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And that hosni mubarak has given most of his powers, but not all of them, to the vice president. one power, which is to dissolve the parliament has been given to no one as the egyptian ambassador put it. the de facto president is now the presidents security chief omar suleiman. the ambassador to the united states says he is de facto and that even though hosni mubarak continues to hold the title of president, head of state from a legal perspective, he, quote, has no effective authority. again, th...

Sleepless demonstrators of the past 18 days even an individual thought 18 days ago that a scene like this was possible, ever, in egypt, much less today? >>reporter: this is more like a dream come true. and i think people never thought a month ago before this happened in tunisia, and even three weeks ago they never thought this could happen today. they probably knew this was going to happen at some point but for it to happen this fast, this is the part that is unbelievable and this is, really, wh...

Mahmoud ahmadinejad celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the islamic revolution there saying these protests below me here and throughout the rest of the country could result in the end of what he calls u.s. and israels interference in the region. a big question now what happens in countries like jordan. several hundred people demonstrating in jordan, two counts, one on one side of the egyptian protesters, the muslim brotherhood, they said the arab world is on fire and on the other side of those p...

For the people in that square, the demonstrators throughout egypt to force the resignation of what people thought was one of the most stable autocracies in the middle east. 18 days. 19 days ago it was almost impossible to imagine this scenario. but today were seeing the people of egypt celebrating. many when we asked them what comes next sort of wanting to bask kind of in the joy of the moment and think more about the detail tomorrow, but there are challenges ahead. frederik pleitgen joins us no...

Whats our future? who will be in charge? what are we looking for, working toward? these are all questions that will have to be worked on and really flushed out because its kind of like youre starting from scratch, which is a really great opportunity. we just have to make sure that we dont mess it up or that we dont ds-- you know, you have t revolution, a lot of promises are made. then things went back and you had people imprisoned and things happened. we have to make sure things move forward and...

>> shepard: in that role that he was responsible for the torturing of egyptian civilians? >> if it is presumed that all intelligence, including that of the united states, is responsible for torture, i think this is a matter that would be difficult to ascertain. >> shepard: how great are your concerns for what happens tomorrow in cairo and alexandria and other places after friday morning prayers? >> certainly all the egyptians are interested in the welfare of their country and at the same time, h...

[. >> shepard: dont despair, dont give up, dont give up is what the speaker is saying right now. just a moment ago as a new speaker replaced what we believe to be an imam. the new speaker said do not think that mumbarak will leave peacefully. he will not leave this country peacefully. then, speaking to the young people in the audience, mostly students, told them "get educated, and lead the revolution. anyone who thinks this problem ended with the speech by put hosni mubarak today is decidedly wr...

Close relationship. the government hasnt changed much. president mumbarak has moved a little bit to say he is he giving up powers. the same people we have been dealing with for decades is in power. ability for the united states and imperative to convince that government to move faster on the reform in the sense that they have got to open up the process is so that some of the democratic parties and some of the protesters on the streets who have ideased ideased into to be included in the process o...

Interpreter. gave away the water for the nile projects. he mentioned that they stole the well. it is widely reported now that the president, who gave away some of his powers today, or all of them if you believe the ambassador, that the president has amassed a fortune of some $70 billion. how he did that, we are, well, not certain. one protester says the egyptian president hosni mubarak may be stubborn but he and his friends are stubborn, also. that protester says we are ready to die here. that c...

Killed in the protest movement, and they were called the martyrs, so i think thats who at the end he was saluting in addition to mubarak, wolf. >> yeah, he may have been saluting those martyrs then at the same time as a military officer he may have been referring to the martyrs over the years over the generations in egypt that specifically the soldiers who died in battle on behalf of egypt. >> i think listening to that, yeah, i think listen to that he was referring to those individuals who lost ...