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A crossroads. First, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the possibility of a palestineian state during his reelection bid, but after he won he walked back his comments. Now president obama says the u. S. Is evaluating its options. Joining me this morning is senator john mccain of arizona. Senator, thanks so much for being with us this morning. The president says hes reevaluating. He clearly was unhappy with what Bibi Netanyahu said about the palestinian state during his campaign. Let me play for you something the president said to the Huffington Post. When he said it wouldnt happen during his Prime Ministership and so thats why weve got to evaluate what other options are available to make sure that we dont see a chaotic situation in the region. Senator, are we at a dangerous point here in relations between u. S. And israel . Well i think thats up to the president of the United States. Look there was a free and fair democratic election. The only nation in the region that will have such a thing. The president should get over it. Get over your temper tantrum, mr. President. Its time that we Work Together with our israeli friends and try to stem this tide of isis and Iranian Movement throughout the region which is threatening the very fabric of the region. The least of your problems is what Bibi Netanyahu said during an Election Campaign. If every politician were held to everything they say in a Political Campaign obviously that would be a topic of long discussion but the point is is the j. V. As the president described them is just moving over into yemen. We see this horrible situation in libya. We see isis everywhere in the world. We see the iranians now backing the shia militias in tikrit where theyre going to massacre a number of sunnis and it is the guy in charge is a guy named solhomeni who imported excuse me ill catch up here solhomeni moved thousands of copper tipped i. E. D. S into iraq and killed hundreds of american soldiers and marines and the president of the United States is praising their behavior in the region. This is one of the most orwelian situations ive ever observed. You called the president s response to Bibi Netanyahu a temper tantrum. Why is it a temper tantrum if netanyahu ostensibly rejects during his campaign the very basis for decades of american policy heading towards some kind of a Peace Process . Should the president just sort of pay no attention to that . I think the president maybe shouldnt like it, but thousands are being slaughtered by isis. The iranians have now taken over the major capitals of lebanon, syria, beirut and baghdad, and it pales in significance to the situation which continues to erode throughout the middle east and it puts america at risk. Bibis rhetoric concerning an Election Campaign pales in comparison as to the threat the direct threat to the United States of america of isis. This is the president has his priorities so screwed up that its unbelievable. Well hes also apparently considering signing a u. N. Resolution calling for a palestinian state. What would be your reaction if he did that . Should he even be considering that . Of course he shouldnt be considering it and second of all, if he does that it would be approved by the u. N. Then the United States congress would have to examine our funding for the united nations. It would be it would be a violation because the president s anger over a statement by bibi by the Prime Minister of israel, it would be contradict american policy for the last at least ten president s of the United States. So you think this is something the president in no way, shape, or form should do . Which is more important, gloria a statement made by a politician in the heat of a campaign or the wholesale slaughter that is going on throughout the middle east. The president at the same time is praising the ayatollahs at the same time he has got this idea of this fausty bargain with the iranians who are on the march about a few days ago. Im going to could i mention a few days ago David Petraeus said iran is a greater threat in the middle east than isis is. Im going to get to iran. I agree with him. One more thing that angers the president about Bibi Netanyahu before we get to iran. He said the arabs are coming out in droves and the president told the Huffington Post that this gives ammunition to folks who dont believe in a jewish state. Do you think that statement by netanyahu is kind of over the line . I think that politicians make statements. Okay. I know that israel is our most reliable ally. It is the only place where you will see a campaign where statements are made by one side or the other. You have to put it in perspective of this incredible threat with the entire middle east with isis on the march, with the iranians on the march, with thousands of people being slaughtered and killed young women being you think the president is letting his personal feelings toward netanyahu get in the way of important policy issues . I am convinced of it. Okay. I am convinced of it because either that or he is delusional. I am not sure which. Let me get to iran which we need to talk about, because there is there are Nuclear