downtown cairo, smoldered with anger and the debris of torched police vehicles. the crowds are continuing to grow with every hour here. they are now chanting one simple slogan "god is greater" and they hope to continue this protest until they topple hosni mubarak. >> i want another president for egypt. >> tonight president mubarak went on national television and defended the crackdown, but also offered concessions, firing his cabinet and promising more reform. we will have new steps toward more democracy, he said. more freedom for citizens. new steps to reduce unemployment, to elevate the standard of living and improve services. it's unclear how many demonstrators and police have been injured or killed so far. we saw many succumb to tear gas. the protesters have now reached the main square here in downtown cairo. people are being injured. we've seen several collapsing so far today, like this man. as the day progressed, the protests began to change. a movement that started with students, human rights activists and the unemployed, turned increasingly violent. shout

where they can stock up on goods that those businesses if not all businesses are closed here in downtown cairo those businesses that have opened have been sold out within minutes we're hearing that people have gone to a.t.m.'s to withdraw cash and that all the items that they've tried to access are simply out of money. paul that the whole world is watching as the political future of egypt remains unclear what do people in the country expect to happen max. well in the last few hours the egyptian president hosni mubarak appointed a new interior minister now he is a retired army general and he has very much the backing the background and the support of mubarak as have the other two appointments the that of the vice president and that of the prime minister in recent days so egypt are not really in any way satisfied with what is being made on a government level also announcing his new cabinet his new government and most of the ministers there all the same so with this kind of standoff showing neither side actually prepared to meet halfway. people here really are saying that it can only result in vi

. >> thousands of people took to the streets in downtown cairo, 500 reported arrested. it is reported that dozens were taken to a warehouse and beaten by the police, who targeted the protestorswith tear gas, trying to disperse them. there is talk of a curfew for everybody, but that is not confirmed yet. >> tell us more about what the demonstrators are doing and what authorities are doing to stop them. >> atwater has been blocked for 2 days now and -- twitter has been blocked for 2 days now, and facebook has also been blocked. i was told that people are able to circumvent in these block sites by using providers to get around. a>> what are the options for president mubarak and his government? >> the protesters are asking for several things, like raising the minimum wage, dropping prices, and most importantly they want the resignation of the interior minister. i think that if mubarak acts on these demands, they could restorer a calmer situation. it cannot go on as it did before and things need to change in the country. mubarak must be aware of this. >> thank you for that u

in a square in downtown cairo, more than 10,000 people called for the resignation of president mubarak, who has been in power for nearly three decades. they fought with security forces, and a number of people were either killed or injured. the egyptian government tried to stem the spread of the unrest by putting restrictions on the use of mobile phones and the internet, but the demonstrations have continued. leading to violence between dissenters and security forces across the country. >>> and joining us now in the studio our reporter who covers middle east issues. is the situation in egypt unprecedented? >> yes. in egypt large scale anti-government demonstrations are rare. when a rally occurs the government normally stops it using overwhelming force. several days, very unusual for the country. >> will the mubarak administration be able to contain the unrest this time? >> even if president mubarak gets through this hard time uses security forces, this unprecedented protest will likely affect the next presidential election scheduled for this fall. >> and what impact would this have on o

her daughter sarah is a student in downtown cairo, where violence is widespread, and phones are down. they finally made contact yesterday. >> are you okay? the first thing she said is, i'm fine. then she kind of launched right into a recap of the few days before. >> reporter: including being tear gassed on her way home. she has barely left her apartment since. >> the advice was be aware of what's going on, find out as much as you can, and stay safe. you know, just be prepared for the long haul. >> and leave your 16 handbags and 10 hats and all your knitting behind, because we want you to get out of there quickly. >> we wanted to find out if she was willing to evacuate. >> reporter: but information has been difficult to come by. tv news has been intermittent. cell phones and internet service have been down for days. >> keep trying the internet. we had heard there was a sled of internet. trying to figure out if you could just keep trying. >> reporter: the only way they are able to talk now is through scieb mobile. >> single biggest frustration is the lack of internet and communication a

