the republican frontrunner for poesident arrested by a democratic prosecutor on political grounds. nothing like that has evercal happened. and we wanted to hear fromanence the man who experienced it. the conversationd and a lot of different directions, heavily on foreign policy. an amazing, really an amazing conversation. here s how it began. you mr. president , thank you for having us . thank you. having n thanklast week you re n new york for this arraignment. the world watched it.raig you ve notnment, given an intert since you were there, i think. fifty seven minutes. tell from your perspective what that was like. well, it was a horrible thing i? because i did nothing wrong.e tn absolutely nothing like you look at evene the pundits, the legal analysis, greg jarrett, all os f theslegae reay talented people, they re saying he didn t do anything wrong. soo anythiwrong. that s number i number two , they werenc incredible when i went to theon courthouse, which is also a prison i
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thank you. thank you. shannon: congressman shift, let s start with you there has been debate about the muslim brotherhood exactly what they are and who they represent. what s your take. i think we are right to be concerned about the muslim brotherhood. not just an issue of what they are now and how much influence they have in egypt now but rather how much influence they could have in the future. but, ewe shouldn t let that concern blind us to the very positive nature of what s happened here. we have potentially earth shaking event going on in egypt that could have profound repercussions in the arab world. more opportunity for people. more representative forms of government consistent with our own ideals. i don t think we should let that concern about the muslim brotherhood discourage from us supporting the egyptian people in their aspirations and others throughout the arab world. obviously we are going to want to encourage egypt in our relationship its military to make sure it