. >> jennifer wishon cbn news pwashington. >> thanks, jennifer, joining us is paul, an advocate for it is country's christians. paul, you have been hearing my colleague, jennifer wishon report from d.c. what do the christians think about the muslim brotherhood? >> most of the christian leaders of the major churches have expressed their fear of the muslim brotherhood. while percent they have been repressed under mubarak, the dominant note is fear that the future is likely to be worst than the past. they hope it won't be, a lot of trepidation. >> are you saying mubarak was good for egypt's christians? >> no. they were repressed and discriminated under mubarak. almost impossible to build churches, difficult to repair churches. when christians were attacked by extremist muslim groups that happens almost every week in egypt they were not protect pd and people weren't punished. the big fear pwhat if the muslim brotherhood comes to power? er they want an open free democratic like in tahrir square. a fear of the muslim brotherhood. >> is it your sense today that are the christians are perhaps

jennifer wishon has more. >> it is a tradition nearly 60 years old, a national prayer breakfast attended by the president of the jesus christ. >> the presidency has a way of making a person feel they need to pray. >> it was more than 20 years ago he signed up to work as a community organizer in chicago, illinois. >> i came to know jesus christ for myself. [applause]. embraced him as my lord and savior. >> white white house official said he wanted to give americans a more intimate look at how he views scripture and approaches prayer. >> this is the most in depth testimony of his own personal journey, not only as a young child where he didn't get a lot of formal spiritual training, now what he does in the white house. >> mr. obama says sometimes his prayers are general and sometimes very specific. >> lord, give me patience as i watch malia go to her first dance. [laughter]. where there will be boys. [laughter]. >> he says he regularly prays for the ability to help others. for humility and walk closer to god. it was an important speech for the president. polls reveal many americans continue