you ll experience all of that in the hour ahead through the eyes and minds of my colleagues and friends, where it happened right from the start. january 2011, the first rumblings of an uprising in cairo. crowds began to gather in the city central of tahrir square. a revolution has begun. what is your message to president mubarak? he should leave tonight. hosni mubarak should be egypt s dictator for 30 years, and the growing crowd of protesters want him out. but mubarak digs in, and the once-peaceful protests turn violent. oh, my god! this is an unmistakable show of military force. firefighter jets flying low over cairo s tahrir square, liberation square, which has been a symbol of defiance. what you re hearing them saying is in arabic it means, go, go. the demonstrators say that s the army firing to warn them to stay away. reporter: pro-mubarak forces target the unarmed protesters. journalists also come under attack. i m a little bit scared, because i got
and the minds from my colleagues from cnn international who were there when it happened right from the start. january 2011, the first rumblings of an up rising in cairo. crowds begin to gather in the city s central tahrir square. a revolution has begun. what is your message to president mubarak? reporter: whose hosni mubarak has been egypt s dictate for for 30 years. a growing number of protesters want him out. mubarak digs in and the once peaceful protests turn violent. reporter: this is an unmistakable show of military force. this has been a symbol of de defian defiance. reporter: they re speaking in arabic, go, go. reporter: firefighting in the air. the demonstrators say that s the army firing to warn them to stay away. reporter: promubarak forces targeted the unarmed protesters. journalists come under attack. i was shoved out of the way. this is just a completely surreal experience. i m being told, walk, walk. don t stay. okay. been hit now like ten times.
a democratic source telling it differently, saying the president challenged mr. cantor for what the source called talk out of both sides of his mouth . they ll be back at the table tomorrow. the stakes could not be higher. moody s today put america s credit rating on review hinting at a possible rating drop. ben bernanke says defaulting on the debt would be catastrophic. jessica yellin is at the white house with what her sources are telling her. what have you heard from these differing accounts? reporter: democratic sources say that bottom line is that the president was schooling the crowd in the room when eric cantor changed his position. all along eric cantor as you have said, the house majority leader, had endorsed doing a deal that did reduce the deficit and that had some of these various components we talked about. but when he supported the short-term deal which as you ve pointed out the president has made clear he opposes, the president sort of told the entire group
money and influence. how deep does that run? take a look. the television empire, fox with its news programming is part of his world. 20th century fox was huge, hit films. in publishing, new york post, wall street journal, what he has in print, along with harpercollins publishers limited, books like sarah palins, all part of the empire of rupert murdoch. we will dig much deeper into the rupert scandal and one of the senators calling for an investigation. first, one of the other stories we re following tonight. the other barack obama. a new book reveals astonishing information about the father of the president. it opens a new window into the heart and mind of his son, and who is thaddeus? a conservative who plays an electric guitar, quotes l.e.d. zeppelin on the house floor and running for president in a crowded field. can he rock out? then, think the debt ceiling debate is a joke, so does paul. you re speaking like a conspiracy theorist. it s not conspiracy, reality
sitting here? i ve reached my limit. this may bring down my presidency but i will not yield on this. congressman cantor says he says don t call my bluff, i m going to the american people on this. finally cantor says he pushed back from the table and left. a democratic source telling it differently, saying the president challenged mr. cantor for what the source called talk out of both sides of his mouth . they ll be back at the table tomorrow. the stakes could not be higher. moody s today put america s credit rating on review hinting at a possible downgrade. ben bernanke says defaulting on the debt would be catastrophic. the chamber of commerce also sounded the alarm. jessica yellin is at the white house with what her sources are telling her. what have you heard from these differing accounts? reporter: democratic sources say that bottom line is that the president was schooling the crowd in the room when eric cantor changed his position. all along eric cantor as you have sai