protesters demanding change and ignited a new fury and determination. you ready to die, you say? absolutely, for freedom. for liberty? a million person. million person ready to die for freedom. protesters are challenging all egyptians to pour into the streets today. hundreds of thousands are answering that call. but the decisive power may rest with the army and its loyalties. tahrir square is overflowing with people right now. the protesters are branching out in other locations. take a look at this map of the area with us. this this is tahrir square. it is the heart of these protests where massive crowds have gathered. now people who couldn t get into the square have swarmed state tv headquarters. now egyptian tv said some of their employees were prevented from getting into their building. the army has the palace surrounded and cnn correspondents are at every point of the crisis. let s begin with cnn s ben wedeman above tahrir square in cairo. ben, set the scene f
this morning what san mateo county authorities plan to do to search for a man. overnight a major antigovernment leader warned egypt is ready to explode as the military makes clear which side it s on. also people have been living in a homeless camp. they are being told pack up, get out. why now? it s all ahead on the ktvu morning news. good morning, to you welcome to a brand new day friday, february 11th i m dave clark. good morning, i m pam cook. let s check with steve paulson and see what the weather is like. happy friday everybody. mostly clear skies. patchy fog on the coast. a few high clouds to the north. it won t stop us from having a mostly sunny day and mild to warm. mid 60s for many and upper 60s for some. steve, right now traffic is moving along pretty well if you are driving in marin county. that traffic is moving along very nicely heading out to the 580 interchange. also this morning we are looking at the san mateo bridge it looks good all the way to th
take-down of a leader rippled across the country and the world. our reporter has details from cairo. reporter: when they heard the news, the crowd erupted in jubilation. [ cheering ] 18 days of protests have brought down the man and by all aperiences he all 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: t
they believe they fought for this revolution. they stuck it out in tahrir square despite the president s offers of compromise. today when they finally got word president mubarak was going to step down, this has been the scene in egypt, and this is going to be a street party that will continue throughout the night. richard engel, nbc news, cairo. we re happy that richard engel survived that celebration. for the past 30 years egyptian people were frustrated with corruption, soaring unemployment and food prices. on january 14th, they were inspired. protesters took to the streets and demanded change after protests in another north african nation led to the fall of the president of tunisia. the 18 days of protests began on january 25th. police fought with thousands of egyptians who defied a government ban against protesting mubarak s rule. on january 28th, the government ordered cell phone networks and internet service providers to suspend their services. february 2nd saw crow
central command. mubarak must go. hello, the 5:00 a.m. in the east. i m monita rajpal. you re watching world one. also ahead you re not going to top us. kill us, do whatever you want to do we are getting back our country. he used the power of social media to launch cairo s first protest and it landed him in jail. now wael ghoneim talks openly about the need for change on cnn. it s a tough time in the u.s., a fast-moving snowstorm engulfs a large part of the south from texas to virginia. and she was told not to push her luck but lindsay lohan just can t help it. she s back in court. we begin this hour in egypt and a null to a government under siege. thousands of people have walked out saying they want want their salaries made public of what their bosses are earning. the strike is adding a burst of momentum to the wider protests that are rolling on for more than two weeks. tens of thousands of people jammed into tahrir square wednesday and they are demanding the s