this intersection and i m convinced that egyptian is going through a very crucial moment of history. it is necessary for the country first to put egypt first beyond and above any other consideration. so i gave the powers of the presidential powers to the vice president. i know and i am sure that egypt will go through this crisis. brett: interpreting that has been a challenge. let s bring a special panel, elliot abrams, a former deputy national security advisor. aaron miller. former state department advisor and former defense secretary paul wolfowitz. thank you for being here first. let s talk about an overview and what it means in the big picture. i think once again, mubarak
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garden at the white house. we will take that live when it does happen right here on fox. joining us with more on the situation in iraq and how things have changed on the ground is a former state department advisor to the iraqi government and just back from the country. dave, thanks for joining us today. thank you, shannon. shannon: you talked about how the country changed in the last few years. we made mistakes up front and the situation has gotten better. how has it improved? the last three years has been a positive trend in iraq. let s start with security. attacks against u.s. forces are way down. equally important for iraq s stability the violence towards iraqi civilians is way down. that helped increase political stability and given the iraqi government the room it needs to mature and start to execute and provide basic services to the people of iraq like water, electricity, like keeping the streets clean and safe for iraqis and that in turn has resulted in some economic devel
15th of last year triggered by torture of students. more than 9,000 people have died in the fighting. 30,000 syrians have already fled the country and 200,000 people forced from their homes but still somewhere inside syria. are we seeing the end in the revolt in syria? we ll talk with a state department advisor. on the campaign trail, three of the four remaining republican candidates or the road today in wisconsin. mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich each speaking at the fialth and freedom coalition. ron paul has no events scheduled with winner take on primary. doug mckelway is live in washington with the latest on all this. reporter: pulling in a series of high profile endorsements
thanks very much, peter. and the u.n. report says that iran has increased its stock pile of a purer form of enriched uranium closer to being weapons grade later on in the hour we ll talk with former state department advisor, and he ll join us live to talk about it the growing crisis. let s head back to the campaign trail. g.o.p. front runners mitt romney and rick santorum getting aggressive ahead of tuesday s primaries in michigan and arizona and taking jabs at each other across romney s home state and newt gingrich and ron paul, behind in the polls are looking to other primaries and caucuses and steve brown joins us live from troy, michigan with the latest from there. the and michigan could be a game changer. if there were a loss for the romney campaign, do you see it