molotov cocktails, pushed through barbed wire fencing outside the u.s. embassy in cairo. police responded by firing tear gas. officials say 224 people were injured in today s protests alone. egyptian blogger and journalist mona eltahawy has been witnessing this and joins us by phone from cairo. mona, i know you were in tahrir square over the last 24 hours. what is the feeling, what is the mood there? reporter: i was there in the early hours of today, at about 2:00 a.m. i was not there today and there was yesterday there was a street that was closed to block access to the u.s. embassy, which is why the clashes were taking place not right at the premise as they were as the protests were on tuesday, but further away. from what i gather from people on the ground today, as you said, more than 200 people were injured and it s a very different kind of protest today than it was on tuesday that first day. on tuesday, those protests were called by right wing members of the moveme
gas. officials say 224 people were injured in today s protests alone. egyptian blogger and journalist mona eltahawy has been witnessing this and joins us by phone from cairo. mona, i know you were in tahrir square over the last 24 hours. what is the feeling, what is the mood there? reporter: i was there in the early hours of today, at about 2:00 a.m. i was not there today and there was yesterday there was a street that was closed to block access to the u.s. embassy, which is why the clashes were taking place not right at the premise as they were as the protests were on tuesday, but further away. from what i gather from people on the ground today, as you said, more than 200 people were injured and it s a very different kind of protest today than it was on tuesday that first day. on tuesday, those protests were called by right wing members of the movement in egypt and there was very little security and people were very surprised because the u.s. embassy is usually guarded
first full day in the white house and he will need all 24 hours to get through all of his day one promises. what would a romney presidency be like? reporter: in his latest tv ad mitt romney lays out an ambitious agenda, he demands they play by the rules. reporter: it s romney s second day-one ad and he would not only confront china on trade, but seek business regulations and push for tax cuts and president romney issues an order to replace obama care with common sense, health care. that s such a big to-do list, they might want to start loading up on caffeine. i don t think cav seen enough. probably a full carton of no-doze. i don t think they believe that he can accomplish this in the first 24 hours in office. he can begin the process, but that is all. reporter: traditionally on day one, presidents are busy, but with the inauguration, the parades and the parties and his first full day on the job, the most significant thing president obama did was order pay fre
police suspect her husband, a prominent scientist and he says he was out of town at the time and she doesn t remember. we re digging deeper. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com mitt romney s latest campaign ads are full of pledges about what he d do on day one of his presidency, but our reality check shows he d have to wake up extra, extra early on january 20th to start on that to-do list. it s a long list. our national political correspondent jim acosta is joining us. here s the question, jim. can mitt romney really do all he says he would do on day one? reporter: that certainly is the question, wolf. according to his new ads, mitt romney will be a busy man in his first full day in the white house and he will need all 24 hours to get through all of his day one promises. what would a romney presidency be like? reporter: in his latest tv ad mitt romney lays out an ambitious agenda, he demands they play by the rules. r