christiane amanpour. us here, good night. christiane amanpour. good night. >> turnout, over 50,000, people on the streets. >> alan: thousands converge on at&t park to see the world champion san francisco giants. good evening. the turnout was so big, some people left before they got in those with a little patience had an experience they won't soon forget. lisa amin gulezian has more on today's overwhelming response. [chanting] >> lisa: at this year's fanfest, thousands waited for hours to get into at&t park because it reached capacity fast, and then this happened. [shouting]

>>> and finally, let's go back to egypt and christiane amanpour who made her way through those dangerousin cairo to the president's palace. so, christiane, we imagine what it is inside those rooms, inside the presidential palace and i suppose we're all imagining them peeking out the curtains and trying to fathom what is surrounding them at this point. did you have a sense of that? did you have a sense of that tension, fear? >> reporter: i certainly had a sense of tension and a completely different atmosphere. i visited that palace many times, i've interviewed president mubarak in much less tense times. usually, the halls are crowded, there are lots of officials in the halls walking, bringing tea, bringing coffee. this time, there was a sense that everybody was in their offices, we walked down an empty hall and yet people were in their offices, looking out, questioning, just by their faces, you could see they were questioning and wondering and looking at us. there was and there is a tension. but also, a sense of resignation that whatever happens happens and whatever their fate may be, so

as mubarak's supporters confronted christiane amanpour, they forced her and her team to flee to their car. then, a rock broke the team's windshield. and christiane wasn't the only one. cnn's anderson cooper was attacked by demonstrators. >> we had a block to go, when another guy came up and punched me in the head. >> i've been hit now two times. the egyptian soldiers -- the egyptian soldiers are doing nothing. >> cooper was okay. and he was able to broadcast his show from cairo last night. several otherlists, including those from cbs, fox, the associated press and the bbc, reported being roughed up or threatened. >>> we will get a live update from cairo in a few minutes. and we'll have extended coverage today on "good morning america." >>> switching gears now, the monster storm that virtually paralyzed a swath from oklahoma up to new england, is now being blamed for at least a dozen deaths. and everything remains frozen solid this morning, buried under heavy snow, ice or even both. >> chicago schools are closed for a second-straight day. and crews struggled through the night to clear

christiane amanpour, thanks for that extraordinary work tonight. >>> when we return, we'll stay in egyptthe violence escalates. they're culminating in a harrowing day for journalists, including christiane and a mob threatens one of our own producers with beheading. if it can do this, here. and it can do this, here. and it can also do this, here. just imagine what it can do, here. [music playing] confidence available in color. depend® colors for women. looks and fits like underwear. protects like nothing else. depend®. good morning. great day. i can't breathe... so i can't sleep... and the next day i pay for it. i tried decongestants... i tossed & turned... i even vaporized! and then i fought back: with new drug-free breathe right advanced. these nasal strips instantly opened my nose, like a breath of fresh air. i was breathing and sleeping better! [ female announcer ] exercise your right to breathe right... get two free strips at breatheright.com. hey, it's your right to breathe right! it's french's crunchy onion chicken!

christiane amanpour takes to the streets with egypt on the brink. >>> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin with a storm so big, it's difficult to grasp. forecasters say 100 million people could be hit. that's one-third of country's population. in dallas, it closed schools. in chicago, it closed major traffic arteries like lakeshore drive. in oklahoma, "the tulsa world newspaper" posted a notice on its website saying, due to extreme weather conditions today's paper was delivered but it's buried by several inches of snow. to dig out our news, here's chris bury in chicago. >> reporter: the great blizzard has begun. its 2,000-mile march of misery. the storm is one for the ages. so big, you can see it from space. a true monster, stretching from the southwest across the middle of the country and up in new england. blizzard warnings are up in nine states. what gives you the best sense of the scope of this? >> i think just the size of it. when you see it from space, satellite images show it's huge. just the tail of the clouds and that beautiful comma shape. when you see it from above, go

christiane amanpour with the president of egypt. what is he thinking? when will he step down? his only interview since the protests began. >>> and it's colder than alaska, just in time for the super bowl. >>> the bellagio bandit. the son of a judge, pulling off a heist. and then, living it up like a high roller. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm mike marusarz, in for vinita nair. >> and i'm rob nelson. thanks for being with us. it's a relatively calm morning in cairo. but that's expected to change at any moment. >> here's the latest developments. large, anti-government protests are expected after friday prayers across the country. >> also, white house officials are discussing a number of proposals about the fate of president hosni mubarak, including one in which he steps down very soon. >> and journalists have been threatened, forcing many into hiding. abc's christiane amanpour have had several run-ins with anti-government protesters. >> even on her way to our exclusive interview at egypt'se, presidential palace, mubarak's first interview since the protests began. >> reporter: w