Negotiations going on. Some movement over the weekend. Senator kerry said that sorry, secretary of state kerry said there has been some progress as did irans president. From what you know about the progress is this something that you think is getting towards a deal you might be able to live with . I dont think theyll reach a deal we can live with because as Henry Kissinger testified before our committee, weve gone from eliminating irans capability to develop a Nuclear Weapon to delaying it and that of course is unacceptable to most of to most of us and i would imagine it may be enough to have enough votes in the United States senate to not approve of it. We will insist on approval and not going to the united nations. Let me ask you this. This week im sure you know that president obama himself sent a new years message to the iranian people which spoke a little bit about this pending deal. Lets take a look at it and then ill have you comment on the other side. The weeks ahead will be critical. Our negotiations have made progress but gaps were made and there are people in both our countries and beyond who oppose a diplomatic resolution. My message to you, the people of iran is that together we have to speak up for the future we seek. What do you think about that message . Was he referring to people like you when he said there are people who oppose a diplomatic resolution . Im sure he was, and i wish he had spoken to the people of iran in 2009 when they rose up against a corrupt election and he refused to speak out on their behalf while they were chanting obama, obama, are you with us or are you with them . Again, does he believe that anyone in iran is able to speak up . Are they able to speak up for anything that the mullas disagree with . Theyre either jailed or killed. This is a world view the president has which is totally divorced from reality. Well, let me some could say that you and other senators were interfering in a way with the president s negotiations when you were one of 47 senators who signed the letter to irans leader saying that Congress Needs to approve any deal that iran enters into. Did you feel in any way, shape or form before you signed on the dotted line youve run for president yourself that this was undermining the commander in chief before you even knew what he might be thinking of . What triggered it gloria was the president s announcement that no matter what congress voted as far as ratification of this agreement, and clearly its so important it deserves the approval or disapproval of congress he immediately announced he would veto any resolution from congress. Thats what triggered the letter and the events. Should it have been written to the mulla . Mullas ought to know that congress will play a role and we will do everything in our power to make sure he would do play a role because we think thats our constitutional obligations. You criticize what obama did with a video. Isnt what you guys did the same thing as obama did, talking to different segments in iran to a degree . Well we were talking to the leaders who are hanging people every day who disagree with him, and he was supposedly speaking to peej who have a voice in iran and they dont. No human rights activists will tell you that. You were in the news this week. We have a fight in the United States senate over the nomination of Loretta Lynch to be attorney general. Its in limbo now. Its in procedural limbo. Its now part of an unrelated fight over abortion. Now theres an open brawl, i would have to say, on the senate floor over whether the delay was racially motivated. Lets take a listen to what your colleague, democratic senator dick durbin had to say, and talk about it. Loretta lynch, the first africanamerican woman nominated to be attorney general is asked to sit on the back of the bus when it comes to the senate calendar. That is unfair. Its unjust. Senator, wasnt just dick durbin the med of the Congressional Black Caucus joined him in saying that this delay was racially motivated. Whats your response . My response is that you cant erase history. These same democrats led by senator durbin filly bustered Janice Browne the first africanamerican on the court. They filibustered miguel he is estrada. This has to do with helping prevent this horrible issue of sexual trafficking that is going on and also will add to that. I will not vote for her because she has said she will uphold the president s unconstitutional executive orders regarding immigration. What did you expect her to say . Shes a nominee of the president. She said it was reasonable. Wouldnt you expect the president s nominee for attorney general to have looked into what the president did and then say it was reasonable . I mean gloria im very quaint and oldfashioned. I expect people to tell the truth when they testify before Congressional Committee when theyre there for senatorial approval. I expect her to tell the truth. She supports she supports it then and she calls it reasonable then i cannot support her nomination because they are not constitutional. Why not have a vote and have it not tied up in all of this other rigamarole that its tied up with . Why not just call for a separate vote on the senate floor and have it