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coloring could cause cancer. we'll tell you just how safe your soda really is "early" this thursday morning, february 17th, your soda really is "early" this thursday morning, february 17th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "the early show" here on a thursday morning, i'm chris wragge. >> and i'm erica hill. good to have you with us this morning. we're going to begin this morning in the northeast, with exclusive photos and video obtained by cbs news. the pictures that you're seeing them here right now, they're believed to show hosni mubarak's departure from cairo last friday...

upheaval in the middle east and a surprisingly swift crackdown by the government of bahrain. security forces on the island nation launched a deadly attack against protesters who were camped out in the capital. this morning, pearl square was littered with debris. police used tear gas and tanks in last night's assault. opposition leaders say at least two people were killed in the attacks that they describe as terrorism. cbs radio news reporter tuul tuula lahu joins us by phone from the capital city. good morning, what is the latest there? >> good morning, betty. the latest is that four...

demanding the release of political prisoners who have been arrested in previous protests. >> all right, tuula in bahrain joining us live by phone. thank you. another journalist covering events in the middle east got caught in the violence. abz correspondent miguel marquez was in bahrain in pearl square and was bitten by men with billy clubs. he was on the phone when it happened. >> get down. >> he said no. he said no! he said no! >> marquez was hit several times but not seriously injured. cbs news chief foreign affairs correspondent lara logan continues her recovery at her home i...