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Where we believe that all lies are spread through this building. and hundreds are now here. i think around 800 more or less. most people are joining us from different areas of cairo and tahrir square and people are trying to control this area exactly as they are controlling tahrir square and the assembly area. >> it is 3:00 in the morning there. are the crowds growing? is the anger palpable? you gave us some sense of it. why did you pick the tv station as your destination? >> caller: because peo...

Between freedom and chaos. >> a fine line between freedom and chaos, hosni mubarak clearly implying he is that line, but events arehanging fast and weve got it all covered for you. we have correspondents on the ground in cairo and alexandria and monitoring places like jerusalem and washington. the social media as well, theyve been crucial in all of this. stay with us all day as we watch and analyze event as they unfold. >> our many correspondents there, ivan watson, hes also joining us. i unders...

Nearby cities, this as they set fire to cars, buildings, and even to the ruling partys headquarters. police responding to the chaos with tear gas, water cannons and bullets. greg palkot is live in cairo, egypt, with more. greg? >> reporter: a tense calm right now in cairo. police, which have done a strong battle against protesters throughout the day, appear to be pulling back to some degree. im not saying theyre defeated, but they dont seem to be as strong as protesters on the street. theres wit...

Anything else they can find, and fire balls are exploding in the skies over cairo right now. the result of molotov cocktails being launched by those supporting the embattled egyptian president hosni mubarak. and even our own cnn reporters have been unable to escape the chaos. cnns hala gorani says she was a little bit fearful after being directly threatened by one protester, and youre about to hear what happened when our own anderson cooper was attacked on the streets of cairo. lets go first to ...

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And its a very strange combination of emotions that you have there on the street behind me in this tahrir square right now, which is very appropriately called in the translation, liberation square. >> ivan watson, thanks so much from cairo. of course well be checking back with you. >> he talks about the strange combination. weve been hearing a happy kind of chaos, in other places, bloody conflict. thats still -- >> contradictions. >> exactly. our long time cairo bureau chief ben wedeman joins us...