democracy are jup lanlt. hosni mubarak is giving up his power. it is a profound sense of victory and accomplishment. this square has erupted in happiness today. there s a feeling of pride and joy and just unadull ter ated celebration. this is the biggest street party that cairo may have ever seen. we have 5,000 years old, and we will keep on dreaming. what you re seeing in tahrir square is the very best of egypt. these people are saying egyptians, raise your head up high. my friend richard engel never gets to smile from ear to ear with what we ask him to cover. for the first time in the lives of most of the egyptian protesters, a chance for real democracy. they fought for this revolution. looks to me like they are doing what we did back in 1776. there are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. this is one of those moments. with mubarak gone and the military in charge after the celebration, what s next
hello, everyone. the news is breaking in egypt right now. and our team is out in force in cairo, washington and across the middle east. here is the latest. there s chaos and confusion in cairo this morning. look at the size of those crowds in tahrir square. it is the biggest gathering yet throughout the egyptian capital. just hours after the egyptian military appears to have thrown its weight behind president mubarak s decision to stay in office, at least for now. that s a major development. and, robin, what the protesters didn t want to hear. they did not want to hear that. and thousands of egyptians are in the streets right now, demonstrating against mubarak s decision to stay in office. and they re marching right up to the presidential palace. that s where we re going to begin right now. jim sciutto is there. reporter: good morning. to come here to the presidential here, right to president mubarak s doorstep, to tell him he must go. disappointment from last night, tu