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Will that satisfy them? >> reporter: it's very clear the military has played a crucial role in this. it appears now they have broken with the protesters, that is a huge moment. the military is very respected here in egypt, it's also very respected around the world. remember, it's the military that has been watching these protests happen and done so without using any force against the protesters. you can see these protesters going absolutely crazy. i've never seen anything like this. this is history that has unfolded, a man who has been in power since the 1970s, the 1980s, rather has now left t...

Which would be devastating to the stability of the whole region. harris: let's talk a little bit about the muslim brotherhood and its existence over the 29 years that mubarak was president. really, their presence was not heard or seen very much. he was able to keep the peace between that group and what it wanted and, perhaps, what it saw as opposition. how did he do that, and what needs to maybe happen in the interim to keep that particular faction from filling the leadership void here? >> well, i think president mubarak did it by ruling egypt in a very, in a very strong way and maybe even wit...

President of egypt, that hosni mubarak, their longtime president, the only president that many of them have ever known has decided to step down. here is the quotas translated into english from the vice president. in these tkeuf circumstances that the country is passing through president hosni mubarak has decided to leave the position of the presidency said the vice president omar suleiman. >> reporter: there is also this crossing the associated press wires, jon. egypt's mohamed elbaradei was looked at early on who would step into any void here. he was the eyes on the ground about what nuclear ...

President hosni mubarak decision to step down. this is something the president has been pushing for since a carefully worded statement last night, a paper statement where he said that the egyptian government had to be clear about its intentions that the egyptian people were uncertain of what they were saying when mubarak and his vice president suielman went on television. he stepped out to the outer oval office and watched several minutes of television coverage of the news and the reaction on the streets of cry owe cairo, ne president is preparing a statement 1:30 eastern time in the brady bri...

Right now. the protestors, though, all they care about is him getting out and some of them wondered, that doesn't he understand. >> what does he think he is? he thinks he's a pharao. >> reporter: the big question is who is in charge of this country right now. the protesters don't have anyone to put in power as president. the question is, would there be something like an organized coup or something? obviously there were raoeurpls of that yesterday as there was a meeting of what you consider the joint chiefs of staff here in egypt, however the joint chiefs of staff meeting didn't have mubarak si...