we have been told that regular egyptian soldiers will be deploying to downtown cairo. according to many egyptians, this is a plot, an attempt to get the people to come out and support the army. whether that is the case or not is difficult to know, but egyptians expect there will be soldiers on the streets tomorrow. and if these soldiers are brave, that could be the groundwork for an army takeover. >> stand by for us, richard. we'll check back with you later in the broadcast. for three decades, president mubarak has been an ally of the united states. the u.s. sends over $1 billion in military aid egypt every year. the obama administration is reacting cautiously. nbc's mike vicara is at the white house today. mike? >> reporter: tonight the white house called for restraint in egypt while insisting that the time for reform within the egyptian government is now. outside the white house -- >> stop! >> reporter: a few protesters gathered in a show of solidarity with those in cairo. inside the president met with top members of his foreign policy team after speaking with presid

she is a student in downtown cairo. they made contact with her using skype, the internet phone video service, she told her parents she is okay and having trouble keeping up with what's going on there in egypt. >> the sings will biggest frustration is the lack of information, lack of internet, and the inability to get even any solid information from the state department. if someone offered to put me on a bus to the airport right now i would probably prefer to stay where i am. >> she has been hunk erring down in her apartment since she was subjected to teargas in earlier protests. >>> four months after being released from an iranian jail. the country is calling for sarah shourd to stand trial on february 6th along with two other americans still in custody. the three are accused of spying. shourd, her fiance shane bower, and her friend josh bye tal were arrested in 2009 while hiking. authorities say they crossed into iran illegally. so far no word on whether she will return to iran. >>> could be game over for some popular

her daughter sarah is a downtown cairo where violence is widespread and phones are down. they finally made contact yesterday. >> she said she was fine and then launched into a recap of the few days before. >> reporter: including being tear gased on her way home. she has barely left her apartment since. >> the advice was be aware of what's going on. find out as much as you can. and stay safe. just be prepared for the long haul. >> and leave your 16 hand bags and 10 hats and all your knitting behind because we want her to get out quickly. >> i was trying to get a feel from her whether she was willing to evacuate. >> reporter: but information has been difficult to come by. t.v. news has been intermittent. cell phones and internet service have been down for days. >> keep trying the internet. we heard there was a little shred of internet and you are trying to figure out if you can just keep trying. >> reporter: the only way they are able to talk now is through skype mobile. >> single biggest frustration is lack of information and lack of internet and inability to get really an

her daughter sarah is a student in downtown cairo, where violence is widespread, and phones are down. they finally made contact yesterday. >> are you okay? the first thing she said, i'm fine. then she kind of launched right into a recap of the few days before. >> reporter: including being tear gassed on her way home. she barely left her apartment since. >> the advice was, you know, be aware of what's going on. find out as much as you can, and stay safe. this is just -- be prepared for the long haul. >> and leave your 16 handbags and 10 hats and knitting behind, because we want you to get out of there quickly. >> trying to get a feel from her whether she was willing to evacuate. >> reporter: but information has been difficult to come by. tv news has been intermittent. cell phones and internet service have been down for days. >> you know, keep trying the internet. we heard there was a shred of internet. trying to figure out if you can just keep trying. >> reporter: the only way they are able to talk right now is through skype mobile. >> the single biggest frustration is the lack of inte

. >> i am just coming from the main square in downtown cairo.he police mpletely whdra fr t inn part of e cy there, and there is a big, big party basically going on. there are people coming from all over and gathering there. mainly the youngsters are planning to stay overnight. people are bringing food in bringing something to drink for people to stay there overnight. the security is just watching the whole thing from far away. it is interesting, because all kinds of artists and intellectuals, very known people, you can find their at the square. for example, i found in egyptian novelist there. i asked him what his sense was of the whole day, and he said to me, this is a historic day. he says, after this date, there will be no return. >> so the protests, you would say, were pretty serious? >> well, they were pretty serious in the afternoon when there was clashes with the police. the interesting thing is that the people really lost their fear. i saw scenes or people were chasing the police, not the other way around. even when the police used tear g

sarah leighton is a student in downtown cairo. they contacted her with skype. she told her parents she is okay but she is having trouble keeping up with what's going on in egypt. >> single biggest frustration is the lack of information, the lack of internet and the inability to get really any solid information even from the state department. i think if someone offered to put me on a bus to the airport right now, i would probably like to stay where i am. >> sarah has been hunkered down in her apartment for the past few days ever since she was tear gassed earlier in the protests. >>> and you can count on us for up-to-the-minute developments on the crisis in egypt. you can also find updates anytime on our website, cbs5.com. >>> all right. time now 4:39. one bay area school district trying to avoid layoffs. what it's offering teachers who take early retirement. >>> because i heard a pow noise and all this light. >> a rude awakening for people in southern california. the damage after a plane crashed into two homes. >> and it's an assault on salt. the new guidelines

