Video: Egypt elects Brotherhood candidate

>>> overseas now to another big story we're following tonight, an historic turning point in egypt . more than a year after rage and revolution swept across that country, egypt has a new and freely elected leader, a one-time political prisoner , now president. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel joins us now from cairo's tahrir square, where the celebration continues late into the night . richard?

>> reporter: they certainly are, lester, with firework withes as well, egypt took a major turn, electing a conservative president who wants to impose islamic law . it was a year and a half ago in this square that students brought down president mubarak , but in the end it was the islamists who managed to do what the students could not. rise to power . 2:00 p.m . tahrir square, the muslim brotherhood is already celebrating. their victory in egypt 's most important election ever still isn't certain. two hours later, judges appear on state tv to officially announce that the muslim brotherhood 's mohammed morsi has in fact won, with a 52% majority. tahrir explodes in both joy and religious ecstasy . god is great, they shout. here they are seeing a simple islamic chant to give thanks that mohammed morsi has won the presiden presidency. egypt is at a crossroads, decades of secular military rule are over, and now this country is starting a new islamic chapter. in tahrir , crowds hold up copies of the koran. this is our constitution, they shout. for decades, the brotherhood's slogan has been islam is the solution.

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>> reporter: nearby, clerics lead more cheers. the army is ours, they say. across town, others see the egypt brotherhood's win as a catastrophe that democracy has brought a fundamental iist president who wants to change laws. the vote, just to pass the power. egypt is lost they yell, as they tear up morsi's picture. morsi gave his acceptance speech tonight, reaching out, promising moderation and to include all egyptians in a new government. but in tahrir , many see their victory as much more than that. as divine intervention , and say it is only the beginning of profound changes still to come. the muslim brotherhood still faces serious challenges. the military has already taken away many of the president's key authorities, so a power struggle between the islamists here and the egyptian military could lie ahead. lester?

>> richard engel in cairo tonight,

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