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But most of the demonstrations don t really start to kick up until after afternoon prayers later on in the afternoon. tomorrow, on monday, they ve actually now extended the curfew. rather than starting at 4:00 in the afternoon, it will start at 3:00 in the afternoon, a sign perhaps they are not pleased with the large numbers of people who are, frankly, just defying the curfew, many of these demonstrations go well into the night. now also the u.s. will be starting to evacuate, voluntarily evacuate, american citizens who want to get out, families of diplomats, tourists and residents who are stuck here. they will be giving them charter flights, making charter flights available from cairo and other cities to points in europe and from there people will have to figure out their own travel beyond europe and reimburse the united states for that travel. but it is very much the early hours on that. details are still sketchy. a lot to cover still. back to wolf in government. the u.s. government ....
Protests. syria, saturday, there were protests. lebanon had protests today. sudan had a stunt protest today and iraq had a protest today and last but not least, yemen, each protest growing in strength and number, the opposition to ali abdullah saleh, trying to get him out of power. what about egypt in matching intensity. the u.s. is extremely concerned about yemen and the neighbors because it has become a stronghold in the region. they re concerned if a key ally like ali abdullah saleh is thrown out of power, they re worried who will replace him and what will happen next. i want to toss it back to you. thanks very much. continuing coverage the next hour from cairo. the coverage continues. stay with us. [ marge ] psst. ....
Diplomatic line with egypt. cairo certainly a long-time ally but the fallout unrest could have a lasting impact with washington s relationship with egypt and indeed the rest of the region. fran townsend and mona eltohawie. fran, how concerned should we be for the american citizens in egypt? wolf, because the curfew is not being enforced by the egyptian military, as you ve seen in the clips provided by nic robertson and anderson, there are large demonstrations, they are entirely sort of unmanaged from a security standpoint. normally you would have officials out there at least making sure they were safe. and you don t have any of that. so you worry about a stampede, a rush, if there was a panic. there is all sorts of things. u.s. government is right to provide this. they re a little slow to get to this now. you would have thought this would have happened earlier on ....
Live from alexandria. what does the shoot iing does tt effect the protesters? reporter: we saw in the crowds there, there were children, young babes in arms being carried by families. they re simply not deterred by it. it seems that they, as they keep telling us, are going to keep pushing ahead with those demands regardless. anderson? we re going to have more from nic robertson over the next hour and half of our live coverage from cairo and from all points around egypt. back to isha in atlanta. well, egyptian president hosni mubarak presents western nations with a dilemma, b.e.t. political and moral. on the one hand, he s seen as an essential ally in the fight against terrorism and derl-palestinian peace process. on the other his autocratic rule is seen as contradicting democratic principles. michael holmes takes a closer look at the man who has ruled egypt with an iron hand for the past three decades. ....
Opportunity to get valuable perspective from the country s ambassador. i spoke just a little while ago about the pace and the intensity of what s going on in his country as well, as the outlook ahead. a lot of us are shocked by what we re seeing in egypt. especially those of us who have been to egypt. you ve lived there your whole life. are you stunned by what has happened so quickly? it s a remarkable development but egypt is an important part of the arab world. its importance rests in the strength of its population and resourcefulness and their ability to overcome. you have loved ones, family members, in cairo and elsewhere. what are they saying to you? well, there is, of course, a sense of crisis. they are all concerned about the country. they are all loyal and loving of egypt and want to see egypt in the best possible light. and, there is the security ....