Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110203:23:00:00 comparemela.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from comparemela.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
crews working to retrieve all the bodies from the west virginia coal mines final four were found today that brings the total number of dead to 29 making it the worst mining disaster in this country in four decades. violent protests breaking out in thailand. the army and redshirt protesters fighting it out on the streets. protesters calling for new elections. 15 people are dead. more than 650 injured. david piper streaming live from bangkok and has the latest. reporter: good evening. the violence erupted after the government decided finally to deal with these protesters who had been disrupting the thai capital for nearly a month. troops fought pitch battles as they tried to clear them from one of their camps in the heart of the city. the troops used rubber bullets
disagree without being disagreeable. in return i pledge to help each of you carry out your duties. and in the senate, mitch mcconnell was sworn into a sixth term by joe biden and delivered his first remarks as leader. many of us took the oath this afternoon, 13 for the first time. and a new republican majority sended it s new responsibilities. we recognize the enorm mittity of the task before us. we know a lot of hard work awaits. we know many important opportunities await as well. i m really optimistic about what we can accomplish. president obama knows he s going to face much stronger opposition from this congress, but he offers these words about boehner and mcconnell earlier. i m very much looking forward to working with you, i m confident that there are going to be areas where we disagree and there will be some pitch battles and we just have to make sure that we focus on those
over the last several hours. clearly things out of control now. it seems like there is no kind of authority on the streets of cairo and elsewhere in egypt. anderson, if we could bring you back in to recap, update what you have been seeing for the viewers just joining us now at 11:00 eastern time. the sun has gone down, darkness is there and there is violence erupting in the streets. anderson. reporter: yes, suzanne, the situation has really deteriorated, and it s shocking that it s been allowed by the authors to go on this long. it is now 6:00 here, darkness has fallen. i m not sure how grainy the pictures are but you are seeing several fires in front of the egyptian museum, a major landmark full of this country s historical treasures. in front of the museum for the last four-plus hours, we have seen pitch battles between anti-mubarak forces and pro-mubarak forces.
to over take the square. some of those vehicles were sent alight. some the fires still burning at this hour. it has been pitch battles in the street and again the question is what will happen when morning comes, when light break, will more pro-mubarak protesters join the fray? will more anti-mubarak protesters join the fray, be able to gain access to the square to support those who are still in the square at this hour? they are not leaving. they are holding their ground. but the question is, elliot, what happens in the hours ahead? we witnessed this firsthand when we were my team and i attempted to get to the square to report on both sides, we wanted to talk to pro-mubarak protesters and anti-mubarak protesters. we wanted to hear both of their opinions, both of their vantage points. we were set upon by a crowd of pro-mubarak supporters, punching us, kicking us, trying to rip the clothes off my producer, trying to take the camera from my cameraman, pumping me in the head several times