immediate change in egypt. on wednesday, the white house press secretary talked about the administration's frustration over the slow pace of progress. >> the participants on the government side of us is vice president suleiman. that's why the vice president of our country has talked to him about broadening the pace of this process because what we see happening on the streets of cairo is not altogether surprising when you understand the lack of steps that the government has taken to address their concerns. >> well, we want to find out what's happening now in cairo. let's go to cnn's fred pleitgen, he joins us live. fred, it's adding on to robert gibbs' comments saying it is not helpful meanwhile, the egyptians are saying what the americans want is not helpful either. show the diplomatic dance that is going on behind the scenes? >> reporter: it certainly does.