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The strength of hosni mubarak's rule, for so many reasons, people thought that this movement really didn't have much of a chance. and tonight, they are proved absolutely wrong. >> and, jim, there's been so much patience among many of the people there in egypt, as they will tell you time and time again, having gotten to know so many there when i was there for a time, and those people, you know, they have complained for years, for decades, about the kind of oppression from president hosni mubarak, but it really was a part of life. it was something that people accepted because they knew that ther...

For 30 years that egypt died and there's no more egypt. we are just, you know, a generation that need to eat and sleep. you know, so many of the thousands decided to start a journey for egypt and then they convinced hundreds of thousands then they convinced millions of people. we were all looking for egypt and thank god that we found her today. i just want to say, welcome back egypt. i just want to say to hosni mubarak and to omar suleiman and to all those people who thought that being in power means you can oppress people, you know, hard-luck guys, you know, at the end of the day, we have a c...

Perhaps the united states, perhaps united states' close ally, israel, would make them nervous. >> well, you know, i think most people have at this point agreed that only unless things go terribly, terribly wrong would you end up with something like the islamic republic. most egyptians, the vast majority of them, want a constitutional democracy. they want to see perhaps a strong presidency, a parliamentary system. much like the democracy that they have had in the past, but, you know, in such a way that the people that are down in the streets now can feel that they have a share in the political ...

They want to get their lives back into shape, and they want to -- they want to be able to go back to work. they want to have some tourism, which is a huge source of income in egypt. they want commerce, the suez canal, they want everything to go back and be productive so they can all put food and enjoy life a little bit. but at the same time, they've tasted freedom now, and they want to see free and fair elections in the not-too-distant future. scheduled elections were for september. but you've often heard mohamed elbaradei, the nobel peace prize winner, the former head of the nuclear watchdog,...

We are witnessing what is probably the largest public popular uprising in the history of the middle east. president hosni mubarak has stepped aside. he has resigned the presidency. let's listen as omar suleiman, who is vice president, delivered the message in a statement a short time ago. >> translator: i, president mohammed hosni mubarak, has decided to step down as president of the egypt. and has assigned the higher council of the armed forces to run the affairs of the country. >> and that was it. basically one sentence in which president hosni mubarak stepped aside. the epicenter of this up...