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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 ...

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 divid...

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 w...

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 m...