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. >>> christiane amanpour is here, she led our coverage during that turmoil a week ago. in a personal sense, you and i have been to the middle east for decades. what are you thinking tonight? >> reporter: well, who would have thought this? and everybody asked, when will this moment come? and as we listened to them literally screaming their joy, i called it a primal scream last week, and it is that. they have been repressed in their voice for so many decades and now it is ringing free. >> we don't usually think of a military takeover as an encouraging sign. what's going to happen next? >> reporter: well, i think that's crucial. have they traded one military-backed regime for a military regime? key to the future is whether the military lifts the emergency law immediately and does this reform and brings in a lot of opposition voices for the future. >> we know that other countries in the middle east, of course, are watching every move in egypt. which countries are you watching tonight? >> reporter: we've heard about the neighborhooding countries, jordan, lebanon, syria, ther

it is a day of fast-moving developments, and so we turn first to abc's christiane amanpour who has been covering the middle east for more than 20 years and has been to egypt more than a dozen times and tonight she is right here in cairo in the middle of it all. christiane, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, diane. the army has vowed not to use force against the egyptian people and, therefore, answering a key question of what would happen if they were given those orders. the curfew seems to mean nothing even now we can hear protesters chanting behind us, and it started early this morning. day seven of the protest in egypt. the army began with a strong show of force. more tanks and armored vehicles and more foot soldiers trying to halt the traffic of protesters. can you explain to me what's happening? soldiers and police tried to block off the protesters from getting into the square. we're not allowed to film on pain of having our cameras and film taken. we're not allowed to go into the square, nor are the demonstrators. we spoke to an army captain who doesn't want to go on camera b

a day after cop fronting the egyptian president, christiane amanpour joins us with another extraordinary dispatch from the front lines of a historic uprising. >>> the other side. you think you know his story? >> we want to know if you would like to become part of this family. >> kind of thought i already was. >> but michael oher, whose rags to riches tale inspired "the blind side" says the film got things wrong. but the talented teen really saved by a wealthy white family? or did he save himself? >>> plus, the art of the sell. while does every super bowl ad feature an amusing chimp, a cute baby or a horse? it's a "sign of the times." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," february 4th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and when the army took to the streets of cairo this morning, people feared the worst. a brutal crackdown. instead, the soldiers kept a precarious piece. but the protesters' demands remain the same. ousting president hosni mubarak. one day after an exclusive interview

isolated and brought new sanctions and that's their side of the story that they want to tell. >> christiane amanpour with more extraordinary reporting from the middle east this morning. christiane, thank you very much. and i want to remind our audience that you can see much more of christiane's reporting later this morning on "this week" with christiane amanpour. bianna, over to you. >> all right, dan. >> as moammar gadhafi clings to power, new details are emerging about the strange world that the eccentric leader has created for himself during his four decades in power. jeffrey kofman has that story. >> reporter: his eccentricity was no secret but now this, a library of witchcraft and sorcery books in moammar gadhafi's abandoned palace in eastern libya. and now the news that his personal nurse, always at his side, always described as a voluptuous ukrainian has deserted him and is heading home. he is the world leader who made quirkiness his trademark. those odd and increasingly bizarre outfits. there he was this week swaddled in brown robes and matching turban, railing against libya protesters who h

it's an abc news exclusive from inside egypt's presidential palace. >> what he told abc's christiane amanpouresident. that situation continues to unfold. good morning, i'm rob nelson. >> i'm mike marusarz in for vinita nair. hosni mubarak spoke out about egyptians fighting egyptians and what's next for his country in chaos. >>> also ahead this morning, astronaut mark kelly, his career announcement and the latest on his wife, gabby giffords. >>> changes at the ronald reagan library on what would have been the late president's 100th birthday. >> hard to believe. >>> but first, the latest on the unfolding situation in egypt. large protests are expected again today throughout the country. >> and there was growing u.s. pressure on president mubarak to step down right away. john hendren is in washington this morning. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning. egypt's embattled president spoke to abc news as relations between that country and this one have grown increasingly distant. egyptian president hosni mubarak told abc news he knows it's time. >> he said, christiane, after 62 years of publ

