so i would say tahrir, it's safest to be in tahrir for journalists. >> are the mubarak loyalists growing in numbers or diminishing in numbers? >> today we saw running battles, a lot of rocks around the periphery of one of the entrances to tahrir, and the protesters here were actually gaining ground on the mubarak forces, is what i saw. and so the numbers of the mubarak forces seem to be dwindling. so it's unclear what's happening on the outskirts. as you know, ed, i can only know what i'm seeing on the ground right here in tahrir, but it seems that they're dwindling, from what i can tell. >> sharif abdel, senior producer of democracy now, you are brave along with all the other journalists who are there trying to do the job for the world. thank you, sharif. >> thank you for having me. >> stay with us for our