. >> and when she calls, the american embassy, nobody answered. apparently the american embassy in cairo, they have staff there, but nobody answers the phone. >> reporter: despite the chaos, though, they feel it is finally a step in the right direction. >> people are standing by what they believe. people are crying for freedom. they want freedom. they want the future. they've had to deal with oppression and everything that has gone down during the past 30 years. >> reporter: it's estimated 90,000 americans living and working in egypt. the fact that the u.s. embassy has authorized the voluntary departure of dependents and non-emergency employs is a sign of washington's increasing concern about the stability of its closest arab ally. diane? >> all right, thanks, elise. >>> the search for a missing 4-year-old by from patterson shifted this weekend. today crews began road and air patrols of the mendota canal hoping for signs of him or his kidnapper. many people came together to pray for the return of juliani cardenas. police believe he was kidnapped

so that among them were members of the american embassy including the american ambassador john byerly who had this to say in response to a settlement some statements made by the western media who accuse russians of becoming rigid and cold hearted and continuing to go on as if nothing happened. i think to the best response that we can give to the kind of people who are capable of carrying out an attack like this is to show them that they're not going to change our lives but of course we're going to be more vigilant we're going to have better security but we're not going to stop living. we're not going to become like they are. and there was also a moral service held by a priest over at that that makeshift memorial at the airports and as it happened so it's be a russia is a multinational a multi confessional country so of course memorial services were being held not just at the un general but also in churches all across the country and we're not talking just about russian orthodox churches we're talking about synagogues and mosques so nation truly coming together and among those who shot

help but often get the cold shoulder secret diplomatic cables suggest american embassy staff in moscow have grown tired of frequent visits looking for cash and political aides. at a meeting in washington chinese president hu jintao tells american business executives that his country is ready to help them out of the deepest part natural crisis in generations despite continuing differences with the u.s. beijing's growing global influence is encouraging some in america to look to me. up next the interview show spotlight this time host al gore and russia's chief hygiene inspector on the health dangers facing the world's largest country and the ways to combat them stay with us here on r.t. . hello again to spotlight the interview on our t.v. . today my guest is. epidemics have always been a big threat to the existence of america even in today's medicine it's sophisticated drugs they do suppress eradicate some infection in haiti for example thousands have died from cholera and many more. all of it any other threats and can we feel safe to ask the chief hi gene inspectors. when there's a dang

help but often get the cold shoulder secret diplomatic cables suggest american embassy staff in moscow have grown tired of frequent visits searching for cash and political help. at a meeting in washington chinese president hu jintao tells american business executives his country is ready to help them out of their deepest financial crisis in years despite continuing differences with the u.s. beijing's growing global influence is encouraging some in america to look east to make money. up next we tour almost styria us an exclusive address from the soviet era the only apartment building within a mere three hundred meters from the kremlin r.t. here is the unusual tales from the people who live there. building that sprang up in one thousand nine hundred thirty two in the heart of moscow just. looks imposing even. now it is a new apartment building three hundred meters of the. town . every. time. it was meant for soviet russia ruling elite revolutionaries communist functionaries government ministers and members of parliament. a coveted key to the country's best . by nine hundred forty one one

embassy in 1979, taking dozens hostage after the u.s. refused to deport the shah. 52 americanstive for 144 days. he was one of the hostages. >> i really felt after the first several months in captivity, that we would never get out. >> what was the dimmest moment, the darkest day you had? >> after we were disbursed all over the country after the attempted rescue, many of us reassembled in a prison. cement walls, steel doors, bathrooms that were full of cameras to watch us day in and day out. it just seemed that the humiliation would never end. >> but an end to this long national nightmare would come on a day filled with irony and symbolism. january 20th, 1981, a new presidency begins. >> i will faithfully execute the office -- >> while america's agonizing ordeal is finally over after 14 months. >> did you know that ronald reagan had be elected? >> they had the notion that reagan had freed us and it was carter. >> how did you get word that you were going to be released? >> on the morning of the 20th, we woke up to open the door and there was no guard there. and then somebody walk

who work at the airport airport staff the airlines are presented just even our members of the american embassy stopped by fax we spoke to john byerly american ambassador to russia who said it does accusations in western media which say that russians have begun rigid and cold hearted and continue to go on as if nothing happened are in fact biased and do not have any basis in reality whatsoever. i think that the best response that we can give to the kind of people who are capable of carrying out an attack like this is to show them that they're not going to change our laws but of course we're going to be more vigilant we're going to have better security but we're not going to stop living. we're not going to become like they are. we also spoke to the brother of one of the victims who shared his experience and his thoughts with us. if when i brother called me and said the team this wife we're trying to get tired but they were bleeding and didn't understand what was going on but there was an explosion has been we can't disconnect we want to i couldn't believe that this happened to my brother and his

