egypt's old friends are changing dramatically. egypt's old enemies may be changing as well. third, of course, egypt has to deal with a very nervous east partner. a senior israeli diplomat said to me just a few weeks ago, we liked being the only democracy in the middle east. we understood where everyone else played. we could predict what mubarak's egypt would do. we can't predict what egypt is going to do today. israel is fearful of the unknown, fearful of unpredictability. it already faces tense situations with hamas and hezbollah. the prospects of another war in the middle east this summer are always there. and now israel faces the prospect that palestine will be admitted to the united nations this september. and many israelis predict, i think, wrongly -- many israelis predict a third fa-at that tima will come from that. a challenging agenda but israel is clearly preoccupied primarily with its own domestic problems. the best case outcome is not impossible by any means. i think there is a reasonable possibility egypt will produce a new elected government this fall. my bet is

his answer for egypt's problems became their motto: islam is the solution. >> it began in egypt in 1928. this group began the first modern extremist organization in the islamic world. >> reporter: the brotherhood took aim at foreign targets. an early bombing campaign struck at occupying british troops. they also flirted with german fascism. in the 1950s, president nasser refused to let them form a political party and jailed and tortured brotherhood members. head of egyptian internal security for 25 years was general fouad allam. >> reporter: in the 1970s, president sadat eased up on repression, but the movement split. some members left to join groups like ayman al zawahiri's islamic jihad-- responsible for sadat's assassination in 1981. >> we tried our best to establish this islamic state! >> reporter: zawahiri later joined forces with osama bin laden. the mainstream leadership said it would commit itself to a democratic process. >> their position was, "we will not use violence. we want to take part in the political process. we believe in pluralism, and we want to be included." >> repor

countries such as egypt.muslim brotherhood is involved to some degree in reshaping the egyptian government. for that reason this hearing could be productive it provides a fact based examination of the brotherhood activities objectives and potential to affect u.s. foreign will policy. however, just as important there are limits to what this hearing can or should accomplished. first and foremost, this hearing must not become a witch hunt, about the vast majority of egyptians and citizens who protested peacefully at the square. nor is this about the millions of the law abiding muslim americans who contribute to our american society. intelligence oversight has absolutely nothing to do with the constitutional activities of americans who practice religion, attract others to the religion, participate in the political process or influence u.s. policy which by the way in washington and state legislatures and in city halls across the country we call lobbying this shouldn't prove guilt by association. every organization

we begin this evening from egypt with naguib sawins. he's a businessman, one of the wise men who negotiated with president mubarak and now to form a new political party. >> i'm really happy to see what happened in libya. i've known these regimes, i had to deal with some of them and i seem to -- they deserve a better life than that. the problem now is how to sale vantage this revolution and take it to -- we want to be like europe. we want to be, we want to have a real democracy. we do not want to have a religious state. we want a civilly run country with open mind and so on. we are quite religious all of us, it's a religious nature, it's very nice and very good we we don't want to be governed by the religion. >> charlie: also joining us this evening, richard engel chief foreign correspondent for cbs news covering the uprising including libya. >> there's a good sign of bringing more democracy and people power to the region because there has been a lot of abuses and corruption. but there's also a real potential negative side. and if unchec

egypt's old friends are changing dramatically. egypt's old enemies may be changing as well. third, of course, egypt has to deal with a very nervous east partner. a senior israeli diplomat said to me just a few weeks ago, we liked being the only democracy in the middle east. we understood where everyone else played. we could predict what mubarak's egypt would do. we can't predict what egypt is going to do today. israel is fearful of the unknown, fearful of unpredictability. it already faces tense situations with hamas and hezbollah. the prospects of another war in the middle east this summer are always there. and now israel faces the prospect that palestine will be admitted to the united nations this september. and many israelis predict, i think, wrongly -- many israelis predict a third fa-at that tima will come from that. a challenging agenda but israel is clearly preoccupied primarily with its own domestic problems. the best case outcome is not impossible by any means. i think there is a reasonable possibility egypt will produce a new elected government this fall. my bet is

