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Its early afternoon in egypt right now. main internet service has been shut down. communication has been interrupted by the government there as well and even one of our own reporters has been roughed up by police there. so many breaking developments. well continue to update you here throughout the morning. 0 other stories. be south african president nelson mandela being discharged from the hospital. the 92-year-old men dela was admitted wednesday with an acute respiratory infection. they say m...

Gather and protest because social media over there and the internet has played such a key role in getting people out on the streets they are concerned about that. thats one of the reasons this is trying to be blocked right now. >> all right. we appreciate you. great respect for people to understand whats happening. well continue to check in with you throughout the morning. thanks so much. up next on "american morning" former be south african president nelson mandela going home from the hospita...

Today, the seven astronauts on board "challenger" when it lifted off, 73 seconds later the vehicle exploded. the accident caused by the extreme cold weather coupled with a faulty seal in one of the giant solid rocket boosters. the seven astronauts who perish ed. we went to a school in virginia this past week and met with a very special teacher. she has a very close bond with the teacher. she was actually in her school, the same school that she taught at. she was in the sunday school with her. an...

Message out to the rest of the world? are they trying to simply organize there within their own country and thats what egypt is trying to stop. people are literally going door-to-door saying hey come with us. >> reporter: absolutely. they are trying to do two main things. one has already been achieved. the egyptian government is wasting time in the sense that they are trying to stop people from coming out in the streets. the organizing has been done through online tools. its been done for the la...

>> yeah, kate. just take a look at these dramatic pictures. if you were going to southwest japan any time soon you may have to forget it for a while because look at this video. these are pictures of the volcano and you can see the smoke and ash being belched up. this is 10,000 feet high in the sky. a lot of flights have been disrupted in this area. this was the most interesting thing that i learned when i was looking at it. it looked familiar and t.j., kate, it is because it was actually used as...

Way of social media right now? >> the story right now is theres so little getting out from social media in egypt whereas in the past few days social media had been used, an integral part of getting people out in the streets. last night virtually completely shut down. you heard it talked about this, theres a complete crack going down. officials are trying to get people to stop using social media. let me show you what weve seen. heres a facebook page from one of the main groups thats been calling ...

Therapists working with her, each working on different part of her recovery. 25 years ago today the space shuttle "challenger" lifted off and never came home. seven nuts died. they will be remembered this morning in florida. and we go there. john, its hard to believe its been 25 years since that national tragedy. >> reporter: yeah, kate. it really is. i remember 25 years ago standing down by the countdown clock watching "challenger" lifting off, reporting for cnn on the launch and really was a...

President reagan was determined that the program would go on. were his dreams realized? >> for a while. we seem to have to relearn the lessons of history over and over again. we went through this in apollo and we remember the apollo one crew. i was in grade school in florida. we remember the challenger school, which i was an air force pilot. and then the lesson again most recently with columbia, all on similar dates, end of january-beginning of february. and we seem to learn from our lessons, ge...

Pouring into the streets today. >> in particular, lets sew you a couple of the pictures we are getting in. unconfirmed reports police have shot some 20 people. we are looking into that and have not been able to confirm it yet but those are some of the reports coming in. alexandria, demonstrators there throwing rocks through clouds of tear gas that are being fired at them by the police. also the city of cairo on lockdown right now. internet service has been shut down. cell phone service has been ...

About how social media is playing a role in organizing these protests. we go live to the scene. mohamed, good morning to you. you were tasked this morning with keeping an eye on the updates from social immediate area on twitter, on facebook coming out of egypt. it was striking to talk to you this morning. theres not a whole lot you can report and theres a reason for that. >> reporter: thats right. social media has played such an integral role in getting protesters out into the street and demonst...