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Mubarak. mubar mubarak. >> who do you think should be the next president of egypt? >> anyone who the people here look to him. we have to have elections. we have to have democracy. our rights. we have no rights here in egypt before. but i think from this square, tahrir square, that freedom and justice and liberation and social -- >> reform? >> yes, all things come the first time. >> so are you sure that today hosni mubarak will go? >> hosni mubarak will go. but leave egypt. leave egypt egyptians.

>> theres no doubt there will be an explosion i think its fair to say, an explosion of anger if in fact mubarak goes on television in the coming minutes and announces hes not stepping down. these folks who are dancing in the streets right now, theyre chanting and theyve got the music going. they will be so angry, and i suspect folks all over egypt, this is a huge country of 80 million people. the anger level will just be huge right there. fred pleitgen is our correspondent. hes inside the square...

Square. were going to try to fix that microphone that ivan has. fred pleitgen, can you hear me? are you still there? youre at tahrir square, as well. >> certainly am, wolf. i can hear you very well. theres many people here waving the egyptian flag and listening to the egyptian national anthem. i have one man with me named muhammad. tell me whats this moment like for you? do you feel like this is a special moment for egypt? >> actually, its a moment that weve all been waiting for for too long. we...

Were back live. youre looking at live pictures an of tahrir square where tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people have now gathered in downtown cairo. theyre anticipating that the egyptian president hosni mubarak will announce on egyptian television shortly is stepping down even though the official information minister of egypt said that the president is definitely not going to step down. so the mystery continues right now. well just have to wait and see what mubarak himself does...

Foreigners wii behind some of what they see as they plots. did you notice those remarks? >> that has been a standard tactic. when elections we arehood, he claimed that amanour was an american agent. so this is quite family. what i was also struck by, as you noted before was the delusional quality to the speech. the idea that he spoke to egypt. what the crowd was telling him is would you take care of the people who did violence to us? he talked about the legitimate demands, but of course the numb...

>> if he were to announce he is not stepping down as egypts information minister told state television, if he were to make that announcement, what do you think would happen to that crowd over there? >> reporter: weve been asking a number of people what their reaction would be if the announcement would end up basically being a disappointment that he would somehow say that he would be staying in power, and a lot of them have been saying that would mean that tomorrow would be a disaster. they are n...

Fawad ajami in his analysis on all of this, he was pointing out how mubarak has been playing from the playbook of saddam, attempting to at first crack down directly with leverage of the state and the riot police. then cracking down with thugs, encouraging people to attack reporters and protesters. that didnt work. the people kept coming. time has moved beyond hosni mubarak, and his lies have been laid bare that he is not egypt. if he tries to stay in power, if he makes a speech tonight in which ...

The hearts of the young people and the old people and the cops and the muslims, and the consciences and the hearts of people who have not even been born yet. i am telling you again i have lived for this homeland and i am preserves its integrity, and egypt will also remain -- the interests of egypt will be above everyone else. it will keep on like that until i deliver this allegiance and the responsibility and the duties i have started from the beginning and will carry out until the end. this wil...

Confidence among us in respect of the law and the constitution, and i will also achieve all the demands of the people by -- through dialogue and through a civilized dialogue within this context. i call upon all the citizen to look to the future and to -- and in our hands we are able to make a very bright future and to be full of freedom and democracy. the people of egypt are heroes, and they will not go after chaos and the dangers of chaos, and will not allow the agendas of danger to have any ex...

Not mubarak, then his cronies and hinchmen. again, it all depends on what he is going to say tonight. the reaction to it and what happens in the days ahead. >> its approaching 10:15 at night right now in cairo. were still waiting for president mubarak to speak. were getting conflicting word on whether or not he will announce hes resigning or stepping down. his information minister has told egyptian state television he will not resign, but the chief of the egyptian army says to the protesters and...