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Happens. >> do you see a scenario where egypt might become a state sponsor of trof? is any regime change likely to create such a state? is that a possibility? >> everything is a possibility bub thats highly unlikely. i do not see that happening. as we look at the different revolutions over the past 5, 20 years, there comes a point where the military and intelligence services in those countries make a decision what they want to do. when the political loses the confidence of the leaders in particu...

Protesters rioting in tahnr square. that puts the number of protesters at well over 50,000 despite threats of danger from the egyptian army. lets get to other news now. officials in south africa say former president nelson mandela is now being treated at his home. the 92-year-old spend about 48 hours in the hospital before he was released yesterday. mandela is responding well to treatment. mandela became south africas first black president after serving 27 years in prison for his fight against r...

Ready. the military is protecting important tourists and archeological sites like the egyptian museum. president mubaraks cabinet has reportedly resigned amyself looting and clashes with the police force that has left 45 dead so far. yusef is at a protest right now. another good morning to you, yusef. you were describing the protests earlier for us. any abatement in that right now? >> good morning. let me just describe to you the scene. hundreds of thousands of egyptians are gathered here in tah...

There are about 2,000 wounded and the egyptian authorities are saying that 750 policemen have also been injured. 30 bodies have been taken to cairo hospital yesterday and they include the bodies of two children. the suez, the number of dead has risen to 20. the number of dead is expected to rise. >> i can imagine. as we understand it, there are military surrounding the downtown area there in the tahnr square. can you speak how precious the building next to it is to the egyptian people? >> thats ...

In cairo. >> well, lynn, im just down from tahnr square. literally at one point staring down the barrel of a gun of a huge egyptian tank. but i have to say, as curfew fell, no sign at all that those troops were going to take any action. as the hour of curfew approached, still the crowds were coming. thousands upon thousands of them. the ones we spoke to, they were saying we are not going to go home tonight. we are going to stay till dawn. we are going to stay as long as it takes for president mu...