either stand or fall . I totally agree and we offered senator cornin offered a reasonable compromise that has to do with shifting the funding to the Appropriations Committee that was turned down. A little arcane but were all for compromises. I have to do one last switch of subjects on you because cnn has confirmed this morning that senator ted cruz a colleague of yours from texas, is going to announce his candidacy for the presidency tomorrow morning at Liberty University. Do you think senator cruz is somebody who could lead the Republican Party to victory against Hillary Clinton . If the Republicans Party no, maam my nats him, i do. He is a valued member of the Senate Armed Services committee. He and i are friendly and i think he is a very viable candidate. Thats not an endorsement though is it senator . No you know Lindsey Graham is my is my the one i think that knows best about national security. Okay. Thanks so much senator mccain. Thanks for being with us from arizona this morning. Thanks for having me on. And next is the strained relationship between Prime Minister netanyahu and president obama dividing American Jews . Congressman steve israel is here to talk about that up next. Meet the worlds newest Energy Superpower. Surprised . In fact, america is now the worlds number one natural gas producer. And we could soon become number one in oil. Because Hydraulic Fracturing Technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. Supporting millions of new jobs. Billions in tax revenue. And a new century of American Energy security. The new Energy Superpower . Its red, white and blue. Log on to learn more. The bed reacts to your body. It hugs you. Its really cool to the touch. This zips off so i can wash ityes, please. vo visit your local retailer and feel the tempurpedic difference for yourself. Will you help us find a house for you and your brother . Woooooah youre not just looking for a house. Youre looking for a place for your life to happen. Zillow a strong israel a secure america. I havent seen steve king there for the iron dome or the arrow systems. Steve king wasnt with me when i went to israel when the rockets were flying from gaza and hamas. He didnt show up then. Im not going to take lectures about how to support israel. How do you feel about Bibi Netanyahus treatment of the president . You know Everybody Needs to just take a deep breath and step back. Bibi netanyahu has said and i fully agree with him, that the most important Strategic Asset that israel has is bipartisanship in the United States congress. He is right about that. It does israel no service and does the United States no service to make it a partisan football. To get back to my question how do you believe Bibi Netanyahu treated this president by coming before the congress, being invited by john boehner whom i might add is going back to israel do you think that netanyahu is essentially throwing his lot in with the republicans to a degree . You know theres the personality and then theres the policy. Look ronald regan provided 8. 5 billion in sophisticated awax weaponry to the saudis. People said oh, my gosh this is a Major Division between the president of the United States and the Prime Minister of israel back in the 1980s. Who cares. What counts is on the substance. On the substance the relationship between the United States and israel has never been closer on military and strategic and intel issues. Gloria let me give you proof let me just say, john mccain just said that president obama is throwing what he called a temper tantrum against Bibi Netanyahu and that he ought to get over it. Do you disagree with mccain and the president and his relationship about netanyahu . I do not believe its helpful to that Strategic Asset, the bipartisan relationship between israel and the United States for people to begin using israel as a political football. To reduce israel to a sound bite to talk about who called who, whos angry at who. What counts is are we providing israel with the critical security Equipment Technologies they need and on that we are. I would remind john mccain that when the rockets flew from hamas to israel it was in fact president obama who asked congress to support 225 million in emergency funding for the iron dome system. It was the congress who supported that supplemental request. Four republicans voted against it. Four democrats voted against it. Thats not a hemorrhage in the relationship between the countries. But are you as a leader in the House Democratic party, are you worried about an erosion of support among democrats for israel given this sort of current rift in the relationship between the two leaders . Not at all because theres no evidence of it. The fact of the matter is, in congress theres no erosion of support. Every democrat except for four supported iron dome funding, every republican except for four supported iron dome funding. I dont see that erosion anywhere else throughout the country. Have there been flash points between the United States and israel in the past show me a president since harry truman ill show you the flash points. What counts and what we need to do is get back to the fundamentals and stop thinking about the drama. Theres all the drama