these people are changing the course of history and changing the course of their own lives. that s what they have done in the streets. we ll have more on that remarkable story coming up. but for sheer fatal drama today, though, there was this shocking news. that this man, the former president of egypt, he dropped dead today in an egyptian courtroom where he was being tried on espionage charges. his name is mohamed morsi, leader of the muslim brotherhood. he was briefly elected president of egypt in 2012 after the arab spring uprising in egypt, threw out hosni mubarak, that country s long-time dictatorial leader. morsi was elected in 2012. the year after he was elected he too was overthrown and removed from office by force this time in a military coup. which promptly locked morsi up and subjected him to this long
we will have more on the remarkable story coming up. for sheer fatal drama today, there was this shocking news. this man, the former president of egypt, he dropped dead today in an egyptian courtroom where he was being tried on espionage charges. mohamed morsy was briefly elected pedestrian egypt in that count country s first democratic elections in 2012 after the uprising in egypt with the long time dictatorial leader. morsi was elected and the year after, he too was overthrown and removed from office by force, this time in a military coup that locked morsi up and subjected him to a long series of trials. the culmination of which had him in court today. the leader of the coup that seized power in 2013,
to act in a way they can. of course with, it is not just snowed than has put the white house and its national security team under pressure from all sides. in the escalating crisis in egypt accused of propping morsi up and now under fire for abanening him and they say, acquiescing into what has all the earmarks of a military coup. critics on all side. joining me now, former defense secretary william cohen, chairman and ceo of the cohen group. bill, this is a very tough time indeed for this administration. you have a knew national security advisor, susan rice. she took over a week ago today. the secretary of state has been traveling non-stop in the middle east and now you have egypt absolutely in flames. well, i think it is a pivotal moment for egypt and for the administration and how it deals with this. we have very limit leverage with egypt at this point $1.5 billion isn t enough. economic assistance that goes to egypt and military assistance going to the military. the questi