nick robertson is there. nic? >> reporter: anderson, 76 people injured so far we're told switch of them seriously injured taken away by paramedics on the scene within minutes. the fire service spokesman said that a 30 foot by 30 foot section of the ceiling in this more than 100 year old theater collapsed on the audience below. eyewitnesss we told you said they were injured about the first 40 minutes of the performance. then it was dark. then there was an indication of people starting to react to something. they thought it was part of the performance. then they said there was a cracking, a creaking sound from the ceiling. the ceiling began to bend and it gave way. all of a sudden, showers of plaster and wood work on the audience below. people got out relatively quickly. ushers they say opened the doors for them. people helping those sitting next to them to get out. we're told by the eyewitnesss, that as they were inside the theater, they were then helped out into a neighboring theater where they were given medical

so when the star phil robertson said what he said, it was not the reality show phil robertson talking, it was presumably the real phil robertson which led the network to suspend him. is any of this worth fighting over? one thing is clear, to a andest it's worth millions. in 2012 this family made their debut on a and e. "duck dynasty" is a reality show that made a fortune in products for duck hunters. >> 40 years ago my father phil robertson invented a revolutionary duck caller that changed our life forever. >> reporter: the star of the show, phil robertson. >> my happiness is killing things. >> reporter: robertson is plain spoken religious traditional sort of guy. >> here is the deal, cell phones, not for me. texting i'm like no, shut it down, turn it off. >> reporter: in the four seasons the show has been on the air, he's never been afraid to express your opinion. >> if you're wop cooks better than your mama, you got one. >> reporter: it's that unfiltered opinion that makes it the most-watched program on america. >> kids in america today are fat, lazy. >> reporter: in the january iss

robertson and the robertson family, these are people who love god, who believe that they shouldn't beudging anybody, that they are calle to love everyone and show stability and respect for everyone, even those that they disagree with, but i think what the broader culture has to do and that's why many people have risen up in the last 48 hours to defend the robertson family is the larger and broader culture has to respect the authenticity and genuineness of the faith testimony of christians and faithfully catholics and when they say they believe the bible and quote it, just sanction them, to punish them, to fire them, to mistreat them because all they have done is express that faith, i think has no place in america. >> well,y didn't fire them yet. we'll get to that in a second. what about what ralph is saying, michaela? they are saying they believe what they believe, an authentic feeling they hold. you suggested this is part of a bigger civil war. >> i agree to a certain extend. this is very authentic. this is very true and core to their believes, but a very, very narrow sequestered fun

we'll talk with nic robertson about it.adhafi regime has told multiple conflicting stories about that woman. not surprising, of course, they have a record of telling lies. they first denied that opposition even existed on gadhafi. they blamed it on hallucinogenic drugs. >> we have trouble coming up with proof of any civilian casualties that we have been responsible for. but we do have a lot of intelligence reporting about gadhafi taking the bodies of people he's killed and putting them at the sites we've attacked. we've been extremely careful in this military effort. >> of course, it's not our job to just take the u.s. defense secretary at his word. we have found that whenever the libyans take correspondents out claiming to show civilian casualties, they never seem to find them. all our camera crew ever saw was bombed out military equipment. and at a staged funeral, nic robertson discovered he couldn't find any grieving family members, and the coffins were not necessarily what they seemed. >> reporter: it was an occasion fu

rundy robertson was her supervisor. show told us time and time again, i trusted him because he was my boss. i respected him. he was the person who was put in charge of me. you just weren't feeling well that day. and he offered to drive you home. >> yeah. >> reporter: and you thought he was a nice enough person to make that offer, i guess. >> yeah. he's my boss. i thought it was all right. >> reporter: she says robertson asked to use her bathroom. and when he came out, she says he raped her. she's represented by attorney adam miller. >> i find it unbelievable because bp and their subcontractors had relationships with all local law enforcement. they had the opportunity and the ability to clearly check all of these people that they were hiring and bringing in to ensure the safety of the public. >> reporter: if anyone had checked robertson's background, they would have found a lengthy criminal history. and he was still on probation for a felony. instead, he was made a supervisor. we're in pass guolla, mississippi, here to t

