Mubarak transfers power to vice president

Mubarak said in a nationally televised address Thursday that the demands of protesters calling for his immediate ouster are just and legitimate. He said he had requested six constitutional amendments, answering one of the demands of the protesters. He said he would lift hated emergency laws when security permitted.
Mubarak also vowed to punish those behind violence over the past two weeks and offered condolences to the families of those killed.
Vice President Omar Suleiman also addressed the nation urging the "youth" to end their protest and go home and be part of rebuilding the nation.