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Were not necessarily going to amount to anything. in fact, many people interpreted her comments as lending legitimacy to the presidency of mohamed morsi saying he was democratically elected, but more importantly, he was capable of getting the job done. so a lot of local media took her to task. more so, the protesters and activists have been very critical in terms of how the united states has not exercised more influence over the course of the last year in trying to make sure this country takes proper transitions to democracy. >> nbc's ayman mohyoldin. thank you so much. really appreciate it. ...

President obama traveling in africa was once again put in the position of deciding whether to pick a side or hold back and let this very uncertain process unfold, even after secretary of state john kerry last month approved $1.3 billion in aid to egypt. president obama called president morsi urging him to listen to the voices of all egyptians. >> so we're going to continue to work with all parties inside of egyptian to try to channel this through legal, legitimate processes. our position has always been it's not our job to choose who egypt's leaders are. we do want to make sure that all the vo...

Sparked. explain to me why we saw a galvanized action. >> mohamed morsi has spent the last year since elected to president during this transitional period, at every step. last november, tremendous powers to himself that allowed him to rush through a constitution that is utterly horrendous and incredibly unfair to the revolution and the egyptians that paid with their lives for this revolution. he consistently attacked his opponents. he sent to jail, in detention, activists. he's even hounded comedians like yusef who is described as the jon stewart of egypt. he made it impossible. you have an ex...

But your torn ambivalent feelings are correct because here we have a paradox. we have a supposedly democratic movement calling for the military to intervene to oust a democratically elected president in order to restore egypt on the right path to democracy. clearly there are some difficulties here. the difficulty is not only with the idea that morsi might be removed but then what happens to the muslim brotherhood and other islamist groups in the future? now, i share the feelings completely with regard to morsi's abysmal leadership and presidency. she also mentioned the economy has deteriorated...

So we're looking at him saying, how can you help us in this transition? >> all right. so here is where -- i'm watches this unfold, reading it. at one level i have szero love for the muslim brotherhood, and the way he's acted as a quasi authoritarian figure. it's not the greatest thing for the development of egyptian democracy for the first democratically elected government to collapse within a year under the threat of essentially a military coup. how should i be feeling about this as an american liberal watching this unfold? i want someone to tell me whose side i should be on as i watch for th...