arab world and the demons of the arab world are locked in battle. it seems at this hour that the angels have won. the angels have won, anderson, and i think we have to perhaps since you have become what i call son of the land, since you ve really dipped into the nile and came back and really became hooked on the story, we should say congratulations to you as well, congratulations to us all in the way we ve been on the side of the story. it just occurred to me watching this that this is it the kind of story you can watch on mute. you don t need analysts words. you just need to listen to the egyptians and watch the egyptians. this man, hosni mubarak, dared them, defied them, he finally dared him and they answered his challenge and they ve prevailed. it s an amazing moment for them and amazing moment for the arab world. because let s remember many, many arabs had begun to question whether freedom was in the dna of the arabs. well, the news is out. freedom is in the dna of the
eliminated any opposition, eliminated any real democratic institutions of the country, that those need to be built up in order to have real free and fair elections. dow agree with that? well, in a sense i do. but also, you know, a lot of things have been said and you really don t know what you re capable of until you re put in it. the vice president said a couple of days ago he didn t feel egyptians were ready for democracy. this is again speculation, but it all depends on how people, if people will be able to create committees, to create the demands and create people who will be able to set up these policies and to create i don t think i don t know. i m really i m leaning more towards it, but i don t know it will take it will take us time. something nobody was preparing for or practicing for it, if you can put it that way. it was all kind of of a done deal in people s minds and there was this acceptance and political apathy toward it. so it will take time. but i feel in the
in gridlock traffic because the highway is just clogged up with people. families in their cars honking horns and waving flags and playing music and just celebrating. it s all smiles here, an incredible scene of celebration here. i understand we have some video that we filmed moments after the announcement was made that hosni mubarak was going to reside. we filmed it right by the presidential palace. let s take a look at this and the reaction from the crowd then. reporter: scenes of euphoria and celebration. just moments ago the news came out. hosni mubarak is stepping down. now they re chanting we re here, we re here, egyptians are here.
will, to use an arabic metaphor, in our hands as we watched these people stand up to the state that had terrified them, bullied them, exploited them, scared them, took away from them their sense of respect and then they regained their self-respect and spirit and were reminded of the love of egypt, that this is their country and if they have to rescue it, they have to go out and do it on their own. they couldn t wait for anyone. no one was coming to the rescue of the egyptians. no one was coming to tell mubarak that it s time to call off this despotism. so they did it the way it should be done. they did it on their own. and now do you still fear looking too far ahead to this, or do you have confidence that the military is in place, that the next few steps are clearer? or is it not clear? well, you know, when we spoke last night it seems like just an eternity, many, many, many months away. i told you i don t like
gone. mona, he s gone. i m going to start crying now remembering it and went back on the radio show and bawling my eyes out telling them i cannot express how ecstatic we are. there is a long road ahead no doubt but the happiest day of my life and stop and celebrate and salute the courageous egyptians who in 18 days in a beautiful and peaceful way brought down a dictator of 30 years, it s a wonderful moment. i cannot be hannier. so proud to be egyptian. and so what do you say about president now former president mubarak. was he courageous in his final act or basically had no choice and good riddance? what do you say to mubarak? well, first of all i ve got to say as an egyptian, it s wonderful to say former president because we have not been able to do that in a long time. i think when push came to shove, the armed forces and i got to say the egyptian armed forces, have great relationship with