biden would not be getting his way. >> i don't look at this as demands. i look at this as a friendly advice. this is a matter that relates to the situation and security. you know that during these events, 17,000 prisoners have escaped. i'm speaking about criminal prisoners have escaped from the prisons. if you are asking for lifting of the emergency situation, that means that all of those are going to continue to be on the street and the government will have no power deloket them and put them back into the place where the judicial system have already asked them to be. >> ok. well, that was egypt's ambassador to the u.n. do you think we are seeing this change in toward washington developing the policy on the hoof when it comes responding to this? >> i think the real dilemma here is who is going to lead the political transition? i think the washington and many at the u.n. feel political transition is necessary. but who will lead it? will it be what the protesters are calling for, a national unity government with president mubarak stepping down and constitut

. >> vice president joe biden is urging u.s. cities to get a grip when it comes to building a high speed rail network. he says that he is prepared to spend billions to get the job done and bob redell is live at san jose's deardon station. san jose could stand to get a good chunk of money. >> reporter: it could be as much as $16 billion according to one estimate. that's more than a third of the total $43 billion price tag for the 800-mile-long project that would start north of san francisco, south through the deardon station in san jose, on to the central valley and eventually to the final destination of los angeles. we should learn more about what this federal investment would mean when the rail authority holds a news conference. yesterday vice president joe biden announced that president obama wanted to invest $53 billion in high speed rail. this taking place over the next six years. investment biden says is not only good for infrastructure but the economy as well. >> the fact is public infrastructure investment raises private

. >> vice president joe biden is urging u.s. cities to, quote, get a grip when it comes to building high speed rail networks. he says he is prepared to spend millions of dollars to get the job done. and bob redell is live this morning. bob, california's high speed rail project could get a large chunk of federal money. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. could be as much as $16 million. that is significant when you consider that the price tag for this massive project is estimated at $43 billion. we're talking about an 800-mile project that would start in san francisco, south along the caltrain corridor down the peninsula through the station here in san jose, on to the central valley and eventually los angeles. we should learn more details about the federal investment when the high speed rail authority hold as news conference later this afternoon. yesterday, vice president joe biden announced that president obama wants to invest $53 billion in high speed rail in the country over the next six years. an invest. that biden said is good

joe biden who is there. he is a very open person and everybody knows. he is often accused of talking too much and is being gazprom because he talks too much but that is the man, that is the way he is. one of the things that is not known is that beyond those servers impressions of him, he is extremely intelligent man, extremely well read, and a very good politician. i think the ridicule that he has faced over his career has been very unfortunate because it doesn't really reflect the substance of the man. >> did he provide you access to do the book? did you actually have access to mr. biden directly to do the book? >> i had a three and a half hour interview with him but i also had great access to other members of his family. i interviewed 120 people here in washington and the

senate to the white house, joe biden, jr. has forced a uniquely american story and it is far from over. now that he has moved to the other end of pennsylvania avenue, i am happy to say that our relationship is still strong as evidenced by our work on the bipartisan tax bill that preserve lower income-tax rates for everyone who pays taxes. it was partly because of that worked in new york times recently referred to the vice uber-liaison an ove with the senate. i still call him joe. i am proud to introduce to you, my friend, the distinguished vice-president of the united states joe biden. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is an honor to be here today. thank you for that introduction. i was told, i do not know if it is true, but this is one of the larger gatherings at the center here. i do not know if that is true, but i know that, if it is true, the reason why. you want to know whether or not a republican and a democrat really like one another. [laughter] i am here to tell you that we do. this is a beautiful, beautiful cente

it was a biden family affair. his sister was the campaign manager, his brother was the finance chair, his older brother was the volunteer coordinator and his mother was in charge of organizing dozens of campaign coffees. so he had a lot of help. still, nobody knew how to solve what became one of the biggest problems in the race because joe was only 29. many voters mistakely thought his dad was the candidate. [laughter] >> he won anyway and voters would send joe biden, jr., back to the senate six times after that. in a distinguished 36-year career, joe biden established himself as an undisputed leader on many of the most important issues of our day. as the top democrat on the judiciary committee, he was the leading voice criminal justice and the courts. as the top that democrat on the foreign relations committee he earned the nation's respect that for the central role he played for decades in our nation's foreign policy. and he earned the respect of his colleagues in the senate as well. on most days in the senate,

