wisner conveyed a message to mubarak that he should not be on the september ballot and neither should his son gamalight mubarak delivered the first part of that message but not the second. the president continued to up the pressure. >> an orderly transition must be meaningful. it must be peaceful, and it must begin now. >> reporter: now? yes, now. >> now started yesterday. >> reporter: the president has long spoken in favor of universal rights. most notably in june 2009 in cairo. >> i do have an unyielding belief that all people yearn for certain things. the ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed. there are human rights, and that is why we will support them everywhere. >> reporter: but did the u.s. have a policy for what to do if those values started to blossom uprooting the foundation of a u.s.-backed dictator such as mubarak? critics have their doubts. either way, president obama is clearly showing mubarak the door and hoping he will walk through it. >> the key question he should be asking himself is how do i leave a legacy behind in which egypt is able to get through t

the leadership of the ruling party resigned, including mubarak's son, gamal. mubarak has vowed to stay until elections in september. though the obama administration pressures him. >> the status quo is simply not sustainable. >> we have to send a consistent message supporting the orderly transition that has begun, usualing -- urging that it be transspain, sincere, and concrete. >> adding to tensions, an explosioned a a gas terminal. it was said to be an accident, the some suspected sack -- sabotage. protests face a 13th day, promising to wait out a mubarak government. >> alan: the u.s. support is beginning to swell. >> chant chant -- [chanting] >> alan: demonstratorred gathered before they set if along market street. speakers called on the crowd to stand in solidarity with people in egypt and tunisia and other governments in the mideast. similar demonstrations took place in new york, washington, dc, detroit, and los angeles. >> we're here to support their legitimate struggle against an oppressive recommending -- regime. >> alan: the protesters want the u.s. government

as sam explain clearly, the military does not like gamal mubarak. the military was not happy about this that gamal mubarak might succeed his father. that is not the way the military understands it. this is a free office of the regime. it is not a mubarak dynasty. the military has always been central in egypt and stay back for quite a long time, certainly before 1952. that's the way i understood it. what we have seen is a preemptive military coup. the notion that it has taken u.s. policymakers by surprise is surprising. the fact that the white house and administration has been frustrated is a little bizarre given that everyone has understood that the succession was extremely delicate. no one knew exactly which way it was going to pan out. we have been quite worried about this for a while. obviously, this was a concern. g speak about of tdou this. the freedom agenda, the bush administration, among many other things, it anticipated that this was an issue with egypt. authoritarian regimes were a problem and this was one of the upsides of the freedom age

as sam explain clearly, the military does not like gamal mubarak. the military was not happy about this that gamal mubarak might succeed his father. that is not the way the military understands it. this is a free office of the regime. it is not a mubarak dynasty. the miliry has always been central in egypt and stay back for quite a long time, certainly before 1952. that's the way i understood it. what we have seen is a preemptive military coup. the notion that it has ten u. policymakers by surprise is surprising. the fact that the white house and administration has been frustrated is a little bizarre given that everyone has understood that the succession was extremely delicate. no one knew exactly which way it was going to pan out. we have been quite worried abo this for a while. obviously, this was a concern. g speak about of tdou this. the freedom agenda, the bush administration, among many other things, it anticipated that this was an issue with egypt. authoritarian regimes were a problem and this was one of the upsides of the freedom agenda. to

as sam explain clearly, the military does not like gamal mubarak. the military was not happy about this that gamal mubarak might succeed his father. that is not the way the mility understands it. this is a free office of the regime. it is not a mubarak dynasty. the military has always been central in egypt and stay back for quite a long time, certainly before 1952. that's the way i understood it. what we have seen is a preemptive military coup. the notion that it has taken u.s. policymakers by surprise is surprising. the fact that the white house and administration has been frustrated is a little bizarre given that everyone has understood that the succession was eremely delice. no one knew exactly which way it was going to pan out. we have bee quite worried about this for a while. obviously, this was a concern. g speak about of tdou this. the freedom agenda, the bush administraon, among many other things, it anticipated that this was an issue with egypt. authoritarian regimes were a problem and this was one of the upsides of the freedom agenda. to a

egyptian state television tonight announced that president mubarak's son gamal has been removed from the leadership of egypt's ruling party. gamal has long been groomed as a successor. it's a big succession. but it's now just one of many. president mubarak has said he will step down in six months and not run again and establish term limits. he has fired ministers responsible for abuses by police and vowed to investigate electoral fraud. but the protesters want him to leave the country in exile like tunisia's humiliated president. mubarak, president for three decades, says he'll never go like that. and not all egyptians want him to. for the first time in this crisis, we're hearing a very different tone. these carpenters and blacksmiths told me they want reform and more democracy but wanto back t. mubarak is making changes and leaving in six months, anyway, said one man. our people are suffering, the longer the protestors destroy the country. these demonstrators want everything to change at once. even god made the world in seven days. they want to remake it in one, said another. presid

protesters at the national bank say the ceo has ties to mubarak's son, gamal. "no one will be silenced anymore. we will speak our mind everywhere. it is enough" he said. nearby, musicians were protesting their union boss. a few blocks away, demonstrators at another state bank accuse the ceo of corruption. there is a feeling of empowerment here. people thought if they came out and made a stand, they could achieve their political rights. now egyptians want that to translate to their offices and factories. people say they are no longer willing to accept corruption and mismanagement. everyone is settling scores. until mubarak was forced out, state television broadcast nothing but government propaganda. it turned out to be a bad choice. this cell phone video shows the employees of the state broadcasters today chasing down their news director, until he was hidden in an office by soldiers. but perhaps the biggest sign of how different egypt has become was this -- police out protesting. the same police that unsuccessfully tried to crush the democracy movement, today we

