. >> reporter: san francisco resident magni was visiting relatives and working on his retirement home when the protest erupted and grew by the day. coming up on the 10:00 news, we'll hear more from magni including how he and his neighbors protected their homes when the police fled. >>> ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar has more on this growing market for american goods. >> reporter: at the port of oakland it's interesting because most of the trade with egypt is handled by u.s. ports. here in oakland we do handle $50 million worth of that trade. $50million. what's interesting about that, is that almost all of it is agriculture products headed toward the land of the pharaohs. to folks we met today, egypt is not really important. >> i feel that we give them 3 million a years and support for our political advantage. but i don't think of them as a trading partner at all. >> i don't see them doing technology. but i hear that they are. but i've never seen any examples of it. >> reporter: the silican valley high tech firms, egypt is all about potential. >> egypt is a large and growing market.