professors as we look at the square, 10:46 p.m., tens of thousands will not move until the military happens over power to a civilian government. the military says it will do that by the end of next june when a new president is elected. those protesters say that simply is not quick enough and they going to stay there until the military hands over power. trace? >>trace: what is the update on the three american students who were arrested in the middle of all of that? >>jonathan: one of the three actually managed to get a call home today. and he spoke to his mother for a short time and he is the one on the right the screen as you look at the picture, and he said they were being treated well and then not being held in a risen and they are being held in a courtroom, that has given the family some cause for hope that they may soon be released. they have been seen by u.s. embassy officials in cairo and the state department says everybody is working to get them released as quickly as possible.