robertson was in there in full camouflage gear. several of his friends were there fully bearded with camouflage on. they were welcoming and friendly and interesting to know what i was doing there and where i was from, et cetera. and after ten minutes of conversation, he started this bible study group which went on for about 45 minutes, referencing me on a number of occasion. it was interesting. >> referencing you on a couple of occasions and said this at the end, i will not give or back off from my path because you conquered death, father, so we are not worried about all the repercussions. you think talking about himself as well? >> he was saying a prayer that he had come up with off the top of his head. they do these things on an ad hoc basis and that was a prayer that was obviously specific to what happened the previous week. it has connotations beyond that but it was directly in reference to the controversy and firestorm of last week. >> after the bible study class, robertson joined the congregation for the sunday service. he wa

>> broadcasting live, willie robertson, "duck dynasty" star. let's talk to david axelrod before he comes out. to introduce melania trump, to have donald trump, it defies pretty much every convention i've ever been at. you don't hear from the candidate really until the last night. >> no. i remember 2012. mitt romney was sitting in the box, watching his wife speak. and then surprised her and came up on stage to give her a kiss after her speech. so, he did make a cameo appearance. this is different. what donald and melania trump are trying to do tonight and throughout the entire convention is present themselves as an american family to the public and to show that their family has values that not only republicans share, but that the country should share. and i think she is the beginning of that. and i don't think it's a donald trump needs humanizing. i think he is a pretty human candidate. i think she needs to soften him a little bit and talk about the other side of him. that's exactly what she's going to do. his popularity with women, as you know,

robertson was there in full camouflage gear. and several of his friends were there, also fully bearded with camouflage on. they were incredibly friendly, welcoming, interested to know what i was do there and where i was from, et cetera. and then after ten minutes of preliminary conversation, and he started this bible study group. and which went on for about 45 minutes, referencing me on a number of occasions. and it was interesting. >> referencing you on a couple of occasions. he also said this at the end. >> i will not give or back off from my path because you conquered death, father, so we're not worried about all the repercussions. so talking about a bible reference, but himself as well? >> well, it was a prayer, something that they do a lot of these things on an ad hoc basis. and that was a prayer that was obviously specific to what had happened the previous week. obviously it has connotations beyond that. but i think it was in reference to the controversy and the fire storm of last week. >> and so after the bible study clas

pat robertson. on his show the 700 club yesterday he blurted out a warning about gay people in san francisco because of course, that's where all gay people live. listen closely and know when he refers to the stuff, he's talking about kids. >> you know what they do in san francisco, some of the gay community, they want to get people so if they have got the stuff, they will have a range, you shake hands and the ring has a thing you cut your finger. >> really? >> really. is that kind of vicious stuff, which would be the equivalent of murder. >> really? a ring that somehow gives you aids. i've never seen that particular section of zales, have you? he wants to give gay men a reason not to wear rings. he's back peddled, kind of, saying he was misunderstood and said it was something he was told in a meeting about san francisco. robertson's thoughts on gay issues are very well thought out and very well articulated. >> he's out having multiple affairs with men. he's picking them up on the streets. so he's ob

i see why pat robertson is against gay marriage.doesn't want to give gay men a reason to wear rings. he said he was misunderstood and he was talking about something he was warned about a meeting in san francisco which is baffling because robertsons thoughts are well thought out and articulated. >> he's out having multiple affairs with men. he's picking them up on the streets. so he's obsess ed. he has a compulsion. i would think it is somehow related to demonic possession. you have a couple of same sex guys kissing, you like that, well, that makes me want to though up but to me i would punch vomit. >> don't give you that option on facebook. >> no, they don't. not yet. robertson has plenty of thoughts for straight couples, as well. he has given advice from cheating husbands to what men should do when their wives don't obey them. >> you could become a muslim and beat her. stop talking about the cheating. he cheated on you. well, he's a man. okay. males have a tendency to wander a little bit. what you want to do is make a home so wonde

