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Proud egyptians, the largest of the arab countries, militarily they say the most significant. why cant we stand up to a dictator and they did, in fact, do that. halah gorani and ben wedeman are here. anderson cooper is here as we await the president of egypt. we think hosni mubarak is going to be speaking soon. that element of pride, hala, when you were there a week ago, the element of pride when they were saying if to younecians can do this, we can do this. i assume that came out in a lot of co...

Or many people want to be in tahrir square for what they expect to be a historic moment when president mubarak makes his speech. >> it certainly will be. do they have some sort of speaker system? i assume they do, ben, that they he will be able to hear mubarak as he speaks? >> why, there are many speaker systems down there playing at the moment, music. others making speeches. but weve seen in the past that there is a big screen down there where people will be able to listen to whatever speech co...

We thought was so solid, so strong, so entrenched is being shaken by whats really limited protests limited to the heart of cairo. thats really sort of what inspired me to send that tweet at the time. and i did think afterwards, maybe i may have jumped the gun, but by the 28th when we saw the army come in and the police pull out of cairo, i thought i was probably right. >> you certainly were right. ben wedeman is going to stay with us. anderson cooper is watching whats going on. halah gorani is w...

Military is willing to allow to happen. i will note that amar moussa although he has a reputation of a political opportunist, i think on the street of egypt, hes very popular. >> tarek has to go, hes an assistant professor of public policy at harvard.thanks very much. you can see the crowd, still so excited there in egypt right now, tahrir square. theyve heard all the rumors and reports saying that president hosni mubarak is getting ready to go on egyptian television and announce that heal step ...

People talking to relatives. but in total, the internet has been working fine as has mobile phone and sms. that was not the case a couple weeks ago when everything was cut off as the regime attempted to cut down these communications thinking that it might stop people from coming here but of course, it never had, wolf. >> halah gorani, you were just there in egypt. they have a very sophisticated mobile phone network in egypt, dont they? all right. well, i continue to watch these pictures. just a ...

>> all right. let me tell viewers what theyre seeing. you see the big white sheet over there at tahrir square. were told thats where they will project egyptian state television once president mubarak starts speaking, there will be a projector that will show it on the white sheet you see in the upper lnt corner of the screen right there. halah gorani is watching this unfold together with our correspondent in the square, ivan watson. halah, as we get ready to hear from the egyptian president, were...

Over the world will be in an important way. >> there you have it, wolf. as you can see people, i would say its getting a little more edgy as this drags on. people were expecting hosni mubarak to speak about 40 minutes ago. it hasnt happened yet. it is getting more edgy. however, as you can see, they are still very, very confident. one of the other things thats worth mentioning is that i have the impression, im sure ivan that the square is getting a lot fuller by the minute, wolf. >> im sure it i...

Easier said than done i must say. halah gorani is coanchoring with me right now. halah, our viewers in the united states and around the world, they are watching because they appreciate the history of the moment in egypt right now. >> reporter: absolutely not only because as you mentioned before, whats happening in egypt will be transformative for egypt, it will be transformative for the rest of the world. there are many dictatorships in that region that might be looking with a tinge of concern a...

People, including journalists were a bit relieved. wolf in. >> ben, as you watch these crowds, its the top of the hour now. its after 10:00 at night in cairo right now when we have no indication precisely when hosni mubarak will speak only that his as have said he will deliver a major speech. we heard earlier in the day from the chief of the egyptian army saying to the protesters, all your demands will be met. and that obviously signals if all of their demands will be met the major demand is tha...