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One contractor is staying put. and jeff greg is a u.s. contractor living in alexandra egypt and joining us on the phone. >> kelly: he is indeed. jeff, why did you choose to stay in egypt and how are you coping with the restless situation that's still going on there? >> because (inaudible) i'm in a very, very, very safe place in alexandria egypt. >> kelly: you're not exactly in cairo. are they still protesting in alexandria though. >> i've not seen protests, but hearing them four or five blocks, and there's not a lot where i'm at now. >> kelly: jeff, the company you worked for issued a mandator...

brink of more turmoil, president mubarak isn't budging neither are tens of thousands of demonstrators promising we'll stay here as long as it takes. we have live team coverage of the crisis in egypt from washington to cairo. leland is in egypt's capital city where an army commander tried to persuade the crowd to leave tahrir square. leland, tell us more. >> reporter: good evening. there's a sense that things are getting a little better. there's this dialogue going on between protesters and the government. the prime minister went on state television and said stability was returning. b...

Complications arose. jenna: complications arose. some people would say that are watching this, hey, they could be dog lovers toos but the seems one that is a tough one right now. why don't you want to leave? >> well, i've been here for five years already. i have a place that i live in. i have personal property here. i have a car here. i have friends here. i have my dogs here. so, i had to stay because i could not get out until, company wouldn't let me go on the plane. so i'm staying here with my friend also. jenna: jeff, sound like you got a good group of neighbors. that is good no matter wher...

Perspective on the situation there. jeff greg is a private contractor who lives in alexandria, egypt. we spoke to him earlier this week. he is joining us once again by phone. jeff, is the situation better or worse now? >> actually pretty, it is better than it was three days ago. there are no gunshots fired in the air. people are pretty quiet and calmed down. all i can hear is protests about two blocks away from the people in alexandria. jenna: who seems to be, well, controlling things or making sure that things stay settled in alexandria? >> the neighborhood watch. people have guns where i'm a...

we have updates on that. >> reporter: this has been playing out for about two and a half hours this is the spring river off of interstate 44. we watched as they pulled out several people from the suv. a couple of things to note it's about a hundred to 120-foot fall is what rescuers are saying that are on the scene. the air temperature is about 7 degrees outside, extreme conditions for anybody near any kind of water, certainly the rescuers and the people trapped inside this car. at least six people were taken to nearby trauma center hospitals. we don't know the extent ornate of their ...