egypt, yesmen, saudi arabia.these are seen as divine signals from allah by the iranian regime that the end is near. iranian regime identifies itself in this video as "the great power from the east." as foretold in islamic scriptures that will usher in the return of the mahdi. an important point here, this video identifies mahmoud ahmadinejad, as "the commander in chief who lead the army of islam to victory and conquer jerusalem before the mahdi returns." jerusalem must be conquered in islamic hands before the mahdi emerges. >> glenn: america, the reason why i'm taking you through this, i think, i mean for instance, george soros is an atheists. that's fine. i have friends who atheists, that's totally fine. but if you are atheists you don't understand the mind of someone who is deeply religious. many of the left who are atheists consider christians as dangerous as those who are killing home sexuals and anybody who breaks shiria law. they put them in the same category. for some reason they seem to dismiss mahmoud ah

democracy in egypt. the french foreign legion, that is what it is for. they have a vital interest. let them come in and help libby and rebels take tripoli. i do not think it is a good idea to divert egyptians from their task, but i do think it is absolutely essential that this remain made in the middle east, and that is the answer to your question about the gap between the objective and the resources put toward it. i will say again for the third time. it is up to the libyan people what happens to gaddafi. it is up to the syrian people what happens to assad. we can certainly be there to support them, but i do not think we should have said that gaddafi must go. i think we should be saying it is up to the libyans to decide whether gaddafi must go. if they decide he must go, we will support them, and that is what we're doing, supporting. that is the way we reconcile our objective to the resources that we are prepared to put into them. i want to come back on a final note on syria. because they're so preoccupi

how would that help you in egypt? the only pressure we seem to be able to put in the middle east seems to be with money, with oil obviously. we do not speakoo harshly about saudi arabia. we hope therere things behind the scenes. is it time to bring it out into the open about the lousy women's rights in saud arabia? host: we got the point. may kosba? guest: i do not read much about saudi arabia and bahrain. it is one of those countries where nobody knows what is going on. as for saudi arabia, i believe there is a movement. there was a book written by a saudi girl. it was translated into english. i go to saudi. i have been going there for 20 years. i read the book. i was struck by the amount of things i never knew even though i go there every year. this book was an eye opening experience. people are speaking out. the girl was put in trouble for publishing the book. she is not allowed to enter saudi arabia. this morning, i checked the news. women in saudi arabia are pushing for voting. they want to vote. that is a good s

egypt's old friends are changing dramatically. egypt's old enemies may be changing as well. third, of course, egypt has to deal with a very nervous east partner. a senior israeli diplomat said to me just a few weeks ago, we liked being the only democracy in the middle east. we understood where everyone else played. we could predict what mubarak's egypt would do. we can't predict what egypt is going to do today. israel is fearful of the unknown, fearful of unpredictability. it already faces tense situations with hamas and hezbollah. the prospects of another war in the middle east this summer are always there. and now israel faces the prospect that palestine will be admitted to the united nations this september. and many israelis predict, i think, wrongly -- many israelis predict a third fa-at that tima will come from that. a challenging agenda but israel is clearly preoccupied primarily with its own domestic problems. the best case outcome is not impossible by any means. i think there is a reasonable possibility egypt will produce a new elected government this fall. my bet is

way business is done in egypt?uest: it is not the same way. there are many differences here. i like the approach. there are things we may not replicate it should inspire us to create a subtle network in the country. host: mirette bahgat, what are you working on? guest: i am working on civic enterprises. i am focusing on educational public policies and international service. i am learning a lot. i was working also on education back in egypt. for me, it is useful to be working on the educational policies here in the u.s. i am learning a lot. it is quite different from egypt in the way civil society is cooperating with the government. this was not the case in egypt. i hope this will be the case in the future. host: what surprised you the most about your experience in washington? i know you have only been here about a month. guest: part of my experience here is about my professional career. another part is i am personally interested in the culture. whenever i go to any country, i am very much focused on the culture. i

