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very closely. >> reporter: libya and yemen have seen protests, as well. and the white house has issued a broad appeal. >> were calling on both sides, where the countries are demonstrations are takes place, to be nonviolent. and for the governments to be responsive. >> reporter: police actually put up barbed wire around pearl square. but these protesters say the crackdown makes them angrier. they vowed to return today, whatever the consequences. vinita and rob? >> emily schmidt, live in...

Dynamic thats behind this. is it similar to egypt, where you had well-educated middle class that couldnt find jobs? whats the social dynamic there? >> bahrain is remarkably educated, and many bahrainians have studied abroad, and thats created a large middle class thats deeply frustrated by the economic position and doesnt want to compare itself to the way saudis or kuwaitis are. they dont want to have people dragged off to prison by the police. they want to vote in elections that really make a d...

People are -- what youre hoping for that people just go home is not happening. you have to go. the other thing that needs to happen i think is some of the neighbors need to get involved. this cant just be about the united states trying to influence, however softly, events there. i think the neighborhood needs to get involved and maybe the u.s. needs to bring them in, the saudis, qataris and the kuwaitis and i think these are people with whom mubarak has had relationships for a very long time and...

Neighbors need to get involved. this cant just be about the united states trying to influence, however softly, events there. i think the neighborhood needs to get involved and maybe the u.s. needs to bring them in, the saudis, qataris and the kuwaitis and i think these are people with whom mubarak has had relationships for a very long time and they need to be whispering in his ear and saying, look. you had your moment. its time to go. they need by the way to be saying the same thing to suleiman....

seven hours from the east coast to the u.s. to what we cover in cairo but the protests that we have been covering oftentimes are running right through the night as we are covering them. i mean, right now its 5:00 a.m. in cairo and these correspondents are out there and the protesters are still out there. we see these waves of adrenalin and energy coarsing through these crowds, we see the crowds wax and wane with the incredible excitement. it is almost impossible to believe this is goin...

i mean, right now its 5:00 a.m. in cairo and these correspondents are out there and the protesters are still out there. we see these waves of adrenalin and energy coarse ing through these crowds, we see the crowds wax and wane with the incredible excitement. it is almost impossible to believe this is going into two and a half weeks now. i do think tomorrow will be the biggest day of protests yet, the biggest day weve seen up until this point was this tuesday and it seems like this is s...

Request of the u.s. government. >> this is a test for this administration. the obama administration promised to end the practice of proxy detention >> reporter: state department denies thats what happened to mohammed. >> he was not detained at the behest of the united states government. >> reporter: when the kuwaitis tried to deport mohammed initially, they couldnt. u.s. officials confirmed he was one of fewer than 500 americans on the no-fly list designed to keep people the government believes ...

>> were leaving today to go back to tucson. i know shes in really good hands and we had a very good transition, and they said and they will keep in touch with us and let us know how shes doing. mark is going to e-mail us and let us know. i -- i have a lot of hope for her and i know shes going to do great. shes a very strong woman and you can just see it. >> what will you tell her before you leave? >> we already said our good-byes, and its -- its kind of personal, you know. i have a ver...

27 for the high temperature tomorrow. in maryland, 270, 95, on the beltway, out of southern maryland, route 4, route 5, nothing out of the norm. 301 out of our or mall road towards bwie -- bowie, theres a crash. in virginia, afford the all- star -- in fort belvoir, theres an accident. there was an accident near the pentagon, but thats gone. back to you. >> thank you. we really managed to miss most of the wintry weather. the work crews treated the roads overnight. >> courtney robins...

sidents cleared a path for blocks so the kids had safe paage. >> the neighborhood chip in and comes out wit their shovel ands and sandnd salt. ey do it because they kw this is a neighboood school. so many of our children walkp this way. >> reporter: neighbor ben harris even cleared the crosswalk after he finished his sidewalk. >> it all comes out. it will be cleared by someone else. everyby pitches in around here. >> reporter: wle some were chipping in, others were chipping their way o...