yeah... ♪ >>> we've reflished contact with nic robertson, we think, in israel.you said you think this is the most extensive damage you witnessed in more than 30 years. can you just talk about what you saw? >> reporter: yeah, we drove in along the coast road. we drove several miles in the back of an open humvee-type vehicle. we saw everything. we weren't enclosed in a windowless armored personnel carrier. destroyed houses, destroyed apartments, destroyed villas, hotels that were destroyed, huge, tall apartment buildings destroyed, blown apart, bullet holes, shell holes. i didn't see any building that wasn't damaged. i didn't see any civilians at all. betook armored personnel carriers to get into the city. we were about five miles into gaza in a heavily builtup neighborhood by the children's hospital. there were tank bottles -- the idf tanks were firing at hamas down the street. it was absolute -- i mean, a war zone doesn't do it justice in a way. it was absolute chaos. i mean, everything, cars strewn up the sides of -- smashed into the sides of houses. the roads

i have to say one thing about robertson's opinions, when it comes to things like ebola and aids, he is measured in his opinion. >> i was there during the ebola break, and we were helping people, there was not all this panic. >> if there is one thing you can say about pat robertson, he is anti-panic, i mean, why panic about ebola when the bath mat is trying to give you a disease, and the food will kill you. >> if you're overseas, don't drink ice in any drink because the water is not pure. be careful of ice cream and milk, because the milk may not be pasturized. >> do not eat ice cream when you go to italy, i'm telling you, everybody says the gelato is great, but it is going to kill you. >> everything overseas, they have bacteria overseas, you just can't even imagine. i'm starting to think maybe we would be better not traveling at all. right here in the good old united states, except steer clear of san francisco and that is of course where all the gay people live, and pat robertson thinks they have a way of giving you the stuff, what he called aids in this classic clip last year. >> you

i'm talking about pat robertson.yesterday, he blurted out a warning about gay people in san francisco, because, of course, that's where all gay people live. listen closely, and know that when robertson refers to the stuff, he's talking about aids. >> you know what they do in san francisco? some of the gay community, they want to get people, so if they've got the stuff, they'll have a ring, you shake hands and the ring's got a little thing where you cut your finger. >> really? >> really. it's that kind of vicious stuff, which is the equivalence of murder. >> really? a ring that somehow gives you aids. i have never seen that section in zales, have you? i totally get why he's against same-sex marriage. he just doesn't want to give men a reason to rings. he's since back pedaled, saying he was talking about something he was warned about by security officers at a meeting in san francisco, which still is off baffling. all of which is surprising, because his thoughts on gay issues are very well thought out at articulated. >>

joining us now is nic robertson here in baghdad. acosta at the white house, jim sciutto also in washington, and arwa damon is in the north in erbil in kurdish controlled areas. nic, let's start with you. let's talk about this chemical plant. you have actually been there. what is it like? >> with the weapons inspectors 2002, and i was just looking back at my notes, bearing in mind that what we're hearing from state department officials now who say that the stockpiles that the isis are coming across there are the old, degraded, have probably no chemical weapons value, could be dangerous if moved. looking back at my opening lines from when i visited there, the first impressions you have, rows of rusting chemical warfare equipment rotting in a warehouse. and the last line was this is a sight that the weapons inspectors probably won't have to come back to. it was bombed in 1991. it's a large site, 15 square miles roughly out in the desert. a lot of bunker-type warehouses, the birthplace of saddam hussein's biological weapons production.

