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That were in right now, downtown, and the outside areas in the rest of cairo. so right now in effect i wouldnt call it a breakdown of authority, but it certainly is an absence of any sort of law enforcement in that area. and this is something that i think is very, very troubling, also speaking from what i know about other places that have had troubles, is were seeing the emergence of illegal vehicle check points, where people are trying to stop cars and its not clear whether or not theyre trying...

For a lot of people tweeting is something you do to tell a friend youre going to grab a cheeseburger, its serious business. people get thrown into jail and beaten up in egypt for using the internet in the wrong way and theyre turning to it now to try to change that. >> yeah, and try to get a better understanding of what is happening currently right now. >> well, egypts president is still in power, but there have been some changes. >> were hitting the streets of cairo with live updates on the cha...

Crisis unfolding in egypt. egypts national airline carrier has suspended flights from cairo for the next 12 hours. if you want to get out of cairo by air, its not happening. military tanks also moving through the crowded streets right before our very eyes. according to our sources, more than 800 people have been injured. thats just so far. we just updated that. that was double from what we just saw. alex barrington, author of "the midnight house," a best-seller an expert on egypt. you were in eg...

Support the universal human rights of the egyptain people, including the right to freedom of expression, of association and of assembly. we urge the egyptain authorities to allow peaceful protests and to reverse the unprecedented steps its taken to cut off communications. >> reporter: speaking about the free flow of communications, as we look at live nighttime pictures coming to us from cairo, egypt. were hearing reports that protesters have stormed the state tv channels there. that should have ...

President hosni mubarek. we are getting word of gunfire in cairo and elsewhere in the country. we are getting reports protesters have stormed egypts state television building. we are look at compelling video from earlier as the crisis unfold in egypt. one of the biggest drivers behind the angry demonstrations is a group known as the muslim brotherhood. you have heard us mention that term. its credited with the group of al qaeda and hamas and its linked with some of the worlds most dangerous terr...

Keeping four regimes in power in the middle east -- egypt, saudi arabia, kuwait and jordan. its worked to our benefit. if this one falls, could another one fall? how strong is this muslim brotherhood? how strong is the will of the people to get rid of the current government and what are the problems with it? why are they so outraged? theres been a crackdown in the media to prevent people from seeing whats going on in egypt, but thats not exactly what the protests are about. theyre sick of this r...

For, what are the alignments here, what are the risks on both sides? >> right. and you mentioned before how oil has gone up $4 a barrel. one of the concerns, clearly, is that it will not just be limited to egypt. that it could spread to saudi arabia. if saudi arabia goes, thats a serious problem. thats a different story. i was in saudi arabia last year for the new book "the secret soldier," and i dont think theres the same risk there. first of all, the saudis are richer and have more to lose tha...

Stay in your homes. stay in your hotels. and they dont want people to be goin out on the street. at the same time, no evacuation order at least officially has been issued as yet. our own jennifer griffin is over at the pentagon. but they are watch can the situation carefully as the developments continue on the streets of cairo. apparently any evacuation would involve the egyptian military, and of course we have our own contingent there that protects the embassy. but so far no evacuation. but you...

Alliance. megyn: this is not a republican or democratic issue. both president -- weather o -- s of the aisle have handled egypt the way president obama has. thank you so much for that report. now we are getting word from eric bolling there is an update on oil prices. i want to let you know. we have had a handful of deaths in cairo so far. we have had 800 people injured. twhament we are being told. egypts national air carrier has suspend its flights from cairo for the next 12 hours. protesters st...

President building has been set on fire. we have seen people rocking tanks in the street. streets going down the middle of the road in cairo. the united states state department is urging americans to defer all non-essential travel to egypt. and we were told earlier by jennifer griffin that the pentagon is watching this situation very, very closely in particular to make sure that those connected with the u.s. embassy are not in danger. they are considering an evacuation of the u.s. embassy though...