>> mitchell: tonight, egypt in crisis-- thousands of protesters defy curfew orders for a second straight night as embattled president mubarak names a vice president for the first time ever. i'm russ mitchell. also tonight, communication crisis-- the egyptian government tries to stop the protests by shutting down the internet and cell phones. we'll look at what that means to egyptians in america. road to recovery-- he was shot in the head by a killer at the empire state building. what his recovery may mean for congresswoman gabrielle giffords. and hidden talent-- she was a nanny who took photographs no one ever saw. we'll find out how she was discovered and how exceptional her work really is. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell.

>> mitchell: and good evening. it has been another violent day in egypt as protesters calling for a revolution remain on the streets and the government has made some concessions but continues to hang on. let's take a look at the latest. egyptian president hosni mubarak has named a vice president for the first time in his 30-year presidency. the latest numbers show at least 74 have been killed, 2,000 injured, in five days of protest. the egyptian army is backing the government-imposed curfew, and in this country, president obama's national security team met for two hours today. we have a series of reports from around the world tonight beginning with mark strassmann in cairo, where it is already early sunday. >> reporter: russ, it's 1:30 in the morning here in cairo, and yet down on the street behind me, they're still out there, thousands of protesters defying a curfew, even defying soldiers in tanks. they're staying put to say

egypt's president must go. in cairo's liberation square, rage fuels revolt. again today, the fed up rose up in a celebration of defiance. by the thousands they shouted one message-- egyptian president hosni mubarak must go. "i'm not leaving here until mubarak is wiped off the face of the earth" this man said. for mubarak it's unprecedented repudiation. his presidency's in crisis and the faces of protesters show a passion and confidence that keeps growing. so today, two big changes-- to calm cairo's streets, soldiers replaced police officers but crowds only grew. as tanks rumbled in, dozens of people hopped aboard for the ride of a lifetime-- theirs and the mubarak regime's. this really is a critical moment. the crowd is growing more agitated, more upset. there is an army tank that has now moved into the center of the square. the tank is presumably here to clear it where it's past the curfew now and everybody here is trying to figure out what is

going to happen next. the soldier pleaded for crowd to make way. no luck. senior commanders have pledged not to use violence. but the police have not been so careful. clashes with protesters have spilled blood from alexandria to cairo. dozens have been killed, including this man, carried out of an area where protesters had tried to storm egypt's interior ministry and police opened fire. this is a street level organizer who says egyptians have had it. >> they're doing this because they feel this is their country. this is what they have to do. >> reporter: to soften their anger mubarak's second big change today was political, two major appointments. egypt's intelligence chief was sworn in as vice president. and ahmed schaafive, former aviation chief became prime minister. but not enough to many

protesters as mohammed elbarady, nobel peace prize winner and growing voice in the revolt told al jazeera. >> president mubarak has to go and we have to have a new start. >> reporter: into the night, protesters demanded that new start, and with each day of these protests, mubarak's grip on power looks less sure. without police on the streets, it's a scary night across much of cairo. armed residents guard their own neighborhoods, but there are reports of widespread looting, even looting at egypt's national museum, home of the king tut treasures. but soldiers beat back the looters. russ. >> mitchell: mark, what was it like for you to be in the square when those tanks rolled through. >> reporter: right before the tanks we heard a lot of gunfire and the tanks showed up. people were scared. nobody knew if the tanks were going to open fire on the people and then it became clear the answer was no, they weren't going to open fire and everybody

relaxed and stayed relaxed. i mean, as a moment, that was the day's game changer. and as we were leaving, one of the protesters patted me on the back and said, in english, "welcome to egypt." russ. >> mitchell: mark strassmann in cairo, thank you very much. a big question in this crisis has been why is all this taking place now? well, an annual survey by the pew research center may help provide at least a part of that answer. the survey shows in 2006, 42% of egyptians were dissatisfied with the way things were going in their country. following a steady climb, last year, that number had reached 69%. elizabeth palmer now in cairo has more on why now. >> reporter: it might have begun a youth movement, but take a look at this crowd now. there are religious conservatives protesting, housewives, students, senior citizens, all of them united against a common enemy, hosni mubarak. the former fighter pilot who

rigged elections to keep a lock hold on power for 30 years. he squandered billions on palaces, a pampered military and an inner circle of family and cronies, while ignoring the citizens' most basic needs. >> people, they're so separated and segregated from those who make the decisions that the egyptian people are strangers in their own country. >> reporter: it's a cruel country. for the 60 million people who eke out a life on less than $2 a day. almost half of egypt's 80 million people don't even know how to read, and those who do, legions of dynamic young people who worked hard to get an education, find there is nowhere to use it. >> many of the street vendors you see in egypt may have college degrees but they have no hope of finding a job, no hope of really meeting their ambitions in life, and these are the people who are now taking their grievances out on the streets. >> reporter: to top it all off, the world has seen the brutality

