carried mubarak defiantly refusing to step down. translator: i have an important message from the president, in the name of god, the most gracious, the most merciful. dear citizens, these are difficult times which our country has sustained. president hosni mubarak has decided to give up and commission the high council of the armed forces to take over. the statement from vice president suleiman. sudden and brief, but that is how the world changes. it cost blood, lives and countless sacrifices. but in the end, the regime fell with the blink of an eye. here s what it looked like just seconds later. people hugging, chanting egypt is free. you re an egyptian, lift up your head. and they did, rich and poor, young and old. to the young google executive who took a leave of absence to
important message from the president, in the name of god, the most gracious, the most merciful. dear citizens, these are difficult times which our country has sustained. president hosni mubarak has decided to give up and commission the high council of the armed forces to take over. the statement from vice president suleiman. sudden and brief, but that is how the world changes. it cost blood, lives and countless sacrifices. but in the end, the regime fell with the blink of an eye. here s what it looked like just seconds later. people hugging, chanting egypt is free. you re an egyptian, lift up your head. and they did, rich and poor, young and old. to the young google executive who took a leave of absence to organize the revolution, this was a especially sweet moment.
constitutional framework amendment that would let the vice president assume powers. at least that s the formality. practically speaking, it looks like he s fogoing to turn the powers over to his vice president. what you re noting is the complexities we have to look forward to should this happen tonight. another one of the questions might be when we hear the word coup we think of violence, something that s very radical. what are we going to see if we re calling this a coup? i think you re going to see probably significant divisions among the demonstrators. for example, the young google executive who electrified the crowd, had just sent out a tweet, and i ve been reading his tweets, in which he announced victory after hearing that this was going to occur. in effect according to that tweet, and i can tell you online exactly what he said if you ll give me a moment.
petraeus that fighting in afghanistan is about to ramp up again. plus, the superhero british granny we told you about yesterday, the one that foiled a jewelry heist with her purse is unmasked. you re going to meet the salty old dame later in the show. first let s get to the news at 30 rock in new york city. 16 days into egypt s political unrest, pressure is mounting on president mubarak with anti-government protesters staging one of their biggest demonstrations yesterday. there was a young google executive who played a part in the sparked uprising. he made his first appearance in the main square after being released from detention for 12 days. after making some weekend concessions omar suleiman warned protesters, quote, there must be an end to this crisis as soon as possible and we cannot put up with continued demonstrations for a long time.
oklahoma city 8 to 12 inches, and there are similar scenes playing out across the nation s midsection this morning, this after an earlier round of snow that brought double digit snow levels and ice to this area just a week ago. just as they re beginning to recover, now another brutal storm, lynn, and this is something that they have been fighting with, as you said, throughout the winter. again, everything shut down here in oklahoma city except only the vital necessities. we ve seen one plow this morning. of course, it s very early. that will continue through the day as they fight this winter weather. lynn? jay, thanks so much. of course, bill karins will have more on that coming up. well, after a weekend lull and 16 days into the political crisis, they ve returned to tahrir square. helping to ignite the demonstration yesterday was a young google executive.