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attention. love that. 25 windows. that s what happens with live tv. that s right. just down the road a piece, too. and we go to black on you. she was so shocked you got it right, everything fell apart. that s exactly right. it destroyed television. we ll get back with pamela. a lot going on this fourth of july holiday, a new interim president is sworn in as the world reacts to a government takeover by the egyptian military. are they on the brink of an all-out civil war? we re following this very very closely. we ll bring you live team coverage from cairo to washington. we ll be right back. [ jackie ] it s just so frustrating.
who s been in the middle of it in cairo. what s the latest? reporter: we were talking mohamed morsi was the president of egypt. today, egypt has a new president and many say a new revolution and a lot has changed. egypt s new president is adly mansour, sworn in over the last couple of hours. his swearing in part of a fast series of events that saw the abrupt downfall of mohamed morsi. this morning, after an explosive turn of events, former president mohamed morsi is under house arrest. the military ousted him wednesday night after he refused to meet their deadline to form an inter rim coalition governme and revise the constitution. droves of military convoys flooded the streets of egypt s capital, propelling the nation on a road toward change. the general abdel fatah el sisi
down until rescuers reached her. what a sight and what a fright. scary. first, this morning, let s get to breaking news in egypt. this was the scene earlier this morning. an interim president being sworn in, adly mansour. and the former mohamed morsi first democratically elected leader of this country under house arrest. an army chopper flying as the crowd sets off fireworks. the sight was amazing. there was also this, rage as morsi supporters rail against what they call a quecoup. the prospect of a civil war for this key u.s. ally very real, a very tense time in egypt. cnn has the story covered like no one else does with reporters in cairo and the white house and christian amanpour with us in new york. first to cairo.
announced adly mansour, head of egypt s highest court will replace morsi as interim president. while the military was met with cheers in tahrir square, across, they chanted down with the military and the square had a million marches denouncing is ouster, messages sending ripples throughout this country that s already seen death and bloodshed since the huge anti-government protests began this past weekend. back live here overlooking cairo s iconic tahrir square where hundreds of thousands of people were rocking last night in a party that lasted through the wee hours of the morning, they ll probably be back here partying today. not partying, former president mohamed morsi, under house arrest, state media reporting it s for precautionary measures