our own ron allen standing by with his report from alexandria. ron, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, brian. alexandria for the most part was spared the violence that you experienced down there in cairo, but this is still a very tense place on edge. a lot of hostility, anger and emotion in the air and there are many indications that this could be the next flashpoint. this is what happened as soon as we arrived here. an encounter with hundreds of supporters of president mubarak. they turned on us, blaming the foreign media for not telling their side of the story. the president should never step down, they yelled and screamed. we turned off our camera and fled. the trip here this morning, three hours down a main highway, had taken us far from the protests in cairo. few trucks and buses on the road. no one going to work. all signs of how the crisis has brought this nation and its already struggling economy to a halt. we came to alexandria usually a popular tourist destination because of scenes like this here last night. tanks separatin

bbc news, alexandria. but let's update you on the headlines this hour. thousands of protesters on the streets of cairo, demanding that housing mubarak leave office immediately. there are indications the protests will be scaled back. president obama has appealed to mr. mubarak to focus on his legacy. he is still there of course, but the bbc has been killed this vice-president is likely to meet the opposition within days. the muslim brotherhood has told us they will attend on a theme park is still in power. -- they will not attend while hosni mubarak is still in power. events in egypt had sent a powerful shock waves across the entire middle east. it the ayatollah parade -- praised the demonstrators. this concerns israel about the stability of the region. >> and jordan, they called for political and economic reform, inspired by egypt. politics is moving out of palaces and on the streets. this protest is full, but it seems to be part of a growing development in many arab countries. they are getting increasingly vocal. they feel more able to criticize their r

alexandria this morning, some people heading out of the city. but the only other traffic, many more tanks and soldiers guarding hotels and government buildings as if anticipating another day of tension. amid reports of government agents mingling with protestors, there was anger in the air. we shot this footage on a mobile phone, a secret policeman dragged from the square, beaten, and driven away in a speeding car. we don't know what happened to him next. indeed, the only way we could film today's demonstration was under the watchful gaze of anti-government protestors. abrahim mosque in central alexandria, the focus of anti-mubarak sentiment. these are unpredictable, dangerous times in egypt but after the difficult days, thousands of protestors have again come out to the streets determined they will succeed and mubarak will eventually go. on tuesday, we met nafa on the million man march, confident that hosni mubarak had only hours left in power. have the bloody events of the last two days broken his resolve? >> i'm going to keep going. i'm not go

today alexandria is the stronghold of egypt's extremist muslim brotherhood. and scene some of the largest most violent demonstrations over the past week. but even here this revolution belongs to the people, not the muslim brotherhood. >> they are not the most popular group but they are the most organized ones and we are about to organize ourselves in order to face them in a fair and free election. so please, don't... we will not seek a new iran. >> reporter: al amir, a political science graduate working for the u.n. was one of many professionals in the crowd. >> mubarak has to go! has to go! >> reporter: it was hard to imagine anyone could have silenced these people for so long. >> the government thinks that we will stop one day. we will never do that! we are prepared to die. >> reporter: let me ask you a question: will you accept anything from mubarak? >> no! no! ( crowd shouts ) >> reporter: here amongst the crowd in alexandria, you can feel the hatred for the egyptian president. these people are not interested in compromise. they want hosni mubarak to step

when not near drowning, alexandria the great is donna, a ho-hum housewife.r husband bill started learning escapes as teenagers as a hobby. >> we just tried some simple rope ties and things like that. >> reporter: later, when the kids weren't around they tried more daring feats but, again, it was just a hobby. they never considered performing until the recession hit and they started really going under. donna was unemployed. she desperately needed work but still wanted to stay home and take care of the kids. she felt like her hands were tied. >> she's out of one hand! >> reporter: it motivated her to start thinking inside the box. >> that's both hands! >> reporter: i had to look back and go with what i was good at. >> now she's got to find the bobby pin. >> i was good at this. >> now she'll pick the lock. >> reporter: for the past several months, donna has been working out with a strength training coach and a breath- holding coach. a few of her friends think she's jumped off the deep end. the kids like the idea of having an escape artist mom. in fact, they wer

