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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110130:11:28:00

together and said we have to do what we can, because nobody else is doing it. what happened was that when the army came in to cairo, and the police started pulling out. and as the police started pulling out, police attacked the police stations, egyptian police are widely hated for corruption, brutality, torture. once people left the police station, people went in and stole the weapons inside. and now there are weapons in the hands of all kinds of people. my wife called. she saw a group of men with scarves around their faces and were walking around with ak-47s. so it's this sort of specter of chaos that had me most of the day not working as a journalist. just trying to make phone calls and figure out how i can ensure the safety of my family. so i -- i wasn't on air quite a while, just trying to figure out

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110130:02:30:00

politics and it is necessary, of course, of such an important institution to have -- >> lives are at stake as we all know and we wish your family obviously safety in egypt as well. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. i can't tell you, isha, how many people are tweeting me or sending me e-mails, getting in touch with me. they are so worried about loved ones. in egypt right now family members -- it's a source of great concern. still right now the middle of the night over there. it will be daylight soon but there's a lot of deep concern because the uncertainty is widespread. >> yeah, as we know and have been reporting that people in various neighborhoods having to take matters into their own hands to protect their possessions, protect their beings as people head into the streets, of course, instability and to loot.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110130:03:06:00

dollars in military aid and it's paid dividends. that doesn't mean you have partners with woman whou don't agree on all issues so we have long had, the state department each year, issues a hugh plan rights' report and the united states as has been quick to point out the deficiencies in terms of the human rights' record in egypt. what worries officials now is, assuming mubarak goes, what will follow? will it be a government that is willing to continue to be a strategist partner and ally of the united states? or will it be an antiislamist muslim brotherhood type of government? and i think those are the sorts of things that concern the united states. but first and foremost, the president has said he's asked for the security and safety of the protesters. responsible return to freedoms like the internet and social networking. and in the end, this is the will of the egyptian people that must be heard and followed. >> fran, you mentioned human

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110130:02:21:00

external. we're arguing among ourselves. when we say there's political pressure primarily here. in the arab world, sure, you might find some democracy advocates who would say i'd like to hear more support but the conspiracy theorist who is are saying the u.s. is trying to engineer its own outcome in egypt so let's keep some perspective. it's not about us. let's not make it about us. >> let's keep it humble. thanks very much. fran townsend, thanks to you. elise, our senior state department producer as well. isha, this is a story that is moving very, very rapidly. i suspect over the next 24 hours there will be some more very dramatic developments. >> yes, they said it will be. some exclusive interview we did earlier on cnn. egyptian ambassador to the united states went from hourly contact with the white house and his own government on friday to what you might call radio silence today as he worries for his own family's safety.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110130:06:12:00

this is a moment of upheaval for the people of egypt but a time of hope and anxiety for egyptian-americans who have to watch this unfold from thousands of miles away. we went tarac and tamara while they were having dinner at a restaurant here in atlanta last night and we talked about it tonight. this is what we're going to talk about on "what matters." >> my concern is the safety of the people there. the people, the young people, especially. >> the people won't stop. >> no. >> the people won't stop. and i don't think their bloodshed will be there. >> when you finally get through on a land line and you talk to your relatives, what's their state of mind like? what do they say about all of this? >> people are excited. they feel that -- >> excited, not scared? >> not scared. >> and scared. >> why do you say that? >> because they don't know

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110130:09:45:00

they are cheering on the possible changing government but also really worried about the safety of their loved ones especially since looting is happening and police are scarce there. that is the case for a suburban atlanta couple. leila and abdel, did i say that right? >> yes. >> abdel you spoke with your parents. how are they doing? >> they're doing great but they're afraid about, they heard some shot gun, you know firing, some people they try to break in store. >> so they're hearing and seeing it all around. >> right, yes. >> and for you? >> well, i'm not egyptian. >> but for the families and the people that you're -- >> it's crazy, they're trapped in their houses therks can't go anywhere to buy simple things like food and water. >> listening to everybody talk to the family on the phone in.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110130:05:21:00

moving very, very rapidly. i suspect over the next 24 hours there will be some more very dramatic developments. >> yes, there certainly will be. we want to bring an exclusive interview we did herer-year-old on cnn. egyptian ambassador to the united states went from hourly contact with the white house and his own government on friday to what you might call radio silence today, as he worries for his own family's safety. he speaks to cnn exclusively next. and here's where the diet stuff happens.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110130:20:35:00

we're not giving his last name or showing his picture for obvious reasons for his safety, he's sort of hunkered down on the campus. cnn state department producer, elise labot is with us. what's being done for other american tourists who can't get out of egypt or don't want to quite yet, to get home safely? >> this morning, the state department put out an amended travel warning, travel alert telling people that to avoid travel to egypt. but also saying that they are going to help evacuate american citizens that want to leave. they're also authorizing the departure of nonemergency personnel. and their families. so starting monday, they're going to start getting some flights out of cairo. we're going do get all that information on our website. and let all our viewers know how they can get out if they have loved ones that want to get out of egypt. >> elise labott thank you so much and nick, who is watching with the local news and we've been in contact with him via telephone. we promised you ivan watson, we'll go live to him next. plus what happens when the

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110130:10:41:00

they were coming over with a party organizers, musicians, artists and a magician. they were saying the magician was putting on tricks to entertain people. a lot of confusion at this stage. >> arwa, there is a state of anxiety. is there a feeling of safety at least at the airport? >> reporter: there is to a certain degree the sense that the conflict and the violence itself has not yet reached the airport, but there is fear of stepping outside beyond the doors of the airport. transportation, for example, very tricky especially because of the curfew taking place overnight. as we were trying to leave the airport we managed to find a young man who was willing to drive us to a nearby hotel.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110130:05:36:00

it's my understanding homes near you have been ransacked. tell us about that, what you've been seeing and hearing. >> hello? >> kareem, if you can hear me -- >> i can hear you. i can hear you. i'm in cairo right now where what is traditionally a very safe district, ten minutes walking from the president's house, but there's absolutely no safety here whatsoever. we've been hearing gunshots left and right all night long. we've been here. the men of each household have come down and formed their own group militias, holding down security for every building because we have loved ones upstairs, women and children. and elderly, are sitting by. we don't have any police and we keep hearing things in the street. we have made our own militias. people have brought down knives, brought down war they can find in their houses. we are not a traditionally armed and violent people as egyptians. we don't carry guns usually.

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