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Were a civil rights movement, as well, and i think by nature civil rights movements are very happy and thrilled when other civil rights movements are victorious, but i think iran's opposition movement is looking at this celebration tonight and saying, this could have been us, this should have been us, they too gave lives and lost lives in the streets of tehran and other cities in iran. they too fought in the streets for much longer than the egyptian movements did, but they didn't enjoy the rewards that the egyptian people are enjoying tonight so i think it's a bittersweet moment for iran's opp...

Tahrir square in the heart of cairo. that's where we find our own arwa damon right now. arwa? >> reporter: jim, i cannot even begin to describe the atmosphere here. the crowd has gone absolutely insane! hysterical with enjoyment, chanting god is great, chanting we are egyptians. jim, this is the unthinkable that has been accomplished here. demonstrations that began over facebook and twitter taking on a life of their own, brings down one of the best-known dictators in the middle east, a man who held on to power for 30 years, now being brought down by the people. people around me right now cheer...

Another says just one word, jubilation. another one-word tweet from love for tennessee, relief. another says tears in my eyes. so, the jubilation on the streets of cairo's really being shared by people around the world, who for the past more than two weeks, have been following this almost nonstop, suzanne? >> and jim, we're just getting more information now about president obama reacting to what we're seeing on the streets there. 1:30 we're told president obama will come out before the cameras, and he will make a statement, an on-camera statement, about what is unfolding, what is taking place ...

Of egyptians started corroborating content. you know, like we would post a video on facebook. it would be shared by 50,000 people on the wall within a few hours. we -- you know, i always said that if you want to liberate us, get on the internet. if you want to have a free society, just go on the internet. the reason why is the internet is like help you, you know, help you fight the media war which is basically a war, the egyptian government, egyptian regime playing very well in 1979 to 1990 and when the internet came, it really couldn't. i'm going to talk a lot about this. i plan to write a bo...

A rally proposed for by the two leading opposition leaders, iran's hard-line leadership was quick to object to it and warn everybody not to come out so it's going to be very interesting to see what happens on monday. will the events in cairo tonight spark a comeback in the streets of tehran on monday? if it does, if iran's green movement makes a comeback on monday, there's going to be very little doubt that it had a lot to do with the events in egypt tonight. >> yeah, those dominos are beginning to fall. tunisia, egypt, what's next? well, you heard wael ghonim, the revolutionary, the protest l...