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Occur. the regimes of the region werent born yesterday and they have been thinking carefully about what they are up against. what we need to worry about as americans is if there is a shift in the power balance in the region. some of our friends are in trouble. some of those are not so friendly. syria. iran. are looking better today in terms of the balance. >> shepard: jennifer griffin, at the pentagon, its her sense now that this report is accurate from the egyptian army taking control of cairos...

A great window, we may have lost it, but may not be too late for obama administration to come out and endorse the claims of the protesters in egypt. we can effect the outcome and we need to take advantage of that. right now, as you said gibbs was equivocal, or on mubarak still equivocal for the taste of the protesters. >> shepard: im sure he was. he demanded they turn the internet social back on and allow social messages, none of which has happened. the united states asked the government there n...

The new day now saturday in egypt. >> jep, obviously wont expect that theous officials are probably on a secure communication with ambassador in cairo to make sure thats the translation theyre getting as well to figure out what happens from this point forward. the remarks from president mubarak suggesting that he got the message and was prepared to start with reforms, so if he is saying that the government is toast and they are moving on, you botter believe that the white house is trying to figu...

Israeli authority calling this an earthquake in the middle east. its unclear at this moment where israel stands in relation to the mubarak government. we have team fox coverage throughout the special hour from fox news and we begin on the ground in cairo, with fox news correspondent greg palkot. good evening. >> reporter: remarkable day. egyptians have shaking their heads, so are we. its just after midnight now. there is a tense calm in the city. protesters are still out, but i would say theyre ...

Annual bilateral meetings for the last four days. they did not rush back once the protests started. president mubarak looked like a man who did not seem to think he was going anywhere. for the top army official to remain at the united states. >> shepard: breaking news now on this crisis. we got word army took control of the labor ration square. protesters fleed in the side street. this is according to the witnesses on the ground there. theyre trying to get the people corralled. will they be able...

Sarur who was speaking by telephone. he did not give further details. were on standby for that. mike emanuel, do we know where the president of egypt is? >> reporter: i asked robert gibbs at the end of the briefing that question and he was vague in that answer but seemed to suggest they had no reason to believe president mubarak had left ki owe. at this point the u.s. belief he is still in cairo and in charge of the situation there. but again, not direct conversations between the president and b...

Its not just in cairo. the curfew has been in place since 6:00 this evening. its the early hours of the morning so its not being respected. hard for me to predict at this distance knowing what we know and having nothing more than television access to get a sense of what direction this is going in. i think we have to wait until daylight. wait and see how the army deploys, what the effect of the egyptian army. its a respected institution. popular in egypt. loyal to the regime. >> shepard: do we lo...

Of years must be addressed. white house called for the egyptian government not to send troops to the street but to embrace reform. instead, troops are in the streets. fox news correspondent on scene report that tanks rolled by in the heart of cairo. we have further information there have been uprising across the country including in the important cities of suez and alexandria. were waiting for what has been described to people on the news there, though fox news cannot iptly confirm it, described...

Just islamists, everyone can say they dont like the government and dont like the way the government was going, they want change. what we were expected, it was rumored he would go on tv tonight. but instead what weve had if cairo is tv and radio headquarters, the state headquarters for the tv just next to our position. ransacked by protesters. and three doors down, the headquarters of the political party of hosni mubarak is still burning. smoke wafting from that building. right by our position. a...