when you look at the police here, you get a feeling of intimidation. they re big. they re wearing really top-line riot equipment. they re all carrying weapons of some sort or another, be it shotguns, rifles or a lot of tear gas, and not only that, but they re in very big numbers and very new vehicles. we saw the other night hundreds of gmc-type, suburban type vehicles, large, new, black, all flashing lights. many police coming out of them, well equipped and well organized. it s a completely different force than we saw in egypt. this is, you night say in some ways, a mercenary type force, anderson. and nic, the face they show in washington is very polished, very nice in suits. how difficult are they making
saw in egypt, for instance? reporter: you know, in the hours before the big clashes with the police in egypt, we looked at the police outside the mosque. they were young boys with riot helmets and gear on. they didn t look trained or confident. they were quickly beaten off the streets. when you look at the police here, you get a feeling of intimidation. they re big. they re wearing really top-line riot equipment. they re all carrying weapons of some sort or another, be it shotguns, rifles or a lot of tear gas, and not only that, but they re in very big numbers and very new vehicles. we saw the other night hundreds of gmc-type, suburban type vehicles, large, new, black, all flashing lights. many police coming out of them,
here, you get a feeling of intimidation. they re big. they re wearing really top-line riot equipment. they re all carrying weapons of some sort or another, be it shotguns, rifles or a lot of tear gas, and not only that, but they re in very big numbers and very new vehicles. we saw the other night hundreds of gmc-type, suburban type vehicles, large, new, black, all flashing lights. many police coming out of them, well equipped and well organized. it s a completely different force than we saw in egypt. this is, you night say in some ways, a mercenary type force, anderson. and nic, the face they show in washington is very polished, very nice in suits. how difficult are they making life on the ground for reporters trying to document what is happening there?