paul mason and salma shah speaking to me there a short time ago. with anti—government protestors in beirut. it's the second day of demonstrations — the biggest in years. they're angry at unemployment, high prices and the poor state of public services. in response, prime minister, saad al—hariri, gave his partners in his governing coalition three days to commit to a programme of economic reforms. taymor azari is a journalist based in beirut. he has been covering the protests. we have seen thousands of people expressing there anger, they have been calling for economicjustice and the downfall of the resume, which is a slogan similar to the 2011- which is a slogan similar to the 2011— site are of spring —— downfall of the regime. people have been extremely hopeful, which is interesting to see in this country. the last few years we have had smaller protest movements happening, and are usually fizzle out after hours in the square. now we are seeing staying powers of the protests. they have been going on non—stop or two days. now it is 2:20am in the morni