plans to stop to sit ins against morsi. the goal was to cut off access to food. it appears it's not happening, not yet. in cairo, what is the latest on this? >> reporter: things are calm at this hour, john. you get the impression a lot of people are anticipating what's to come. a lot of people went to sleep last night thinking they might wake up and a crackdown would be under way against two pro-morsi rallies taking place for six weeks now. morning came, however, the crackdowns did not. no sign of security forces, no sign of police. the demonstrations continue as we speak. what we have is this high stakes waiting game and this political conflict where on one size you have the military backed government. on the other side, supporters of morsi and the muslim