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Very quickly time to move aside and make room for a civilian government in egypt. because one of the demands of everyone in egypt who joined this pro-democracy march and revolution was to get rid of mubarak and his regem but also to make egypt a civilian state because we've been ruled by army men since 1952. i think it's important to get the moral support from the outside. i want everyone in the united states and across the world to recognize what a turning point this is, how peaceful it was. think of every young arab watching what happened in egypt and tunisia. they're understanding that thro...

>> yes. >> reporter: what is your reaction today? how are you feeling? >> i am feeling that freedom is now born. now. and all these people came here to take -- down. and come back to egypt. now egypt is being saved now. >> reporter: come back to egypt. we've been hearing that a lot. people want tourism back, they want business back. ma'am, what do you have to say? how are you feeling? >> i can't describe my feeling. i'm very happy. and i think that the victory in egypt, we have life filled with operation and -- freedom. i'm very happy along with egypt.

>> reporter: he's saying he's very happy that -- >> so many are eager to come to the camera live to share their joy with the world. he's saying the people are very pro proud. >> reporter: they've been able to accomplish all of this, been able to bring down the entire government and hopefully god willing -- we are hoping that in the future the power will be able to hold the country together. long live egypt. long live egypt. >> reporter: he's congratulating the free youth of egypt.

The two countries where this happened, tunisia and egypt, are countries where there has been always a certain degree of tolerance, where the military essentially wouldn't fire on its people. unfortunately that's not true in iran, in libya, in syria, in saudi arabia. so i think we should be careful not to draw grand conclusions. in the near term, however, the most important signal is what the military does about emergency powers. if this party continues, i would expect for a couple of days, and people finally return to normalcy, the military better move quickly, i would suspect, to lift the eme...

A joke he's sharing, after victory friday in tunisia and liberation friday in egypt, kadafi has decided to abolish all fridays. now is time for a bit of chuckle after all the drama that led to this historic moment. lorne, we appreciate your take on things. >> my pleasure. >> we'll take a short break. we'll be right back. stay with us for more of our coverage of this historic day in egypt and around the arab world.