Simon Raqmin News Today

Agencies into the protest area, and they want to evacuate women, children, and the elderly. joining me on the phone from bangkok is global radio news reporter, simon raqmin and we spoke yesterday and the violence was escalating. have things calmed down at all. >> caller: i wouldnt say theyve calmed down since the time i spoke to you last. im pretty much in the same place from where we spoke yesterday, im on this highway, where the red shirts set up a new impromptu rally site and im blocked off, ...

Shirt line, and i cant confirm the veracity of that and this number of protesters were shot and im not sure if there were fatalities in the location or not. >> jamie: let me ask you, simon, the fatalities so far the government said were primarily civilians and said the violence it is using to control the red shirt protesters is just what it would be appropriate for terrorists. that is basically their word. so, they are not backing down, and, the red shirt protesters wants the prime minister to i...