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Awakening. australians are counting the cost cyclone yasi which slammed into northern queensland on thursday. one person was killed in the category 5 storm which had winds up to 300 kilometers an hour. people are describing the storm as absolutely terrifying and say the noise it made was like a jet engine. to our top story now. egypt, troops are stationed around tahrir square. fred krks you describe the scene now? >> reporter: its much more calm than it was. we expect people to come flocking...

Times," battle for egypt. the writing is on the wall for president mubarak. the egyptian people have spoken. it say this revolt is not only against this regime but a revolt for their rights and dignity. and finally take a look at what "the moscow news" headlines are today. egypt unrest has russia worried. they would question the logic of backing egyptian protesters because it would undermine the legitimacy of crackdowns on the opposition in russia and could invite unwanted outside interference i...

>> okay. im sorry again. we seem to have lost connection with ivan watson. its quite a dicey situation there when it comes to communications. of course, we will get him back. we will get him back at some point here on cnn, but just to reiterate what he has been saying, we saw that the army is there with tanks creating barricades and that the pro-mubarak supporters are not there, are not in the square. the anti-mubarak supporters are allowed to protest freely there. zain. lets see how newspaper...

>> president mubarak says he would like to step down right away but hes afraid it would plunge the country into chaos. he said he was fed up and said he had had enough. he said the violence on the streets of egypt troubled him and he blamed it on the banned group muslim brotherhood. he says right now i dont care about my country. i care about my country, i care about egypt. the white house is trying to broker a smooth government. that plan would involve president mubarak immediately rerew sign...

Horrible. >> shaken and distraught, passengers arrive back in london on a flight out of egypt organized by the government. its estimated that a million tourists have left egypt in just the last few days. hes told the states the yeah yos has done major economic damage and its time for it to end. >> translator: at least in nine days we lost $1 billion only from the tourism, so the continuation of this issue is a destruction of the state and not a call for reform. the youth have to trust the nation...

The press are pillars of an open and inclusive society. it is especially in times of crisis that governments must demonstrate their adherence to these universal values. there is a clear responsibility by the egyptian government, including the army to protect those threatened and to hold accountable those responsible for these attacks. snoom that was a statement from hillary clinton on thursday. now, lets get more perspective on whats going on now. professor ajami said over the past 24 hours thin...

Things as people driving vehicles into other vehicles. i dont see that whole crowd being able to be directed in one single direction. >> weve heard on many occasions reporters including our own ivan watson saying there are no pro-mubarak supporters here this day and they rallied together at another mosque calling this day a day of loyalty. what can you tell us about what youre hearing at that protest. >> first of all what theyre saying is absolutely true. i dont see a single protester around thi...

Keeping a close eye on what is happening. we understand theres another group of protesters chanting in support of president mubarak. they are at a mosque at another part of the capital in cairo there. we understand so far there it is still relatively peaceful. from what we understand again from our reporters on the ground, there are still again very defiant and very emotional scene. what i also want too bring up is what is happening in the other parts of egypt right now as well. in lex in alexan...

Northeast, we have it posted in texas, louisiana, into mississippi, just an incredible season that this has been so far. my concern is not only the treacherous travel here but when you see the deeper blues that can be heavy enough to cake on power lines and cause additional power outages. tens of thousands without power across texas right now. this is going to be a mess. it is not going to be impacting with the atlantic. its warm enough at the surface but its not freezing. some good news here. i...

Mubarak to go. ivan watson has reported that they are also building human walls around the sea of people just in case theres any kind of confrontation by pro-mubarak supporters. they have stones at their feet. but theyre making their message clear today. >> we will, of course, continue to cover the situation in egypt, but for right now lets take a bit of a pause and talk about a huge weekend of sport ahead of us from the nfl to international rugby. lets focus on the basketball court for starters...