mubarak has emphasized his commitment to the presidency and his country, that effective power, supervisory power in that speech, was transferred to the vice president in that country. aaron, i want to bring you into the conversation, whether mubarak stas or goes, gives power to suleiman, that crowd is not happy. is it possible to anticipate the next 24 hours? yeah. i think you re going to see rising tensions and the possibility of escalation into violence. i mean we can t forget one basic reality. egypt has been and is now and likely to remain a peer to yan state. the military exercises dominance not just in national security policies but in politics. they own businesses, industries, they don t pay taxes. they have a privilege and a set of perks which they are going to be very reluctant to surrender. the core question, even if mubarak had announced that he was stepping down and stepping out, the basic challenge would