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On, knowing, quite honestly, that some things in foreign policy have to be done away from tv cameras. those are the types of direct and frank talks that the president had last night with president mubarak. >> so it was to avoid questions on egypt? >> i said that it was not. >> the president, just like the protesters on the streets in egypt, they're clearly unhappy with mubarak's insistence on staying in power until the elections in september. what are the specific steps the administration is considering? could that include a cutoff of aid to try to push this along? >> i want to peel these ques...

Demands have been satisfied. but it is clear that the egyptian people need to see progress and change immediately. >> finally, we have not had a chance to ask president obama any questions since this crisis began. there have been at least a couple occasions that could have been open to the press. can you explain why we haven't been able to talk to him. >> ben, i think you'll get a chance likely to talk to the president later in the week when prime minister harper is here. we have had a couple of occasions that have been still photographers only. those were part of the coverage plans that have ...

Defense ministry spokesperson. welcome to the show. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> at the beginning of this discussion, when the protest first started, after the tunisian events had happened, you were on our air saying this is not tunisia, this will not go out of control. it appears things is gotten out of control. >> unfortunately, when you take things to the street, you don't really know what's going to happen next. it is true that all the government and everyone in egypt, even the public, thought that things were going to remain under control and that even with heavy protests...

Time for "you choose" where we asked you to vote on the news. here as the winner. a doctor in south georgia illegally dispensed codeine syrup. that syrup is used as a key ingredient in the illegal recreational drink called purple drank. it's a mixture, made of a mixture of lemon/lime soda or fruit-flavored candy. the 71-year-old doctor william morris williams faces up to two years in prison and a $200,000 fine. we'll post the stories about farrah fawcett and the other story that you wanted on my blog, cnn.com/ali. time now for the "qyz" of it. today's mass protests in egypt, tunisia and the ...

The white house briefing room. we're expecting that briefing with white house press secretary robert gibbs to begin momentarily. why is it so important? they have the briefing every day. some days we look at it and some days we don't. it's important because the ever-changing situation in egypt means the white house and the president are constantly evaluating the situation and deciding, do they take a stronger position than they did? what we heard yesterday was that the president's envoy had sent a message, delivered a message in person to president hosni mubarak of egypt to say he needs to do ...