jane katsuyama is live with a prayer vigil. >> reporter: we are in a church who are serving hundredsf egyptian families and they are praying for peace, something which egyptians of all faiths hope will come soon. chanting together as egyptian- continuic church members have done for 2,000 years, people came together at st. ann tone yeahs in hayward. >> we have our churches and fathers and families there. so we want to pray for them. >> reporter: the large-scale clashes between the demonstrators and government forces have shaking the egyptian-americans here in the bay area. >> we have not seen it this way before ever. i mean, this is very, very different. >> it is not good. it's -- you know, the whole place is on fire. >> reporter: for dina, a journalism professor it is a shock to see tanks and troops in her home city of cairo. >> every egyptian in the bay area is much like myself, paralyzed today. >> reporter: many are spending restless nights watching on tv. in palo alto we found the president of the egyptian- american society. >> i wish i was there to be able to do something or be o

jane katsuyama is live with a prayer vigil. >> reporter: we are in a church who are serving hundreds egyptian families and they are praying for peace, something which egyptians of all faiths hope will come soon. chanting together as egyptian- continuic church members have done for 2,000 years, people came together at st. ann tone yeahs in hayward. >> we have our churches and fathers and families there. so we want to pray for them. >> reporter: the large-scale clashes between the demonstrators and government forces have shaking the egyptian-americans here in the bay area. >> we have not seen it this way before ever. i mean, this is very, very different. >> it is not good. it's -- you know, the whole place is on fire. >> reporter: for dina, a journalism professor it is a shock to see tanks and troops in her home city of cairo. >> every egyptian in the bay area is much like myself, paralyzed today. >> reporter: many are spending restless nights watching on tv. in palo alto we found the president of the egyptian- american society. >> i wish i was there to be able to do something or be ou