a million stro mar was called in alexandria. in nearby jordan, the king has fired a the government and ordered the new prime minister to carry out what he calls, "true political reform." this is a after a week of opposition protests demanding political and economic reform. the demonstrators and jordan say that the government has dealt to provide a decent standard of living. an islamic opposition group imdiately criticized the choice of prime minister, saying he is no a reformist. i am joined by a middle east analyst. what is your interpretation of this move by a the king? >> he understands that the wind of change is blowing in the middle east. his own people could pour into the streets. in fact, they did so last week. the message of the jordanian population was not down with the king, but get a new government. this is what he is trying to do. he is trying to take the lead off this basket that is about to explode. >> if you look at everything we have seen in this region since the beginning of the year, you get the impression it i

and then to khaled home town of alexandria.his story spread, and khaled said, a middle-class businessman became an explosive symbol of police brutality under hosni mubarak's rule. the abuse you see in these internet videos is just a glimpse of what egyptians say they've lived with for decades. >> reporter: no one knows their names? >> reporter: khaled said's story and the revolution it inspired is now a permanent part of egyptian history. lara logan, cbs news, alexandria, egypt. >> couric: recapping another tumultuous day here in cairo, supporters of president mubarak clashed with antigovernment protesters today. stones, bottles, and firebombs rained down on liberation square. gunfire rang out. as of now, at least three are dead and more than 600 injured. the obama administration stepped up the pressure on mubarak to begin the transition of power. spokesman robert gibbs said, "now means now." egypt's army ordered protesters to clear the streets, and the crowds here have thinned but the protests apparently will continue. that is

when not near drowning, alexandria the great is donna, a housewife. she and her husband, bill, started learning escapes as teenagers. as a hobby. >> we just tried some simple rope ties and things like that. >> reporter: later when the kids weren't around, they tried more daring feats. but, again, it was just a hobby. they never considered performing until the recession hit and they started really going under. donna was unemployed. she desperately needed work, but still wanted to stay home and take care of the kids. she felt like her hands were tied. >> she's out of one hand. >> reporter: and it motivated her to start thinking inside the box. >> i had to look back and go with what i was good at. >> now she's got to find the bobby pin. >> reporter: and i was really good at this. >> now she'll pick the lock. >> reporter: for the past several months, donna has been working out with a strength training coach and a breath holding coach. a few of her friends think she's jumped off the deep end, but her kids like the idea of having an escape artist mom. in fa

are still hundreds of thousands who remain into his square hundreds of thousands who remain in alexandria the country's second largest city and we look at some of the them as a few people have been displaying particularly in alexandria they're not just calling for mubarak to step down they calling for him to be assassinated calling for him to leave the country the organizers are encouraged they've been void by the numbers that turned out today many people saying that the numbers on the streets exceeded a million more than the one million more number that was called for on tuesday so we do expect that these demonstrators demonstrations will continue making his face known today in toughness which was also the secretary general of the arab league he was welcomed he was cheered and he actually said that he might consider standing for the gyptian presidency now no doubt he will have to resign from his current post to take up this new post but it certainly is putting a new face in the political arena also appearing in tough to square with the country's defense minister and this naturally was we

today alexandria is the stronghold of egypt's extremist muslim brotherhood. and scene of some of the largest and most violent demonstrations over the past week. but even here this revolution belongs to the people, not the muslim brotherhood. >> they're not the most popular group, but they are the most organized ones and we are about to organize ourselves in order to face them a fair and free election. so please don't... we will not see a new iran. i i this political science graduate working for the u.n. was one of many professionals in the crowd. >> mubarak must go! must go! >> it was hard to imagine anyone could have silenced these people for so long. >> the government thinks that we will stop one day. we will never do that! we will stay! we prefer to die. >> let me ask you a question. >> will you accept anything from them? >> no, no, no! >> here amongst the crowd in alexandria you can feel the hatred for the egyptian president. these people are not interested in compromise. they want hosni mubarak to step down. suddenly, the protestors erupt. a rumor sweeps

