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Well. but tell me a bit more of what youre seeing as this night of celebration continues to unfold in cairo right now, fred. >> reporter: yeah, hala, it continues to unfold and continues to get bigger from our vantage point here. if you want to take tei look, as you can see, of course, tahrir square and that highway thoroughfare weve been talking about that goes right through central cairo here, the crowd is getting bigger and bigger. were seeing more cars, more cars stuck actually. more people ...

Its people in egypt have a revolution. so we will not finish anything until our demands are done. so what the first demand is the mubarak regime is done. and when you change and social justice and freedom. and until this we will still stay at tahrir square and everywhere in egypt protesting. >> reporter: if the leadership does not get the message, just take a look at this painting right here. this picture of a young man with a flag. and on his t-shirt is says one simple word, "freedom." ivan wat...

Will act as guarantors to ensure free presidential elections in september. again, today is expected to be one of the biggest demonstrations yet. the mood down there now is of prayer and of hope. but there has been frustration and anger demanding the ouster of the man whos been in power the last 30 years. from hope to disbelief to outrage, the egyptian presidents address has taken anti-government protesters through the gamut of emotions. thousands of angry demonstrators are now, as weve been se...

>> reporter: cnn, cairo. >> were joined by a protester who was in the square for last nights presidential address. hes about to rejoin the demonstration and has asked us to only identify him by his first name for security reasons. hasan, tell us, were you at the square last night? >> yes, i was. >> what did you see, what did you feel? >> i mean, it was incredibly disappointing. the presidents speech came, you know, well below the expectations that people had. everybody was ready to see an end to...

Another mass protest in what appears to be the beginning of a revolution. we have team fox coverage tonight mike emanuel at the white house. jonathan hunt on the egyptians military moving forward. first our dominick dinatale streaming live from cairo. >> yeah. a much more subdued field tahrir square than when we spoke on "studio b." a few thousand people have emptied out on the square behind me. we are down to 60,000 people who remain deeply disappointed in not getting what they wanted to hear a...

Here to decrease the chance for increased stability that could cause problems in the region. >> they have to be upset in terms of what they see there in tahrir square. if indeed hosni mubarak has handed over power to his vice president mr. suleiman, while the people on the ground there in egypt are not reacting well to that there has got to be great concern both here in washington and across the world and israel as well about whether there will be a massive amount of violence, whether there will...

Statement after mr. mubaraks address on thursday. president barack obama said "the egyptian government must put forward a credible, concrete, and unequivocal path toward genuine democracy." he adds, "the violence must be forsaken" and that "egypt has changed, and its future is in the hands of the people." weve got now the egyptian minister of finance on the line with us from cairo. sir, we understand that -- first of all, why is mr. mubarak still in power? why is he refusing to step down? why is...

>> shepard: in that role that he was responsible for the torturing of egyptian civilians? >> if it is presumed that all intelligence, including that of the united states, is responsible for torture, i think this is a matter that would be difficult to ascertain. >> shepard: how great are your concerns for what happens tomorrow in cairo and alexandria and other places after friday morning prayers? >> certainly all the egyptians are interested in the welfare of their country and at the same time, h...

This valentines day show her how youeally feel with unforgettable flowers from ftd. flowers say it better. ftd says it best. visit ftd.com. >> shepard: 13 minutes before 3:00 a.m. in tahrir square in central cairo where a revolution is underway. one we have been watching throughout the day. with us now is nicholas byrnes, a former state department undersecretary currently professor at the john f. kennedy school of government at harvard. is he live with us tonight from newton, mass. thank you. >>...

Of his power to the vice president but retains the title of president that would lead egypt toward a campaign leading to election necessary september. whether or not thats the case is something the world is waiting and watching and so too are the people in the streets of cairo, their reaction on the latest news from their president. >> i feel so bad. i feel so bad. im worried about my family there, because what he says now, nobody agrees. nobody agrees. theyre going to keep going until he steps ...