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From the regime. >> all right. that was lisa sylvester reporting. well, a group of american very experienced travelers were actually heading for safari, but instead their tour group ended up in the middle of protests in egypt. we talked to a few of them just last weekend by phone, and now the seasoned travelers are back home in the u.s., and here is how one of them described their unplanned vacation. >> we got there, and it seemed okay. we got there in the evening and then the next day we were...

The anti-mubarak protests. rallies are taking place in cities across the u.s. today. protesters in washington, d.c., are marching to the white house, and in new york theyre gathering outside the u.n. to show solidarity with protesters overseas. and great britain is still trying to get its citizens out of harms way. many british nationals were evacuated from cairo earlier this week, and now the british government is setting up another charter flight. the u.s. state department is urging american...

Jordan depends on that pipeline to meet energy demands and it looks like it will be shut down for about a week. the same day egypts president hosni mubarak said he wont run for re-election, the king of jordan fired his entire cabinet. anti-government protests were beginning to flare up there though not nearly as violently as in egypt. the two countries are not that far apart, but as brian todd reports, you cant really compare the two situations point for point. >> reporter: his capital is only...

Keeps up, the u.s. might be forced to intervene. then wed have egypt as well as afghanistan to deal with. listen to this from garrett. he had something i thought was pretty profound for a high school student. hes laughing at half the time they talk about egypt they bring up what is america going to do about it, as if america has become the international babysitting service. and then one more comment from you, andrew, who personalized this sort of lamenting the fact he was 16 in these times of hi...

Pro-government member of parliament who said egyptian security should use live ammunition against protesters. here, however, the normally heavy-handed egyptian police are taking a gentler approach. the sidewalks in front of the egyptian parliament have become something of a speakers corner. everyone with a grievance, big or small, now comes here. this man has enlisted the help of his three children. he said he couldnt afford to enroll his 6-year-old daughter in a government school where educatio...

Its called the group of ten and it includes mohamed elbaradeis national association for change. it is calling for president mubaraks immediate resignation and legalizing peaceful demonstrations. and thousands gathered in cairos main square for a 12th day of protests. opposition demonstrations formed a human chain to prevent egyptian army tanks from crossing barricades into tahrir square. a witness says scuffles broke out there. now to cairo, egypt. arwa damon is on the phone with us. give us...

>> internally we have a saying were a service company that just happens to sell shoes. >> reporter: you realize nobody in america who sees this is going to want to go to work tomorrow. so they can laugh at comments like that because everyone here seems eager to come to work every day. building up this runaway success. tom foreman, cnn, henderson, nevada. were going to shift our attention overseas again along with everybody else around the world. theres a lot of young americans who have been wa...

Recapping the latest developments in the crisis in egypt. first, on a political front, top leaders of the ruling national democratic party have resigned. among them hosni mubaraks son, gamal mubarak. todays announcement means the younger mubarak is no longer eligible to take over from his father. a coalition of opposition forces have been formed and its called the group of ten and it includes mohamed elbaradeis national association for change. it is calling for president mubaraks immediate resig...

All of whom have turned this street outside the egyptian parliament into a stage for protest. these workers have been keeping it up around the clock for more than two weeks. their agriculture machinery factory was privatized and sold to foreign investors, production was hapted, and its been months since anyone have been paid. empty promises are all weve gotten, he says. this man used to work for another privatized factory. the workers havent been paid in four months, and the owners wont budge, h...

Democracy in that region or in that country, what? >> they have been. and, you know, its gratifying to us to see how closely theyre paying attention to whats going on in egypt, particularly with president hosni mubarak. many students we have spoken to feel it is time for him to go. however, theyre split, as youre going to see in the comments we have for you today, about qul he should go immediately or if the egyptian people should wait. this came from jessica again at our face booik site saying ...