joe biden called his egyptian counterpart yesterday, urging a resolution that's prompt, meaningful and legitimate. >> what we need to see now is continued progress by the egyptian government to make these important, real changes, to demonstrate progress for the people. >> reporter: the administration insists, however, it won't determine who leads egypt and when they lead. there are warnings from egypt this morning that police are releasing inmates from jail, potentially to intimidate some of the protesters who continue to gather. the protesters say they will not leave until their president does. vinita and rob? >> an interesting development, to say the least. emily schmidt, thank you. >>> let's got reaction from cairo. aaron katersky is there. you're out on the streets. what's going on? >> reporter: right now, vinita, there's a protest that's moved beyond tahrir square. and they've taken to parliament, bringing their grievances to the gates of power. no longer is the crowd satisfied with president mubarak to step down. they want the government to go, as well. the protests starting much

vice president joe biden calling the vice president of this country, talking about a concrete timetable, and we saw the line of protesters waiting to get into that square, the crucial question tonight, how long will they keep going? they told me, until mubarak steps down. it was once considered inevitable. president mubarak's son was his heir apparent, but today in a move sealing his ambitions for now, he resigned from his post with the ruling party here. an official with the obama administration called it a positive step, but there were also signs that mubarak's party planness to keep him in also for as long as possible. the president has said he'll stay until elections in september, and they think mubarak should stay, too, at least for now. wisner said he was speaking for himself when he said president mubarak remains utterly critical in the days ahead. the president must stay in office to see those changes through. the thousands of protesters still going rejected that today. why not wait until september? >> we don't trust mubarak anymore. >> military check points creating a stronger

. >> reporter: and today, vice president joe biden had a conversation with his new egyptian counterpart. it's not the first time these two leaders have spoken, but this time vice president biden had a ramped-up sense of urgency, suggesting that there needs to be a clear agenda and timeline for the transition. russ. >> mitchell: whit johnson at the white house, thanks. for more perspective on today's developments in egypt, we are joined by a former undersecretary of state, nicholas burns, who has served extensively in the middle east. nick, good evening. thanks for joining us. >> good evening. >> mitchell: when you hear some of the words the administration used today, words like "gradual," and "taking time," does it say to you the administration is somewhat softening its tone in its drive to get mubarak out. >> russ, i think the administration is dealing with the extraordinary complexity of this drama we're witnessing. one of the most important moments in the history of the middle east, millions of arabs standing up for freedom and a different way of life. so the administration is trying

vice president biden says the money will help keep pace with countries like china.oes it affect us here? >> reporter: those are countries that have or already are building extensive high speed rail systems. california's high speed rail system t one that is scheduled to go through the station here in san jose, it's still in the planning stage. construction not expected until next year. there are questions where all of the money for the $43 billion price tag will come from. vice president biden announced that president obama wants to invest $53 billion in high speed rail over the next six years with california receiving an estimated $16 billion of that amount. still critics wondered why spend so much on the 800-mile-long project to connect the bay area to los angeles when air travel is faster and relatively inexpensive. proponents point out that high speed rail will create as many as 100,000 construction jobs in the state over the next five years alone. >> it's only going to become more critical tomorrow. we're going to add 100 million people in the next 40 years. >>

one of the messages that vice president biden and a whole host of government officials have delivered at all levels of the egyptian government are many of the things that i outlined. stop the beatings and harassments and detentions. the release of those that have been held or detained. the release of political prisoners. lifting the emergency law, concrete constitutional changes that need to take place and concrete steps that move us toward that free and fair election. as i said most of all, i think the notion somehow that what we're seeing is drummed up by foreigners -- there's absolutely no evidence that that's the case. >> egyptian vice president suleiman has said that there is a timetable for a peaceful detour of power. he said today that this process is on the right path. is the president satisfied that the process is on the right path or does he want to see something more tangible? >> i think less important is what we think and more important is what the people of egypt think. there are certainly reports that those that are out protesting today exceed what we've seen in the past

