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Children, women of all ages, all faiths there, gathered to find out what will happen next. so many unanswered questions. >> you know, and, suzanne, there's a lot of speculation, even banners earlier today saying the people are furious and out in the streets. you've lived there. you know the egyptian people, they don't get furious like that. >> and they're very patient people as well. when i was there some 20 years or so ago, it was one of those things, it was acceptable, especially with the upper and middle-class egyptians, it was acceptable that there were things they tolerated from president...

Decided that the higher council of the armed forces will lead the nation. >> taking them by surprise. let's see the reaction. many thought that it might be just simply an announcement that he was going for a vacation or a rest in sharm el sheikh, and that certainly is not what they just heard. >> and we know that president mubarak has already left cairo, that he is in sharm el sheikh. and we understand there's -- the statement continues. let's listen in here. >> translator: i, president mohammed hosni mubarak, has decided to step down as president of egypt and has assigned the higher council o...

Mubarak for almost 30 years the one man who ruled egypt has now officially stepped down. that statement coming from the office of the presidency. ben wedeman who has covered this story for not just years, but for decades. ben, i've got to hear your thoughts right now. and hear about the reaction. >> reporter: well, jim, you see the reaction just in front of me. what we saw was one man was on his phone. he shouted out, the president has resigned, and the crowd went wild, cheering, shouting. this is a moment that many of these protesters have been waiting for for years. it's a truly historic mom...