the two of them, amir moussa and mohamed elbaradei, are friends for 40 years and former colleagues.fact, they once shared an office at the egyptian foreign ministry as young diplomats. but they are different people with different perspectives. let's start with mohamed elbaradei who has been passionate about the need for a real transition to real democracy in egypt. mohamed elbaradei, thank you so much for joining us again. >> thank you very much for having me, fareed, here in cairo. >> tell me, the light the world's attention has moved somewhat away from egypt after the glory days of the revolution. what do things look like now? >> it's normal that the world moves on. there is always something new. but things are not the best right now, fareed. i mean, the security situation, law and order is not in the best shape. people do not feel secure. they are buying guns to protect themselves. so there's this sense of angst which obviously has great impact on the economy. the economy is bust. cyr voe investment, inflation, budget deficit, lack of tourism. and then add to that that there is n

leading egyptian figures, you interviewed mohamed elbaradei, moussa have come out to generals to postpone the elections so everybody has a chance to get organized. i think quietly, subtly, we need to let the generals know that that is where we are going to be. the motto about the middle east, when it comes to elections, the arab world has had so few fair and free elections is that when they have one, everybody wants to vote. not just the people in that country. you can beat people in saudi arabia will want to vote with their donations and qatar and uae. a lot of those will go to the muslim brotherhood. all i say is we need to vote, too. >> there is a powerful role for the united states. this is one of those crises we were talking about earlier which was unexpected. but this is going to be a very important defining moment for obama's foreign policy. >> yeah. you know, i've had a chance to cover many secretaries of state. and every one of them has a moment, you know, which in baker, it was the fall of the berlin war, colin paul, the fall of the iraq war, kosovo, warren christopher, bosnia.