egypt with an iron fist for 30 years is now in a maximum security prison where he ll spend the rest of his life. earlier today an egyptian court found hosni mubarak guilty of making orders to shoot and kill civilians. the angry mubarak was taken by ambulance to the cairo police academy where the verdict and life sentence was handed down. he was wheeled in on a gurney under heavy guard. six of mubarak s former military men were acquitted. that sparked an uproar inside and outside the courtroom. [ chanting ] . furious protesters called it wrong and want to topple the regime. the security is very tight. 5,000 police have been deployed. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman joins us live from tahrir square. what s the scene like? reporter: well, we ve got more people coming in to tahrir square. just a short while ago we watched them bun posters of one of the presidential candidates. he was mubarak s prime minister. the anger seems to be going into the direction o