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Yousef joins us by phone. describe how the opposition is trying to unit. >> theres a helicopter right above me flying at low altitudes. half a mile off the scare and also nearby, the opposition will be gathering throughout the day. protesters continue to be apprenti present. the egyptian museum is nearby. what i can tell you is that the military presence has increased over the day, were seeing more soldiers, more check points. we saw an interesting development at the entrances to the main square...

Youre driving around whether or not youre actually going to run into the good guys or the bad guys. everybody out there has armed themselves with something. you drive around and you see illegal check points that have sprung up, people trying to stop you car and you really can only hope these are not criminals who are going to try to either take away your car or take away your belongings. so right now it appears as though outside of this downtown area where we have this big military presence here...

Their own hands. >> this is extraordinary because weve seen tens of thousands of people in the streets celebrating the upheaval egypt is undergoing right now, but cairo is a city of 20 million. so when you discount the people who are out there and pushing hard for change, you still get a lot of people who are home, worrying about what change is going to bring. >> reporter: yes. its a very different situation when you get outside of downtown cairo. you mentioned it, cairo is a city of about 20 mi...

That were in right now, downtown, and the outside areas in the rest of cairo. so right now in effect i wouldnt call it a breakdown of authority, but it certainly is an absence of any sort of law enforcement in that area. and this is something that i think is very, very troubling, also speaking from what i know about other places that have had troubles, is were seeing the emergence of illegal vehicle check points, where people are trying to stop cars and its not clear whether or not theyre trying...

But not a good idea. though the waves are not big but the current is very, very strong should someone be unfortunate enough to end up in the water. >> yesterday, they warned they had to shut dun if bridges to and from cape cod if the winds reached 70 miles per hour. most local residents chose to ride out the storm in their homes and i bet theyre glad. look at what a nice day it is today. >> peter, thank you so much. >> three terminals at the los angeles international airport have been reopened a...

Valuable. and while this is the new phase of the war for the americans, the old face, the combat phase, may have ended in name, but not in reality. this is still a front line, in a very dangerous place. >> it is still dangerous. my unit has tragically had two soldiers killed within the last month. and i do not believe that it will be the last casualty that we see here. >> yeah, so there is daily risk for ied, small arms fire. >> reporter: and those risks will be part of the job over the coming y...

Automatic close quarters combat weapon. clearing the path, like you said, for these drug runners. it is unbelievable. >> sean: what else are you seeing there? one of the concerns -- i was down at the border in a warehouse where literally from floor to ceiling, 25 foot ceilings, tons and tons of drugs they confiscated. if you were able to see all of this, it raises the question, where is the government? why cant they set up videos? why done they have surveillance? why arent they doing what you gu...

Combat weapon. clearing the path, like you said, for these drug runners. it is unbelievable. >> sean: what else are you seeing there? one of the concerns -- i was down at the border in a warehouse where literally from floor to ceiling, 25 foot ceilings, tons and tons of drugs they confiscated. if you were able to see all of this, it raises the question, where is the government? why cant they set up videos? why done they have surveillance? why arent they doing what you guys are doing capturing th...

Are using all available assets to track down the two missing sailors. they were last scene leaving a military base in kabul and heading out in an armored vehicle. it is not clear whether or not they were on official business or leaving for personal reasons but the military has been searching the area where they were last seen south of kabul. the military has been using helicopters and airplanes to search the larger area and the area they were last seen. they have set up military check points and...

Leaving roads under water in 170 -- and 170,000 customers have no power. >> julie: the u.s. military, is leaving no stone unturned as they search for two missing navy sailors in afghanistan. nato troops are setting up checks points all over kabul hoping to dig up any information and this, as the taliban members claiming to have the american sailors are offering up an exchange, and connor powell has the latest from afghanistan. >> reporter: u.s. military launched a full scale search and rescue op...