aid but often getting the cold shoulder secret diplomatic cables suggest american embassy staff in moscow have grown tired of pre-planned visits searching for cash and political help. at a meeting in washington chinese president hu jintao tells american business leaders that his country is ready to help them out of the deepest financial crisis in years despite continuing differences with the u.s. beijing's growing global influence is encouraging some americans to look east to make money. protests in tunisia that ousted the country's former president happened speier demonstrations elsewhere in the region today peter lavelle asks his gas what could happen to the arab world if the unrest continues cross-talk coming your way next. and you can. still. follow and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle shifting sands in the greater middle east events in tunisia have inspired similar demonstrations elsewhere in the region often at the risk of violent crackdowns is there now hope for more homegrown democracy in the arab world. can. you discuss democracy in the greater middle east i'm joined by st

army has moved into sharma's share foreign nationals have been urged to leave the country the american embassy saying there from monday morning it will be torturing flights out of here the turkish government has sent a turkish claim in that turkish citizens from here and the vice president omar suleiman has been meeting for the day sunday with the fees officials to apply and deal with the situation now the international community particularly in a few cases what is the united states have if you like to show restraint and to implement some kind of worth. forms we've seen demonstrations throughout the world in those demonstrations and both here in cairo there's been a lot of anger directed at the united states who of course propped up mubarak and this is supported by wiki leaks documents a cable going back to two thousand and seven but interestingly enough that cable also talks about the fact that while the united states has supported mubarak it also in private supported opposition leaders so the united states playing a game of double standards here the big question on everyone's mind is whether

that all physician groups look beyond regularly seeking washington's help the secret suggest american embassy staff in moscow have grown tired of the cash simplistic assistance investigative jenna's websites up and he says the need to have one anti-government movement has already made. what we see in these papers is the russia director of the national security council michael mcfaul who is interested in grooming boris nemtsov as a candidate to stop putin from becoming president again in two thousand and twelve which but obviously thinks this is what's going to happen and it seems to me the gaggle of people that they have working for them are not going to be adequate to the task just a word about. this of course was one of the young wolves of the chernomyrdin yeltsin era and if you look at what he did every conceivable disaster in the book. visited hyperinflation a bubble a crash moment of privatization the coming of the oligarchs all of this is the handiwork of soffit who thinks that he should make a comeback and really soft maybe the only people who believe this is possible. a quick check no

opposition groups look beyond russia often seeking washington's help the secret cables suggest american embassy staff in moscow of growing tired of frequent pleas for cash and political assistance john laughlin from the paris based institute of democracy and cooperation told us anti government planes will fall on deaf ears in obama's america. the opposition does not have a great deal of support in the country in russia and that's why the spend their time going cap in hand to foreign supporters in this case the americans second to no one in denouncing the americans propensity for financing both political groups and non-governmental organizations which in fact pursue a political agenda so i salute lee think that the. it's wrong and i think that that has happened a lot over the last twenty years throughout the former warsaw pact countries but these particular documents show frustration on the part of these groups with the new obama foreign policy the reset because these groups are going to the americans and saying that they don't feel that the denunciation is active enough so they are the ones ask

help but often get a cold shoulder secret diplomatic cables suggest american embassy staff in moscow have grown tired of frequent visits searching for cash and political help. at a meeting in washington chinese president hu jintao tells american business leaders his country is ready to help them out of the deepest crisis in generations despite continuing differences which the u.s. aging is a growing global influence is encouraging some americans to look east to make money . up next max kaiser and co-host stacy herbert share some of their financial wisdom this time focusing on massive u.s. debt and wall street's role in possibly creating it stay with us. i there this is the kaiser report. hey you know the globe is run by corrupt kleptocracy we've talked about it on this show before news on this front stays here max that's correct and we see this in the first headline the subtext of it all. fed's fischer says monetary policy not cure for a nation's fiscal pathology so this is federal reserve bank of dallas president richard fisher and he said that monetary policy isn't quote solve for t

