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Are asking for gas in cairo today, chances are the gas stations are running out. looking for cash, bank machines are broken into, banks are closed. first day of the workweek in egypt. but not a lot of people working. too much chaos. jim bolden live in london with the financial angle of all of this. good morning, jim. >> good morning, jonathan. this is the first day of the workweek and would you normally expect egyptian stock markets to be opened. it was closed for the day, we can't get a reaction from the market. egyptian stocks down 16% last week. let's look at some of the others in the regio...

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...

About the muslim brotherhood and a growing role? >> i have to tell you, as an egyptian, living through the most exciting time of my life, i'm really dismayed by the media obsession with the muslim brotherhood and the idea of chaos and looting this is a revolution happening. every egyptian i know is taking part in this revolution. they include muslim brotherhood members i know. but they also include liberals and seculars and christians and atheists. this is not about the brotherhood, islamics, al qaeda. this is about egyptians of every walk of life saying to a tyrant of 30 years, we hate you, w...

About. bank machines are out of money or been broken into by looters, gas stations are shut. let's quickly recap what else we know. protesters returning to the streets in some places in some places for the sixth straight day of anti-government demonstrations. protests getting more dangerous with dozens killed the past two days. mostly the bloodshed has come at the hands of the police. those same police have largely abandoned the streets. they are being replaced in some places by tanks and soldiers. adding to the chaos, more than 1,000 escaped prison inmates. people around cairo are asking the ...

The police principally. some government institutions, the rest of the city untouched. today, we're not seeing any fires, but, again, it's difficult to underestimate how much they anger their company to surface. it really is a city that builds on the edge of the moment. >> nic robertson from alexandria, egypt. thank you. >> nic was talking about anger. some are taking advantage of the chaos. a group of thugs stormed a museum, ripping the heads off mummies and tossing relics onto the ground. that particular museum is home to the relics of king tut. officials say nothing that turns out to have be...