is because of maybe tunisia and egypt what is the learning curve for. some of the autocrats in the arab middle east i mean we look at syria we look at yemen and they are what lessons if they learned when they look at tunisia when they look at egypt. that's the problem here is you have really different situations that there is in a country like tunisia for instance. the ruling clique was more like a kind of. you know imposing its records even on on the political and economic elite that existed before before ben ali came to power in eighty seven. and that also explains the relative ease in this in which he was ousted from from power and that the army just abandoned him whereas in in egypt already the situation was different because mubarak is a product of the army and the army is the backbone of power and the army is still in power i mean what you have in the in egypt is clearly the army ruling i mean it's not behind the scenes it's very very officially so. soon countries like libya or syria or the ruling families in the gulf countries and you could use t

>>after the revolution in egypt, the country may be free for now, but what does the future hold? >>my hope is that the egyptian army and the egyptian people will work toward a real û not a fake democracy. >>we speak to india's minister for urban development, kamal nath take on every aspect of the country's economy, from the new delhi metro to the road rollout and the 2g mobile phone scandal. >>every country will have one or two bad stories and that cannot then become the index of measurement of a country's ability to combat corruption. >>and the fight back against the criminals that seize control of and manipulate personal computers around the world. >>they can command these millions of enslaved machines and most people who are infected with this kind of software who are zombies in this botnet war have no idea that they are infected >>abirached: hello and welcome. i'm raya abirached and this is world business, your weekly insight into the global business trends shaping our lives. the recent revolution in egypt may have ousted anautocratic and unpopular regime, but many of the pro

number that egypt was a strategic linchpin of washington for causing that all important. the nile river basin so we'll see the forces aligned against fairly leader of the those emerging egypt washington will be if we try to get it on. but what if it's the muslim brotherhood although the west has had some dealings with the brotherhood it acted very differently towards its roots organization hamas classified by some countries are the terrorist organization in two thousand and six have mass won a democratic election in the palestinian authority in response to middle east quartet imposed to fear sanctions according to the merriam webster dictionary the definition of democracy is government by the people but what will happen if european corridors of power if the people of egypt sees what's perceived to be brought to be the wrong governments the world awaits the results of. your rabbits are to be loved. meanwhile libya an arab nation inspired by egypt's example is struggling to overthrow gadhafi regime after two months of fighting nato allies have announced plans now to said mi

egypt and tunisia the situation. different between the two countries. i mean if you mean the countries where the. succeeded the overthrowing the dictator and countries where the fight is still going on yes indeed you have. basically all the countries where this has been successful. if i could stay with you. is because of maybe tunisia and egypt what is the learning curve for. some of the autocrats in the arab middle east i mean we look at syria we look at yemen and they are what lessons have they learned when they look at tunisia when they look at egypt. no but that's the problem here is you have really different situations that in a country like tunisia for instance. the ruling clique was more like a kind of. you know more imposing its record even on the political and economic elite that existed before before ben ali came to power in eighty seven. and also explains the real reason is in which he was ousted from from power and that the army just whereas in in egypt already the situation was different because mubarak is a product. of the army and the arm

it needs to happen now the growth of freedom and democracy in egypt. but americans are now arriving in droves to exert their influence over the democratization process it's very worrying to see so many advisers from washington arrive in cairo and perhaps train hijack the revolution for washington but we must always remember that egypt was a strategic lynchpin of washington foreign policy that all important sue is going to hell and the nile river basin so we'll see the forces aligned against any leader that doesn't merge in egypt watching. it will differ. but what if it's the muslim brotherhood although the west has had some dealings with the brotherhood it acted very differently towards its roots organization hamas classified by some countries as a terrorist organization in two thousand and six how mass won a democratic election in the palestinian authority in response the middle east quartet improves to be a sanctions according to the merriam webster dictionary the definition of democracy is government by the people but what will happen if european co

