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President hosni mubarak decision to step down. this is something the president has been pushing for since a carefully worded statement last night, a paper statement where he said that the egyptian government had to be clear about its intentions that the egyptian people were uncertain of what they were saying when mubarak and his vice president suielman went on television. he stepped out to the outer oval office and watched several minutes of television coverage of the news and the reaction on the streets of cry owe cairo, ne president is preparing a statement 1:30 eastern time in the brady bri...

That was the intention of mr. suleman. things are happening in such a fluid way that they are trying to grasp it all the same as the people on the street. >> reporter: the protesters now according to reuters said in tahrir square that we are looking at right now they are chanting, the people have brought down the regime, the people have brought down the regime. we got reports yesterday and on into today that mubarak had left not the country but the city, that he was outside of where you could see hundreds of thousands of people very and reabout his presidency and had gone to this resort town a...

Jon. apparently the vice president, the person who was put in place, suleman has just said mubarak has resigned. that is coming from a group of journalists sitting directly behind us in the newsroom. that could be the response. i'm looking at the associated press and the reuters wires i'm sitting next to and i don't see anything crossing yet. it continues to say an important statement from egypt's presidency will broadcast within minutes on state television. as i've just said from the journalists sitting behind us in the newsroom there is word that the egyptian vice president, omar suleiman, t...

Neighbors. we've seen a historic moment. we don't know where it comes from here. it's com comforting that the military has taken the side of the people and is the securer of free and fairy electrics and hopefully not rushed but with plenty of time for the small d democrats to organize themselves and present a program to the egyptian people. >> reporter: you weigh out an excellent point and it's the sticking point and difficult subject matter for the president now. he has taken some criticism and we are reading today about recent phone calls between our president and the presidents of saudi ara...

>> i think former ambassador to the united nations john bolton made a very keen observation that the administration talked too much, particularly in its open criticism of mubarak. it's one thing to be saying behind the scenes it's time for you to go. it's another thing for the president to come out and say it publicly. it's upset the saudis. we need to realize that steuplts the most powerful diplomacy is behind the scenes and not in front of the cameras. pedestrians is going to have to do things in the middle east to repair relationships on the arabian pennsylvania and with the jordanians, bec...