he is now undertaking all authority of the presidency under the constitution. does president mubarak have any authority left? president mubarak has transferred all authority to the vice president. all authority. so he has no authority. the only three issues that the vice president cannot make any determination are making amendments to the constitution or dissolving parliament or firing the cabinet. so that was just a little while ago when i spoke to the egyptian am bbassador to the united states. ben wedeman is with us, our long full-ti time cairo correspondent. i m sure you heard what he said. i m sure you appreciate thes he s trying to clarify. reporter: yes, but, i mean, at the end of the day it s very difficult to determine what s meant by this word power in