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In november and december 2011 fighting rages between demonstrators and security forces in and around tahrir square. >> translator: we heard about the disturbances and the gunfire. so we ran to see what was happening. >> on december 17th, 2011 an engineering student named mohammed gamal zadan is with a group of friends outside a hotel in central cairo. >> translator: that time i went up in the hotel and i thought i would try to go in with my colleagues and try to see what's happening and see it from above and try to film it. >> looking through the lens, mohammed sees a group of protesters fleei...

Egypt on information lockdown. so he literally shut down the internet. >> nora younis is a reporter for the "egypt independent," an online and print news source. on the morning of january 28th nora and a colleague hear about a hotel in central cairo that still has internet service. they try to get a room with a view of tahrir square. >> they said they have orders from state security not to sell any rooms overlooking tahrir. so we said okay and we settled for a nile view room. >> while organizing their coverage of the day's events nora notices something happening outside their window. she grabs...

Tell us what you think @bill hemmer and @martha maccallum. we'll add them up and let you know how you're coming down. martha: i love that quote, you know? the senator says i used to be upset that i wasn't in the room, you know? how come i'm left out, i want to be in the negotiations. there's no room. no negotiation. bill: i thought mike emanuel said it, very telling how quiet it is on the hill. breaking news now, central egypt getting reported from reuters, get this, military vehicles firing live rounds at muslim brotherhood supporters near tahrir square according to a witness on scene there. ...

Clashes begin again. in november and december 2011 fighting rages between demonstrators and security forces in and around tahrir square. >> translator: we heard about the disturbances and the gunfire. so we ran to see what was happening. >> on december 17th, 2011, an engineering student named mohammed gamal zadan is with a group of friends outside a hotel in central cairo. >> translator: that time i went up in the hotel and i thought i would try to go in with my colleagues and try to see what's happening and see it from above and try to film it. >> looking through the lens, mohammed sees a gro...

Cairo for us. we know you can't move around easily with the curfew but what do you know about this incident in cairo? what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, during the day, large number of muslim brotherhood individuals taken prison here in central cairo were being moved from the center of the city to a prison on the outskirts to the north. it appears during this, some state media reports conflicting here, but some suggest militants attacked part of the convoy or a police officer traveling with the prisoners taken hostage. at the end of the day, there are now 36, at least of those prisoners ...