surge, protesters keep surging the ministry. >> all morning we've been saying how the protests are much more peaceful than yesterday. can you take us back and tell us how this turned so ugly? >> reporter: well, the protesters by and large have been peaceful when the police aren't around. but right now the ministry of interior is kind of like an alamo and the police have it surrounded. that's their last stand. so the protesters see them as representing the government and are trying to push towards the interior ministry. >> and who's inside the building and who's outside the building? >> reporter: well, right now they have an area cordoned off around the interior ministry. you can not only get about as far as maybe a block, or as close as a block away. they have -- they have people shooting down the side streets. so we are unable to get any