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The streets. hamas says egypt must open the crossing. one famous voice who has been blogging and tweeting throughout this revolution, is the egyptian star in syriana. hes an activist, too. i guess the egyptians built the pyramids, after all. i spoke to him and asked what its like to be in cairo the last few days. >> it was -- we can match that with possibly the opening of the great pyramids. >> indeed. the one thing that is really important about this is that egypt is the center of the arab worl...

Can come out. as long as you can come out and do it peacefully, then, you are exercising your constitutional right. now, you have no fear. you can overcome your fear. egyptians are finally celebrating their victory. but it did not come easily. we take a look at the 18 days of determined protests. ♪ [ male announcer ] sitting. waiting. hoping. thats a recipe for failed investing. open an e-trade account and open doors, seize opportunities, take action with some of the most powerful yet easy-t...

Who has the concerns of many, what egypt will see, as egypt transitions from the mubarak dictatorship, to a democratic government. thank you so much. >> i would like to add one more thing, please. >> sure. >> we egyptians know that our military is the finest fabric of our society. let them do their job. >> okay. >> give them a chance to do what they need to do. >> okay. we appreciate your thoughts. this is a delicate transition ahead. today egypt, tomorrow yemen. those are the cries on the yem...

Will have. >> everybodys got to pack up and go home and face daily life again, but its still up in the air what thats going to be like. what do you feel going into next week and how do you think things will unfold? >> definitely i think a lot of people today, they focussed, very much today was a day of celebration, everybody focussed on the fact that president mubarak, ex-president mubarak has finally gone. thats strange to say, but also that were under military rule. thats very worrying because...

>> she joins us from cairo via skype. ether, what a difference a day makes? >> yes, 180 degrees. its kind of unbelievable to think that, you know, im looking at the papers today and you had just ten days ago, the leading government paper, their headline was millions turn out to support mubarak and today the headline reads, the people have toppled the regime. its kind of a little surreal, i dont think its really sunk in, tahrir, that means liberation, that egyptians through their courage, through...

The news came that president mubarak had fled the capital. that made no difference to protesters, as they gathered in cities like alexandria. at about 6:00 p.m. local time, the announcement finally came. the world watched as a massive street party erupted. fireworks were lit. after 18 days of protests, president mubarak finally stepped down. these were the scenes in alexandr alexandria, as people celebrated. a prominent activist, who has become a symbol of this revolution, wael ghonim, the egypt...

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...

Citizens and confidence in our economy and international reputation and the confidence that the change we have started will not be retracted. egypt is going through difficult times and cannot cause damage to our economy day after day. this will cause a lot of damage. these times is not about myself, and its not about me, hosni mubarak, but it is about egypt and its presence and its -- for its future. all egyptians are in the same bunker right now, and we have to

America is dealing with whats going on in egypt right now? >> america sometimes supporting egypt, sometimes supporting mubarak. sometimes supporting our army. but until now we did not get any actual or good answer from america. america have to support us because the president 30 years in the seat. how many american presidents come? >> are you happy with how the obama administration is handling things? >> very nice. obama very nice. >> how do you feel tonight being here? >> its a fine night. >> w...

Foreigners trying to influence events on the ground in egypt. none of that obviously is the case, but he is clearly trying to appeal to many of the egyptians whose voices who have not yet joined these protesters when people are concerned about stability. well call on you to think about the future. there is a deep strange in europe that yearns for stability, and mubarak has provided that for years. hes touching those buttons of national 3r50id, of the desire for stability, and he keeps calling th...