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They want a more open democracy and of course the just appointed prime minister. >> we tried this man before. he can't help our demand. >> reporter: but the protests are not aimed at king abdullah who remains generally popular here. >> it's only one person here in jordan. there's only one person here in jordan we trust. it's only the king. >> reporter: as reporters say the king is ready to use that trust to inoculate jordan to increase its trust. >> they gain an opportunity by seizing that moment, the formal government to give as its main mandate to stop political reform as it has in the past ...

And lots of traffic. it's another working day. business as usual except usual is not what it used to be. >> translator: the outside has seen biscuit in half as jordanians feel the economic pressure. >> translator: i used to make $4,000 a month, he says. i imported products from china. now it's down to $2,000, and people don't pay cash anymore. >> translator: will he join protests, i ask? he's too old, he relies. he'll leave that to the young people. but not all the young people feel it's worth protesting. across the street, 15-year-old fruit seller says he's left school and does not have much ...

Between these two sides. it's not clear what side they stand on. certainly i have seen from walking around the square that there is quite a good and positive atmosphere between the soldiers on the ground and the antimubarak protesters. i'm not sure what's going on on the other side of the equation. but it certainly doesn't seem as though the soldiers on the ground, the foot soldiers, if you will, are aversed to these protests. they seem to be dealing with the protesters in a very friendly fashion. the army on its part, it seems to us at the moment they're standing behind hosni mubarak and want...

>> reporter: now as the arab world is shake bin protests and hardship, jordanians on all side seem united in at least one cause. change must come and fast. well, you're watching "world business today." more coverage on egypt just ahead. ste like chocolate. it has 35% of your daily value of fiber. tasty fiber, that's a good one! ok, umm...read her mind. [ male announcer ] fiber one chewy bars.

Economy and the violent protests. in jordan king abdullah tries to appease his people and revive the economy, but poverty is causing almost daily protests. and australia's farmers are investigating their devastating plantations after cyclone yasi. that's one journalist's impression from tahrir scare today. they're calling this friday the day of departure for president mubar mubarak. these are pictures from tahrir square on friday after two days of frequent fighting between supporters and supporters of anti-mubarak. troops in riot gear with automatic weapons are posted around the square a...