about the president waited two days to call Bibi Netanyahu. It reminds me of my jewish mother in phoenix, arizona to say you had to wait two days to call me . Who cares. What counts are we supporting israel and providing them the support. On that it does israel no service for republicans to make it a partisan football and it does israel no service to get caught up in the hype and drama. What counts is the policy. Thanks so much congressman steve israel. Always call your mother of course. Thank you so much. Of course gloria thank you. A dozen years after the u. S. Invasion of iraq thanks to isis the conflict is still not in the rearview mirror. Two iraq war veterans now serving in congress are right here. Thats next. Theres nothing more romantic than a spontaneous moment. So why pause to take a pill . And why stop what youre doing to find a bathroom . With cialis for daily use, you dont have to plan around either. Its the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be Ready Anytime the moment is right. Plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. 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Were very focused on reducing our environmental impact. And natural gas is a big part of that commitment. Twelve years after the iraq war, america pulled outcome bat troops but there are almost 3,000 socalled advisers back in the country helping to train and bolster iraqi forces to battle isis. Im joined now by democratic congresswoman chelsea gabber. She served two tours of duty in the middle east and republican congressman Adam Kinsinger who served as an air force pilot in iraq. Thank you both for your service and thank you for being here this morning. Before we get to iraq and isis let me ask you about the story were talking about this morning which is Bibi Netanyahu, barack obama, and how that bad relationship could well impact the Peace Process and bring it to a dead halt. Let me start first with you, congressman kinsinger. Do you feel this is a dangerous place were in right now . Its not a good place, but i think the Peace Process seemed like it was at a halt before netanyahu ran for reelection. Its always surprising when the president is upset about election rhetoric. Its so open. It will be interesting. At the end of the day we have a strong relationship that will be maintained. I agree. If you look at congress you look at the resolutions and pieces of legislation that are put forward, both democrats and republicans from all sectors of the ideological spectrum are by and large united on the importance of continuing the strong u. S. israel partnership. When you look in the past as well when there have been differences between the leaders of our two countries, weve always been able to overcome that and continue to move forward with that shared objective. It was your colleague, steve king who sort of said, you know raised the question of whether American Jews are i can never understand what steve king says. Its very obvious that we have folks in our parties say Different Things on both sides. Its a united republican and democrat on the issue of israel. I originally wanted to have you folks on the show because it is 12 years since the iraq war began and the story this week that seems to be growing is whats going on there and the growth of isis growing more powerful and more deadly launching attacks in tunisia, in yemen. This morning we got word that theyre calling for beheadings in the United States. Are you concerned that the scope of this problem has grown so much while a solution to isis seems to be slipping away. I think thats exactly the point is that as we look at this threat of isis and islamic extremism conducting these violent acts of terrorism, not only in iraq and syria, but as were seeing now in other parts of the world and on soft targets like we just saw in tunisia, it goes back to the underlying question which is what is our strategy to defeat this threat. We have to go back to recognizing that this is a military component, absolutely to being able to defeat this threat. There has to be an understanding of the sectarian political warn and the solutions necessary to do that as well as the ideological element thats allowing isis to continue to grow and recruit in the middle east and all of these foreign fighters going there. Weve been training iraqi forces for years. Yes. As you two know better than i do and they greatly outnumber isis yet they cant seem to even take back tikrit from isis. The question is do you foresee a day in the near future when the iraqi forces would actually be capable of driving isis out without u. S. Combat forces there with them . Possibly but lets so when i left iraq in 09. Possibly is not definitive. Thats the best i can give you. When i left iraq in 09, we had the war won. Iraqi forces were acting well. We had the military component figured out. When i was flying we were finding bad guys and doing mopup operations. I went back six months ago as a congressman and to see whats happening there is disappointing. With iraqi forces look when we left in 2011 malaki made the force secular. They had leadership in there that had no ability to lead troops. Leadership melted away in the face of isis. As any