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Government has cracked down so hard on the media, where you have reporters from egypt, sweden, america, turkey, russia, polish, canada, uk, other arab countries all have been either beaten or detained or had their equipment destroyed, as well. one of the reasons is perhaps the egyptian government is simply embarrassed of the coverage its seen so far of the clashes that have erupted out here that even the u.s. government has suggested might be state sponsored. the egyptian government denying that...

Interview made an important point. they cant dictate, of course, this is a decision for the people of egypt to make. but the administration as weve reported tuesday night is in every conversation and vice president biden had a conversation with vice president suleiman just today suggesting president mubarak has to go very quickly. as soon as possible. you would have a transitional government come into play. it is the administrations hope that vice president suleiman would lead that government. h...

President omar suleiman flatly denied the government had any connection with the violent pro-mubarak actions in tahrir square. a short time ago i spoke with senator bob casey, chairman of the subcommittee that deals with egypt. heres what he told me about the leadership. you met with vice president omar suleiman last july. what were your recollections of meeting? what kind of guy is he? >> well, hes very capable, very bright, a lot of experience and intelligence matters and in matters that are m...

Beatings of the journalists, kicking people out, the blackout, if you will, has them incredibly anxious. >> you spoke to senator john mccain earlier. i watched that interview. it was fascinating in many respects, but i was struck by him saying that he felt this was potentially the most dangerous situation we have seen in the middle east for a very long time. is that your reading of whats going on here, john? >> it is and there are people watching out there who are fans of senator mccain and some...

Zawahiri. we may hear from bin laden. in fact, i think well hear from both of them trying to take some kind of credit for this or insert themselves in opportunistically, but, you know, their role in whats going on in egypt is zero, absolutely zero. >> what ive been told all week is that the real danger for america as far as the white house is concerned would be yemen, because it has a much poorer populace and much more extreme faction there, and there is a tipping point which if yemen reaches it...

Good evening. president mubarak says if he steps down, egypt will descend into chaos. could anything be more chaotic than whats happening all day? journalists hunted down and beaten, egypts own people attacked by government thugs? the videos i show you might be difficult to watch, but we must watch them. the first shows an egyptian police van mowing down several pedestrians without stopping, and theres a second deeply disturbing video. we dont know precisely where it was shot or precisely when, ...

Unsustainable at the point. the genie is out of the bottle and there may be dark days ahead and instability and unpredictability ahead but believes at this moment the united states has no choice to stand for freedom and democracy even though theres a lot of risks about what would come next in egypt. what would come next in yemen. what would happen to israel if you had the weeks or months or years of re-adjusting in the region. he sees there is a great risk out there but says at this moment in ti...

All okay. we, you know, immediately started screaming to the driver, go, go, go, go, and we were able to get out of there. the car was pretty badly damaged, but again that was a minor incident comparing what has happened to numerous journalists today, being pulled out of vehicles, being taken away, being interrogated, beaten. weve heard of journalists being stabtd. it is without a doubt this is an orchestrated effort to stop the world from seeing what is happening in and around liberation square...

Army accepts it and if suleiman is willing to do it and if mubarak is willing to give him that blessing, yes, i just dont know that mubarak is going to leave. this may be an american plan. it has to be an egyptian plan for it to work. these are are -- look, mubarak is not saddam hussein and egypt is not iraq. you know, so we have to find some way. theres an old saying in that part of the world, the arab world is a tent supported in two poles. saudi arabia is one and egypt is the other. you lose ...

To make sure of however he leaves you dont want to make sure the next people are dominated by the muslim brotherhood. that would be a disaster for us and disaster for the plo and jordan and for saudi arabia. >> the muslim brotherhood are the leading opposition in egypt. >> by far. >> theres no sign at the moment of extremism there. but i -- you know, a lot of people say theyre playing a game here. >> piers, let me just mention one thing. how about hosni mubarak come into power? he was sitting ne...