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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. that's why we have not seen the president out on camera, forcefully talking about it. he certainly hasn't come out to make a statement for that sole purpose, and he hasn't 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. i bring it up, because i hear, and i know you do, because we've had this discussion from foreign...

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. here's some of the other stories we are talking about on cnn. status update from facebook. the social networking site's now allowing the members to disclose whether they're in a civil union or in a domestic partnership. the move is really seen as a win for same-sex couples as already a long list of relationship options on facebook from being married to it's compli...

Person or speaker of the parliament or some other combination of people from the defense ministry or whatever. but we've 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 can't just be against mubarak and think that it is all going to work out all right. i don't think it will. if that's all we do. >> mr. woolsey, thank you for joining us. and john king as well. always great to chat with you. when we come back, we'll go back to cairo for an update. ng toget. yep. this way, everyone will know ...

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. that's 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 people in tahrir for several week. but they need a lot more in terms of numbers to get anywhere near t...

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 today's 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 also casts doubt on the wisdom and insights of the cia itself. i'm just massively troubled by the ...