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Back their city. leland vittert joins us on the phone now. what is the latest, lee lan. >> reporter: it is fair to say we are now in the middle of a civil war. there is no question about that. you are looking at video of one of the main oil terminals going up today during a heavy barrage of artillery by qaddafi forces. we were on the air as it all went down. it appears right now as though they have been beaten back badly by qaddafi forces. we are hearing more power as it goes off. it seems we ha...

Of staff if you will. it does appear the military is in control, thats what the protesters demand. then you move to free and fair electionses. they havent had free and fair electionses in 30 years. you can see the people celebrating, they finally feel like they have a chance to vote and will have a voice in their own destiny. these protests in kicking president mubarak out was about a number of things. number one on the list was they wanted freedom of speech, they wanted freedom of assembly, the...

Its on the top sulieman who is a general and directly below that all of the military. that means that once again, ever since 1952 the egyptian people are going to be governed essentially by a military group, which is something that the u.s. could live with quite happily, but it something that is inconsistent with what it is that the people in the square are now demanding. jon: dominic denatali is in cairo for us -- im sorry, leland vittert is still with us. marvin if you would be good enough to ...

About, there have been worries that there could be some kind of renewed violence. the big question is what would the army do after tomorrows protest. there hasnt really been any violence so far in the past couple of days. it has been very, very calm and peaceful. what happens if these reports are untrue? that is another big question mark. it seems like this protest, since it began 17 days ago has been a surprise every day. theres been something new thats happened every day thats taken everyone f...

Organizational goals is the destruction of the state of israel. jenna: lee lan, thank you. jon: he is the man who could emerge as the leader, mohamed elbaradei supporting the protesters calling for a new era. and wanting hosni mubarak to resign to save lives. erin shaun has more. >> reporter: he seems like an unlikely revolutionary leader. mohamed elbaradei is a bespecled and nobel peace prize winner. his asension could prove troubling for u.s. egyptian relations. mohamed elbaradei ahead of the ...

Seen yet are there demanding that president mubarak must go. jon: the crowds furious at mubarak in the last 24 hours handed over most of his powers to his vice president but did not actually step down. the military is blacking mubaraks plan to slowly transition to elections in september. lee lan vittert streaming live for us in cairo. >> reporter: the crowds are still behind me surrounding the minimum tree of information building where state television is housed. i can hear across the river, the...

Questions if it is true, you have to say that given what happened yesterday, all day the speculation was that hosni mubarak would step down yesterday. there were press worts to that effect, and thereports to thate. he made that extraordinary speech late in the evening cairo time in which he said, im going to stay here, ill give my powers to the vice president, as harris was just describing, ill give my powers to the vice president, but im going to stay. this extraordinary announcement, and you c...