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Accreditation from its reporters and we can no longer access al jazeera arabic television on the nile satellite distribution network. that's important for the following reason. al jazeera is a big proponent of the street protest we've seen here in egypt, but also in tunisia, which helped bring down a dictator that's been in power more than 25 years and may have been applauded by the demonstrators heren the streets in cairo. this has been a very powerful voice, an important source of information, certainly when the internet has been shut down for several days and disruptions in cell phone servi...

Together and said we have to do what we can, because nobody else is doing it. what happened was that when the army came in to cairo, and the police started pulling out. and as the police started pulling out, police attacked the police stations, egyptian police are widely hated for corruption, brutality, torture. once people left the police station, people went in and stole the weapons inside. and now there are weapons in the hands of all kinds of people. my wife called. she saw a group of men with scarves around their faces and were walking around with ak-47s. so it's this sort of specter of c...

Threaten them, tell them not to stop here. >> it's a rough night in the egyptian capital. >> it's another chance for egyptians to have their voices heard. what's going on in cairo right now where you are? [ inaudible ] >> all right. we're not hearing ivan. i'm sure you're not hearing him at home either. we'll get that fixed and get that live report to you from cairo this morning. >> not just the people of egypt watching this unfold. a lot of americans, foreigners, from around the world, who find themselves trapped there. delta air lines has indefinitely success suspended flights. american airl...

On the streets. that has people on edge and asking the army to protect them. cnn's wolf blitzer talked with the ambassador to the u.s. to get his take on the security situation. how does ha happen? 1,000 prisoners escape from a prison outside of cairo and are now running amok? >> certainly disturbing news. a demonstration of the degree of chaos and lack of security that has emanated from these events. >> what happened to the police? >> it is unclear to what extent the police forces are still undertaking their responsibilities. >> the army is to some extent filling the void left by the police...

Trends map. key words out of twitter. out of cairo, mubarak ministry, looters, tahir, corpses. and one of the most well-known bloggers out of egypt, tweeting today. this is one of his latest. before i go offline, be ware of scare tactics. that's a sentiment out of egypt a lot. there are also pictures via twitter. some from yesterday he says. if we can show pictures. here is a burned out van with people on top. in cairo. a man with a sign denouncing the government, also on top of a burnt out car. and a protester sitting on top of a tank. also if we can go to another twitter user. this is someon...