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Meeting when he learned hosni mubarak was out and the military was in. he then went to watch the events unfold on the television to see for himself the reaction of the egyptian protesters who have been in the streets for 18 days. the celebration rages on in the streets cairo and across egypt after an historic shift in power. we have seen no waning of the enthusiasm. now the big question is what comes next for egypt, for the middle east, and for the united states. here is what has happened in the...

>> mubarak is very, very [inaudible] man. >> reporter: why did you do this? why did you fight? >> we fight for our freedom. we fight for our rights. we are here now. >> because we have freedom! [crowd chanting "freedom"] megyn: incredible scenes from tahrir square in cairo. no worries, we can still see you. we are keeping an eye own and we are following these reports. somebody wants you to kiss that baby. it does underscore the joy they are feeling. bringing their babies into if the square. >> r...

>> reporter: ill send it back to you. the crowd is going crazy. i hope you will never forget. megyn: a moment leland vittert will never forget. unbelievable scenes. the folks saying they want freedom. they want to get behind someone they can trust. but there is no opposition leader who has emerged as the main person behind this crowd will get. the days and weeks and months to come will determine that. but for now the army is in control which is an outcome acceptable to the protesters that appear...

Fears. the army stepped in and it appears president mubarak resigned of his own will. you can hear these amazing chants that people have given for 18 days. people slept in this square. they fought and died in this square. they endured thugs for 30 years. many of them never knew anything other than president hosni mubarak. now they have freedom and they feel they will have a chance to vote and their making their voices heard. its an unbelievable experience. its one ill remember for the rest of my...

Some, including saudi arabia on president obama, for the way hes handled this so far. the white house praised it as a stern conversation or tense conversation between king abdullah and president obama where king abdullah gave president obama quite a talking to about what they viewed as mistreating a long-time ally, meaning president mubarak. where do our relations, as you see it, ambassador, with the united states and saudi arabia and other countries that we need to worry about in the region, pe...

Its briefing today. if you we are awaiting just the president. hes in the white house situation room. hes been getting briefed and we are told his remarks will come at 3:00 p.m. eastern. you can expect a substantive comment today. we did not get that yesterday because he was waiting for the egyptian president to speak. now thats happened and well hear from our own president. first we go to the state department with the latest from there. >> reporter: the briefing has been cancelled it was pushed...

Fall into the hands of the extremists. i hope for everybodys cake, and for the people that are jubilant in cairo, that they will, indeed, see a better future, one of democracy and moderation, rather than hypocrisy and extremism. megyn: ambassador gillerman, thank you so much. all the best. theres a very fluid situation unfolding in egypt. mubarak is out. military council is in. and were waiting to hear from president obama, now expected next hour. the white house delaying a bit. why? we dont kno...

Meeting that president mubarak was stepping down. he stepped outside the oval office to the outer oval and watched some television coverage, seeing a very different reaction inside tahrir square, jubilation on the faces of the egyptains. and now president obama will make remarks to an american audience as well as our allies in the region. megyn: there was criticism for the white house of being out of touch, because of the comments we heard from the president, the administration yesterday, antici...

Plan over the next unspecified period. what did he guarantee? >> you called it ambiguous and it is its more noted for what it does not say. it says the high council of the high forces confirmed mubarak stepped down it says the army salutes the president for what he has done for work in war and peace. thats hugely important. it was important for mubarak as stepped down to save face. this high military body has seen to it with that statement. they said they salute the marters who died during the d...

Talking about transformation and witnessing history before our eyes, and a new day for the people of egypt and then hosni mubarak pulled a fast one on this white house and the u.s. government and said, not so fast. im not leaving just yet. there will be time to go over the politics. we expect that robert gibbs will get questions on that at his final briefing here. at this point, u.s. officials are thrilled that this guys gone and the people seem to be happy in egypt so far. megyn: they certainly...