pennsylvania avenue. and this northern africa is an unsettled enough, libya s neighbor, egypt is receiving f-16 fighter jets from the obama administration. a total of 20 f-16sand 200 abrams tanks will be given to egypt this year. but why wasn t this deal scrapped after egypt a current president, muhammad morsi made comments like this? you americans, the government, are buying hatred by the people here, by the american people taxpayers money. you are buying hatred because of the hatred of your leaders. jeanine: joining me now, fox news national security analyst and fox news military analyst. all right, guys. last year, we gave egypt $1.6 bill whereon in aid. i believe a billion dollars of their debt was forgiven to bolster their so-called transition to democracy.
and this northern africa is an unsettled enough, libya s neighbor, egypt is receiving f-16 fighter jets from the obama administration. a total of 20 f-16sand 200 abrams tanks will be given to egypt this year. but why wasn t this deal scrapped after egypt a current president, muhammad morsi made comments like this? you americans, the government, are buying hatred by the people here, by the american people taxpayers money. you are buying hatred because of the hatred of your leaders. jeanine: joining me now, fox news national security analyst and fox news military analyst. all right, guys. last year, we gave egypt $1.6 bill whereon in aid. i believe a billion dollars of their debt was forgiven to bolster their so-called transition to democracy.
power grab, if you will we ll call it that began, there was some sense and some analysis that this was an effort to an effort at efficiency, to get things down and that the democratic process would be restored. that seems increasingly less the case. this seems like a consolidation of power. what is your read on the situation? well, i think it s very important to depending on who you ask you get a different read. if you start with the president s camp, and that is president morsi backed by the hardline islamist groups, politicians, including the muslim brotherhood freedom and justice party, they are advocating to go ahead with this referendum on time because of several reasons. they say this will chart a transition to democracy. it will prop up back the institutions of the state that had all but collapsed after the revolution. they want to see this go ahead as scheduled, but as you mention, there s the other side. the national salvation front, which is a grouping of several secu
presidential palace. earlier in the day, thousands of people taking to the streets to demand the fall of the regime. president saying that the referendum is necessary to complete the transition to democracy. gregg: syrian rebels linked to al-qaeda iraq capturing an army post in the north. to force loyal to the north on the outskirts of damascus. the fighting in syria spilling over into neighboring lebanon. supporters and opponents of assad exchanging fire there. four people have been kill and a dozen wounded. on violent end to a standoff at a fast-food restaurant. sacramento police and swatted teams surrounding this jack-in-the-box yesterday. investigators say that a suspect held two female hostages inside for at least three hours. one of the women reportedly escaped on her own and according to reports, officers determined
father had a 10th grade education. now that he s a successful leader of a global company, rick has not forgotten to give back, along with his wife. he created the rick and susan going foundation to provide scholarship money for the winner of the youth of the world award. i want to thank rick and susan as they ve mentioned earlier, amazing people in the foundation, and the $50,000 scholarship which will be very helpful and i thank you for that. kelly: rick, a lot of people are thanking you beyond the boys and girls club. how the corporate americans show their support through sharing and civic community engagement. what a fantastic piece. kelly: always. jamie: egypt s once powerful military threatening to intervene with the growing crisis there, what it means in the transition to democracy.