marwan muasher served as jordan's deputy prime minister and foreign minister. he's now a vice president at the carnegie endowment for international peace. robert satloff, he's executive director of washington institute for near east policy. he knows jordan well and has written two books about the country. i'm pleased to have them both with me on this day of change. we begin with their impressions about the events in egypt. marwan, tell me what did it say to you when you watched these events unfolding today on your television coming in? >> well, it's truly unprecedented in decades for in the arab world for so many people to go down to the street and demand the leader's resignation. we've seen it maybe in 2005 under different circumstances. what is more remarkable also today is the president's announcing that he wants to run for re... he won't run for reelection which i think is maybe a little too little too late at this point. >> rose: so therefore what happens? >> it depends. i think at some point the army, his advisors will have to probably talk to him and con