The excitment grows as El Baradei speaks to the protesters.
You have taken back your rights and what we have begun can not go back.... We have one main demand: the end of the regime and the beginning of a new stage, a new Egypt.... I bow to the people of Egypt in respect. I ask of you patience, change is coming in the next few days.
Nicholas Kristof is in Cairo and on Twitter.
The New York Times also has a nice (uncredited) photo of relaxed troops and a child getting a boost.