vice president biden has talked to him now i think three times.ost recently yesterday and laid out a series of pretty specific demands, including that ending the emergency law which is in place for 30 years now immediately including that they stop the crack down on journalists, on ngo's, non-government organizations and dissidents and others. the whitehouse is not telling us what they're hearing back from mr. suleiman. what they are telling us is they're not satisfied with the kind of actions that the egyptians have taken. clearly their concern is that mr. suleiman who is a long-time associate of president mubarak is slow walking this. the message is if you let this calm down and get people off the streets we'll proceed with the reforms. but look at this group they put together under president mubarak's own orders yesterday, directed by mubarak, organize a group of constitutional experts and judges, all of whom have been previously appointed by president mubarak, to come up with a pattern, a set of suggestions for constitutional reform. there were

actually, vice president biden has been so great, god love him. he presided over my swearing in ceremony, and i had my entire family with me. and this is a true story. i had my husband, my two children, and the vice president kneeled down and said to my 6-year-old daughter how were you? she said are you 17? she laughed and said 96. the vice president and said you're not allowed to date on till you're 40. i smiled at him and said mr. vice president, keep your individual mandates away from my daughter. [laughter] i do respect the vice president and of course president obama, and i appreciate president's overtures to work with republicans. but we have some real disagreements. i mean, the health care law we should clearly be overturned by the court. the precedent is right there in bush v. gore. we win, they lose. it's in the constitution. what can i say? is a tough business. i have to get used to it and so do my kids. i mentioned my daughter. well, my son is three, and the campaign was reallon him. i realized just how effective campaign ads or when he

joe biden was there. he is a very open person, as everybody knows. he is often accused of talking too much. .. i had a three and a half-hour interview with him but i also had great access to other members of his family. interviewed 120 people here in washington in the senate and the state of delaware and also in syracuse we went to law school and scranton where he was born when he was a young boy. one of the amazing thing about it was it was heart -- wasn't hard to find anybody to say anything negative about joe biden because he is an outgoing and personable guy and as i have found out extremely on this. when he had the one episode in his career where he was accused of plagiarism and 1988, presidential campaign, it was deep -- he was deeply wounded by that because it went to his sense of integrity. he is a person who often says when he makes a speech or talking to a group, he uses the expression, i give you my word as a biden and that is very important to him. one episode in 1988 -- 87 actually it was when he was accused of plagiarism, that cut into

senate to the white house, joe biden, jr. has forced a uniquely american story and it is far from over. now that he has moved to the other end of pennsylvania avenue, i am happy to say that our relationship is still strong as evidenced by our work on the bipartisan tax bill that preserve lower income-tax rates for everyone who pays taxes. it was partly because of that worked in new york times recently referred to the vice uber-liaison an ove with the senate. i still call him joe. i am proud to introduce to you, my friend, the distinguished vice-president of the united states joe biden. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is an honor to be here today. thank you for thatntroduction. i was told, i do not know if it is true, but this is one of the larger gatherings at the center here. i do not know if that is true, but i know that, if it is true, the reason why. you want to know whether or not a republican and a democrat really like one another. [laughter] i am here to tell you that we do. is is a beautiful, beautiful center. a

deal i sent this to my mom my dad my grandma or grandpa and my brother granted all fans of obama and biden but still i think this is delightful this should have come out of the d.n.c. rather than in the r. and c. i agree why aren't celebrate a little cussing every now and then you know it was a big deal at the sign at the start treaty and i with. me i support him all the way or health care excuse me now i want to talk about yesterday the grammys were on. i stayed up way too late watching them and then later regretted it but justin bieber didn't win the best new artist award which. i made his band totally came out and attacked and they have to the website or the wikipedia page of the girl speranza spalding who actually did win and they put things like changed her middle name to case a dia racist. they said she now has the two thousand living grammy for being the best new artist even though no one has ever heard of her yeah that's true and this one is good justin bieber deserved it go die in a hole who the heck are you with. this girl is getting the selena gomez treatment this is what these

actually, vice president biden has been so great, god love him. he presided over my swearing in ceremony, and i had my entire family with me. and this is a true story. i had my husband, my two children, and the vice president kneeled down and said to my 6-year-old daughter how were you? she said are you 17? she laughed and said 96. the vice president and said you're not allowed to date on till you're 40. i smiled at him and said mr. vice president, keep your individual mandates away from my daughter. [laughter] i do respect the vice president and of course president obama, and i appreciate president's overtures to work with republicans. but we have some real disagreements. i mean, the health care law we should clearly be overturned by the court. the precedent is right there in bush v. gore. we win, they lose. it's in the constitution. what can i say? is a tough business. i have to get used to it and so do my kids. i mentioned my daughter. well, my son is three, and the campaign was really tough on him. i realized just how effective campaign ads or

