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Known any other leader and all you eve kno you've known is one name, hosni mubarak, the dictator. that's all you've known about government, right? >> exactly. these people only knew hosni mubarak. he's been in power since october 6, 1981. that's more than 29 years. and they thought hosni mubarak's son would take power as well. that's why these people came out basically, chris. the beginning of the administration began in 2000 when the son succeeded the father in syria. and people started talking about a dynasty in egypt as well. and when mubarak's son started bringing his businessmen friends i...

End. what exactly does that mean? obviously nobody yet knows and probably military brass don't yet know. another quick point, the constitution is going to have to be amend sod that those who form presidential candidates, those who field presidential candidates won't have to be vetted by the parliament, which is full of mubarak kroen knees. -- cronies. it's a long, hard slog. >> i challenge your pessimism. i think this is going in the right direction. >> i'm the furthest thing from a pessimi pessimist. >> they got the message last night. don't mess with the people. anyway, thank you so much. yo...

>> and that's what we're also hearing. he's asking about the money that's been stolen. he's asking what about the money that's come in through the suez canal. there are reports surfacing, what happened to all the money? president must be mb has now stepped down. that means he know longer has presidential immunity. and i can predict from this crowd that there are going to be lawsuits, demands of retribut n retribution. people want to know what happened to egypt's finance. you can see people standing on that tank. tanks that people were afraid of when they first rolled into cairo when the police...

Oppressed. and now they are looking forward to freedom and democracy. so for the time being, they are very proud of their accomplishments. >> what has been your reaction to you over the last several days? has it changed to positive from more negative over the last four or five days? >> well, i mean, you know, i've actually only been in the square now for a couple of days. you know, yesterday it was -- they were oong angry. they were angry at the president, but they were very peaceful and today, they've changed. they are so happy to have accomplished their goal. and they're very exciteded this ...

Visit. i lived there for a long time. i learned the language there, learned arabic there and saw that the people were frustrated, not just by the repression of mubarak. mubarak was some far removed. nobody had any contact with them. they felt the repression of the system. there was a system in place that you couldn't move in, that you couldn't try and get a better job because if you had loyalty to the party or you knew someone in power, you remember almost guaranteed a job then you could bring in all your friends and family around you. that was the system that was in place. people were frustra...