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The vice president, he was on egyptian state television. nile television. and at one point he said that foreign journalists associated with what he called brotherly nations, presumably referring to the united states or britain or al jazeera's based in qatar or abu dhabi, all friendly nations to egypt. he says these journalists are under mining egypt, hurting egypt and to me, brook, when i hear a vice president of egypt say that, say on egyptian state television that these journalists are hurting the country, sort of giving the green light to negotiation out the -- go out and arrest some of the...

Report on these events to the people of egypt and to the world. vice president suleman spoke today about the need for free and fair presidential elections. that is essential. and i urge the government and a broad and credible representation of egypt's opposition, civil society, and political factions to begin immediately serious negotiations on a peaceful and orderly transition. the egyptian people expect a meaningful process that yields concrete changes. and now let me turn to this important matter, too. united states and croatia enjoy a warm and enduring relationship and friendship. my meeti...

♪ you make a difference live pictures from the state department. we a still watchg and waiting to see secretary of state hillary clinton. a little bit of action there. she is supposed to be doing some nonoh egypt business. we anticipate some sort of statement regarding egypt. i want to let you know, the state department has just tweeted saying ambassador frank wisner returned to washington this morning and did brief secretary clinton on the situation in egypt. perhaps she might touch upon that. we'll get that for you live when we see her. you ahead across the red sea and southeast of egy...

Smoking in restaurants. now new york's council has voted to ban smokers from taking a puff in parks and on beaches. they defend the move saying it will prevent children from being exposed to the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. now look at a tweet from a guy who makes a living tracking journalists in dangerous places. i'm going to speak with him live in a moment. here's one of his tweets. he says this is a dark day for egypt, a dark day for journalism. we are overwhelmed documenting detentions. it was followed by this one. cpj board member laura logan escorted by her hotel in egypt at gunp...

To remove cameras positioned on the square. they do not want the international media out there and what is happening covered. there's no question that only the government has the means to carry out this kind of action. it's systemic. it's sustained and it's deliberate. >> joel, this student new. this is an old strategy. eliminate the witnesses. eliminate the journalists so the message cannot get out. thus far in watching global coverage out of cairo, is it effective? >> well, it's having an impact. i mean, i think what we're talking about today is journalists being detained and attacks on jour...