one of his sons still at large, is sending e-mails to our nic robertson. nic just got another one a few minutes ago and he joins us shortly. in the meantime, heavy fighting today in tripoli. take a look. street battles all day. this is from the capital's eastern neighborhoods not far from the airport. the field in opposition still taking heavy shelling from nearby loyalists. in the last hour or two, the two sides have exchanged artillery throughout the day. opposition commanders have been trying to direct fire to minimize civilian casualties. gadhafi forces are intertwined amongst the population. in southern tripoli, similar disdain for civilian lives. taking pot shots at people. to the east, new video of the damage that loyalist fighters

nic robertson was there moments before it happened. syria's dictator launches more violence against his people. and check in with isha. >>> he seemed to be falling asleep in court the other day, couldn't stop yawning. joran van der sloot managed to stay away long enough to enter a plea in the murder case against him. we will tell you about the plea and the case against him. that and more when 360 continues. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] entune mobile technology. ♪ stronger! ♪ stand a little taller [ male announcer ] stay seamlessly connected to your smart phone. available on the reinvented 2012 camry. from toyota. ♪ my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ >>> keeping them honest o

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nic robertson is there. he joins us now. what's the latest? >> reporter: well in all of this it's hard to say good information, anderson but at least it's a help for the families. we understand from the recovery teams now that they've identified 16 of the victims as being done in dna labs. the lights you see behind me police headquarters they're working through the night here. behind that the recovery teams are processing the bodies as they bring them up. we also understand they're bringing in biometric equipment as well to help in the process of identifying the bodies. this will include fingerprinting equipment and we also understand when the families come here the french authorities as we know given the opportunity to go as close as they can to the crash site but they're also taking dna samples from the families as well. and again, all of this to sort of speed the process by which they can make these very difficult identifications,

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we'll check in with nic robertson in a moment. we'll also check in with micah silver berg, who was at the music festival, one of the largest slaughters of people, more than 260, according to israeli officials. he and a friend managed to get away from the festival by car and said that in addition to coming under fire from several gunmen, michael fought back and managed to kill two hamas militants with his car, including this one lying by his motorcycle along the road. he hit them with his vehicle. he walked us through it. we'll talk to him a little bit later this hour. >>> we begin though right now with cnn's nic robertson, who you saw just a moment ago, with iron dome interceptor missiles going up around him. he is still in sderot today. >> the israeli defense forces discovered three forces in there. all we could hear was the buildup of heavy machine gunfire and it got more intense and more intense. towards the end of it, they put up -- better illumination on the ground for the troops. shortly after the israeli defense force said

nic robertson as well. ben wedeman as well. be careful.safe. >>> ahead, startling new development in japan at the crippled nuclear plant. they are now dumping millions of gallons of radioactive water into the pacific ocean. why plant officials say it's the best choice and why experts say it's the only choice. >>> plus a happy ending. a lucky dog who survived the tsunami and was plucked from debris in the ocean. it happened friday. we showed you the rescue friday. tonight the dog's been reunited with its family. >>> also isha is following some other stories. >> southwest airlines canceled dozens more flights as it rushed to complete safety inspections on a big portion of its boeing 737 fleet. inspections triggered when a near the fuselage of a 737 forced an emergency landing. now, the federal aviation administration is taking action. coming up, i'll have more on the steps being taken to make sure all 737s in service are safe. that story and much more when we come back. big deal is on a mission for priceline. uncovering hotel freebies like i

one of his sons still at large is sending e-mails to our nick robertson. nick just got another one a few minutes ago and he joins us shortly. in the meantime, heavy fighting today in tripoli. take a look. >> this is from the capital's eastern neighborhoods, not far from the airport. the field in opposition hands but still taking heavy shell, from loyalist fighters nearby, some of it just within the last-mile-per-hour or two. the two side exchanging artillery throughout the day. opposition commanders say they've been trying to direct fire to minimize civilian casualties but it hasn't been easy because gadhafi forces are so intertwined amongst the local population. our arwa damon is there. we'll talk to her. >>> in southern tripoli, similar distaken for civilian lives. reports all day of loyalists gunmen out in the streets taking pot shots at people. now to the east, new video of the damage that loyalist fighters are leaving behind as they retreat. these are the oil facilities in brega still burning nearly a week after they fled. before they did they fired s

