quorum. as we talk about waiting for people to come back, where the heck are these guys? where did the democratic lawmakers go? as we said in the open, they re hiding out, but where? reporter: well, there are lots of theories. we re not exactly sure. we are told they are out of state and the reason for that the governor told state troopers to find these guys and these women. the problem that is the state does not have jurisdiction to go over state lines. so unless they can go into another state if that s where they are, they wouldn t have any power to do anything anyway. scott, quickly, when you say that the troopers have been assigned to find them, does that mean there have been warrants put out for their arrests or something like that for them to come back through authorities? reporter: i don t think you could call it a warrant. actually, you go out and see if you can find any of these people at this point. also, you hear people chanting now. there s a huge protest
straight day of winds and snow today, friday, february 18, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today. i m matt lauer. i m meredith vieira. this appears to be the largest date to crowd to date. to celebrate the one-week anniversary of hosni mubarak s resignation, also this is a group intent on keeping the pressure on. nbc s ron allen is will. good morning to you. reporter: good morning, map. it is perhaps the biggest crowd ever assembled here. it took us hours to get through the crowd a few city blocks to get to the position. we have a bird s eye view of what s been happening. the crowds have been out here now for the better part of six hours and no one is leaving even though the sun is going down. the military asked the people not to gather, not to have protests to go back to work. but obviously they are not listening. it has been a very peaceful gathering. unlike what we have seen in bahrain, libya and iran in the past couple of days. this
today, friday, february 18, years, but how long will it last today, friday, february 18, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m meredith. that s the scene in tahrir square in cairo this morning one we can after president mubarak stepped down. they were estimating a million people would show up today celebrating. right. we re going now to nbc s ron allen in the streets of cairo with the latest on what s going on. ron, good morning to you. reporter: good morning to you, matt. it s an incredible scene in tahrir square. it s a huge celebration but also a huge protest. the military leaders have asked people to go to work and not stage protests anymore, but they are out in the hundreds of thousands. they asked for a million. they may have gotten it. there are a lot of grievances that have not been resolved. people want the state of emergency lifted. it allows people to be arrested wit