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Adding, "we will not abandon our demand. that is the departure of the regime." outside the square egypt is suffering, the economy is reeling. on a normal day there would be thousands of people visiting this place. look around. there's nobody here. it's almost spooky. the pyramids have been closed since the beginning of the protests. that represents not just a huge blow to the egyptian economy, but to the soul of this country as well. policemen on camelback patrol deserted grounds and there are tanks instead of tour buses here. you could hear in the voice of the minister of antiquities, the mes...

Street. nic robertson is in alexandria for us. it looks like there was a huge crowd on the streets today, nic. >> reporter: wolf, as big as any other day. the message was interesting. the imam giving the prayers was talking about unity, about not giving into the government, about demanding not only that president mubarak steps down, but the whole regime, and reminding everyone gather ad t the mosque that they weren't there representing a religious interest or a political group, but they were all there representing the one view, to get rid of president mubarak. it really seems to be, there's a ...

Take half measures, for example, as mubarak did by naming a new cabinet, which did not respond at all really to what the demonstrators are asking for. >> we're hearing the administration has decided to send a former ambassador, frank wizner to, go as a special envoy to egypt. i assume he's going to meet with president mubarak with a special message. he nose frank wizner very well. he spent a lot of time in egypt. what do you think that special enjoy's message is going to be? >> i don't know what the message is going to be, but the message itself is very important. ambassador wizner is someone ...

Operations to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from grave danger. on my orders coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine saddam hussein's ability to wage war. i assure you this will not be a campaign of half measures and we'll accept no outcome but victory. may god bless our country and all who defend her. shannon: with those words president george w. bush told us america was at war again. now 7 years and 5 months later the last of america's combat troops are getting ready to leave iraq. as the trucks rolled out of the cou...

Bit warren, civil lib terties and many others. please, no more half measures. this country elected you because you ran on the message of change. they gave you huge majorities in the house and senate. what did you use it for? health care reform with the private insurers are still the only option. yes, there were positive parts to the bill. but the system remains the same. how about financial reform? where the banks are still too big to fail. don't you get it? if and when they crash the economy again, they're going to blame you. and that's my point. if banks and insurance companies and conservat...