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Grievances that have built up for the same number of years within the country of egypt. >> reporter: officials here at the white house are discussing the assistance the u.s. gives to egypt including more than a billion dollar each year. they will review how the government in egypt deals with the unrest ton ground and how it might impact the aid. randi. >> thank you, dan. social media played a part in the demonstrations to spread information on where the demonstrations are planned. >> the government pulled the plug. believe it or not, you can have a revolution on the streets without twitter and...

To see in some places. all in all, the general picture is very, very organized. the thing is, people want mubarak out and they want free and fair election. they want two houses of parliament that came through. they want the anileuation of the emergency that's been in place for 30 years. this gives police the right to detain anybody for an indefinite amount of time. a lot of torture has been happening. the protesters are very, very angry. they want mubarak out, first, then a transitional period to which democracy can be achieved. >> be careful on the streets today. we thank you for your time. >...

You have seen more and more countries using social media and elections in iran with the protests happening there. you could say it is -- the usage of these platforms is in their infancy in this world. over the past few weeks, because social media was used in some capacity to organize, social media is used heavily in egypt and places like yemen. not to an extent to organize there -- >> let's get a reality check here. the biggest demonstrations in all of this were launched in the day when there wasn't internet, twitter or facebook. all right. the social media is a great way to reflect that, but ...

It talked about how in tunisia the protests were fomented from the feelings of people who wanted to be free, but the united states pushed democracy on them. democracy is something that they worked hard to develop. and we have to remember that people should be trusted to make decisions about their government. i know that there will be questions in the days after this what type of government if there is new change in egypt, what might that look like? i think this overall, president bush' per speck tif is we need to -- perspective was we need to trust people to make their own decisions. megyn: as...

Crisis unfolding in egypt. egypt's national airline carrier has suspended flights from cairo for the next 12 hours. if you want to get out of cairo by air, it's not happening. military tanks also moving through the crowded streets right before our very eyes. according to our sources, more than 800 people have been injured. that's just so far. we just updated that. that was double from what we just saw. alex barrington, author of "the midnight house," a best-seller an expert on egypt. you were in egypt last year. you have worked for "the new york times" for many years and covered this region. w...