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Days. the shock shattered more than 150 windows in a nearby city. residents were evacuated over the weekend. we want to bring you the latest on the situation in cairo now. this is tahrir square. we'll show you the pictures there, a kilo case where anti-government protesters are planning their march of millions. it is now halfway through the eighth day of demonstrations calling for president hosni mubarak to resign. egypt's leader has given no indication he plans to give up power. the government has ordered troops to set up security checkpoints and mobile and internet services are still patch...

The effects of the chaos in cairo. oil prices hit a two-year high yesterday. for a look at what oil is doing today and the outlook in the future, here is brian shactman. how are things looking today? >> prices are going down a little bit when it comes to oil. holding above $91 a barrel. even though things are incredibly tense in egypt, they are relatively calm based on what we you can late last week when we had the big boost in oil prices and big sell ohio valley in the market friday. there are two issues here. volatility settled down a little bit. one is the suez canal. egypt is not a big oil...

In october with those cart ridges loaded with explosives. they're thinking the mail is the weak link and urging banks to redouble efforts to provide security given the myriad of information they pieced together. sort of connecting the dots. they're taking a look. again, no specific threat but as a precaution wanted to warn the banks. >> jonathan deints for wnbc. thank you for watching today. i'll see you back here tomorrow and every weekday 10:00 a.m. eastern. contessa brewer picks things up next. good to see you. we're watching that monster storm hitting 30 states right now making travel tr...

Organized for backup. >> roughly 2,600 people have contacted us, you know, by variety of means and registered with us that they, you know, wish to leave the country. obviously, today we have kind of put a pretty good dent in that number but obviously that will go up and fluctuate day-to-day as american citizens make their own decisions about whether to stay in egypt or to leave. and just reminder, american citizens who have the ability to get out through commercial means are doing so as the same time so we are a source of support but, you know, there are still commercial flights coming in and ...

We've got breaking news in the streets of cairo. richard joins us live from ca o cairo. i understand, richard, the military is moving in? >> reporter: yes, a short while ago, we saw for the first time in this conflict -- and i think you can call it a conflict now, there is an open revolt in the streets of cair military its comi ngin. sawi armored personnel carrier moving through the streets lowme. there haveeen some soldiers blanking it. this is as the forces of the interior ministry, which are the police, the riot police have failed to contain the protests involving tens of thousands of peopl...