welcome back to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. now it's time for our politics lead. don't call it a coup, momentarily. the white house released a statement just this hour saying the president continues to meet with members of his national security team to monitor the latest developments, but before morsi was deposed, texas republican senator ted cruz took out his sharpest tipped pen writing on foreign policy.com "the united states is entrenched as the partner of a repressive, islamist regime." let's bring in julien epstein