fled to saudi arabia. today's fighting appears to be taking place near the presidential palace between government troops, armed gangs, and loyalists of the ex-president. cnn has more live from tunis. can you still hear gunfire? >> reporter: well, it's gone right now. but let me explain, don, where we are. we are in a hotel room, not because we're lazy or something, but we're stuck here. for five hours, there were gun battles around this hotel in downtown tunis, next to the ministry of interior. and with a lot of headquarters for the opposition parties around us. behind me, cnn team working nonstop, and we were asking about the police and security forces to even close the curtains and not come close to that because there are snipers from militiamen and from the army, and we will be shot at. don? >> can you take us outside and tell us how dangerous it is and