christiane amanpour is on the scene in the middle of an uprising as americans flee and the atms run out of cash. we're in the streets as a revolution brews. >>> plus, mother and killer. two teenage children, a son and a daughter, star athletes and star students allegedly executed by their own mother. how could it happen? we have the inside story. >>> and the ice storm. with much of the country reeling from repeated weren't storms, a forecast to make hearts sink. could this be the worst one yet? blizzards, snow, ice and who knows what else coming to a town near you. >>> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin in egypt where a turning point may occur in the next few hours this. is the eighth day since egyptians took to the street demanding president mubarak step down. protest organizers put out a call for a million-person rally in cairo's liberation square. abc's christiane amanpour, anchor of "this week," spent the entire day on the square assessing the simmering revolt. christiane? >> reporter: since yashgs the protesters have been out all night paying no attention whatsoever to th

the entire exclusive tomorrow morning on "this week" with christiane amanpour. >> we turn now to therican couple taken hostage in the arabian sea. somali pirates hijacked a yacht carrying the couple and their two american crew members. the u.s. military is now weighing how to respond. here is jeremy hubbard. >> reporter: on their website, jean and scott adam wrote because life on a moving boat is unpredictable, we expect this trip to hold some unexpected surprises. they got one, friday, 275 miles off the coast of omon in the indian ocean when somali pirates hijacked their yacht. taking hostage four americans who had been traveling the world, handing out bibles in remote villages. on "good morning america" jean's ex-husband said he talked to her about dangerous pirates just days ago. >> their feeling was they had taken appropriate precautions, but overall, they were fulfilling a dream, and when i asked if there's anything anybody could do should something happen, her response was, well, just pray for us. we're fulfilling our dream. >> despite an international crackdown, pirates have b

christiane amanpour there with david muir. and as you know, christiane has been covering the middle east for two decades. tell us what happened today, christiane. >> reporter: well, good evening, diane. it seemed the battle lines have been redrawn today, now that president mubarak says he will stand down before the next elections. now, his supporters storming the protesters against him in what has become the world's stage of liberation square. by the end of the day, this was a fight not just for territory, but for the political high ground. and the protesters remained in control of that square. now the stakes are raising even further as the army, which has been neutral, is now telling the protesters to leave that square and to go home. and david, you were there all day today. >> reporter: yeah, and i was telling you earlier how extraordinary it was to be in that square. almost medieval in a sense as those men came in riding on horses and on camels, carrying whips. and we know tonight the death toll stands at at least three, hu

>> christiane amanpour in tripoli tonight. thank you, and we'll be watching tomorrow morning on "this week." >> we have seen the images, the millions of people in a desperate scramble to get out of libya even as the regime tries to paint a picture that they can still survive this. jeffrey kofman is on the border with tunisia where he saw the chaos spilling over firsthand today. >> reporter: a river of refugees is now streaming across libya's western border into neighboring tunisia. 45,000 so far, many with harrowing stories of escape. these men told of being robbed at a highway checkpoint by little boys with guns. what kind of weapons did they have? kalashnikovs. there is a similar scene on libya's eastern border with egypt where the libyan government is no longer in control. in the capital, moammar gadhafi is still in control but increasingly isolated at home and around the world. today, another defection from his inner circle, and this one will hurt. the legendary blond ukrainian nurse who has been at his side for years has

christiane amanpour talks to a top official of the feared muslim brotherhood. >>> secret trial. the american hikers jailed by iran on spying charges finally get their day in court, but behind closed doors. and without having met their lawyer for months. >>> reagan remembered. the celebrations today on what would be ronald reagan's 100th birthday. why are some of his biggest boosters uneasy with all the praise? >>> brave heart. the child burn victim in the experimental treatment that saved him. >>> and on this super sunday, the sports scandal rocking a nation. >>> good evening. after nearly two weeks of protests and clashes, some normalcy returned to egypt today. banks reopened, schools held classes. behind closed doors, what happened was anything but normal. it was historic. the mubarak government met with 50 opposition leaders to explore a transition to democracy, such a meeting once would have been unthinkable. even more remarkable, it included representatives of the outlawed muslim brotherhood. a group long seen as an islamist threat. christiane amanpour spoke to a leader of