four after they allegedly tried to rob him at gunpoint if issue and called for help from the american embassy to claim the vehicle coming to his rescue ran over another man who died it's not clear whether the official was authorized to carry a weapon. i'll be back with a summer of our main news in about eight minutes from the. next with business after a short break stay with us life here in moscow. which brighton if you. are from steve. stanton please don't come. out on a warm welcome to business t m k b.p. is going to court over b.p.'s plans to develop arctic fields with rosneft claiming the deal breaches its agreements with the british all major says this agreement covers all projects in russia and ukraine well into venomous newspaper the two sides must consult about any deals with parties but british oil giant says it's acting within the law or animal share all details of its rosner deals with partners richard swan from platt says b.p. and rosneft are likely to stay put until the court hearing on february first. this is a legal claim lodged in london and it goes right to the heart of water

help but often get the cold shoulder secret diplomatic cables suggest american embassy staff in moscow have grown weary of frequent visits looking for cash and political aide. meeting in washington chinese president hu jintao tells us business leaders that his country is ready to help them out of the deepest financial crisis in decades despite continuing differences with the u.s. beijing's growing global influence is encouraging some in america to look east to make more money. next stay with us for part two of the show. well it's time for tonight's tool time award and we're going to give it to former republican pennsylvania senator rick santorum he's also a potential two thousand and twelve presidential candidate that's on tour am is a hard line conservative opposes gay marriage abortion generally falls in line with the far right wing every time the wall appearing on the conservative cns news network show online with terry jeffrey he was asked about president obama's stance on abortion and his answer well i thought really that it was just study take a listen. that is that human life a

, and here's what she said, she said the american embassy, wonderful to hear from you. you know the passports we sent over for visas, are they ready yet? [laughter] all i could say is if you don't do something about this you will never see them. [laughter] if she is in the rule i apologize. i don't know if she's here but it started -- this is the way it started off and according -- i don't know if this is true but according to abbas and others, that's the way they looked at it also. they were going to march in coming to this briefing, make a statement and marched out. and it turned into of course this huge international international event and crisis which brought down an american president among other things. so all we could say was this can't go on. somebody, some adult is going to get in the middle and we will set things right, but i personally, my wake up moment came about two months into this when i got a care package from home a of my family had sent me some things including some books to read and the books were things like war and peace. [laughter] middlemarch, y

, and here's what she said, she said the american embassy, wonderful to hear from you. you know the passports we sent over for visas, are they ready yet? [laughter] all i could say is if you don't do something about this you will never see them. [laughter] if she is in the rule i apologize. i don't know if she's here but it started -- this is the way it started off and according -- i don't know if this is true but according to abbas and others, that's the way they looked at it also. they were going to march in coming to this briefing, make a statement and marched out. and it turned into of course this huge international international event and crisis which brought down an american president among other things. so all we could say was this can't go on. somebody, some adult is going to get in the middle and we will set things right, but i personally, my wake up moment came about two months into this when i got a care package from home a of my family had sent me some things including some books to read and the books were things like war and peace. [laughter] middlemarch, y

the american embassy has already begun flying u.s. citizens out of the country to destinations in europe. roughly 100 people have died in the demonstrations so far. but there are fears the toll is much higher. still, protestors angry over government corruption and widespread poverty are vowing to keep up their fight until egyptian president hosni mubarak steps down. adding to the chaos, looters have taken over the streets. sunday night authorities showed off scores of people who have been arrested. over the weekend, president obama called several foreign leaders to talk about the crisis. officials say he encouraged the peaceful resolution and urged the egyptian government to listen to its people. on cbs's "face the nation," secretary of state hillary clinton also tried to keep up the white house's delicate balancing act. >> what we are focused on now is a transition that will meet the needs of the egyptian people. >> reporter: sunday mubarak swore in cabinet members to join his newly appointed vice president and prime minister. but hi

official attached to the american embassy remained in custody in the shooting deaths of two pakistanis in lahore. 15,000 people protested there on sunday, waving flags and chanting demands that the man remain in custody. the u.s. embassy said he acted in self-defense, and has diplomatic immunity. the pakistani government was unswayed, and said it would leave the final decision to its courts. the u.s. ambassador to china will step down. he is expected to explore a possible republican presidential bid. white house officials con kpirmed that huntsman will leave his posting in the next month. he was appointed ambassador by president obama in 2009. those are some of the day's major stories. now back to margaret. >> warner: we turn to how the obama administration's call for an orderly transition will play out in the streets and halls of government in egypt. to examine that, we go to daniel kurtzer, former u.s. ambassador to egypt from 1997 to 2001. he's now a professor at princeton university. marina ottaway, director of the middle east program at the carnegie endowment for international pea

