police are no closer to finding the suspect. where does the case stand and how is the victim? we speak with her in an exclusive live studio interview, "early" this monday morning, january 31, 2011. captioning funded by cbs i'm erica hill. >> i'm chris wragge. the death toll on the rise in egypt and the number of protesters that are demanding change and immediately. >> there are more calls to hear from other governments, of course, beyond the egyptian government, more calls to hear more from the united states. we're going to get you all the very latest on that. >> plenty of coverage this morning. the state has begun evacuating u.s. citizens as president obama calls for an orderly transition of government. president mubarak installed a new government. cbs news correspondent elizabeth palmer is in cairo. elizabeth, good morning? >> reporter: good morning, chris. we are a week into this upheaval. people are getting tired, not only from demonstrating, but they have to go home at night to defend their homes. however, there doesn't seem to be a weakening of resolve. i have seen people flowing into liberation square steadily all morning. it looks like this may be the biggest gathering yet. all night, gun fire crackled from residential neighborhoods. on day seven it was clear the city once again had been looted as police remained in their barracks. citizens groups sprung up to defend neighborhoods commonly believe it is the police unleashing the looters and at times join in themselves. nobody is wreaking havoc here, says this man, except the police and thieves. this morning some officers run returned to duty. they are not the riot control squads we saw last week. state television aired men arrested by soldiers for breaking curfew. the message is clearly stay off the streets, but it is not working. nevertheless the hours of curfew have been extended. today it is due to begin at 3:00 in the afternoon. last night there was a dramatic turn of events at the square at the center of this popular uprising. mohamed elbaradei denied the curfew to address the crowds. his message, it is all over for president mubarak. so far no sign mubarak is going anywhere. as hundreds of people jam the airport highway, die hard demonstrators camped out in liberation score last night. they woke to find the political situation hadn't changed a bit, but neither has their main demand. the one thing uniting every participant, the believe that hosni mubarak has to go. so far these demonstrations have been organic. there haven't been big leaders or clear instructions, but for the first time it seems there is a widespread understood instruction that tomorrow there is going to be what is called a million person march. >> elizabeth, thank you. the state department is evacuating u.s. citizens. getting word to them is tough because the internet is shut down. mark strassman is in cairo with more on getting americans to safety. >> reporter: millions of egyptians clam mor for change but some people want no part of this revolt. an estimated 90,000 americans live and work in egypt and an unknown number of tourists. many at the airport trying to get out. >> i knew who mubarak was and he was in reign a long time, but didn't know there was such dissatisfaction. >> reporter: this city has teetered on chaos, burnings, lootings, shootings. the u.s. state department is urging americans to leave. >> state department personnel at our embassy in cairo and here in the united states are working round the clock to ensure the safety of our americans. >> reporter: starting today the u.s. government is chartering planes to take americans out of egypt to various european cities. there is a backlog. by u.s. law anyone has to reimburse washington for the cost of the ticket. many americans will gladly pay. their own safety and security a top priority, a dramatic change from one week ago. >> i looked at the news and saw tunisia, tunisia here, cairo here, no problem. no problem. big problem. >> reporter: a problem that leaves thousands of americans feeling trapped in the middle of another country's revolution. cbs news, cairo. now here is erica. with turn now to washington with a crisis in egypt is presenting rather complex diplomatic challenge for president obama. cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plant has the latest on that. >> reporter: that is fur sure. the white house did not call for president mubarak to resign, but they released a statement saying president obama supports an orderly transition of government in egypt. secretary of state clinton reinforced that on cbs's "face the nation." >> what we are focused on now is a transition that will meet the needs of the egyptian people and truly establish democracy. >> reporter: when pressed to say that means whether president mubarak should go, secretary clinton wouldn't answer. >> i'm not speculating about who goes or who stays. >> reporter: the uprising puts the u.s. in a bind. mubarak has been a very important u.s. ally, maintaining peace are israel, brokering between israeli and palestinians and clamping down on terrorism. >> it is a relationship neither side can do without, but there is not a lot of enthusiasm on either side. >> reporter: the obama administration is saying publicly it does not advocate a specific solution but privately telling egypt and other middle east country it is hoping for an interim government until elections in september. joining us in the studio, is jamie ruben. good to have you with us. so many