for democracy in egypt there are fears the vote could bring about another unwanted regime archy's there and that explains. the more things change the more they stay the same certainly that's how it seems in egypt where the army is clearing qarase tahrir square of demonstrators to show everything's back to. and they're not wrong after months of up evil it's very much the same people in charge as before this is a concern that they may have already the dictator they haven't been to the dictatorship or deep concerns as to whether the reforms have gone far enough whether the restrictions on the role the military is still too great for true freedom to emerge in egypt and that is the debate this can only polarizing society but without the army a power vacuum and poised to step into that vacuum the muslim brotherhood links to al-qaeda the brotherhood is understood to be multiplying and organizing from the mosques according to their spokesperson they expect to win seventy five percent of the electoral seats they contest in september's election sun expect something more

fear is miles over the future of egypt where the al-qaeda waves of muslim brotherhood movement is poised to claim victory in the coming election. doctors warned that the people exposed to the gulf of mexico oil spill could face a greater risk of cancer a year on and many who took part in the clean up operation are seriously ill all officials try to sweep the story under the rug. police on the front lines of the war on terror in russia's caucasus see enemy is music is not in the skies they're deadly criminal actions. and in our russia close of series will take you to siberia or one of the soviet union's greatest industrial achievements is stealing a third new found strike. you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow welcome to the program now destroying arkan's and remaining streets just some of the actions taken by egyptians determined to erase the memory of ousted president hosni mubarak well this comes as the country prepares to elect a new leadership in september and while the west is cheering for democracy in egypt there are fears the vote could bring about another unwanted r

tonight on artsy fears mounts over the future of egypt where the al-qaeda linked it was legal brotherhood movement poised to clinch a victory in the coming elections there. will sign off russia's antivirus software or glue to the us just he has been reportedly kidnapped for ransom in moscow why not all the details in just a few minutes. also doctors warn of the people exposed to the gulf of mexico oil spill could face a greater risk of cancer a year on many of took part in the cleanup operation a seriously ill fall officials are trying to sleep the story of the rug. and the sewer superjet one hundred of the first a russian made aircraft in the past two decades completes its first commercial flight to moscow find out more business both are around twenty minutes to. nine pm now here in moscow you're watching the r t international news channel warm welcome to you my name's kevin now in our top story ahead of september's election egyptians are raising the memory of ousted president hosni mubarak but destroying icons in renaming streets and while the west is cheering for democracy in egypt the

in this moment before elections, however, in a islamized egypt, the future of egypt-israel peace is likely to make the experience of the last couple of decades look warm and cozy. this has the effect in policy towards gaza, in policing of sinai, natural gas to israel, the zones between i gent and israel, and, of course, in all of these ways and more, a more islamist egypt has serious ramifications for a bilateral relationship. i believe it is important for the united states to strike a wise balance between on the one hand being alive to the dangerous that the brotherhood and allies pose to karat call interest -- critical interests on the one hand and between avoiding giving them a political gift on certain reactions to motivate voters otherwise opposed to the brotherhood's message to come out and support the message. . .t technical decisions are made and training and electoral process that doesn't inadvertently assist the brother of its political prospects. moreover, we should share with them information on the foreign funding especially the gulf funding of islamist groups, parties

egypt sets out along the path to democracy gearing up for autumn's holes but there are warnings islamic radicals could take root in the existing power vacuum. and year after the explosion at b.p.'s deepwater horizon rig spilled millions of gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico those whose health has been wrecked are still fighting for help. and russian police keep a constant vigil to prevent terror attacks in north caucuses we take a look at the day to day battle on the front line. during the welcome swati yeah we're here twenty four hours a day but the program the top story in the west may already be hailing the big true democracy in egypt there are fears the celebrations may be premature radical islamists into groups like the muslim brotherhood could steal a march in september's elections and that's more and it supports the free vote in the autumn could see a much stricter regime take control. the more things change the more they stay the same certainly that's how it seems in egypt where the army is clearing qarase tahrir square of demonstrators to show everything's back to normal an