but this -- >> i'm not arguing with policy, i'm just -- >> i'm not blaming biden. they told him what to say. but you know, we had a policy. i think when president obama wanted to reach out to other countries, the natural thing was to reach out to other governments. and maybe not pay as much attention to other people. and i hope one of the lessons the obama administration draws from this is that you really do have to pay attention not only to the conversation you are having with the government, but to how that government is treating its own people. and that has to be a big, big part of your factor when you are thinking about government. >> lehrer: let's go to the big story of the day, mark, is of course the job figures today. we heard what was just explained, it depends how you look at it, it may be good but it may still be bad no matter what. how do you see. >> david understands this a lot better. he studied it a lot longerment i just simply say this, 36,000 jobs is less than unacceptable. i mean statistics, i don't care you talk about 9, 4, 89-- stock market hitti

. >>> joe biden was promoting high-speed rail is today. lashed your congress failed to pass on the transportation plan including funds for high-speed rail and today a vice president but it announced a long-term goal of spending $53 billion for high-speed rail and they hoped to have a bill on the president's desk by august. >>> a google executive spoke to demonstrators in cairo today. he took the microphone and energize the crowd and told those on hand not to give out. robert gates said the transition of power needs to move forward and the egyptian vice president says that the government is trying to engineer a gradual change but that does not satisfy protesters. >>> an issue to -- with the quarry sparked debate today. especially since the quarry is accused of containing mercury and other pollutants. >>> how did steps taken by the mayor could improve safety elsewhere. >>> facebook could move locations and find about the potential impacts on job. >>> the winds are finally going down and san rafael is at 54 degrees at this hour. >> a massive

vice-president joe biden and the white house spokesman mentioned iran. robert gibbs said the government was scared of the will of experience. the language publicly from the obama administration has been carefully guarded on the idea of some spread across the middle east. the u.s. has still had very important allies across the middle east. the obama administration is keen to stress it is following the will of the egyptian people. they are deciding what happens and not powers in washington. >> they always talk about what countries want. they will have a long-term interest in developing the partnership. they had an allied-president mubarak. -- they had an ally in president mubarak. >> the alliance with egypt is key for people in washington. he did allude to the peace agreement between israel and the u.s. he hopes they will keep to that agreement. the importance of the statement tonight is clear. the words of our administration have been carefully chosen. >> thanks for joining us. cairo is regarded as the capital of capital is and has become under the gaze o

but -- >> i try. >> first vice president biden had that call and put out the press release yesterday in which he said that he had called on suleiman to end the arrests and the harassments and the beatings, immediately rescind the emergency law, broaden participation in the dialogue and invite the opposition to participate in discussions. but is anything from his statements of yesterday and today, he's moving in the opposite direction. so isn't it time for the white house to ratchet up or do something else? >> and the crowd's getting bigger. >> but what about the white house response? if you're saying you need to do x, y and z and he's moving in the opposite direction, doesn't the white house need to do something else? >> i think what the white house can do only -- we're not in charge of and we can't -- we're not going to be able to force them to do anything. but i think if vice president suleiman continues to pepper his statements with, as he had two days before that cheryl asked me about, that we're not ready to move toward democracy, we're not going to see anything change, it is cl

vice-president joe biden talk about the plan being good for the u.s. economy and will not be a burden. >> 3 all agreed we need to cut spending to get the deficit under control but as president barack obama made clear, when it comes to jobs there are three key places where we cannot compromise. we cannot compromise on education, innovation or infrastructure. >> the high-speed rail plan would be paid for over the next six years with a tab of about $8 million each year. congress will have to approve the plan first. looking at traffic on the golden gate bridge no problems coming into the city of san francisco. the right set of your screen traffic into and more and not bad problems either. we'll be back. >> here's what's happening around california, adnan has been killed by a rooster during a cockfight. authorities say the restart had a knife attached to its head during the cockfighting match. when officers broke up the fight people scramble. this say the man's leg was sliced by the knife. in los angeles authorities have confiscated more than $2 million in

