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Excuse me, shots in the air to push them back. they now occupy an area in front of, to the left of the egyptian museum. so its been a dramatic ebb and flow of the crowd over the last 48 hours. john, thank you. joined again by christopher dicky from "newsweek" and also from the daily beast who knows this area. hala is with me, as well and john king is also staying with us. dr. ajami, we were e-mailing about this a little bit. no matter what side of this conflict you are on, this is just sad. this...

And the ruler, the despot, the pharaoh is 82. what you see is the gap between the old order, the military with the whip and the interior ministry and the goons of the interior ministry, 1.7 million of them report to the minister of the interior. and then these people who went out and whether they win will not we dont know. i think its going to be a very hard fight. our hearts were broken in the summer of 2009 when the iranians went out to confront the regime and they lost. the goons won, the goo...

Offered to investigate a number of former high ranking officials in the government and in the ruling national democratic party. but its not meeting the one concession we are all demanding, and that is the immediate removal of hosni mubarak. and only after that can we start to talk about a new round of parliamentary elections or making amendments to the constitution. so the demonstrators, who are fighting for their lives out there, and bleeding and dying as a result are saying -- theyre issuing d...

Christopher dicky, as well. ivan watson, as well. well be right back. our coverage continues. [ male ] breathe, socket. just breathe. we know its intimidating. instant torque. top speed of 100 miles an hour. thats one serious machine. but you can do this. any socket can. the volt only needs about a buck fifty worth of charge a day. and for longer trips, it can use gas. so get psyched. this is a big step up from the leafblower. the 2011 chevrolet volt. its more car than electric. i have clients s...

Beginning of a politics of normalcy. and this lasted for a few days, and then our hearts were broken and we witnessed this turn to blood and turn to violence. this is what the grief of that night we witnessed last night. and this is where this revolt now ends up. it ends up in a way that hosni mubarak, in a manner he truly understands, a language of violence, and he wants to sully the honor, to sully the honor of these people in this square. thats what the game is all about. >> christopher dicky...

And this is where this revolt now ends up. it ends up in a way that hosni mubarak, in a manner he truly understands, a language of violence, and he wants to sully the honor, to sully the honor of these people in this square. thats what the game is all about. >> christopher dicky, youve spent a lot of time in this city and region. what are the ripple effects of this? not only in the hours and day ahead, but in the days and weeks and months ahead, do we know at this point? >> well, i think, anders...

journalists dont like to become the story but they have been made the story here in the last 24 hours. systematically, we have seen journalists attacked, cameras taken down. we would like to be showing you instead of this strange image of us sitting on the floor in dim lighting, we would like to be showing you live pictures of whats happening in liberation square right now, but we cant because our cameras have systematically been taken down through threats, intimidation, through actual...

detained or had their equipment destroyed as well. one of the reasons is perhaps the egyptian government is simply embarrassed at the coverage. it seems so far the clashes that have erupted out here, even the u.s. government has suggested might be state sponsored. the egyptian government denying that, and promising to conduct an investigation. a more ominous scenario would be if the authorities here wanted to stop the video transmissions ahead of some kind of tiananmen square style mas...

who have gone to ground here in cairo and thats the situation were facing. journalists dont like to become the story but they have been made the story here in the last 24 hours. systematically, we have seen journalists attacked, cameras taken down. we would like to be showing you instead of this strange image of us sitting on the floor in dim lighting, we would like to be showing you live pictures of whats happening in liberation square right now, but we cant because our cameras have s...

Welcome back to "news nation." moments ago, the white house again called ford nonviolent transition to democracy in egypt. robert gibb is stressing egypt needs to hold cred ibl presidential elections but the white house is not taking a position on whether mubarak should be on the ballot. >> the united states government does not determine who is on the ballot. the question is whether or not elections are free and fair. thats what we would weigh in on and weigh in on strongly. >> lets bring in "ne...