low level soldier is going to do its because we didnt leave a residual force . I think thats important but we lost the ability to lead them. The question is can we get it back. The residual force i think is a side bar point. The underlying issue there is exactly what you mentioned, the fact that starting with the Bush Administration continuing now, the United States has supported propping up this shialed iranian influenced government in baghdad that has completely oppressed the sunni people creating this oxygen for isis to be able to come in and tell them, look, well help you whats your option . Who else do you back though . This is where we should empower each of the different people. We shouldnt be choosing sides and funding and propping up the shiias versus the unis in the sectarian war. Right. Well i agree with that. You know, keep in mind up until the residual force not to continually revisit history but this is why its important to talk about why pulling the recity sid dual force out was bad. We disengaged with iraq as well. Once we disengaged iran engaged and also you had the sectarian impulses that engage. It takes a while to get this right. Let me read to you both something that David Petraeus said this week that struck me. He commanded troops as you well know during the surge in 2007 to 2008. Heres what he said. He said it is impossible to return to iraq without a keen sense of opportunities lost. This includes the squandering of what we in our coalition and iraqi part ners paid such a cost to achieve. This has to have a lot of meaning for both of you. You say you were just back. How do you respond to what the general said . Do you feel the same way . I think adam is of the same mind as i am. In our hearts every day we carry with us this incredibly high human cost of war, the friends we lost there who didnt get to come back home and its for me why i feel so strongly about it. As we look at the future as we look at the question that were dealing with right now about the United States role in defeating isis in defeating this islamic extremist threat is that we dont repeat the same mistakes of the past that we truly understand who our enemy is whats driving them so that we can come to a clear and effective strategy to defeat them and protect the american people. Is that your feeling when you went back . Oh, yeah, i mourned it. It was a heartbreaking thing to see. A 13yearold girl with her siblings because she lost her parents. As tulsi said we do have to be clear about the real enemy. As general petraeus said the shia militia is an issue and thats why its important for us to step up. Iraq is looking out saying we have to survive. Thats why theyre reaching to iran. Irans help doesnt come without a very steep price. I think the question of how we step up is what were considering here. When we look at the unitribes men who came to washington just i think about a month ago, we need your help we need arms and weapons to fight against isis we look at the battles going on now in tikrit and what we expect will happen in mosul, unless theres a plan for the sunnis to take charge of these towns, the sunni dominated communities, were not going to see isis diminish in iraq. Thanks both for being here. Thanks for your service. Its an honor. Thank you. Aloha. Ted cruz about to be the first candidate to officially jump into the 2016 political race. Our Political Panel will weigh in next. 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Because i think senator cruz is probably one of the leaders, if not the leader in the Movement Conservative leg of the republican coalition. This looks to me like a play to compete with huckabee among the more socially focused conservatives, evangelical conservatives certainly it being Liberty University. Anna navorro theres a lot of ways to the Republican Party as we know. Its a very broad and deep field at this time. As we say, rand paul is going to get in huckabee is going to get in now youve got ted cruz getting in. I recently spent some time with Governor John Kasich of ohio who is kind of at a different wing of the party and he was in New Hampshire this week. I spent some time with him in south carolina. Listen to what he says. When i ran in 2010 i received selfidentified conservatives 80 of their vote. I cant think of anything thats more conservative or more right in terms of what americas about than opportunity for everybody. Do you think this is a problem for the Republican Party . I will tell you this. If somebody comes into ohio and theyre extreme, theyre not going to win. I mean we dont operate that way in ohio. Well there goes ohio for ted cruz. Wait i mean you would like to think so. No republican has won the presidency without the state of ohio. No republican has won the presidency without running as a conservative since barry goldwater. Democrats have won in the last several elections. 