the ongoing crisis after its offer for talks was shunned by the major opposition parties dr saeed sadat political sociologist at the american university in cairo says there is little immediate prospect of the situation stabilizing the experience of their logging was a president what what was called national dialogue has been a failure and so they don't want to give the president. any piece of photo opportunity that they are all sitting and nothing happens there were many experiences in which opposition would say it was the government and the president agree on something and then after a while you'll find that there was no agreement and that is why the decided not to join also they feel that the president and the government the current government is in trouble and so they don't want to give it a new lease of life or any support so that the government becomes strong again so the future this is a time to persia talk as far as we can tell that we are egypt is going to be unstable for some time before all parties the allies of the cost of keeping this conflict is going to be too damaging for

revolution in egypt a power vacuum develop you had for many years president mubarak before him president sadat and president nasr who effectively served as a fair of a country and the entire country was set up on a patronage system that leader was replaced some of the institutions of the state were replaced some of that leadership of the institutions of state were replaced but the institutions of the state itself were never reformed and you still have a power struggle over who will run that system the government of egypt i agree with the previous guest has some features that resemble the previous government the politics of egypt are vastly changed you have a very polarized fragmented in many senses political scene where everyone understandably so feels empowered to speak for a revolution that at some senses they all supported when it just involves removing mubarak but now when it comes to the question of moving forward you have a big dispute and a big debate and that will take many years in all likelihood to settle on the question of intervention i would disagree with the previous guest slight

flipped itself in the security situation dr sadec we're going to have to leave it right there dr saeed sadat political social or just at the american university in cairo thank you so much for your time. so to come in the program of fighting to stay afloat we take a look at one of britain's oldest local sobs that's gone away to find again simple store expansion and a struggling economy. also could you expect a tanker to cut in front of you on a highway the details of this road incident and rules russia and just ahead. the first baby steps are joy. folds and bones are not a big deal. but they can cause terrible trauma. for children can be broken by bare touch. and only the will of life can make. i'm source way. fragile people on our t.v. . you're watching r t with me and tom would say it's good to have you with us. but raney authorities are searching for a new round of talks with the opposition later this week amid the continuing crackdown on energy regime rallies across the nation the sunni want to he has been widely accused by rights groups of using tear gas and torture against protesters an

revolution in egypt a power vacuum develop you had for many years president mubarak before him president sadat and president nasr who effectively served as a fair of a country and the entire country was set up on a patronage system that leader was replaced some of the institutions of the state were replaced some of the leadership of the institutions of state were replaced but the institutions of the state itself were never reformed and you still have a power struggle over who will run that system the government of egypt i agree with the previous guest has some features that resemble the previous government the politics of egypt are vastly changed you have a very polarized fragmented in many senses political scene where everyone understandably so feels empowered to speak for a revolution that at some senses they all supported when it just involves removing mubarak but now when it comes to the question of moving forward you have a big dispute in a big debate and that will take many years in all likelihood to settle on the question of intervention i would disagree with the previous guest slightly

a ride to we're going to catch up with bill true in a little while but for now dr saeed sadat go political social at the american university in cairo says his little immediate prospect of stability in his country . the government and the president agree on something and then after a while you'll find that there is no agreement and that is why the decided not to join also they feel that the president and the government the current government is in top end and so they don't want to give it a new lease of life support so that the government becomes strong again to the future this is a time to persia as far as we can tell that we are egypt is going to be on syrian for some time before all part is the allies that the cost of keeping this conflict is going to be too damaging for everybody once you all realize that nobody is going to be winnowed if this conflict continues then you will have democracy as long as everybody some people believe that we will be winning if we keep perjury and decision of the government and the government believes that if they keep persia in the opposition they would be

revolution in egypt a power vacuum develop you had for many years president mubarak before him president sadat and president nasr who effectively served as a fair of a country and the entire country was set up on a patronage system that leader was replaced some of the institutions of the state were replaced some of that leadership of the institutions of state were replaced but the institutions of the state itself were never reformed and you still have a power struggle over who will run that system the government of egypt i agree with the previous guest has some features that resemble the previous government the politics of egypt are vastly changed you have a very polarized fragmented in many senses political scene where everyone understandably so feels empowered to speak for a revolution that at some senses they all supported when it just involves removing mubarak but now when it comes to the question of moving forward you have a big dispute and a big debate and that will take many years in all likelihood to settle on the question of intervention i would disagree with the previous guest slight

hours explaining to them what had actually happened and i had maximum had too much stress from anwar sadat and he was generous than the other was stingy. i told the truth about the whole situation. jack i found out later was taking meticulous notes and it was supposed to be off the record. [laughter] >> he would go into the restroom. [laughter] >> i did not realize it at the time and jack called midair to later and asked if he could report what i said. i said if you don't screw may. with words and to that effect. [laughter] i think when i was president i used better language. >> i think so word was embarrass me. [laughter] i don't know what the records said that he did right in meticulous detail but i did trust jack. i knew i dunno every reporter in the world but others that i would have trusted with my knife. i knew he would tell the truth and was courageous enough even under the most tremendous pressures and i read the book and i remember two or three times jack did back down on a story and regretted it until the end of his life. but those events were extremely rare and sometimes to put

