hosni mubarak, face to face with his angry countrymen, mubarak blinked, saying he will not run for re-election in september. president obama said he spoke to mubarak for 30 minutes, saying there must be change toward democracy. orderly transition must be meaningful, it must be peaceful and it must begin now. reporter: but he declined to take sides in the struggle in the streets. it is not the role of any other country to determine egypt s leaders. only the egyptian people can do that. reporter: the question for egyptians, is that soon enough, or will mubarak s latest move stoke another round of protests? this crowd answered instantly. not soon enough. we lost our dignity. we lost our spirit. now we re regaining our dignity and we are regaining our spirit. reporter: the biggest fear for the u.s., that egypt will turn toward islamic fundamentalism. it might make it possible for other terrorist groups to use egypt again as a sanctuary and
to actually merge with your skin. how easy breezy beautiful is that? trublend.from covergirl. announcer: world news now delivers your morning papers. interesting some morning papers we have for you today. we do stories all the time about ridiculous laws that get passed. the african nation of malawi is really tackling the hard, tough, difficult issues of the day. they want to outlaw adoption? farting, actually. more pressing issue. oh, pardon us. jim, please. not me. they say they want to stop folks from, quote, fouling up the air and mold, responsible, disciplined citizens. they introduced this as a law there. i don t get it. how can you how of course, it s unenforceable and ridiculous, but they want this is a matter they decided to take up. they re also dealing with
who had taken to the streets, saying president mubarak must leave office soon. after his speech tonight, i spoke directly to president mubarak. he recognizes that the status quo is not sustainable. and that a change must take place. to the people of egypt, particularly the young people of egypt, i want to be clear. we hear your voices. i have an unyielding belief that you will determine your own destiny. and seize the promise of a better future for your children and your grandchildren. mr. obama said he had spoken to president mubarak for 30 minutes on the phone and also thanked him for being a staunch ally to the u.s. throughout his 30-year presidency. the dow has closed above 12,000 for the first time in 2 1/2 years, yet another sign the economy is extending its recovery from the recession. another big stock market index, standard & poor s 500, reached a milestone of its own tuesday. it closed above 1300. better than expected earnings from pfizer and other companies apparently
it might mean an end to the peace between israel and egypt. reporter: president obama says he told president mubarak change must be peaceful and must include the universal values of freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and free access to information. john hendren, abc news, washington. a u.s. official is downplaying new revelations about the 9/11 investigation that have surfaced in a british newspaper. the daily telegraph reports a document obtained by wikileaks says the fbi is looking for three men from qatar that may have conducted surveillance on the world trade center, the pentagon and the white house before 9/11. but a u.s. official now tells abc news, although the men s activities at the time may have been suspicious, the agency found no evidence linking them to the 9/11 hijackers. can you feel it? election 2012 is getting closer. yesterday the democrats chose charlotte, north carolina, for the national convention to be held the first week of september 2012, where obam
use social media to vent. or to show off. we grab the cameras, dropped our inhibitions, in some cases our shirts, and finally flipped out over all this bad weather. maybe a semi-naked head dive into a four-foot oklahoma snowdrift is the best way to cope. or if the snow has you burning mad like these guys, why not just burn it? apparently if you throw down some matches, add some friction from the shovel, you ve got flames. this is hot water. i m going to throw it. it s going to turn into snow. reporter: today s treachery brought out the amateur scientists. that s how cold it is. we ll make it snow. reporter: amateur weathermen. snow rates will increase about a lot more than this. reporter: the amateur builder. these guys made a two-story igloo with a spiral staircase. how does it feel up there, buddy?