very restive, young population. he and his family have ruled there since 1953. he s a younger leader than mubarak, than the tunisian leader. it may be too little, too late. all eyes also on this man, president of syria. his family has ruled that country since 1970. again, a younger man. maybe more savvy. but we re going to see how he reacts to protests in syria. traditionally, of course, they ve crushed them. and no country watching all of this as closely as israel right there. look at the borders, they re all right there. israel has a huge headache going on right now a lot of countrying wondering and worrying what s happening. the white house sending a message to the em battled egyptian president. now the egyptians are trying to send their own message through one of our very own corresponden
development here. that is the egyptians are bristling at the suggestion that president obama, remember when president obama suggested that president mubarak not run for office again. they are bristling at that suggestion. in fact, a senior egyptian official called and said that they have serious problems with what he called the spin out of the obama administration, that that should happen. he said that mubarak didn t cave to obama. that it was his decision, mubarak s decision. he did it for the good of the egyptian people. he said this transition shouldn t be rushed. the transition process should take its time. now what you have at this point is a diametrically opposed view on the part of the egyptians and this administration which is saying this transition should happen right now. jill, i understand you ve been talking to egyptian officials as well.
ironically at a sports club, elite sports club, speaking to a number of wealthier egyptians who were there. some were supporting what was happening. some said the demonstrators should accept the confessions that mubarak has made. in particular what one woman said to me struck out. she was in her 40s. she had a 19-year-old son. she said, this is our fault. this is my generation s fault. because we didn t speak out when we should have. and now i look at our youth and what they re doing and what they re having to go through to bring about this change, and this was actually my generation s responsibility. we failed them, wolf. that s what she said. an eyewitness reporting from the hospital on the scene in cairo. three confirmed dead. we re going to stay in close touch with you.
me by surprise. every single egyptian that i ve been talking to, whether they are pro or anti, is stunned and shocked at what is happening here in the heart of cairo. this has turned into a capital that few egyptians, anyone who has been here, can hardly even recognize. a few nights ago we were driving around and coming across a number of these civilian checkpoints and roads that pavi points and roads blocked off with garbage cans, with sticks, branches, trunks of trees. i remember thinking to myself, this looks exactly like baghdad when the sectarian violence was breaking out, and people were just taking security of their own neighborhoods into their own hands, trying to block road bombs. most egyptians i m talking to are saying we can t believe our country has turned into something of a pseudo war zone, even though it s only confined to this one particular square, tahrir square, the impact is being felt everywhere. wolf, earlier today i was
this is not a task for the fainthearted. dee in pennsylvania i think we can expect more taking to the streets seeking change, like a fever that sweeps over an area and everybody catches it. what s next for us is higher oil prices. nick in san diego if we side for the people for democratic reform in that whole region tell israel to get serious concerning the palestinians or the money stops now, we ll be okay. if not, brace ourselves for more 9/11s. lou in iowa writes what s next, we finally see if democracy is really all we ve been building it up to be. carla says this, more of the same. 9 middle east has been a hot bed of unrest since god was a little boy. it s not going to change. our interference will only result in more americans being sent home in pine boxes and a bigger hole in our budget. it s none of our business. i doubt seriously the egyptians are asking what s next for