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Families with children are desperate to buy bread, this baker told us. were trying to keep up with demand. nerves are frayed. shoppers see our camera. they dont want us to see the empty shelves. as with so much here, it is unclear how long everyday egyptians can hold on, without enough food, with their lives at a standstill. in the afternoon, as the daily curfew sets in, these neighborhoods, away from the protests, are eerily quiet. lama hasan, abc news, cairo. >> stay with abc news throughout t...

There and the prospect of getting a crowd from here to there is doubtful. whats fascinating is just the level of even though theres not a central organizer here, people have really taken it upon themselves to try to police themselves. there is protesters here who are patting people down as they enter. several layers of security but its not government security. its just protesters who are, you know, telling people who arrive to remain peaceful. they pat people down. they check i.d.s. they want to...

They have been able to count on press mubarak and the thought that he would leave is concerning. the more concerning thought is okay, he is gone, what comes in? if it is a hard line islamic a regime like tay ron i tehran ie 70s. folks in israel are extraordinarily nervous is an understatement. >> shannon: a lot of folks worried about the parallel theres. leland vittert live in jerusalem tracks you. we turn to greg palkot. he is on the ground in the capital city to give us the latest there. i kno...

>> we are back with further news of the developments taking place in egypt. unrest in egypt could mean trouble in israel depending who takes power in that country. and mubarak steps down, some rear israel will be left with no allies in the region. and leland vittert has more now from jerusalem. >> to say in israel that people are concerned is a huge understatement. show you why on the map. here in green the islamic countries, israel here in blue and wiped off the face of the map. israel has two ...

Of egypt and so far, israel has been watching in silence as demonstrators seek to take down the government of its most important arab ally. leyland viter live in jerusalem with the latest. >> rick, to say israelis are concerned about this would be an understatement. i talked to a couple of senior sources within the government who said they dont see how this ends up being a positive for israel no matter how it goes down. take a look at the map and i will show you why. the islamic states in the mi...

All right. steel on wheels, day 1, back at the mayo clinic in rochester, minnesota, so stay there are amazing things that happen as a result of this culture is an understatement. we already told you a bit about the story of this very room, the plummer library. every book in it was either written or edited by a mayo doctor. they add two or three new books every month. it was all started to simply make people better. fimplgts physicians that know each other very well, talking at dinner talking abo...

Keep in mind the president sold the original stimulus bill of about $800 billion by saying it would go to shovel-ready projects and get the money out the door quickly, a year and a half later with the jobless rate still high he told reporters theres no such thing as a shovel-ready project. so to say theres skepticism among republicans is an understatement. one other point, jenna. as far as date night for the state of the union, house majority leader eric cantor has invited former house speaker n...

An objective dispassionate way, he says, to investigate every act of corruption and m malfeasan malfeasance. police gave us a quick house of one that wasnt ransacked, the home of the powerful son-in-law. and in this home there was a tiger. the tiger was actually mentioned in wick wikileaks, and accordin local residents, that e caught the tiger and ate it. they noted the valuable artifacts scattered around the house, describing his lifestyle as, quote, over the top. perhaps an understatement to m...

Police gave us a quick tour of one house that wasnt ransacked, the summer home of sahad e sahad el matari, the powerful son-in-law of president ben ali. the tiger was mentioned in wikileaks and according to people around here, the local residents caught the tiger and ate it. the wikileaks cable noted the valuable venetian and roman artifacts describing the lifestyle as "over the top." perhaps an understatement to many tunisians, getting their first glimpse at the life of the elite. ben wedeman, ...

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