today egyptian president
mohammed morsi is meeting with
the country's top judges to
explain the extraordinary powers
that he granted himself on
thursday.
among the decrees, judges cannot
overturn any decision he makes
or a law he imposes until a new
constitution is finalized.
mr. morsi extended the time to
write the new constitution and
he dismissed the country's
attorney general.
reza sayah is overlooking
everything in tahrir square.
most of us were thinking that
mohammed morsi really very much
the peacemaker, key to the
cease-fire between israel and
hamas.
doesn't even settle with the
truce and then morsi announces
this decree essentially a huge
power grab.
what is the significance?
>> reporter: well, suzanne, the
significance is until a
parliament is formed here in
egypt, until a constitution is
drafted, he is the most powerful
man in egypt, and, technically,
he can do whatever he wants
without any apparent oversight.
that's why he is being called