good evening. egyptian citizens who for so long had no voice in their country s destiny today were loudly exercising their newfound right of free speech across a broad spectrum of society, and as the work week started in cairo, no place symbolized the country s new beginning more than tahrir square. at the height of the anti-government protest, this is what the famous square l oked like, wall to wall people. by contrast, take a look at what it looked like today. note the automobile traffic that s now returned to the hub of this sprawling city. this was also the day egyptians learned the fine points of what this revolution has bought them in terms of who will be governing the country now and for how long. nbc s richard engel starts out again tonight from cairo. richard, good evening. reporter: good evening, lester. the egyptian military consolidated its grip on power but insists that military rule here will only be temporary as egyptians are now trying to push their democrac