tear gas and water cannons at protesters. they were met by a greater number of counterdemonstrators. the demonstration is as annual protest that commemorates the bombing at the end of world war ii. in russia, the prime minister was the target of a protest protesters braved temperatures and demanded putin resign. they say putin is ignoring the interests of his people. a party, not a protest, in the streets of rio. the performance is meant to give everyone a taste of that festival set to kick off on march 5th. the big deadline looming on capitol hill. how the government could grind to a stop and what could lose politically if that happens. with olay. new regenerist micro-sculpting serum for firmer skin in 5 days. pretty heavy lifting for such a lightweight. [ female announcer ] olay regenerist.
we are following developments in libya where demonstrators dubbed this a day of rage aimed at the dictator muammar gadhafi. libya is not as closed off as north korea, but it s not much better. hard information is tough to come by. but it looks like one of the region s most notorious dictators is feeling the heat. is it libya s turn to topple a dictator? protest protesters gather in several cities. messages from witnesses are dribbling out. they tell of a crackdown by security forces loyal to the leader, gadhafi. we want some dignity, and to stop imprisoning people. reports of more than a dozen deaths and scores of injuries
been working behind the scenes as they re calling it move the process forward. no outright calls for hosni mubarak to leave, although it s clearly what the united states thinks is probably in the best interest of egypt right now. where do we go now today as we re preparing for yet another huge massive protest? it doesn t appear that the citizens of egypt are going to be accepting of him saying he s staying until september. i think you re right and i think today is an extremely important day. i think the mubarak regime used all the tricks of the trade they could, the police tactics, the protest protesters, supporting mubarak using violence, rounding up of some journalists, to try to change the momentum, to try to build the argument that chaos was now the enemy rather than the mubarak regime. and i think they failed, and the massive turnout today makes clear that there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of egyptians, who really want to see a change.
determined to carry on the reforms the party has been pushing. but we ve heard that sort of thing before. egyptians have heard those promises before, and as we can see, the feeling is that they ve been, by and large, empty promises. and that explains to a large extent why people have decided to stop complaining in their living rooms and taking it to the street. anita. ben wedeman in cairo, thank you for that. so what about the man who is the target of so much of the protest protesters anger. m ma baric is president. and he is 82 years old and there are some reports his health is deteriorating. many analysts say his gamal is
mississippi sisters from life sentences after a robbery. they were charged with luring two men down a road where three teens hit the men the head with a shotgun and robbed them. the scott sisters were convicted of armed robberies. the three teens had plea deals and only serve ad few months. protest protesters demand release. this is not a case of fairness or equal protection glch. the scott sisters have been a catalyst for a movement waiting to start in this city and state for a long time. joining me now from mississippi, evelyn, gladid and jamie scott s mother. as well as naacp president ben jealous who asked haley barbour to pardon the scott sisters. we welcome both of you. hello. i m going to begin with you,