as a peaceful resolution the only weapon that you have is numbers and perseverance and that is precisely what these people have shown the world that they are capable of. it s a glorious revolution from that perspective. they have been very restrained, very committed to peaceful means but that does not mean they re going to sit idly by as this government continues to ignore their legitimate requests and demands for freedom and democracy. mohamed elbaradei tweeted after mubarak s speech today that, quote, egypt will explode. the army must save the country now. what did he mean by that in your opinion? well, when you have millions in the streets and you have, you don t have a police force manning the streets anymore because of the dubious government s decision earlier two weeks ago to remove the police force off the streets, you can expect anything. i don t expect violence from the protesters but should there be large numbers and should they descend on sensitive locations like the s
blood and the blood price was paid the demand increased and the demand became higher. people now wanted a full regime change. they don t trust the current regime to institute reforms. the end goal is democracy and the only reason the people are so adamant is they don t believe this regime is capable of bringing about democracy. thank you for your time. appreciate it. the chant in egypt today revolution, revolution until victory. our continuing coverage of the crisis in egypt continues. stay with us.
many of the participants here tell me what can we go back to? we have been denouncing the mubarak regime for three weeks now and our faces all over tv. we will be targeted. there is no choice. this is our chance and we re not looking back. sharif, tell us about the people who are protesting. do they go home and eat dinner? i mean, are they destitute? are they do they just have the shirts on their backs? how do they function? what is it like day to day in egypt from what you can see how they re functioning? the protesters cut across class lines, cut across religious lines, cut across political lines. so some protesters spend a few days here then will go home and regroup and then come back. but there s always the presence of many thousands here. it s grown from just a couple tents to a virtual tent city with pathways and different kinds of encampments and food now and, you know,ou never go hungry.
contacts maybe that will be the way we ll be able to get some good intelligence from our sources, from nbc news sources in washington we were not told there s been any fresh level of contact between the u.s. military and the egyptian military here. so what we re waiting to find out is if they split from the government. there is no indication from washington we ll be able to find out through the generals and all of these people with this very close military cooperation over the years. thank you for working late tonight for the ed show. i appreciate it. thanks for having me, ed. absolutely. protesters are calling friday a day of martyrs to honor the 300 dead so far. but friday may also bring the largest crowds into the streets of cairo since the crisis began. with the uncompromising demand mubarak must go. our coverage of the escalating crisis in egypt continues in a moment. stay with us. maxwell house international. stop your world.
we ve seen them use brutality. we ve seen them use state propaganda. we ve seen them use other types of tactics giving so-called concessions. all of those have not worked. they ve only made the protests grow and grow. so they re actually instead of quelling them swelling them. if commerce starts to break down, unemployment is high, but now you ve told us earlier tonight that there are strikes taking place that are going to affect the economy, how long can mubarak hang on? how long can his regime stay in place? because there is going to be a complete breakdown of society if these strikes continue to grow and it would seem that the desperation of the people would become even greater. well, that s right. the economy is suffering greatly. what the mubarak regime has tried to do is to have the public blame the protesters for an economic situation that has not happened. they are blaming mubarak for the economic situation and so as strikes continue, as this continues to have its grip on t