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This is a systemic effort. journalists are being attacked in the streets. cameras are being smashed. we're focusing on the international correspondents, but egyptian journalists are also bearing the brunt of the systemic effort to suppress their work. >> i just said the state department is saying they have information that it's the egyptian government, the interior ministry involved in this. but president mubarak speaking through christiane amanpour saying he's troubled by the violence he's seen over the past couple of days. his government is not responsible for it. who are you hearing is behi...

Especially white voters in the south. but almost surprisingly, barack obama actually won north carolina last time around. north carolina is one of the states where it hadn't been won by any other democratic president since jimmy carter in since 1976. also -- there won't be any major distractions or conflicts, so charlotte gets the nod, which got a huge reaction from the folks in charlotte, listen to this. >> hot damn, wasn't that good news? whooo! >> that's fantastic. who is that? is that the mayor? >> you know what? i'm not sure. it's funny too, i used to live in charlotte and i should know. ...

And so we wanted to show how the story is being told within country. you've been watching state tv out of egypt. tell me what you see and what happens equally if not more important what you don't see. >> well, brooke, what you are going to see on state television which is right behind me here, nile tv, you're going to see mainly pro mubarak demonstrators. rarely if ever do they show anti-mubarak demonstrators. yesterday when you and other members of the staff were covering the violence going on in tahrir square, state television focused on pro mubarak rallies outside of the square that were ve...

Erupts in other places. the places where they are pelting stones at each other are still continuing. it's a messy situation than an hour or an hour and a half ago where the large crowd of anti u anti-mubarak protesters have charged forward. the pro-mubarak seem to be in disarray and trying to reorganize themselves. >> frederik pleitgen, keep a close eye on things for us there. we will continue to check in. egyptian television reporting at least five people killed in the chaos yesterday and another 836 were wounded. as you have been hearing about this place now, tahrir square, it is littered wi...

This, if these so-called thugs, pro-mubarak supporters, who sent them out there? did mubarak himself? did they suddenly all wake up and say, let's all go out in the streets? if they are directed by mubarak or whoever his underlings are who said this, why? what is the purpose of attacking primarily western journalists? why is this being done? >> presumably it's because they're bringing the wrong message to the world, which is that mubarak's thugs, and i have to assume they're ordered by him or his people, they are trying to get rid of these protests, trying to stop this. >> but they're also say...