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Thousands of people. these social networking, whether it's twitter, facebook or texting has really helped mobilize and organize people in a way most people never expected. >> this is just basic, basic means for any human being. shelter to live in. food, education. medicine. >> january 27th. the mobile phone disruptions. >> the internet went down in central cairo. >> january 29th, mubarak dismisses his government. he appoints a vice president, omar suleiman, but still refuses to leave. february 1st mubarak said he will not run for re-election, but again refuses to leave.

Picture and the problem with suleiman, of course, was always how credible would any transition to democracy be with him guiding it? there's really been -- he's been mubarak's alter ego, so how independent of mubarak could he ever have been, and this was the issue throughout these 18 days. there were all kinds of demands from the protesters in terms of freedom and democracy, but there was never any credibility given from them to a process that would be led by mubarak, and that's why when for a moment the united states seemed to waiver and during the mini conference and i'll say that perhaps ins...

About to become the former president of egypt? >> hi, wolf. i was actually back at the "times" bureau because i was having to file something and somebody shouted come here, come here and i ran out and there's suleiman who bears an uncanny resemblance to an undertaker on tv and we see these long endless 17 minutes last night with mubarak and in a flash it was over, and egyptian manager of the office was practically fainting. i said what did he say? he said mubarak has resigned and he's handed authority to the army and that was it. it was over. it was done. >> it was amazing. is it your informat...

People, the egyptian government and the promised elections, but as president obama put it just a little while ago, egypt, he said, will never be the same. michael, this is a dramatic moment. history unfolding, all of us have been watching, and to think about it, michael, it took 18 days. only 18 days for mubarak to go and for the people of egypt to achieve this moment towards democracy and freedom. >> it is absolutely remarkable. who would have imagined that this could have happened, wolf, and, of course, mubarak's departure guarantees nothing and the days and weeks and months ahead are going ...

Even those who were shot by the demonstrations on tuesday the 25th, never thought that there was going to be -- that it would keep going, and just that little push, and it was only a few thousand people that went out the next day, just that little push made everyone think that they really could go through it, and the other people here, you know, who we absolutely have to thank for this is the citizens. the citizens started something peaceful and the egyptians have held that mantle high and i have high hopes for the rest of the arab world and indeed other countries. >> khalid, michael holmes he...