$2 a day. today we re seeing egyptians turn on each other, with deadly results. with the sound of gunshots in the air p. both the supporters and opponents today pelted each other with stones, bottles, throwing molotov cocktails and setting fires on the streets. at least one account of a fatality, hundreds of others surely injured. the imaging we re seeing today, a violent escalation to the peaceful protest that the world has witnessed throughout the past week following mubarak s announcement he would not resign his position until the next election. even the egyptian military, which for days has allowed protesters to proceed, now seem to be drawing a line in the sand warning both sides to back off. meanwhile, the obama administration which was preaching a, quote, return to normalcy this morning, quickly changed its tune this afternoon. a time for a transition has come and that time is now. the egyptian people need to see change. we want to get to you the latest that exists
you can only imagine what else he will unleash on him. the violence is clearly from the mubarak side. adel, is this simply the act of a scared dictator exerting violent force against people in resistance? it s hard to believe that such violence by mubarak supporters would actually been organized continuously. of course there are some people supporting him, like in iraq the baath party, the ruling party by saddam hussein. if you wanted to do any job, if you want a contract signed, you become a member of the baath party. the same with the national democratic party of president mubarak. that proves that president mubarak s speech last night on television, he was disingenuous, not honest with these people, and if he s really honest and genuine, he would simply make a
apparently has overwhelmed the hospitals here. we heard a volley of ambulance sirens here a short while ago as they were trying to bring people out, but still a very dangerous place, the protesters, pro-mubarak forces have set up barricades. there were fires burning at the egyptian outside we should note, outside the egyptian museum. those were put out by the military forces. the helicopter circling overhead observing the situation. this will be a tense and long night. tomorrow we may have a whole different view of the status of this challenge to the hosni mubarak government, dylan. lester, thank you so much. for more i want to bring in adel darwish, political editor for middle east magazine. here with us in new york, egyptian-born journalist mona al tahari. welcome back. how are we to interpret a week