robertson said there is no need to worry about ebola in kenya. get aids in kenya. people have aids. you have to be careful. the towels could have aids. >> that's right. the towels could have aids. do not even get him started on the washcloths with hepatitis c. we're talking bed baths. if you somehow missed all the evidence and depth and breadth of all the knowledge garnered about aids the past few decades, you cannot get hiv if you share towels. if a guy has shared towels, it's true he might be gay. even then there's no guarantee, some guys love cher. love cher towels. when it comes to diseases like ebola he's kind of measured in his opinion. >> i was in zai zaere in the gr ebola outbreak and it wasn't always panic. >> one thing you can say about him he is anti-panic. why panic when the bathmat is trying to give you chlamydia. >> if you go overseas, don't eat vegetables. if you go overseas, don't drink ice because the water isn't pure. be careful of ice cream and milk because the milk might not be pasteurized. >> do not eat ice cream when you go

nic robertson got inside the school and what you see as he walks through the crime scene is difficult at. the details, as awful as they are, we think are necessary to show because they are the measure of an atrocity. here's nic's report. >> reporter: this is where the taliban got into the school. they cut the barbed wire, scaled it using bamboo ladders. another team got in just down here and then they took off towards the main buildings. they burst in to here, the main auditorium. they split into two teams, it was full of children here taking classes. >> shay shot me as soon as they came in. tried to run. i was shot in my shoulder. the people who came had no sense of humanity in them. >> reporter: so many children afraid under the benches. a brigadier was giving a lesson in first aid. the class was going on. the dummy, the apparatus left where he fell. and this is when things get really bad. the army says that the children fled for the door over here and the door here. a hundred of them were gunned down as they were trying to escape, cold-blooded murder. everywhere you walk here, bloo

nic robertson is following for us. and on the phone, chief international correspondent, christiane amanpour joins us as well. christiane let's start with you. obviously, the king was quite old when he officially took the throne but he was still considered a reformer. though a reformer in a very conservative context of saudi arabia. >> reporter: well anderson that's right. king ab doula was king far short of time he was ruler of saudi arabia since 1995. sort of dates back to when his predecessor king stod developed a debilitating stroke. he's the man the united states and the rest of the worltd has dealt with for the last 20 years. he has had several very important initiatives and very thwarted in some ways relationship wts united states. back in the early 2000s, for instance, king convinced the arab league to present an unprecedented agreement to recognize israel. in 1967. that hasn't happened but that plan is considered still the basis of what might eventually be a peace settlement or a big part of it. obviously, he w

joining us from tripoli, nic robertson.o with us from berkeley, california, bob baer, co-author of "the company we keep." and ann marie slaughter. you say that the defection of moussa koussa is a big deal, it's actually a success of the coalition strategy. >> and i think it's proof that the strategy is working. the strategy from the beginning has been to isolate gadhafi, to pressure him and convince the people around him that their days are numbered. this is a really significant demonstration it's working. >> bob, you're not convinced it's the beginning of the end for gadhafi in any way, right? >> no, i don't think so. he was forced out of the intelligence service in 2009. gadhafi's sons all fought with him. he was on thin ice three or four months ago. but it is important in the sense that it gives a morale booster for the rebels and the united states and the west. i think what we should hope for is a snowballing of this and see somebody truly from the inner circle, his brother-in-law, for instance, leaving and then we woul

