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Between tripoli, there are now six khadafy controlled check points. they have six khadafy controlled check points between here and the capital. that is anti-khadafy forces that is control there. there is concern that he is going to make a push to recapture that city. this is the largest city that has been taken control of by anti-khadafy sources only 30 miles from the capital. and in benghazi. they held a meeting with journalists they would like to see a formation of a national council to help i...

>> and khadafy loyalists manning check points around the capital and even firing into the crowds of demonstrators. >> we have complete team coverage. jonathan hunt on the border where evacuees are pouring through and julie banderas following developments at the united nations where the security council is meeting trying to decide how to punish khadafy for the violent repression of his own people. first we go to jonathan hunt. >> reporter: colonel khadafy is isolated in tripoli but increasingly d...

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>> thats right, howard. and thats the debate that has been going on for days. a lot of people have been asking, does social media really play an integral factor in this. in the case of egypt, it really played a critical factor on how to organize. people were using twitter and facebook to organize. one key group getting people out in the streets, in a matter of days, they went from 20,000 fans to 80,000 fans. thats just in one day, the traffic increased that much. now, we can see these sites were...

That did not happen. a couple of hundred thousand supporters went back to liberation square, freedom square, if you like, and held rallies. but, more importantly, they did not clash on the jail we saw on wednesday and thursday, with the pro government supporters, the army finally became more proactive setting up tanks at the top of streets to cut off potential clashes and they set up strict check points. they also protected journalists more this time than ever before to stop the violence. but th...

Protesters and police. again, those are the two sides that clashed, the early days of this unrest, and, left so many ill feelings and deaths and injuries and you name it. the police now have been yanked off of the streets. not just in dealing with protesters but dealing with anything, as that is causing another huge problem here in egypt. one of insecurity. we have reports from various neighborhoods here in cairo and elsewhere, of looters, we have seen with our own eyes many civilian militia wit...

Confrontational with the antigovernment protesters, but its a very tense situation because any, anything can perhaps set off or ignite some kind of confrontation. its a very dense place. driving around the city when you pass the check points, for example, there are some manned by police and some -- and seemingly in charge or being allowed to exert their will as they try to defend their neighborhoods or just take charge of the situation. so, a good day in the square would appear based on what im ...

Deliveries? >> gone ti dont know the exact answer. from what weve sxerexperienced shops are not open. when you see people getting food around, you see a truck of lettuce that looks pretty limp try to get through the check points. and then you see people carrying bread in their arms loose. we were in the central square today where all the protests are happening and there was a man sort of like a nut cart in the u.s. or new york where he was trying to sell food. so theres commerce happening but it...

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If you do not do the certain things. if you walk to one of those check points and you say, you know what, i dont want to be groped and i dont want to go through that x-ray scanner, theyre going to call the police and if you leave the airport, youre going to get $11,000 fine. >> if you refuse everything, you refuse the scan and the p patdown and you leave the premise, suddenly a police matter. and comes to light in florida. maximum fine $11,000 and you are, my friends, arrested and the tsa is not...