christiane amanpour, who led the way with the exclusive interview with president mubarak last night, is still in cairo with our david muir. and christiane, tell us, first, how did the change on the streets happen? >> reporter: well, it seems that all that transpired over the last 48 hours really came to a head and really, the army then decided to move the sides apart. it was called a day of departure today, they hoped, the protesters, that president mubarak would be forced to step down. he is still here, but then, again, so are they. tens of thousands of egyptians gathered again in liberation square this morning to pray. bowing their heads to the ground they have been fighting for. today, it's a completely different atmosphere. peaceful. because the army has taken a decision to expand the buffer zone between the people who are protesting against the government and any pro-mubarak supporters who may come here. the army stationed tanks at both ends of this bridge that had been the scene of violent clashes, as well as angry mobs who set upon journalists. and today, we walked freely, as d

he talked to christiane amanpour. and told her, even though he's fed up with the presidency, he will not resign. saying that will bring chaos. >> george, this comes as word from the white house that they're going to be talking with top egyptian officials about the president, president mubarak, stepping down right away. we're going to talk live to chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mike mullen. he's live in our studio for a "gma" exclusive. >>> but what does this mean for the u.s. and our relationships more importantly in the middle east. >> let's get right away to cairo, and christiane amanpour in that exclusive interview with president mubarak. christiane? >> reporter: good morning, george. and indeed, today, as those huge crowds come out to give yet another massive signal to president mubarak the army is taking a more proactive role to keep the two sides apart. it was, if you like, an accidental interview i had. i went for a meeting with the new vice president. and i was taken to see president mubarak, without a

joining me today now let's start with hosni mubarak's comments today in his interview with christiane amanpour he says he apparently is fed up and he would leave immediately but he just thinks that chaos might break out aren't we already seeing chaos breaking out because the people want him to leave it's actually very disingenuous on his part the reason there is chaos to begin with is because he won't step down in tunis there was an uprising of three days of a popular movement demanding democracy and there are now transitioning and what isn't chaos and yet because mubarak is paying fugs to go. into the streets to attack people with bats and against their bodies in pieces to trample crowds with camels and horses that's what's creating chaos the fact that he won't leave in his remaining entrenched and now creating this momentum of fear and removing the police from the streets of there is no security it's precisely the danger and if he doesn't leave immediately and allow the people to rule themselves as all self governments should then he isn't the only one simply richard what do you think i mean

"this week" anchor christiane amanpour is there.id he will replace his government because of the protests sweeping the region. how significant is this? >> reporter: it's very significant, of all the arab countries, egypt egypt is biggest ally and jordan is the only other country made peace with israel, very close cooperation with the united states. i spoke to a senior jordanian government official in the last two days and asked him about the protests there over the last week and more than that, he said these were not political protests but more against rising prices and a bad dysfunctional economy. the king, he said, was taking measures to try to improve. again, this is coming right after this political turmoil here in egypt and so many countries around the region are having their own protests. cairo today is packed with protesters, the biggest we've seen in the last week, since this began. the army is deployed around liberation square, so far, as it has been for the last two or three days, it is peaceful. the people are organized a

christiane amanpour, abc news, tripoli, libya. >> opposition forces are closing in on the capital ofthey celebrated victory yesterday in the streets of zawiyah, just 30 miles away. hundreds of anti-government forces are backed by military defectors preparing for an expected battle with pro-gadhafi troops. at least six checkpoints controlled by those loyal troops stand on the road from tripoli to zawiyah. >> secretary of state clinton has arrived in geneva. for some high-level talks about libya. ahead of that trip, clinton says the administration is ready to, offer, quote, any type of assistance for libyans looking to oust gadhafi. she warned other african nations against letting mercenaries go to the aid of the long-time dictator. >>> the new leader of tunisia is calling for calm after days of protest in that north african country. at least five people have died in violent anti-government demonstrations since friday. the long-time prime minister announced on sunday he would resign in an effort to stabilize the country. >>> house speaker john boehner says unless there are spending cut