. >> let's crossover to egypt's second largest city, alexandria.ohammed, who do you think will take the place of president mubarak? >> i think the one and only one is someone who has a very good reputation and is one of the best politicians in the whole middle east. some have been taking kind of like those, asking who they will support, elbaradei and two other people? i think that are mostarma moussk about 30% of the vote. the only one who did not understand the message was honsi mubarak himself. even president obama told him today that he must change and that he is acting as a fool. >> he says he will stay on until september and not seek reelection. that is a long time from now. what can happen in this time? >> the egyptian people think that, from alan -- from now and september -- even from now until march, it is a very long time. they think he will change something. as everyone can see, he says he is doing it for the sake of the egyptians. if he really thinks that, for the egyptian people and their own sick, he should go now. -- and their own sak

there have been similar scenes outside cairo in alexandria and other cities. a few people are still there, and buying be there -- and by being there, they are keeping up the pressure. all this despite more concessions by the government today. the egyptian vice president went on television this morning, promising a road map to constitutional reform and also no harassment of the protesters. there have been concerned about repercussions for those who have been taking part in the protests, also concerned about the work of journalists. a report is from our cairo correspondent. >> just when some thought it was all over, the egyptians and as the world once again. today in central cairo, more protestors than ever turn up to demand the departure of president mubarak. the government wants to give the impression that the protest is slowly fading away. this is the response to the demonstrators. tahrir square is behind me there. if the into hundred people are coming up that way. along here are around the corner and around and around and up here and all along this road. rea

gathered at a square in central cairo, and over 50,000 held a rally in the second largest city, alexandria. the demonstrators include many women and children, indicating the anti-government movement is gaining the support of the general population. protesters remained in the square in cairo, but no major clashes with the security forces have been reported. >>> meanwhile, u.s. president barack obama called for an immediate peaceful transition of power in egypt. in a speech on tuesday, obama said he had spoken earlier with president mubarak by telephone and conveyed his opinions. >> he recognizes that the status quo is not sustainable and that a change must take place. and what i indicated tonight to president mubarak is my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful. it must be peaceful. and it must begin now. furthermore, the process must include a broad spectrum of egyptian voices and opposition parties. it should lead to elections that are free and fair, and it should result in a government that's not only grounded in democratic principles but is also responsive to the aspiratio

brian take a look at what happened tonight after mubarak's speech in alexandria. many feel this could become violent before friday. >> this was the first clash we've seen since the initial clashes here friday night where we had the fires, the tear gas. this got very rough in alexandria tonight as we see, in what was live coverage again in the moments following mubarak's speech. richard engel heading up our team of coverage here on the ground tonight. richard, thanks, as always. make no mistake, most protesters in the crowd would like president obama to come out, boldly support their cause and ask mubarak to leave office right now. diplomacy doesn't work that way. a lot of american allies are watching the americans very closely to see how they treat their friends. we did, however, late tonight hear from the president. white house correspondent, savannah guthrie, is there with what he said. savannah, good evening. >> reporter: we have now heard from the president, and he did not call for hosni mubarak to step down right away. he watched the speech in the situation r

a million strong march was called in alexandria. in nearby jordan, the king has fired a the government and ordered the new prime minister to carry out what he calls, "true political reform." this is a after a week of opposition protests demanding political and economic reform. the demonstrators and jordan say that the government has dealt to provide a decent standard of living. an islamic opposition group immediately criticized the choice of prime minister, saying he is no a reformist. i am joined by a middle east analyst. what is your interpretation of this move by a the king? >> he understands that the wind of change is blowing in the middle east. his own people could pour into the streets. in fact, they did so last week. the message of the jordanian population was not down with the king, but get a new government. this is what he is trying to do. he is trying to take the lead off this basket that is about to explode. >> if you look at everything we have seen in this region since the beginning of the year, you get the impression it

