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And december were widely considered to have been rigged and they have continued their calls for a new round of elections there and for the current parliament to be disbanded. the protestors i talked to, anderson, say they're going to continue to try to ramp up pressure against the egyptian government by perhaps moving on to other places in the days and weeks ahead. >> fouad, a lot of folks are watching this broadcast. what do you see happening now? i think a lot of people underestimated these protestors, a lot of people i think in the rest of the world thought, okay, you know what? it's going ...

Bolton. so many rumors. rumors that hosni mubarak has decided to step down and will announce it to his people in a bit on state television. have you heard anything from your sources? >> i think apart from the media speculation there is very little hard head of. i must say looking at the comments particularly from the egyptian military leaders that imply that moubarak will announce he's stepping down immediately, it could cause quite a backlash if after raising expectations it doesn't happen. on the other hand i think it's important to understand that the military's expectation is that they are...

Presidential powers to the vice president. >> the speech close to 11:00 p.m. cairo time angered tens of thousands of protestors who have been trying for 17 days to peacefully force him from power. they hoped he would leave and someone other than suleiman would lead a transition government but suleiman appeared on television and pleaded with the crowd to disburse. >> go back home. go back to your work. do not listen to the satellite television station whose main thing is to fuel and drive from the people. >> events have been monitored by white house officials throughout the day. >> reporter: wi...

Upset with the u.s. as an ally and other countries saying they want swift political change in egypt. and be i'm quoting him here saying intervention in our internal affairs is strange, unacceptable, and we will not allow it. what are your thoughts on that? >> yes, well, this is what the prime minister also said earlier this morning cairo time, and this is what in all the egyptian propaganda elements, if you like, newspapers and media and so on, they want to portray president mubarak as a victim of, quote-unquote imperialist pressure and intervention. that would give him a new kind of legitimac...

Liberation square. we will try and figure out where that is coming from. it looks like it's hoses. it's not coming from the tanks. so it's not water cannons, but they are starting to spray water from the hoses into protesters there at close to 6:00 p.m. cairo time. anderson are you able to see the water that's being sprayed into the crowds? >> reporter: not from my vantage point, and i can't tell who is spraying -- i'm sorry. where is that? i'm talking to my camera woman. >> there is a light, and you see people and they are throwing water into the crowd. >> reporter: we can't tell, kyra, wheth...