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Thousands and thousands of people out of streets, to get them to stop demonstrating there in cairo? >> reporter: for the president to stand down. and that is it, sure and simple. it seems as if people have reached a breaking point with the regime of hosni mubarak. they are not going to settle for anything less than his removal from office and also for the removal of anyone associated with him from any position in government. these demonstrators today are looking for concrete ranchange. they say ...

Atmosphere. i dont know if you can hear the cheering starting right now. >> i can. i can. and its amazing looking at pictures of children. i mean, clearly these demonstrators, young, old, as you said, intellectuals, secular. again, live pictures there of cairo. i imagine arwa is somewhere in the thick of that. arwa damon, im going to let you go for now. of course well check back in with you as you are in the midst of these crowds in tahrir square. arwa, thanks. >> were going to take a short brea...

Continuing to watch cairo, egypt, which is pretty much the center of all breaking news at the moment, waiting to see when the egyptian president hosni mubarak will speak on state television. were expecting that to happen -- well, weve expected it to happen for the last 90 minutes or so. the television station itself actually put up a font on the bottom of the screen a short time ago that said "important announcement from the president soon." were still waiting and youll see it when we do. in the...

As, as well as not-so-friendly countries like syria or libya for that matter or maybe even iran. does this spark the protesters on the street elsewhere in the region as well, so this whole middle east region is really going through a thunderous change right now, one that few of us could have predicted only a few weeks ago. thats how quickly this has spread. it really is amazing. >> and here we go eight days later. it is amazing. wolf blitzer, well see new one hours time hosting "the situation ro...

Listening for is the transitional government. its still eight months until september, and it sounded to me, michael holmes, that he plans to oversee that trance sdpligs thats it. thats what weve been predicting was going to happen based on what we knew, and that is something that is not going to be acceptable to a lot of people. this is a pivotal moment, obviously. a happy people in tahrir square. people in this uprising and, indeed, as you said, in modern political egyptian history, if you like...

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. this story keeps developing. egypt, the protests and the possible announcement by hosni mubarak that he will not stand again for president. weve got the story covered from all over. joining us now, longtime cairo bureau chief ben wedeman, also hala gorani. anderson cooper is on the line also. ben, ive got to start with you, my friend. yo...

Way or another the era of hosni mubarak is coming to an end, whether its soon or in september. but that seems an almost inevitability. >> do stick around. >> we also have hander son coop cooper on the ground in cairo. hes joining us by phone. anderson, just set the scene where you are and if youre seeing massive, massive crowds forming in anticipation of the announcement. >> reporter: theres still crowds obviously in liberation square, where we spent most of the day today. now were literally sta...

Years saying hang on a second. i think a president should have term limits. >> exactly. i guess what you would expect from amr moussa at this point. sort of waiting and seeing. mohamed elbaradei, the nobel peace prize laureate, former head of the iaea, will probably throw his hat in the ring, too. weve been watching the scenes in cairo but another major city is having demonstrations, huge demonstrations, and amid the people there has been nic robertson for several days there. nic, joining us. ni...

Nothing left to do except tell mr. mubarak it was time to do something different. >> let me quickly follow up on that. is this anticipated move on behalf of hosni mubarak a direct result of the u.s. sending wisner to cairo? >> i think that would underestimate the reaction of president mubaraks own people. theres no question the administration wanted to send someone president must bark trust out of the fear that the people closest to him werent giving him kand itd and blunt support, that he had l...

Welcome back. as we continue to watch these live pictures there from tahrir square in cairo, we are waiting -- we were told, what, an hour ago now that wed be hearing a taped recording from egyptian president hosni mubarak on egyptian state television. were still waiting for that. in the meantime, were checking in with our correspondents on the ground in cairo. >> arwa damon is among them, shes in tahrir square, getting a sense of whats going on. arwa, i know earlier on you were talking to peopl...