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Omar suleiman s roots are in the egyptian military but he made his reputation as ahead of the intelligence service which widely feared by egyptians as infiltrations and torture. this man says suleiman is every bit as much of a dictator as mubarak. has he had a hand in the athoses during this crisis and in the past? look, he s the head of intelligence for the dirty tricks of the regime, to say it s the regime, the head of the intelligence is doing it all. this is the man at the center of all of this. reporter: but ajami and others say there s a flip side to suleiman. he s the main egyptian don ter tdon t negotiator trying to work it out, he s worked with other, including the united states with terrorism. reporter: solid picture we re getting from omar suleiman from ....
The press are pillars of an open and inclusive society. it is especially in times of crisis that governments must demonstrate their adherence to these universal values. there is a clear responsibility by the egyptian government, including the army to protect those threatened and to hold accountable those responsible for these attacks. snoom that was a statement from hillary clinton on thursday. now, let s get more perspective on what s going on now. professor ajami said over the past 24 hours things have taken a very ominous turn. last night it got dark. last night we entered the dark face. last night we saw really naked the cruelty of the regime. ....
Wedeman and professor ajami and john king. ben, in terms of a reaction to mubarak s address tonight, obviously the protestors in the square were outraged. it s not what they want to hear. they say they re going to continue to protest. but they are only a small percentage of the people of egypt. how do you think this speech is going to play in the rest of the country? for many egyptians, it s going to be defusing the chris toys a certain extent. many people are worried, not necessarily about the fate of mubarak, although this sentiment does seem to be in favor of him leaving at some point. what people need is to get back to work, to get money out of the banks, to get their kids back to school, to get the railroads moving again, to get life moving again, because the economy is at a stand still. people just don t know how to handle this thing as long as the country is in this state of paralysis. so some sort of defusing of the crisis is welcomed by many egyptians. professor, when you ....
Mubarak s address tonight, obviously the protestors in the square were outraged. it s not what they want to hear. they say they re going to continue to protest. but they are only a small percentage of the people of egypt. how do you think this speech is going to play in the rest of the country? for many egyptians, it s going to be defusing the chris toys a certain extent. many people are worried, not necessarily about the fate of mubarak, although this sentiment does seem to be in favor of him leaving at some point. what people need is to get back to work, to get money out of the banks, to get their kids back to school, to get the railroads moving again, to get life moving again, because the economy is at a stand still. people just don t know how to handle this thing as long as the country is in this state of paralysis. so some sort of defusing of the crisis is welcomed by many egyptians. professor, when you heard mubarak make this announcement that he would not seek ....
So how is that going to help anybody? have you had any communication with the obama administration or with the envoy who represented them, who came here? well, i had a long conversation this morning with the ambassador here, but i haven t seen the special envoy. and if the president does stay in power until september, and there are elections then, would you consider running for president? well, anderson, i will not run unless there is a free and fair election and for egypt, we need a complete overhaul of the system. i don t think that is going to happen under mr. mubarak s reign. dr. mohammed elbaradei, i appreciate your time. thank you, sir. thank you, anderson. thank you very much. i m joined now by cnn s ben wedeman and professor ajami and john king. ben, in terms of a reaction to ....