Crowds Met News Today

Some point when the two crowds met. by and large, they were quite friend well each other. police officers telling protesters they now have -- >> all right. we lost fred pleitgen. well work to get him back, and when we do, we will let you know, of course. meantime, well continue to watch what happens in egypt. the anti-government sentiment is growing in other parts of the arab world. we have been watching protests there today. i talked with mohammed jamjoon who ended up in the middle of the pro...

Crowds met, and -- >> did you ever see soldiers trying to intervene one way or the other? >> not at all, no, not at all. initially the two crowds were coming together and talking to one another, shaking hands, arguing, but there was no violence. >> this was early on around 1:30, 2:00. >> briefly before the camels and the horses showed up. >> that surreal moment. were going to take a short break. our coverage continues to midnight. well be right back. [ female announcer ] enjoy a complete seafood...

He was going through, trying to get medical aid to the demonstration site. he said ambulances were being stopped and turned away. so he had to hide medics just to get them on site to get them treated. >> ben wedeman, at one point it looked like buses or trucks were front in, in front of the egyptian museum to create barriers. i assume that was military doing that, but i never saw where they ended up going, because some of those vehicles ended up being turned over. >> i wasnt in that position. i ...

They didnt do anything. and today being that -- actually late last night the pro-mubarak element started to come out in the streets, demonstrate in front of state tv, in front of our office, and so theyve come out in massive numbers that we havent seen yet. in a sense, the clash was inevitable. what was interesting, when the two crowds met, they talked. they debated. they debated passionately, angrily, but there was no violence initially. and then, of course, and you never know where -- its a bi...