within two days of the first pro-est protests. former u.n. weapons inspector moment he will bar i do seem by some as successor to mubarak arrives in cairo. this is how they view his return. friday, is the muslim day of prayer. a traditional rallying point. the protests grow having been silent until now president mubarak finally addresses the nation on state tv. appeals for calm. fires his go. his government. he has responsibility to give meaning though those words. take concrete steps and actions that deliver on that promise. mubarak s promises are not good enough for protesters who throughout the weekend flood on
egyptian authorities as egypt and the world wonders what s next. who comes next is an equally important question to every egyptian and indeed to all of us. there is a lot of talk, of course, of vice president siewlman running transition government. his mubarak and years as intelligence chief make him unlikely long-term option. one name we should all start focusing on is sammy athan, the chief of staff of the egyptian armed forces and as such the face of the army. only one to emerge from cairo with its reputation intact, even enhanced. is he well respected in washington where he was meeting with pentagon officials just last week by coincidence. he could be the man, shep, that egyptians ultimately turn to to unite them. shepard: a lot of work ahead. jonathan, thanks so much. the journalists are there as witnesses. the idea is don t pick sides. over the past few days, the messengers did indeed become
from 5.7% to just 3.9%. it s hurting them in many ways. with us now charles levinson reporter for the wall street journal. that newspaper and its online property owned by the parent company of this network. charles son the phone with us now from cairo. what do we know about what s happening tonight? well, the people remain in the square overnight as they have every night since they re-took the square last friday. and it appears to be there is occasional clashes and, perhaps, outside the square but the square itself seems peaceful and orderly tonight. shepard: you know, charles, it s hard to understand what the next step of this is. it had escalated and now it sort of deescalated. all right, now a bunch of people are in the square. what about about that would make the president do what he wanted to do? this square is the beating
counter part, the fourth since this crisis began. also today, president obama offered this assessment of the situation on the ground. the issues at state in egypt will not be resolved through violence or suppression. and we are encouraged by the restraint that was shown today. we hope that it continues. the u.s. is also hoping that hosni mubarak the egyptian president will leave soon. until then, the conversations continue, shep? shepard: mike emanuel live on the north lawn. continuing crisis in egypt, breaking developments as they happen from cairo. also our chief correspondent jonathan hunt will look at how we arrived at this point after a week and a half of major demonstrations. and we ll have the secrets of omar suleman, the newly appointed vice president of egypt. who is this man? we will see why one official calls him one of the most feared intelligence chiefs in all of the middle east region. it s new for you tonight inside fox report. a fox news weather alert now and
she said i want to wake up one time on my birthday and hear my mom tell me happy birthday. nearly 44 years to the day they meet again. i never dreamed that this day would come. i don t want to ever let another minute go by. me neither, baby. shepard: that s a fox watch across america. shepard: i m shepard smith. this is the fox report. it s the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. and a look at the scene now in cairo s square. where many protesters are still gathered hours after today s huge demonstration. many say they will not go home until the president hosni mubarak steps down. in alexandria, the sort of second city of egypt, crowds chanted we won t leave until you leave. similar protests in cities all across egypt, we re told. the demonstrations aimed at