18 electoral votes. Those two republicans didnt run as conservatives. Ted cruz and john kasich are on different sides of the spectrum in the Republican Party, we are going to have a lot of different flavors. This is going to be the Baskin Robbins of primary. It will be frankly a fun one. This one i was at the rnc retreat in boca. Many of the potential 2016 candidates showed up. I can see their stump speeches getting better. Its fun to see them courting the voters visiting the early states. For all of us who are political junk kies this is spring training. It is a fun, good process. Speaking of fun, and i have to go to our democratic i had a fun watch of the republicans, trust me. I had fun. We woke up to read the boston globe which called for Elizabeth Warren to run and to challenge Hillary Clinton. I want to play you i tried that a little bit with Elizabeth Warren during a midterm elections and asked her if she was going to run, and heres what she said to me. Im not running for president. Okay. I am not running for president. I am not running for president. But if hillary didnt run you might give it a shot . I am not running for president. What about that . The senior senator from the great state of massachusetts, shes not running. Shes made it very clear shes not running. That hasnt stopped democrats from every wing of the party to call upon her to throw her hat, throw her gloves in the ring. She would make a fantastic candidate. Shes the only one talking whenabout the middle class families. She would be able to capture a lot why didnt she run . Is it the womens groups who are saying no no this is hillarys turn . I think she has made a decision that she wants to be in the senate. She wants to continue to champion those issues for the middle class. If i was a Hillary Clinton supporter and i think people should be begging, pleading sending money to Elizabeth Warren to run because its going to make it a more interesting campaign. Right now if you remember 2008 everybody was titillated between the Obama Clinton primary that stretched out to june. On the republican side mccain wrapped it up in february and there was nothing going on and nobody was paying attention. I think number one Hillary Clinton needs the practice. Weve seen shes not at the political game with the book rollout and email scandal. Its going to be boring. Well look can i make a positive comment about Elizabeth Warren. Hopefully the tape isnt rolling. For the record i dont read the boston globe. Im glad to know about the editorial but she is tapping into something on the left that youre also seeing ted cruz tap into on the right and that is sort of an honesty and a sincerity with what they believe and not shying away from it. I give her credit for that. If you look back to the cromnibus debate dont say cromnibus. Both parties were saying this special deal for wall street were sticking in here. This is not only bad, its wrong. Why dont republicans Start Talking about wall street . You will see that. You pay more attention to the left. Not true. Im no john mccain fan, but you were pretty tough on him. He can handle it. Yeah hes been through tougher than that. He likes it. Hes been through worse. This is a good kind of populism. This is legislation for allamericans not for special interests. And its interesting, one thing that this president has proven in the political size is that running to your base works. I mean romney won independents by eight points and lost the election because so many people in the Republican Base stayed home. I think the reason for the boston Globe Editorial and for disenchantment on the left is theyre just not that happy. Obama left activists are not happy with Hillary Clinton and she is not going to motivate barack obama i dont think this is an antihillary vote. The some of it is. This is a this is a group of americans who want to see a change in the way we operate both on the left and the right. And they think Elizabeth Warren can capture the middle. Before we leave this morning i know ana wants to talk about a piece that was in the Washington Post that was a very lengthy article about colomba bush and her life as she grew up and her abusive father. The question we were talking about in the greenroom before is is this part of the territory for any family when somebody runs for the presidency . Frankly, i think that peegs went too far. Im very disappointed with the Washington Post. Ive seen the same exact piece in two other publications but never in a serious newspaper. I think its tabloid journalism. We know candidates are going to get scrutiny and their spouses and family. I will tell you scrutinize the candidate. Put him through the sieve. Rake him through the coleals. Look at everything they have done. Look at what kind of first lady first gentlemen the person thats with them might be but do you have to go to a small village in mexico and start roud of being hispanic. I know columba bush. Shes proud of being from mexican rush born in mexico its a large part of who she is. I think its tabloidism at its worst. People are going over the line. Its the price people are paying going into politics and why more good people arent running for office. Its a darn shame. Anna youre going to have the last word on that and you better hear from reporters who did that story. She better not call me. I have nothing to tell her. Thank you very much. Next what was it like to come out as a gay member of congress in the 1980s . My conversation with former congressman barney frank up mexico. The Volkswagen Passat handles