joining us is nic robertson, fareed sa carria. nic, what is the latest with former congressman wheldon? the meeting didn't happen. is he just sitting, cooling his heels? >> reporter: i think cooling his heels is perhaps all he can do at the moment. it's certainly understandable that he's frustrated he didn't get this meeting. invarietied here by moammar gadhafi's chief of staff, but it hasn't translated. and it puts him in a very, very awkward position. there's some sense that maybe the op-ed he wrote in "the new york times" before he wrote here could have had something to do with it. but this is moammar gadhafi, perhaps the way that many people remember him, completely unpredictable. >> ann marie, are congressman wheldon's proposals even plausible? how likely is something would come out of this? >> there are different positions coming out of different people. the gadhafi regime itself has presented a position both through saif and the deputy foreign minister in athens. their starting position is essentially that gadhafi and saif

nic robertson locating the pan am 103 bomber. the only person held responsible for the bombing of that plane and for all those deaths. stayed alive for two years after beg released from prison. you will hear what his family has to say about libya. and self-proclaimed prophet and child rapist warren jeffs. the latest on his condition. we'll tell you why he's now in a coma and he looks different than he did at trial. and whether the state can keep him alive against his will. >> new reports tonight in the disappearance of robin gardener who vanished in aruba. reports the man she went with made what sounds like a stunning admission. see what we found out and what authorities are doing about it. that and more when "360" continues. anananananannouncer ] this...is the network. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping drive the future of business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities... committed to delivering the most

nic robertson joins us once again, along with reza sayha.u were able to talk with her today. what happened? how was she? >> reporter: she seems much better than she was. she showed me the remains of her scars and the bruising on her wrist, which is still there after almost two weeks after she was tied up and repeatedly gang raped. she said physically she was beginning to recover, but her experiences here in tripoli, she's harassed wherever she goes out of the house. this is a very, very strong lady who i saw stand up to government officials, stand up to say what she wanted to say. this is a lady who clearly has a lot of fire inside her. a lady who really wants to get her story, the true, accurate story of what happened to her out. she said she wanted to thank all the people who supported her over this time, including cnn. but everyone she said, the thousands of people outside of the country who supported her. but she seemed more composed than we've seen her and heard her in recent days. this, again, i have to say she came across as a very st

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nic robertson joins me now from tripoli.d from his son when he phoned into that syrian television station. are there any credible reports about where he may be? nic, can you hear me? clearly we're having some trouble getting in touch with nic. we'll try to check in with him in a moment. >>> a grim report from amnesty international. it documented the deaths of at least 88 detainees in syria during the five-month uprising against the government. according to the report, at least 52 of the victims' bodies showed evidence of torture. all of the victims were male. some as young as 13. >>> growing tensions in bahrain. protesters say a 14-year-old boy was killed by police today. witnesses said officers fired a tear gas round directly at the child during clashes with protesters. >>> a former nba guard will be returned to georgia to face a murder charge in the death of an atlanta mother. he waived his right to fight extradition today. he was arresteded monday in california on a fugitive warrant. >>> a settlement between mel gibson an

nic robertson joins me again. do we know much about salman?experience as an administrator. he was a governor of riyadh for about the last 40 or so years. he's viewed by some as a conservative. others have told me that he is also had something of a moderate as well. that seems conflicting, but bottom line here is this is another old man, 79, and not in the best of health, anderson. >> in terms of, i've read a lot that's he a staunch supporter of wa wahhabi wahhabism and if abdullah wanted more reforming, there are other people he might have selected. >> the problem he would have had doing that is that it's not only him involved in the selection as a counsel that appointed to oversee the election because >> nic robertson, thanks. that does it for us. morgan spur lock "inside man" starts right now. >>> robots. they've been promised to us for generations, autonomous. today, technology is advancing so rapidly that we might be on the cusp of the new age of robotics and artificial intelligence that we've dreamt about for so long. the question is, are

