gives more than half a billion u.s. dollars a year. i don t think he will continue to get that money if he s continuing to work with hamas in gaza. some say the reason hamas is now ready to have this unit pact with the palestinians is that the organization has become weaker. and critics were arguing that prime minister netanyahu is using this development to give him a reason to back away from the peace talks for good, that he doesn t really want to negotiate to have two states. what s your response to that? i think we see now the real face. we see today it s easier for him to walk with hamas rather than to sit and talk peace with israel. secretary kerry came many times to israel, met for hours and look what happened. in a minute he decided to put it away and to go to the terrorist organization. and even a country like egypt
post-mubarak egypt. this is a country that gets more than a billion u.s. dollars for its armed forces. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence with us now from washington. chris, what exactly is being weighed? reporter: well, at its base level, fed ricka, what about this $1.3 billion? that s what the u.s. gave to egypt last year, that s how much the obama administration has requested for this year. to give to egypt in military aide. we re talking about coal producing, more than a thousand abrams tanks, hundreds of f-16 fighter jets, coming up later this year, the egyptian military expected to take delivery on coastal patrol craft, air defense missiles. it run it is gamut. a congressional report seems to estimate 80% of the egypt arsenal is paid for by this american aid. so depending on the