kind of wear them down, wear them out. as others pointed out it is difficult for the protesters in the square to remain there. the conditions are tough. it s like sleeping out in a public space for 12 days. it s not an easy thing to do. anderson, it s great to have you back on camera. we ll come back to you later in the show. thank you. the uprising in egypt has brought the economy to a complete standstill. the man in charge of fixing it is their finance minister who was sworn in on monday. he will now join me by phone. what will happen when the banks re-open on sunday? will you be able to keep the egyptian economy from collapsing? certainly we will do our best.
january 28th. however, a number of our u.s. embassy vehicles for stolen. we have heard reports of their use in violent and criminal acts. if true, we deplore these acts and the perpetrators. let s go to anderson cooper in cairo live tonight. what do you make of that? it seemed a strange day, a day that started promisingly, massive crowds in the square. gunfire and this appalling video. what s going on, do you think? well, first of all, that video is dated january 28 which was last friday. that was the day all hell broke loose in terms of violence. it was a difficult day. the u.s. embassy said a number of their vans were stolen. that s about all we know. it doesn t seem to make sense. the u.s. embassy was placed on lockdown. so the idea that there would have been u.s. personnel driving around seems unlikely. there is no reason not to
the u.s. embassy said, we are certain no that embassy employees or diplomats were involved in this incident on january 28th. however, a number of our u.s. embassy vehicles for stolen. we have heard reports of their use in violent and criminal acts. if true, we deplore these acts and the perpetrators. let s go to anderson cooper in cairo live tonight. what do you make of that? it seemed a strange day, a day that started promisingly, massive crowds in the square. gunfire and this appalling video. what s going on, do you think? well, first of all, that video is dated january 28 which was last friday. that was the day all hell broke loose in terms of violence. it was a difficult day. the u.s. embassy said a number of their vans were stolen. that s about all we know. it doesn t seem to make sense. the u.s. embassy was placed on
the military could not have promised to shoot into the anti-mubarak protesters. so perhaps now we are seeing a situation where they would be allowed to remain in the square, but the attempt is maybe just to kind of wear them down, wear them out. as others pointed out it is difficult for the protesters in the square to remain there. the conditions are tough. it s like sleeping out in a public space for 12 days. it s not an easy thing to do. anderson, it s great to have you back on camera. we ll come back to you later in the show. thank you. the uprising in egypt has brought the economy to a complete standstill. the man in charge of fixing it is their finance minister who was sworn in on monday. what will happen when the banks re-open on sunday?
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