internally we have a saying we re a service company that just happens to sell shoes. reporter: you realize nobody in america who sees this is going to want to go to work tomorrow. so they can laugh at comments like that because everyone here seems eager to come to work every day. building up this runaway success. tom foreman, cnn, henderson, nevada. we re going to shift our attention overseas again along with everybody else around the world. there s a lot of young americans who have been watching the event unfold in egypt. what do you suppose they have to say about all this?
recapping the latest developments in the crisis in egypt. first, on a political front, top leaders of the ruling national democratic party have resigned. among them hosni mubarak s son, gamal mubarak. today s announcement means the younger mubarak is no longer eligible to take over from his father. a coalition of opposition forces have been formed and it s called the group of ten and it includes mohamed elbaradei s national association for change. it is calling for president mubarak s immediate resignation and legalizing peaceful demonstrations. and thousands of protesters gathered in cairo s main square for a 12th day of protests. opposition demonstrations formed a human chain to prevent egyptian army tanks from crossing barricades in tahrir square. the number of grandparents in this country is growing dramatically, and that s giving them more power in the marketplace. here is cnn s josh levs.
all of whom have turned this street outside the egyptian parliament into a stage for protest. these workers have been keeping it up around the clock for more than two weeks. their agriculture machinery factory was privatized and sold to foreign investors, production was hapted, and it s been months since anyone have been paid. empty promises are all we ve gotten, he says. this man used to work for another privatized factory. the workers haven t been paid in four months, and the owners won t budge, he says. this is the spring of egypt s discontent fueled by political stagnation, rampant corruption, and uneven economic growth. across the street another demonstration, this one by activists angered by a
democracy in that region or in that country, what? they have been. and, you know, it s gratifying to us to see how closely they re paying attention to what s going on in egypt, particularly with president hosni mubarak. many students we have spoken to feel it is time for him to go. however, they re split, as you re going to see in the comments we have for you today, about qul he should go immediately or if the egyptian people should wait. this came from jessica again at our face booik site saying egyptians need to stop the protests for the country s good. the president said he s not going to run. they need to wait. counter point coming from a student named daniel who wrote in to us. daniel saying, mubarak can t keep his grip on egypt forever. the time has come. it s time for him to agree to their demands and leave with what he calls partial dignity. do they have thoughts about how the u.s. should proceed in all this? there s some concern about how the u.s. might respond among stu
egypt are actually raising their voices today. supporters of the pro-democracy movement in cairo are gathering outside the united nations headquarters and that s where we also find cnn s susan candiotti right now where it looks like the crowd has grown significantly. reporter: it s picked up a bit. i d say maybe about 100 people here. significantly smaller than it was last week but honestly i think in large part it has to do with the very nasty weather that we re experiencing here in new york. however, the message is strong and clear from the people who are here. 99% of them calling for president mubarak to leave. across the street from the united nations, people here speaking, first of all, reacting to the news out of egypt that key members of the ruling party have resigned, including the son of president mubarak, gamal. no one here is impressed with it. they are calling this purely cosmetic. they are not happy with the