Egypt VP to Begin Talks with Political Powers

Embattled Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak dispatched his newly appointed vice president to announce on state television that talks will begin with all political powers.

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Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman appeared on the government-controlled television station to say that Mubarak tapped him to initiate the talks, CBS News' Khaled Wassef reports.

Suleiman, a close Mubarak confident who the embattled leader appointed Saturday as his first vice president in his 30-year rule, also announced that several political reforms will be announced within days.

Among those reforms, fighting unemployment and abolishing corruption will be a priority, Suleiman said.

Suleiman also announced that some elections will be held where an appeals court had ordered a re-vote but the government had disregarded.