government officials. right. reporter: they ve said that the president s son will not run for election. so they re trying to appear reasonable. again, the army is the key player. today they maintained order, we ll see if that continues in the days to come. ron alan live in cairo, egypt. just over an hour from now, president obama is expected to field questions about reports that his administration is working to broker a deal to remove president mubarak from power. several reports say the white house and egyptian officials are discussing a plan that would remove mubarak immediately while leaving newly-appointed vice president omar suleiman to take t reins in a back shift of power. mike, what else are you hearing regarding this q&a session with the president? and also the president will probably get questions on the finger pointing. many are questioning why the intelligence was not there to perhaps predict or lead us to