we know that the secretary of defense in this country, chuck hagel, has spoken multiple times to his counterpart in egypt, general martin different circumstance the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has had conversations, at least one conversation, with his counter part in that country as well. whether there have been any conversations with the new leadership at this point, we don t know. we will hear from the president tonight, doubt he will speak to this in particular. vel some remarks as he welcomes military heroes to the white house. peter alexander at the white house. thanks so much. the crowds are starting to build in tahrir square once again, this after millions of people took to the streets last night to celebrate the end of mohammad morsi s time in power. ayman mohyeldin is joining us from cairo. if we look to what happened preceded this the military informs charge in the period between mubarak and morsi, about a 16-month period. they have this mr. mansour, put into pl
fact that the congress is out on recess right now is probably good thing so you don t have a lot of senators and congressmen with microphones talking about this. it gives the administration a few dies really come together. and yes, they are going to have to tap dance around the question whether this was a coup or not. since it was a popular revolt, i don t think they are going to get a lot of pushback from republicans or democrats on this chris, i was asking peter alexander, covering the white house for us today, whether or not president obama has reached out to the newly appointed president mansour there. he wasn t sure. they are still trying to find out. but if and when the white house does reach out, what should be the first step? what should be the first level of discussion? i think it s making it very clear that there has to be a relatively quick transition to a point where you can have elections, because this goes i think to the heart of what theed a minute station s policy h