President Morsi refused to accept the demands of the opposition and set himself to face off against the military.
As the deadline passed, Egyptian troops began moving in and securing government buildings and offices.
They also began moving in towards areas occupied by the Muslim Brotherhood and other Morsi supporters.
Morsi's government has decried the moves as the beginning of a coup, and accuse the military of trying to take power for themselves.
However, the thousands of protesters welcome them as allies in deposing Morsi.
The military has pledged that they will secure peace and install a council made up of leaders from both sides, while working to see new elections take place.
Towards that, they are already in talks with opposition leaders to ensure that is the result.
It is yet unclear if Morsi will step down, he will be betrayed by his followers, or if the military and opposition will remove him by force.
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