like a dream. Go ahead. Step on it. Yeah . Yeah that turbo engine packs a punch, right . Oh yeah. Pinch me. Okay. And on passat models you can get a 1,000 volkswagen credit bonus. One more time. Pinch me. Its not a dream. Its the volkswagen stop dreaming, start driving event. Stop dreaming, do it again. And testdrive one today. Hurry in and you can get 0 apr plus a 1000 volkswagen credit bonus on 2015 passat and jetta models. Hey mom, you want to live by the lake, right . Yeah. Theres here. Did you just share a listing with me . Look at this one. Its got a great view of the lake. Its really nice mom. Your dad wouldve loved this place. Youre not just looking for a house. Youre looking for a place for your life to happen. Zillow i sat down earlier with former democratic congressman barney frank. He has a new book called frank life and politics in the Great Society to samesex marriage. In it he describes his long career in politics and coming out of i asked him about his early conversations about being gay. I knew a book was about to come out that hinted he was gay. People ignored it. I went and said tip, a book is going to come out that im gay. He said barney dont bother they always spin that stuff about us. He said im so sad. Said you could have had a career in leadership and that would destroy it. Later Mark Barnacle journal its, great pal of the speakers. He met with him. Barnacle said, oh, mike im sad. Barney frank is in politics. He said whats happening . He said i think hes going to come out of the room. [ laughter ] tip was a very bright guy. People underestimated him. He always got the music right but he had trouble sometimes with the word. Was it right . Yes and no. It clearly meant i couldnt be in leadership. Not that the other members were homophobic. But when youre a member if you vote for somebody that could be used against you in your district. As far as the voters were concerned, my colleagues in the house, i was presently surprised it had almost no negative effect. You think they knew you were gay . Some did, most did not for a couple of reasons. First of all, during that period particularly under stress ate a lot. For a variety of reasons i did not conform to a guy stereotype. Lets be honest i was much to badly dressed from the standpoint of a lot of people to think i was gay. Do you think now that there are still closeted gay members of congress . Yes. And is it okay for a gay politician to remain closeted if he wants to . Yes. As long as he or she is supportive of legal protecteds. The issue that where they lose me is hypocrisy. What i think is unacceptable is to vote a certain set of rules as an elected official and then violate them yourself. If youre a democrat republican whatever and you vote to allow people to do what you do i have no demand you become public. More of that interview at cnn. Com sotu. Next up what did president obama and the 2016 president ial hopefuls have in common . They are all watching their brackets. March madness when we come back. Each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. Well somewhere along the way emily went right on living. But you see, with the help of her Raymond James financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. Which meant she continued to have the means to live on. Even at the ripe old age of 187. Life well planned. See what a Raymond James advisor can do for you. Most of the products we all buy are transported on container ships. Before a truck delivers it to your store, a container ship delivered it to that truck. Here in san diego, were building the first one ever to run on natural gas. Ships this big running this clean will be much better for the environment. Were proud to be a part of that. How do we know march madness is here . President obama unveiled his bracket on espn. Im not a pundit but i agree arizona has the best chance to upset kentucky. I dont think they quite pull it off. 2016 president ial hopefuls are also getting in on the action. So what do their brackets tell us . They all showed early caucus state iowa some love. No surprise there. Scott walker, ted cruz, Rick Santorum and Martin Omalley picked the final four. Jeb bush picked to the big eight as did Carly Fiorina. Others keeping it close to home. Louisiana governor bobby jindal picked lsu to win it all while walker chose wisconsin. Former Maryland Governor Martin Omalley picked you guessed it maryland. Lindy graham joined many of the 2016 hopefuls and went with the odds picking conduct for the title. Jeb bush and Carly Fiorina chose a swing state to win it all, the university of virginia. What about Hillary Clinton, her own contest might be around the corner. But as for march madness, shes having none of it. Thanks for watching state of the union, im Gloria Borger in washington. Fareed zakaria gps starts right now. This is gps, the Global Public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world, im fareed zakaria. Well begin the show with Benjamin Netanyahus reelection to a fourth term as Prime Minister of israel. His preelection maneuvers appear to have put him on a collision course with the obama administration. Just how bad have things gotten between israel and washington and who is to