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Secretary gates has these conversations, is he talking about $1.5 billion in foreign aid that goes largely to the military from this country? ive got to think that that is part of the conversation. >> i think thats a very important point because senator john mccain among those joining the statements from congress says mr. mubarak needs to go and that could be in the end the ultimate leverage when the administration says its not just us, leading members of congress are also saying youre not going...

Chiefs admiral mike mullin told a top egyptian military leader he wants things over there to calm down but he thinks the egyptian military can keep the area secure. and the egyptians werent just getting advice from america yesterday. france, germany, britain, italy and spain all put together a joint statement released by french president sarkozy that says "we are observing a deterioration of the situation in egypt with great concern. the process of transition must start now." so you guys, the wh...

Sides seem to be vying for control of an overpass which leads to the main bridge across the nile. and there you see a group of individuals, citizens of cairo, we presume. we cant tell you which side they are on. but they are moving forward expeditiously, very, very quickly. elsewhere in the square, we have seen groups of men hurling firebombs and rocks, lifeless bodies being drag from the area. the protesters claim mubarak is -- is guilty of unleashing a force of thugs that he paid in plain-clot...

Of operation to try to clear them out but simultaneously, weve heard from people who have spoken directly on mobile phones to people in those tanks who say theyre fed one the pro government demonstrators attacking the pro democracy supporters and saying that if the pro government forces continue to fire upon these individuals in the center of the square who have been peaceful for eight long days, the army will turn their guns on them. if that were to happen, that means the army was siding with t...

Gun fire erupted overnight around the square and the world famous egyptian museum. doctors working at triage in the square say at least five people were killed and four others have been critically wounded in that fighting, manisha. of course, charles, as much as many egyptians want change, it is hard to see change in sight. it is a change of the protests of a couple of days ago. arwa damon spoke with egyptians to get their reaction to this unrest. >> reporter: in an almost surreal and unnatura...

You know? yesterday, when all the news, you know, the curfew got extended and the cur few, they said, the president made concessions in the speech. let us move forward but, you know, yesterday they had a lot of things that took place like the parliament is on hold, the vice president is holding talks with opposition people and protesting. were gridlocked now. nobodys winning in the situation. >> all right. just very, very briefly, more or less a yes or no answer, maha, will you be rejoini ining ...

Mubarak exit. they are telling americans to get out now, its the last chance. state department says its unlikely there will be further relief flights after today. u.n. has ordered its people out, too. in yemen 40,000 demonstrators have taken to the streets there. equal numbers are said to be anti-government and pro government but thats always difficult to figure out whos doing what. >> meanwhile, with conditions in cairo deteriorating, the egyptian army has stepped in again. for the latest, lets...

Occasionally using their weapons to drive the crowd in a given direction. but certainly, tahrir square, which was the center of this now is the hub of a much wider ranging conflict that is raging across this part of cairo. we should tell you that as of last night, 1,900 americans have taken the charter flights organized by the embassy to points in europe. there are tens of thousands of americans here. i was in an american neighborhood yesterday right before the attacks began in the square and ma...

Airport as soon as possible after curfew, which ended an hour ago, it ended at 7:00 a.m. their time. the u.s. state department says they have chartered flights out of egypt to send americans home. they are urging the americans there to wait -- not to wait, actually -- for them bass tow call you. they are saying, go to the airport now if you are there because additional u.s. government flights after thursday -- highly unlikely. we dont want americans trapped there, they are saying, so if you want...

Violence, former defense secretary donald rumsfeld speaking out against the west wing and his former colleagues. plus his biggest regret. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning, everyone. as youre waking up and overnight, more breaking news coming out of egypt for you. the military now moving troops and tanks between anti-government protesters and people loyal to president hosni mubarak. pro mubarak demonstrators started moving towards tahrir square. some are carrying knives. they are...