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Where you are. these are the first images we have seen from egypt pretty much all day. you're an experienced journalist, worked at cnn for a long time. have you ever seen anything like quite like this against the media. >> reporter: no, this is a concerted campaign to intimidate -- intimidate and confiscate equipment and it's having an effect. it is stopping us getting to the story in many cases. it's tough to get out where we are. it is not only the pro-mubarak supporters. it's even people on the street turning aggressive because of what they're hearing on state television. they don't have to...

Potentially the most dangerous situation we have seen in the middle east for a very long time. is that your reading of what's going on here, john? >> it is and there are people watching out there who are fans of senator mccain and some would are critics of him because he's been so active in politics including being president obama's opponent. whether you like him or don't like his policies he is one who travels constantly to that region and goes to iraq and goes to afghanistan, he goes to yemen when he can. he goes to israel, he goes to egypt. so he knows the region very, very well. his view i...

Turkey, spain, canada, britain and the u.s. and more journalists who have been beaten, arrested, their equipment destroyed, which have succeeded pretty much in stopping any live images of what's happening here from going out. >> i'm joined now by senior international correspondent nic robertson who is in egypt tonight. more trouble brewing. nic, i'm not going to reveal where you are. these are the first images we have seen from egypt pretty much all day. you're an experienced journalist, you've worked at cnn a long time. have you ever seen anything like quite like this against the media? >> re...

Happening in and around liberation square and, you know, over the last ten days we have seen -- i should say the first -- you know, over the last four or five days since saturday and sunday and monday and tuesday we saw the best of egypt. we saw a multicultural mul multidimensional group of protesters, group of people, egyptians coming forward voicing their opinion, talking about democracy and freedom and what we have seen in the last two days is the worst in egypt. we have seen thugs on the streets. systemically attacking people, descending upon peaceful protesters and now systemically trying...

I think the president has by pushing but not trying to dictate to the egyptian people. >> i want to bring in my colleague john king now. john, there's a report in tonight's "the new york times" that the white house has a new plan to encourage president mubarak to seek power immedia immediately to vice president suleiman. is this new or the plan below ground going all the time. >> no offense to the two fine reporters from "the new york times" that wrote that report, piers and they do have some new information but the basic thrust is something we've been reporting since tuesday afternoon. i went...