captions paid for by nbc-universal television we re following a high stakes stand-off thousands of miles from where we are. here s what s going on. the crowds in the main square in cairo just got bigger again today. they say they will leave when president hosni mubarak leaves. the problem is, the regime isn t going to end. mubarak isn t going anywhere for a while. and he said tonight egypt can t put up with these protests for a long time. at stake, control of egypt. the future of that country and both sides are well aware of that. again tonight we go first to our chief foreign correspondent richard engel in cairo. richard, good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. this stand-off could be heading back to a confrontation 37 tonight the government put down a marker, it said it can t tolerate indefinite demonstration, but the protests are getting bigger. crowds in tahrir square swelled to hundreds of thousands again, the biggest in days. their demand remains unchanged. the
not his day job. nightly news begins now. test. we re following a high stakes stand-off thousands of miles from where we are. the crowds in the main square in cairo just got bigger again today. they say they will leave when president hosni mubarak leaves. the problem is, the regime isn t going to end. mubarak isn t going anywhere for a while. and he said tonight egypt can t put up with these protests for a long time. at stake, control of egypt. the future of that country and both sides are well aware of that. again tonight we go first to our chief foreign correspondent richard engel in cairo. reporter: this stand-off could be heading back to a confrontation. tonight the government put down a marker, it said it can t tolerate indefinite demonstration, but the protests are getting bigger. crowds in tahrir square swelled to hundreds of thousands again, the biggest in days. their demand remains unchanged. the crowds were also energized by an emerging leader, a young blogger
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business is long and the expectations, minimal. the premiere domestic item is what to do about tax cuts due to expire on every taxpayer at the end of december. the only place where we disagree is whether we can afford to also borrow $700 billion to pay for an extra tax cut for the wealthy americans, for millionaires and billionaires. i don t think we can afford that right now. this week it may not feel like the election is over. today, as the lame-duck congress takes on tough issues like tax cuts and don t ask, don t tell, we are joined by senator john mccain. presidents should not make decisions whether we re sending young men and women into harm s way based on political consideration. and departing democrats, congressman david obey and senator byron dorgan. then, president george bush and his brother, jeb bush, on family and the holidays. we re a very close-knit group of people do you talk politics in those family gatherings? not much. by the time christma
expectations minimal. the premiere domestic item, what to do about tax cuts due to expire on every taxpayer at end of december. the only place where we disagree is whether we can afford to also borrow $700 billion to pay for an extra tax cut for the wealthiest americans, for millionaires and billionaires. i don t think we can afford to right now. this week, it may not feel like the election is over. captions by vitac www.vitac.com today as the lame duck congress takes on issues like tax cuts and don t ask don t tell. we re joined by john mccain. the president should not make decisions where we re sending young men and women into harm s way based on political consideration. and then president george bush and his brother, jeb bush, on family and the holidays. we re very close-knit group of people. do you talk politics in those family gatherings? not much. not really. by the time christmas came around i was looking for a break from politics. i m candy crowl