of the security forces this week. while it's not reserved for demonstrators, abuse and torture are the egyptian police's stock in trade. hosni mubarak, who is now 82 years old, has clearly been blinded sided by this open challenge to his authority. >> people are here to congratulate them for finally standing up for their rights. >> reporter: once the people decided enough was enough, it only took them four days to shake a rotten system to the core. it's one thing to shake the system, quite another to dismantle it or reform it. and tonight, there's absolutely no plan anywhere that indicates how the government or the army might go forward with that. russ. >> mitchell: elizabeth palmer in cairo, thank you. these shockwaves from the egyptian protests are spreading far and wide across the arab world. supporters rallied today in tunisia where protests topple a

long-entrenched regime earlier this month. demonstrators turned out today in the capital of yemen as well as on the street of jordan. as you can imagine it's been a very busy day at the white house and beyond on the diplomatic front. chip reid joins us now with the latest from there. good evening. >> reporter: well, good evening, russ. the president has been closely monitoring the situation on the ground in egypt, but some analysts say there's not a lot he can do to help control what happens next. at the white house today, president obama met with his national security team for an update on the situation in egypt. following the meeting, the president's new chief of staff, bill daly had only a brief comment. >> i think it's a very fluid situation. the president is very clear on it and we look forward to seeing some stability and peace on the streets. >> reporter: but other white house officials say the president reiterated to his team that his focus is on ending the violence, supporting the rights of the egyptian people, and advancing political reform in egypt.

it's the same message the president conveyed to president mubarak friday evening in a 30- minute phone call. but despite mubarak's close relationship with the united states over three decades and $1.5 billion a year in u.s. aid, president obama has little control over what mubarak does next, according to middle east analyst jon alterman. >> i don't think there are many people in the world who hosni mubarak is listening to right now, and i certainly don't think he's curious what the americans think he should do. >> reporter: wherever it's affected it or not, though, the white house says the administration plans to keep up the pressure on hosni mubarak. russ. >> mitchell: chip reid at the white house. thanks. despite president mubarak's statement last night that he is on the side of freedom, the egyptian government earlier this week shut downtown internet and most cell phone service. those moves are having an impact on this side of the world as well as elaine quijano tells us. >> reporter: at the egyptian coffee shop in queens, new york, where the developments in egypt dominate the discussions,

shop owner labib salama is worried. he hasn't been able to reach his two-year-old nephew who lives in egypt for days. >> he could be killed. it could be somebody catch him. >> reporter: in the wake of the protests this week, the egyptian government friday took an extraordinary step, cutting off nearly all internet access and shutting down cell phone service. internet traffic to and from egypt built throughout the day thursday. then just before 12:30 a.m. cairo time friday, traffic across 80 egyptian internet providers abruptly stopped. shortly afterwards, cell phones went out as well. the country had been pulled off the grid. and one possible consequence-- the lack of communication may have driven even more people into the streets. >> it magnifies the chaos because people don't know whether their friends and family are safe and they don't know

whether the regime is going to last on monday or whether it will be collapsed. >> reporter: in washington, secretary of state hillary clinton quickly decried the move. >> we urge the egyptian authorities to allow peaceful protests and to reverse the unprecedented steps it has taken to cut off communications. >> reporter: international journalists have been restricted as well. cameras have been confiscated and getting information out has been difficult. by 8:00 p.m. saturday in egypt, some internet connections had been restored and one egyptian journalist resumed his twitter feed reporting, "i'm on line again." and internet service appears to be coming back slowly to part of egypt in a limited fashion. cell phone service appears to be coming back as well. today, two of egypt's main mobile service providers were back up and running. russ. >> mitchell: elaine quijano here in new york. thank you so much. and still ahead on tonight's cbs

evening news, what one man's struggle to recover from a bullet wound to the head could mean for congresswoman gabrielle giffords. mean for congresswoman gabrielle giffords.

>> mitchell: federal prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed late yesterday to a tucson trial for jared loughner who is charged with shooting congresswoman gabrielle giffords and others. and by all accounts, giffords is making good progress in a houston rehabilitation hospital. still, recovery from a traumatic head wound can be a very long road as michelle miller tells us. >> reporter: it's a miracle that matthew gross can still play a guitar. 14 years ago, a bullet went through his brain. >> here and it came out there. >> reporter: on february 23, 1997, matt was one of six people

shot by a gunman on the observation deck of the empire state building. matt's best friend and band mate was killed. matt was in a coma for a week. >> how many people shot in their head live? not many. >> reporter: physically matt appears fine. he can talk and walk and see. he lost his sense of smell but not his sense of humor. but his life will never be the same ♪ 6'3" and dressed in black . >> reporter: his dream of leading a rock babd over, his competitive drive gone, his memory easily jumbled. keeping a job has been hard. at 41, matt works part time in a community food bank. >> we're going to think of as many ideas that relate to candy. >> like crunchy? >> reporter: and he undergoes brain therapy every week. >> kids on halloween go trick-or-treating. >> good. >> reporter: working on word associations and organizing ideas in this exercise around baseball. >> so what starts with an "a?"

