SHOW CAPTION HIDE Closed Caption: ■■>>> EGYPT'S PRESIDENT, MOHAMED MORSI IS UNDER FIRE FOR SAYING ZIONISTS ARE THE DESCENDENTS OF APES AND PIGS.MORSI ALSO URGED EGYPTIANS TO, QUOTE, NURSE OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ON HATRED, HATRED AGAINST JEWS.SENATOR KUNZ JOINS US FROM CAIRO.WHAT DID HE SAY WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS RAISED TO HIM?WHAT WAS HIS RESPONSE, SENATOR?>> ANDREA, THIS WAS AN IMPORTANTMEETING FOR US TODAY TO MEET WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, THE DEFENSE MINISTER, OPPOSITION LEADERS, BUSINESS LEADERS AND, FINALLY, WITH PRESIDENT MORSI, AND ALL OF US PRESSED OUR CONCERN, OUR OFFENSE AT THE THINGS HE'S ALLEGED TO HAVE SAIDA NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.AND HE RESPONDED THAT HE IS NOT SOMEONE WHO HARBORS HATRED OR ILL FEELING TOWARDS JUDISM OR THE JEWISH PEOPLE, BUT THE BURDEN IS ON HIM TO FURTHER EXPLAIN AND PUT IN CONTEXT NOT JUST HIS STATEMENTS, BUT ALSO HIS ACTIONS.EGYPT IS A VITAL PARTNER FOR THEUNITED STATES, WE ALSO DISCUSSEDCRITICAL STRATEGIC ISSUES, SUCH AS SECURITY IN THE SINAI RESPECTFOR THE CAMP DAVID PEACE ACCORDSWITH ISRAEL AND THE CONSTRUCTIVEROLE THAT WE HOPE EGYPT CAN PLAYIN THE REGION GOING FORWARD, BUT, OBVIOUSLY, HIS STATEMENTS AND OUR GRAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THEM WERE AT THE OUTSET OF THE MEETING.THE RESPONSES WERE SATISFACTORY ENOUGH THAT WE THEN WENT ON TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER VITAL REGIONAL STRATEGIC ISSUES.>> NOW, THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE BOTH CONDEMNED WHAT HE SAID, SO FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE CONDEMNED WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF EGYPT SAID IF HE HAD NOT, IN FACT, SAID IT, IF THERE WERE SOME -- IF THERE WEREN'T SOME FACTUAL BASE TO THIS.GOING FORWARD, IS THIS JUST THATHE HAS A DIFFERENT JOB NOW, A DIFFERENT ROLE TO PLAY AND YOU THINK THAT HE CAN BE INCLUSIVE AND IS WILLING TO CERTAINLY LIVEUP TO THE PEACE TREATY WITH ISRAEL AND BE THE RESPONSIBLE PLAYER THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HOPES HE CAN BE?>> I'M HOPEFUL, BUT FRANKLY WE'RE GOING TO WATCH VERY CLOSELY HIS ACTIONS, AS WELL AS HIS WORDS.YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT FOLKS SAY BEFORE THEIR ELECTION AND THEN NOW THAT HE IS IN THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF EGYPT, BUT IT DID RAISE SOME VERY GRAVE CONCERNS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO EXPRESS OUR VALUES AND TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE EXPECT OUR ALLIES TO BOTH PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY ACT IN WAYS THAT ARE RESPECTFUL OF THE VALUES THAT THE UNITED STATES YOU ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO CHECK THIS OUT FROM CAIRO, BUT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS CONFIRMED THERE ARE SOME AMERICANS, AMONG 41 HOSTAGES THAT HAVE NOW BEEN TAKEN AT BP IN ALGERIA.DURING AN ATTACK FROM MALI INSURGENTS.DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT IT?>> YES, ANDREA, THE TRIP THAT I'M ON, WE WERE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO GO TO MALI INITIALLYBUT WERE DIVERTED BECAUSE OF THEDEGENERATING SECURITY SITUATION THERE.THE HOSTAGES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN EASTERN ALGERIA ARE A STEP THAT WAS THREATENED BY THE AL QAEDA, THE ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS WHO WERE MAKING THE SECURITY SITUATION IN MALI SO INTENABLE THAT THE FRENCH FELT COMPELLED TO TAKE MILITARY ACTION.I SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION TO SUPPORT THE FRENCH MILITARY ACTION.WE'RE PROVIDING INTELLIGENCE ANDLOGISTICS SUPPORT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ADVOCATING IN CONGRESS FOR THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT THE APPROPRIATE STEPS ARE TAKEN,BOTH BY THE FRENCH AND REGIONAL MILITARIES.THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZED THIS ACTION, THE MALIAN PRESIDENT HAD REQUESTED HELP, AND THE CONCERNING SITUATION OF THE AMERICAN HOSTAGES AND OTHER WESTERN HOSTAGES IS JUST ONE BRACING REMINDER, ANDREA, OF HOW DANGEROUS AND HOW DIFFICULT THE SITUATION IN MALI IS AND HOW MUCH OF A RISK THEY POSE TO SECURITY IN THE REGION.>> I KNOW WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT, BUT I WANT TO QUICKLY ASK YOU, YOU'RE TRAVELING WITH JOHN McCAIN AND OTHERS IN THE DELEGATION, ARE YOU ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF CHUCK HAGEL AS YOU'RE ON THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE GOING TO BE SITTING IN ON THOSE HEARINGS?>> I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITHCHUCK HAGEL, SENATOR HAGEL, IN PERSON AND TO HAVE HIM ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, SOME CONCERNS THAT I HAVE.AND WE'VE HAD SOME VIGOROUS DISCUSSIONS AMONGST THE SENATORSON THIS TRIP.WE HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ABOUT SENATOR HAGEL.ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT HAVING A CHANCE TO TRAVEL TO PLACES LIKE EGYPT OR MALI AS A CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION IS A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON, WHAT UNITES US.WE'RE NEXT GOING TO VISIT U.S. TROOPS, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THING THAT UNITES US IS ENSURINGOUR ARMED FORCES, THOSE WHO WORKTO KEEP US SAFE AROUND THE WORLD, HAVE THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THEY DESERVE.>> I MISSPOKE, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, ON THE FOREIGN RELATIONSCOMMITTEE YOU HAVE JOHN KERRY COMING UP NEXT, NOT JOHN HAGEL WHO HAS HIS CONFIRMATION HEARINGFOR THE 31st IN FRONT OF ARMED