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200,000 people, they are saying the people have brought down the regime. i want to go back now if we can to dog mcelway i doug mcelway. he said he was going to be handed notes about what was coming out of the state department. are you still with us. >> reporter: because of the important of trying to determine who precisely may be in control of egypt right now it is important to inform our listeners as to the statement that came out from the supreme council of the armed forces who appear to be in control at this point. they came out with a statement this morning, a three part statement which re...

Agreement with israel as a strategic asset both for israel, for egypt and the for the region. finish the big question is, are there going to be after shocks? as you said and as has been reported, people all over the middle east are watching this, and the jubilation in egypt could have waves which would stretch to other arab countries and other arab regimes. and this could turn our neighborhood into an even more volatile, more dangerous and more unpredictable one than the tough neighborhood that it already is. if things in egypt turn out for the better for the egyptian people and there is a dem...

Stand in opposition to terrorism and do everything you can between now and the election to strengthen those parties. >> reporter: keep focus on the elections. strong words and advice from a man who has a lot of experience with dealings in the middle east. karl rove, thank you for joining us today. jon: if you are just joining us we just got word within the last half hour that hosni mubarak the near here 30-year president of egypt has decided to step down and give control of the government to a military tribunal. it has electric tried the crowd gathered in tahrir square and probably the entire ...

Governing comes upon the soldiers of either the military or political figures that will emerge and that is a big question mark right now. jon: it appears based on the statement from the vice president that a military council has been put in charge of the country. do you think the egyptian people will go along with that? >> i think the people right now probably would go along with it, because they have not fired on the people. they've actually made some encouraging statements to the people, and i think the people generally want some sort of security and stability which the military will provide...

Egyptian people are clearly, clearly happy as they enjoy the second hour, really, of their freedom. the question is, what comes next? the hard business of governing. world governments are trying to encourage this and trying to steer this as best they can. germany's chancellor angela merkel issued this statement: today is a day of great joy, merkle told a news conference. we are all witness to a historic change. i share the joy of the people of egypt with the millions of people on the streets of egypt. let's get back to peter brooks, he's a senior fellow at the heritage foundation. so once the ...