It's classic use of wedge politics designed to provoke anxieties and fears.

The conditions they face are the result of the economic policies and the politics of that regime.

We're making inquiries of local officials for an assessment of the situation.

A lot of people are going to speculate going into this weekend about events on Monday, ... And you don't know what the questions are. We don't know what the questions are. You don't know what the answers are. We don't know what the answers are the president will give, what the president decides to say or decides not to say.

He had no reaction that I'm reporting,

I think there has to be, as we've just indicated, some arrangements for a transitional process that leads to a newly elected government.