he then watched television coverage as we are watching these pictures unfold, these developments unfold, on television. president obama was doing the same this morning, looking at the scene that has unfolded in cairo, that he was there watching for several minutes, just outside the oval office, watching the coverage, as we are watching extraordinary developments take place. we've also been told now that president obama will make an on-camera statement later today about what we are seeing that is taking place here throughout the country of egypt. clearly, very significant development. the obama administration in many ways, jim, as you know, we've discussed this before, really playing catch-up to the pace of this revolt, this revolution, that has taken place in egypt. at the same time having parallel discussions, one back channels, trying to convince president hosni mubarak to leave quickly