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commentary on that coming up. glenn beck imagines a coalition between muslim brotherhood and the american labor unions. and even some conservatives are cringing. and the super bowl, heck of a game. the messed up national anthem that has everybody talking at the water cooler. and the people who paid 200 bucks to watch the whole thing from the parking lot? thats a fan. this is the story that has me fired up to start things off tonight. american business. now here they are, theyve had a h...

Are they going to meet resistance on the way to the palace? is this going to be a street fight all the way there? >> well, the military has not blocked their way in any way so far. that remains to be seen. and again, ed, i have to stress, its not clear that there is going to be this mass coordinated march. there is disagreements among the groups of whether to maintain control of the square or march on the palace. the military has not harmed them yet, but what happened yesterday is that the milit...

Its coming up on 6:00 a.m. in the morning cairo time. after the sunrise and the call to prayer, then comes the march on the presidential palace. what happens there could determine egypts future. sharif abdel kouddous is a senior producer for television and joins us tonight from cairo. >> good of you to have me. >> good to have you with us. >> hello? >> hi, sharif, this is ed. they are calling it a day of departure. >> hello? >> does that mean that tomorrow something really big is going to happen...

Fair elections monitored internationally and having an independent electoral commission. and if muslim groups, including part of the muslim brotherhood will give up any violent means then i believe -- id said this in a study i did with congressman vin webber on the council of foreign relations in 2005, that if you give up violent means and are prepared to be part of a secular government then one has to have an inclusive system that allows various groups to exist. >> former secretary of state mad...

Night, attacked on the street. this is the environment in cairo. and "the new york times" nicholas kristof said today, i worry about what it is that theyre planning that they dont want us to see. what are they planning? joining me now from cairo is nbc news correspondent, ron allen. ron, the situation there, more than tense. the videotape very telling. what is the scene in cairo as daybreak approaches there? >> reporter: good evening, ed. at this point, everyone is preparing for another big day ...

That the white house is negotiating with egyptian officials. the deal theyre discussing, to replace mubarak with vice president omar suleiman. and in cairo this morning, protesters are protesting to march on the presidential palace. its a day that could determine the outcome of this uprising. in cairo today, ahmed rehab from the council on american islamic relations, the executive director of cares executive office and joins us tonight. ahmed, thank you for your time. give us a sense of how inte...

Internationally and having an independent electoral commission. and if muslim groups, including part of the muslim brotherhood will give up any violent means then i believe -- id said this in a study i did with congressman vin webber on the council of foreign relations in 2005, that if you give up violent means and are prepared to be part of a secular government then one has to have an inclusive system that allows various groups to exist. >> former secretary of state madeleine albright helping u...

>> hello? >> hi, sharif, this is ed. they are calling it a day of departure. >> hello? >> does that mean that tomorrow something really big is going to happen? how do you see this? >> well, its unclear exactly what is going to happen. i would say today, it is 6:00 a.m. here in tahrir square. there are tens of thousands of people here. this is almost 24 hours up to the brutal assaults by the mubarak regime on the peaceful protesters here at tahrir. they managed to hold the square, but they suffer...

Safest to be in tahrir for journalists. >> are the mubarak loyalists growing in numbers or diminishing in numbers? >> today we saw running battles, a lot of rocks around the periphery of one of the entrances to tahrir, and the protesters here were actually gaining ground on the mubarak forces, is what i saw. and so the numbers of the mubarak forces seem to be dwindling. so its unclear whats happening on the outskirts. as you know, ed, i can only know what im seeing on the ground right here in ta...

Mob that came in yesterday, armed with whips and sticks and molotov cocktails and guns, live ammunition was used as well, and they were able to hold it here, they are more determined than ever to oust mubarak from office. and, yeah, so theyre defiant and they have set up barricades now, they have a defense system now. they are not subdued, but there are many wounded. but i would say theyre almost as strong as ever. >> what is the response of the protesters knowing that journalists are being deta...