the country's powerful military council has warned the freshly elected islamic president mohammed morsirespect the constitution. this after the supreme court in cairo said it was illegal for mohammed morsi to reinstate the country's parliament. >> the body was dissolved by the supreme court last month on constitutional grounds. the muslim brotherhood shares a two-thirds majority in parliament, along with other islamists. >> a muslim brethren spokesman said the deputies will reconvene on tuesday, setting the stage for a high-stakes showdown with the country's generals. >> president mohammed morsi appeared side-by-side with the generals at a military graduation ceremony on monday. there's no outward sign of tensions, despite the confrontational course morsi has taken. he has recall parliament for tuesday, in defiance of the military and courts, and he has also called for fresh elections. >> parliamentary elections must be held within 60 days from date when the people accept a new constitution in a referendum. >> but chances are slim that a new constitution will arrive before year's end. o

his name is mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood. a member of a banned islamic group to becoming the first freely elected president of egypt. he's also the arab world's first islamist head of state. what kind of leader will he be, and will the military allow him to wield power? two academics who know egypt well, steven cook, author of "the struggle for egypt." and tareq massoud, a professor at harvard university. welcome. you have travelled with him, when you were doing research on your book. what kind of a guy is he? >> mohamed morsi is -- the way a senior muslim brotherhood member described him to me, he is a fighting personality, which i think is absolutely right. he's absolutely a fighter. and he was one of the best muslim brotherhood members of parliament from 2000 to 2005 in terms of standing up to the regime, in terms of ferreting out its corruption and holding it to account for its corruption and failures. you know, a fighting personality is -- you know, a fighting personality. this is not a person who is seductive in the way

you know mohamed morsi. what kind of guy he is?'s a very -- one senior muslim brotherhood member describes him to me, he's a fighter personality. which i think is right. he's a fighter, and he was one of the best muslim brotherhood members of parliament from 2000 to 2005 in terms of standing up to the regime in terms of ferreting out its corruption and holding it to account for its corruption and failures. but you know, a fighting personality is a fighting personality. this is not a person who is seductive in the way you expect politicians to be. not a glad hander, somewhat someone who can really win over people. a lot of people have talked about his lack of charisma. >> probably a good think. >> it may be a good thing, but at this moment in egypt's history, if you really are serious about getting the military out of power, you need a president who can unite all of these disparate forces, the revolutionaries, the liberals, to make a united front against the military. is mohamed morsi who is the very faithful son of the muslim broth

. >>> egypt's first freely elected president took the oath of office today, mohamed morsi promised a new egypt but there are still questions about his scope of power. we've got the latest from cairo. >> reporter: for the first time in egypt's history, the country has sworn in its first-ever civilian president. now, after 18 months of turmoil in the country, many egyptians feel the transition process is actually just getting under way with the announcement that mohamed morsi now is the country's official president. he took office this morning swearing the oath of office in front of a constitutional court, because he was supposed to do it in front of parliament, but parliament has been dissolved, and as a result he was forced to do it in front of this high court and that has led many people here to question whether or not the president will have all of the powers and legitimacy of a fully elected president. the president himself says he gets all of his power and legitimacy from the people of egypt directly. this despite the fact that the military council has pledged to hand over full p

or other obama welcomes in new egyptian president mohamed morsi going to support the country supports democracy but we ask if the new regime will pose concerns for washington. this week saw the german chancellor angela merkel returning from the e.u. summit defeated for the first time in years have agreed to allow the european bailout fund to file money directly to struggling banks germany had strongly opposed this option but was forced to give in after insistence from spain and italy canonic analyst michael ross says the decision will cost the germans a lot but will not fix the euro zone's or problems. this will make no way we have a very big problem a very huge problem and it is not solved as well as a matter of fact i call it unconditional surrender of germany which we witnessed in brussels the southern countries with the new euro zone finally got the credit card that they're always wanted a credit card for whom the german pick taxpayer has to pay and very interested in the question how long germany would do this the tax burden in the future will become very very high and i know alr

