Egypt’s ruling military council has made a declaration giving itself sweeping new legislative powers. Marco Werman talks with the Council on Foreign Relations’ Steven Cook to find out where these developments leave Egypt’s revolution.
The failure by the Arab League mission to stop the violence in Syria puts more pressure on the larger international community to intervene there but the US has no plans to do that.
The elections in Egypt have exposed deep rifts between the ruling Military Council and various opposition groups. Anchor Lisa Mullins discusses what’s at stake with Steven Cook, of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Six Months of Revolution and Change in the ‘Arab Spring’
It’s six months since popular protests forced the president of Tunisia to step down.