protesters have been demanding muhammed morsi be returned to office. >>> let's talk about what the u.sr should be doing in egypt. good to see you both. >> good to see you. >> i want to start with comments made this morning by john mccain on cnn. he told candy crowley that the u.s. lost credibility in egypt and the u.s. should cut off aid all together. then candy asked him to describe the obama administration's overall policy toward the middle east. >> there is no policy and there is no strategy. therefore, we react and we react poorly. >> obviously harsh words from senator mccain. what do you think? does he have a point? >> i think even obama advisors would be hard pressed to tell you what is the obama doctrine when it comes to the middle east? is it whack-a-mole via drone policy, speak loudly, carry a trig or infamously lead from behind. we've seen a patch work of approaches that are contradictory. we helped lead the strikes from libya to try to liberate libyans from gadhafi's rule. we did that to protect ben ghazi. benghazi became a death trap for our american ambassador and three ot

the man who replaced him, muhamed morsi was ousted in the july 3rd coup. right now egypt is in turmoil. >> want to bring in nick paton walsh that joins us and first of all explain to us what's happening here. mubarak has been released but in a military hospital and still faces serious charges regarding death of protesters. so what has been the response and the reaction, the fact that he is kind inform this limbo area? >> reporter: well, there has been limited reaction in many ways. we haven't seen the massive popular protests you may have thought would be provoked by a move like this presumably with military consent. a day of some drama in many ways, prosecutors saying a few hours ago they have authorized his release from the prison where he has been a number of months to the military hospital. we saw a helicopter lift off from the prison. egyptian television showing it land near the hospital grounds and ambulance it seems there to ferry the former president inside the military hospital and talking about an 85-year-old infirm man here. we haven't seen him

is security forces stormed the cairo mosque today rounding up hundreds of supporters of muhammed morsick to "caught on camera." whraps. >>> imagine being in a hot air balloon drifting through a cloudless day. what could be more sub lime and more frightening when the wind carries the balloon straight into high voltage wires. that is just what one spectator caught on camera. >> october, 1984. a hot air balloon draws perilously close to electric power lines. >> oh o, jesus. >> oh, god. >> a disaster happening in front of your eyes. then you think well, the people in there are, who knows what, burned or dead or anything. >> art minnizoli and his wife dee are having a memorable vacation vetting the albuquerque balloon fiesta. >> there is about 400 hot air balloons. >> really something to see. >> every color in the rainblow is there and all the different shapes. >> art has brought with him that was then a new you toy. >> this is what i used to videotape it. >> you know, it is a new pad and i thought you know that is a nice way to record it. >> art's video of day three captures the spectacle

at the same time the elected president muhammed morsi remains in custody. the white house continues to say that a coup is not a coup. take a look. >> we concluded that it's not in the best interest of the united states to reach a determination on a coup. that is a decision that will be set aside and that we will evaluate our assistance to the egyptians. >> senator corker, is it time to choose a side in this struggle? the military or the muslim brotherhood? and how do you feel about the fact we are continuing to withhold, not cut off but withhold at least half our military aid this year to the egyptian military? should we go ahead and release that? >> look, chris, there are all kinds of machinations relative to the aid and whether it's obligated. at the end of the day, we had the same kind of relationship with the egyptian military 35 years. i think it's time for us to recalibrate it as i said many times. on the other hand we have 11,000 military officers in the egyptian military that have trained in the united states. they rely upon our country for parts. i

at the same time the elected president muhammed morsi remains in custody. the white house continues to say that a coup is not a coup. take a look. >> we concluded that it's not in the best interest of the united states to reach a determination on a coup. that is a decision that will be set aside and that we will evaluate our assistance to the egyptians. >> senator corker, is it time to choose a side in this struggle? the military or the muslim brotherhood? and how do you feel about the fact we are continuing to withhold, not cut off but withhold at least half our military aid this year to the egyptian military? should we go ahead and release that? >> look, chris, there are all kinds of machinations relative to the aid and whether it's obligated. at the end of the day, we had the same kind of relationship with the egyptian military 35 years. i think it's time for us to recalibrate it as i said many times. on the other hand we have 11,000 military officers in the egyptian military that have trained in the united states. they rely upon our country for parts. i

. >> muhammed ail bared elbaradei he was in the government, he opposed morsi.e said he can't take it any more. what's your reaction to that? >> that's a personal position on his part. and i think he can comment on that better than i. what i can say is the vast majority of egyptians support the measure that the government took today. it was not certainly what we would have desired. but it became very clear that any alternative to that would have caused even more casualties. so again as the prime minister said, this is something that we had to do, because we had to do it. not because we wanted to do it. >> here's obviously i'm a journalist, a lot of journalists were hurt trying to cover what's going on. including one photographer who used to work for cnn, was killed in the action. is there an effort by the security forces, whether military or police to go after the media to try to shut them down? >> absolutely not. absolutely -- what was happening is you had shooting from the side of the muslim brotherhood. they had people on rooftops shooting. when you have that

morsi. there are no signs to the end of violence as tens of thousands of protesters take to the streets. many muslim brotherhood supporters say they are willing to die for their cause. muhammed lila has been in the middle of it all and is in cairo this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. you just mentioned that the u.s. embassy here in cairo tweeted they will be closed tomorrow, a day they are normally supposed to be open. it's as the muslim brotherhood announced they will be protesting daily for the following week. overnight, police and protesters continued their standoff outside this cairo mosque. this was shown on a pro-government tv channel. inside, scenes of chaos and carnage. the mosque turned into part morgue, part hospital. this woman, her husband shot, his lifeless body resting beside her tells us egypt's military are traitors for killing their own people. doctors struggling all day and all night to save as many patients as they could. they desperately tried to revive this man on the ground, but he died right there right in front of us. egypt is now into its fourth day of violence after heavily-armed police stormed a sit-in on wednesday, using

citizens of the supporters of mohamed morsi, a lot of the liberal forces that had been supporting them would split away from them. that hasn't really happened. we saw muhamed elbaradei resign, but few figures have left the government or splintered the coalition. the second event that many predicted would erode support from the military was the release of former president hosni mubarak from prison. he was released last week and i less of anat has had effect than many expected. we will see in the weeks and months ahead, it is possible that he may be cleared of charges including killing protesters in 2011. i think one major challenge for the military will be the respond to economic pressures, the rising discontent against morsi and his government came in large part from his government's inability to address egypt's economic woes. i think the military -- we have seen signs that they are ready to undertake serious economic reform. instead, they are counting on the largess of gulf states to sort of help them hold egypt's economy together. i will leave it there. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for coming. minutesake just a few to talk about the regional poli