Live Breaking News & Updates on Prison outside cairo
Stay updated with breaking news from Prison outside cairo. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
let's check in with randi kaye. she's got a "360" news and business bulletin. randi? anderson, egypt's ailing former president hosni mubarak and two of his sons are being held for questioning for 15 days as prosecutors investigate the killings of protesters during the uprising that forces mubarak to resign. that's according to the justice ministry. the sons have reportedly been taken to a prison outside cairo, but there are conflicting reports about their father's location and also about his health. yesterday state tv reported 82-year-old mubarak was hospitalized for a heart attack. but today it said he was suffering from a nervous breakdown. word tonight that catherine zeta-jones will be returning to work this week after treatment for bipolar 2 disorder, a less severe form of the condition. her rep said the actress recently checked into a mental health facility after a very stressful year.
held for questioning as prosecutors investigate the killing of protesters during the uprising. that's according to the justice ministry. the sons have been take on the a prison outside cairo, but there are conflicting reports about their father's location and health. state tv reported 82-year-old mubarak was hospitalized for a heart attack. but today said he had a nervous breakdown. word today that catherine zeta jones will be returning to work for bipolar two disorder. she checked into a mental health facility after a stressfall year. her husband was diagnosed with throat cancer last fall. the nba is fining kobe bryant $100,000 for using a gay slur during a game last night. his comment was caught on comment after the l.a. laker was called on a technical foul. bryant apologized today. job openings in february roiz at their fastest pace in
Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110131:02:00:00 vimarsana.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vimarsana.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
the same time worried, frustrated that other arab allies are going to see that as a threat, perhaps throwing mubarak under the bus. that's why they're being somewhat cautious about this. the other thing, too, under the bush administration i had a chance to visit cairo with the former first lady laura bush. she had the same situation, the same challenge. people asked her the same question, do you support the muslim brotherhood, do you support this opposition party and she had to say yes, you know, mubarak is a reliable ally but she visited with those opposition leaders to show that they are open to the possibility of greater democracy in that country. >> suzanne, we appreciate the analysis. i'll toss it back to wolf now. suzanne pointed out the u.s. finds itself walking a very fine tight rope. >> stakes certainly enormous right now. the big focus though, rattled nerves throughout the middle east. regional leaders are watching what happens in egypt and wondering if the rage will spread interest their countries. a former jordanian foreign
to live their lives as best they can unsure of what they should do, unsure of their own safety. our own ben wedeman is in a neighborhood in cairo in which he live. he joins us. ben, what is it like where you are? >> well, actually this evening, anderson, it is much better than the previous two or three nights. i went out with one of the neighborhood patrols, people there that i know who just live around the block have got their pitch fo pitchforks, knives, their samurai swords. some have more serious weapons like resolvers and shotguns. they're all walking around the streets. throughout this area they've set up barricades at the end of every road. there's also some army special forces in the area, as well as tanks on the outskirts. so everybody is basically up all night patrolling to make sure that nothing happens in this area because what we've seen throughout the outlying areas of cairo, as opposed to the center
cairo's tahrir square, liberation square. it's been a sim bomb of defiance for days now against the mubarak residency. people here are still chanting curfew was supposed to be done minutes ago but they're refusing to disperse. i've been talking with this professor. what do you think when you see these fighter jets overhead? >> as i said, we're not going to be intimidated by all of these. this is a sign of weakness. it is not signs of change. if he's strong enough, he would face the people, he would change this institution, he would drop down the assembly which have been -- >> you think the fighter jets are a warning? >> no, no. as you can see, the people here are gathering more and more. it makes them stronger and stronger. these people are strong. because they are strong from the heart. their spirit is strong. they are strong by holding to each other, by helping each other out and that's the spirit of the egyptian that has been under this regime for about 30
years. we -- >> so there you hear it there, defiance, ongoing, from people here, demonstrators who have gathered here despite a curfew that the outgoing defense minister called for on state television saying, please, adhere to a curfew that's supposed to have started moments ago and continue until 8:00 in the morning. ivan watson, cnn, cairo. >> ivan joins me now. it was interesting to hear those fighter jets go over. if it was meant to cow people, if it was meant to scare them, it didn't seem to have that effect. >> no, just the opposite. it was interesting also that everybody interpreted that as a kind of warning, as a form of intimidation and they refused to follow that, if anything, the chanting accelerated at that moment. >> there are, as we've said, soldiers all over the streets and there is this really interesting relationship between the egyptian people and the
mubarak goes on national television to tell egyptians his government will resign but he will stay in power. his offer does in the quell the angry and growing crowds. 1,000 inmates break out after prison outside cairo. looters ransack prison buildings and businesses and looters tear off heads of mummies at the egyptian museum. >> the army is sort of controlling the street. politically there is a complete vacuum. >> a fascinating look at the roots of all of this, suzanne. there are those who feel the speed with which these protests erupted caught the obama administration by surprise and somewhat flat footed. you worked in the white house for many, many years. what's your assessment? >> covering the white house the obama and bush administrations had similar situations to deal with. mubarak was not a perfect ally but he was a reliable one. president obama on the one hand is threatening to pull aid from one of its closest allies, at
we hear a lot of this phrase "managed transition." and what you hear privately, what's that mean? it doesn't just mean lifting the emergency line and following through with september elections. it means mubarak should really state clearly not only there will be elections in september but that he won't run, his son gamal won't run and that will it be free and fair elections. i problem is i think even with u.s. urging, they haven't seen mubarak do that. maybe if he'd vp done that friday after his speech this t would have worked. >> may have been too late even earlier in the week. we'll continue our analysis, guys. thanks very much. anderson, back to you. we'll have continuing coverage right after this break. we'll show you what's happening away from the cameras in the neighborhoods where residents of cairo are living and some of them living in fear. >> i'm spending time at home now because just the situation in
the country's opposition group, the muslim brotherhood. the obama administration is alarmed at the growing intensity of the crisis but reacts with caution. >> i want to be very clear in calling upon the egyptian authorities to refrain from any violence against peaceful protesters. >> reporter: as the unrest spreads beyond cairo in the days to come, protesters take to the streets in qatar and jordan. mubarak goes on television to tell egyptians his government will resign but he will stay in power. his offer does not quell the angry and growing crowds. thousands of inmates break out of a prison outside cairo. and looters ransack businesses. and vandals tear off the heads of mummies at the egyptian museum. journalists report a dangerous power vacuum. >> the army is sort of controlling the street. politically, there's a complete vacuum. >> reporter: president obama is trying to focus on some key