in egypt, the newly elected president mohammad mursi said he has already begun forming a government of national unity. the muslim brotherhood candidate trying to reassure women and a large minority christian community that they have nothing to fear. but there is deep suspicion about the muslim brotherhood agenda among many sectors of the country. although it is not yet clear how much power the military council will allow him to wield. our correspondent has this report. >> the party is over, the traffic is back into rear square -- in tahrir square. egyptians are looking this morning to see what kind of present and they have selected. as a member of the muslim brotherhood, muhammed mursi isn't as llamas but he promised to rule for all egypt. -- is an islamist but a promise to roll for all egypt. >> thanks to you and god will fight them president for all egyptian whatever they may be. >> western countries have been quick to congratulate egypt on the first democratic presidential election in its history. but they also want mohammad mursi to live up to a pledge of moderation. >> it is very

now mohammad mursi is their candidate for president. it goes to show you the power of this organization to combine religion and politics into an incredibly concentrated force. most of the people who are in here are muslim brotherhood members or sympathizers. they say they will sleep in the square despite the heat and how miserable it is out there until their demands are met. >> i believe mursi -- this is my belief. >> right now he leads the vote count by about 800,000 ballots. that is going into tomorrow around 3:00 p.m. when we expect those official election results. the brotherhood has said if the opposition candidate is the winner, the protests we see behind us will look small in comparison to what they launch, but still right now the army is very much a wildcard. experts say there is very little chance if any they will take orders from a brotherhood president which could create egyptian revolution version 2.0. >> gregg: leland vittert, thanks. >> heather: back at home. an extreme weather alert. new fears of a tropical storm forming

erupting in cheers following the election of mohammad mursi. they are vowing to stay here until the military hands over complete control over to the country's new president. leland vitter is streaming live from cairo. hi, leland. >> reporter: hi, heather, the party is still going here and it will go on late into the night. tens of thousands of people streaming in tahrir square. it's quiet because the president elected is delivering his victory speech on state television as we speak. it is hard to underscore how much egypt has changed in the past two years going from hosni mubarek through the revolution and now today the election of a muslim brotherhood candidate. at one point spent time in prison for being a member of the muslim brotherhood. now president-elect of egypt. >> a deafening war came from up the square where muslim brotherhood supporters gathered to wait for election results. within hours the crowd grew creating something that looked like a rock concert with the world's largest new year's eve party. >> we make something very good. we

if true, would be a huge blow for egypt's muslim brotherhood whose opposing runoff candidate, mohammad mursis egypt's military leaders are tightening their so-called iron fist on power. they're raising serious fears right now of a coup. lots at stake. here in the united states, meanwhile, new questions about an egyptian delegation that came to washington. and you won't believe what one group one member is linked to or the places and people he actually got access to. brian todd is joining us now. he's been investigating this story. this is pretty shocking stuff, brian. >> it really is, wolf, this group of egyptian lawmakers was here just this week. among those members was a man tied to a known terrorist group. we found out he was not only allod toer ud states but got access to top ofalof the obama administration, possibly even at the white house. he came to washington in a gaggle of egyptian lawmakers in town to meet with top officials of the obama administration. butt appears he shouldn't have been allowed into the u.s. at all. seen here on his facebook page, recently elected to egypt's parl