Top of the Hour: Mubarak Pleads Not Guilty, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

In a trial that is being broadcast live across the world, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is standing before a special court this morning with his sons, the former interior minister, and six senior police offices on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters in February of this year. Mubarak has pleaded not guilty.

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