are those reports accurate and why so? again, i would never comment on any of the internal deliberations that go on. i ve been involved in selection processes for many years and there are always a lot of rumors and there are certainly no clear outcomes anduntil quite franklye president makes his decision and as i indicated earlier, we continue to await that announcement, sorry. you also recently returned from pakistan along with secretary of state hillary clinton. basically, the question is can we trust pakistan and pakistani intelligence in the wake of the usama bin laden issue? well, i think, you know, david, i ve been there many times since i ve been chairman and one of the things i and others including the secretary of the state have worked on is to close the trust gap that we ve had over the course of many years. and certainly, we re going
the crowd? is the spirit still one of anger primarily? is it festive? and to what extent was there a security presence from either the police or the military? well, the military is still very much present in the square and around downtown cairo. when the number of demonstrators increased this amp and this evening, we saw more roads blocked, more bridges blocked. so there is very much a militaristic security presence here in downtown cairo. now the mood, varied. it was mainly festive today, but there was some anger. they were saying this is not enough. in fact, anything you say is not something we are willing to believe at this point. because i mentioned the trust gap, but there s also another
surround yourself, that intelligence. and it is like a third-party validation for what you are doing. if you have this terrific person who is a success in their industry working with you and advising you, that tells the angel, you might be a good investment for me. it is time to answer some of your business questions. carol and mike are with us once again. the first one comes from julius who writes he doesn t have very nice friends. someone should have thrown him a bone and gotten something. but he s doing something wrong, i mean, his friends, someone should have bought something. it is interesting. people think social media, and all of a sudden i m going to put a big announcement and there s going to be a big parade and everyone is lining up to buy things. but there s a trust gap. particularly, if you are selling
lining up to buy things. there s a trust gap particularly if you re selling something like food. of information, you build a relationship an then you ask for the sail. what about sending out a free sample in his case? i mean it s a product and probably won t cost that much compared to other marketing. my fear here and the misunderstanding of what facebook and twitter is all about, it s a crisscross of all different traffic that s not interesting you in the moment. it is what carol is saying. i d like to show a little tidbits of interest and invite
secretary of state hillary clinton announces a $7.5 billion package aid campaign. this money has no security strings attached. it is strictly for civil improvements as secretary clinton tries to bridge the trust gap many pakistanis have with the u.s. we are live in islamabad with reza sayah. there s a lot of criticism that the u.s. gives so much money to pakistan, a place many believe is harboring osama bin ladin. reporter: yeah, kyra. i think this is going to continue, but this is the approach that mrs. clinton really believes in.