lockdown. so the idea that there would have been u.s. personnel driving around seems unlikely. there is no reason not to believe the idea that the vans were stolen. it was an extraordinary day. we think the violence we have seen for the last 48 hours, nevertheless despite that, in the face of that, bravery won out. tens of thousands of egyptians against mubarak decided to go down to the square, even though they had seen their compatriots attacked with rocks, mootov cocktails. they went in huge numbers that matched what we had seen earlier in the week before the violence began. it was a jubilant crowd of people. also significantly the egyptian military finally after 48 hours of literally standing by watching rocks being thrown and molotov cocktails thrown and
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
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 believe the idea that the vans were stolen. it was an extraordinary day. we think the violence we have seen for the last 48 hours, nevertheless despite that, in the face of that, bravery won out. tens of thousands of egyptians against mubarak decided to go
lockdown. so the idea that there would have been u.s. personnel driving around seems unlikely. there is no reason not to believe the idea that the vans were stolen. it was an extraordinary day. we think the violence we have seen for the last 48 hours, nevertheless despite that, in the face of that, bravery won out. tens of thousands of egyptians against mubarak decided to go down to the square, even though they had seen their compatriots attacked with rocks, molotov cocktails. they went in huge numbers that matched what we had seen earlier in the week before the violence began. it was a jubilant crowd of people. also significantly the egyptian military finally after 48 hours of literally standing by watching rocks being thrown and molotov cocktails thrown and allowing pro-mubarak