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Shep? >> shepard: rich edson live in d.c. thank you, sir. news bytes now. google reports it got 75,000 job applications last week. that's a record for the company. the internet giant looking to hire more than 6,000 workers in 2011, more than any year in its history. expanding in areas including mobile services, alps and advertising. of course, one of google's main competitors for those ad dollars is facebook. social networking site celebrating its seventh birthday today it reportedly has more than 500 million users around the world. but it all started with a group of students at harvard. the s...

Irreversible defeat for the united states. he also compared the protests to iran's revolution in 1979 and called hosni mubarak a traitor dictator. john roberts is covering the story. is he live in our london newsroom tonight. hey, john. >> we should make the point, shep, first of all that egypt is not iran but iran's leaders would sure like it if it looked a little bit like iran. in that end they are stirring the pot. nothing out of the ordinary there. big rally in downtown tehran today. thousands of protesters in an anti-mubarak rally. at the same time, the grand ayatollah saying islamic move...

As far as snow accumulation, the heaviest snow accumulations as we head into saturday night and sunday morning will be across parts of southern new england, including parts of southern vermont, northern massachusetts. that's where you are going to see about 6 to 10 inches of snow. factor in that ice on top of that snow, that makes things even worse. and temperatures really won't be that cold. so when you get temperatures in the mid 30's, that's when you see that heavy, wet snow mixing with that ice, shepard. that's going to be a huge concern here for that snow on your roof. >> shepard: wouldn'...

Forcing out mubarak before the election. the opposition leader mohammed al bare die says he will not run. he said if the egyptian people want his help, then he will not disappoint them the nobel peace prize winner also reiterated his own call for egypt's leader to step down. i would appeal to president mubarak that he should hear that sound that the clear voice coming from the people and leave in dignity. >> shepard: leave in dignity. there is no sign that president mubarak plans an exit any time soon. years of extreme poverty in egypt certainly helped fuel this crisis. the united nations repo...

About suleiman's strong connections to the united states. in fact, our news correspondent catherine herridge has been bringing things together. she is live with us tonight at the state department. hello, catherine. >> thank you, shepard. u.s. officials say omar suleiman is known for strong armed tactics. one of the most feared and reveered intelligence chief in the middle east. back in 2002 the story goes that the u.s. believed or at least the cia believed they had killed ayman al zawahiri who was egyptian. they went to suleiman to get d.n.a. for confirmation. i said can i get you his brother'...