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He is the israeli defense minister to brief president obama on this issue. and he said tonight that it was not up to foreigners to decide egypts future. egypt had to decide its future. and earlier in the day, netanyahu the prime minister said his only hope was that egypt would honor the peace treaty that it signed with israel no matter who replaced put mumbarak. so we are beginning to see people scramble to understand the meaning of this. i think you have got it right, shep. i think what we have...

With statements? >> this was always about the people of egypt. this always was going to be solved by the people of egypt. no statement here. no comment that was made here was going to bring the fundamental change people were looking for in egypt. the people of egypt have their concerns and they are not going to be, the definition of how to solve the concerns is not going to be solved here but again we will continue to try to play as constructive role in helping this process along but, again, i t...

We heard earlier from mohammed elbarad elbaradei, the egyptian whos been among those protesting that he thinks it could take a year to properly make all the arrangements for free and fair elections in egypt. jamie, thanks very much. were counting down, about 45 minutes, a little bit more, from now well be hearing from president obama at the white house. well of course carry his remarks live. but meantime the partying continues in cairo, elsewhere in egypt. i suspect throughout the region a lot o...

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...

The site of some of the more dramatic battles with the state security forces and the initial surge of protesters and then days later with the pro mubarak demonstrators who attempted to enter the square so now it is just packed with people waving flags, dancing, singing, beating drums and imploring others to do the same and greeting people with a chant "hold your head high you are an egyptian." >>shepard: is it your science a lot of these people are ones who have been there throughout the struggl...

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...

Some people ask me to ask to free all of the political prisoners who are in prison knowing from them that cnn and the whole wide world is going to be watching. >> reporter: not a problem at all. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> reporter: that just gives you an idea of how the revolution -- gives you an idea of the sentiment right now, some of the concerns that people do have for the future. they have one for the moment and they most certainly are riding that wave of happiness right now but ...

With determination. >> reporter: this is obviously come at a great cost for all egypt. >> yes. >> reporter: how is this country going to recover moving forward? how are the various social systems going to be brought back together again? >> just continue -- we were being -- more than -- we were being accepted for more than the amount of upon that it cost egypt throughout this whole revolution there. i believe if we weed out the corruption, it will pick up in no time. >> reporter: so the future mo...

Free. thats what theyre saying, egypt is now free. lets go to cairo right now. cnns fionnuala sweeney is watching. tell us where you are. can you see the fireworks going off from your location? >> reporter: we certainly can. i mean, i can tell you as i look here down to my left across the nile, there is just a sea, a line of car lights and theyre all heading in one direction which is tahrir square just behind me. i mean, the excitement here is palpable, obviously, but i think some thoughts are b...

It is responsible -- and is the responsibility of the government to speak clearly to the egyptian people and the world. the egyptian government must put forward a credible, concrete and unequivocal path toward democracy they have not seized that. the statement goes on to read, as we have said from the beginning of this unrest, the future of egypt will be determined by the egyptian people. but the united states has also been clear that we stand for a set of core principles. the presidential state...