an egypt in which cops and muslims play the equal role. that's the egypt that we can work with. voters should know that is the type of egypt that we want to be able to see at the end of their electoral process. thank you, madam chairman. >> thank you. our next witness is dr. vidino. he's currently a visiting fellow at the rand corporation, which specialized islamization and violence in europe and north america. he's the author of two books, the latest of which as i mentioned "the new muslim brotherhood in the west." i might also add that dr. vidino was supposed to be in europe today but changed his plans to be here. we appreciate that very much. thank you for doing that. and thank you for your testimony and please go ahead with your five minutes. >> thank you, chairwoman and members of the subcommittee. thank you for inviting me today. as we observe the developments in egypt, it is important for us to take a broader perspective and analyze the global reach, including here in america. i would therefore like to divide my testimony in three parts. first i want to examine how the br

egypt sets out along the path to democracy gearing up for autumn's polls but there are warnings islamic radicals could take root in the existing power vacuum. a year after the explosion of the peacekeeper water provides a big spill of the millions of gallons of oil into gulf of mexico those whose health has been wrecked still fighting for health. russian police keep a constant vigil to prevent terror attacks in what's called north caucuses and take a look at the battle on the front burner. and all prizes like keeping their heads up while golden filled and continue the new record highs only claimed the valleys in tow but for more join our business desk in twenty minutes. oh you're watching our t.v. world news and much more welcome to the program but was the west may already be telling the victory of democracy in egypt there is this sort of rationing maybe premature radical islamists have links to groups like the muslim brotherhood could steal a march in september elections and there's or any reports the free vote in the autumn could see a much stricter regime take control. the more thing

but they have functioned in egypt their own way. they are an institution and they had been separate from society. they are not an institution that wants to interfere in the internal affairs of egypt. they want to be on this side and they believe that they are responsible for providing stability. when they came into the square, at those who knew the army knew they would never fire on the egyptian people. kit -- their job is to protect the egyptian people, not to harm them. when you had the pro-mubarak people attack the square, they were not going to fire on those people either because they were also egyptian people. their job is to bring stability. they did not want this job, they do not want to be in power, they want to see a civilian government come back. 10 years ago, i think the structure of the army would have preferred a military officer to take over. there's been an evolution in their own thinking. they do not want to control the country. they know they need the civilian people. the real problem they face today is the revoluti

unlike egypt and tunisia. succeeded because the system and not in spite of it and therefore they have no incentive to overthrow it. furthermore, unlike egypt, tunisia and yemen saudi arabia has put loads of cash which is a powerful lubricant when you're trying to keep things turning over smoothly as the king and demonstrated to the tune of more than $100 billion in those packages of goodies that he handed out a thing to give demonstrations in the streets you understand this was the king bestowing the benefits of the country's wealth on the deserving citizenry and one of? you could say this was essentially bribe money. that's the single way of looking at it but in fact that's the way the saudi state operated since 1938. the central government, the king collects money and gives it out. that's why you a trustee and water are free although they are short of both. it's why gasoline is like 40 cents a gallon in saudi arabia. why health care and education are such a way they are are free. that's the way the system wo

was expected and promised in egypt? there are massive changes taking place here and across the arab world, randi. friday is supposed to be the day of prayer, but since these revolutions started sweeping across arab countries last january, they've also become a day of protests. i'm going to get out of the way and zoom in to show you the world-famous tahrir square where thousands of people are still gathered. this was the site of 18 historic, sometimes bloody, days of protest that ended up toppling a dictator hosni mubarak. the people gathered there are many of the young activist, many of them from secular liberal groups who are trying to, as they put it, save the revolution, trying to become relevant again. they feel they've been marginalized a bit by some islamist groups that are very well organized that government pressure has been removed since hosni mubarak was overthrowed and by the ruling military council which has been charting out constitutional reform here and setting up a time schedule for parliamentary and pre

