you. well, we were concluding a cruise on the nile and were flying back into cairo and we landed in our tour director that was with us for the entire tour was pretty confident that we would be safe. so we landed in cairo and we couldn t leave the airport. and you had already heard rumblings? yes, we did. we were being updated and felt that we could land safely. we did, but we couldn t leave the airport. they escorted us into a room and we were there having no idea how to get out because the communications were shut down, nothing worked. their phones department work, our phones didn t work, landlines didn t work. you could only get calls in. i m thinking you re on vacation, you re on a mindset, different mode, you re supposed to be relaxed, and all of a sudden this happens. what goes through your mind at this point? well, i think what goes through your mund you re caught in something for which you have
cairo in tahrir square. they re asking that the president step down. the situation there is giving a lot of governments fear for the safety of their citizens. the u.s. plans to begin flying thousands of americans out of egypt on monday. and it s not alone. turkey has reportedly senn two planes to bring home its nationals. other countries have issued travel warnings including britain, china, france, germany, and russia. the american embassy in ee jimt has been closed indefinitely but a spokesman says it will still offer round-the-clock tourist assistance. they endeded up trapped in cairo. one of their tour guides was shot. in the midst of the chaos they found warmth and company. thanks so much for coming in. it was supposed to be a dream holiday. tell us how things unfold ld for
making sure that nobody can cross. a lot of people tried their best to organize it. so they started making it like shifts kind of a thing where certain people would be in the streets while others leave and they would just exchange kitchen tools, i guess. ahmed ramadan covering the streets in cairo. thank you. we want to show you some newspaper headlines. today, is turkey to trade more with post-autocratic egypt, tunisia. and the jerusalem post here saying their headline is saying the tone of protests may be changing. its headline, ape ger in cairo starts to focus on is rile. u.s. as change fails to
fair, serious, and effective new steps for more political and legislative reforms that can be achieved through a wide range of dialogue with all the parties on the way to achieve a democratic process. giving no indication he plans to step down. we re joined now live from cairo. fred, what is the scene on the streets on this the seventh day of protests? reporter: well, they certainly show no sign of waning. there s within a focal point of these protesters. there were already about a thousand people gathered there early this morning. some of them slept there. they camped out the whole night, which is something that s quite unique. it s one of the first times they re doing that. they re defying a government curfew when they do that.
1980s but fled to britain after a crackdown on members by the recently deposed president. he says he has no plans to run for president but his party is expected to contest the upcoming parliament elections. first results from the recent referendum show 99% of southern sudan ease have voted to vote from the north. if the votes are validated, the south will become a new country in july. the protesters are back, but so are the police. thousands of egyptians are demonstrating in cairo s tahrir square. many say they re not going to