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Stones being hurled back and forth, we saw, you know, every minute or so somebody being brought back, bleeding from the head. a lot of head wounds. there were makeshift triage center stations on the sidewalks below the balcony where i am is one location where medics in lab coats have been literally stitching people up on the sidewalk, under the street lamps here. and ambulances have been coming in periodically, as well, carting off some of the wounded. i would assume that just the wounded alone ...

Son would not be a candidate. that was noted in a tweet but in that there will be a major protest in yemen. in bahrain, one of the more liberal gulf states even there plans on february 14th for a demonstration against the regime and as well in syria. a day of rage planned on february 4th against the assad regime there as the protests thread sprut the region. well see how each fall out. a 26-year-old american in the middle of the mayhem today. he didnt run. he stayed to treat the wounded.

Today. he really talked about jesus quite a bit through his speech, about accepting him into his life and his pastor sort of suggested that he do that today although the white house, as i said, is denying it has anything to do with these polls that most americans believe hes muslim. a quick look ahead on the rundown. street triage, treating the wounded on the streets of cairo in the middle of the violence. and a giant cyclone slams us australia. chad myers surveys the damage. also, we have s...

"government or pro-mubarak agents among this group of civilians that have been gathering out front that did not want the image of what was happening in the hospital to be scene" but he was saying to us that this particular hospital treated around 100 to 120 wounded. most of them head wounds and burn wounds due to the molotov cocktails and stab wounds as well and hearing reports of children who have been wounded at the demonstration site but theyve been really struggling trying to get additional ...

Informed as possible. viewers not just in the united states, but watching around the world right now. im joined by ben wedeman, ivan watson is with us in the square tonight and faoud ajami and john king. i want to show you some of ben wedemans reporting from earlier today. this is some of the triage places that sprang up to take care of the wounded. lets take a look. >> we will die for our freedom! >> every few minutes, somebody comes in with a great big gash on his head from a rock.

The gravity of whats happening here. we want to keep as many people informed as possible. im joined by ben wedeman, ivan watson is with us in the square tonight and faoud ajami and john king. i want to show you some of ivan watsons reporting from earlier today. this is some of the triage places that sprang up to take care of the wounded. lets take a look. >> we will die for our freedom! >> every few minutes, somebody comes in with a great big gash on his head from a rock.

Pictures. can you talk us through whats happening right now in the square? >> reporter: yeah, this is one of two ambulances that are side by side that were seeing from our vantage point. ambulances have been rotating through here pretty much non-stop throughout the night, carrying away the wounded, and i would just assume that there have been fresh casualties and thats why theyve been called in here. there are two more ambulances on their way from the south end of the square right now, and at so...

>> reporter: theyve been preparing basically since the fighting began, anderson. theyve been digging up, as you saw in that report, digging up stones to use for ammunition. barricading the entrances to this place and trying to keep morale up, swearing theyre going to fight back. the sound of the picks digging into the asphalt all night, its uncanny, as well as the sound of the wounded and the prayers. i can only compare it to perhaps a medieval siege would have sounded like around a castle. >> i...

And sexually molest them. basically to teach these people a lesson not to do that again. dont protest against the government again. >> im told right now an ambulance has entered the square. ivan, i dont know if you can see that ambulance, but our viewers are seeing it in live pictures. can you talk us through whats happening right now in the square? >> reporter: yeah, this is one of two ambulances that are side by side that were seeing from our vantage point. ambulances have been rotating throug...

I know it is difficult to see, but can you confirm the live gunfire was shot into crowds? >> yes. they are shooting. there were shots from rifles on the bridges and a shot at our demonstrations. every couple of minutes the ambulance is coming carrying the wounded. every now and again they carry someone dead. someone was shot right through the head. i had to watch that happen. i just dont understand what more does the world need to take the president out of the country? >> that was like one hour ...