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Brewing here. let me show you the scene. the guys in the foreground you see moving toward tahrir square, those are all anti-mubarak protesters. several thousand showed up here today. as you can see, they are very vocal and heading towards tahrir square. the square itself is still occupied by anti-mubarak protesters. and then if you go right in the middle to this building right here, thats the egyptian museum, right there theres only one small line of soldiers that is separating these two sides. ...

Cordon. its that big group of people you see in that very small area. its just separated by a couple of tanks there. theres a little barricade there but there isnt very much. down below, i can still see literally hundreds of pro-mubarak protesters flocking to that area. if we go and look by that tank in the foreground. those guys are all pro-mubarak guys. theyre all trying to get over there. i heard from some of these guys. this is also interesting. there were a couple of guys in the pro-mubarak...

Since that began, watching this, overseeing this, and, anderson, you saw not too long ago, the army coming in, once again, and tossing tear gas into the crowd. >> reporter: well, no. let me be very clear. i havent seen much of the army coming in. the army is largely standing by watching all of this develop. in front of the egypt museum, there were military vehicles that were brought in, looked like trucks from our vantage point, brought in to create a barrier between the two sides, and there doe...

I dont think that what has propelled tunisians or yemenese or jordanians to speak out the islamic took over our country and kept it hostage for 30 years. >> jill dougherty is at the state department. jill, i tell you, it is very eerily similar, the two scenarios that were seeing. >> yeah. here at the state department, they are looking at what is going on right now. they are trying to predict perhaps what could happen where this could all develop. but we are told that no one here really feels the...

Just getting this in, the dow is crossing a milestone this morning. its now past the -- well, it was past the 12,000 mark. its at 11,999.25. the last time the benchmark average closed above 12,000 was june 19th, 2008. so well be watching that today to see where it closes. today marks the first of congressman darrell issas hundreds of hearings hes promised to hold as his vow. a live look right now as well at newark liberty international airport. what a mess. you can also see the jersey pike in ...

High profile. and im sure carrying the message that russia is a good place to invest, secure, et cetera. this obviously comes to the foreground in that type of trip. >> tell us a little more about the make-up of the caucuses. because some in russia are saying this is an islamic insurgency. tell us what that means. >> reporter: well, increasingly it has been. i mean, the area that were talking about is chechnya, areas near the caucuses mountains in the south of russia. a lot of those areas are mu...

Have a preview. and now the headlines, congresswoman gabrielle giffords starting rehab phase of the recovery two wks after being shots in the head during the event in tucson. this picture taken on the plane flying her from the hospital to the new rehab facility in houston and you can see the congresswomans mother by her bedside, a nurse, and her husband there in the foreground, an astronaut, and on the ambulance ride to the airport, she reportedly teared up when she her people cheering for her l...

Follow this story and ill bring you more. now we move on to hurricane earl. this is happening as residents in the northeast may not receive a direct hit from earl but the winds and rains could be relentless. new warnings in new england to talk about, too. first, we take you to the mid-atlantic and prepping for the storm in new york and new jersey and rip currents may be a major issue on the beaches there. weather channel mike seidel joins us from the eastern edge.ñ it looks like a decent day ...

Its too early to say if hes the real deal. >> it vaguely looks like what its supposed to be. the birds are perfunctory. hes done rather well with this. hes remarkable but hes not producing what other 8 year olds produce, thats amazing. >> reporter: whats more, kieron has what every modern artist from warhol to koonz needs to succeed. hype and exposure. >> hes with us now. >> reporter: tv time. >> hes drawing something for us now. >> is it boats that you particularly like drawing? >> yeah. >> rep...

>> reporter: well the rain today hasnt been too bad, certainly not as bad as alex last week, 20 to 25 inches of rain in mexico, plus the fact that on that side they were releasing a lot of water to protect their dams, that water all ended up here in the rio grande. that river is barely a trickle compared to this. three feet deep and 50 yards wide. look at it right now, it is still taking over a lot of real estate. most of this is parking lots and roadways that are under water. you can see the li...