had said it was just a matter of time, we re easy targets. do you think there is a default position when you have and announced meeting there was no specific threat with gabrielle giffords, she was meeting in a parking lot in a safe way. should there be local police or capital police, somebody there? i think every member will take steps to enhance their security. but, i think it is also fair to say even if there was a protective detail there. we do not believe it would have stopped this particular incident from occurring. we are 535 members of congress and what do we do every day? we re in the public and talking to our constituents and the american people. this is we have a open society in america. and there is risk. there is risk with our job. chris: finally, when i told
president barack obama: i told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words. to take con kreets steps and actions that deliver on that promise. chris: egyptian president mubarak announcing changes and the president putting on the pressure as both men try and deem with the fast moving events in ejichgypegypt, brit hume, ni easton, bill kristol of the weekly standard and new york post columnist kirsten powers, join us now, on our panel. we have seen the situations before where thousands of people go into the streets to protest repressive regimes. brit as someone who has seen a lot of these, is mubarak going to be able to tough it out. it doesn t look as though he will for a couple of reasons. one is the protesters seem unwilling to pay any attention to the curfews and the army, such as it is, has begin put in the streets to restore order,
think all members of congress should have some form of security in town hall meetings, or in congress on your corner meetings when they are actually in the public? we have worked with the sergeant-at-arms office and the capitol police and all of the members outlining a lot of ideas and steps they can take to enhance the security for themselves and their staff. and i think a responsible way is for members to follow those steps. there are a lot of things that could be done that don t require additional resources from the federal government that i think will in fact be helpful. but in cases where there are specific threats clearly the capital police along with their partners are willing to take steps necessary to protect the security of members and their staff. chris: but, you told us in the breakfast we have that one of your colleagues in congress
president barack obama: i told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words. to take con kreets steps and actions that deliver on that promise. chris: egyptian president mubarak announcing changes and the president putting on the pressure as both men try and deem with the fast moving events in ejichgypegypt, brit hume, ni easton, bill kristol of the weekly standard and new york post columnist kirsten powers, join us now, on our panel. we have seen the situations before where thousands of people go into the streets to protest repressive regimes. brit as someone who has seen a lot of these, is mubarak going to be able to tough it out. it doesn t look as though he will for a couple of reasons. one is the protesters seem unwilling to pay any attention to the curfews and the army, such as it is, has begin put in the streets to restore order,
had said it was just a matter of time, we re easy targets. do you think there is a default position when you have and announced meeting there was no specific threat with gabrielle giffords, she was meeting in a parking lot in a safe way. should there be local police or capital police, somebody there? i think every member will take steps to enhance their security. but, i think it is also fair to say even if there was a protective detail there. we do not believe it would have stopped this particular incident from occurring. we are 535 members of congress and what do we do every day? we re in the public and talking to our constituents and the american people. this is we have a open society in america. and there is risk. there is risk with our job. chris: finally, when i told