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Turned out to be a big success for the opposition. they stayed in the streets the whole day and kept building in momentum. this is historic. there's major question marks. >> all right. as we dissect this, help us out. who should we understand mubarak to be? >> well, he is one of our -- one of the u.s.'s friends in the region. he has a close relationship with president obama until a couple days ago. he has a stubborn streak. this is not someone who is willing to concede anything to his opponents. he sees himself as the only person who can rule and manage egypt. what he's been effective in doing...

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President's speech? is this enough change to have him resign? >> reporter: it doesn't give the impression. the speech cooled people down. i don't know if you can hear very well, there's a big demonstration next to where i am, next to the information. there are a lot of demonstrators out here. peaceful, peaceful, and they are saying they want to have people step down. a lot of these people have been telling me they feel this is nothing short of a scam. they were saying they would expect the president to step down. that did not happen. right now, there are tens of thousands of people in the stre...

Streets of cairo. this is a crucial story. thanks, fred. randi. egypt's importance has a lot to do with location. that's why we are paying so close attention to it. the north edge is israel. it's been a troubled spot in the past. the suez canal in the red sea links europe and asia. all goods shipped by water go through the suez canal. saudi arabia, iraq and iran have their own set of challenges. >> a lot of nerves. in wall street, crude oil prices spiked yesterday. then they settled back down short of $90 a barrel. still, that was a 4% increase. that makes people on wall street wonder. it's ...

Saying it's either me or the muslim brotherhood. >> he's been good at that. you are right, he's tough. i have talked to him. he comes off as tough, determined. the one thing he's never been able to do is any kind of opposition to allow an opposition political party to develop, to make mistakes and take a share of power. >> no, he hasn't. egypt used to have more political freedoms in the 1980s under him when he first came to power and for a brief period in 2004 and 2005, during the arab spring. in the last few years, he's clamped down hard on opposition. he doesn't want a third force in egyptia...