eyes are on this situation. bill touched on the response from president obama, secretary of state clinton, talking about what they would like to see as a peaceful transition. there is criticism the u.s. position is too moderate. is this the closest they will come in asking president mubarak to step down? >> probably. they are in the rest place, but it has taken them a while to go. egypt's government under mubarak was stable. now the message is to have a speedy transition. it is not going to be that hard if president mubarak gets the message. >> that is the big if. based on your time at the state department, we see the message coming out. we saw secretary clinton making the round on the sunday talk shows yesterday. what is happening right now to help that transition? >> the crucial conversations are those organized between the joint chiefs of staff and military in egypt. we have very close ties to the egyptian military. we have been arming them and working with them for three decades. telling the military all bets are off if they use massive force against the protesters, but, two, making clear something has got to give quickly. and finally, a time may come in the next day or two when the administration realizes it needs to send an envoy to privately meet with mubarak, lay out a tougher set of requests/recommendati requests/recommendations. >> right. >> and get him to finally make the announcement he is leaving. >> in terms of those talks with the military, one thing that is interesting at least from an outside perspective, it feels counterintuitive to see how the protesters are embracing the egyptian army. could it be the military that decides the direction of the country? >> i think the military will decide the direction of the count country. they will decide whether or not to carry out any order to use force. they can signal to mubarak he lost their support. yesterday he seemed to have it at the top levels. the generals meeting with him, but on the streets he doesn't seem to have it. and so as goes the egyptian military, so goes the speed of this change, not the result of it, but the speed of it. >> that is one thing to focus on. in terms of results we have seen mohamed elbaradei emerge almost as a leader to the protests. he is seen as friendly to the western world. he is a know benobel prize winn. could he be the next leader of egypt? >> secretary albright approved him as head of the u.n. watchdog the iaea. my wife and i have known him for years. he is a moderate, modest man. he is not a natural politician. he used the word oxy moron. not what populist leaders would say. he could be a candidate for a transitional figure, has the support of all sides so they can negotiate. what is crucial is enough time before the next election. if they ran it too quickly the only organized force outside the ruling party is the muslim brotherhood and we don't want them to have a leg up. >> hearing those words makes americans fearful because they worry about a rise in muslim fundamentalism. we want to give you a look at the headlines with jeff glor. >> good morning to everyone at home. another winter storm is on the way, this could bring snow, ice and tornadoes. the storm which might affect half the country is on the move this morning. witt johnson is in new york city. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is one of 15 snow dump locations. what the city is trying to do is take this snow and putting it through a melting machine, trying to turn the white stuff into wet stuff, so to speak. it is a race against time because another ferocious and dangerous storm is on its way. already weary from weeks of shoveling snow -- >> pretty heavy. it is a lot of snow. >> reporter: the nation is braying itself for the groundhog's day storm, a massive blast that could affect up to 100 million americans. it begins today and threatens the country from the rockies to the plains to the atlantic. much of the country will see a blanketing of snow, up to two feet in new england and other sections could be hit with damaging ice storms. southern states face severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. >> i love snow, but i'm getting up to here now. >> reporter: up to here in new york city meant the snowiest january on record. 36 inches have fallen in the big apple this month which exhausted the snow removal budget of nearly $39 million. town after town, city after city are in the same predicament. lexington, kentucky, has exceeded its budget for salt and the new jersey department of transportation has blown through the $20 million it set aside for the snow. among the few appreciating all the snow were the mushers at sunday's start at the dog sled race in minnesota, but for most of us -- >> i'm just tired of the snow. i want summer to come. >> reporter: that seems a long way off. on wednesday, groundhog's day, punxsutawney phil will dig through snow drifts to perhaps see his shadow, although it is hard to imagine six more weeks of this. and to add insult to injury, we are seeing a frigid drop in temperatures ahead of this storm and by this time tomorrow many of these nasty, filthy snow piles will likely be bigger. >> government health experts want americans to dramatically reduce the amount of salt they eat. the salt recommendations are part of new dietary guidelines out today. applying to people 51 years and older, african-americans, anyone suffering from hypertension, diabetes and kidney. 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