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Right there, word on what is going on with the gunfire. >> the crowd that you saw just a while ago around the army vehicle, they have now gone behind our building and they are attacking the police station that normally guards the ministry of information and the main tv building in cairo. it appears they are shooting live rounds in addition to lots of tear gas that is really just inundated our office for quite some time now and i think this is what is inevitable when there's a breakdown in egypt, is that much of the anger is focused on government and institutions, like the ministry of informati...

Democratic leader. and the u.s. is obviously very uncomfortable with that. so they have to go through this through a number of layers, carol. >> stick with me, ed. developments are happening all the time. reuters reporting there is smoke coming out of of the ruling party headquarters in cairo. we don't know much more than that, but that is disturbing. president mubarak, i don't know where he's going to give his speech from, but we understand some of his family including his son has now fled the country for a time. they're in londzen. and isn't one of the worries, ed, that if mubarak is chased ...

Basic. preferred. at meineke i have options on oil changes. and now i get free roadside assistance with preferred or supreme. my money. my choice. my meineke. breaking news we've been following it for hours and hours. massive protests on the streets of egypt in three major cities there, cairo, alexandria and also suez. a curfew has now been instituted. the egyptian military on the streets to try to break up these crowds. we're expected to hear from president mubarak at any time, and he's to address these protests. he hasn't so far so it will be interesting to hear what he has to say. we'll j...

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Major demonstrations. we're talking about alexandria, suez and the capital cairo. this was the most violent day yet in a series of protests against the 30-year rule of president nose ne mubarak. protests and police exchanged rocks and tear gas in battle. there you see a demonstrator being hit by a police van. as ben wedeman was noting, a lot of people cheering that the army came out, much more respect for them in some quarters than for the riot police that are so often charged with breaking up no demonstrations. as we noted, there were massive demonstrations in alexandria, historic city, and t...