are these pictures of americans being lifted off, getting on helicopters off the roof of the american embassy. thursday picture -- actually a smithsonian attached to something a kissinger and brent crowe craft in black tie, looking like this. would you like to talk about -- then i would like to talk about his after presidency and the chinese dinners. >> host: sure, why not. >> guest: well, in nixon's desperation to be rehabilitated and have his reputation rehabilitated -- by the way, typical to nixon, this had a code name called operation wizard. and after he was in san clemente for a while, you begin to feel very isolated and he wanted to go to new york, where as he said the action is. so he moved to new york, bought a brownstone, actually right behind arthur/and or who said there goes the neighborhood, but anyway, that's not in the book. i thought it was a little too cute for this, but it's to tell it. nixon commenced to have dinners. this is a far from gregarious man. he was painfully shy and awkward and capable of smalltalk, which weighed me lead off with you as an improbable president be

ahmed ghailani was convicted last fall for his role in the 1998 terrorist bombings of two american embassies in africa. he was found guilty of conspiracy to destroy government buildings, but was acquitted of all other charges, including 224 counts of murder. in new york today, a judge denied ghailani's request for leniency, citing the "suffering and horror he and his confederates caused." former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is back on the ballot in chicago. the illinois supreme court granted him a stay, a day after an appeals court found him ineligible to run for mayor. the state's top court ordered city election officials to print ballots with emanuel's name. it is still considering the appellate court's decision on an expedited timetable. that court ruled monday that emanuel did not meet the requirements to run for office, since he did not live in chicago for the year before the election. in economic news, u.s. consumer confidence hit an eight-month high in january, with americans feeling more optimistic about the job market. meanwhile, new data showed home prices are falling ac

but as american embassy for 3:00 p.m.. the is the coverage decreases into the evening. just a couple of pockets of rain kept around by 6:00 p.m.. rich allies it is a cold day given that we have rain in the area at 10:00 a.m. for 40 this lack of sunshine things will warm up. the warmest place to be into the 50s. a lot of location still stuck in the '40's. said rose appeared not but, of fairfield, 49 in san francisco. low 50s and no undue and set as a. the senate is back for monday. a much better looking bake and we might need to deal with a warning shot by clearing conditions through the day. i looked at the forecast, no rain drops. we enjoyed a stretch of weather like this. morning and fog and temperatures not too warm. we will take the temperatures. low '30's and upper '40's near the bay. >> thank you brian. the twisters proved deadly in missouri and arkansas. the governor on saturday towards the damaged area and the suburb of sunset hills says that the devastation was complete and many homes are no longer livable. the damage is expected to cause very steep. >> pilot e

embassy in cairo is telling all american to consider leaving the country as soon as possible the embassy will update americans about detar which you are assistance -- departure assistance. >>> demonstrations this weekend in san francisco and several other american cities hundreds gathered at market and montgomery streets yesterday and marched to the civic center waving egyptian flags and chanting in english and egyptian. they claimed u.s. aid is propping up the regime. >> locally a third fatal officer involved shooting in oakland in a weeks time the latest yesterday morning taft in the city's rock ridge neighbourhood area. officers shot a man in camouflage when he pulled out what appeared to be a rifle it was a replica of an assault weapon incapable of firing a shot three officers were involved. >> authorities in stanes law called off the search for a young boy and his alleged abductor. all evidence points to the 4- year-old and jose rodriguez being in the water. they found his car in the water friday empty with the windows rolled down if the bodies are in the water they are probably dow

that is the question, alex, thank you. >>> as the situation worsens, americans are trying to get out. now, as we said, the u.s. embassy is now encouraging them to do so for they own safety. but for many it's proving impossible to leave the country. lama hasan has the story. >> reporter: today, thousands of americans are trying to get out. but with chaos on the streets, gridlock at the airport, and communications constantly dropping out, most of them are stuck. spencer smith and his father came here on a two-week vacation. now they're not sure when they can get home. >> and it was very scary. no taxis. looked like there was a lot of bad things that went on in the square there. there were tanks, armored cars. that's the most scared i think we've ever been. >> we got to see the pyramids, but after that the riots started to happen and it got pretty scary at times. >> reporter: americans are reportedly camped out at the airport, unable to get a flight out of the country. the team behind "the grannies on safari" on pbs were filming when they got more than they bargained for. >> what we do know is trying to get out of cairo

