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The vice president, he was on egyptian state television. nile television. and at one point he said that foreign journalists associated with what he called brotherly nations, presumably referring to the united states or britain or al jazeeras based in qatar or abu dhabi, all friendly nations to egypt. he says these journalists are under mining egypt, hurting egypt and to me, brook, when i hear a vice president of egypt say that, say on egyptian state television that these journalists are hurting ...

Report on these events to the people of egypt and to the world. vice president suleman spoke today about the need for free and fair presidential elections. that is essential. and i urge the government and a broad and credible representation of egypts opposition, civil society, and political factions to begin immediately serious negotiations on a peaceful and orderly transition. the egyptian people expect a meaningful process that yields concrete changes. and now let me turn to this important mat...

♪ you make a difference live pictures from the state department. we a still watchg and waiting to see secretary of state hillary clinton. a little bit of action there. she is supposed to be doing some nonoh egypt business. we anticipate some sort of statement regarding egypt. i want to let you know, the state department has just tweeted saying ambassador frank wisner returned to washington this morning and did brief secretary clinton on the situation in egypt. perhaps she might touch upon th...

Smoking in restaurants. now new yorks council has voted to ban smokers from taking a puff in parks and on beaches. they defend the move saying it will prevent children from being exposed to the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. now look at a tweet from a guy who makes a living tracking journalists in dangerous places. im going to speak with him live in a moment. heres one of his tweets. he says this is a dark day for egypt, a dark day for journalism. we are overwhelmed documenting detentions....

To remove cameras positioned on the square. they do not want the international media out there and what is happening covered. theres no question that only the government has the means to carry out this kind of action. its systemic. its sustained and its deliberate. >> joel, this student new. this is an old strategy. eliminate the witnesses. eliminate the journalists so the message cannot get out. thus far in watching global coverage out of cairo, is it effective? >> well, its having an impact. i...

In egypt, but is jordan next? the king has dismissed his cabinet and these are important u.s. allies were talking about here. well drill down on what you need to know about this region and the stakes. someone robbed one of the biggest cabig e est casinos in all of las vegas. just walked out carrying more than a million dollars worth of bellagio chips, now an arrest. and the suspect may be involve in more heists. plus he is a billionaire. he owns the washington redskins and hes suing a newspape...

And it is unacceptable under any circumstances. we also condemn in the strongest terms attacks on peaceful demonstrators. human rights activists, foreigners and diplomats. freedom of assembly, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press are pillars of an open and incluesive society. it it is entirely 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 t...

In alexandria, hundreds of thousands of folks are expected to show up once again. and if the anti-protests, the pro mubarak protesters or the anti-mubarak protesters, thats a powder keg right there. >> i remember last friday, you would think they wouldnt demonstrate. also want to remind you well get more on our political ticker, you can always go online at cnnpolitics.com. top of the hour, take a look at this. its been called a dark day for egypt and a dark day for journalism, reporters are no...

And so we wanted to show how the story is being told within country. youve been watching state tv out of egypt. tell me what you see and what happens equally if not more important what you dont see. >> well, brooke, what you are going to see on state television which is right behind me here, nile tv, youre going to see mainly pro mubarak demonstrators. rarely if ever do they show anti-mubarak demonstrators. yesterday when you and other members of the staff were covering the violence going on in ...

Jordan. >> as you said before too, key here is egypt, jordan, both the only countries in the region with peace deals with israel and if youre going to have different looking governments in both those places, be it six months or 12 months from now, what will those governments make of those peace deals? >> bottom line for people here in the united states, and we have been watching the unrest in egypt specifically. whats the bottom line for the rest of the entire region? >> youre going to have at t...