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And the chaos at another bread line, a woman tells us they want mubarak to stay. the men angrily yell at us to leave. this is the second neighborhood that we have come to seeing people getting incredibly aggressive, not wanting to be filmed in this kind of a situation. the same woman meets us at the car and apologizes for the way we are treated. its because of this terrible situation that we are in, she explains. were good people. were sorry. most shops in cairo are shut. its not just food short...

Millions. anti-government protesters taking to the cities across egypt as the unrest enters the eighth day. tensions are running high but demonstrators in cairo have taken a lot of steps to reduce the risk of bloodshed. they have set up checkpoints around tahrir square to keep weapons out of the area. as opposition groups prepare for todays massive demonstrations, police returned to cairo streets. on monday, over the past several days, authorities had shut down a number of police facilities in...

>> reporter: where are the guns? >> electric here. >> reporter: electric shocks? >> yeah. >> reporter: where are the guns now? >> people -- >> reporter: the people taken all the weapons? everything from here, the guns stood in the armory here, the electric weapons that were here. >> and here. >> reporter: all been taken is what were being told. >> nic robertson reporting there. with the turmoil gripping the country, no surprise tourists are beating a retreat. i guess hoping for a retreat and get...

Reinforce the u.s. position on egypt. now the very latest on the situation in cairo. anderson cooper joins us now on the phone. is there a sense youre getting a momentum of these protests? >> reporter: we have certainly not seen anything like this, this is the largest crowd i have certainly seen in liberation square. it is just packed. im not sure the pictures were showing do it justice. i m in a hotel overlooking the hotel. i was down with the crowd before and shoulder the shoulder, people pack...

Time tuesday to 10:00 a.m. wednesday. local newspapers are saying all rail service across the country have been halted and highways are open. eyewitnesss say traffic is substantially reduced. banks, stock market and many businesses are closed but the suez canal is reportly operating normally. past peek of protests is sure to have taken a heavy toil on egypts economy. and we have heard about businesses grinding to a halt or just staying shut as a precaution. in cairo, many shops are closed. long ...

Days. the shock shattered more than 150 windows in a nearby city. residents were evacuated over the weekend. we want to bring you the latest on the situation in cairo now. this is tahrir square. well show you the pictures there, a kilo case where anti-government protesters are planning their march of millions. it is now halfway through the eighth day of demonstrations calling for president hosni mubarak to resign. egypts leader has given no indication he plans to give up power. the government ...

The effects of the chaos in cairo. oil prices hit a two-year high yesterday. for a look at what oil is doing today and the outlook in the future, here is brian shactman. how are things looking today? >> prices are going down a little bit when it comes to oil. holding above $91 a barrel. even though things are incredibly tense in egypt, they are relatively calm based on what we you can late last week when we had the big boost in oil prices and big sell ohio valley in the market friday. there are ...

In october with those cart ridges loaded with explosives. theyre thinking the mail is the weak link and urging banks to redouble efforts to provide security given the myriad of information they pieced together. sort of connecting the dots. theyre taking a look. again, no specific threat but as a precaution wanted to warn the banks. >> jonathan deints for wnbc. thank you for watching today. ill see you back here tomorrow and every weekday 10:00 a.m. eastern. contessa brewer picks things up next. ...

Organized for backup. >> roughly 2,600 people have contacted us, you know, by variety of means and registered with us that they, you know, wish to leave the country. obviously, today we have kind of put a pretty good dent in that number but obviously that will go up and fluctuate day-to-day as american citizens make their own decisions about whether to stay in egypt or to leave. and just reminder, american citizens who have the ability to get out through commercial means are doing so as the same...

Weve got breaking news in the streets of cairo. richard joins us live from ca o cairo. i understand, richard, the military is moving in? >> reporter: yes, a short while ago, we saw for the first time in this conflict -- and i think you can call it a conflict now, there is an open revolt in the streets of cair military its comi ngin. sawi armored personnel carrier moving through the streets lowme. there haveeen some soldiers blanking it. this is as the forces of the interior ministry, which are t...