ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak speaking from a hospital cot in court this morning. denied complicity in the killing of protesters during the massive cairo protest that led to his resignation earlier this year. the judge set mubarak s next court date for august 15th and ordered him held at a military hospital under the care of an oncologist, suggesting that reports he has cancer may be true. mubarak s trial is drawing interest from around the arab world, especially in syria where some suggest it only emboldens president assad. richard haass is the president of the council on foreign relations. he joins me now. all right, richard, we re here in washington, we ve been absorbed by the debt debate. what s been going on in syria has been unfathomable, frankly.