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>> thats a great question. >> unlike the mubarak regime, the way you enforce it is by shooting everybody, its an option they dont have. >> is that true? is that true that he -- thats the big question. security forces, the military and security forces which are slightly different. are they in his corner enough? >> certainly, the military, i dont know if its in his court or not. they have been silent so far. we know the police have been doing his bidding over the last couple days of protest in a w...

We are talking about morsi, the leader of egypt, the first democratic elected leader who gave a somewhat stunning declaration this week. he gave himself nearly limited power. its created uprising in tahrir square. we have the author of "no god but god." an adjunct. heather is back at the table. lets start with the context of this. i find the process by which politics is negotiated in the absence of a constitutional law fascinating because right now, egypt is operating in this post revolutionary ...

The constitution from any sort of challenge. morsi declared that the president can issue any decision to protect the revolution and a constitutional declaration and issues of laws are final and not subject to appeal. morsi insists the powers are temporary and will expire when a new constitution is drafted. the state department responded delicately saying it raises concerns and calling for all parties to work together to resolve their differences. protesters went to tahrir square. judges called f...

Up like the mubarak regime where the way you enforce it is by shooting everybody, this is an option he doesnt have. >> is that true, tariq? are the security forces, the military and the security forces,ry are slightly different things, are they in his corner enough? >> certainly the military is -- i dont know if the military is in his corner or not. theyve been silent so far. we know that the police have been doing his bidding over the last couple of days and its very distressing to us who saw a...