what you need to know to build a bomb. ali arouzi for us joining us from iran. we got breaking news from cairo, muhammad morsi has died. he fainted in a court session and died soon after. morsi you will remember was a leader in the muslim brotherhood political party. a spokesperson some what obscure to the world who then ended up becoming egypt s president in 2012 in the midst of arab. he was ousted. a major decision from the supreme court on your vote and gerrymandering. why it matters going into the 2020 elections. we ll hear from joe biden
down. supporters and opponents of ousted president mohamed morsi still took to the streets. this morsi backer said she supported democracy. and the way the egyptian military removed the president from office was wrong. it is our rights, the people s right to choose, to choose, to choose their constitution. it is not it is not anyone else s. reporter: egypt s top judge was sworn in as interim president, the first step in the military s road map toward a new government. the army suspended the constitution. but mansour can declare new laws during this transition. the world is watching to see how egypt handles this period of uncertainty. i m worried that what we have got now is a cure worse than the disease. morsi is under house arrest in the presidential palace with his family. several top leaders of the muslim brotherhood political party have been detained. every year the u.s. gives more than $1 billion in aid to egypt. president obama said the u.s.
this morning on world news now uncertainty in egypt as arrest warrants are issued for members of the former president s party. egypt remains a divided nation. here at home, president obama spent the fourth honoring those who make our freedom possible, he spent the day with soldiers and their families. also this morning, changing lives, the american lawyer who was so inspired by the life of nelson mandela he moved to south africa to inspire others. how he is helping young south africans by feeding their body as well as their minds. he is bringing sexy back, again. a look at justin timberlake s racy new video ahead in the skinny, friday, july 5th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everyone. we are going to begin this half-hour with the latest from
brotherhood, and that could lead egypt down the road of civil violence, which would be terrible. reporter: there is a lot of faith in the egyptian military, and the pentagon has been assured that this will be only be temporary. martha raddatz. abc news, washington. now, so much concern. because of all these pro-morsi, muslim brotherhood, and there s a lot, 51% of the country voted these people in. you hope and everybody is watching now to see if there is a reaction from them. will there be violence from them. essentially, start heading the wrong way toward a civil war. there have been murders in some of these crowds already. hasn t gotten crazy out of hand. that s the big hope, that it doesn t. yeah, the violence, excuse me, the protests have swept in so quickly. there s a story within a story. about 100 women have been sexually assaulted within tahrir square within four days. and now human rights watch is keeping an eye on that. it s not a safe place to be right now.
translator: the justice of the court will run the state s affairs during the midterm period in till the new president is elected. reporter: elections will likely take place sometime in the next 9 to 12 months. the celebrations came after several tense days. anti-morsi protesters chanted down with the president and called muslim brotherhood political party criminals. we don t want him. he has to step down. it is not any more legitimate for him to be there. reporter: pro-morsi demonstrations were taking place. he continued to be defiant and said the revolution was stolen from us. whoever planned this wants to spill the blood of the egyptian people. the obama administration walking a fine line. we are not taking sides. but what happens in egypt could have significant ripple effects. egypt is an anchor for the region as a whole. reporter: and it s a region still very much in crisis. a civil war raging in syria, the ongoing nuclear threat from iran and unstable libya. a pres