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Time tuesday to 10:00 a.m. wednesday. local newspapers are saying all rail service across the country have been halted and highways are open. eyewitnesss say traffic is substantially reduced. banks, stock market and many businesses are closed but the suez canal is reportly operating normally. past peek of protests is sure to have taken a heavy toil on egypt's economy. and we have heard about businesses grinding to a halt or just staying shut as a precaution. in cairo, many shops are closed. long lines for food. gas stations have run dry and banks have been shut for days which means the atms ru...

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...

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 ...

Protests. >> nice talking to you. >> they are part of the dc based foundation for defense of democracy, former senior officials in one of egypt's democratic parties. what do you think? are you optimistic? >> how do you say it? >> kire. >> go ahead. >> i am cautiously optimistic. we have to look at this situation like western europe after world war ii. people who took to the streets were not islamists they were regular people. this is the big surprise two people who observed the region and expect islamists to be the only opposition. they are an important part of the society.

Within the span of 4 hours 45 private jets flew out of the airport carrying a range of arabs, westerners and in some cases egyptian celebrities. those who need travel assistance are asked to call toll free 888-407-4747 if you are calling from the united states and canada. callers outside the united states 202-501-4444 or e-mail egypt emergency usc@state.gov. thank you so much. is this a dammed if we do dammed if we don't situations for the united states? do we ask them to suppress it violently or risk the most important arab state becoming a militant iran. a familiar face in the recent crisi...