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Turned out to be a big success for the opposition. they stayed in the streets the whole day and kept building in momentum. this is historic. theres major question marks. >> all right. as we dissect this, help us out. who should we understand mubarak to be? >> well, he is one of our -- one of the u.s.s friends in the region. he has a close relationship with president obama until a couple days ago. he has a stubborn streak. this is not someone who is willing to concede anything to his opponents. h...

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Presidents speech? is this enough change to have him resign? >> reporter: it doesnt give the impression. the speech cooled people down. i dont know if you can hear very well, theres a big demonstration next to where i am, next to the information. there are a lot of demonstrators out here. peaceful, peaceful, and they are saying they want to have people step down. a lot of these people have been telling me they feel this is nothing short of a scam. they were saying they would expect the president...

Streets of cairo. this is a crucial story. thanks, fred. randi. egypts importance has a lot to do with location. thats why we are paying so close attention to it. the north edge is israel. its been a troubled spot in the past. the suez canal in the red sea links europe and asia. all goods shipped by water go through the suez canal. saudi arabia, iraq and iran have their own set of challenges. >> a lot of nerves. in wall street, crude oil prices spiked yesterday. then they settled back down sho...

Saying its either me or the muslim brotherhood. >> hes been good at that. you are right, hes tough. i have talked to him. he comes off as tough, determined. the one thing hes never been able to do is any kind of opposition to allow an opposition political party to develop, to make mistakes and take a share of power. >> no, he hasnt. egypt used to have more political freedoms in the 1980s under him when he first came to power and for a brief period in 2004 and 2005, during the arab spring. in the...

Grievances that have built up for the same number of years within the country of egypt. >> reporter: officials here at the white house are discussing the assistance the u.s. gives to egypt including more than a billion dollar each year. they will review how the government in egypt deals with the unrest ton ground and how it might impact the aid. randi. >> thank you, dan. social media played a part in the demonstrations to spread information on where the demonstrations are planned. >> the governm...

To see in some places. all in all, the general picture is very, very organized. the thing is, people want mubarak out and they want free and fair election. they want two houses of parliament that came through. they want the anileuation of the emergency thats been in place for 30 years. this gives police the right to detain anybody for an indefinite amount of time. a lot of torture has been happening. the protesters are very, very angry. they want mubarak out, first, then a transitional period to...

You have seen more and more countries using social media and elections in iran with the protests happening there. you could say it is -- the usage of these platforms is in their infancy in this world. over the past few weeks, because social media was used in some capacity to organize, social media is used heavily in egypt and places like yemen. not to an extent to organize there -- >> lets get a reality check here. the biggest demonstrations in all of this were launched in the day when there was...

It talked about how in tunisia the protests were fomented from the feelings of people who wanted to be free, but the united states pushed democracy on them. democracy is something that they worked hard to develop. and we have to remember that people should be trusted to make decisions about their government. i know that there will be questions in the days after this what type of government if there is new change in egypt, what might that look like? i think this overall, president bush per speck ...

Crisis unfolding in egypt. egypts national airline carrier has suspended flights from cairo for the next 12 hours. if you want to get out of cairo by air, its not happening. military tanks also moving through the crowded streets right before our very eyes. according to our sources, more than 800 people have been injured. thats just so far. we just updated that. that was double from what we just saw. alex barrington, author of "the midnight house," a best-seller an expert on egypt. you were in eg...