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Euphoria finding its way to u.s. shores. egyptian-americans celebrated in gatherings large and small like this one in brooklyn. nearly 60,000 egyptians live in the new york area alone. >> we are so happy. today, actually our greatest day. today, actually, a new nation, a new country, a new future. >> we get freedom today. everybody so happy. all these people, even the other countries coming to celebrate with us. >> in chicago people gathered on michigan avenue. people of all ages were there, all...

Enough. enough. enough. >> ivan watson, cnn, cairo. what an amazing man. a tweet this morning reads, good morning egypt. i truly missed you in the past 30 years. >> amazing. up next, our coverage of the revolution in egypt continues. well have live reaction from around the region where hosni mubaraks demise is opened. [ female announcer ] dry, cracked hands?

Civility of the country and gain confidence in the country. trying to get tourists back into the country and a life going again. its the main issue for people in egypt now as they try to pick up the pieces. reopen shops and companies. and get a lot of industries going again. its going to be a major and tall order. then the military tends to get a civilian council in place at some point and further down the line, elections to elect a civil government. thats the plan at this time. >> as you are ta...

Make sure to look for the white check. >> im proud to be egyptian. i want to say from the bottom of my heart, congratulations to all egyptians. i want to say welcome back egypt. to me, i have read about egypt in the history books. they convinced us for 30 years that egypt died. theres no more egypt. we are just a generation that needs to eat and sleep. we decided to start a journey

Egyptian uprising kept growing. he was finally released on monday. he emerged to discover a city transformed. >> when i went out to the street, i cant tell you my feelings. i was so froud of the people. >> he learned many of the fellow street protesters were killed in days of bloody clashes with egyptian security forces and gangs of government supporters. more than 300 dead according to human rights watch. this egyptian internet revolutionary has a warning. >> no one is going to go against our d...

I think irans movement is looking at the uprising and seeing similarities between it and what happened in iran. these are two broad based movements asking for political freedom, social freedom. an end to oppression. the question is, will whats happening in egypt spark a comeback with a green movement that is being snuffed out because of brutal crackdowns with the government. theres a lot of buzz online with a rally proposed on monday with irans opposition leaders. the iran yan government started...

People are out in their cars. they brought their families out. they are waving flags. the kids are out as well. how are you doing? have a good night. thats the word we are hearing a lot, congratulations. one man said we did it. >> while the heart of the protest was focused in tahrir square, others were near the presidential palace when the resignation was announced. crowds chanted egypt is free throughout the night.

Driven from the top down. now, politics are driven from the bottom up. the idea is not only the rules of the game have changed, the entire game itself has changed. >> let me ask you about how the rulers are responding in jordan. the monarchy there promised new reforms. elsewhere, promises of different steps to manage public opinion. in saudi arabia, it has been the most vocal. the monarchy was clearly against the protests in egypt. what does this mean for the king of saudi arabia? >> saudi arabi...

Protest in alexandria and he did his part. >> egyptian-americans gathered in downtown washington. mubaraks resignation came yesterday morning, americans celebrated into the night. >> we did what we were not able to do, what we were scared to do, what we were afraid to do 10 to 20 years ago. >> i heard the news sitting at my desk and i cried immediately. my friend gave me a strong, strong hug. she felt for me. >> so nice. so much celebrating and so many questions following the resignation. >> you...

Will it continue to be a party to the economic blockade of the gaza strip. weapons going into the gaza strip. its that thats front and center to israelis as they look at what sort of egyptian government is there going to be. will the peace treaty hold? that is the number one issue for the israeli government. its what officials in jerusalem were telling us privately last night. its the number one talking point for this government going forward. maintaining the treaty above all else. >> thank you....