin put in the streets to restore order,
responsibility to give meaping to those words to take concrete steps and action that deliver on that promise. chris: egyptian president mubarak announcing changes and the president putting on the pressure as both men try and deem with the fast moving events in ejichgypegypt, brit hume, ni easton, bill kristol of the weekly standard and new york post columnist kirsten powers, join us now, on our panel. we have seen the situations before where thousands of people go into the streets to protest repressive regimes. brit as someone who has seen a lot of these, is mubarak going to be able to tough it out. it doesn t look as though he will for a couple of reasons. one is the protesters seem unwilling to pay any attention to the curfews and the army, such as it is, has begin put in the streets to restore order,
president barack obama: i told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words. to take con kreets steps and actions that deliver on that promise. chris: egyptian president mubarak announcing changes and the president putting on the pressure as both men try and deem with the fast moving events in ejichgypegypt, brit hume, ni easton, bill kristol of the weekly standard and new york post columnist kirsten powers, join us now, on our panel. we have seen the situations before where thousands of people go into the streets to protest repressive regimes. brit as someone who has seen a lot of these, is mubarak going to be able to tough it out. it doesn t look as though he will for a couple of reasons. one is the protesters seem unwilling to pay any attention to the curfews and the army, such as it is, has begin put in the streets to restore order,
shop and have their own news. creating your own news is something that happens in repressive regimes. democracy it is critical to have a good, strong free press in a democracy. greta: i imagine every white house hates the press, we are annoying. necessary evil. greta: right. i guess every white house tries to control us and we try control you. that s true. one of my favorite memories working for president bush when we would go to places like iraq or albania where he met with journalists there. he would tell them it is in a democracy it is important to have a strong free press. new media is great but twitter can t provide what a thoughtful journalist can provide. i think most try to be fair. i think the press corp has diminished itself. greta: how is gibbs doing?