reaction fox news analyst karl rove. this continues to be a mess. president obama can t really do anything publicly. i m sure behind the scenes they are trying to get the guy the hell out of the country. would you agree with that? well, they have been doing things in front of the cameras which is what i think got mumbarak s back up. you will notice in the speech tonight he basically took a swipe at the president saying i m not going to do things no matter what government tries to get me to do things, his vice president suleiman took a swipe at al jazeera basically don t pay attention to cable news they want to make egypt look bad. you are right, this is a bad, bad evening. think about this tomorrow morning in egypt is the friday. the beginning of the weekend and when everyone goes to the mosque. this is the moment where the muslim brotherhood and the protesters have their greatest strength. on the eve of that when these people are about ready to congregate in the mosques he goes out
close relationship. the government hasn t changed much. president mumbarak has moved a little bit to say he is he giving up powers. the same people we have been dealing with for decades is in power. ability for the united states and imperative to convince that government to move faster on the reform in the sense that they have got to open up the process is so that some of the democratic parties and some of the protesters on the streets who have ideased ideased into to be included in the process of deciding what egypt is going to look like. because, if that doesn t happen. and if the egyptian government continues to give the impression that they are going to cling to power no matter, what i think you will see these demonstrations continue and perhaps even intensify. should be major demonstrations tomorrow. that was very confuses. very ambiguous speech by president mumbarak. my sense is we will probably not see him reappear as the real president of egypt. but his aides now and vice presi
interpreter. gave away the water for the nile projects. he mentioned that they stole the well. it is widely reported now that the president, who gave away some of his powers today, or all of them if you believe the ambassador, that the president has amassed a fortune of some $70 billion. how he did that, we are, well, not certain. one protester says the egyptian president hosni mubarak may be stubborn but he and his friends are stubborn, also. that protester says we are ready to die here. that comment came hours after president mumbarak spoke on state television and around the world. he transferred, as we have mentioned many times, some of his power to the vice president, but he has said he will not resign. that, in defiance of the people s demands. and mubarak also said foreigners need to stop interfering in egypt s business. the problem is and the same is and this is something that i will never accept, to listen to
something that is dictated to me from the foreign source. shepard: in other words, foreign sources were telling him to leave? and he refused? mumbarak spoke after a flood of reports that indicated he would, indeed, step down tonight. disappointment, anger, rage shot through the crowd in the wake of those comments. some held up their shoes, a sign of contempt and you see them there. among those watching on the video screens and listening on the wide speakers, the google executive ghonim who many credit for this protest. ashley, describe the change in the mood during that process. it was really quite remarkable, shep. we were there, watching the people come into the square by the tens of thousands. it was very festive, carnival like atmosphere. we saw young kids with their
egyptians for the welfare of my country. and i am concerned that if it continues to reform and to develop within the context of constitutional process and the rule of law. shepard: prior to president mubarak s speech on state television this evening in egypt, the military announced that it was supporting the people as the world was led to believe that president mubarak was about to not just effectively and not just in a de facto way but in a very real constitutional way resign the presidency of egypt. after that did not happen, it then became clear the military was going to protect him the parliament and the palace. is it your sense that the military will remain with president mumbarak. the military has indicated on several occasions that it is in the service of the people of egypt. it is their service to defend the sovereignty of the country and to defend their legitimate right and it continues on every