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All i know is people like us need to be able to live. >> sounds like a profound sense of despair and uncertainty. tell us more about that conversation. >> reporter: yeah, john, it most certainly is. one has to remember that 20% of the population here survives on less than $2 a day. she makes around $30 a month working at a hospital. her husband relies on day wages. he has not been able to find work since these demonstrations began. the village she's in is in one of egypt's owe ace cease, an agricultural area that is heavily reliant on a moving economy and great concern about their financial fu...
The money simply is not going to be there. tourism is going away. what are their biggest long-term concerns? >> reporter: well, wolf, it is money, and that's what it boils down to them, bearing in mind, too, that the country's faltering economy and prices skyrocketing and the lack of jobs is one of the reasons why the demonstrations have managed to swell to the size that they have. that is country where abeer's case, who we just heard from in this story, is not unique. 20% of the population estimated to live on under $2 a day. millions of people rely on those day wages. the longer this economy...
Demonstration to begin with. people, yes, want the president to step down but that is largely because of the regime's oppressive nature but also because of much-needed economic reforms, charles? >> okay. what is being done to deal with some of the problems? clearly, in terms of people's day-to-day lives, things are quite challenging. >> they are certainly challenging, charles. around 20% of egyptians survive on less than $2 a day. millions are day laborers relying on day wages that he have not been able to receive since these demonstrations began. we went to one food distribution center where ...