and for more, i spoke a short time ago with nancy youssef of mcclatchy newspapers in cairo. nancy, thanks again for joining us: last time we spoke was right after the elections and everybody was still jubilant. now tonight we're seeing more turmoil again. what happened? >> well, the mubarak verdict in which he and his minister of terior were found guiltynd given a fe stencnd their subordinates let off really sort of set off the revolutionaries. i think that and the fact that his former prime minister was in the run-off election really set off people who wanted a revolution and feel that it's in trouble right now, that rather than sort of seeing revolutionary changes, that there's more of the same, that the regime is sort of giving them reforms but not really. that the system is still intact. >> ifill: why was a life sentence for mubarak considered to be a weak verdict? was it really about the verdict or was it about the electn? >> it was both really. i think it was very funny to watch people because they heard the life sentence announced first for mubarak and then for his min

. >> brown: a short time ago judy woodru talked with nancy youssef, covering events for mcclatchy newspapers, in cairo. >> woodruff: nancy, welcome. first of all, where does the vote stand at this hour? >> well, as of now, the muslim brotherhood candidate appears to be in the lead but sha fear, his rival and mubarak's last prime minister is contesting that and says that the muslim brotherhood has miscounted and miscalculated and in fact he is in the lead. we expect official results on wednesday but right now the presumption in the country is is that mosi is the next president. >> woodruff: the generals have made this announcement. you were there for their news conference. tell us exactly what they're saying >> they really made an effort today to refute claims that this is an attempt by them to launch a counterrevolution on the heels of them naming themselves in charge of the drafting of laws and issuing a temporary amendment to the constitution that really consolidated the power over the executive branch. they announced that they would be consulted before the new president launched war, that