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And december were widely considered to have been rigged and they have continued their calls for a new round of elections there and for the current parliament to be disbanded. the protestors i talked to, anderson, say theyre going to continue to try to ramp up pressure against the egyptian government by perhaps moving on to other places in the days and weeks ahead. >> fouad, a lot of folks are watching this broadcast. what do you see happening now? i think a lot of people underestimated these pro...

Bolton. so many rumors. rumors that hosni mubarak has decided to step down and will announce it to his people in a bit on state television. have you heard anything from your sources? >> i think apart from the media speculation there is very little hard head of. i must say looking at the comments particularly from the egyptian military leaders that imply that moubarak will announce hes stepping down immediately, it could cause quite a backlash if after raising expectations it doesnt happen. on th...

Presidential powers to the vice president. >> the speech close to 11:00 p.m. cairo time angered tens of thousands of protestors who have been trying for 17 days to peacefully force him from power. they hoped he would leave and someone other than suleiman would lead a transition government but suleiman appeared on television and pleaded with the crowd to disburse. >> go back home. go back to your work. do not listen to the satellite television station whose main thing is to fuel and drive from th...

Upset with the u.s. as an ally and other countries saying they want swift political change in egypt. and be im quoting him here saying intervention in our internal affairs is strange, unacceptable, and we will not allow it. what are your thoughts on that? >> yes, well, this is what the prime minister also said earlier this morning cairo time, and this is what in all the egyptian propaganda elements, if you like, newspapers and media and so on, they want to portray president mubarak as a victim o...

Liberation square. we will try and figure out where that is coming from. it looks like its hoses. its not coming from the tanks. so its not water cannons, but they are starting to spray water from the hoses into protesters there at close to 6:00 p.m. cairo time. anderson are you able to see the water thats being sprayed into the crowds? >> reporter: not from my vantage point, and i cant tell who is spraying -- im sorry. where is that? im talking to my camera woman. >> there is a light, and you s...

Sort of coalition that will include all groups and that will include the muslim brotherhood and include the april sixth youth movement and opposition groups. just to clarify, all of the groups, the step one is the ouster of the regime. speaking to you right now, its about 4:20 a.m. cairo time. they are quiet and the streets are empty, but in about five hours from now, it will be filled for what is expected to be the biggest march of the up rising. the biggest gathering. hundreds of thousands are...

Welcome back, everybody, to our continuing coverage thats taking place in cairo, egypt, at this hour. these are live images that are coming in to us from the streets there, where weve been watching protesters all day, enraged, slashing back at the government, trying to see what hosni mubarak will come and say. hes saying that his speech to the country will be imminent. however, we have not heard from him. again, a curfew was imposed there at 6:00 p.m. cairo time. that was 11:00 a.m. eastern time...

Careful what you wish for for the egyptian people? you know, the united states government has suggested that hosni mubaraks offer to resign in september gives the egyptian people time for an orderly transis. they said we dont want an orderly transition. we want him out now. >> well i think its 11:00 in the morning washington time, who knows what the obama administrations position is at this point. i think we can say with respect to people in egypt that we know what their intentions are, we dont ...