after she was turned away by the coptic christian community because they felt that her support of mohamed morsi means that she's in his list and then a new op ed in the boston globe takes a look at how intervention in libya has inadvertently created a terrorist haven in mali so what should we learn again from intervention as the red cross to clear syria to be in a state of civil war and calls for action continue and then lastly we show you how the cable networks are still fear mongering away on iran joining me to discuss this from our studio in new york is all the arab national security reporter for think progress dot org and via broadband is robert farley assistant professor at the university of kentucky and blogger at lawyers guns and money gentlemen thank you both for joining me tonight all right so let me just let me lay this out and start with clinton in egypt so first how it goes is we support this dictator for decades then they have a revolution obviously this is the very bridge version so that now they've had an election now the candidate from the muslim brotherhood is in power so now y

as long as mohamed morsi has been sworn in as it gets new president after taking the oath of office u.s. president barack obama sent good well wishes to the leader backed by the muslim brotherhood and promised further support for egypt's transition to democracy as more and more now reports islamist power will likely raise concerns across the atlantic. egypt's revolution began with tens of thousands into here square and it became a success shortly after washington sided with the anti-government opposition by stepping down responding to the egyptian peoples' hunger for change america's indorsement of change has paved the way for the muslim brotherhood to become egypt's strongest political force the international organization is considered to be one of the world's largest islamist movements and mohamed morsi has reportedly called for a constitution that is based on the koran and sharia law in the case of egypt we're taking a piece of the board that was one of our pieces this is what it was one of the strongest american assets in the middle east and for many years we've removed that piece a

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president obama -- secretary clinton just arrived in israel to meet with mohammed morsi. was actually in jail as a member of the banned muslim brotherhood organization. he is a conservative islamist and advocates a tougher line with israel and the united states when it comes to policy. we are awaiting a news conference. there is a bit of the a power struggle between the army which the u.s. has close relationships with and with president morsi who is trying to figure out how much power morsi will have and how much power the army has. secretary clinton will announce several hundred million in foreign debt relieve -- relief. if president morsi takes her up that comes with a diplomatic price. that is continues and intelligence share acess to the suez canal and a good relationship with israel. the u.s. has to be concerned about israel turning into anoer turkey. turkey elect add themselves a islamic president and they were a member of nato and had close ties to the united states and over the past couple of years moved farther away from the u.s. and certainly not close to the all

>> they supported the hosni regime, which jailed members of the muslim brotherhood, including mohammed morsi himself. >> so the exchange they said was constructive and one state of beneficial told me it lasted around an hour, the president shook the secretary's hand and told her the expectations of the egyptian people are high, there is no going back, i am told in particular they had a fooled exchange on the economy. they need u.s. aid right now and trade. there was positive feedback on a proposal that business executives here as part of job creation, this country's double digit unemployment. >> cordes: margaret the u.s. government has given egypt military $1.3 billion this year alone but the officials are not happy with some of the things the generals have done so what is secretary clinton's message to them? >> she is going to tell field marshall that the military must return to a national security role, that means stop this conflict over the constitution and the parliament, go back to the barracks and get out of politics. >> cordes: all right, margaret brennan in egypt for us tonight. than

after tell you meant divisive election is that mr mohammed morsi has been sworn in as egypt's new president among the first to congratulate him was barack obama expressed hope that america's allies with egypt would continue but as all season where enough work niagara falls is in this in power a bounce to cause headaches in washington. egypt's revolution began with tens of thousands into here square and it became a success shortly after washington sided with the anti-government opposition by stepping down president mubarak responded to the egyptian people's hunger for change america's indorsement of change has paved the way for the muslim brotherhood to become egypt's strongest political force the international organization is considered to be one of the world's largest islamised movements and mohamed morsi has reportedly called for a constitution that is based on the koran and sharia law in the case of egypt we're taking a piece of the board that was one of our pieces this is what the you tube was one of the strongest american assets in the middle east and for many years we've removed that

the recently elected muslim brotherhood president, mohamed morsi said they should convene again, in part of -- is dominated by members of his own party. and he's opposed by the ruling military council, which has ruled this country for more than a year, as well as the top court. so the muslim brotherhood has brought people out into the streets to -- as a political pressure tactic to help give it some leverage and negotiations, and all sides are engaged in competing court cases and appeals against each other in different courtrooms around the country. the main thing is, for now, nobody is fighting each other, and that's a blessing in a country that is seeing an awful lot of violence in the streets over the course of the past year-and-a-half. >> in the united arab emirates, an egyptian couple was caught trying to smuggle their own baby. the couple tried to pass their bag with their baby inside through an airport x-ray screening machine. we asked mohammed jamjoom where they did this and what charges they're facing. >> reporter: the parents are charged with putting their child at risk and att

