the arab world. one out of every four people who live in this region are egyptians. i don t have to review with you the history of this country and the cultural and historical importance. so whether it happened in tunisia is certainly a shaking event. startling event. but what is happening in egypt is without precedent. we have to adjust to it. yes, we will take some of the blame for not having pushed harder for human rights and democratization and freedom and all those things. but we now are presented with a situation where we re gonna have to act quickly. the longer these demonstrations last, the more likely it is that a radical element will hijack what is really a spontaneous movement. greta: you look at the pictures they are gripping. you watch video and you can
willing to cut the other side a little slack. the media, unfortunately, if i have a nice talk with john mccain and we re agreeing to do something, nobody is going to report on that. but if there s an argument, then that s what gets reported. as a consequence, i think a lot of politicians think the way i get on the news is if i insult somebody. not rewarding politicians for simply insulting the other side rather rewarding them for coming up with sensible solutions. greta: president obama s last time on the factor was 2008 before he was elected president. by the way, we keep asking for president obama maybe he thinks we are tougher than bill? i don t think so. love to have president obama. who can forget that infamous wardrobe malfunction at the super bowl a few years ago. it was so examine rated. there was another malfunction this year.
can t find my way in anywhere because the he won t let me. people went to the streets this is something i talked about a month ago now acted out in real-time. the united states very much supports the aspirations. but we know each country will have to find its own path forward. obviously, we want to see end results that are not destabilizing. not giving safe haven to extremism that produce a better outcome for the people who are asking for it. greta: how do we do that? let s say they got what they want today, mubarak leaves, they have election and elect one that is not something that is in our strategic interests and suddenly we ve got a situation like iran. number one is that a probability or possibility? number two, then what do we do? well, we care deeply that what comes next in egypt
whose throughout the perilous fight what so proud did we watch as the twilight s last gleaming greta: the singer is now saying i could only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country. aguilera has performed the national anthem at several games, including last year s final and did it correctly. so give her a break. it could be worse they could have asked sean hannity to sing. have you heard sean sing? the black-eyed peas during the halftime singer will i am give a shout out to the president.
the munich security conference. senators nice to see all of you. on the way to talk to you i picked up two newspapers in the lobby of the hotel. i can t read german but i recognize that picture. it is what going on in egypt. how serious is this? in modern times we haven t seen anything like that. it certainly heralds a new day. which is going to require new policies towards this part of the world. as a matter of fact, all parts of the world. because it won t be confined just to the middle east. greta: senator graham how much has egypt consumed the conference here? a lot. if you had predicted on christmas day that by valentine s day that mubarak the ruler of egypt for 30 years had announced that he was going to leave that the president of tunisia who had been ruling that country for