israel's decision to deny entry to congresswomen omar and talib has opened up a new rift that could change the relationship between the u.s. and israel. joining me now, christopher dickey, world news editor with the daily beast and msnbc contributor, and christopher, what was behind israel's decision, and was it really at president trump's urging? >> well, what's really behind it is a couple of election campaigns. the most imminent is netanyahu for prime minister. he wasn't able to form a government because he's facing indictments and he wants the new government to be formed in a way so he won't have to face judgment. he's doing anything and everything he can to pull out the stops and get far right wing support. then president trump weighed in on that, and said, you know, this would be a real sign of weakness, if you let in these two horrible congresswomen. but it's all backfiring because, in fact, netanyahu looks craven