told is to removement visually and in a real power way from the center of the daily events. >> christiane amanpours, christiane. >>> now, to the other top stories and juju. >> good morning, everyone. u.s. relations with our vital ally, pakistan are being strained even further this morning. it comes after a judge in pakistan today refused to release an embassy official accused of murdering two pakistanis. the u.s. insists raymond davis has diplomatic immunity. >>> conservatives are gathering in washington for the first, big test of the 2012 presidential race. a straw poll will be held at a conference this weekend, where republicans with eyes on the white house are speaking. they include donald trump, who said the u.s. has become the whipping post for the world. >>> five people are now confirmed dead after wednesday night's natural gas explosion in pennsylvania. this morning investigators are focusing on a gas main installed in 1928. just overnight, there was another major explosion, this one in eastern ohio. no one was hurt. but it is raising questions about the nation's aging pipe lines. >>> new c

he said it to abc's christiane amanpour that it believes now? it would be worse. christine connolly. >> and thousands of people of taken to the streets are interested in democracy, not religion. >> what is exciting what is happening in egypt is that these are young, secular democratic civil society groups. they're really trying to have democracy. thicken have elections, freedom of speech, freedom of speech and freedom of the process. they can have--the things that we perhaps take for granted. >> and a real time web page have parted with you tube. kimberly? >> and the air toward the harbor, there are sifting to all of this to make it easy. they're going be-hard work. that extra collected 100 raw videos from major demonstrations. sorting them out, and through tuesday, gen or 25th. and we are going to show you that- january 25th. throw rocks at what looks like police. and out of nowhere, a trucker barreling through. several people and came protesters are picking up rocks off the ground and throw them to people on the other side. some of them actually of slingshots. w

christiane amanpour is also in cairo, and she is joining us now with the latest. christiane, how does this explain how significant this latest development is with the muslim brotherhood essentially reversing course and agreeing to meet with the government? >> reporter: well, it is, again, a concession and a change, because a couple of days ago vice president suleiman told us exclusively that he was going to meet with the muslim brotherhood. they said no until president mubarak steps down, and now in the wake of the resignation of the ruling mubarak party, the leadership of it, the muslim brotherhood has agreed to go into talks, but, of course, they have conditions, lifting the state of emergency. one other thing that is keeping these protesters in the square is a fear, as well, that if they disband and disperse, they might be hunted down by the security forces, so they want to know that they're going to be safe if they move out of the square. bianna? >> and, christiane, i was particularly struck by the commentary from one political analyst who said whether egypt ca

christiane amanpour is now in tripoli where tonight the brutal efforts by president gadhafi to hold onr, and another huge defection, the nurse, the woman always at his side, no longer. >>> back in this country, the storm surge out west. moving in from the pacific, talk of snow in san francisco, the first in 35 years. >>> the deadly discovery along the gulf coast. what is killing dozens of dolphins, many of them babies? was it the oil spill? >>> made in america. how much in our homes is truly american made? as we head out for our series all next week, tonight, the challenge before we could get there. >> when was the last time someone asked for made

." >>> let's go, now, to christiane amanpour, who has been leading our coverage from cairo. doing excellent work. christiane, let me ask you about this. what is the end game at this point? i know there's talk about gently nudging mubarak out of power. what are you hearing about that? >> reporter: well, dan, away from the world stage that liberation square has become, i'm in a different part of cairo right now, where there's traffic. there's people having coffee at the cafe. and they want this to be over so that they can get the economy started again. billions of dollars being lost in the 12 days since this all started. the people pressure has not yet forced president mubarak out. and there are talks, now, on how to form a transitional government or a transitional authority. the only thing is that the main figurehead leaders, mohammed el-baradei and even the muslim brotherhood, are saying no talks on that can happen until mubarak steps down. >> that's the tricky thing. some of the ideas you hear floated are, let's find a way to engineer a graceful exit for mubarak, that might

