our guest is wael ghonim. we are pleased to have joined us. our conversation is coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. tavis: in 2010, he decided to set up a blog. apart it has swept through the middle east. his remarkable story is now told in the pages of a new book, called "revolution 2.0, the power of the people is greater than the people in power." good to have you with us. these protests in egypt and around the middle east, whether or not this could have happened despite or absence social media, and i ask that because there have been so many revolutions around the world in history that got off the ground and were successful, having nothing to do with social media, so could this have happened without social media? >> i think you have answered the question, and that is my a

central figures in the arab spring uprisings, the formal google executive -- former google executive wael ghonim. events continue to unfold in the least and beyond. his book is called "revolution 2.0." we are glad you are joining us for part two of our conversation with wael ghonim. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. been -- tavis: that now with more of our conversation with wael ghonim, whose book is "revolution 2.0, the power of the people is greater." the egyptian people, i am paraphrasing, have a distrust of american foreign policy, and i laughed, because it was funny, but there is some truth there that we americans do not always trust our foreign-policy, at least some of us feel that way. we love our country, but we have one day we bounce around, as you are our friend, and then you are not. we will turn on your if you are not a friend or do not fit with our strate

of the central figures in the nervous spring movement, google and -- in the arab spring movement, waelhonim. he is out with a talked-about new muammar -- new memoir. tomorrow viola davis and octavia's spencer as they discuss the foam. we will discuss the concern about the kinds of roles hollywood offers to people of color and the quest for hollywood storytelling beyond racial stereotypes. now after that i will be joined by suze orman. she believes she has come up with the sensible solution for every day americans. tonight we are pleased to be joined by chuck hagel. the combat vet earns two purple hearts. he was a member of the who intelligence committee. he serves of the chairman of the atlantic council. he joins us tonight from washington. good to have you on this program. so much news i want to get to. let me jump in with syria. we told americans to get out. your thoughts on the deteriorating relationship with syria and what is happening inside the country? >> these are very difficult, delicate, and complicated issues. did the united states or any one nation does not have the ability

also, hear from wael ghonim, whose facebook page is credited with starting the egyptian revolution. >> national arts and humanities metal. recipients include al pacino and mel tillis. >> ladies and gentlemen the recipients of the 2011 national medal of arts. [applause] >> the recipients of the 2011 national humanities metaldal. [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. [applause] >> thank you. hello, everybody. thank you very much. thank you. thank you so much. please, have a seat. thank you so much for joining us in the celebration of the arts and humanities. . two outstanding servants of the public arts is here. rocco landesman, chairman of the national endowments of the arts. jim leach, where is jim? good to see you, jim -- the chairman of the national endowment for the humanities. we also have two good friends and co-chairs of the president's committee on the arts and the humanities who are here -- margo lions and george stevens. and i also want to acknowledge one of our honorees who unfortunately, could not make it. ever the

this morning google executive wael ghonim is in the bay area.google exec turned activist made headlines when helped organize the first massive protest that led to the ousting of president mubarak. it started on ghonim's facebook page. he talked about egypt today where the military remains in control and protests and killings continue. >> i have a big faith that the power is going to be transfered. i just hope at the end of the day that it does happen fast. why? because i really care about egypt. >> ghonim is in the u.s. now to promote his book. it is a memoir that takes readers from his childhood in egypt through the revolution last year. >>> tomorrow morning tiger woods will head the field of pro golfers at the national pro-am. yesterday belonged to the 49ers and s. the stars included jerry rice, jim harbaugh. the biggest star, right there. >> what's up with the pants? >> they are great got to represent the colors. >> i feel like the baseball players have an unfair advantage they have more time to lay during the season especially pitchers. -- t

. >>> this morning google executive wael ghonim is in the bay area reflecting.ned activist made headlines when he organized the first massive protest that lead to the ousting of mubarak. it started on his facebook page. ghonim sat down to talk about the state of egypt today. >> i have a big faith that the power is going to be transfered. i hope at the end of the day it does happen fast. why? because i really care about egypt. >> ghonim in the u.s. to promote his book a memoir that takes readers from his childhood in egypt through the revolution last year. >>> tomorrow morning tiger woods will head the feel of governmenters and celebrities at the at&t pebble beach national pro-am but -- but yesterday belongs to the 49ers and giants who squared off in a $100,000 shootout for charity. the biggest star might have been those pants that matt kane was wearing. >> got that represent the colors, why not. >> i feel like the baseball players have an unfair advantage they have more time to lay during the season, especially pitchers. >> clark rolled in that short putt on the

