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[ gunfire ] [ explosions ] >> this is coming to us from the saudi owned television. you can hear the shots being fired, the rapid succession of gunshots are anti-aircraft firing at saudi jets. you can also hear what appears or what sounds like automatic weapons fire, as well. and also the sound of explosions in the distance too. we know that the capital has been rocked by a number of strikes over the past few hours. saudi arabia's military has already struck military targets in yemen under houthi control. earlier, i spoke with lieutenant colonel rick francona. >> this was a very well orchestra...

On it's facebook page the egyptian military saying they arrested 440 quote armed men and terrorist unquote. security forces clashing with muslim brotherhood fighters and attacks on christian churches. conflicting information coming in and accusations that cannot be fully verified because of the truly chaotic situation on the ground. some reporters there are calling it urban warfare plain and simple. we're being careful about our reporting and making perfectly clear which are claims, which are solid undisputed fact. one such fact, some opponents of the military government are clearly willing to...

Clear which are claims, which are solid undisputed fact. one such fact, some opponents of the military government are clearly willing to die for their cause. new video tonight shows it may be very hard to watch. a man what we've highlighted unarmed walking straight into automatic weapons fire. again, this is very tough stuff. you might want to turn away right now. [ gunshots] >> horrible situation. very, very rough day in egypt. joining us now our man in cairo and joins us by phone a member of the opposition a self-described moderate el hawarwy and arab analyst

So it's him against law enforcement. sbn isolated. they will return fire as he fires at them. basically too much risk of them being injured by his gunfire. they will attempt to take him out with sniper fire if they can. but the preferred course of action would be for him to surrender. they will make efforts to get a communications device into that cabin if in fact he has no telecommunications within. >> it's been described as automatic weapons fire. what would that be? i thought they've all been outlawed since the '30s. >> not at all it's easy to take a semiautomatic weapon and make it into an...

There was automatic weapons fire. there was an early report on the scanner traffic, the police radio, that he had -- was believed to at least have a handgun with a silencer, and he has now been firing at officers with automatic weapons and has hit at least two officers, and they have been evacuated from the area, and they're now waiting for a medevac helicopter to come in and take them off to medical care. martin? >> obviously, john, we're following this breaking story, and there's some confusion and things are obviously becoming clearer by the minute, but you referred earlier to a state wildl...