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Their mortgage bill right now is much higher in many cases than the value the price can support -- the value of the home can support, rather. thats still a problem here, but home affordability, suzanne, is at the best weve seen in many, many years. that means if you can afford to buy a home and you can get a loan, youre in good shape. you just might see more home value losses to come. >> all right, christine, thank you very much. >> sure. a cnn exclusive now from egypt. google executive, the m...

Terry moran, abc news, cairo. the new republican leadership in the house miscalculated the level of support for the patriot act. they thought they could pass a nine-month extension of certain parts of the anti-terror law but instead 26 republicans joined democrats in opposing it. several surveillance provisions have been extended. they were set to expire at the end of the month. in medical news, a major new approach in the treatment of certain breast cancers. it means thousands of women will...

Horrible weather weve been seeing. >> that plus egypt. you usually dont see a spike like this until summertime. later this half hour, relief for those who sleepwalk. researchers may have pinpointed what causes this puzzling condition. first, before all that, the looming showdown in egypt. the countrys vice president is now warning protesters their continued demonstrations will no longer be tolerated. >> he hinted the police could soon be called to end the protests. were joined by phone from ...

His egyptian counterpart omar suleiman, pushing a detailed list of steps to be taken by the egyptian government, including the immediate lifting of emergency law that has been in place here for years. thats the law that essentially sanctions all the repression that these protesters are trying to lift. >> thanks, aaron katersky, reporting live from cairo. thanks again, aaron. the new republican leadership in the house miscalculated the level of support for the patriot act. they thought they cou...

Expression. they also say that biden told suleiman egypt must immediately rescind the 1981 emergency law which has been in business ever since -- for some 30 years, restricting civil rights, civil liberties, human rights in egypt, broaden the participation and the national dialogue to include what biden calls a wide range of opposition members, and invite the opposition to participate in a partner to develop a road map and a timetable for a transition, so its a pretty specific statement. they al...

Mont belvieu. this is 35 miles east of houston. apparently the explosion happened right around noon central time. this facility stores natural gas liquids, and the personnel on site, according to the company spokesperson, on site and trained to deal with this kind of situation, trained to control this fire. according to the spokesperson from enterprise solutions, one person has not been accounted for but at least that individual was seen leaving the facility. one school in the area though has be...

Arabis blog is joining us. obviously, you have seen the developments unfold in the last week or so, and i understand life in cairo is beginning to get back to normal, even the garbage collector came by in weeks. what did he say to you? >> thats right. the public opinion is divided in egypt. you have an amazing scene where i am where you have a lot of people who feel they are coming together as one people due to the departure of president mubarak. outside of this place, there is a different feeli...

Christians stood shoulder to shoulder with muslims, holding a cross and koran, demanding mubaraks resignation. what do you call this? >> revolution. >> reporter: its a revolution? >> yes. >> reporter: but a day earlier, these egyptian revolutionaries shifted their tactics to face a new, far more dangerous threat. you have people sitting outside your barricades. >> yes. >> reporter: why? >> to face the tanks. >> reporter: why do you have to face the tanks? >> to stop them. >> reporter: the men of...

He stole the super bowl. he stole the show. he has a great story. just an adorable kid. we wish him all the best. >> we do. doctors say his outlook is good. >> great. thank you. >> sure. top of the hour, im suzanne malveaux. lets get you up to speed. anti-government protesters form a human chain around cairos tahrir square. their numbers are smaller today. theyre vowing theyre not going to leave. projectors rejected this weekends democracy talks as a government ploy. >> it was raining. it was ...

Afternoon. right now, if i look around, still a good 4,000, 5,000 people here on that square. youll see people coming and going, however, they are still out there in masses. the people have been telling us that they have no intention of going home until hosni mubarak steps down. they are, of course, following the political developments going on. all these talks between the government and opposition groups. theres a lot of people i spoke to down there, suzanne, who tell me they dont want anybody ...