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That major demonstration area. the veterans are on their way. i saw some at the airport. i want to bring in lieutenant ivoryson to speak more about this. does the influx of veterans and we're hearing maybe 1,000, 2,000 veterans, does that concern law enforcement? >> it is very concerns. law enforcement's role is simple. it's providing for public safety. we're keeping north dakota citizens, our visitors in north dakota safe. while at the same time upholding the rule of law. when we are coming into north dakota with an intent of not abiding by the law, then that is something we are concerned wit...

Nbc's carrie sanders has been monitoring the trial all day long and joins us now from sanford, florida. give us a sense, we've been so focused what's going on inside the courtroom. give us a sense what's going on outside the courthouse with the crowds and the people who are gathered there. >> you know, actually the crowd's never really materialized here. it's 97 degrees outside. so that probably has a lot to do with it. we have the afternoon thunderstorms. and while they set up a little protest area or a demonstration area outside the courthouse anticipating that people may want to exercise th...

Throughout the evening. we went to visit the demonstration area, but it was very tense around that area. a lot of stick-wielding young men in the dark alleys leading up to the protesters, people coming out asking us for identification, what were we doing there? why were foreigners there at that time of night? it ended up with us being escorted to an army base. that's how tense the situation was. it was a large anti-mubarak real, but it is clear that there are still pro-government elements surkling around on the outskirts of that rally, and the young men who are afraid that there was the very r...

Their heads. had they wanted to get involved they could have sent in reinforcements. it's been going on for more than 12 hours and that is just shocking to me. >> it is a very important as we watch these live photos, live images from the scene there. anderson cooper is right in the middle of it. it is a very important point that we'll discuss later with some very smart policy analysts who believe it is a troubling sign that the military is not taking a more active role in protecting people on the street. anderson, you say safe. we'll check in with anderson later and will have a full hour later...