. >> christiane ayman tour's exclusive interview with president hosni mubarak last week offered some amazing insights into his thinking in the waning days of his 30-year reign. christiane joined us earlier tonight from new york to share her perspective on these events. and to begin with, i asked her the big question. how important is the egyptian revolution? >> reporter: terry, it's massive. just as you've been reporting all day. this is monumental. because, this has not happened in that part of the world for decades and decades. the prevailing conventional wisdom was, we need to stick with those authoritarian leaders, because that is what's fog to give us stability. that's what the rest said, the rest of the world said. and now they've seen that in 18 days, the so-called stable leader has been toppled by people power. so, this is putting a whole new paradigm in that part of the world. perhaps stability will be better guaranteed by the voice of the people and proper representative government. and this has never happened in that part of the world. that a largely peaceful revolution has