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Joining us, jonathan alter, and jay rosen, he is the author of "press think." a web blog about journalism. jay, you've been studying the trump phenomenon, trying to figure out how the media should confront it, what tools it needs to use that are different from what we've seen in the past. now we see kellyanne conway coming out in a straight-on overt attempt to try to get people fired out of this business. where do we stand now? >> well, i think a lot of journalists think they can handle kellyanne conway, they can ask her the tough question that's going to demolish her, of course, that never ha...

But that said, you mentioned the al jazeera there. randi kaye mentioned the al jazeera incident today. it is still something that we take very seriously, whether or not we show the big tv cameras in public, whether or not we go out and identify ourselves as journalists. it's still something we're very careful with. but the situation has improved, suzanne. >> good news, thank you very much, hala. please be safe. >> we only want social justice and a change. >> well, that is it in its simplest terms. there are days of protests, anger, violence, all in the name of freedom. you're going to hear fro...

Nation. my colleague randi kaye looks at the apparent attempt to control the media and its message. >> reporter: journalists rushed to cover the uprising in egypt and bring the story to people around the world. but they were quickly silenced. >> leah. >> reporter: on wednesday cnn's anderson cooper and his team were attacked in tahrir square while covering the protest. >> been hit now like ten times. >> reporter: that same day, cnn international correspondent hala gorani was also roughed up covering the story. a stranger escorted her to safety. >> this is a little chaotic. i have someone helpi...

Suzanne, stood by while attacks were taking place against journalists and foreigners in general. he told me that it would have been impossible at that time to add more troops in tahrir square. but then over the last 24 hours or so, we saw an increased military presence and a lot more calm in tahrir square and definitely much fewer attacks on journalists, although we have seen some harassment definitely on our colleagues from al jatzeera in the last 24 hours. but the level hats decreased. >> we certainly hope it remains that way. it was about a month ago that egypt was bringing in the new yea...

To divide the opposition, divide the popular -- against president mubarak. and the effort here is so that some protesters -- >> go ahead. tell us about the military. i understand that the military really has been holding back specifically in alexandria. >> reporter: you can say that they have. they've been guarding the government buildings. the protesters haven't been going after those buildings. they've been guarding one of their large barracks just outside of the center. we've seen them in the past few days inn crease their presence on the streets and run checkpoints on the streets. we've se...