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Stance than they were previously. >> okay. so they have been subdued or do you see them as determined as they were several days ago? >> oh, i would say more resolute than ever. they are defiant. after managing to hold off the 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 ba...

The thing that started this off was that the last parliamentary elections were completely fraudulent. and so whatever mechanism is used has to insist on free and 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 ...

Nile tv. welcome back to the ed show. breaking news tonight. t"the new york times" reporting 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 execu...

So i would say tahrir, its 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 ...

Vast. >> but to call it a day of departure, are they going to have trouble marching on the palace? 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...

movement the egyptian counterforces spent all day today making sure that you werent going to see it. there were reports throughout egypt today of journalists being assaulted, detained, and even threatened with death. cbs reporter laura logan, her crew detained by egyptian police. fox news greg hallcot blindfolded and beaten. abcs christian amanpour, her vehicle was attacked with projectiles. the bbcs ian and his crew were stripped of equipment. and abc newss threatened that they would ...

hundreds of thousands to president mubaraks palace later today. assist mass movement and its a movement the egyptian counterforces spent all day today making sure that you werent going to see it. there were reports throughout egypt today of journalists being assaulted, detained, and even threatened with death. cbs reporter laura logan, her crew detained by egyptian police. fox news greg hallcot blindfolded and beaten. cnns christian amanpour, her vehicle was attacked with projectiles. ...

amounts to a revolution. media outlets have been shut down and cameras smashed and it has become increasingly difficult for us to bring this story but we will hear tonight from richard engel in just a moment. first we had glenn beck. now we hear claims that the obama administration is taking its orders from fundamentalist muslims who have been infiltrated into the conservative organization as well. whats next? tell us to shoot somebody else in the head? wow. plus heres what donald rums...

Is there any organization at all amongst americans traveling within the city trying to get to the airport immediately? what do you see? how many americans do you think have left, and how many are still behind? any sense of that? >> reporter: well, we were given numbers that have since changed from the state department. when we got here a few days ago, new state department employees were arriving just to help with that job. i met a naval attache -- another car got torched down here -- i met a nav...

Richard engel are live above cairos tahrir square. this is live, this is happening right now. ed schultz picks up this live coverage with this breaking story as we stay with it. >> live at cairo, egypt tonight, as we start our ed show. it is 5:00 in the morning in cairo. americans, can we now say that we are witnessing a full-blown revolution in the country of egypt. two pressing questions tonight. number one, can it be negotiated, can it be stopped? and also, we can only wonder if this is going...