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Continued growth of hamas and aggressiveness. it's a big challenge. i don't have an answer. until egypt weighs in and tries to stop it, it's going to continue. >> gregg: can the united states, because we give egypt $1.5 billion in aid each year, exercise influence to force egypt to capitulate? >> we better. if we don't it's going to get works. that is our best bargaining chip. that is an excellent point. that is our best bargaining chip. >> did benjamin netanyahu, who by the way up for reelection, make a mistake by some of his critics claim by not under taking a ground invasion in gaza to real...

>> actually, i don't think that they do and while initially on their face they seem to, the supreme court in recent years made very clear that you're not guaranteed an establishment argument just because you might be funding a religious enterprise. what you need to show is that it promotes a religion or supports a particular religion which these pieces don't do and it was very clear in sellman and the supreme court has stopped taking on these cases and clearly established in 2002 that no, parental private choice is protected and this does not violate. >> gregg: when you saw the supreme court t...

Continue building on the small amount of progress that's already been achieved. gregg? >> connor powell in jerusalem. thanks. violent protests across egypt after president mohamed morsi gave himself sweeping power and away from egyptian courts. and many egyptians feel they feel they replaced one di dictator with mubarak with morsi. and let's bring in fox's national security analyst kt mcfarland. kt, is it deja vu over again? and we sat here last year and mubarak overthrown and saying it's a pharaoh, and morsi declared the new pharaoh himself? >> yeah, you talked about this a year ago during th...

That has nothing to do with the substance of the bill. >> gregg: are you kidding? >> when the-- yes, the president has presented an extremely balanced sensible approach. the kind of cuts the democrats want to make are things like getting rid of funding, military planes we haven't used in 30 years because they're outdated and democrats want to do things like get rid of those tax breaks for the wealthiest 2%, which, by the way we're talking about people who make over $250,000 a year. it's almost no one. and really sensible approaches. >> gregg: and trey, last question to you, you heard the clip ...

Quote, personal leadership and handling the cease-fire. days later after the power grab, the department said in a statement, quote, the current constitutional vacuum in egypt could only be resolved by the adoption of a constitution that includes checks and balances and respect fundamental freedoms, individual rights and the rules of law consistent with egypt international commitment. and the state goes on to say we a call for all to resolve issues peacefully and through democratic dialog. gregg, no mention of morsi by name in that statement. >> gregg: very interesting, all right. molly hennebe...