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42 americans have gotten out so far. another 2400 are requesting evacuation. janice jacobs, assistant secretary of state for consular affairs. thank you so much for being with us. first, have we gotten any reports yet of any americans being injured or killed in the unrest in egypt? >> good morning. no, at this point we do not have any information at all about any american citizens who have been either injured or who have died in the protests that have taken place in egypt. >> all right. well, we...

Government is providing. 13 hours and just really unsafe. so, theres a -- im sorry. theres a large number of us here. >> i know that must be frustrating to you. i lived in egypt, in cairo. i know when everybodys trying to get in or out, it is a huge hassle. so many people that are jam packed in that area. i had a chance to talk to laura murphy earlier today and she said she was afraid, because she said, look, there are some who are decent people, but there are also these people going after ameri...

Cnn she feels safe, but trapped. >> you cannot get away by water. you cannot take public transportation because its been deemed unsafe and you cannot fly, so apparently, there are over 50,000 americans in egypt, some of whom may be flown out of the major cities, but those of us who are not in cairo or alexandria are trapped right now. >> and you saw laura murphy talking about those 50,000 americans. in terms of those 50,000 americans in egypt, there are some 380 government employees at the embas...

>> i feel very, very sorry for the egyptian people. what theyre going through. all theyre trying to do is get help, get jobs, find a better way to support their families. the man that was -- the man that was sitting behind us in -- on the airplane had spent the night defending his property. he and his neighbors homes were being looted and he felt very fortunate to have gotten you of egy egypt. i asked him if he was going to return, he said, yes, it was his home. he felt fortunate to be one of th...

We do like check points in the street. like all the side streets are closed off. and we take shifts like i guess doing like check points. >> obviously, its good to be home and everything like that, but living in the country, its not something you like to see. >> well, internet interruptions in egypt are making it extremely difficult for americans there to get information about evacuations, but the state department spokeswoman told us that the word is still getting out. the u.s. is considering se...

Egypt. secretary of state hillary clinton weighing in on the crisis on nbcs "meet the press." >> thankfully we do not have any reports of any american citizens killed or injured. we want to keep it that way. >> well, internet interruptions in egypt are obviously making it difficult for americans there to get information about evacuations. but the state department spokeswoman says the word is still getting out. the u.s. is also considering sending charter flights to other egyptian cities such as ...

But how many others do you all have an estimate of how many other americans might be there, whether theyre tourists or just different register at the embassy? >> well, thats a very good point. we always encourage american citizens to register their presence with us and to the extent that they do that, we know where they are and who is in country. so really the numbers that we give when you mention the 52,000 number is moral more or less an estimate. and in any case, not all of those people would...

Greece and cypress as well. one thing theyre saying that is important. if you do try to go to the airport and get out make sure to take enough food and water because youre probably in for a very long wait. we spoke to one person who actually brought his family to the airport to get out. they waited for 36 hours and did not manage to get on a flight. it can take quite a while. if you try to go to the airport, its a very decision there. >> we appreciate you once again. the u.s. state department is...

You up to speed. egyptian police return to the streets today for the first time since fridays clashes with protesters. so far, police have steered clear of cairos tahrir square. the united states began e evacuated stranded americans from egypt today. charter flights are delivering them to europe. the dows stocks are higher today despite the unrest in e just a minute. right now, blue chips are up 30. stocks plunged. in tampa today, a judge ordered the 50-year-old mother charged with killing h...

Toward the gunfire. and help is on the way for at least thousands of stranded americans. charter flights will begin taking them out of cairo today. >> frederick is in cairo for us today. hello to you once again. weve been seeing the protests for several days. its monday. are we still seeing people collecting in the streets once again? >> reporter: we certainly are. i mean, whats been going on here in the streets of cairo is that people have been gathering since the early morning hours. some of t...