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They will change the history of egypt. >> your movement in the streets hasn't had one designated leader. is there someone you want to see, come election time, to run egypt? >> caller: honestly, right now, i don't know who is planning on running for presidency or what the plans are. there wasn't one leader. a great credit goes to the guys who organized the groups on facebook. but it was a peaceful movement after all. no one leader was there. we'll see who is going to run for presidency later. >> congratulations on your victory there. >> caller: thank you. >> we appreciate your i-report and brin...

Words from egyptian vice president, jubilation erupts after 18 long days of protests. the resignation of long-time egyptian hosni mubarak. what role the vice president will have in the new egyptian government remains to be seen. here in the u.s., president obama was quick to hail the transition underway in egypt. >> there are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. this is one of those moments. this is one of those times. the people of egypt have spoken. the voices have been heard. egypt will never be the same. >> the thing is, there's nothi...

I's the same in england where anti-mubarak supporters were. we have the latest from the british capital. >> reporter: it's not just a celebration today. it's a consolidation. this is actually the most important time for egypt. it's a time the spotlight needs to remain on egypt to ensure the protesters won by fighting so hard are not lost. i spoke to someone in cairo. he said the egyptians need the world now more than ever. >> caller: we have a mobilized system of egypt. we want to democratically establish a socially just society which we haven't had in a very long time.

Leadership. in the arab world, the army is one of the biggest curses. the army, whether egypt, syria, yemen, iraq controls everything. regardless of how they perceive the army, the army must be subordinated to the civilian leadership. this will not happen overnight or by saying the army should do this and do that. the opposition and the active majority that has become really the power in egypt now, driving egyptian politics must organize itself and give a voice and present the army with a road map of how it should proceed forward. >> just the beginning of a very long process. professor, thank ...

>> the big question, of course, is who is calling the shots in egypt? right now, it is egypt's supreme council. the military is a powerful institution, a bedrock of the egyptian society. the supreme council include leaders from the army, navy and defense forces. the top is tantawi. he is 75 years old and holds the role of field marshal. he's the commander in chief of the country's armed forces. before mubarak stepped down, he was promoted to deputy prime minister. william cohen knows tantawi and spoke of him earlier to wolf blitszer. >> i had worked with him while at the pentagon. he served si...