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We're following the egypt uprising. you can see on the right side of your screens the tahrir square where thousands and thousands of protesters are thrilled, they're chanting "down, down mubarak, always be free, egypt." they're thrilled. excited amid the reports that the egyptian leader after 30 years in power will finally step down. on the left you can see a podium. the president of the united states is in marquette, michigan, scheduled to speak on a totally unrelated issue involving the worldwide web and i'm getting all homes in america connected but he's going to top his speech with comment...

Military is willing to allow to happen. i will note that amar moussa although he has a reputation of a political opportunist, i think on the street of egypt, he's very popular. >> tarek has to go, he's an assistant professor of public policy at harvard.thanks very much. you can see the crowd, still so excited there in egypt right now, tahrir square. they've heard all the rumors and reports saying that president hosni mubarak is getting ready to go on egyptian television and announce that heal step down. we'll have to wait for the official statement, presumably it's going to be live. halah gora...

Authoritarian rule with other people in office. obviously the united states has an interest in seeing that the voices of these people in the streets of cairo are still heard inside the corridors of power in cairo. that's the contribution that the u.s. has to making to encourage the egyptians to open that up. >> nick burns, thanks very much. former undersecretary of state. now at the hard yard university helping us appreciate the history of what's unfolding. these are live pictures from tahrir square. folks there are so excited. teps it of thousands of people are gathering there. they want to h...

He'll say but there are indications he will announce he's stepping down, indications that his vice president, his personally appointed vice president will be the acting president. we don't know if that will happen. we have to wait and see but you heard the president of the united states speaking. for all practical purposes as if this is the moment right now, this is the key moment where all of this will unfold. they're shouting in tahrir square and you can see the live pictures, "down, down, mubarak, always be free, egypt," that's the translation from arabic and, hala, you're absolutely right....

Finally pay off. >> hala, you think if mubarak does announce that he is stepping down, let's say he's going to even leave the country but handing over power on a temporary basis to the vice president, is that going to satisfy that crowd in tahrir square? >> i have stopped making predictions, i can tell you that because so many of the predictions we've made, what we thought would happen based on events in egypt have not materialized. of course, him stepping down, leaving the corrupt is not what protesters say they want. they want him to step down and be president of egypt anymore. they want ord...