>> tonight to egypt, a country on edge as it waits for official word and who its president will be. supporters of the muslim brotherhood candidate fear the election will be stolen from them by the military. tonight the military there is warning against trouble. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel joins us from cairo, still crowded tahrir square with the latest. richard, good evening.
>> reporter: good evening, lester. this weekend egyptian officials will announce the winner of last weekend's disputed presidential election . here in tahrir square are members of the muslim brotherhood . they firmly believe that their candidate mohamed morsi won the election and tonight are already celebrating. if he is declared the winner the celebrations will grow much larger and egypt will begin its experiment in islamic democracy . if the other candidate, the military choice, ahmed shafiq, is declared the winner, these crowds could turn ugly and violence is possible.
>> richard, while i have you, another potentially dangerous development in the region tonight i want to ask you about. a turkish fighter jet somehow ended up in syrian air space and was shot down by syrian forces. what do we know about this?
>> reporter: we know turkish officials have confirmed that the aircraft was over syrian territorial waters and was shot down by syrian air defenses. syrians have also confirmed this. the fate of the two pilots remains unknown. turkey says it is studying the situation and will take, quote, appropriate action. the turkish/syrian border has grown increasingly tense. turkey and syria were long-time allies but now turkey backs the antiassad rebels.
>> richard engel in central cairo
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