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decades. its one of the reasons they overthrew gadhafis dictators p dictatorship, the chance for democracy. they will form a transitional government. they face a tough job, of course. we all know that. it must reign in those responsible for a wave of lawlessness to unify the country. if you are suffering through the recent heat wave, a cold front, yes a cold front is forecast for parts of the country. the national weather service says the front will move through the upper midwest and...

His turn to step down. radio is so passe. this technical wizard has jury-rigged a satellite connection to get around the state-imposed internet block to stream live pictures and commentary from benghazi at the height of fighting here. when he popped up via the web on cnn, other television networks quickly offered to help. >> i would say three hours that night, particularly with the support of al jazeera, ily to them guys you actually wasted my time. >> did somebody help you with this? >> actuall...

>> if egypt sparked the fire, then the internet is fueling the flames. in iran, computer-savvy facebookers figured a way around the governments internet block to post information on facebook about planned protests. in yemen, theyre fighting with rocks and batons in the capital, marching for a fifth day, demanding their leader of 32 years leave. in bahrain, security fired tear gas and bird shot at 10,000 mourners, killing one at a funeral for another protester whod been killed. the protests persi...

>> shannon: this clip is one of hundreds of online postings of protest in egypt. this caught our attention and this has half a million hits. creator of the video claims to be an egypt man named tamer shaban and the video included a warning if the post is flagged or removed it will be uploaded ten more times. more interesting, some are using the comment section to post i.p. address to bypass the government internet block. what are they using to work around the social media freeze? joining me is d...

This is the party headquarters still smoldering. here is the trends map from twitter to show how popular the term and the hashtag egypt is across the world. this is a headline map, whats popular on cnn.com, whats being e-mailed a lot on cnn.com. protesters head toward the heart of cairo. mixed reaction in the middle east. who is holding the cards in egypt? egyptian president dissolves government. there is still an internet block. but people are trying to get the message out. protesters are tryin...

His son, saif, on the government airstrike. >> you are dropping bombs on the militia. >> basketballs to frighten them to go away. not to attack. >> yes, he said "bombs," just to frighten them. and now, steve is live in tripoli. what is happening? >> a year situation in government-controlled triply. a government-controlled hotel and we have tried to see how far the control goes. we walked around the city without an escort and stores are open and traffic on the street but the past three hours ther...