Im fully back to live in doha youre watching aljazeera and the former age of shin president Mahmoud Morsi has died during a Court Session in cairo this monday morsi was the 1st democratically elected president of egypt and was deposed in a military court in 2013 the coup was led by the current president of egypt Abdel Fattah Elsisi who was then the military chief morsy has been in jail for more than 5 years on what critics have described as politically motivated charges will begin our coverage with this report from laura birdman. Mohamed morsi sailed into the presidency of egypt with the winds of the peoples revolution demanding change. In 2012 he became egypts 1st democratically elected president and the 1st civilian to hold office. Morsi was born in 1951 he spent his adult life 1st as an engineering professor then as a member of parliament on a political prisoner. The egyptian revolution in 2011 set the stage for morsi to reach the pinnacle of power. A year after egyptians overthrew
With this report from laura baron manny. Mohamed morsi sailed into the presidency of egypt with the winds of the peoples revolution demanding change. In 2012 he became egypts 1st democratically elected president and the 1st civilian to hold office morsi was born in 1951 he spent his adult life 1st as an engineering professor then theres a member of parliament and a political prisoner. The to the egyptian revolution in 2011 set the stage for morsi to reach the pinnacle of power. A year after egyptians overthrew longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak morsi to the oath of office to replace him. From the start secular egyptians were suspicious that morsi is really the agents who continue to be with the Muslim Brotherhood similarly learn. I swear to god i will protect this republics democracy and i will protect the constitution and rule of law and i will safeguard the interests of the egyptian people and the safety and sovereignty of egypt. Morsi promised to be a president for all egyptians instea
Here and we need to continue to amplify the needs of the island. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a mosque in egypts Sinai Peninsula was the scene of mayhem and carnage today. At least 235 people were killed, and more than 100 injured, as militants attacked a crowded house of worship during friday prayers in the town of bir al abd. The attackers detonated explosives and shot worshippers as they tried to escape. Egypts government declared three days of mourning. President trump condemned the attack, and spoke this afte
Amplify the needs of the island. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a mosque in egypts Sinai Peninsula was the scene of mayhem and carnage today. At least 235 people were killed, and more than 100 injured, as militants attacked a crowded house of worship during friday prayers in the town of bir al abd. The attackers detonated explosives and shot worshippers as they tried to escape. Egypts government declared three days of mourning. President trump condemned the attack, and spoke this afternoon with egyptian president ab
Welcome to huber dc. I am then. Is the mic on cosmic my name is ben. Im the cochair of the working and the National Security and law and in my other life im a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and i run laffaire which partners with huber on these. Those of you have been with these before i want to give you a little heads up and we will do this one differently neither i nor jack will be conducting the interview and the reason for that is that when i reached out to graeme wood to come talk about his book, the way of the stranger, he informed me that sam had already reached out to him and invited him to hoover to talk about his book. It was an example of the one arm not knowing what the other arm was doing so we did talk joined forces and sam is going to be our guest post of what we at law call the hoover book soirees and what hoover caused security by the book. As always, this event will be podcast it on laffaire and as always security by the book events we dont take audience ques