would be a day of some protests, but life would go on. life has just completely changed for everyone in egypt since then. we're slowly starting to digest the significance of it all. it does seem we're coming to the ends of an era in egypt. most egyptians i have spoken to have said it's impossible for hosni mubarak to carry on as if he's the president of all egyptians. >> there is a report the police may come back monday and we have to wait and see on that. are secret police, the plain clothes police, the ones who roughed you up several days ago and roughed up a lot of people and dragged people away, are they still out on the streets? >> reporter: it appears they are, although i think they're keeping a fairly low profile. aware at this point that egyptians have learned that they are powerful, too, and that they can fight back. in my neighborhood, speaking to my neighbors, there's a new