unwilling to support its power to washington as for example washington regularly expected of egypt under sadat and mubarak. the society hillary a nice day obama has done more damage even than george w. bush because he's discredited the idea by saying he tried but failed when in fact he has not serious are tried. [inaudible] >> yes, that's fine. no american president has been prepared to do this, to accept the islamic republic. and this is a key argument. this is the only diplomacy can succeed. there is an important precedent for this in modern american history. it's appropriate to call the cinema and month in which richard nixon come with birthday falls. nixon and kissinger's of maine to china. their great achievement was not that the type to beijing. the united states had been talking for years and ambassadorial level talks that had gone nowhere. nixon and kissinger's achievement was that they accept good and persuaded their countrymen of the people's republic of china people's republic of china as legitimate political order rep resenting the entries that the united states for its own interes

. >> and by the way, the history of anwar sadat and shimon peres and rabin, people who have fought thed wars, and eisenhower, if you will. >> and learned the lessons. >> and thank you, peter and joan. >>> up next -- this prompter is a little slow. two kennedys, former congressman patrick kennedy and his cousin christopher kennedy lawford, join us to talk about addiction and guns. this is "hardball," the place for politics. some brokerage than ordinary sweat. it smells worse, and it can happen any time -- to anyone! like when i ran to catch the train to work and a draft blew my skirt up and everybody here saw my unmentionables. yeah, and they aren't even cute. hello, laundry day. no... stress sweat can happen to anyone, anytime -- and it smells worse than ordinary sweat. get 4x the protection against stress sweat. introducing new secret clinical strength stress response scent. ♪ >>> in 1933 franklin delano roosevelt was sworn in as president for the first of his four terms, and with these words he delivered an inaugural address that's been called the most important american speech of th

and to tell them exactly what did happen between me -- among me and anwar sadat. and to take some time to do it in detail. and so i invited jack and this other reporter over to the white house to have supper with me. and i spent a couple of hours. explaining to them what had actually happened and how i had maximum -- almost too much trust and did not trust me and all. and help sell was generous. things of this kind. i really told the truth about the whole situation. and then jack was taking -- i found out later, to accuse notes. suppose to be off the record. and then -- >> she was actually running into the restaurant. >> yeah. but i didn't realize it at the time. and if i remember correctly jack call me a day or two later and asked if he could reporter and said. and basically i said, well, if you don't screw me. [laughter] words to that effect. when i was president i used better language. >> don't embarrass me. >> it and know what the record said. anyway, the fact is, he did write what he wanted to. i did trust jack. and to be an honest person. in nine -- knocking

subordinate its power to washington as, for example, washington regularly expected of egypt under sadat and mubarak. this is why hillary and i say that obama has done more damage even than george w. bush, because he has discredited the idea of engagement by saying he tried but failed when, in fact, he has not seriously tried. >> i think we're going to have time for questions. >> yes. >> we're about 40 minutes. >> that's fine. no american president since the iranian revolution has been prepared to do this, to accept the islamic republic. but, and this is a key argument for us, this is the only way diplomacy can succeed. there is an important precedent for this in modern american history. it's appropriate to call this in the month in which richard nixon's 100th birthday falls. nixon and kissinger's opening to china, their great achievement was not that they talked to beijing. the united states had been talking to beijing for years. in ambassadorial-level talks that had gone nowhere. nixon and kissinger's achievement was that they accepted and persuaded their countrymen to accept the peopl

. >> and by the way, the history of anwar sadat and shimon peres and rabin, people who have fought theisenhower, if you will. >> and learned the lessons. >> and thank you peter and joan. >>> up next, this prompter is a little show. two kennedys, former congressman patrick kennedy and his cousin christopher lautner kennedy join us to talk about addiction and guns. this is "hardball," the place for politics. eisenhower, if you will. for politics. look what mommy is having. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. >>> inform 1933 franklin delano roosevelt was sworn in as president for the first of his four terms and with these words he delivered an inaugural address that's been called the most important american speech of the 20th century. >> let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> of that voice rings true. anyway, f dsmth r's first inall ral has the last to be healed in march. the 20th amendment rat

he's restrained, skeptical of what war can achieve, like anwar sadat, yitzhak rabin. the g.i.s have to do the actual fighting. so when you watch the hearings, think of the americans out there on post tonight all alone in a place far from home. give some thought to the possibility they'd like to have a pentagon chief who knows just what that's like. and that's "hardball for now," thanks for being with us. the ed show with ed schultz starts right now. >> good evening and welcome to new york. the republicans are whining about the president's choice for defense secretary. tonight a reminder of who won the election and why this is the perfect guy. let's get to work. >> chuck hagel is the leader that our troops deserve. he is an american patriot. >> president obama nominates chuck hagel as defense secretary, and conservatives are fuming. >> positions that he has taken over the years will be, i think very much a matter of discussion. >> this is an in-your-face nomination by the president. >> if hagel is nominated, it is very difficult to imagine circumstance in which i could

i'm glad we have kerry now as the same reason i'm glad there was an anwar sadat, a yitzhak rabin. of the disastrous suez campaign.

