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The honor, to sully the honor of these people in this square. that's what the game is all about. >> christopher dicky, you've spent a lot of time in this city and region. what are the ripple effects of this? not only in the hours and day ahead, but in the days and weeks and months ahead, do we know at this point? >> well, i think, anderson, your introduction was extremely good when you talk about the fear that exists in this country. one of the things that's ironic here is that president mubarak is presenting himself as the only person who can take away the fear from a population of 80 million...

Or even minutes to try and clean out tahrir square and retake control of the center of the city. >> and if that happens, christopher, what then? >> well, what then? i think probably we will have a lot of international uproar. i think that there will be some unrest in the rest of the city. but i think that probably president mubarak will be able to hold on for a while. the question is what will be the state of the country that he holds on to? you have a situation where, in order to set this up, the government has been essentially tacitly, if not actively, supporting people who have wreaked incr...

One of the overpasses going onto the bridge. that's when egyptian police started firing tear gas -- excuse me, shots in the air to push them back. they now occupy an air to the left of the museum. so it's been a dramatic ebb and flow over the last 48 hours. john, thank you. joined again by christopher dicky from "newsweek" and also from the daily beast who knows this area. hala is with me, as well and john king is staying us with. dr. ajami, we were e-mailing about this a little bit. no matter what side of this conflict you are on, this is just sad. this is just heartbreakingly sad for egypt a...

Christopher dicky, thank you so much from "newsweek" and "daily beast" for being with us. stay safe, christopher. we'll continue to check in with you. our coverage continues. some of the most dramatic things that we have seen in the last 24 hours. we'll also talk to jill dougherty about the evacuations of americans from here, details on that ahead. stay tuned.

Them want them silenced, that could be that this is a precursor to something more severe and potentially more violent. that would be my concern today. >> a big demonstration has been called by the anti-mubarak forces, it's been called for several days now. it remains to be seen what is going to happen. i want to go to christopher dicky, who is with "newsweek" and "the daily beast." christopher, what do you make of what you've witnessed over the last 24 hours? >> i think the shutdown is coming. i know the protestors would like this to be the day of departure, i don't think that's going to happe...