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Riots and burning buildings are taking away from the legitimate message of the protesters. >> there's no excuse for the kind of violence that we saw yesterday. it is counter productive. when individuals get crow bars and start prying open doors to loot they are not protesting. they are not making a statement. they are stealing. when they burn down a building they are committing arson. and they are destroying and undermining businesses and opportunities in their own communities that rob jobs and opportunity from people in that area. >> right now the national guard is surrounding city hall as we...

Baltimore county. >> let me walk you through the rest of the developments. we have a state of emergency in effect for the city of baltimore. i've witnessed firsthand the national guard is positioned through the downtown area of the city to help facilitate local police. baltimore city schools have been closed for the day. baltimore orioles postponed this evening's game and this is the second night in a row they have postponed a game. the president also addressing this situation. here's what he had to say roughly an hour ago. >> when individuals get crow bars and start prying open doors to loot ...

A broader context. he was tough on the police saying there is alleged police brutality every week now and careful to add that his primary thoughts are with the family of freddie gray and the injured police officers in baltimore. >> there is no excuse for the kind of violence that we saw yesterday. it is counterproductive. when individuals get crow bars and start prying open doors to loot they're not protesting. they're not making a statement. they're stealing. >> reporter: the president said the nation needs to do soul searching about race in america and how the police interact with with the y...

And molal molotov cocktails. and some workers were told they wouldn't be paid until they went into the streets to represent mubarak. >> it's chaos. >> there are people with knives, crow bars. >> there's been an ebb and flow of these demonstrators attacking each other. >> there's been blood spilled. >> clearly, a lot of tear gas has been used. i'm starting to feel the sting of it no uh. >> unmistakable sound of gun fire below me. men on horses and camels charged into the crowd wielding whips and sticks. >> we've heard several bursts of

I wonder if they'll be bearing more sophisticated weapons than the ones you just described. sounds like this morning it's been kind of a makeshift clash with stones and rocks, bricks, anything you can find. what's your sense of those protesters and whether they have been armed over the last few days? >> reporter: they are determined to keep it a peaceful movement, what they say. now, demonstrators don't necessarily control everyone at tahrir square. we did see somebody that was trying to bring a pistol into the square yesterday. he was stopped by one of the groups that was volunteering to friv...