Push Into The Square News Today

Actually going to take over liberation square. that was their objective and i know ivan was there witnessing that and they got very close and then there was a countercharge by the anti-government demonstrators and it pushed them back. at this point looking at numbers of pro-mubarak protesters left, theres no way that they could push, at least from this entrance, the egyptian museum entrance, push into the square any farther. >> so what youre saying, anderson, theres a lot more anti-mubarak demon...

They didnt want people bringing weapons into the square, so i dont know what sort of weaponry the anti-mubarak protesters actually had with them in the square, if they did. i dont know if new ones arrived after the violence began bringing weapons with them. we saw -- ivan watson witnessing paving stones being used to hurl at the opposite side. im not sure how they were able to mobilize themselves, but they certainly at this point seem well organized, and they literally formed this barrier with t...

Witness is that they came with a variety of weapons, with whatever they had, because we saw the molotov cook kals being launched in the first round of that and initially overwhelming from that side of the pro-mubarak protesters, when we were -- when the crew and i were being attacked by the crowd, there was a man there with a knife very close by as part of the crowd that was around us. so clearly there was nothing restricting them from bringing any weapons, even though they passed by military ch...

Dramatic change from yesterday. >> yes. >> a game-changer, if you will, in terms of what the u.s. strategy policy has to be. >> well, i think obviously you see the pro-mubarak forces fighting back, and i think the big question thats being asked in washington as well as in egypt is just what has the military decided to do, wolf. early on in this conflict the passivity of the military standing back while you had the anti-mubarak demonstrators gave those demonstrators some reassurance that the mili...

Two men who were wounded. they both had sustained head wounds, from rocks, they said, and they were going to head right back to the square, to keep it up. they were saying they were not going to give up. these two men were specifically anti-mubarak demonstrators. we werent able to stay for too long. the crowd outfront quickly became agitated mostly instigated by a few individuals there that the doctor had previously pointed out to us as being the government or pro-mubarak agents. they began scre...

Me by surprise. every single egyptian that ive been talking to, whether they are pro or anti, is stunned and shocked at what is happening here in the heart of cairo. this has turned into a capital that few egyptians, anyone who has been here, can hardly even recognize. a few nights ago we were driving around and coming across a number of these civilian checkpoints and roads that pavi points and roads blocked off with garbage cans, with sticks, branches, trunks of trees. i remember thinking to my...

The pro-mubarak agitators have been pushed out pretty much, and they are gathered on an overpass overlooking that side street. they are throwing molotov cocktails and fire bombs. they have set substantially a very large fire right in front of the barricades behind which are the anti-regime protesters but were not seeing clashes the way we were a few hours ago. theres a military helicopter surveying the scene overhead. im still seeing some smoke coming out of some sections of the street where mol...

Egyptian museum, and they seem to be in a much better position than they were earlier in the day, wolf. >> is there any visible sign of police or the military? what are they doing, if anything? >> well, theres no police, uniformed police that we can see. anti-mubarak protesters claim that they have found undercover police, secret police within the pro-mubarak crowd. i cant verify that independently and thats something the egyptian government firmly denies, but can i tell you that the egyptian mi...

That right? >> well, the ones youve just seen being thrown are definitely thrown by pro-mubarak protesters at the anti-mubarak protesters, and the first -- weve been watching this now for 11 hours. can i tell you the first molotov cocktails we saw being thrown were absolutely thrown by pro-mubarak protesters towards the anti-mubarak protesters. we have seen molotov cocktails thrown by anti-mubarak protesters at the pro-mubarak protesters but early on the battle of the molotov cocktails began bei...

One direction, my biggest fear was being trampled at that point and i ran as fast as i could and got out of there. >> are you in a safe area, hala, right now? >> reporter: yeah. right now we are. we are in a safe area. were overlooking the square. were able to survey the scene and whats good about this is were able to figure out what the mass movements are, if you will, from being able to -- from our sort of birds eye view vantage point, and clearly at the end of this day the anti-regime protest...