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Occur. the regimes of the region weren't born yesterday and they have been thinking carefully about what they are up against. what we need to worry about as americans is if there is a shift in the power balance in the region. some of our friends are in trouble. some of those are not so friendly. syria. iran. are looking better today in terms of the balance. >> shepard: jennifer griffin, at the pentagon, it's her sense now that this report is accurate from the egyptian army taking control of cairo's central tarier square. but the question is when the sun rises in the morning will it be somewhat...

A great window, we may have lost it, but may not be too late for obama administration to come out and endorse the claims of the protesters in egypt. we can effect the outcome and we need to take advantage of that. right now, as you said gibbs was equivocal, or on mubarak still equivocal for the taste of the protesters. >> shepard: i'm sure he was. he demanded they turn the internet social back on and allow social messages, none of which has happened. the united states asked the government there not to send the troops in the street, not to send tanks out and they did it anyway. since, we haven'...

The new day now saturday in egypt. >> jep, obviously won't expect that theous officials are probably on a secure communication with ambassador in cairo to make sure that's the translation they're getting as well to figure out what happens from this point forward. the remarks from president mubarak suggesting that he got the message and was prepared to start with reforms, so if he is saying that the government is toast and they are moving on, you botter believe that the white house is trying to figure out what it means and what it will do to the country and key partner in the middle east. mubar...

Israeli authority calling this an earthquake in the middle east. it's unclear at this moment where israel stands in relation to the mubarak government. we have team fox coverage throughout the special hour from fox news and we begin on the ground in cairo, with fox news correspondent greg palkot. good evening. >> reporter: remarkable day. egyptians have shaking their heads, so are we. it's just after midnight now. there is a tense calm in the city. protesters are still out, but i would say they're more milling around, shep, more peopling a little of satisfaction, a little achievement today. th...

Annual bilateral meetings for the last four days. they did not rush back once the protests started. president mubarak looked like a man who did not seem to think he was going anywhere. for the top army official to remain at the united states. >> shepard: breaking news now on this crisis. we got word army took control of the labor ration square. protesters fleed in the side street. this is according to the witnesses on the ground there. they're trying to get the people corralled. will they be able to do that? will this spread? >> it's hard to say. we know violence occurred in the center part of...