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>> that's a great question. >> unlike the mubarak regime, the way you enforce it is by shooting everybody, it's an option they don't have. >> is that true? is that true that he -- that's the big question. security forces, the military and security forces which are slightly different. are they in his corner enough? >> certainly, the military, i don't know if it's 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 way that's distressing to those of us who saw all political forces unite to end police brutalit...

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. it's created uprising in tahrir square. we have the author of "no god but god." an adjunct. heather is back at the table. let's 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 environment. there's no letter to the law, am i correct?

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 for a nationwide strike. the winner of the nobel peace prize and important figure said morsi shed his...

Up like the mubarak regime where the way you enforce it is by shooting everybody, this is an option he doesn't 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 don't know if the military is in his corner or not. they've been silent so far. we know that the police have been doing his bidding over the last couple of days and it's very distressing to us who saw all the political forces unite to end police brutality. i would say one thing that we should keep...