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Administration says. that before they turn up the heat in terms of the rhetoric, they have concern about americans in country. thats why we have not seen the president out on camera, forcefully talking about it. he certainly hasnt come out to make a statement for that sole purpose, and he hasnt been in a situation where he answered a shouted question about it either. >> we had more americans in egypt. americans all over cairo, and i bring this up not to attack the president of the united states....

Message to the military, we are watching, we want the reforms that you promised. the military suspended the constitution and promised elections within six months. egyptians not just in tahrir square but all over cairo are watching. heres some of the other stories we are talking about on cnn. status update from facebook. the social networking sites now allowing the members to disclose whether theyre in a civil union or in a domestic partnership. the move is really seen as a win for same-sex cou...

Person or speaker of the parliament or some other combination of people from the defense ministry or whatever. but weve got to have some degree of stability while we try to help the egyptians get through this and end up with a constitutional structure on the other side. we cant just be against mubarak and think that it is all going to work out all right. i dont think it will. if thats all we do. >> mr. woolsey, thank you for joining us. and john king as well. always great to chat with you. when ...

Large challenge to government that until now has been able to say that its opponents are basically these people in tahrir square, that the rest of egypt has been standing bypassively. thats not the case anymore. >> we understand that there are protester at the palace. where mubarak is physically. is there any sense at all that the protesters will try to get into the palace? >> reporter: by the numbers they have at the moment, no. it is simply impossible. that has been one of the goals of the peo...

They should have been on top of and maybe they were. >> mr. woolsey, i agree. but it is very hard to pinpoint that triggering event. that spark that will ignite the flames. what amazes me about todays event, what this statement did was feed the overwhelming presumption throughout the united states media, the government and the protesters in cairo that a deal had been cut. that somehow some grand bargain had been struck. and so when that then fall apart, it not only generates additional anger but...

Welcome become to our continuing coverage of the drama and breaking news from cairo. amazing events all day. john king still with us in d.c. were join as well by james woolsey who was the director of the cia for many years. and ive got to ask you this question. it has been bothering me all day. i want to quote something that leon panetta, the current director of the cia that in testimony before congress this morning. he said, as you can see, i got the same information you did which is, there is ...

Your main demand by tomorrow morning at the latest. so that can be forgiven, perhaps they were misled in a way. but i think the biggest way that the army will show that they are with the people or against them is their reaction toward, if the people actually do decide to go to the presidential palace. there are arent that many now. but tomorrow, not tomorrow. i guess in a couple hours now, will show us. this will be the definitive moment. if people do decide to actually take action, no more. peo...

Joined the protests saying that they were fed up with the regime. and with its tactics. those examples are few and far between. the military does appear to be at this point in time, maintaining its neutral appearance, trying to keep the peace, at least keep the people on its side. this is a very complex conflict that is playing out here. and to bring up a point that has been brought up by fareed and the guests out there, that is the issue of state propaganda. the state is running such a propagan...

Something really, really big happens. what dont you see on television? is there something you see that we dont or feel? >> reporter: well, i was trying to think how to explain whats happened here. i thought back to when we first arrived here a couple weeks ago and we were trying to interview people. so many people were afraid. they didnt want to give us their names or tell us a lot about themselves. they didnt want to speak to us and were very cautious. you contrast that with what youre seeing a...

Disgust towards the speech. then aimmediately began chanting "leave, leave." and it has been the slogan of this uprising, calling for the fall of this regime. the people demanding the fall of this regime. thats their slogan. while numt bers have now anyotht somewhat, i can only imagine what tomorrow will bring. tomorrow will be the biggest demonstration in the streets of cairo. not only in tahrir, but all over cairo. they want to make the very earth shake with their feet, because every time this...