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We've spoken to, the president honestly believes that this movement will go away. that it will dissipate and that he can ride this out. the protesters are on a different page. they don't want this. they don't trust the system. they want mubarak gone, and they want to make sure that this transition phase takes place without mubarak in the same regime with a position to wield the levers of power. >> richard, the white house finally issued a statement. they were working on it for hours. it was suggested that it would be out hours ago. they finally got it out just before 8:00 p.m. eastern. it basi...

Not just democracy, it's true economic opportunity. that's not going to happen right away. what we really are going to have to look at is whether the new constitution, the new democratic regime that is put together, that is cobbled together does reflect the aspirations of this large number of egyptians who really do expect change. again, it's going to be a huge question mark. if you're somebody like me, you're going to look at things like energy futures, oil futures, data that measures the market's reaction to what could be a relatively chaotic situation, if it's not well controlled. >> profes...

Commander in chief, to hand power over to the egyptian military, but he says it's not a coup in the traditional sense. at the same time this noncoup/coup would go, of course, outside the bounds of the egyptian constitution, so the egyptian people have to look at this tonight. there are political parties, the ruling political party, not a popular one, the people in power clear links to the military, but they are not necessarily popular, the military itself might in the eyes of many egyptians be a better choice to run egypt during a transition phase. we don't even know if that phase is going to ...

Initially the government was able to say these protesters were just young people, just students. but as these protests have continued and as they have continued to grow, it has become obvious to the military, which has made this statement just a short while ago, and to the presidency itself and perhaps even to president mubarak that this is not just a small movement, it is not going away, and that president mubarak's presence was considered more of a destabilizing factor during this transition phase than one holding the country together. >> richard, you've been seeing the ebb and flow there on...

Sustenance. we think that he may be saying to himself, in fact we've interest crepted communications that say, hey we only have to holdout for so long. >> reporter: only have to holdout for so long. he also went onto say that he is certain that u.s. marines are going to remain in afghanistan in sizable numbers long after july, 2011, when that transition phase for withdrawing the troops begins. he says any i taliban fighters or al-qaida fighters who are h u.n. kering down are going to be unhappy to find plenty of marines left in afghanistan ready to take them on, capture or kill them. jenna: wh...