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Just using your force to hold them down, but rather responding to it in a very professional way. >> you're encouraged that the military over this transition period towards elections and democracy is in charge. >> i'm very confident on a temporary basis, we'll see as enevolutionary process whereby the egyptian people will expect this military to maintain control and stabilize situations until such time as the building blocks for a true democracy can be established. they're very confident with that military now. but they don't want to see a permanent hold by the military over the society. >> mon...

Will, to use an arabic metaphor, in our hands as we watched these people stand up to the state that had terrified them, bullied them, exploited them, scared them, took away from them their sense of respect and then they regained their self-respect and spirit and were reminded of the love of egypt, that this is their country and if they have to rescue it, they have to go out and do it on their own. they couldn't wait for anyone. no one was coming to the rescue of the egyptians. no one was coming to tell mubarak that it's time to call off this despotism. so they did it the way it should be done....

Police torture, and that kind of thing, especially in egypt. really, taking huge personal risks in doing so. and i found it interesting that we should all look to social media to see where the next revolution will take place. what did you make of what wael ghonim said? >> well, i think he's absolutely right. i think social media is a critical tool, organizing tool, for the activists. but we also have to remember a place like egypt only has about 20% internet penetration so this is an important tool for the activists to network. but when the internet was cut, when sns was cut, phones were cut, ...

That chant, if you can hear me, means keep your head held high, you are egyptian. >> egypt, egypt, egypt! >> reporter: hold your head up high. that's the chanting all around. >> egypt, egypt. >> hala, if you can hear me, it's wolf. hala, you can speak to some of these people in arabic, if they don't speak english, speak to them in arabic and translate for our viewers. that's fine, too. [ speaking in arabic ]

Intelligent to know that this is not a revolution of the military. it's a revolution of the people. so i don't think they'll stay for a long time in the regime. >> reporter: did you ever imagine this would be happening in egypt? >> one month ago i would never imagine. for me, i'm a young man and i always believed my generation will never make history for egypt. >> reporter: thank you very much. there you have it. you can see the crowds here still very, very active, very much out there relishing this moment. but of course realizing that the future is still going to be a challenge. this country ...