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Blackberry. it looks like cell phone service is still on here in cairo, we have been told to anticipate a shutoff of cell phone service. all internet connections are down. the last isp server went down a short time ago. also, train service has been cut to cairo, to lessen the impact of this large demonstration which is anticipated to start in just a few hours. i can already hear some protesters coming from one area heading toward liberation square to join up with a larger group, that's the staging point. just a few blocks in that direction. we're going to continue to cover it, be up all day an...

Major reservoirs just west of houston, the addicks and the barker dams were built to protect houston. the army corps of engineers has already opened the gate for controlled releases but it's not working and now they're dangerously close to overflowing uncontrollably. let's talk about that. how is that all supposed to work? >> reporter: you know, it is beginning to overflow now and go right over the top of this dam at its lowest point and that, of course, is a concern when you look at the broad perspective of everything. with tropical storms, it comes down to three elements. the wind speed, the...

Structures. they are all beginning to take on water and as you go in towards this area, the area is indicated in the colors from about one feet to three feet under water in some of these neighborhoods as you look and it stretches all the way to the northern fringe where you have what is called pooling or the water reaching the top of this dam in particular. in fact, the highest point across this dam sits -- the lowest point, 108 feet, the water, at its highest point, 108.55 feet so it's essentially about 6 inches over and the water is coming down in these communities and it's essentially going...

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