the state department issued a travel warning sunday for american citizens in egypt, recommending they leave as soon as possible. now, the u.s. embassy in egypt says it's making arrangements to begin flying americans out monday. secretary of state hillary clinton urged mubarak's government to maintain law and order, but to protect the rights of peaceful protesters to express themselves. >> what we are focused on now is a transition that will meet the needs of the egyptian people and that will truly establish democracy. >> reporter: the military has built a gap for police forces, which are now just returning to the streets. so far, the armed forces have not cracked down on peaceful protesters who say they won't leave until mubarak resigns. in new york, cbs news. >> as you just heard, the state department is making arrangements to evacuate the estimated 50,000 americans in egypt, but communication to egypt is spotty and people with family members there are concerned. anne mackovic talked to parents of a student who is stuck in cairo. >> you've got food, you've got water. i think you guys should all stay together. >> reporter: motherly

the state department issued a travel warning sunday for american citizens in egypt recommending they leave as soon as possible. now the u.s. embassy in egypt says it is making arrangements to begin flying americans out monday. secretary of state hillary clinton urged the president's government to maintain law and order but to protect the right for peaceful protestors to express themselves. >> we are focused on a transition that will meet the needs of the egyptian people and will truly establish democracy. >> reporter: protestors say they won't leave until president hosni mubarak resigns. >> as you just heard the chaos in the streets of cairo has led to looting and violence. frenzied mobs stormed shops and supermarkets hauling away whatever they can carry. police are nowhere to be found. for now people in cairo neighborhoods are taking matters into their own hands, armed with naives and clubs they set up check points to keep out strangers. >> it is a knife but i never used it before. i hope i will never use it. >> no one is going inside. people will die to go inside. either we die or they die. >> the military now guards the nationa

american compound. they have their own parties and don't go out in this city, the kind of security, besides of the embassy. what exactly comprises what is going on? there is no obligation -- can you clarify? >> it changed over the years. when the americans came in they took over a neighborhood which used to be where the iraqi government was based. as it deteriorated they build higher walls and based security until it became difficult to be in the iraqi government or working with the americans or foreigners. but over a year ago, and they want to reduce their numbers so there was a point where american soldiers were swimming in pools. that was a weird sight. they used to be -- under said tom's regime as well. and all kinds of companies working on construction but these days it has all been reduced. construction of iraq giving up on that project. the iraqi state controls the green zone. the whole thing is off bar and large communities of americans living outside the city is sort of over but you have the embassy which is a huge portrait and you can't walk around baghdad so they rely on american military suppo

if they are american citizens and u.s. embassies says get out, they have to decide. most will wait before going. that is the risk they take. also making wise decisions. i heard of a missionary in el paso right across the border which is terribly violent. he used to live there but moved out when the violence got worse and targeted by the drug gangs, moved family out. now he just goes can in for a few days at a time. >> terrific. men and women on the front lines share in the gospel d. stan, thank you. >>> a humaning rights group calling on christians to pray for the pakistani christian woman sentenced to die calling for a day of pray on son, january 30th, the release of asia bibi and a repeal of the laws. >>> moveing to the middle east, murder of an american christian tourist last year, kristen luken was stabbed to death while hiking in a forest just out -- friends remember her as a dedicated christian. >> christine was a woman who had a very infectious love for god. when you were around christine, you wouldn't help love the lord more. it is very simply our prayer for

embassy will evacuate americans. >> i think if someone offered to put me on a bus to the airport right now i would probably elect to stay where i am. >> reporter: hunkered down. >> i want sarah to be safe and i'm ready to pluck her out of there if i can but that's beyond our control. >> love you and talk with you soon. >> okay, love you too. >> stay safe. >> reporter: in hercules, cbs5. >>> oakland police have identified the man shot to death by officers saturday. 39-year-old matthew stiesowski barricaded himself in a home on taft avenue. then police say he came out pointing a replica assault rifle at officers. they killed him. several investigations are ongoing. >>> a police shooting in san francisco earlier this month has reignited the debate over tasers. a man in a wheelchair was shot by officers on howard street january 4th when he threw a naive at them. he survived and no officers were hurt. san francisco police don't care tasers. now that the makeup of the police commission has changed some say the policy should change as well. >>> checking other bay area headlines. a small pump