but they have functioned in egypt their own way. they are an institution and they had been separate from society. they are not an institution that wants to interfere in the internal affairs of egypt. they want to be on this side and they believe that they are responsible for providing stability. when they came into the square, at those who knew the army knew they would never fire on the egyptian people. kit -- their job is to protect the egyptian people, not to harm them. when you had the pro-mubarak people attack the square, they were not going to fire on those people either because they were also egyptian people. their job is to bring stability. they did not want this job, they do not want to be in power, they want to see a civilian government come back. 10 years ago, i think the structure of the army would have preferred a military officer to take over. there's been an evolution in their own thinking. they do not want to control the country. they know they need the civilian people. the real problem they face today is the revoluti

. >> reporter: he became world famous for his work in egypt. we caught up with the goog p executive during his visit to silicon valley. >> everyone went to tahrir square and other places in egypt. what happened was they realized they are all human beings despite their differences. >> reporter: he sat with us to talk about the revolution. he was captured for 12 days. they forced president hosni mubarak to resign. >> we wanted to send the right message that what you are doing is wrong. we wanted to send a message to the people, don't believe the propaganda. a free society is always better. >> reporter: he's still at work to change his country. you say you are willing to set aside your career at google to focus on egypt? >> i'm currently on a leave trying to help. i think we have a responsibility, every egyptian does. looking at egypt, they must give help to the government and to the people, mainly. >> reporter: he says there's a euphoria now. he says the fight for freedom is ongoing. >> reporter: what would you say to the people as far as what th

, and any other group without egypt in there. they couldn't do it realistically. it was a very smart faint. one of the accomplishments of the carter administration, for 30 years tuned and low risk of conventional war. you had other things going on. intifada and terrorism and stuff like that. now we have a situation where a government could come to power in egypt that will abrogate that and potentially go to war with other countries. that is worse than what we were facing six months ago. so we see uprisings in other countries. if the rain most recently. so you have an shechem majority people rain by sunni martine but the iranians have been trying to destabilize the country for longtime. the iranians see great opportunity to try to foment unrest. it is a false argument to say these either are or are not iranian-backed uprisings. it doesn't matter who is backing them. the more chaos you can produce the worse it gets for us. the iranians get their own trouble in the streets. it would be wonderful if we had regime change their but we

a fourth course -- crucial question is how egypt and tunisia can continue the progress.sters are asking how they can stay organized and involved? it will take forming political parties and advocacy coalitions. it will take focusing not working together to solve the big problems facing those countries. in cairo, i met with young activists were passion about principles. but still sorting out how to be practical about their politics. one veteran egyptian journalist and dissident expressed concern that a reluctance to move from protest to politics would endanger the revolution's games. he urged young people to translate their passion into a positive agenda and to use political participation to achieve that. as the people of "and egypt embrace citizenship, we look to authority to guarantee fundamental right such as free assembly and expression. to provide basic security on the streets. unfortunately, we have seen too many violent attacks from egypt to iraq and pakistan, that have killed dozens of ethnic minorities. part of a troubling world wide trend documented by the state

egypt steps out along the road to a democratic future gearing up for autumn's polls but fears now that is that radicals could hijack the revolution fill the existing panel back in. a year after billions of gallons of b.p.'s oil spilled into the gulf of mexico those whose health has been wrecked by the disaster still struggling to get help. with russian police on a constant terror alert in the volatile north caucuses we meet the officers fighting on the front line daily basis. there it's twelve noon here in the russian capital you're watching r.t. but while the west may already be hailing the victory of democracy in egypt there are fears the sort of ration is maybe premature radical islamists linked to groups like the muslim brotherhood could steal a march in september's elections and store image reports the free vote in the autumn could see a much stricter regime take control. the more things change the more they stay the same certainly that's how it seems in egypt where the army is clearing cairo's tahrir square of demonstrators to show everything's back to normal and they're not wron