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Must have made it clear that there is no going back to the way things were. egypt has change and its future are in the hands of the people. those who exercised their right to peacefully assemble represent the greatness of the egyptian people and broadly representative of egyptian society. we have seen young and old, rich and poor, muslim and christian join together and earn the respect of the world through their nonviolent calls for change. in that effort, young people must have been have been a...

Much in terms of, we want to seize our future. we really -- they really do want to play an active role in making our countries better, even if it comes to something like -- there was a report that the average public employee works for an official 12 minutes a day. thats the productivity. i feel that things will really move better, even economically with all the country has lost in the last three yeweeks, we will rebuild and restructure. people will take an act offive role. it could take a year, ...

Happen between now and the election in september. is there concern about what could potentially happen before the people of egypt vote in september? >> again, i think, i dont think we have to fear democracy. i think the international community and most importantly the people have laid out a series of steps they need to see tablen. but it is important to understand this was a group of demonstrations and protests that were, that demonstrateed ed breadth of concern across egyptian society. i dont t...

Hospitals and more and more people will need that and so they will have more recruits. so that is one danger to look out for. >>shepard: history tells us all of best laid plans sometimes the wrong people end up in power and the people dont get what they were hoping but that is talk for another day. what a day of celebration across cairo. john bradley, great to talk to you "inside egypt, the land of the pharoahs on the brink of a revolution." although -- lo and behold it is here. tonight, they ar...

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There is no doubt that this is a situation where the phrase we have used is "threading the needle." there are a lot of equities in the country and in the region and ultimately this is something that started with, was driven by, and will ultimately only be solved by the people of egypt. i think that is true in the lead up to the historic announcement today but will be even more important in the days ahead leading to elections. >> can you talk about any contact that has taken place between us and ...

Are threatening to do, and the military has to stop them from doing so, we have a new world. >> we do, and the military has to take a very big decision. do they begin to fire on those people that they have so far refused to fire on, shep? or do they decide that this is descending into the kind of chaos that egypt cannot stand? they may then take the decision that the way forward is a military coo. they may finally decide that they have to. they are forced by events to get mubarak out of there to...

Regime. multiple tanks outside there and machine gun posts. they were putting up barb wire a short time ago around the building. i can hear some chanting down there but nothing too big. i think people will eventually go home tonight. its already its 20 till 3 in the morning now. the big word, shep, the demonstrations that are planned for tomorrow. i think a lot of people are going to be prompted to come on to the street im guessing, in fact, they will be. ash lay webster our eyes and ears on the...

The youth that freed themselves and then freed all of egypt, were it not for the youth of egypt, egypt would not have been able to change. the youth who freed them are from their own blood. today something new has been started. that is freedom and it is freedom for the youth. >> arwa, were just going to leave it there for a minute. were hearing about freedom, pride, about the people of egypt being proud with the will of god and sha law they say will lead to a new government, new leadership, demo...

Good. thanks. >> reporter: a lot of opinions, a lot of enthusiasm out here as you can obviously tell. people absolutely thrilled and very relieved too. one of the great concerns we had been hearing before all of the blood that had been shed here would be in vain if president mubarak did not step down but now knowing and believing that everything that theyve had to sacrifice has been worth it. >> all right, arwa damon, thanks very much in tahrir square. as much as we want to talk about the future...