mubarak, he knows what s going on in his own country. it s up to the united states to be a helpful, assisting but insisting partner and by the way we cannot afford a tianeman square in cairo. what we re hearing there now there doesn t seem to be any fiss fissue r between democrats and republicans. has the white house said anything since secretary of state appeared on cnn earlier today? reporter: they have. in the last couple of hours the white house put out a statement noting that the president has spoken to the prime ministers of turkey and israel. as well as speaking to the king abdullah of arabia. he spoke to the prime minister of united kingdom. one of the main things the white house was emphasizing is that the president is supporting an
arwa it is after 2:00 a.m.. what is happening? reporter: it s fairly quiet right now as we speak. but that was not the scene just a few hours ago. here we could hear sporadic but intense gunfire lasting for around two hours. just an indication of how tense the situation remains. short while ago we could still hear demonstrators chanting their voices echoing throughout the capital. many people here still saying that no matter what happens they are going to stick to their demand that president hosni mubarak step down. another issue to point out and this is something that nic touched on in his report and that s this increasing sense of frustration towards the west, especially towards the united states. they sense that the west does not want to stand fully behind the demonstrators demand that the president step down, there s this notion if it s not a hosni mubarak style military
and that s the spirit of the egyptian. we re already getting our spirits reporter: so there you hear it. you hear it there. defiance ongoing from people here demonstrators who have gathered here despite a curfew that the outgoing defense minister had called for on state television saying please, adhere to a curfew that was supposed to have started moments ago and continue until 8:00 in the morning. ivan watson, cnn, cairo. ivan, egyptians are dealing with an internet shutdown unlike any in history. the country has cut off 97% of its web traffic according to one expert and shut down seven service. it happened fast cutting egyptians off from each other and the rest of the world. let s bring in our be tech expert. how do you pull the plug on the
bands on. when they have the white arm bands on they are officialed neighborhood watch. kits coming up. reporter: what are they saying? okay. thank you very much. thank you. so, this is calling for islamic law and not to trust hosni mubarak. islamic movement. reporter: islamic movement in alexandria. is this the muslim brotherhood. no more of a solidarity movement. ploirp extre . more cream than muslim brotherhood. going into the seventh day of national uprising. we go to cairo.
very graphic. harrowing surveillance video inside a detroit police precinct as a gunman walks in and opens fire wounding four officers. police returned fire and killed the shooter, lamar moore. the story gets stranger. reporter: at first, security cameras show a normal day on the job. officers at work behind a front desk just inside the precinct s front door. enter lamar moore in dark clothes, about to unleash an inexplicable fury. he walks past some vending machines hiding a shotgun. he walked in, indiscriminately began firing. utter chaos and pandemonium took place. reporter: in 39 seconds of terror, moore gets off several rounds in front of the desk, then dives across it for a face-to-face combat. eventually the gunman is shot dead. the four wounded officers