. >> there was a poll that came out this week taken by phone in cairo and alexandria asking questions about these things. and a very low percentage, 15%, said they approved of the muslim brotherhood. has there been a change since years ago in that as a new generation has come up? >> we, i think that the astic that people that have used is 20%, generally, that if there were free elections today, 20% of egyptians would vote for brotherhood candidates, but i think that could be sort of an underestimation. >> but so what? who would that mean in a government if the muslim brotherhood or any strongly islamist group had influence? >> well, there are a lot of parties in egypt. there are a lot of political parties, as we all know. some of them are secular, some are nationalist. the brotherhood is only one of them. hower, the brotherhood iver well-organized, and they've been around for a long time. they're a social organization. they run hospitals. they do a lot of sort of social work in egypt. so they are very, very influential. >> but in terms of policies, what would it mean -- a policy, for

toughest square in downtown cairo but some will ten years demonstrations are taking place in in alexandria and in the official word from the government is that eleven people have been killed in nearly two weeks of violence but human rights groups aid agencies and foreign journalists put their figure at a much closer to three hundred now the first journalist has been killed he succumbed to his injuries a reporter for the egyptian daily newspaper we are hearing reports although they haven't been independently verified that there has been an assassination attempt on the life of the vice president almost to a man we do understand from the reports that two of his bodyguards were killed so women is widely being told as the man who will replace hosni mubarak but he did invoke a lot of foreign and foreign same time and when he went on state television and blamed foreign elements for inciting the violence of the past few days now earlier this morning at around ten thirty time there was an explosion on a natural gas pipe gas pipe provides israel with forty percent of its natural gas not egypt and st

tyrrell at his house, in alexandria to see how he writes as we continue our in-depth program, jeff in houston, texas, you are on the air, high. >> caller: good morning. thanks very much, kachlt spc-sp mr. tyrrell for your service, and my question pertains to an article, david brooks for the "new york times" wrote prior to the presidential-vice presidential election in which he expressed his concern that george w. bush, sarah palin, and now, michelle bachmann are very much trying to tap into the governing from the gut motif rather than governing from the mind motif and one of the things that i admire about you, mr. tyrrell and about mr. buckley, is that -- and george will is another name that comes to mind is there is an active engagement of the life of the mind that does not alienate the intelligentsia and please comments on the tea party movement with the focus from governing from the gut is in danger of moving conservatism away from the life of the the mind, to more of an instinct tiive reaction to current events. >> that is thoughtful, and, putting me in company withbuckl is very k

and a managing director and co-founder of a wealth management firm in alexandria virginia he says that if there is some sort of national or global crisis that plays out from some doom and gloom scenario i am willing to bet that a box of ritz crackers and a can of cheese whiz is going to be worth more than that ounce of gold coins in a drawer all this. indoctrinated into the paper bug psychosis that's perpetrated by the yes well he's i don't think he's indoctrinated i'm sure this man in alexandria virginia is very well protected he doesn't want you to protect himself and he's saying your desk drawer whatever you have in there is not going to save you but what if your desk the whole building in which your desk resides has burned down as we see from this headline the libyan central government building is on fire and oil and silver are surging. yeah right so he's wrong so he was wrong of course but this is the sort of propaganda that we're seeing this manufacturing of consensus that only we only the fed dictator as we pointed out last week only ben bernanke he only hank paulson only timoth

majority of the people that have been pouring out into the streets of cairo into the streets of alexandria port sites and other places do not have twitter accounts or they do not have facebook accounts this is the people's revolution and i think we need to stop calling it a twitter or a facebook revolution certainly those those mrs and we are very useful. yes there is a we don't disagree we completely agree but the reality is that people just want to see the young google executive who was on c.n.n. let me first place the young google executive who was on c.n.n. this past week who installed by the egyptian police for ten days he went on national television and said point blank this is the internet reverentially let me let me jump in here we want to go one in. in new york here. one of the things that the mubarak regime played like so many other dictators in the region is that i'm the only barrier from islamic terrorism what do you see in your crystal ball it's early hours now but. are there are going to be free and fair elections where everyone participates and i'm thinking about the muslim

