more from the sweeney family, the sister spoke and said they're optimistic about one thing, the fact that they're not being detained at a prison in egypt. they're actually being held in a courthouse, so they look at that as one positive sign. we're also hearing from another mother who says that her son would never be violent and be hurling fire bombs off the rooftop of american university in cairo as they are being accused of. she calls him an islist person and not violet at all. these three gentlemen were studying abroad and found themselves in the middle of it it all. the u.s. embassy in cairo is working to secure their release, heather. heather: and what is happening right now in cairo? >> reporter: we're getting word, actually, that the army, the military has sent in a larger presence, more soldiers to a side street off of tahrir square where there have been a lot of clashes there. it's interesting, it's been relatively quiet when you compare it to the other five days, so we'll have to see