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Imposed on three different cities. our ben wedeman is live from cairo. ben, the latest. ben wedeman? ben wedeman, if you can hear me, can you tell us what the latest is that is happening? we're not able to communicate there with ben. you're looking at ea live pictue there. just about 100 meters from state-run television. >> reporter: dramatic developments. they can't hear me. they can't hear me. >> ben, we can hear you. go ahead. >> reporter: can you hear me, jim? >> yes. go ahead. >> reporter: i'm talking. jim? >> we've obviously got some communications problems. >> reporter: dramatic develop...

Egyptian riot police and plainclothes policemen who have cracked down so violently on -- >> obviously we're having some problems here with communication. communications all across cairo have been disrupted this day. the internet has been taken down, people unable to text message. ben wedeman -- you're looking at pictures now from earlier in the day. it's now nighttime. this has been branded a day of rage. 80 million egyptians make up the country that is really the fulcrum of the arab borld, the fulcrum religiously, culturally. in so many different ways, this nation is the leader of the arab wo...