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in the head repeatedly, and on wednesday the window of his car was hit bay -- by a rofnlgt christian amanpour was also attacked. she has a special airing here on cbs -- abc-7. >> a lawyer representing three uc berkeley grads accused of spying in iran is ready for the trial, but is unsure if sayre are shourd will be here there. shourd was released on bail in september and has returned to the yesterday. she was ordered to return to eye iran to stand trial. if she doesn't return she could be tried in absent ya. all three were hiking in northern iraq in 2009 when they were arrested on suspicion of illegally crossing the border into iran. >>> back home, residents held a peace march today through south san francisco's troubled old town. >> in south san francisco. >> alan: south city police chief joined 200 other marchers. they walked to the site of a december 22nd shooting that left three young men dead and three juveniles wounded. the city council approved spending $400,000 to hire four new officers and launched plans to improve conditions in old town. >> the city was rocked by these killings, and

abc's christiane amanpour made her way to the man at the center of the storm in cairo.he talked with hosni mubarak. as you know, it has been a dangerous trip. journalists targeted as they move through the streets there. but she is on the phone with us now. first of all, we are glad that you are safe. what did president mubarak say to you? >> good afternoon, diane. i spoke for about 30 minutes with president hosni mubarak in a reception room at the palace and i asked him what he thought now that he's promised to leave office and not stand for re-election. he told me that i am fed up after 62 years in public life, i have had enough, i want to go. but he added, if i resign today, there will be chaos. he said that he had told that also to president barack obama. he told me, quote, obama is a very good man, but i told obama, quote, you don't understand the egyptian culture and what would happen if i stepped down right now. he said, again, there would be chaos, and he said the mosm brotherhood would take over. when i asked about his supporters causing violence against the pro

>> warner: well, as you know, jeff, president mubarak spoke to christiane amanpour of abc late today and said... in fact, this evening here and said he deplored it and the state wasn't behind it and so did the vice president. but nobody i've talked to believes that. and there are two reasons. one is that th rhetoric coming out of the government has been very much about foreigners trying to stir up trouble. and you even heard that with vice president suleiman today in his press conference... in his interview. but secondly, these are the same guys-- thugs, they're often called-- who are turned out during election time when there are smaller protests, that they are a mix of the state security police-- which is sort of like the secret police, but a big group-- and hired thugs and hooligans and various flow travelers. one western observer, an election person, said to me "we see these guys all the time. we know these guys." and that's exactly what i'm hearing from absolutely everybody in the street. >> suarez: finally, there are calls for another huge march tomorrow by opponents of the gov

. >> president mubarak told christiane amanpour of abc news that if he resigns now, there will be chaos and he is afraid that the muslim brotherhood will take over. >> before you get to the malls and other art, which i agree it is not a great -- before you get to the muslim brotherhood, which i agree is not a great outcome -- the army since they're on their american-paid-for tanks, and the forces go into the streets as the economy continues to deteriorate. it is possible that the thugs will be up on protesters enough so that you returned is some uneven peace with the thugs in charge. >> for years there have only been three kinds of governments or regimes -- the monarchy, nasser, and then mubarak. nasser and his subdivisions, and then mubarak. >> yesterday in the streets, -- why are they in the streets, mark? >> egypt is paying the price for having one of the best education systems in that entire area, and the entire percentage of college graduates. i would like to say one thing to king farooq -- [laughter] a much-maligned a figure. no, there is not a great tradition of democracy. we hav

abc's christiane amanpour was one of several journalists who were confronted.wd hit the car with their fists before throwing a rock that cracked the windshield. a peaceful transition of power now unlikely as egypt enters a dangerous new phase. here in washington the obama administration is concerned that the crisis will turn even uglier as one official put it if mubarak doesn't begin to transfer power now. vinita, rob? >>> and all that unrest in cairo and other cities has brought regular everyday life there to a grinding halt. our lama hasan used to live in cairo and went back to her old neighborhood to see where things stand now. >> reporter: the cairo i remember where i lived for a year was this, busy, noisy, full of life. not today. away from the square where the protests rage, that life has come to a stop. this used to be my old neighborhood when i was living in cairo, and i remember it bustling with people. but today it is practically empty. and as you can see, many of the stores are closed. no one is coming for the chicken and fish of the food vendors. th

stay with us right after this newscast for more of christiane amanpour exclusive interview with mubarak. >> coming up now. headline sounds incredible bit is true. san francisco police department delivered illegal drugs to crime lab technician debbie madden while she was under investigation for possible drug crimes. i team explains how this happened. dan? >>reporter: it is the scan cal that rocked the san francisco police department. debbie madden admitted to skimming cocaine from evidence she tested at the crime lab and using it herself. >> if some fell on the counter or something and it was sitting there after wards i may have taken that. >>reporter: the attorney general's office declined to prosecute madden for lack of evidence. but with her work and court testimony in questio question, 700 current drug cases have been dismissed and thousands of convictions are getting a second look. the sf pd reputation is about to take another hit because of these 3 little packets. >> actually agent money envelope. there is no money but the substance in there you can see it where my finger is down b

