building and shielding the building trying to get people to try to stop people from getting in that building. hearing from people that there are snipers on the roof of that building who are shooting at people, this is stuff that we haven t been able to if va independently. it certainly is from people who we trust very much who are giving us this information. so certainly the interior ministry seems to be one of those flashpoints. we can tell you that the interior minister of this country was one of the most despised people here in the country simply because the police force here in egypt is so very hated by so many people because so many people had witnessed and have been subject to police brutality that this ministry is certainly one of the flashpoints here in the city and indeed here in this country. fredric, obviously, this is far from over, but already there has been an enormous human cost. we ve seen reports of hundreds of people in hospital, dozens dead. what can you tell us ab
well, we re feeling a level of uncertain te right now. we re monitoring the situation on television to see what s taking place. we re at home. a lot of my friends are at home. we ve been calling each other to check on each other to make sure everyone s okay. we don t have internet access. so we re not able to fully understand what s world around us but we do have televisions, we re able to communicate with friends and family. the situation is that we see from the streets is there needs to be kind of a restoration of order. i think the main concern now is that things get under control, that we feel safe, that we feel the streets are under control. there are protesters on the streets, it rooks peaceful, but we hear sporadic stories of burglaries and looting and stuff like that. so that makes us uneasy and nervous. but we re all staying home, we re all just checking on each other, and we re monitoring the
will it be as strong an ally as it has been to the unite for some years. i sense jitteriness now and if hosni mubarak goes down in flames and i gather that s not especially likely, but it s possible, that would create a huge sense of uncertainty throughout the middle east. it would create uncertainty in israel. then israel would be much more likely to take unpredictable unilateral aks which would create greater instability in the middle east. jonathan alterman for us. thank you so much for your insight. thank you, randi. roz ne mubarak say he s staying, now he has help. two new figures emerge. whatcha doing? snapple stuff.
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