past few days, jake, this has been much more is this a coup or not, and was morsi a horrible leader? it s quite simply that morsi usurped his position to consolidate the brotherhood and his own power. from the very beginning, when we got rid of hosni mubarak in 2011, egyptians have maintained all along that anyone who tries to lead us, we will stand up against. this is a strong message we also send out to the military. this is not a coup. what happened in egypt is millions of egyptians, many of whom voted, but have watched him over the past year marginalize, intimidate and send into detention any opponents, basically prevent egyptians from forming the kind of institutions that we could use to stand up against him. the only avenue we had left as egyptians was the streets, and we are sending a clear message to the military today we will not allow them to return to rule. mona, there is another avenue, which is another election, you defeat president morsi.
that you are no longer our leader. you failed to represent is. and hussein, your thoughts? i think it s a very sad day for egypt. this is not the end of morsi more nor the end of brotherhood. mona is a very good friend of mine. it s sad to sit here and see the defense of the overthrow of however dislikable and detested a democratically elected president, the way to overthrow him is at the ballot box. they have held five elections, and more elections are in the offing. morsi had three more years to go, and before that, there were parliamentary elections, too. the opposition has been divided, the opposition has not had a leader, a vision, and the mobilization of the masses on the street is not to the credit
took 18 years to get a foothold in egyptian politics. now they see the end of that looming, and they are very, very angry, as are their supporters this evening. becky anderson, i want to bring in egyptian commentator and activist mona elat the present time ahawy. mona, stad etahawy. i hope your family and friends have been able to stay safe. just a basic question for americans at home who don t understand why all these demonstrators who presumably, many of them are the same people who are marching again mubarak, why they would think it acceptable for there to be a coup against somebody who is democratically elected. even if he was a horrible leader, why the act of a coup is okay? for many people marching the
0 announced in the past few hours in egypt. the egyptian president morsi is i ll be back with our coverage one hour from now. jake tapper picks up our coverage in the lead right now. i m jake tapper. this is the lead. i want to welcome or viewers in the u.s. and around the world. breaking news, egypt s now former president mohammed morsi has been ousted. the egyptian army is not using that worse, but morsi is on his twitter account. he tweets measures and nounced by armed forces leadership represent a full coup, categorically rejected by all free men of our nation. this after the military announced that morsi is out and that the constitution has been suspended. according to the military, egypt s constitutional cord will serve as a temporary presidency until a new constitution will be drawn up and new elections can be held, both in support of the opposition on monday he was given 48 hours to come up with a political solution. that deadline came and went hours ago. if u.s. offi