and to dig into that question, i want to bring in christiane amanpour, the anchor of "this week," also been covering this region for more than two decades. and, christiane, let's talk about what this means for the united states. the big question is, will the oil continue to flow? will libya again become a breeding ground for al qaeda or other terrorists? i know that u.s. officials are not saying too much publicly, but behind the scenes how do you think they're balancing out these concerns? >> well, you've seen the condemnations that both the white house and the state department have issued. also remember that moammar gadhafi's oil, very little of it comes to the united states, most of it to europe, and there's no reason for that to stop flowing. in terms of terror, he was not supporting al qaeda. he actually did, in fact, condemn that. he seems to have gotten out of the terror and wmd business. don't know what will happen if there's chaos after him, but in terms also of the united states, it doesn't have a huge amount of leverage there. gadhafi is not mubarak. libya is not egypt. egypt

. >> reporter: for the first time, gadhafi's son spoke with christiane amanpour. and said allegations that his father launched air strikes against their own people is wrong. >> show me a single attack. show me a single bomb. show me a single casualty. the libyan air force is on sites. >> reporter: the u.n. says 100,000 libyans have fled the country, trying to escape the violence. in the east, the national libyan council has formed to help cities that have taken control from gadhafi. while hoping in the west, that tripoli will fall, as well. a spokesman for the council says he hopes that will happen in the coming days, if not the coming hours. moammar gadhafi continues to insist he will not leave. and while he stays, oil prices are on the rise. last week, we saw the largest one-week increase in the past two years. rob? >> emily schmidt in washington for us this morning. thanks, emily. >>> and new zealand's leader says that the earthquake that hit the city of christchurch could cost the country around $15 million. the quake damaged one-third of the city's buildings.

we'll turn to christiane amanpour who was in middle of the protests tonight. >> reporter: good evening, diane. it was an extraordinary sight to see president mubarak, the leader of egypt for the last 30 years and offering these major concessions. but now, his people and now the united states, his main ally have abandoned him. tonight, liberation square erupted in anger. as the people finally heard from the man they have risen up against. appearing on state tv, president mubarak addressed the protestors directly, telling them their demands are legitimate and that he will stand down, but not just yet. instead, he pledged to spend his next few months in office restoring law and order, reforming the constitution and the election law. not good enough, said this defiant crowd in cairo. this moment was a week in the making, a week of steadily mounting pressure from people on the streets and leaders around the world. president obama dispatched frank wisner, former ambassador to egypt, to deliver a message directly to mubarak, suggesting that he not seek re-election. across egypt, the rallies r

and our christiane amanpour is here now. she led the coverage from cairo and is back now. we watched this together today. what are your sources saying is going to happen next? >> reporter: well, this is clearly a conversation now that is going on between the president and the people. he directly addressed the people in tahrir square. they directly roared back to him. i'm being told that he's given away most of his powers to the vice president and that he'll stay to shepherd through the constitution. the key is, will the army intervene? i'm told no, they will never intervene. will he stay? that's what he wants to do. and not be run out. they want to end this with dignity. plus, they know they don't have the time right now to have a credible election if it was held right now. >> so, giving away some of his powers is not having an effect if he is still there. what are you hearing about the rest of the region and the tremors that were sent out today? >> reporter: you can imagine, no one is looking at this more closely than israel. right there in the middle of this. and israeli

we want to turn to christiane amanpour, great to see you there, preparetic for tomorrow morning's broadcast, and what do we know about the time table given what we heard from the military today? >> very little. they haven't said when these elections will be held. they have said they're committed to a democratic reform, but no real specifics. the protesters, those who have been leading the oust of the mubarak regime have said that they want a transitional government. they want to see a committee to amend or rewrite the constitution, and they want to see the emergency law lifted. the military has not said anything specific on that, so people are really waiting and seeing what the next steps might be. >> how significant was it when you heard today that the military spells out there will free electioness and the military will help people get there. >> it's a continuation of what they have been saying. they have been saying that the people's grievances were legitimate, and even when they took formal power of the country, they did also say that military power is no substitute for the people's wis

