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Warning from military rulers that all the protests are hurt efforts to get the economy and country back to normal. schools and banks are still shut down and there is no word on when egypts stock market will reopen. david lee miller is live in cairo. what does it look like there today. >> reporter: the latest development we are getting word now from the u.s. director of national intelligence james clapper, he is now saying, jon, that there is some uncertainty about what position the nooyi egyptia...

Protesters got their wish but they have a lot of expectations. how is the political climate developing? >> reporter: one of the thins that happened today is that a group of representatives, ten representatives from the youth movement, and it was that youth movement that allegedly fueled revolution met with the ruling military council and they presented a list of demands or a wish list, things that they would like to see implemented very soon. very quickly high up on that list number one the lift...

Totally different, this time, it matters more than i ever remember and i think the american people thinks this matters. bill fox news alert out of egypt, a major development now, the countrys ambassador to the u.s., saying that former president hosni mubarek may be in, quote, bad health. this is the first were hearing about the condition of the ousted leader. no details on what might be ailing him. but two cairo newspapers reporting that mubarek is refusing to take medication, hes 82, and the pa...

This is a genuine trend and, the most you can do is to tame it. >> reporter: the big challenge is you had all of those protesters that demanded the free and fair elections and demanded democracy, but, remember, this country has not had either fee or fair elections for 30 years and most people will tell you theyve never had it and the idea of building up all of the political institutions will take a long time and the gentleman we talked to said two things need to happen, checks and balances like ...

Mr. ambassador, thank you. all important stuff, and we shall watch it going forward. thank you john bolton. >> thank you. bill: all right. the streets in cairo were relatively quiet two weeks ago during the height of the protest. our own fox reporting team, greg palkot and his photographer, olat wig, found themselves under seige by angry protestors in cairo. this is greg describing part of what he and olaf went through. >> the whole time youre getting pummeled, with open hands, with fists, with ...

Pro-government supporters joined that fray. martha: were just getting word that ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak may be ill. he was forced of course to step down on friday, on a very historic day, that you watched unfold on fox news channel and now, egypts ambassador to the united states says the 82-year-old mubarak may be in bad health. we know he had his gallbladder removed last year in germany and no word on whether there is a connection between that and this, but the reports are sayin...

Thousands of people who came from cairo university pouring over the nile into the center of the city. these social networking, whether twitter, facebook or texting has really help mobilize and organize people in a way that most people never expected. >> this is just basic needs for any human being. education. medicine. >> reporter: january 27, internet and mobile phone disruptions. >> caller: just a few minutes ago, the internet went down in central cairo. >> reporter: january 29 he has a vice p...

Its difficult to meet the expectations. yes, i do believe there could be demonstrations. i dont think they will be on the scale of what we are seen before unless the military decides to keep power themselves. theres no indication that will happen. >> following the situation in cairo, thank you very much. the military is in charge of egypt now. who is really in control of egypts military? michael holmes takes a look. the big question is, who is calling the shots in egypt? right now, it is egy...

The center of that citys anger and defiance now being replaced with a lot of exuberance and sheer joy about this transition. lets talk to an anchor and correspondent for cnn international. we are going to make some interesting comparisons. your country of bulgaria went through your own revolution in 1989. as you were watching this unfold in cairo, were you starting to see some similarities or anticipate what egypt will be going through given what bu bulgaria was going through. >> i was relating ...

With families. this really is an historic event here. everyone knows it. parents want to bring their children in so that they can feel the atmosphere, capture the spirit and see history being made in the country all day long, people, families, young families, older families have been coming in here. fireworks are going off all the time. almost like july the 4th. the crowd very happy in the middle of the square there. they are supposed to be a midnight curfew coming in to place here. the army sti...