i can still see people actually coming into tahrir square from several directions trying to make that crowd even larger, obviously. people we have been speaking to do there on the square say they are still very resilient and are in it for the long hall. the interesting thing, kyra, that s also happening is there appears to be a second front of proefs that might be opening. we re hearing about 500 or 600 protesters made their way to the egyptian parliament building and are chanting in front of that building, chanting fraud which they have been chanting in front of the information building. it appears that a second venue of demonstration may be forming. not sure whether or not those people will stay there. the numbers here in tahrir square remain massive, and they ve really been getting larger as the afternoon progresses. the good news is it is remaining peaceful. we will keep an eye on it with you, fred.
seen yet are there demanding that president mubarak must go. jon: the crowds furious at mubarak in the last 24 hours handed over most of his powers to his vice president but did not actually step down. the military is blacking mubarak s plan to slowly transition to elections in september. lee lan vittert streaming live for us in cairo. reporter: the crowds are still behind me surrounding the minimum tree of information building where state television is housed. i can hear across the river, they are screaming and chanting. there is an anger and defines in this crowd that we have not seen until these protests started demanding a simple thing, that president mubarak steps down. we have heard rumors of a speech coming, we don t know if it is a speech from suleman the vice president or from president mubarak. in fact we don t really know for sure where president mubarak is