dr. ahmed has been here four or five times a i think since he arrived in the united states in 2001, which is when i first met him. he holds the chair of islamic studies at american university, and he invited me to his installation -- this was back in 2001 -- vandals certainly ghanem impressive affair he had. muslim scholars from all over the world flight in for his installations, and i just knew at that moment that we were going to see great things in the future for professor ahmed, and that has occurred. he also, since that time, he has been named the distinguished -- he is the distinguished chair of middle east and islamic studies at the naval academy. and now, according to the bbc, he is the world's top leading authority on contemporary islam and is also known as one of pakistan's both a distinguished anthropologist's. for his new book, which is a companion study to his journey into islami that cannot three years ago, professor ahmed was wearing his anthropologist at for this i think, gather

dr. zewail, thank you so much. we appreciate you being with us this morning. >> thank you, bob, thank you. >> schieffer: ahmed zewail in cairo. and in the studio in washington, the egyptian ambassador the united states sameh shoukry. thank you so much for joining us. you heard what mr. zewail just said. the emergency law should have been lifted yesterday. he said that's what a lot of people think. are they going to be lifted soon? >> we are living under extraordinary times. and the suspension of the constitution itself, i think, amounts to whether the emergency law is in effect or not is a legal matter to be debated. but the supreme council said they will lift the state of emergency and i believe they will do so. this is the first day of normalcy back in egypt. >> schieffer: who is in charge now? we know the military council has taken command. but who's running things right now? >> just a short while ago, there's a pattern that the chief of the military council, the supreme military council is now effectively undertaking the responsibilities that are presented to the state, both externally and internally. the field