president, only until early elections. the army stressed it doesn t want to run egypt. but can it be believed? and what about morsi and their supporters? they re calling this a naked coup, and a front to islam, a plot by israel and america. they re furious. the army has deployed armored vehicles to contain them, but they are armed. and some could start an insurgency. back in tahrir square, back with the winners, what about democracy? is a military intervention really what they wanted? no, but they say it was the only choice to fix the mistake they don t want to repeat. but lawrence, while the scene here appears very boisterous, celebratory and positive, there are deep concerns about what will happen next. in fact, the u.s. embassy which was located at the back of tahrir square, has ordered the evacuation of all nonemergency
their ultimatum of two days ago was again, one last chance for president morsi to find a way to be more inclusive and not have a an approach to governance that was entirely governed and shaped by the desire to have control and not to share power. so i think there s a potential here for something positive, but there s enormous uncertainty right now. we have to see how the muslim brotherhood responds to this. they have failed in terms of governing. the question is, do they decide to try to mobilize their own support and react with force or do they decide to bite their time if it s the latter there may be some potential to move in a more stabilizing direction. president obama put on a statement tonight saying he is concerned by the decision of the egyptian armed forces to remove president morsi as an elected president. he says i now call on the egyptian military to move quickly and responsibly to return full authority to a democratically elected civilian government as soon as possible.
suspended the constitution. nbc news has learned that president morsi and most of the members of his presidential team are now under house arrest. nbc s richard engel is in cairo with more, richard? reporter: good evening, lawrence, from a very noisy very boisterous tahrir square, some people calling what has happened today a coup. that is certainly the way the now ousted president mohamed morsi is describing the situation. in fact, in his own statement he said, quote, a revolution has been taken from us. but here in tahrir square, they have not calling this a coup. in fact, they are saying what has happened today was the army intervened at the people s request for change. just watch, and listen. it is the cry of millions of egyptians, an outpouring of joy and relief that a weight has been lifted from their shoulders. the end of an experiment in political islam gone wrong. i am crying because i m so happy.
would think that prosecutors that bring their a game it looks to me like the defense attorneys must have paid the prosecutors a lot of money, because the prosecutors are certainly doing the defense s job, and they need to be giving the defense money. it s more embarrassing and the judge says turn the phone off. doesn t get worse than that. they recess tomorrow, panel so we get a break, and then back on friday. so we ll be watching it closely and we have one day where the jury will be sequestered, women will be together, charged not to speak about this case. we ll see if a bunch of women cannot talk about a case. i don t know. i m not going to weigh in on that or ask you too either, diana. that s all the time we have. panel, thank you very much. breaking news. morsi out, and the military
outrage. morsi out, the head of the constitutional court, the new president, but only until the elections. the army stressed it doesn t want to run egypt. but can it be believed? and what about morsi and their supporters? they re calling this a naked coup, and a front to islam, a plot by israel and america. they re furious. the army has deployed armored vehicles to contain them, but they are armed. and some could start an insurgency. what about democracy? is a military intervention really what they wanted? no, but they say it was the only choice to fix the mistake they don t want to repeat. but lawrence, while the scene here appears very much a celebration and positive, there are deep concerns in the country about what will happen next. in fact, the u.s. embassy which