. >> the american embassy in tehran is in the hands of muslim students tonight. >> reporter: no storytinuously dominated the news for as long as this one. the crisis began when iranian students seized the u.s. embassy in tehran in 1979 taking dozens hostage after the u.s. refused to deport the deposed shah. >> the united states is exhausting -- >> reporter: our own george lewis covered the crisis. >> what they wanted was the shah in exchange for the hostages and of course that was a deal that the united states was simply not going to make. >> reporter: 52 americans were held captive for 444 days. they were blind folded, taunted and even endured mock executions. >> it was theater for them. it was a way to degrade us and a way to make us fearful of them. about. >> reporter: the last american press in iran was one of the hostages. >> i really felt after the first several months in captivity that we would never get out. it seemed interminable counting every day, no communication with the outside world. >> reporter: what was the dimst moment, the darkest day you had while in captivity? >>

among his many qualifications he served two tours of duty as a military attache of the american embassy in china and retired from the army with the rank of colonel. thank you for a briefing yesterday. also with us is gordon chang, currently a columnist at forbes. he practiced law in china and hong kong for nearly 20 years and has written extensively on sat and wrote rea. we are grateful to have him here today as he is a much sought after expert on the future of china's economy. but if mr. yang jianli is the founder and president of initiatives for china. he was imprisoned in china following an outcry by congress and others for his release he was freed in april of 2007. immediately following his return to the u.s. he formed initiatives for china, a pro-democracy committee that is committed to peaceful transition to democracy in china. leslie, mr. robert sutter to has been a visiting professor of asian studies at the school of porn services in georgetown university since 2001. in addition to his full-time position mr. center teaches regularly as an adjunct professor of asian studies in th

. >>> 50,000 americans are currently in that country according to the u.s. embassy. the state department is getting americans out of egypt on charter flights today. embassy personnel and their families are leaving first. after they are out other american citizens who want to leave can get on those chartered flights. >>> of course, all of this is changing hour by hour in cairo. scott mcgrew has been watching this and trying to see what's going on. of course, we'll determine how it will affect us at home, too. >> reporter: it could. it is just past 4:00 in the afternoon now in cairo. we have heard the latest from the airports that, yes, it is chaotic at the airport, but peaceful in the streets of cairo. meanwhile, the american markets reacting badly to the unrest. let's talk china. even china is getting involved in the sense that chinese ministers there are sensoring the internet. this is a big concern for any aauthoritarian government. the official chinese state report is talking about the need for a settled lack of violence in e gyp egypt. these are possibly the lates

americans have this embassy which is like a university campus. the united nations, they are so, ties what happened in 2003 with a hotel bombing that they don't know what's going on in the city. they are afraid of going out. anyway, the whole phenomenon has sort of come to him because of the occupation and the vast infrastructure that came with the with the contractors, security contractors, and war profiteers, that's gone down and i down and i you can stay in a normal hotel in baghdad is you're a businessman, turkish businessman, chinese businessman, even everybody. >> what do you think will be the outcome of the u.s. attacks iran in the next year or two? >> i don't think the u.s. is going to attack iran thankfully. i think if mccain was in the administration they would attack. the republicans certainly want that kind of war. obama, i think and he should try to figure out a way to get out of afghanistan, thankfully. and italic iran i think -- an attack on iran, if the regime itself not threatened, if you start seeing people in the regime getting

. >> the state department says there are 52,000 americans registered with the embassy in could i row. -- could i -- cairo. many people don't register so it's unclear how many citizens are in egypt. >> alan: bay area people with close ties to egypt have been watching these events up fold -- unfold in their native country and on tv. here's more on that part of the story. >> reporter: bay area egyptians say all they can do is wait for updates on television and monitor facebook around the clock. >> the protestors in the square. >> reporter: he and his wife came back from a visit to their native country just one day before tuesday's uprising began. they had a sense something big was on the horizon. >> taxi drivers were going on and on about how bad things are, can't feed their families, have to work two jobs. >> there is momentum and there is a general atmosphere of the possibility. things are happening. things are in the works. >> reporter: thousands of miles away from their home lean, this egyptian christians turned their concern into prayer during sunday services. >> for many of them, t

if you are an american here -- it's advisable to contact the embassy. some american tourists are gonna stay here because at this point in time they feel the situation hadn't deteriorated to a point where they need to leave. however, it is advisable for people to watch out where they are going. >> certainly very volatile situation. lightning -- okay. thank you. >>> we're getting reports that there was another attempt to lewd some of the archaeological treasures. the egyptian military is blocking access to but of the country's most visited landmarks. this is hurting the country's tourism. >>> 7:5. the united nations reports that people are eating more fish but in the long run, that coo mean there's less for the -- that could mean for the rest of the world. 540million people depend 0 on fisheries for their lively heads. >>> the federal government is urging americans to cut down on the amount of salt they eat every day. for those 50 years old, all african-americans and anyone suffering from high blood pressure, diabetes diabetes or chronic kidney disease. >>