>> american league. you get rehabilitated but you don't recover. you don't get to where you were before. >> reporter: matt's rehabilitation has been aided by friends and family, like his big brother, dan. >> that person that was amazing, that we loved so dearly is gone. >> i miss that person, too. >> reporter: for survivors of bullets to the brain, matt's story is a cautionary tale, including for arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. >> you don't want to establish, you know, too many expectations that just don't have any chance of coming true ♪ i've never been wrong ♪. >> reporter: yes, matt plays the guitar, but writing songs is a struggle. >> i've written, like, maybe 500 songs in my life. i'm lucky if i can remember the word to three of them. >> reporter: dan considers matt's humor. >> really? >> you have to stop interrupting. >> reporter: ...and road back to health inspiring. >> now i have a new brother and he's even more amazing than the other one was. >> reporter: an amazing tale of survival, but an endless road

to recovery. michelle miller, cbs news, new jersey. >> mitchell: just ahead on tonight's cbs evening news, the latest on the fires in the oklahoma tinderboch

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tinder dry okra homa are fanning a massive fire in logan county. the fire has blackened at least six square miles and force officials to close part of a state highway. oh, no, the northeast could be in for another big winter storm this week and if predictions hold a dusting of snow this weekend could put new york city over the top for all-time record accumulation in a single month. an amazing story for you now from suburban portland, oregon. a.j. hayes is only three years old but his quick thinking may have saved his father aaron's life this week. aaron was doing wood working when the commisle slipped and severed a main artery in his wrist but a.j. grabbed the phone and called 911. >> daddy needs help! >> sir, do you need an ambulan ambulance? >> right away. he's been hurt. you have to come. he really needs help! >> couric: a.j. said it was not scary because, quote, as he says, he was brave.

paramedics said if it should say, revealed to the rest of the world at last.

>> mitchell: sp finally, this

evening, the history of street photography is currently being rewritten, at least so far as the streets of chicago are concerned. anthony mason shows us the eye-opening snapshots of a previously unknown photographer. >> reporter: vivian myer, by all accounts was a very private person. a nanny and housekeeper but her passion was taking pictures with a rolliflex dangling from her neck, she took thousands of them, street scenes, intimate moments, anonymous portraits, pictures she, apparently, never shared with anyone. >> here's an interesting one. >> reporter: until john maloof accidentally stumbled on them. so all this stuff is up in your attic. >> yeah, most of her personal belongings are up there. >> reporter: a few years ago maloof, a real estate agent and flee market fan saw a box of negatives at a chicago auction house. >> her storage locker had delinquent payments so what they do is auction the stuff off.

>> reporter: he bid about $400, hoping to pick up some shots of the city for a book he was writing. what he found in the box has literally changed his life. >> i didn't know how big this would get. >> reporter: when maloof posted some of the pictures on a photography web site, maier became an internet sensation. this month, an exhibition of her work opened at the chicago cultural center. but the picture of vivian herself is still developing. >> this is her audio cassette recorder. >> reporter: born in new york in 1926 to a french mother, maier's own tape recording show her speaking with a slight french accident. >> i suppose nothing is meant to last forever. >> reporter: maloof traced maier from her name on a filmenvelope to a 2009 obituary in the chicago papers. >> she was known for wearing these big floppy hat. >> reporter: are these her shoes? >> they're almost like mary poppins, right? >> this led him to the families

she worked for. >> i met her in a diner. >> reporter: like phil donahue. maier took this picture of the talk show host the day he hired her in the late 70s to care for her four sons. >> i remember i called her mrs. once and she said, "miss maier and i'm proud of it." >> reporter: maren baylaender hired her to care for his disabled daughter. did he ever get a personal phone call? never? >> i don't think she had a friend. >> she kept all these images to herself. do you think she'd appreciate them being made public? >> i think it would be a shame if they stayed in a dark closet because we don't know if she'd like it or not. my nition migs is to put sieve van in the history books. >> reporter: and renowned photographer joel meyerowitz said she may well belong there. he's coauthor of "bystander: a history of street photography." >> she's not trying to charm

anybody. she's ruthlessly honest and i think she should be taken seriously. >> reporter: john maloof is still working his way through all maier's negatives. he has 90,000 more he hasn't even seen. >> oh, this is really great. >> reporter: it's fair to say in many respect you don't even know what you have yet. >> no. >> reporter: shot by shot, we're finally coming to know the elusive vivian maier through her own eyes. anthony mason, cbs news, chica chicago. >> mitchell: what a great story. and that is the cbs evening news. tomorrow on "face the nation" the latest on egypt in crisis with secretary of state hillary clinton and an exclusive interview with new white house chief of staff bill daly. thanks for joining us this saturday even. i'm russ mitchell in new york, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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