many and in the dining room of the hotel we were being observed 24/7. it was incredible police oppressive. we felt at any moment we could have been out of our hotel room. those are the conditions we've had to work . at long last, we can breathe a huge sigh of relief as well as the people if the square as the mubarak regime is finally over. >> sean: dominic, we appreciate your great reporting. president obama reacted to the news by declaring egypt the nation that would never be the same. >> the president: by stepping down, president pew mu responded to the egyptian -- president mubarak responded to the egyptian people's hunger for change. this is not the end of the transition it is the beginning. tahrir means liberation. there's a word that speaks to that something in our souls that cries out for freedom.