he has had a couple hard questions. we ll bring you any information you need to know from that press conference. but i want to talk about airlines. i m always talking about airlines. for all that we complain about them, we are using them more and more. i ve got a lot of news on the airlines today. the first piece of news, the big one, united airlines. it is gradually bringing its boeing 757s back into service today after safety inspections that should have been done seven years ago. in june of 2004 the faa ordered carriers to replace the jets air data computers which regulate speed and altitude. united did do that but it says it discovered only yesterday that it failed to do followup safety checks. so 96 of the type of the plane you see here, one of the most common planes by the way, you are likely to fly on, the 757, is used heavily on cross country flights. 96 of those were grounded. united says the checks take 60 to 90 minutes per plane. they ve been working hard to get i
information to go over this afternoon that telemundo has been able to gather exclusively. we re actually at the location. we re also at the hospital where these two agents were taken about 3:30 local time yesterday afternoon. i can tell you about ten minutes ago, the body of agent hey me zapata was taken from the hospital where he was initially taken as i say yesterday in the afternoon after the shooting occurred. let me tell you what exactly happened in the shooting according to someone who works in the hospital who treated both americans, was at the hospital and treated both americans and spoke with jamie an villa who survived. this agent says about 3:00 these twos agents were driving in their armored vehicling with diplomatic tags behind and front, in mexico you needs tags in the front and back of your automobile when the agent tells our source in the hospital that they saw two suvs coming up at a high rate of speed. all of a sudden, they starred shooting from these suvs i
appearances, vice president omar suleiman makes the long awaited announcement. president hosni mubarak decided to resign as his function as president of the republic and hand over the responsibility of governing the country to the high council of the armed forces. reporter: earlier this morning, still enraged over the failure to step down last night, swarms of angry egyptians jammed in tahrir square. then they marched to the presidential palace. mubarak has already left for the resort of sharm el-sheikh. late together, leland vittert was in the middle of the euphoria in the square. this is an image of people who have incredibly done the unthinkable. who are you going to vote for when you can vote? reporter: the defense minister came to the square to congratulate the people. democracy advocate mohamed elbaradei said egypt has been liberated saying, this is the greatest day of my life. and the candidate that lost to mubarak in the election said he is looking forward t
their ground. and when word broke that mubarak left power. reporter: what were once violent clashes are now celebrations. egyptian protesters 18-day standoff ended with mubarak s resignation and praise as the world watched a revolution. this is the power of human dignity. and it could never be denied. egyptians have inspired us. reporter: egyptian-americans took to the streets in jersey city. every country should fight for their own right. reporter: the future of the arab world and the middle east may now hinge on what happens next in egypt. the problem will lie if the revolution gets hijacked or gets taken over by a much more radical element. reporter: while the vice president today took advantage of the situation to call on another country to change. i say to our iranian friends, let your people march. let your people speak. reporter: leaders around the globe keeping an eye not just on what happens now in egypt but where else revolution might spread. krist
reporter: mohammed, you ve been down here working in the clinic. how do you feel now getting this news? first of all, i want to send a message to all respectable people who supported this revolution. i d like to thank you. thank you all people. we couldn t be happier. if you are here in tahrir square, never have the egyptian felt freedom. and tomorrow you ll see them in tahrir square and the future you will see them celebrating with the progress here in tahrir square. to be answered in this protest, to me, to be wound, i hope this scar will reporter: mohammed you have a lot of american friends here. yeah. reporter: what s your message to all of your friends in the united states now? friends, i m so, so, sorry, shandy, so sorry to all of my american friends that you couldn t complete your tour here in egypt. and i promise you when i become a big doctor here in egypt i will invite you all to visit tahrir square and to look at the progress and freedom here. bye-bye