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International media. its just the fact that the regime had been, you know, misleading all the egyptians and telling them the wrong messages. you guys are heroes, as well. you are part of the revolution. you should be proud of yourself. >> well, we just want to say the whole world was watching what was happening on the streets of cairo in part because of us, in part because of other television satellite networks, in part because of you and what millions of egyptians were doing on facebook, on twi...

Been spilled. and the people here really realizing that theyve achieved something that was unthinkable before all of this began. demonstrations that were initiated over the internet, facebook, and twitter, have resulted in the downfall of one of the middle easts strongest dictators, hosni mubarak, in power in egypt for 30 years. and people are running around laughing, dancing, hugging one another, shouting anti-mubarak chants. theyre also calling him a thief. thats one of the many things were he...

Dictator has been in power for 30 years, is stepping aside, forced out by a revolution. anderson? >> hala, we had for a moment walil on the phone, he has been commenting and putting posts on facebook. hes the google executive who is on leave from google, who was held captive for 14 or so days, and his release earlier this week and his appearance on television and in the crowds, at liberation square, really helped reignite and reinforce this protest movement, a protest movement which many people ...

The 25th, tuesday, when the first demonstrations broke out in cairo that really heralded the beginning of the end for president hosni mubarak, whos been in power, as you said, since october, 1980. lets listen to the crowd. >> what a reaction from this crowd. >> reporter: so, what they are chanting is -- jim, theyre chant iing free egypt, and

Im joined also by wolf blitzer, who is with us. i mean, wolf, weve seen a lot of dictators fall over the years. this is an extraordinary development that is going to have repercussions that we cannot predict throughout the middle east, in the arab world. >> its absolutely true, anderson, because first tunisia and that was really only a month and a half or so ago, a dictator removed in a matter of days because people demanded it, and egypt 18 days it took basically, a dictator removed in a huge c...

All right, former foreign minister for egypt, the secretary-general of the arab league, but tonight, first and foremost, an egyptian. what are your thoughts? >> well wr, the events are of historic proportions, the people have decided to have the president step down, to look to the future, and to establish from this moment a national consensus about the road to the future. this is our country now. we have achieved what the people wanted. and now it is our duty to go forward with a new egypt with ...

You can imagine, the anticipation throughout the country as they wait again to find out what kind of news could be coming from the leadership here. >> i dont think theyre waiting with the same kind of anticipation that led to so much disappointment just last night when they found out that president mubarak was not stepping aside. what you are looking at right now, and i think you can see it as well as i can, this looks like the largest crowds that we have yet seen on the streets in cairo. and im...

Implementation towards democracy? >> i am not a political expert and i have a question right now -- i wouldnt answer because i dont have the background to answer but what i care about now is that everyone -- i trust 80 million egyptians. i really trust 80 million egyptians and i really trust these people in the street now have broken the psychological barrier and good cause of liberating their country will always make sure whomever in power will work on the peoples agenda and also believe that t...

Benefited perhaps from the growth in egypt. it wasnt low, it was at 7% before this all began but they believe that they deserved an open democracy. they through satellite news channels, through the internet saw how the rest of the world operates and with the tu in addition example decided, we deserve this. we and our parents have suffered long enough under these dictatorships, and thats what has struck me the most is how representative it is of the egyptian population as a whole, this movement, ...

Especially in light of the fact that we saw so much violence in this area. as you can see the sort of massive highway overpass, one of the main thoroughfares through cairo is just starting to turn into a parking lot with more and more people coming here and on the square, you can just see how its getting fuller and fuller as more and more people are coming in here, also waving egyptian flags. weve been able to speak to some people down there and many of them said this was really the beginning of...