impetus with this new appointment last night as we saw in previous nights the protesters out in downtown cairo defied a curfew thousands of them gathering into very square mourning praise have already happened no doubt that as the day progresses there will be an increase in calls for mubarak to step down and the possibility of growing violence is worth noting though that the main problem that people here are facing at the moment is that of lawlessness the army is in full control and they have been allowing demonstrators to come and leave the protest the police on the way to be seen and what this means is that ordinary citizens are having to protect their properties against vigilante groups some of them are. who broke out of prisons on sunday some of them are people who simply raided police stations and stole weapons and ammunition from there and they've been raiding the streets in some some neighborhoods they are in control of the neighborhoods and that is really the major concern that people here particularly in cairo and other cities are facing the sense you get is one of unpredictability th

well last night as we saw in previous nights the protesters out in downtown cairo defied a curfew thousands of them gathering into here we square morning plays have already happened no doubt that as the day progresses there will be an increase in calls for mubarak to step down and the possibility of growing violence today is the seventh day of demonstrations and so far we haven't seen any indication from mubarak himself that he is prepared to address the concerns other than appointing a vice president or prime minister but on sunday afternoon he did save his life his jets over to the every square they flew quite know and they have the crowd was given the message that mubarak will not be leaving without a fight it is more that the main problem that people here are facing at the moment is that again no use most of the army is in full control and they have been allowing demonstrators to come in and the protests the police on the way to be seen and what this means is that ordinary citizens are having to protect their properties against religion onto greeks some of them are people who got who br

protesters out on the streets and they've been arriving by the thousands to hear the square in downtown cairo now they are calling for a general strike they're also calling for a million man march to begin tomorrow tuesday and if they get the figures that they're anticipating they will get the numbers that will turn up will be more than what we saw last friday on the streets of cairo during that day of rage now some analysts fear that this could lead to violence and that the protests could escalate from tomorrow having said that though the army here is still very much in control the police are no way to be seen and the army for their side has been racing protesters in and out of here we square that we have been hearing call to they've set up barricades on the outskirts of the city to see. traffic from entering and leaving cairo we're also hearing reports of people desperately trying to find supermarkets where they can stock up on goods those businesses if not all businesses are closed to the egyptian president hosni mubarak appointed a new interior minister now he is a retired army general an

begin coming a little bit earlier than it did yesterday fine day now there is no police here in downtown cairo although there is a strong army presence and they have ordered demonstrators to stay off the streets at this stage that seems highly unlikely one i'm talking to you hearing reports of a bank that's been broken into we're also hearing reports of a lot of violence in the northern part of the country particularly the delta region will be being told that a police station has been raided so certainly the violence at the moment showing no signs of abating well paula where you just look at some live pictures just now we were from a.p. to a pretty and direct of. of the situation and certainly it does still look like there's a great deal of activity going on on the streets of cairo but of course the latest with leaks reveal bird the u.s. had been involved in all this on the mining a president that had supported for so long what the consensus of the thinking behind this policy do you think. when as you say the latest we're hearing from these wiki leaks documents is that for the least the last t

in downtown cairo although there is a strong army presence and they have ordered demonstrators to stay off the streets at this stage that seems highly unlikely we also hear reports of a lot of violence in the northern part of the country particularly the delta region we've been told that a police station has been raided so certainly the violence at the moment showing no signs of abating the latest we're hearing from these wiki leaks documents after the at least the last two to three years they've been supporting opposition voices here in egypt now this certainly is a sign of double standards the united states has always had a very delicate balancing act to play here in egypt privately they've they've they've on numerous occasions applied pressure to the egyptian president hosni mubarak but certainly in the public arena they've lent their support to him now this at seems to be slightly changed in the last few days with the u.s. president barack obama going on record and calling for unprecedented change you need to remember of course that mubarak is the united states strongest ally in th

in downtown cairo, the protests still continued saturday to topple egyptian president mubar mubarak. mubarak promised to form a new cabinet and allow more freedom and democracy. but protesters don't believe the president of 30 years is interested in real change. our demand has been clear since the beginning, mubarak must step down said this demonstrate for. after friday's massive clashes which saw running battles between thousands of demonstrate stores and riot police. the headquarters of president mubarak's political party still burned on saturday, but the party is right next to egypt's famous antiquities museum, homes of the mum mies and treasures like tutankhamun. the authorities made an urgent appeal for help to put out the fire before it spreads. egypt remains highly unstable. protesters say they'll keep going until mubarak is gone. soldiers have decided not to fire on the demonstrate fors, if they do, the future could change dramatically. richard engel, nbc news, cairo. >>> coming up at 7:30, we'll tell you about a protest in san francisco over the crisis in egypt. >>> this mor

