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>> our hala gorani is still in egypt. she joins us live from the capital of cairo. hala, obviously you were in the middle of a lot of that mayhem and chaos and even one of the tarlgts there. do you feel safe? do you feel that you are still being targeted? >> reporter: yes, i feel safe. i felt relatively safe even during those times when we were deliberately attacked. it has gotten a lot better. there is definitely an effort coming from the highest levels not to attack journalists. it really made the government look extremely bad. we're seeing much more of a military presence right now in the s...

Arwa damon, cnn, cairo. well, the crisis in egypt highlights the u.s. role in middle east politics. we're going to take a look at america's complicated relations with authoritarian leaders in the region. also, a look at journalists coming under attack and becoming the story. and it all comes down to this, freedom. that's what protesters say they want. and you'll hear it from them in their own words.

My window smashed. all okay. >> we were okay. we screamed to the driver go go go go go and were able to get out of there. the car was pretty badly damaged but again that was a minor incident compared to what had happened to numerous journalists today. >> reporter: anderson had to broadcast his nightly program "ac 360" from an undisclosed location thursday due to safety concerns. >> i can't tell you where we are frankly for our own safety. >> reporter: and it wasn't just cnn. reporter layera logan from cbs was marched back to her hotel at gun point and abc producer and cameraman were carjacked ...

Office had been closed days earlier after it posted video of anti-mubarak protesters. the only media free to product is state-run nile tv, a pro-mubarak network. early on nile tv called the protests, quote, riots. and accused protesters of violating the security of the country. >> since the beginning, they've been covering the protests but they have mainly been focusing on pro-mubarak rallies rather than anti-mubarak rallies. >> reporter: nile tv has since backed off a bit, telling the protesters to go home, that their message has been heard. still, their coverage apparently too slanted even f...

That's been our experience and the experience of other journal ists. >> thank you so much. cordoned off not just by the military but by an army of volunteers. tahrir square in the heart of cairo appears to be a well fortified site.