and someone is here who led the way with her reporting from egypt, christiane amanpour is back with us tonight. it is great to have you back with us. everyone still worried that this impasse is going to blow. fear that there is a rumor that there's going to be a crackdown? you've been making calls, what have you heard? >> reporter: talked to a senior egyptian government official. this boils down to a word that the vice president used, we won't tolerate this anymore. i'm told that it's not about crackdown and he said to me in an interview that there's no way they would send the military to crack down against the people. this is about the economy, the lack of activity and, as he said to me, the people have got to now save the economy of egypt. they're concerned about that. and of course these strikes are going to make the economy more fragile. >> i know they've been saying they need this time, the mubarak government has said this, to rewrite the constitution for a democracy. took, what, four months for the u.s. constitution to be written. they don't have that long. what are they going to

. >>> our christiane amanpour will sit down with secretary of state hillary clinton to discuss the violence ratcheting up across the middle east. that's this sunday morning right here on "this week." >>> we turn back to this country now where this record shattering winter seemed like it would never end but today across much of the country a welcome break. but don't get used to it. sam champion, why do you always have to look around the corner? >> well, it has been good news. because cities like d.c., trenton, newark, new york city in some areas, have come in with record highs today. they were four or five degrees above normal. so that is good news. but for those areas in the north atlantic it's going to be over for tomorrow. you're back in the 40s. >> you mentioned some more snow again next week. but there was also an alarming forecast you pointed out about snow melt eventually. >> yeah, and we might as well show you what this week's snow melt did, david. remember last week, february 10th. 49 of the 50 states had snow on them or in them some place. and after this quick warm-up of this week

christiane amanpour, abc news, cairo. >>> and president obama is now downplaying expectations that thel -- i don't even think the man even drank red bull. they cannot 100% tell me that he didn't know what he was doing. >> reporter: steven coffeen's defense team disagrees. in fact, the american psychiatric association defines a caffeine overdose as 300 milligrams. that's about four cans of red bull. but coffeen's attorneys insist that cases like this aren't stunts. >> these people are insane. i don't put a defense on that i don't believe in. >> reporter: in this case the prosecution's psychiatrists agree. an insanity plea is appropriate for steven coffeen. the red bull insanity defense is hardly unique. a defendant once blamed hallucinogenic tea. another said he was being chased by space aliens when he killed a cop. and remember the infamous twinkie defense? harvey milk shot and killed by fellow san francisco leader dan white, whose attorneys claimed a diet of sugary food gave him mood swings that made him snap. >> why do these things cause insanity? it doesn't mean necessarily anything

that's not the same with libya. >> again, abc's christiane amanpour there.e, you can stay with abc news throughout the morning as we continue our coverage of the uprising in libya and now the uncertainty facing the gadhafi regime. we'll have updates on "america this morning" and also additional insight on "good morning america" and look for breaking news any time on abcnews.com. >>> major development in the case of 10-year-old zahra baker, the disabled girl from north carolina who disappeared back in october. her spep mother has been charged with the murder. elisa baker has been in custody since zahra disappearance. she's also charged with obstructing justice in the investigation. >>> now to a deadly collision in california involving a church bus that was packed with kids. the bus was returning from a christian retreat in twin peaks when it collided with an suv and then plunged off a mountain highway. the bus driver was killed and more than 20 people injured, most of them teenagers. here's kabc's rod mcmillan. >> reporter: vernal schultz just happened to be

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christiane amanpour right in the middle of it again in cairo today. christiane, i take it there are even gunshots now? >> that's exactly right. in the last few minutes we've heard gunshots coming from the square. we can't exact she what it is, but it sounds heavy. sounds like the military, as we've seen in the past. sometimes they fire in the air. we don't know but we can hear the shots. what's happening, today, over the last couple of hours, the pro mubarak crowds have grown longer, and stronger and angrier. they're walking down this niechl road, below us and toward liberation square where they've come head to head with the protesters we were with earlier this morning the anti-mubarak protesters. we've seen people on horseback, people on camels, galloping towards the square and we understand, perhaps even getting into the crowd inside the square n. at any event, it's a new dynamic as what president mubarak said on television, seems to be sinking in. >> one other thing, you mentioned the role of the military, they put a lot of pressure on president mub