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Secret police. this is one man who experienced it firsthand. >> translator: they beat me, tied my hands and put a stick between my neck and arms like this. then they hung me from the door frame, trying to make me confess. >> reporter: but outside cairo, mubarak has his supporters. many egyptians have grown accustomed to having a strong man in charge. washington, too, has seen him as a calming influence in a troubled region. >> hosni mubarak was continuity, stability, strength, maybe artificial strength. they overestimated the strength. and, of course, he maintained the peace treaty with israel...

Big wooden sticks and they were ready to beat us, but we managed to get out. >> i'm glad you're okay, ahmed. thank you so much for calling in from cairo and sharing your observations and video with us. thank you. and when we come back, did they know they were going to get this much attention? i'm going to ask the teen who got the piano out on that sandbar that made national news. you may want to think twice before you decide to like something on facebook. we'll tell you why. a heart attack that's caused by a clot, one that could be fatal. but plavix helps save lives. plavix, taken with other...

Life on the line and you may never come home again. soon your lifestyle will bring you prison or death. >> reporter: message received for the surviving brother who says his life of crime is over. >> and i see all the grief it's caused my family, i cannot continue doing what i've been doing, so a job is my next step. >> reporter: a job and taking care of the two young children his brother leaves behind. >> the police officer is on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. a murder mystery along our own border. an american missionary, here she is, she was shot to death sitting right ...

We ask president mubarak to go out and his son gamel and all his family to go out like president zin bin ali. >> wednesday, demonstrations in cairo were more scattered hindered by a dramatically larger police force but they were persistent, and the protests are spreading. the message remains the same. it's time for change. >> the people are oppressed. they can't handle mubarak during 30 years, doing nothing but corrupting the country. >> reporter: plainclothes policemen grabbed stragglers and drag the them away. hundreds have been arrested but more keep joining. cairo's pain roads now warm wit...

Murders. we're on the case. hello once again, i'm brooke baldwin. a lot of news happening right now. rapid fire. i want to begin with this. just minutes ago, president obama speaking out on the uprising there in egypt. he says violence is not the answer. his comments come just one day before a massive protest is planned and as a nobel peace prize winner arrives in cairo to join this battle against the government. we'll bring you more video and new developments there from the streets of cairo in just a minute. also developing now, charlie sheen rushed to the emergency room. an ambulance too...