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It is 1:00 p.m. in the uae. im fuonnuala sweeney live from abu dhabi. you are watching a live special report. hundreds of protesters are gathering this saturday morning. this is a live picture coming from cairo. a heavy military presence surrounding the square in the heart of the city. well get that to you in a moment. police surrounding the interior ministry. officers earlier today firing tear gas to defend it against demonstrators who were trying to reach the building. the crowd in central cai...

Lets look at a chart to show you exactly when internet service was interrupted. president obama has called on the government to restore mobile and internet connections to the people, asking mubarak and im quoting here, alex, not to interfere with access to the bernt, social networks and cell phones that do so much to allow people to communicate in the country. theyve been using twitter and facebook. those continue to be trending topics. lets take a look at facebook. there are many groups on the ...

To his people. good morning, everyone. im alex witt. lets go first to our breaking news in egypt where the streets of cairo are covered with protesters and government tanks. president mubaraks cabinet stepped down. but that hasnt stopped protesters calling for the presidents resignation. egypt has closed access to the pyramids and nearly 2,000 travelers are at cairos main airport desperately searching for a flight out. good morning to you. how are you seeing things from london? >> good morning. ...

Behavior but should cops be in charge of disciplining children? we report. you decide. "fox and friends" continues right now. >> good morning, everyone, fox news alert this morning because there is new video from cairo to our newsroom as protesters flood the streets again today demanding the resignation of hosni mubarak who fired the cabinet but he refused to accept aside. 38 people have been killed in the protests. thousands are wounded. and egyptians are outraged over high unemployment, and lo...

Thanks, as always. fascinating analysis. >> pleasure, guys. >> thank you. now we turn back to cairo senior international correspondent ben wedeman. hes still watching events there where its now almost 4:00 in the morning. what are you hearing about protests tomorrow and what are you seeing happen on the street? >> in terms of the street, things are actually getting quite quiet. there are still a few people milling around coming basically to sightsee, to see the army in the streets of cairo, wh...

At this hour we will go by phone to our reporter in cairo. what are you seeing now? >> i am looking at graffiti in arabic and english saying "no mubarak, no maker marine," and watching people continue to protest in the streets, they are moving in and out of the square, beyond army vehicles including early tanks and i was standing with the people and under the gun barrel of the tank that was pointed up while a captain spoke to the people saying "we are with you," and people threw food to the sold...

Transpose the context of america directly on to the streets of cairo pause it doesnt work that way. >>dave: people are surprised by what they are seeing and surprised to hear egypt is the second biggest recipient of economic aid in the world behind israel and we give them $1.5 billion a year, and $1.3 billion goes to the military. gibbs said yesterday that we are reviewing our assistance posture. should we continue to give this kind of money to this country? are we supporting what the administra...

On fire from last night and interior ministry, a symbol of the security of government, of mubarak, under attack, and the response from the security, by fire into the crowd. this, a day after the huge tum multi-we saw not just in cairo, after the speech from president mubarak where he offered all sorts of things, but we were out in the crowds today and ive he got to tell you, no one is buying it. they are angry, and they want this to go. and the police are gone, and theyre responsible for a lot o...

It is a mob scene and foreign tourists and scrambling to get out and its saudi arabia, while theyre hungering down and stocks there tumbling 6.4% today. thats right, saturday, the first trading day of their week and this is not well received. and all of this as egyptian authorities try and restore calm. theyve extended a curfew and president mubarak promised to restore order and a new cabinet, but it might be too little too late. reports saying up to 74 people are now dead and thousands are inju...

Desperation, theyve been scrambling to get out and get any flight they can and good luck. right now, not cairo, thats canal. and protests in that city, all, but stop on that for now. hey, lawrence, my parents want to talk to you.