. >> chris: that was a taste of the furor of the wael ghonim's decision to cut plans from planned parentn's sudden reversal. liz cheney, komen is the nation's breast cancer advasy research. first defunding and then reversing and fund planned parent hood for screening of breast cancer. how much was caught up in politics. >> i think in the end of the day they mishandled. there is a lot of prolife conservative women who had no idea if you contributed to the komen found adings that may end up with planned parent hood. i think it is an issue if komen was going to do it they should have been up front about the reasons why. there is no reason why the pressure ought to be applied so that money for breast research. >> chris: but the pressure in the first position. both times they were under pressure. >> i think the most important story in terps of the presidential campaign and issues was the obama decision. i want to speak on it. >> chris: all right. we'll move on. >> the obama administration is insisting that the catholic church fund insurance and that is crit beingal important. you may not get

so we're honored wael ghonim that you're here with us today. thank you very, very much for joining us. [applause] he's here in part because he's authored a new book. this is the early events but there's a hard back called "revolution 2.0." the power of the people is greater than the people in power a memoire. you should know that there's going to be a book signing and a chance to greet him personally at the charles hotel. it will start around 5:15. we're on a fairly tight schedule. you'll have a chance to come over and get a book. i'm told that the first 100 people to arrive will actually be sbite told a free book. i've had the pleasure of spending some hours here in the last cup of days reading this book and i commend it to you. it's a wonderful tale. i think that for those of us who are interested, concerned about public leadership and how one leads in today's world it's a really instructive tale. it's one that classes will be studying in the future about how one can use the power of the media. let's turn to the star of the show. i'd like you

we are honored by wael ghonim. thank you for joining us. [applause] wael it is here in part because he has authored a new book. i commend to you, this is the early text. there is a hardback that is just out called "revolution 2.0." the power of the people is greater than the people in power. you should know that there is going to be a book signing and a chance to greet him personally at the charles hotel. we are on a tight scandal here. -- schedule here. the first 100 people to arrive will be entitled to a free book. everyone thereafter, you are on your own. i have the pleasure of spending hours in the last couple of days reading this book. it is a wonderful tale. i think for those of us who are interested in public leadership, it is a really instructive tale. it is something a lot of clauses will be studying in the future. it is about how you can use the power of social media. let's turn to the star of the show. i would like you to tell us about your life. give us context of you are and where you came from. you tell the tale in longer form

. >> wael ghonim, i think you can tell from the response of this audience tonight, how much we appreciate your humility, but we also very, very much appreciate what you have done and how you have championed and how much you love -- freedom and democracy in the world. thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> coming up today on c-span, in a moment washington"jou"washington journal." at 2:00, live road to the white house coverage from phoenix at an event with republican presidential candidate rick sort -- rick santorum. the american enterprise institute hosts two discussions on c-span2. at 1:30 legal scholars discussed the constitutionality of president obama is recess appointment. in 45 minutes we will take a look of the upcoming primaries in arizona and michigan. our guest is charles heard. in an hour and a half, sunil lyengar.

. >> tonight on c-span hear from wael ghonim on social media and the egyptian revolution. >> i know this does not make sense to a lot of people, but that's just how i see things. working for google, working for a company that does mass scale projects online, i remember in the interview the typical why do you want to work for google? it wasn't the food. [laughter] what i like about google, the democracy of offering people information. the people living here do not understand the value that we all have equal access to information. in the egyptian regime, most of the people would only get streams of propaganda going into their brain. this is how the regimes are sustained, besides making everyone scared. >> see his remarks in our prime timeline-up. they will -- there will be a discussion on navy seals and the killing of bin laden. it all begins tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> i think that what we're probably going to see is committees of various jurisdictions coming up with bills that deal with slices of of the issue. >> tonight anna eshoo at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> l.c.v. sta

wael, talk about the inspiration for the facebook page.as enough? what were they seeing that decided it was time for a change? >> so egypt was going through 30 years of dictatorship, and people were not happy, very frustrated, yet they were scared. that was, you know, the most obvious thing. the regime used fear in order to keep going. and egyptians were, you know -- especially the young generation where more outspoken, they were not happy, they were basically going online and saying what they feel. internet helped a lot and basically getting all these people together and help collaborate. when -- i never thought of this going to happen. on the 13th of january addressed his people saying i am sorry, i was wrong, that was an oh my god moment for a lot of egyptians because we have never seen since i was born, i've never seen an arab dictator actually telling his people that i did a mistake. and on the 14th when he left tunisia, a lot of egyptians were saying, listen, you know, we have a much worse situation. this has got to stop, we have to