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Clearly you knew this guy eventually was going to get into trouble. you knew he wasnt listening. >> now its spreading all across the middle east. >> lets set the scene here, five minutes past the top of the hour. egypts prime minister is now apologizing for attacks by pro-mubarak supporters on anti-government protesters in central cairo and vowing to investigate who was behind it. he told state tv this morning that the violence was a, quote, blatant mistake. right now army tanks and soldiers are...

Being visibly irritated by bushs freedom agenda. i dont think its a coincidence that barack obama went to cairo in 2009, delivered the speech he gave and now we dont see american flags burning in the streets in a way that, to be really blunt, you would expect a country who held this up regime for 30 years. >> one of the things -- one of the points that fareed makes, the bush freedom agenda was something ideologically and philosophically supported. obama has had a more kind of moderate and contro...

The ground in cairo. what are you seeing right now? >> gretchen, when we spoke, there ar there was a stand-off but and not doing anything. but theres violence that just picked up. they are hurling sticks and rocks as well to a group of pro democracy protesters. they are backing up to the front edge at the edge of the square. more people from the center of the square are heading in this direction and it looks like its going to be another big massive face-off today. people saying that they believe...

Cyclone yasi packing winds of 186 miles an hour. the power equivalent to hurricane katrina. meanwhile, the chaos in cairo causing fuel prices to go up which is leading to increased air fare in the united states. american airlines is now jacking up fares between $4 and $10 on domestic flights. united, continental as well hitting passengers with a $6 fuel surcharge. the friendly skies just got more expensive. >> well, today, the president heads to pennsylvania to promote clean energy innovation bu...

Is no one to whom we can turn for guidance. this is going to be seat of the pants for a while. as it does, well continue to see this kind of foment all over the middle east, what happens, where it goes and where it ultimately goes for us is still unclear. >> one of fareeds points is that in a way this is the first post-american revolution, theyre not looking for to us guidance, particularly. whats going on in the middle east is something independent of the u.s., independent of what everyone had ...

The people of egypt need to see change. the people of egypt need to see progress. and thats what the world needs to see. the people of egypt, they do not want to see appointments. they do not want to see speeches. they want to see concrete action by their government. >> 43 past the hour. joining us now as we look at live pictures of cairo, "time" magazines managing editor, rick stengel who is here to reveal the latest issue of "time" magazine. good to have you back. >> not surprised at the cover...

Zone for all of us around here. theres no more dividing lines, the square is the center of the protest. its a running squirmish with the rocks and the bottles, what have you. youll see young men fired up, lots of testosterone, sticks and things, walking around macho. itching for a fight back and forth, chasing people. very volatile situation that seems to have no boundaries now. still in the center of cairo but not contained just in the square that weve been watching for over a week. >> nbcs les...

Pensacola, what, what? >> it doesnt ring a bell. >> thanks again. >> see you. >> hire cheerleaders. still ahead, a live report from lester holt. hes on the ground in cairo. hell bring us the very latest. plus, elton john explains the secret behind his appearance at rush limbaughs wedding. keep it on "morning joe." >> i was wondering about that one. ♪ ♪ [ clatters ] really? ♪ [ male announcer ] its time for a phone... really? really? [ male announcer ] ...to save us from our phones. new...

Its interesting. >> unless youre going to do that for people on the leave. >> i can. >> theres no need to. i think we should leave people alone. >> really? okay. >> i do. when it comes to their personal lives -- >> oh, really? >> we didnt go through marriages or talk about john edwards, that chaos. we refused to do that. >> the top of the six was interesting. >> what about the top of the six? did someone get a divorce at the top of the six. >> no, i think it was interesting. >> what was interest...

Armed with knives, as i mentioned, sporadic fighting continued throughout the night in central cairo with automatic weapons fire breaking out before dawn for about two hours. meanwhile, tanks fired tracer rounds over the heads of the demonstrators. and opposition leader mohamed elbaradei, and islamists are rejecting a government offer to negotiate a mubarak exit. meanwhile, the united states is telling americans in cairo to get the heck out. the department of state says unlikely there will be fu...