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Me at the moment. it is absolutely thronged with people at the moment. tens upon tens of thousands of people celebrating in the area as weve just been talking about. its been the scene of pitch battles, people being wounded, desperate situations. now it couldnt be further from that. scenes of joyous rapture. people pouring in from all angles, tens upon tens of thousands of people. hala? >> nic robertson -- >> this is anderson cooper. we have wael ghonim on the phone. i just want to get him becau...

See what kind of procedures and other steps that will be taken. but what i want to assure you is that all of us here in egypt, old and young, north and south, women and men, everybody, is looking forward to a future, a better future. we will try to do everything we can in order to do things in the right way. >> this is suzanne malveaux, if you can help us understand, to clarify, if you will, who is now in power? would it be the armed forces, the military now, that is running this country? or is ...

Sound, that are solid. you have a middle-class, an upper class. you have business people, very prosperous, but at the same time, what is that going to look like? how are they going to get to the democracy that they are demanding? i want to bring in our own wolf blitzer to talk a little bit more about this. wolf, i mean, youre looking at this sea of humanity and emotion and determination by a people, and yet what will tomorrow look like? >> you know, those are excellent questions, and i dont thin...

Shes watching all of this unfold, as well. >> its 7:37 p.m. right now in cairo, egypt, a country thats gone through a revolution, the power of the people taking down this dictator in power for more than a generation and nic robertson is overlooking tahrir square. the beating heart of this pro-democracy movement. what are you seeing from your vantage point? were looking at these pictures along with the rest of the world, nic, truly an historic, historic moment for that country and for the rest of...

Quoted an egyptian there on the street as saying egypt now has a chance for freedom and democracy, and i think that is exactly the right way to phrase it, because there will be institutions and people trying to undermine that chance. i think first among them will be iran and iran working with the muslim brotherhood the way they work with hamas in gaza. and the egyptian military because of its traditions and its being a draftee army has good relations as you see with the egyptian people and i thi...

Political climate in which we work, on this issue, the united states is largely speaking with one voice, democrats and republicans alike speaking with the same voice. this unity has been important and it will be even more important in these delicate and fateful days ahead. so i will not speak more about this today. i had planned on speaking more about it. but its much more appropriate that we all wait and the president will deliver his statement on this in about an hour. but what is at stake in ...

Better than any other institution in egypt can get this job done so theyre taking a little breath at the white house and theyre pleased by this latest turn of events. >> yes, they have a strong relationship with the egyptian military. they trust them. people in the streets are telling the reporters they trust the military to transition the country. that, of course, is something well have to look out for but look at these crowds, a live image of tahrir square. fred pligeitgen i think is in t midd...

Choose the right path for egypt and the egyptian people. >> you know, as we look at these scenes, i have to ask you about the brief comment -- i dont know. can we play out the comment that was read out by vice president omar suleiman about 37 minutes ago? lets play that out, if we can. stay there. i want to just play this, again, for our audience. >> translator: i, president hosni mubarak, has decided to step down as president of egypt and has assigned the higher council of the armed forces to r...

He then watched television coverage as we are watching these pictures unfold, these developments unfold, on television. president obama was doing the same this morning, looking at the scene that has unfolded in cairo, that he was there watching for several minutes, just outside the oval office, watching the coverage, as we are watching extraordinary developments take place. weve also been told now that president obama will make an on-camera statement later today about what we are seeing that is ...

This young century, so much is in flux. >> there you have a little preview of the president of the united states might be saying within about an hour or so from now. joe biden, the vice president speaking in kentucky as history unfolding in egypt right now. he says this is a pivotal moment in history right now. a fair statement indeed. kate bolduan is over at the white house. an hour or so from now well hear or see the president of the united states. kate, what are they saying at the white house...