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Israeli channel 2 camera crew, coming to, i think we are the only crew who came to film peaceful story about the peaceful life beneath burning cairo. we arrived on monday night. tuesday morning, we left the square which the hotel was just nearby and drove out about 20-kilometers from the central cairo. we were just filming the peaceful life and families and i mean, normal life beneath the burning surface. eventually around 2:00 noon, we were approached by motorcycle with two people who snatched ...

Israeli channel 2 camera crew, coming to, i think we are the only crew who came to film peaceful story about the peaceful life beneath burning cairo. we arrived on monday night. tuesday morning, we left the square which the hotel was just nearby and drove out about 20-kilometers from the central cairo. we were just filming the peaceful life and families and i mean, normal life beneath the burning surface. eventually around 2:00 noon, we were approached by motorcycle with two people who snatched ...

And one of the things that becomes very evident is that social media and the use of the technology that we have, whether its twitter or facebook, the skype that we were just able to use in order to talk to these two young activists there in cairo, creates a whole new capacity for people not only to communicate with each other but to communicate to the rest of the world. and it is bringing about an entirely new way of bringing protests and bringing to people who otherwise voice at all. will alway...

Have you been in war zones. first of all, a the love americans, we just want to know, what the heck are you thinking when you go into these places that are filled with danger? >> well, thats where the pictures are, its like that bank robber who said thats where the money is if you want to see a country flip over. if you want to see history made before your eyes, and there is a lot of people who do like that, thats really where you want to go. i remember when tanks fired on the russian white hous...

Some of them have been 12 days now without receiving their salaries. they have been living under curfew. the basic necessities of life like food and fuel are getting more difficult and more expensive to obtain all the time. governor? >> mike: mike, tell me, is the situation beginning to ease up at least in terms of the violence? i mean, we have had journalists who have been brutally assaulted, arrested. there have been extraordinary scenes that have come from you and from other correspondents. i...

And one of the things that becomes very evident is that social media and the use of the technology that we have, whether its twitter or facebook, the skype that we were just able to use in order to talk to these two young activists there in cairo, creates a whole new capacity for people not only to communicate with each other but to communicate to the rest of the world. and it is bringing about an entirely new way of bringing protests and bringing to people who otherwise voice at all. will alway...

White house. its not american music awards. no lip syncing, you know what im saying? >> well have to leave it there, jack gray in the gray zone. that was fun, though. maybe next year well be invited to the white house, who knows? >> seriously, you and me, together again. >> if not, well have our own super bowl party. jack, great to see you. have a great weekend. thank you. weve seen a lot of wide shots of the crowds in cairo, as we call it. john king is there to show us whats going on with a s...

The same place theyve been now for 12 days. also there one of the most recognizable member of the opposition, mohammed elbaradei. he announced this morning hes now part of a group of ten. they are leading opponents to the government to say they represent government protesters. those leaders meeting with omar suleiman had first refused to request to meet but changed their minds. a major gas pipeline has been shut down on the sinai peninsula. it was supposedly the target of a terror attack. it s...

There have been a lot of developments in the last few days in the egyptian uprising. tahrir square or liberation square is ground zero. heres john king. >> it is here in central cairo where this has played out. then the peaceful demonstration, then the violent turn, into the weekend fears that wed have a violent crackdown on what protesters determined would be farewell friday. first because we have the violence against protesters and journalists. then friday we saw police coming into the scare i...

Got too much snow on the roof. it happened in easton, massachusetts. luckily the people there and inside heard the creeks and they all got out of the building before the roof and the walls caved in. amazing. finally, check out this snowman or maybe we should call it a snow giant. the skoefble family in cham peon, new york, builds a big snowman every year. but this time, yes, you can see theyve outdone themselves. this one, 35 feet tall. but not just snow. his buttons, because hes so big, are act...