trying to expand its reach across the region. we ve seen cases in libya where groups who have tried to pledge allegiance to isis conducted beheadings of 21 christian egyptians in libya. this could be and emphasis on could be the same type of situation where there is a local group that has undertaken this attack almost as a way to show isis it s worthy of being a local representation of isis. more fighters in iraq and syria have come from tunisia than any other country. 3,000, by some estimates. is there a breeding ground for terrorists? well, it s important to realize that islamic extremist dates back almost 15 years. there was a massive attack on the synagogue just off the coast and a series of attacks ansar al
the way it s written is very ambiguous and it leaves a great deal open to interpretation. one egyptian blogger summed things up this way, shepard. he said if the draft does become law, egypt essentially is going to follow in the footsteps of the taliban and that is something that has many secular egyptians and christian egyptians, liberal egyptians very worried about and that s why they oppose david lee, thank you. it s not rocket science. that today from vice president joe biden on lawmaker s efforts to prevent a potential economic crisis. he says the so-called fiscal cliff problem could be fixed in 15 minutes if republicans would only agree to higher taxes on higher americans. the v.p. laid out the president s plan at a diner in virginia. the campaign style stop apparently meant to highlight going over the fiscal cliff would mean for the fiscal class. i don t know why at love
protesters in egypt call today the day of departure. no one is going anywhere, at least not yet. hosni mubarak remains president of egypt while people of tahrir square stay put, adding to the pressure on the president. the sights and sound on this friday were sometimes joyful, sometimes angry, always focused on the end game in egypt. [ chanting ] reporter: first, there was the day of rage, then the 1 million egyptian march, then today is the day of departure or farewell where egyptians say farewell to their president of 30 years, president hosni mubarak.
transition of power. but, elbaradei isn t meeting with the people because we keep getting asked who is the p alternative? 18 million people are ready. the demonstrations in tahrir scare have been beautiful and peaceful and shown the best aspects of egyptians organizing for themselves. those ten members of that committee are trying to get together and the issue statements. but i believe the mubarak regime doesn t want them to succeed. so he s thinking of running for president. the former head of the arab league says he s thinking of running for president, too. is there a central opposition figure who could emerge the strong man. well, the essence of dictatorship is to tell you there s no alternative to the spot. there are many alternatives. i don t have a feeling that someone like this is so much a figure of the regime itself, so
well, you know, there was always the main topic of discussion when you would get journalists and others together is how strong is the regime? how long can it maintain its grip on power, and what s really shocked everybody, and you know, egyptians, foreigners alike, diplomats, anybody you think with, is how quickly all of this has happened. it s not even two weeks this situation has been developing. and we ve seen that the government really has been shaken. there was a wide impression that egyptians over the years after many years of mubarak s rule had become politically indifferent and passive. and what we re seeing is that they ve really sort of woken up and come back like a tornado. i mean, just the amount of political debate and discussion that s going on, not just in tahrir square, but among ordinary egyptians is stunning. certainly is.