. >> thousands of people took to the streets in downtown cairo, 500 reported arrested. it is reported that dozens were taken to a warehouse and beaten by the police, who targeted the protestors with tear gas, trying to disperse them. there is talk of a curfew for everybody, but that is not confirmed yet. >> tell us more about what the demonstrators are doing and what authorities are doing to stop them. >> atwater has been blocked for 2 days now and -- twitter has been blocked for 2 days now, and facebook has also been blocked. i was told that people are able to circumvent in these block sites by using providers to get around. a>> what are the options for president mubarak and his government? >> the protesters are asking for several things, like raising the minimum wage, dropping prices, and most importantly they want the resignation of the interior minister. i think that if mubarak acts on these demands, they could restorer a calmer situation. it cannot go on as it did before and things need to change in the country. mubarak must be aware of this. >> thank you for that

tens of thousands of protestors are gathering for a peaceful demonstration in downtown cairo.thousands violated overnight curfews. al-jazeera reports 20 bodies in the streets of allex sandra to the north. calls for the egyptian president hosni mubarak to resign is only because of his promise to bring a new government and reform. state television announced his cabinet officially resigned. president obama phoned him yesterday urging he sake concrete steps to expand the people's rights and refrain from using violence against protestors. >> we'll continue to stand up for the rights of the egyptian people and work with their government in pursuit of a future more just, more free and more hopeful. >> cellphone service is now partially restored after egypt's military cut off nearly all modes of communication yesterday. internet service is still down though. that's making it harder for 2,000 foreigners at cairo international airport for trying to book flights out of the country. bay area members of the egyptian community will rally today in downtown san francisco to show support for t

sarah leighton is a student in downtown cairo. they contacted her with skype. she told her parents she is okay but she is having trouble keeping up with what's going on in egypt. >> single biggest frustration is the lack of information, the lack of internet and the inability to get really any solid information even from the state department. i think if someone offered to put me on a bus to the airport right now, i would probably like to stay where i am. >> sarah has been hunkered down in her apartment for the past few days ever since she was tear gassed earlier in the protests. >>> it is a billion-dollar project right in the middle of one of the bay area's busiest neighborhoods. >> what begins today that could affect traffic and business for years. >>> and traffic starting to build at the bay bridge toll plaza. still no metering lights. we'll also have a look at the golden gate bridge coming up in a few minutes. ,, >>> after a little reminder yesterday at what rain looks like, we're back to a dry pattern through the rest of the week. we have a bit of patchy fog

. >> i am just coming from the main square in downtown cairo.he police completely withdraw from the inner part of the city there, and there is a big, big party basically going on. there are people coming from all over and gathering there. mainly the youngsters are planning to stay overnight. people are bringing food in bringing something to drink for people to stay there overnight. the security is just watching the whole thing from far away. it is interesting, because all kinds of artists and intellectuals, very known people, you can find their at the square. for example, i found in egyptian novelist there. i asked him what his sense was of the whole day, and he said to me, this is a historic day. he says, after this date, there will be no return. >> so the protests, you would say, were pretty serious? >> well, they were pretty serious in the afternoon when there was clashes with the police. the interesting thing is that the people really lost their fear. i saw scenes or people were chasing the police, not the other way around. even when the pol

this is the scene in downtown cairo, where thousands are continuing their days-long protest, demanding political and economic reform. meantime, arson and looting reportedly continued through the night as many openly defied the country's strict curfew order. yesterday, police protecting egypt's interior ministry fired on protesters in cairo near a funeral procession for a dead protester. it is unclear what prompted the police to shoot into the crowd there. >>> this morning americans looking to get out of egypt are getting help from the u.s. state department. in a statement, the state department says the flights to evacuation points will begin departing egypt on monday, january 31st. this comes after people flooded the international airport in cairo scrambling to get out of the country. for some families here in the states, there is little to do but worry and wait for news about loved ones stranded in egypt. that includes the family of linda, who is visiting her mother and sister in egypt. all three have been confirmed to their apartment for three days, scared to step into the chaos outs

