geraldo: they are defying the curfew in cairo. we hear suez and alexandria, the other historic cities in egypt similarly dissolving into anarchy, vigilantes in the streets as the cops have disappeared. they high tailed it. the army is following a kind of hands off policy. where this all ends nobody knows. continuing our in depth coverage of the unraveling of egypt and the fear the current government will be replaced by radicals like the muslim brotherhood. whalid joins us in washington. caucuses med, the egyptian american come kayian who did a documentary called just like us
joins us. achmed, have you heard from your family over there? what is going on? di i did get in touch with some of my family members. fortunately they live in a little town, 20, 25 minutes outside of cairo so they haven t suffered a lot of the looting and crimes but some this of still exists and thank god they are all okay. geraldo: congratulation on that regard. whalid, thanks for being with us. what do you think of a possible democratic government that is relatively stable? that should be the end of the process. we are still in the beginning of the process. the big debate in washington and other international capital still the same and gonenessed who are the leaders are these hundreds of thousands or millions of people walking the streets of cairo. i have been on arab media for two days now talking to people either from the government or from the opposition and nobody was able to answer who are the
joins us. achmed, have you heard from your family over there? what is going on? di i did get in touch with some of my family members. fortunately they live in a little town, 20, 25 minutes outside of cairo so they haven t suffered a lot of the looting and crimes but some this of still exists and thank god they are all okay. geraldo: congratulation on that regard. whalid, thanks for being with us. what do you think of a possible democratic government that is relatively stable? that should be the end of the process. we are still in the beginning of the process. the big debate in washington and other international capital still the same and gonenessed who are the leaders are these hundreds of thousands or millions of people walking the streets of cairo. i have been on arab media for two days now talking to people either from the government or from the opposition and nobody was able to answer who are the
geraldo: they are defying the curfew in cairo. we hear suez and alexandria, the other historic cities in egypt similarly dissolving into anarchy, vigilantes in the streets as the cops have disappeared. they high tailed it. the army is following a kind of hands off policy. where this all ends nobody knows. continuing our in depth coverage of the unraveling of egypt and the fear the current government will be replaced by radicals like the muslim brotherhood. whalid joins us in washington. caucuses med, the egyptian american come kayian who did a documentary called just like us
whalid, what are we to take from this? he did not say that the internet connections would be restored. he s trying to gain time. replacing the cabinet is only a test to see if opposition, demonstrators on the street will get the signal and empty the street. i don t think it will work. the real negotiation you was between mubarak and the armed forces on the ground. the demonstrators on the street are charged, they want to go. there are radical forces, the muslim brotherhood who are pushing for total regime change. what mubarak is doing is asking the army will you stand by me? if i offer a new government, what is your price? that is what real negotiation is happening now. shepard: john bussey from the wall street journal has