he is being replaced by jay carney, the communications director for vice president biden.rge washington school of public media and the ferris hosted the event. it is about 30 minutes. >> please welcome the president of george washington university. [applause] >> we provide our students as well as our friends and neighbors with the front row seat to the theater history. tonight is no exception. we're delighted to have on our campus this evening four former white house press secretaries could in the faces and voices of presidential administrations collectively spanning nearly two decades of american history. i am pleased that one of them, then the three know, this is an extension of her teaching role last semester on our fragile school of political management. i am also glad we're joined this evening by a the senior cnn white house correspondent who is teaching this semester as a fellow in our schoolthe programe house -- making and shaping the news -- is hosted by former cnn white house correspondent and washington bureau chief and emmy award winning journalist, frank sesno,

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biden is calling for the lifting of those emergency measures here. if that happens, that will be a huge boost to the protesters. technically gatherings like this should not be possible during a state of emergency. mike. >> do we know what it is that brought so many more out when it looked like it was coming down? >> it was a fascinating phenomenon. i think the appearance of wael ghonim, the google executive who led been detained for almost two weeks, was really a galvanizing moment. lots of people had not taken part in the protest yet, and then came out on the streets. when i was in tahrir square earlier, you could see streams of people coming across the bridges, buying egyptian flags, and men, women, some people coming along with their families. a thing today has really showed this is a movement that can be sustained this will not be welcome news for the government. >> do people still feel under threat by the police, whether in uniform or not? do you and your team feel under threat as you move about? >> i think the far end press is in a better posit

. >>> vice president joe biden has announced a $53 billion investment in high-speed rail projects. it's part of an effort to create jobs by spending on infrastructure projects. he made the announcement this morning in philadelphia. the funding will be part of the budget president obama will present to congress soon. he says the plan would dedicate $53 billion to continue building a national high-speed rail network. there is no word yet on how much of the federal dollars might end up helping to fund california's high-speed rail project. >>> tonight the oakland city council will continues its debate on whether to move forward on a controversial policy on pot farms. however one key player will not be part of the discussion. city attorney john russo is fed up with the councils determination to license large- scale pot farms. russo sent the council a letter saying he will no longer represent them in this case siting ethical rules. >>> it is a blustery day for some bay area residents especially for people in the hills. the chp issued advisories for bay area bridges earlier today. you can

vice president biden tried to say it would create jobs and loosen the economy. >> raise productivity,romotes and creates jobs. not just the job it creates just for the structure, the job it creates for the consequence of productivity. >> if approved, the money would go toward developing or improving trains that travel 250 mph and connect existing rail lines to new projects. they say any new high-speed rail investments should concentrate on the east-west corridor instead of california. >> job openings fell for the second p straight month in december. the labor department says employers advertised nearly 3 million jobs. that's a drop of almost 140,000 from november and the lowest number of jobs since september. abc 7 is trying to help. less than an hour from now we're cosponsoring a free job fair. don sanchez is live in concord where that event is about to get underway. don? >> we are in concord and here's the problem. almost an 11% unemployment rate. the issue you probably know is there just aren't as many jobs being offered. the good news about this job fair is as they get it set up i

and just yesterday vice president biden called your vice president suleiman and asked for a prompt and meaningful change, immediate progress. how do you take that? i mean, do you regard that as helpful advice from a friend? >> no, not at all. why is it so? because when you speak about prompt, immediate, now, as if you are imposing on a great country like egypt, a great friend that has also maintained the best of relationship with the united states, you are imposing your will on them. egypt and the president of egypt the government of egypt have already started and the egyptian president laid down a road map and allowed or asked the vice president to engage in discussions on the road map with the different opposition groups. and the road map is moving forward according not only to stages and steps but also to a time span specific times to do this, to this, to do this. so for the americans to come and say "change is now" but already we are changing or "you start now" or "we start last week but not now" so better understand egyptian sensitivities. and better encourage the egyptians to mov

