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Said what the military did was restore democracy, i'm paraphrasing a bit, in egypt, clearly very different than a coup. i know you're in phoenix. the president just delivered a speech there on housing. what was the headline? >> he outlined a plan to wind down the mortgage giants fannie may and freddie mac, which you'll recall needed a massive government bailout and they back most homeowners in this nation. the president's plan to help revive the housing market and help homeowners fell very short. now that the market is coming back, he can start looking at these kinds of proposals. from here he...

Diplomacy happens behind closed doors. it's very difficult to figure out what these two senators accomplished and this a classic standoff here in egypt where you have these two sides digging in and you can easily see how each side views any concession made to the other side as defeat. so the key moving forward is what's going to give? is either side going to back down in hopes that there's going to be some reconciliation to avoid what has been a very, very violent conflict, wolf. >> reza sayah in cairo for us, thank you. >> jessica yellin has been looking into this. they sent mccain to cairo. ...

>> well, they came here to deliver a clear message and some of those messages were controversial. first off, senators restating the position of the u.s. congress that this was indeed a coup, what happened last month, the overthrow of mr. morsi. of course that's not going to sit well with supporters of this military-backed interim government. but their overarching message was a positive one. they said they don't want to dwell on the past, they want to look to the future and they want to support egypt, but the only way they can support egypt if this is a viable, peaceful democracy and the only w...

Ever since egypt's military ousted president mohamed morsi last month, the obama administration has avoided calling it a coup. senator john mccain certainly has no problem with that word. >> the circumstances of the former government's president's removal were a coup, and we have said that we cannot expect egypt or any other country to abide by its laws if we do not abide by ours in the united states. >> at president obama's request, senators mccain and his colleague lindsay graham, they are in cairo right now meeting with leaders and they are speaking out. let's go live to the egyptian capita...

Show of public support by those who support egypt's new president. he also announced there will be a constitutional referendum on december 15. it came really after a vote on friday pushing through that constitution in one day. now the nation will have the chance to vote up or down on that constitution. president morsi said the extreme powers he declared for himself last week would end when that constitution is ratified. perhaps in just two weeks' time. it's not clear that's going to be enough for the protesters behind me, some of whom intend to sleep on the square until they drive president mo...