since the end of last week, since last friday. 71 since the protests began, and those are just the ones they could count. how could a regime that's operated under emergency powers for 30 years be expected to suddenly transition to democracy and act with transparency? those emergency powers allow the egyptian government to arrest anyone they want at any time. take a look at what happened when candy crowley pressed egypt's prime minister about this yesterday on cnn. >> mr. vice president, our reporters on the scene in cairo tell us that while you negotiate about a democratic process, there are still arrests of local and international human rights activists as well as journalists. why are you arresting them? >> i didn't understand you. >> we are told that you are arresting human rights activists and journalists, why? >> i don't hear -- >> suddenly sound problems developed, he couldn't hear.