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This was a coalition. it was a social revolution. the army wanted to minimize damage, not just for egypt, but also for the military. the united states was critical as well. as you know, president mubarak, in particular made it clear there must be change even though it was belated on the part of the administration that the egyptian army realized, fully realized the americans wanted mubarak out. mubarak became a great liability not just for egypt, for the army and for american interests as well. >> with mubarak out, it doesn't mean all the problems in egypt go away. the military is in charge of ...

Harder. we have won our freedom. it's up to the egyptian people we are up to the freedom and we can change the country by ourselves. we need to live up to the freedom and show the world we can change not by moving mubarak, but making it a better country. >> egyptian military is now in charge of the country's affairs as they put it. what is your level of trust when it comes to the military and what needs to be done by the military to get to these free and fair elections? >> caller: well, so far, the egyptian military has been very helpful to the people. they have been amazing so far. i have to ...

For egypt. they convinced hundreds of thousands. then they convinced millions of people. we were all looking for egypt. thank god we found it. i want to say welcome back. >> welcome back egypt. now exactly a household name. if you are been watching this on television, you may recognize that voice. we was the egyptian activist who was a driving force behind the revolution. >> his facebook page is credited to helping trigger the move to a new government. he's 30-year-old. his weapon, his laptop computer. >> reporter: armed with little more than a laptop, he does not look like the leader of a rev...

We need international with us. we need the spotlight to continue to be on egypt. solidarity is key in keeping us on the right track and ahead of power games that might be played behind closed doors. >> reporter: and today in egypt they are still celebrating not just the down fall of mubarak, but so far the army is sticking to its promise. he told me he had just been in a constitutional reform meeting with members of the government. the army decided not to bring in marshal law. further cause for celebration in cairo. >> thanks very much. the crowds are back on the streets of cairo this mornin...

Embrace him, stop their cars in traffic just to say hello. did you plan a revolution? >> yeah. we did. >> reporter: what was the plan? >> the plan was to get everyone on the streets. >> reporter: along with a group of young egyptian activists, this 30-year-old marketing director for google worked to organize the january 25th protest that sparked a grass roots revolt. was it an internet revolution? >> yes. it was an internet revolution. i call it revolution 2.0. >> reporter: after the third day of protests, secret police snatched him off the streets. >> i was targeted. they wanted me. >> report...