vice president biden tried to say it would create jobs and loosen the economy. >> raise productivity,romotes and creates jobs. not just the job it creates just for the structure, the job it creates for the consequence of productivity. >> if approved, the money would go toward developing or improving trains that travel 250 mph and connect existing rail lines to new projects. they say any new high-speed rail investments should concentrate on the east-west corridor instead of california. >> job openings fell for the second p straight month in december. the labor department says employers advertised nearly 3 million jobs. that's a drop of almost 140,000 from november and the lowest number of jobs since september. abc 7 is trying to help. less than an hour from now we're cosponsoring a free job fair. don sanchez is live in concord where that event is about to get underway. don? >> we are in concord and here's the problem. almost an 11% unemployment rate. the issue you probably know is there just aren't as many jobs being offered. the good news about this job fair is as they get it set up i

almost daily he gets calls from vice president biden, asking for, quote, immediate, irreversible progress that responds to the aspirations of the egyptian people. the united states wants egypt to stop arresting journalists and activists, immediately lift martial law and widen negotiations to include more of the opposition. but pressure is also coming from israel, jordan, saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for egypt to go slow, fearing a wave of instability across the middle east that could benefit extremists. and then there's the protesters themselves, still defiant past the point of no return. many believe if they stop and the government stays, they'll be arrested or worse. >> so you think if you back down now -- >> we'll be hanged and be in jail. they assure us they will not penalize anybody who contribute to this revolution. lots of lies. >> reporter: the government statements are having almost no impact on the demonstrators. they say they can't be tricked by promises of compromise or frightened away by threats. >> i don't think you can stand up against the whole population of t

vice president biden announced the effort today in philadelphia. if we do not take this step now, if we do not seize the future, you tell me, you tell me how america is going to have the opportunity to lead the world economy in the 21st century like we did in the 20th? we cannot settle. we're determined to lead again. and this is the beginning of our effort to once again seize the future. >> sreenivasan: the initial $8 billion in spending is part of the president's budget for the coming fiscal year. it's being released next monday. on wall street, trading was relatively light, but stocks still managed another advance. the dow jones industrial average gained 71 points to close at 12,233. the nasdaq rose 13 points to close at 2797. a new breast cancer study could trigger a major change in treatment. researchers found that for those women in early stages of the disease, and with only limited spread, there is no benefit to radical surgery to remove many lymph nodes. the surgery can have serious side effects, but it's been standard medical practice for

. >> something very interesting about what vice president biden was doing there because laettner the day we saw the president's press secretary robert gibbs at his final press release kind of stir the pot. >> the iranian government has been on the spot with these protests because the opposition movement, the green movement has really wanted to highlight its solidarity with the egyptian protestors. and on the one hand want tots embrace what's happening in egypt. they want to try and make sure it is not co-opted by the opposition movement. i think the iranian movement has been clever about this and really try to or kess strait this to orchestrate it and they have done a fairly effective job. >> to what degree are israeli concerns justified that this change of government in egypt might overturn or interfere with the peace treaty? >> i think that the scenario as we understand it and again, it's changed so much so quickly that who knows what it will be by tomorrow. but the scenario of a military council headed by generals of israels is from the israeli point of view given the range of out

we know that vice-president joe biden spoke to egyptian leaders had made it clear they want to see progress. he talked about looking -- he talked about lifting the state of emergency. president mubarak said that would only be done with the situation is stable, which suggests it could be a long time to come. but we can imagine the behind- the-scenes conversations, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has been speaking to the chief of staff here almost on a daily basis. >> i think the most important thing behind-the-scenes has been the military to military contact. the united states has seen the egyptian military is absolutely key and we see statements -- >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expe

vice president biden has now called egypt's vice president urging restraint.her world leaders calling mubarak include russia's dmitry medvedev and germany. they believe the military holds the key to persuading mubarak to give up power. what would come next? experts have told the administration the muslim brotherhood has to be part of any political coalition and that the united states should even reach out to them now. the administration says it will not. even though some elements in the brotherhood have pledged to preserve the peace treaty with israel. the big fear is that continued chaos would open the door to al qaeda which had its roots in egypt. there are reports egypt's army has increased its patrols along its borders. also today at an intelligence committee hearing, an official testified the white house had been warned late last year of instability in egypt but couldn't pinpoint what trigger might topple the regime, brian. >> all new territory for everyone involved. of andrea mitchell in our d.c. newsroom, thanks. >> again, we're here in amman where beca