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Curfew which is supposed to have gone into effect 11:00 a.m. eastern time here on the eastern coast, 6:00 p.m. there in cairo, does it seem like any of the crowds have dissipated or have gotten more enraged and maybe even gathered more in strength as this imposed curfew is winding up? >> reporter: the crowds are smaller, but the people who are out are the die-hards. so the people -- the protests -- excuse me, the curfew has been in place for about an hour and 15 minutes now and there are still thousands of people on the streets. we can see hundreds of them. and there are hundreds of people sur...

$40,000 and you're right that will turn people off because you're talking about a younger generation interested in a car like this, and that younger generation may not have the cash to buy it. one guy working on the line building the car says it will turn a lot of people off but the die hards are hoping people will think about the price and what they're doing for energy conservation and will shell out the money and buy the car. >> we will have the speech live when it happens, about 12:15 eastern. heated words as the government's point man on the oil disaster meets face to face with local lou...

>> i think we picked one of the hottest places in new york city to do this from. the concrete is baking. the sun has peeked up over the skyscrapers and the heat is rising. it's 95 or so on this thermometer and it only begins to describe the feeling here because it's muggy, it's humid and it's just, as i said, awful. but still a lot of people out here. over here a long line of people waiting for tickets for broadway plays. the die hards. a lot of them are here from out of towns and not going to let some heat spoil their vacation. but most of times square is, you know, pretty mellow. a pedestria...

>> reporter: because people aren't buying them at the higher prices? >> correct. i mean, you could eat other food at cheaper prices than oysters. the die-hards that want their last oyster knowing that it's being affected, they're coming in, and they're paying a little bit. but a lot of the people just -- they don't want to pay the money. >> reporter: you're a volume business. you have to sell a lot of stuff, right? >> correct. >> reporter: you're not able to do that now. >> correct. because seafood's not marked up a lot. so yes, we do have to sell a lot of volume and the problem is getting it....

Street's being beaten up month after month and we want to turn the page on it and change some things but a lot of guys are telling me in private as well, no matter what you change, at the end of the day people still have to follow the rules here, and people in washington have to enforce the rules. and there are already some rules in place and people were just not following them. and there's no clear evidence yet that even if reforms are put in place that it's going to stop bad behavior. so, i think there's still a lot of unanswered questions here, but people here are sort of frustrated with ho...