Fred Plikens News Today

Somewhere maybe in lebanon or britain and watch those scenes unfolding because people in egypt dont know whats going to happen next and of course theres a great deal of uncertainty. we had reports from fred and ivan and ben saying theres looting on the streets. people are taking the law into their own hands. very scary times. the next few hours will be difficult. >> particularly for those with loved ones in egypt like the young lady we heard from nearly on the verge of tears there worried about ...

Just some of the sentiments of the people on the streets there. a number of our reporters and cameras have encountered there in cairo. so lets get more now on a first for the egyptian government. a first in three decades. as of today president hosni mubarak has his first ever deputy. omar suleiman has been appointed vice president. until today he has been serving as the countrys intelligence chief for nearly 20 years and before that vice president suleiman was egypts military intelligence chief....

That there is no ripple effect, if you will. >> what might be taking place right now, elise, if the state department or the white house is starting to recognize that with this new positioning of the upper echelon of government by way of the appointments of elbaradei, will the state department try to continue to reach out to this administration, the egyptian -- mubarak administration. or will it be hands off and allow the white house to give the directive if there will be another conversation bet...

Reveling in the freedom that theyre suddenly getting to be able to criticize their own president and government. >> ivan watson, thanks so much for the new images and information out of cairo. fred plikens has been out on the streets. what weve been seeing is happening downtown but there are suburbs which is where fred has been out with a night scope and filed this report of whats actually been happening outside of the city center. >> reporter: while theres a lot of security presence and the a...