going forward to egypt, john? >> dan, i assume we could hear from the president again tomorrow, or at least someone at the white house will watch this play out. >> they'll be watching it closely. perhaps we'll hear from the president. he continues to get up to the minute information on the situation on the ground in egypt. he got an early morning memo from his national security adviser and then that typical daily briefing that the president gets that touches on a whole host of issues, national security issues, domestic and international as well. today focused solely on egypt. that meeting lasting for about 40 minutes. the president will continue to get that kind of information going forward as well, john. >> dan lothian at the white house, appreciate it. still with us is professor shibley talhami. i want to talk about the value of the internet. the importance of the internet in communicating and organizing. to ben wedeman's point about the restraint of the army. he's seen that in cairo. nic robertson just sent out a tweet saying people were looting