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Egyptians for the welfare of my country. and i am concerned that if it continues to reform and to develop within the context of constitutional process and the rule of law. >> shepard: prior to president mubaraks speech on state television this evening in egypt, the military announced that it was supporting the people as the world was led to believe that president mubarak was about to not just effectively and not just in a de facto way but in a very real constitutional way resign the presidency o...

The onglyza value card program. basic. preferred. at meineke i have options on oil changes. and now i get free roadside assistance with preferred or supreme. my money. my choice. my meineke. we have seen these crowds now for several hours, but the joy is not diminished, neither for them nor for all of us watching around the world. im joined by a professor whose knowledge and love of egypt and knowledge of history and understanding of history has shepherded our coverage through some of the most...

We have good relationships as you have see throughout this process on military to military basis. it is remarkable to watch in the region how iran is dealing with this. we saw a week or so ago they made provocative statements about what the marches went. we now know how theyre responding to the images we see in tahrir square. they are arresting people in iran. they are blocking international media outlets. they are turning off the internet. so for all of the empty talk about egypt, i think if th...

I think our commitment to the universal principles the president has talked about throughout this process and in countries not just in egypt or in the region but around the world are exemplified by cairo, saying many of the things you have heard him say the past several days. obviously, we are watching the situation and will, as members have testified just if the last day or so on capitol hill, tailor our assistance to a changing situation. >> lastly, egypt has been a tremendous ally to the unit...

Change. >> shepard: a few hours later the situation was not so clear. and the president was back in washington, meeting with his national security team. lets get right to mike emanuel at the white house tonight. i know we are expecting some sort of statement from the white house. they are working on it, right? >> thats right. a paper statement, shep. reacting to the speech. we know white house aides are still going through the text of what hosni mubarak said to his nation and essentially the wor...

>> shepard: a life look in tahrir square where there is a religious service going on at the moment. the speaker, we believe an imam, were not completely sure, but the speaker is calling for mubarak to step down as speakers have called for mubarak to step down in that square for more than two weeks. the military in egypt reports it will maintain order as protests mounts in the street. but what remains to be seen is how heavy handed that order will be. remember, the egyptian army has largely staye...

There is a sense that if mubarak was brought down any dictator can be brought down. that is i get from the reports i am watching in arabic. the view that, less than a month ago a dictator was brought down in tunisia and now this is happening in egypt. this really feels like, to the arab world, really as if, as they put it, in so many words, that spring is coming sooner in the arab world this year. i have been watching al-jazeera and i have never seen anything like this before. this is -- i have ...

1952 and when there was a threat of chaos, mubarak has not resigned, the whole country would have descened into pandemonium and i said the military would step in and they have done that. it is the perfect outcome for washington, dc and tel aviv and happy compromise for the majority of protests. >>shepard: i am sure many of our viewers know after our quick 18-day crash course in all things egypt this military has in large part ruled this country since 152 and the -- 1952 and i cannot come to grip...

50 to 60 years. >> worth pointing out too that the military in egypt takes care of its own. those are the words of omar suleiman. you see there, the vice president. he is a former army general. former director of the intelligence services. president mubarak is also a former air force commander whose military figures seem right now to be sticking together, shep. >> shepard: who are the key figures and what does history tell us about how they may act? >> the key figures now are the defense ministe...

I think, again, a lot is yet to be determined and i think it is clear, though, watching the events unfold over the last couple of days that the real breadth of egyptian society that has been out seeking the type of change that we saw happen today. i dont think this is dominated by a single group or a single ideology. the breadth is quite wide. >> since the protests began, all statements have been carefully worded and especially last night the statement of the president and the mubarak was not me...