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Those kind of reforms the. the president himself talking there, saying, i did push. >> reporter: right. he more often than not pushed in private. sort of like we saw when the chinese president was here for a state visit at the white house. in public, very warm words and in private the u.s. says thats where they push because thats how diplomacy tends to work. but ive been on plenty of trip was president obama as well as with president bush, the former president, to egypt where, in public, the u.s...

Were following breaking news in egypt. cairo, alexandria and susays, violence is spreading. in alexandria, tear gas is thrown into the groups. city of susays, thousands turning out to the streets today, despite three people having been killed dozens wounded there. police are out in full force in kai error and theyre not only targeting protestors. its just an incredible scene on the streets of egypt today. those three major cities. president mubarak is about to speak, we believe. were going to jo...

With rancid, thick smoke from burning tires and cars as well. the curfew went into effect about 50 minutes ago, but it doesnt seem any of the protestors are observing it. they continue to try to make their way into the middle of the city. egyptian television announced that president mubarak would make some sort of statement, but that has yet to come. he in his capacity as a commander in chief of the armed forces announced a curfew from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. in alexandria, suez, and of course ca...

But secretary of state hillary clinton expressing concern can about the situation. >> she was urging violence not to take part. but we heard gunfire not too long ago fired by the police because they are ransacking the police station in cairo. nick, what can you tell us -- im sorry. lets go to ben wedeman first. we heard real gunfire. what do you see? >> now they say that the protesters have withdrawn from the front of the police station and they are in front of the ministry where we see staff fr...

The egyptian government wants everyone off the streets. these are live pictures. reuters is reporting theres smoke coming from the ruling partys headquarters in cairo. we understand theres been violence between the demonstrators and egyptian riot police. we dont know who started what. there are differing stories coming from either side. egyptian public television saying that the demonstrators themselves became violent, but, of course, were hearing from the demonstrators that its been peaceful. i...

Right there, word on what is going on with the gunfire. >> the crowd that you saw just a while ago around the army vehicle, they have now gone behind our building and they are attacking the police station that normally guards the ministry of information and the main tv building in cairo. it appears they are shooting live rounds in addition to lots of tear gas that is really just inundated our office for quite some time now and i think this is what is inevitable when theres a breakdown in egypt, ...

Democratic leader. and the u.s. is obviously very uncomfortable with that. so they have to go through this through a number of layers, carol. >> stick with me, ed. developments are happening all the time. reuters reporting there is smoke coming out of of the ruling party headquarters in cairo. we dont know much more than that, but that is disturbing. president mubarak, i dont know where hes going to give his speech from, but we understand some of his family including his son has now fled the cou...

Basic. preferred. at meineke i have options on oil changes. and now i get free roadside assistance with preferred or supreme. my money. my choice. my meineke. breaking news weve been following it for hours and hours. massive protests on the streets of egypt in three major cities there, cairo, alexandria and also suez. a curfew has now been instituted. the egyptian military on the streets to try to break up these crowds. were expected to hear from president mubarak at any time, and hes to addre...

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Major demonstrations. were talking about alexandria, suez and the capital cairo. this was the most violent day yet in a series of protests against the 30-year rule of president nose ne mubarak. protests and police exchanged rocks and tear gas in battle. there you see a demonstrator being hit by a police van. as ben wedeman was noting, a lot of people cheering that the army came out, much more respect for them in some quarters than for the riot police that are so often charged with breaking up no...