unmistakable shove military force. fighter jets flying low over cairo s tahrir square, liberation square which has been a symbol of defiance for days now against the mubarak presidency. and people here are still chanting curfew is supposed to have begun minutes ago but they refuse to disperse. i ve been talking with the professor. what do you think when you see these fighter jets overhead? we re not going to be intimidated by all of this. this is a sign of if he s strong enough he would face the people, change his execution, drop down the assembly which has been thwarted. do you think the fighter jets are a warning? no, not at all. the people here are gathering more and more. it makes them stronger and stronger. these people are strong because they are strong from that s right. they are strong by holding each other, by helping each other out
orderly transition to a government that s responsive to the aspiration of egyptian people. some very strong language, hedging language but very strong language from the white house as we continue to follow what s happening in egypt. mark preston, thank you. you re listening to gun shots at an egyptian museum and we ll take you live to cairo for the latest on the uprising. and video that you have to see, a man dunks a basketball but more than the ball goes through the hoop. you re viral videos next. the smartest thing you could do is cut the fuel supply. .unlock the doors, and turn on the hazard lights. or better yet, get a car that automatically does it for you.
yes. the republican guard is different than the regular army. it is a part of the regular army, but its job is to protect the city of cairo. then you have a force called the central security forces. those are paramilitary forces, and their job is to do what they were doing actually, is to prevent rioting and protect buildings to include the embassies and to present any type of foreign ar terrorist type force from operating within the country. they ve been educated at defense colleges in the united states for 30 years. that s an article from the new york times. tell us about that. they have a very well educated officer corps. some of the finest generals i ve ever met. they used to follow the soviet models until the 1970s, and they
be going to the people. and the message to the army is to stand up and those generals, take charge and speak to the people. the people respect the army. general, you spent some time in egypt while serving in the u.s. army. we have some photos of you there. what did you learn as the relationship between egypt s army and its people, the police are now liked but the army is. why is that? well, the egyptian army is the army, they come out for two to three-year periods. all the people rotating every 18 months to two years so they come from the people, so they are the people s soldiers. that s their relatives in uniform. now inside the capital of cairo, that is the republican guard. that is a heavy armored division. the specific mission is to protect cairo. so is that the difference between the parliamentary forces and the central police?
mubarak, he knows what s going on in his own country. it s up to the united states to be a helpful, assisting but insisting partner and by the way we cannot afford a tianeman square in cairo. what we re hearing there now there doesn t seem to be any fiss fissue r between democrats and republicans. has the white house said anything since secretary of state appeared on cnn earlier today? reporter: they have. in the last couple of hours the white house put out a statement noting that the president has spoken to the prime ministers of turkey and israel. as well as speaking to the king abdullah of arabia. he spoke to the prime minister of united kingdom. one of the main things the white house was emphasizing is that the president is supporting an