it was announced today that egyptian president hosni mubarak's son, gamal, won't run for president.makes sense. i mean, an unpopular president is voted out of office and then his inexperienced son becomes president? that could never happen. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> steve: never happen. >> jimmy: i just read about a man in new york who built a 35-foot tall snowman. it was cool. instead of a top hat, he used a giant bucket. instead of a carrot, he used a traffic cone. and instead of having a life, he built a 35-foot snowman. [ laughter ] why? poor guy. >> steve: cried? >> jimmy: tears? frozen tears? and finally, you guys, the green bay packers said this week they want to offer brett favre a job with the organization in the future. i'm not sure what that job would be, but i think we can rule out team photographer. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show tonight! give it up for the roots! ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's guitar legend yngwie malmsteen right there. [ cheers and applause ] come on! he's sitting in with the roots tonight. he's got a new al

as president, mubarak made sure his son gamal was the man to see for any companies that sought to dousiness in egypt. >> they were partners on almost every major business franchise, partners with multi-nationals doing business in egypt and you can do the math to imagine how much money they accumulated. >> reporter: u.s. and british authorities would not comment today on what action they might take against assets mubarak may have in their countries. but a group of egyptian lawyers and a former deputy foreign minister have already demanded mubarak and his family be put on trial in egypt for steaming state assets, diane. >> again, you're saying billions. >> reporter: billions, one to five is the estimate for the family. >> a lot of unpredictable events to come. thank you, brian ross. >>> and coming up, in other news, a new kind of mammogram. [] [ people screaming ] [ tires screech ] ♪ [ tires screech ] ♪ [ man screams ] [ man on radio ] l.a., the end is near. ♪ [ male announcer ] without all-wheel drive, it's the end of the world. with dodge all-wheel drive, it's just snow. ♪ it's your

successor, did not want to create a dynasty and it's important also for mubarak himself because he was always concerned that gamal's attempt to be a successor would raise the possibility of his assassination. and i think that now that mubarak has his family safer i think it's more possible to imagine him agreeing to a scenario that includes his leaving power and probably his leaving egypt. >> rose: it is said that his wife susan was almost more insistent that the son be elected president than the president. >> i don't think that the president was ever quite comfortable with the idea of his son becoming his successor. he wanted it and he didn't want it. and he never took the steps necessary in order to make it stake. when he let his son become the leader of for national democratic party you could see what happened that he had a chance to gain credibility with a wide part of the egyptian political society. but what he did is to propose changes in the political party system and the election system which fell so far short of people's desire for some kind of move towards democracy that he lost any chance of showing hims

possibility is that of the elections elections are due to be held in september mubarak has been pushing for his son gamal to stand but that is an unpopular choice here in egypt and it certainly seems with these latest developments that that kind of scenario might not play out and then the third option that's being put forward is that you'll have this continued upheaval this continued. witnessing on the streets of egypt today what ever the scenario is one thing is quite clear that these thousands of protesters who are out on the streets of egypt today for all of it with a message and then miss it is that they're making history all right thank you artie's policy or talking to us from the egyptian capital keeping us up to date on the events there. and it stayed with egypt washington has been a financially supporting the country for years and is heavily invested in its political agenda while many believe that this could be the reason behind its so-called involvement in the uprising blogger henri marco from canada says the west is looking for a man they can control i think their real agenda is to really move

possibility is that of the elections elections are due to be held in september mubarak has been pushing for his son gamal to stand but that is an unpopular choice here in egypt and it certainly seems with these latest developments that that kind of scenario might not play out and then the third option that's being put forward is that you'll have this continued upheaval this continued effort on the streets of egypt today what ever the one thing is quite clear that these thousands of protesters who are out on the streets of egypt today all of it with a message and they miss it is that they're making history well washington has been financially supporting the country for years and is heavily invested in its political agenda but when it comes to openly supporting the incumbent president or his suggested replacement some say washington is playing a both fields to avoid losing out. right now we see being promoted by a number of important actors including important actors in the united states like freedom house that has been served funding resistance groups in egypt however somebody who's been out of egypt for

and that your son, gamal should not be on the ballot this septr either. again mubarak didn't seem to be getting the message although he did come out and say he wouldn't run for re-election. he still blames things on the muslim brother hood. now you see a much much more aggressive posture from the obama administration. president obama saying last night that mubarak or that there needs to be an orderly transition and it needs to begin now. that's what he said tuesday night, it needs to begin now. when robert gibbs the press secretary was asked, what does now mean? he said now means yesterday. so there's an urgency and there's a real concern officials tell me, the president is concerned that mubarak is going to delay this transition of power and that could cause a lot of trouble for the united states. >> charlie: and how do they see what might come after this and the u.s. relationship and the change in the middle east? >> not good. they don't see it as necessarily -- i don't think that there's anybody in the administration who thinks that the next government of egypt is g

yet, mubarak told me that he told president obama, you don't understand the egyptian culture. you don't understand what would happen if i retired today. his son, gamal, who many believed would succeed him, was in the room with us. but president mubarak told me something remarkable. he said, he never intended to run for another term. and he said, he never planned for his son to run, either. after he leaves office, i asked, where would he go, what would he do? he told me, this is my home. that he has no plans to flee egypt. i will die on egyptian soil, he said. i also asked him if he had ordered his supporters to attack the protesters in the square. he told me know. later, i asked the same question to his newly appointed vice president. i was just talking to president mubarak. and he told me that he did not like what he saw on the streets. >> it's a bad thing. and we never have this before. >> reporter: if they don't leave, which they say they won't until president mubarak leaves, what will you do? will you give an order? >> we will report them. we will not use any violence to take them out. but we will ask them to go home. >> christiane, it seems lik