meeting that president mubarak was stepping down. he stepped outside the oval office to the outer oval and watched some television coverage, seeing a very different reaction inside tahrir square, jubilation on the faces of the egyptains. and now president obama will make remarks to an american audience as well as our allies in the region. megyn: there was criticism for the white house of being out of touch, because of the comments we heard from the president, the administration yesterday, anticipating that he would step down when he did not. and the question was, are we no longer in touch with the president of egypt? any reaction to that from the white house or response on the political front today? >> reporter: they've been trying to walk a very fine line this whole crisis, trying to not get ahead of the events. when you heard the president's remarks yesterday in marquette, michigan, you got a sense that he thought it would be the day,