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Protests do continue. there is a growing number of protesters who were arriving today. there are several thousand who stayed overnight and that number has been growing as we get later into the afternoon. the protesters have said that they are going to continue to protest. they want to keep up the pressure on the government. they want to keep the eyes of the world on cairo. so this standoff is apparently going to continue for some time. alex. >> what about the latest on is that explosion at the gas pipeline that's near the egypt/israel border? all of these conflicting reports, some of them coul...

We're going to have more from cairo in just a short bit here on msnbc. it's a good thing tomorrow's super bowl game will be played indoors, because in a moment, we're going to check in with bill karins on the cold care in the heart of texas. and then our continuing coverage, we'll assess how the white house is handling the challenges. what are the challenges facing president obama with the standoff in egypt? ho meowners , rates have been going up, but you can still refinance to a fixed rate as low as 4.5% at lendingtree.com, where customers save

>> ron allen, thank you for that update from cairo. we have new reports this morning that an american grandmother has been rescued from her cairo apartment. we're talking about 76-year-old mary thornberry who has been holed up with a rolling pin, a knife and her walking cane. lester holt has been following this story and joins us from jordan. lester, what a good day. what do you hear about how she was rescued? >> well, i spoke to her today. she's being careful with details because whoever helped her does not want to be identified. she did receive help during a lull in the fighting. she was b...

Traffic. i have to say we have not seen any police at all. >>neil: the reason i ask and you are closer, the police could be undercover and stirring up the crowd, even pretending to be pro government supporters mixing and clashes with those mubarak protesters? that they just disappeared and that is weird. >>guest: well, we do hear reports that there are undercover police and also in the streets, in the ensure, even in the square there are disturbances in the neighbors surrounding tahrir and they are saying they are caused by plainclotheses policemen undercover. the other day, two were caught in...

Protesters. it's not so pleasant if you have to drive, a blizzard warning in force in seven u.s. states. and no amount of snow is going to stop this skier going for gold. if that slope looks extreme to you, it's because it is. we'll tell you all about it. just past midday in cairo's tahrir square, the scene of what's shaping up to be an unprecedented day of protest. anti-government demonstrations in the eighth day. organizers called for a million people to get out and march hoping to provide the push that topples president mubarak. those numbers may dpebd on whether people can get there....