the most extraordinary, i think, expression of public outpouring where they said 20 million strong. what the bbc called the largest political gathering in history since the bbc has been covering them. they rejected the morsi government. the egyptians i talked to called this an impeachment from the street that we have the people on the street to say we do not want this government. now the question is, at that moment the military put forward a real -- laid down the law with morsi and said you have a couple of days to get it together and call the elections or we're moving in. that's the point where the u.s. blinked, where the ambassador ann party southe ann patterson and the other powers had to make tough decisions from the street's point of view acquiesces to the. >> there are a a number of