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throw in the name anwar sadat.hrow in the name of the president of israel, a great man, i love the guy, shimon peres. they understand what you're talking about, peter, and i think we all do. >> and not only that, but meir dagan. there's been a revolt in israel against bibi netanyahu. talking too casually about war with iran. >> the white house isn't exactly hiding the ball on this one. we quoted an administration official who said very forthright one of the reasons they want chuck hagel is he articulates the world view that war should be the absolute last resort, that you must exhaust all options. for a lot of people, that seems common sense, but for a good part of the foreign policy establishment in d.c., that's not exactly something they want to hear. so, yes, they are bringing hagel for that exact purpose that peter illustrated. >> i have been reading -- i try to read everything, "washington examiner," everything, i have to tell you i get the feeling there's some people pushing for a much more aggressive stance

i'm glad we have kerry now as the same reason i'm glad there was an anwar sadat, a yitzhak rabin. and out of the disastrous suze campaign. i'm glad the hawks aren't going to be able to stop chuck hagel, because the people who have seen war, felt it, been in it, hurt by it body and heart are the very people i want deciding on when and whether we go to another. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. republicans want immigration reform, but for only one reason, to protect their political hides. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> i believe we are finally at a moment when immigration reform is in our grasp. >> the president is pushing for citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants as forces on the right line up to stop him. >> obama is seeking political victory. >> tonight karen finney and e.j. dionne on the president's historic proposal and the republican pushback. >> just remind everybody, obama is not going to be president forever. >

watergate, nixon's resignation, the birth of earth day, even he was the person who brought begin and sadatogether which led to the camp david peace accord. so seminal broadcast journalism. the big three are edward r. murrow, walter caron cite and lowell thomas -- cronkite ande lowell thomas. >> how did he get to be that guy? >> you have to condense your stories, you're given about a thousand words, and you can'tf put a lot of adverbs and adjectives in it. so he learned how to write.y unknowingly, that wire service e was perfect for television when you only have 15-minute or then a half an hour news broadcasts. so cronkite didn't throw loose d language around. he was very precise. >> doug brinkley, was he political? >> cronkite was a new deal democrat. he was -- >> and was that known? >> no, it was not. he became l a fan of franklin roosevelt, cheered for him as a boy growing up in the 1930s. in the 1950s, some people felt s cronkite was a republican because his boss was.e the founder of cbs workedor directly for dwight eisenhower in world war ii, and ike just personally loved walter cronki

i'm glad we have kerry now as the same reason i'm glad there was an anwar sadat, a yitzhak rabin.e disastrous suze campaign. i'm glad the hawks aren't going to be able to stop

>> guest: i started in cairo, and then after sadat made the peace deal with the israelis and you couldn't get a visa in cairo to save your life, then i moved the bureau first to london, then to rome. actually, to call it a bureau is to dignify it unduly. i was the bureau, and one suitcase was its furniture, so you could move that bureau pretty easily. c-span: have you written any other books? >> guest: i had a book come out that was actually a magazine piece i had done that was put together with a lot of photographs and made into a little book about ted williams, but this is the first book i wrote as a book. c-span: your name is listed as richard ben cramer. what do people call you? >> guest: they call me richard. i always know a newspaper friend by them calling me "richard ben." ben is my middle name, but i only stuck it in as a byline because the baltimore sun used to put its bylines in this little bitty eight-point bold type, and the first byline they ever gave me once they had shipped me out to anne arundel county, which is south of the city of baltimore, said, "by richard cramer, ann

since they signed a peace deal with anwr sadat, we give $1.3 annually.n we have given it to them, a wikileaks cable came out in 2009 saying this is a down payment on peace with israel, and the egyptian regime, whether it was sadat, mubarak and now morsi, i think sees this as money that's necessary in order for them to keep the peace. does it make it right? and i don't agree with giving them this military hardware. but i think that's the reason why this money keeps flowing to the egyptian regime, which is now underred hands of the muslim -- under the hands of the muslim brotherhood. >>gretchen: arguably it is a different regime. you could argue mubarak a dictator but he did keep the peace with israel. do you argue this hardware should be going there now? >> no, i do not. this is a new regime. we should revisit the rules. all our aid has been contingent on progress from freedom of expression, freedom of religion. due process under the law. secretary clinton waived that so this could go to this new regime. this technology should not be going to this regime