number of morsi s supporters and islamic religious leaders under arrest here. keep in mind, moresi s election just about one year ago sent shockwaves through washington, d.c., which feared his ties to islamic fundamentalists. the bottom line here is that egypt s called off its first attempt at democracy. but it is vowing to try it again. the coup that toppled mohamed morsi was largely bloodless, thus far. apparently quite popular for now. let s go straight to cairo to cnn s ivan watson with, again, my question as we look, ivan, as the dark has fallen now, i can hear the noises and i know i ve seen the fireworks and the masses. why did the folks return? they got morsi s gone. why are they back tonight? reporter: well, first of all, thursday night is the beginning of the egyptian weekend. so people are out to party. yeah, there s still euphoria and joy here in cairo s central
and the minds from my colleagues from cnn international who were there when it happened right from the start. january 2011, the first rumblings of an up rising in cairo. crowds begin to gather in the city s central tahrir square. a revolution has begun. what is your message to president mubarak? reporter: whose hosni mubarak has been egypt s dictate for for 30 years. a growing number of protesters want him out. mubarak digs in and the once peaceful protests turn violent. reporter: this is an unmistakable show of military force. this has been a symbol of de defian defiance. reporter: they re speaking in arabic, go, go. reporter: firefighting in the air. the demonstrators say that s the army firing to warn them to stay away. reporter: promubarak forces targeted the unarmed protesters. journalists come under attack. i was shoved out of the way. this is just a completely surreal experience. i m being told, walk, walk. don t stay. okay. been hit now like ten times.
liberation square, they have amassed at the north entrance to liberation square, and it looks like they are going to move against the pro-mubarak forces. this is not moving in a peaceful direction. anderson, thank you. i m going to take our viewers and show them what we are seeing in central tahrir square. this is out of your view, looking at the center of the square, the two sides facing off with a thin line in between them. anderson describing there just a few moments ago, witnessing life, essentially, the army line being overrun by thousands, potentially 10,000 pro-mubarak supporters moving toward the center of tahrir square. the live pictures, we can see
phone? you may be surprised as to what some people will give up. we ll chat about that coming up in the next hour. kyra, i m ivan watson here in cairo s central tahrir square where there is an historic demonstration under way, a revolution here. they are demanding the overthrow of egyptian president hosni mubarak. i ll have more for you at the top of the hour. all of you, thank you so much. the president, rather, collides with the past in egypt as crowds swarming the streets in cairo, people form a human chain protecting the museum, holding national treasures after looters break in. we re looking at how these priceless artifacts are being protected next hour in the cnn newsroom. fe s great questions. and while it can never be fully answered, it helps to have a financial partner like northern trust. by gaining a keen understanding of your financial needs,
your country? i don t know but i want it better. that s all i want. to be better. and to be to have a after years of fear, these egyptians are no longer afraid to repeat this simple demand. they want a better government. now, wolf, thousands of people were in cairo s central tahrir square and their demonstration shifted more to a sit-in. as you mentioned, the vice president giving a televised address during which he called for dialogue with opposition parties and he said, yes, i agree. there are problems, questions that have to be addressed that have been raised by the youth. this has been very much a youth-driven movement so far of protests.