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Vicinity of the tel aviv airport. as pilot of the plane and a company, delta had made a decision that it was not safe for the plane to land. we were initially told we were heading back to paris for a five-hour window when they would reassess the security situation. that then became quite a few hours longer than that, and as you know, theres now a 24-hour stay on any american-u.s.-based carrier heading into israel. wolf? >> john vauss, were having a little difficulty with your line but we got the...

Again. we can tell you the faa, wolf, will be reconsidering the ban after 24 hours. >> rene marsh, good questions indeed. cnns john vauss was on that delta flight 468 from the new yorks john f. kennedy airport to tel aviv when it was diverted to paris. john is joining us on the phone right now. what happened? walk us through your experience on that delta flight. >> wolf, ben gurion airport in tel aviv. it was all very standard up till just after the -- up till the last hour as we were coming pre...

Losing his grip? cnn is now inside the middle of this unprecedented upheaval, a country that suppressed journalists and its people with an iron fist until now. how will the fate of a dictator impact your world? hello and welcome to our viewers from around the world to cnn special report on the uprising in libya. im don lemon. >> im john vauss. ominous silence in tripoli. one man senses something big is going to happen. >> moammar gadhafis son proclaimed the protests united and the people united ...

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Question, he said that he thought that they can hold on. they can continue. he said look at the situations in sudan, for example, look at the situation in algeria. he made it sound as if they believe firmly that they can continue to hold on, they can build some kind of bridges, that somehow they can make all this better. but no. the strange thing about tripoli right now is its much quieter than it would be normally and not a city thats -- that you can see it seething with anger and the answer fo...

Syria and saudi arabia, those in power are now offering their people concessions and in saudi arabias case, billions of dollars in an effort to stem the tide. four days after mubarak fell, peaceful demonstrations started in libya against president gadhafi. unlike in tunisia and egypt, the crowd started smaller and the international media was not allowed in the country but like the other leaders gadhafi was defiant. what reports got out told of soldiers firing teargas and bullets, even bombs drop...

The libyan people deserve a government that is responsive to their aspirations and that protects their universally recognized human rights. now, secretary clinton leaves sunday and she is going to geneva, switzerland. she will be taking part in a meeting of the u.n. human rights council and they have voted already to suspend the membership of libya in that body. shell also have a good chance to meet with other foreign ministers and coordinate on next steps. one thing that she did stress, don and...

There and monitoring whats happening. so well leave you to it. thanks very much. now over the past 24 hours, events in cairo boiled over into a violent confrontation. john vauss has a look. >> reporter: throughout the night, tahrir square, the focal point of the uprising, was a dangerous place. fires continued to burn and gun fire rang out. earlier, those loyal to hosni u mubarak took positions around the crowd. >> launched from pro-mubarak protesters. are there women and children in the sides...

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