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Known any other leader and all you eve kno youve known is one name, hosni mubarak, the dictator. thats all youve known about government, right? >> exactly. these people only knew hosni mubarak. hes been in power since october 6, 1981. thats more than 29 years. and they thought hosni mubaraks son would take power as well. thats why these people came out basically, chris. the beginning of the administration began in 2000 when the son succeeded the father in syria. and people started talking about ...

End. what exactly does that mean? obviously nobody yet knows and probably military brass dont yet know. another quick point, the constitution is going to have to be amend sod that those who form presidential candidates, those who field presidential candidates wont have to be vetted by the parliament, which is full of mubarak kroen knees. -- cronies. its a long, hard slog. >> i challenge your pessimism. i think this is going in the right direction. >> im the furthest thing from a pessimi pessimis...

>> and thats what were also hearing. hes asking about the money thats been stolen. hes asking what about the money thats come in through the suez canal. there are reports surfacing, what happened to all the money? president must be mb has now stepped down. that means he know longer has presidential immunity. and i can predict from this crowd that there are going to be lawsuits, demands of retribut n retribution. people want to know what happened to egypts finance. you can see people standing on ...

Oppressed. and now they are looking forward to freedom and democracy. so for the time being, they are very proud of their accomplishments. >> what has been your reaction to you over the last several days? has it changed to positive from more negative over the last four or five days? >> well, i mean, you know, ive actually only been in the square now for a couple of days. you know, yesterday it was -- they were oong angry. they were angry at the president, but they were very peaceful and today, t...

Visit. i lived there for a long time. i learned the language there, learned arabic there and saw that the people were frustrated, not just by the repression of mubarak. mubarak was some far removed. nobody had any contact with them. they felt the repression of the system. there was a system in place that you couldnt move in, that you couldnt try and get a better job because if you had loyalty to the party or you knew someone in power, you remember almost guaranteed a job then you could bring in ...

Leaders across the arab world and change is sweeping across the region now. >> just to look back a few hours, was there a kind of conversation going on between the protesters as a mass movement and the people in the military council? were they listening to the crowd and deciding that mubarak wasnt going to be able to get away with living some of the authority to the vice president? >> i think from the jo it set youve seen a very professional military that took a fundamental decision. they were n...

Set the standards. want fair, free elections to lift the emergency laws. >> he is talking to the military. >> thats the game here in terms of power of politics, thats the game. and he wants to encourage them to keep the word theyve already given. >> okay. now we have a free bit of communication. we know who we are talk to go, not talking to a dying despot, we are talking to a very powerful military that is very professional and it has proven its discipline. they can control events to some extent...

Itmeandered on for 17 minutes. there are reports the army had not approved that speech. i would love to know what had gone on inside the palace over the last 18 days. clearly tensions rose between mubarak and the army to the point that somebody went in today, perhaps the defense menster and said mr. president, this ability going to fly because he was scrambling last night to try and salvage something. and somebody told him today game over, mubarak. as one of the signs i just saw in the street sa...

Point, the hard thing here is moving this democratic reform along without making it seem like whoever theyre helping, whether it is in the opposition or people inside the current government, trying to spin out and establish themselves, without making them seem like american stooges, because thats the kiss of death. so for all the experience america has in helping civil society, helping opposition parties, free and fair elections around the world, its important not to make this an american love s...

I think it made it difficult for the army to do anything but just sit back and watch. >> as recently as yesterday, there was a call for barack -- i mean mubarak to leave the country. hes in sharm el-sheikh in the protection of the military. were you surprised the protesters were very happy where that resolution so far? >> well, this is not over. already theres talks of lawsuits. when i was down in the crowds, people say ty want their money back. i think president mubarak, former president mubara...