joe is joining us from manchester, new hampshire for nathan brown. good morning. >> hi. thank you very much. nathan, i appreciate your perspective. what i'm concerned about is that after 9/11 when bin laden bin laden gave his six reasons for the attacks, one of the key ones was the u.s. propping up in support of corrupt governments. and as i hear the response and the coverage on cnn, msnbc, certainly fox news, mike huck biin particular, that seems to be very, very true, that our interest is solely in finding a partner in supporting israel and the regime in israel. and that to me is absolutely frightening that we've held 80 million people hostage through the implementation of zionism and israel, and all they really want is democracy. and my question to you is, you have been to both countries. i've certainly been to egypt quite a few times on business. my question to you is, isn't it apparent that values of the people in egypt are far closer aligned to the values of americans in terms of the desire for a pluralistic, color blind, free and democratic society? aren't we more

nathan brown. >> good morning. i have three questions. i realize that there is unrest throughout the middle east. it is difficult to figure out who the actors are in the up rising. my question is what does it say to the confidence of the obama administration when they start to insist that president mum mumbarak back off. number two, why the push for the mugs limb brother hood to be part of the new government they are part of the mosque committed to overthrow israel. we are seen as the big satan. number three is, why are the radical left there now? we have code pink in the islam yik papers saying help us cleanse our country. >> we'll get those points on the mail. acting in the name of the american people did back pedal. it wasn't quite sure exactly where to push things there. to be fair, this is a rapidly changing evolvement until the beginning of this week that mumbarak may actually step down in september. it is also not clear exactly how much the entire process is going to honor the exiting procedures. what they are doing is trying to re

nathan brown discusses the latest developments in egypt and how a change in government could affect the entire middle east. then at democratic strategist and former republican national committee director talked about president obama's reelection efforts and senators who could be in danger of losing their seats in 2012. after that, a presidential historian marks the 100th birthday of ronald reagan and talks about the legacy of the nation's 40th president, plus your e-mail and phone calls. that is live sunday at 7:00 a.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> this weekend, on c-span3, we will visit the old naval observatory, which operated until 1893 in washington, d.c. we will look at the fugitive slave laws of 1850 and held indirectly resulted in the expansion of the underground railroad, and a look at the political cartoons of the civil war. experience in american history tv on c-span3, all weekend, every weekend. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org/history. >> mr. president, it is my great honor today to speak on the floor for the first time as a u.s. senator. >> the new class has been gi

. >> sunday often "washington journal" george washington university professor nathan brown discusses the latest developments in egypt and how a change in government could affect the entire middle east region. then democratic strategist tracy sefl and former communications director doug heye talk about president obama's re-election efforts and senators who could be in danger of losing their seats in 2012. and after that, presidential historian richard norton smith marks the 100th birthday of ronald reagan and talks about the legacy of the nation's 40th president. . >> sunday, a documentary producer on hubert humphrey, the part of the possible. >> it was to show another side of this. everybody thinks of humphrey as somebody who is within johnson's lackey and people did not understand the pressure. > >> sunday night at 8:00 on c- span. >> next, agriculture secretary tom vilsack and health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius release the data it -- the latest dietary guidelines. there recommend less salt, more fruits and vegetables, and less calories overall. they are designed

. >> sunday on washington journal, nathan brown discusses egypt and the ramifications for the entire region. then former communications director doug heye talk about the reelection of obama. and then historian richard norton smith marks the 100th birthday of ronald reagan and his legacy. plus your emails and phone calls. it is live at 7:00 am eastern. >> the environment of politics came apart. it became destroyed and violent. documentary on hubert humphrey. >> everybody just remember him somebody licking lyndon johnson's boots with no mind of his own. people don't understand the pressures he was under. >> next, serveraral senators commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birthday of ronald reagan. this is about 25 minutes. much, madam president. as a native californian, i come to the floor now to honor the 100th birthday of president ronald reagan. former fst lady nancy reagan ask that i serve on the ronald reagan centennial commission and i was very honored to accept. today i join senator jim webb, also a member, and orrin hatch to continue president reagan's spirit of bipartisansh