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One was pilot air. was an engine problem. its got an excellent track record. >> well, we are obviously going to continue to monitor the developments and we thank you for your inputs on this because i know youre going to be watching this very closely. thank you, sir. >> thanks. >> now on the latest on the tensions that are raising the stakes between the u.s. and russia. theres reports of warning shots, of automatic weapon fire by pro-russian forces in crimea. that is to keep a foreign military mi...

In the past. so this is a very critical moment and the question is what can be done to kind of pull the parties back from each other. clearly, yanukovychs government cant be maintained. but nor can the opposition demand that he be, you know, fired and put to trial. so theyve got to work something out. and im very pleased that the german, french and russian -- im sorry, polish foreign ministers are on the scene, trying to broker something. >> but russias role sort of egging yanukovych on, now hes...

Inside, and now imagine what its like now, where youve got this feeling of jubilation now that the word has spread that the suspect is finally in custody. piers? >> remarkable scenes. we go back to anderson cooper. its been a quite extraordinary 24 hours. i came off air about just before 1:00 in the morning last night, when there had been this shooting at m.i.t., a police officer had been killed, but at that stage, there was no direct link to the boston marathon bombings, and as the night progre...

Mubaraks resignation. what do you call this? do you have a name for this? >> yes, revolution. >> reporter: a day earlier, these egyptian revolutionaries shifted their tactics tore avoid a far more dangerous threats. you have people sitting outside your barricades? >> the fear of the tanks. >> reporter: why do you have to face the tanks? they fear egyptian soldiers may use force to kill their revolution. to prevent that, they say theyre ready to pay the ultimate price. and, kyra, as a sign of thi...

The chaos and bloodshed happening right now in egypt. i want to go straight to our cnn anchor anderson cooper. hes been in the center of the violence in it cairo. anderson, if you can hear us, he is by phone. can you give us an update of where you are and whether or not things have calmed down at all. >> reporter: id rather not tell you exactly where i am just for security reasons. >> i can certainly understand. >> reporter: i can tell you, i can see the egyptian museum, the front of it, and the...

We are following thebreaking news happening out of cairo, egy egypt. you can see from pictures earlier today it is now nighttime. violence erupted on the street as demonstrators throw molotov cocktails. fires are being ignited and forces there, trying to put out the fire with hoses. we know there are people who have been wounded. we know our own anchor anderson cooper also experiencing on the other end of some of that violence there. obviously, it has become a chaotic and frightening scene there...

Anderson from your vantage point. >> reporter: a truck is now on fire and im hearing repeated automatic weapon fire now several blocks away. i cant tell the exact location of it. it looks like one molotov cocktail found its way to a truck. water it being put on it. thats the area where the anti-mubarak supporters are in. to the right of that vehicle, thats the side where the anti-mubarak protesters are. there is another molotov cocktail. we are being launched by pro-mubarak protesters against th...

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Americans to shelter in place after gunmen attacked a radisson hotel in the countrys capital city. nbc news is reporting there are 170 hostages, and right now, police are sealing off the area. automatic weapon fire could be heard outside the hotel. nbcs ron mott joins us now with the latest on this developing situation. good morning, ron. >> good morning, shannon. i apologize for the alarms you hear behind me in the building here. this is a developing situation, obviously, and information is spa...

We are hours after curfew and behind me, still thousands of people in cairo central square, still chanting, still waving egyptian flags though now some of them have built camp fires under the palm trees here for warmth. now, we have heard some gunshots, some automatic weapon fire, weapons fire in just the last 15, 20 minutes here, crackling in the distance and that is a hint at the problems that are being faced in other neighborhoods of the egyptian capital right now. ive been on the phone with ...