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Potentially and it's not impossible we might see a combination of both things, that heal hand over some authority to the vice president and the military but remain the figure head of the regime. this will not satisfy protesters because ivan watson is joining us live from tahrir square. they are expecting this egyptian ruler to leave at this point, aren't they? that's what they're expecting to hear in that speech. ivan watson, can you hear me? >> hala, we're looking out. we'll show you a little bit of the square. it's remarkable. >> unfortunately. >> there's a little bit too much noise. >> we'r...

Live images of tahrir square there in the center of the egyptian capital. over the last 2 1/2 weeks, history making developments in egypt. the most populace arab nation, what happens here will have an impact in many other countries in this region. we are still waiting for president hosni mubarak to address the nation. we expect that speech to be live. but it is very difficult to predict the timing of hosni mubarak addresses as ben wedeman who joins us now live can tell us. ben, i imagine the mood in the square is getting a little bit more tense as anticipation builds there as demonstrators wai...

Probably the most organized nongovernmental group in the state. that obviously causes concern among a lot of people. people in the square say they were not the ones forming this revolution. they got on board to it late. they are playing a role, yes, but this is not about, you know, islamic fundamentalism. this is about democracy, about people wanting to express themselves and wanting a government which actually does represent them in which their rights are respected. so what form of government moves forward the opposition, the protesters definitely have ideas in mind of what they want to see m...

Very interesting question. remember, this is a military dictatorship. the military has enormous privileging, from economic, military, political. they may bhe trying to preserve their regime and manage this as tightly as they can, but certainly it's not what the protesters wanted. they wanted a much more rapid and complete transfer of power. >> he said a lot of nice things. he called for democracy, he said he wouldn't run in december. but he made it clear, he's staying, honest, president, until september. he's not going anywhere. he gave no indication. i want to listen very briefly to what this...

To happen in the coming hours, but especially tomorrow after friday prayers in cairo, when all of this is absorbed by the pro-democracy protesters. >> it's going to be an extraordinary -- the next 12 to 24 hours will be an extraordinary 12 to 24 hours to witness and we'll bring it to you all. but what we have just heard from vice president suleiman -- i point this out to people who haven't been following this closely -- his closest confidant. he's run the feared intelligence services, a man who saved mubarak's life from an assassination attempt in ethiopia. what we are hearing from him frankly...