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newly elected president mohamed morsi called parliament back in session for the first time in a monthageous move. it's challenging the country's military members to dissolve the embassy. ivan watson is live outside the egyptian parliament in cairo. first of all, explain to us, why would the president do this at this time, make such a bold move two weeks into the presidency? what is he trying to accomplish? >> reporter: he seems to be trying to assert himself against the military rulers, and you have to also remember that the parliament consisted of mostly his islamist allies. it was dominated by his party, the muslim brotherhood. so here he's trying to bring his supporters a gift, bring the parliament back in and end the legislative vacuum in the country. the generals and the judges said, no. the president said, yes. and in the end, parliament did meet for the first time in nearly a month. the riot police let the lawmakers go into the chambers peacefully. they didn't stop them. the meeting lasted less than an hour, suzanne, and it was resolved with a decision by the speaker of parliam

there is quite a bit of uncertainty as you say about the military and about elected president mohammed morsi not be an exaggeration to say that egypt today has two heads of state, and no one really knows who is running the country. there is the elected president, morsi and on the eve of his election, just as they were about to start counting the votes the military issued a decree that deprived him of almost all of his power, and so the real power remains in the hands of the generals, and it appears that they are determined to continue to hold on to the essential state apparatus until a constitution is written, until they can lay the ground work for egypt's future. >> rose: and who will write the constitution? >> who will write the as soo constitution, that's a very good question, right now the islamist dominated parliament reached an agreement with a variety of other more secular forces to put together a panel of people who are hard at work writing the constitution. will they if tote finish? we don't know. the courts are considering a challenge to the structure of that body, the courts who r

president mahmoud -- that's mohammed morsi opened saturday in defiance of the order. the supreme constitutional court had earlier ruled the results of egypt's first democratic election were nonconstitutional and not all candidates were provided with an equal opportunity. the muslim brotherhood, morsi's power base, came out on top on the election. lawmakers were told to seek another court's ruling on whether the parliament is legally valid. it insists it still has the power to make laws and approve budgets in the absence of a parliament. >>> people in neighboring libya are waiting to find out who will be sitting in their parliament in the future. officials are busy counting ballots from the country's first free election in decades. voters went to the polls over the weekend, less than a year after the fall of gadhafi's dictatorship. the choices they made could have an impact on the region and the legacy of last year's arab spring. nhk world reports. >> reporter: more than 3,000 people ran for libya's assembly. marwa hegaggi is 25 years old. she's the country's youngest

where she will become the first member of the obama cabinet to meet with newly elected president mohamed morsi. clinton will be speaking with morsi about priorities and how the u.s. could help. clinton's visit could be overshadowed by a frightening incident where two americans have been kidnapped along with their guide. the three were taken from a tour bus. let's bring in our reporter watching developments from cairo. mohammed, first tell us, are the kidnappers making any threats or demands? >> reporter: yes. the kidnappers are demanding the release of their uncle, who was detained on drug charges. they were on a local egyptian channel last night saying the hostages are their guests. they have offered them tea and food and basically saying the hostages are okay. however, this time around the kidnappers are saying they will kidnap more tourists if the government does not release their uncle. of course we know there have been two incidents similar to this kidnap in february and may, two american tourists were kidnapped and they were released by the end of the day. but it seems this time the kidn

and it is being danced between these partners that are mohamed morsi, muslim brotherhood president, whoook like he'd even win the election, he wouldn't be allowed to, and the military, their top generals. and the courts and judges are on different sides of this political power struggle and this parliament is on a different side of it as well because most of the parliament members are members of mohamed morsi's political party. it's interesting that some of the parliament members, even though the president's decision said, let's have parliament meet again for the first time in a month, some of them boycotted it. they felt he didn't have the constitutional right to be able to do that, to overrule a court decision. so, we have a battle being fought between competing branches of the egyptian government right now. possibly somebody could try to take another move against the president. we've definitely seen power plays over the course of the last month, two months. again, for now, we're not seeing violence in the streets. that is an important thing. one parliament member i just talked to, ash

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