Nightly News   |  June 23, 2012

Egypt could soon be an Islamic democracy

Egyptians fill Cairo’s Tahrir Square in anticipation of a new government being announced. NBC’s Richard Engel reports.

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>> on edge as it waits for word tomorrow on who it's new president will be. supporters of the muslim president fear that the country will be stolen from them. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel joins us.

>> reporter: good evening. there is now a battle in this country that could turn into a street battle as well. here in tahrir square, they say if their candidate is not confirmed tomorrow, there could be violence. but across town, right now, there is a rival demonstration by supporters of the military's choice and they do not want to see the muslim brotherhood come to power and impose anise laman islamic agenda. they say the talk is helping to empower the muslim brotherhood and they say that washington has no idea how dangerous and radical the muslim brotherhood is. we will see if those calls are heated when results are announced tomorrow.