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Were a whole line of these thugs with clubs with nails embedded in them. they looked like central castings notion of gangsters, and i decided that was maybe not the opportune place to get out of the cab, so i tried various other routes to get into tahrir square. at 2:00 i was turned back by soldiers, but finally i was able to find a way in, and later when i left, i had to have help, of course, and three people in tahrir, three local people volunteered their services to lead me out by secret pass...

>> well, its a continuation of what we saw very abruptly really in the early morning hours wednesday. you had the government send out police, members of the ruling party and a lot of just frankly thugs who are all around the town, trying to block people from entering tahrir square, theyre going after human rights monitors, journalists, when i arrived at tahrir square this morning, kind of a taggered entrance. the bridge, one of the major bridges over the nile river, there were -- i was about to ...

Its good to see you. good morning. >> its good to see you. thank you very much. its a lovelily day. >> im wondering what goes through your head when you hear those snippets from the late president? >> well, they were so tip los angelesal of the president. he had humor, dignity, poise. he was lovely to be around personally as well as in a public forum. i was a very focused nice man. i miss him terribly. >> many parallels have been made between him and president barack obama. both formidable commu...

Today, there was a line, a quantity let of these thugs. they looked like central castings version of thugs, they are big strapping young men. they were each holding these clubs with nails driven in them. and you know, that was pretty intimidating. i was able to find another route in and i must say that a lot of other people found ways in too. i spoke to a doctor who had not been previously involve in these protests and then he watched the scenes on satellite television yesterday of peaceful prot...

Impressive track record in the security field. >> i would imagine that hosni mubarak trusts very few and he would certainly be in his inner circle. but hes also been described to us as a thug -- im using that word, thats a direct quote, a thug straight out of central casting. what can we expect his role to be here? >> maintain order. and when you say hes a thug, to defeat a movement, an islamist movement that was a powerful movement in egypt, you cant be an ordinary nice person. in situations li...

>> a younger woman who works here is a lawyer. she came up to me, and she said, "ted, i want to tell you what i think about what youre doing. she said, im a lesbian. i dont think you know me. we havent worked together. my partner and i have children. i cant tell you what youre doing for us by taking this case." and she started to cry. and then i did. >> then olson made another move right out of central casting. he wanted to hire a co-counsel. of all people, the liberal, david boyce. his former s...

Amendment. you know, this case pairs two high-powered attorneys, ted olson and david boyce, famous archrivals in bush versus gore, they teamed up to overturn prop 8. sound like a hollywood fantasy straight from central casting? you bet. well, heres cnns political analyst, gloria borger. ♪ >> reporter: its a script that could have been written in hollywood. the opening shot? a lunch in the polo lounge at the beverly hills hotel. and it starts where you might expect. with a hollywood heavy hit...

And u.k.s daily mail. the gushing geyser of obamas anti-british rhetoric that now urgently needs to be capped. >> well, i mean, obviously, people in great britain are worried because if obama completely destroys bp, its not going to have money to pay out to the pensioners, theres a lot of worry that the pensioners in england arent going to have pension payments. look. bp screwed up royally. theres no question about it and they deserve the lions share of the blame and lets be clear about that. ye...

And u.k.s daily mail. the gushing geyser of obamas anti-british rhetoric that now urgently needs to be capped. >> well, i mean, obviously, people in great britain are worried because if obama completely destroys bp, its not going to have money to pay out to the pensioners, theres a lot of worry that the pensioners in england arent going to have pension payments. look. bp screwed up royally. theres no question about it and they deserve the lions share of the blame and lets be clear about that. ye...

And u.k.s daily mail. the gushing geyser of obamas anti-british rhetoric that now urgently needs to be capped. >> well, i mean, obviously, people in great britain are worried because if obama completely destroys bp, its not going to have money to pay out to the pensioners, theres a lot of worry that the pensioners in england arent going to have pension payments. look. bp screwed up royally. theres no question about it and they deserve the lions share of the blame and lets be clear about that. ye...