consistently over the last 30 minutes, air force jets have been buzzing the square and the area of downtown cairoght now. flying high, flying low, enormous, ear-drum splitting sound. potentially, probably to intimidate the crowd. our producer down there in the square, where tens of thousands of people are still protesting are saying that their are not reacting well to this show of force. this is a first. a show of military strength in the air. there's also military helicopters. people are not happy. what have they been saying to you in general over the last few days? >> it's remarkable. everywhere we went, every protest we went to, every single protester said the say thing, they've had enough. they have had enough of president mubarak's rule. they say for the last on years they have suffered under him. they're tired of the corruption. the high unemployment the soaring food prices. they're saying they just want to live. they want to be able to find jobs. they want to eat. now is the time for change. >> we're seeing a fairly good-natured relationship between the army and the people. apart from the

they are sort of trying to control the situation which is working in downtown cairo. but it's not working in outlying areas where police have -- where police officers have fled their stations and those stations have been turned and -- burned and looted. right now, there a really not much of a law enforcement presence. what's going on, people aralling themselves with whatever they can find and forming sort of local militias against what they say are armed criminal gangs. right now, it's still a very volatile situation in egypt. >> can you talk about the situation in the airport? i imagine people are trying to leave but it's very chaotic there. >> reporter: they chaotic. i tried to make it to the airport yesterday actually and you couldn't even get into the perimeter because there was such a backlog of traffic and people trying to get through checkpoints. there's two embassy chart he -- embassy charter flights. that was earlier. right now you cannot get out. i spoke to one gentleman earlier today who said he brought his family to the airport trying to get his fall on an

. >> people were tweeting on tuesday, january 25, from the square in downtown cairo. their friends, colleagues or other people who were following these tweets said, hey, you know, i should be out there. i should be standing in solidarity with them. >> reporter: later in the week, they egyptian government pulled the plug on the country's internet and cell phone communication. until friday, egyptians enjoyed a relatively open and unfettered internet. more so than just about any other arab country. >> social media has been the only outlet for a lot of people to vent their frustrations. so when the government imposed this internet blackout and cut off egypt from the rest of the world, there was significant anger. i think that backfired on the government and brought more people out into the streets. >> reporter: but while social networks and cell phones can offer new ways of starting a revolution, there are also those who argue that we can't forget about the dark side of these so-called internet freedoms. >> it's all about sharing the location. it's all about sharing your

in downtown cairo, the protests still continued saturday to topple president mubarak. the demonstrators are refusing to accept an offer of concession mubarak made in an televised speech late friday. he promised to form a new cabinet and allow more freedom and democracy. but protesters don't believe the president of 30 years is interested in real change. our demand has been clear since the beginning, mubarak must accept down, says this demonstrate tore. after friday's massive clash which is saw running battles between thousands of demonstrators and riot police,t. after friday's massive clash which is saw running battles between thousands of demonstrators and riot police, today there are real dangers of a collapse of basic law and order. the headquarters of president u mubarak's political party still burned on saturday, but it's right next to the famous antiquities museum. friday night, egyptians formed a human chain around the building to protect it. but they can't control the fire. today the head of the an tick equities authority made an urgent appeal for help to put o

thousands of protesters wielding nothing but rocks, sticks chased hundreds of riot police out of downtown cairowere sightings of police officers stripping off their badges and joining in with the demonstrators. this is a developing story all my lawn in cairo. we will keep an eye on it today. obviously very tense situation. >> it is nine 06 a.m., to the latesnine 06 a.m., the search fr juliani cardenas. will tran is live at the canal near patterson where they have been searching to the see what they will do today. >> the search will resume any moment, just a few moments you will see the searchers are arriving on the other side of that siphon. they knew in the back of their minds they would be back at this location. they believe this silver corolla or a car that looks like that went into the canal. they could not find it last wednesday said the move south miles recovering 12 stolen cars but not the car they're looking for. they took yesterday off to regroup. then they decided to come back this morning. it will be focusing on that site and system. that's where the water goes underneath land and co

