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the announcement came about 90 minutes ago, defeating ahmed shafiq. christian amanpour is the global affairs anchor, also with her is correspondent ben wedeman. let s go back to the moment this was announced by effectively the elections commission in cairo. tell me, ben, wareaction imdiate and joyous? reporter: it was incredible. we really heard a rouge roar coming uprom the crowd. the only time i ve heard a louder roar was 6:00 p.m. last year when hosni mubarak s resignation was announced. what we saw it s a very hot, bright day in cairo. i d say tahrir square was about a third full. within about 20 minutes, it just filled up and people continue to fill up in the square coming from all the parts of cairo. as the temperatures become to become a little more mild, i think we re going to hear more fireworks, more car sirens and see more and more people coming out here because this is truly a historic day for egypt where egyptians finally see those who were on the other ....
and thank you both, and i don t know what question to ask other than how d you think this is going to come out? ben, let s start with you. tionhat the egyptians havehe been fixated on for qui some time. the results were supposed to be announced thursday, but that announcement was postponed because the electoral commission wanted the look into more than 400 irregularitieirregularities a critical turning point for the egyptians following the revolution. it is not necessarily the choice they wanted. they have a choice between ahd shafik or mohamed morsi, the candidate from the muslim brotherhood, and the people who pulled off this election didn t want either to do with the trends. and christian well, go ahead, candy. go ahead. well, i wanted to ask you, because the military has been in charge, and i wonder on the streets how much trust there is in the military when this announcement is made as to who won this election, won t we have one side not believing what the ....
david axelrod and republican national committee chairman reince priebus. also spending cuts, tax cuts, and what do women want in 2012 with senators barbara boxer and kay bailey hutchison. plus, an exclusive interview with nato secretary-general anders faux rasmussen and the exit of afghanistan. and chewing over the week with jeff zell mi and cnn congressional correspondent dana bash. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. vice president biden questioned mitt romney s business credentials on the stump. the obama re-elect team pumped out a small buy ad with a big bite attacking bain capital, the equity firm romney founded. they made as much money off it as they could, and they closed it down, they filed for bankruptcy without any concern for the families or the communities. like a vampire. they came in and sucked the life out of us. within hours camp romney was up with a web ad of its own and a story of its own. sti almost never got started. when ....
axelrod and republican national committee chairman reince priebus. also spending cuts, tax cuts, and what do women want in 2012 with senators barbara boxer and kay bailey hutchison. plus, an exclusive interview with nato secretary-general anders fogh rasmussen on the exit of afghanistan. and chewing over the week with jeff zeleny of the new york times and cnn congressional correspondent dana bash. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. while vice president biden questioned mitt romney s business credentials on the stump, the obama re-elect team pumped out a small buy ad with a big bite attacking bain capital, the equity firm romney founded. they made as much money off it as they could, and they closed it down, they filed for bankruptcy without any concern for the families or the communities. like a vampire. they came in and sucked the life out of us. within hours, camp romney was up with a web ad of its own and a story of its own. sti alm ....