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>> shepard: a life look in tahrir square where there is a religious service going on at the moment. the speaker, we believe an imam, we're not completely sure, but the speaker is calling for mubarak to step down as speakers have called for mubarak to step down in that square for more than two weeks. the military in egypt reports it will maintain order as protests mounts in the street. but what remains to be seen is how heavy handed that order will be. remember, the egyptian army has largely stayed on the sidelines since all this began. it has stepped in only when protesters turned particularly...

There is a sense that if mubarak was brought down any dictator can be brought down. that is i get from the reports i am watching in arabic. the view that, less than a month ago a dictator was brought down in tunisia and now this is happening in egypt. this really feels like, to the arab world, really as if, as they put it, in so many words, that spring is coming sooner in the arab world this year. i have been watching al-jazeera and i have never seen anything like this before. this is -- i have seen reports of people actually getting married. a couple was getting married today. and to celebrat...

1952 and when there was a threat of chaos, mubarak has not resigned, the whole country would have descened into pandemonium and i said the military would step in and they have done that. it is the perfect outcome for washington, dc and tel aviv and happy compromise for the majority of protests. >>shepard: i am sure many of our viewers know after our quick 18-day crash course in all things egypt this military has in large part ruled this country since 152 and the -- 1952 and i cannot come to grips with the idea that a military would run the nation but they have made it work. >>reporter: the mub...

50 to 60 years. >> worth pointing out too that the military in egypt takes care of its own. those are the words of omar suleiman. you see there, the vice president. he is a former army general. former director of the intelligence services. president mubarak is also a former air force commander whose military figures seem right now to be sticking together, shep. >> shepard: who are the key figures and what does history tell us about how they may act? >> the key figures now are the defense minister. is he mohammed tan tawi. alongside him is the chief of staff of the armed forces, same anan. eith...

I think, again, a lot is yet to be determined and i think it is clear, though, watching the events unfold over the last couple of days that the real breadth of egyptian society that has been out seeking the type of change that we saw happen today. i don't think this is dominated by a single group or a single ideology. the breadth is quite wide. >> since the protests began, all statements have been carefully worded and especially last night the statement of the president and the mubarak was not mentioned. did the president have a sense that maybe this was not the final word from mubarak? >> it ...