flights out of cairo for hundreds of americans trying to escape the unrest. >> here's a long look downtownan francisco. notice how clear and calm. much cooler but still damp with fog during the morning. talk about a warming trend this week and then another extended period of dry weather. >> the tunnel closed for cleaning but quiet. >> construction in san francisco's massive central subway project gets underway today. expect traffic congestion and street closures for months to come. >> took place our news police are investigating a double homicide at one of san francisco's premier tourist attractions. a mysterious shooting inside a shop at fisherman's wharf last night. amy is there live. is there a suspect? >> kristen, police did make an arrest last night, a bit of comforting news in an otherwise alarming story that really is the heart of fisherman's wharf. this shop is right across the street from all of the fishing boats here on jefferson between jones and taylor. it's an area always full of people. and it happened at 8:20 last night inside this store. it's a store that sells everything f

cairo. that's already been a number of hours since the curfew was put into place and yet thousands of demonstrators continue to defy it by gathering in downtown tokyo square. they're becoming always will be extremely telling in this unfolding story in egypt in history because early morning is when the so-called million man march will be gears now here demonstrators say they will be making a very to voice in egypt from president assad's mubarak's prison in the sea towards his palace and handing over some kind of memorandum of demands the army says that it will not interfere but that is not what we're seeing here on the streets on sunday we are hearing reports of the army barricading all the roads in and out of cairo we know that the trains of the have been disrupted you know their buses have been stopped and people are finding it very hard to come in and the support to the residents of cairo from neighboring cities so having said all of that it has the ingredients for a showdown with some analysts saying that we could see environments. if not knowledge than what we saw last fine day in the so-called day of rage and i have spent the day talking

downtown traffic congestion and street closures for months to come. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> and i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. we begin in egypt. cairoal airport is a scene of chaos as thousands of foreigners are trying to evacuate. the first americans are due to arrive in cyprus soon. meantime egyptian president hosni mubarak swore in a new cabinet today as protestors continue to demand for his resignation. nicole collins has the latest. >> hovered over cairo's square monday morning. the government protests continued for a seventh day. low-flying egyptian f-16 fighter jets did nothing to stop demonstrators from defying a government-imposed curfew. >> all of this. this is -- >> protestors demand political and economic reform and the resignation of egyptian president hosni mubarak. mubarak made changes to the structure of his government over the weekend but gave no indication he will give up the power he held 30 years. some americans find themselves trapped. >> you cannot get away by water. you cannot take public transportation because it's been deemed unsafe. and you cannot fly. >> today the u.s. begins voluntary evacuation providing

downtown. >> following the latest not that of paterson but out of egypt where we have, thousands of protesters in the streets of cairo right now. they're throwing rocks at riot police who are firing back with water cannons, or verbal attacks, teargas. let the fans through some of these. a protester being carried away from his helpers. somebody who may have been injured by the rubber bullets or teargas. riot police. puffs of smoke as they fire their weaponry. you see the personnel carriers mounted with watered cannons. this has been an escalation, the biggest challenge that the 30 your president has seen, he is being challenged by mohammad who is leading the pro-democracy movement. this is a police van with grading. look at all than to imarch than dana marks becauf the rocks. this has been escalating over several days. so far is the worst of violence. we will follow this with live shots from car road to be. we will show you these images as it unfolds. >> 5:35 a.m., while answering questions through www.youtube.com president barack obama addressed egypt problems. >> egypt has been all a lie on a lot of critical issues

protests continue in the cairo and other areas of its chips. 45 fatalities. 45 and tens of thousands of protesters continued to with the entire country of egypt-- >> and gathering downtownurfew and demanding to step down of hosni mubarak and with president obama speaking to hosni mubarak his first concern is preventing injury and more loss of life. also what will happen next in egypt. >> what is needed is concrete steps to advance the rights of the egyptian people. a meaningful dialogue between people and its citizens and the government. they passed that will be future with greater opportunities, just as a path toward greater justice. >> and the u.s. will continue to defend the citizens of the egyptian citizens for a more free had a hopeful future. >> with facebook and social media putting the pressure on the country's president, hosni mubarak and forcing his cabinet to resign. and tunisia recently, was also impacted by facebook and social media. with into that black out, the news and the arrests is global news. >> with thousands of words, pictures with thousands of words, with characters. through social media. >> and this hosni mubarak 30 years in power, and the era of