besought of alexandria will be it showed too well we shall use the latest. there's also more at the website www.kron4.com. with informational tour of the day. >>darya: at the time as 617. looking at the live there. the reason? >>louisa: yes, and other day with all lot of sunshine. temperatures get into the 60s. cool and clear weather. said rose said is that the freezing mark. livermore valley = upper '30's. as we take it through the debris might get if you like the sweeping through. for the most part lot of sunshine. by the end of the weekend we will see much more in the way that the cloud cover is privy have some systems working their way towards us from the gulf of alaska. that will bring us rain come monday. could last for a big portion of the workweek. afternoon highs are upper 60s. similar weather compared to yesterday. 63 eagle said rosa 66 = richmond. along the coast it will be a gorgeous day with the nice shot of the ocean. 66 degrees = have made it. if you are planning on heading up to towel you will not need your chains. saturday is a lot of the su

but on the streets of alexandria tonight where i am, the crowds seem to have dispersed. i'm told that they have gone elsewhere. it's calm but it is extremely tense. >> brown: and the ripple effects from the protests in egypt and tunisia continued across the middle east today. the president of yemen ali abdullah sa'leh pledged not to run for a new term in 2013. but opposition figures said he broke a similar promise in 2006. we get more now on all of today's developments, from na'der ha'shemi, an assistant professor of middle east politics at the josef korbel school of international studies at the university of denver. leslie campbell, regional director for the middle east and north africa at the national democratic institute. and chantal thomas, former head of the law department at the american university in cairo. she's a professor at cornell law school and a visiting scholar at the institute for advanced study in princeton. na'der ha'shemi, i'll start with you. how serious are today's clashes in cairo? how volatile is the situation now? >> it's very volatile and very se

anti-government protesters have been protesting in cairo, alexandria since january 25th. they urged a hosni mubarak and with the cost of living, the high unemployment and accusations of corruption among the country's leaders. young people filled with early demobilization--mobilization of crowd and the people of all ages. off the protest was on a similar unrest in tunisia the anti-government has promoted the other regions including yemean and in 1981 he started his presidency and he said that he would end his term in september when it ends hosni mubarak scholar frowe will speaa scholar to get a complete impact report. >> look of this weather, the rainfall dominating next week. we will be back. more news after this break. >> the iphone officially went on sale. ending the exclusivity of at&t. long lines were expected. it went on sale at 7:00 a.m. but no long lines. gabe slate tech report, and in the bay area, only just a handful wind up this morning. perhaps a few reasons. just a handful were in line. february 3rd online sales were record- breaking on pre-orders, they settmo

balladist seen in you tube and in alexandria up, a single protester and a gunshot brings out. in cairo, mubarak are on the attack. and the attackers soon the, attacked. when are lying on the ground. and the face of the victims are polls, on the known. they were more and this week, started more peaceful. police are directing traffic. on state television shows the new cabinet of the 15 percent pay hosni mubarak hike for government workers. authorized by hosni mubarak >> tens of thousands are canted liberation the square. army tanks are all around. they are-tak camping out it liberation square. >> the minister muslims want the solutions, the elitists and wanted to. >> they wanted this, and a settling in for a long haul even with a smoking section, and a non-smoking cessati. we're here for the long haul. >> singing, dancing, and even hosni mubarak his slogan with stoning from a process protesters. >> what is this? >> do have a name for this? >> yes. >> revolution. >> the human rights watch is based on hospitals and cairo and other egyptian cities compared that figure of 300 people

then we saw on the 31st of january in the coptic church in alexandria. if the sex lar secular or democratic youth then christian minorities could thrive. the muslim brotherhood win the day, it is going to be tough nuchlt new for the christians watching the broadcast all across the middle east, how do they play their cards in the middle of what is going on in the streets? >> only card they have praying and committing to freedom is to join the democratic forces. they have one card to play, to be with them and in the united states ands elsewhere so that in the future, they will have an access to the government. >> if there is one person who understands the pulse of this very strategic country, it is my friend walid phares, the book is called coming revolution. struggle in the middle east, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, george. >>> coming up on christian world news. >> it was my moment in the courtroom, stood on the stand, hundreds of people, video cameras, judges, then came the question, tell us today, sir, why did you come to iran? >> an american