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nick robertson join us not far from the border where troops are massing. you continue to see heavy air strikes into gaza and artillery fire into gaza. you were there today when israeli troops were firing howitzers. tell us what you sought and what it has become. >> reporter: this evening overlooking gaza, we can see multiple repeated, there's another one, strikes from aircraft, fighter jet. some of the impacts, not that one but some of the impacts are the strongest we have felt it feels to us the past hour and a half or so, one of the most sustained. of jet fighter missile attacks going into gaza at the moment. we have also been hearing multiple artillery rounds firing in tonight as well as aircraft missiles slamming into gaza. these artillery guns firing right now, this is what we were out looking at earlier today. [ sound of gunfire ] >> reporter: dug in along the border, these are new unit that had just arrived and just set up the howitzers. these are arranged in groupings of a dozen or so howitzers, many of them firing multiple rounds multiple times. t

cnn's nic robertson begins our coverage. he is in sderot, within earshot of some of what israeli forces are doing inside gaza. nic, what are you seeing and hearing within the past few hours? >> a lot of fighter jet activity here, anderson, and also hearing artillery to the south. it seems like most of the impacts are a little further south of here, perhaps gaza city. it was so intense here early on in the evening, just around sunset and the early hours of the evening and picking up into the night. multiple barrages of continuous artillery fire and then tank fire outgoing from here, multiple rounds fired from numerous tanks. this was something that we haven't heard from here before. and this area close to the northern part of the gaza strip is close to where there was a limited incursion two nights ago. there were other incursions last night. and it did appear, does appear, that this was a continuation of that. but also from hamas and perhaps palestinian islamic jihad, those groups firing rockets out of tel aviv to where you

so nic robertson is going to join me by phone from alexandria.day morning, early where you are right now, protests are expected as we said after the friday prayers. what exactly are you expecting? >> a lot of people to be on the streets, soledad. a lot more than have been seen over the past few days. with the muslim brotherhood joining, the expectation is they will bring a large number of their supporters on the streets. they're generally known to be very well organized. they will likely be able to have a much stronger idea of where they want to go, central squares, close to where we're standing now here in alexandria. so it's the numbers people expect to be bigger and the organization to be better. it's been a lot of youth and mixed population, if you will, without extensive leadership or direction other than to face-off against the security forces. that may be the difference we see friday. but the numbers is the main thing. soledad? >> we talked about muhammad elbaradei coming back into the country today what kind of legitimacy does he have rig

. >> some of the remarkable reporting from nick robertson. this has been building since tuesday.ace book and twitter has been a key place for protest until the government pulled the plug. this is what the traffic looked like. you can see the volume dropping off to a trickle at 5:30 p.m. eastern time yesterday. president obama criticized president mubarak for restricting internet access. >> with cell phones working now? can people tweet? what is the situation with social media? >> completely blacked out. no internet whatsoever. cell phones still don't work. it appears that this policy of utter blackout continues. >> nick robertson for you, is that the same situation? i heard you may have access to the ipt nnternet in alexandria. we are having a problem with nick nic's audio. >> reporter: the only thing work something my blackberry. i can send e-mails with my blackberry, but can't send text messages and use it to make calls, which is bizarre. i am tweeting off my account. that's the way we are getting around it. >> in terms of the next couple hours, what are you expecting in the ne

in tripoli nic robertson. and at the state department jill dougherty. confusing situation. the envoy sent by gadhafi to negotiate with the west is proposing that gadhafi's son saif take over for his father? >> reporter: that's it. this is sort of an old idea that's been out there for some time. saif gadhafi has been running this country, we're told, on a day-to-day basis for the last couple of years. this was a plan we were told was always in the works, for the father to move to one side, saif al gadhafi to take over. what we're being told is that the father won't go at the point of a gun, that if negotiations start out with the precondition for regime change and him leaving it's not going to happen. we're told if the negotiations start without that precondition then it will easily achieve his departure at the end of it. he needs to go with respect is what we're told. the regime views and believes it is still strong here, and that's why it thinks it can try and have it -- have the terms the way it views them. but there is one problem here, and that is t