okay, we ll do it, and i m going to give you 51 votes plus the vice president and we ll have the bill passed. he could have done it that split second, instead, he held back and said, i can t get bill nelson, i can t get mary landrieu. if he were able to deliver his troops, we would have a jobs bill, at least through the senate. maybe. you know that. i m telling you what you already know. yeah, at least in the senate. but i wish the democratic party would jump and see their opportunities and say, it s never going to be perfect, but you know i m right, and grab that baby. you are right. chris, you are probably one of the few people that pointed out, and i share this view, that mitch mcconnell should have been time man of the year last year. when we were in the majority, they blocked 497 bills. to see this bill fail when the majority of america supports it, and a majority of the senate supports it, you re right, they should have seized the day, it should have been a carpe diem mom
but you guys keep blowing it. look, here, why didn t harry reid jump on mcconnell the other day, when mcconnell said, i m going to give you an up or down vote right now on either the president s version of the bill or harry reid s version of the bill, and he could have said, okay, we ll do it, and i m going to give you 51 votes plus the vice president and we ll have the bill passed. he could have done it that split second, instead, he held back and said, i can t get bill nelson, i can t get mary landrieu. if he were able to deliver his troops, we would have a jobs bill, at least through the senate. maybe. you know that. i m telling you what you already know. yeah, at least in the senate. but i wish the democratic party would jump and see their opportunities and say, it s never going to be perfect, but you know i m right, and grab that baby. you are right. chris, you are probably one of the few people that pointed out, and i share this view, that mitch mcconnell should have been
bill, and he could have said, okay, we ll do it, and i m going to give you 51 votes plus the vice president and we ll have the bill passed. he could have done it that split second, instead, he held back and said, i can t get bill nelson, i can t get mary landrieu. if he were able to deliver his troops, we would have a jobs bill, at least through the senate. i m telling you what you already know. but i wish the democratic party would jump and see their opportunities and say, it s never going to be perfect, but you know i m right, and grab that baby. you are right. chris, you are probably one of the few people that pointed out, and i share this view, that mitch mcconnell could have been time man of the year last year. when we were in the majority, they blocked 497 bills. to see this bill fail when the majority of america supports it, and a majority of the senate supports it, you re right, they should have seized the day, it should have been a carpe diem moment for the senate, and they
be strong, we are with you. a former lieutenant colonel in the marines, now a teacher, met me in a restaurant. he said we re with you all the way. stay strong. a new york nypd policeman said i m not jewish, we support you. stay strong. america supports is reelg in unparalleled waways, number one. number two, you should come with me to greece or bulgaria or poland or see the talks we have with the dutch and with others. people have a different view. they have a different view. in italy, many, many countries are coming to realize that our demand that we have direct negotiations and that the palestinians finally recognize the jewish state and give this tiny country israel the security it needs.
egypt is bracing for the biggest protests yet with the opposition calling for one million people to hit the streets. so is the white house still walking the line on who america supports? kelly wright is live in washington. kelly, the message has really changed over the last five days. where is it heading? well, right now, the white house, as you mentioned, continues to closely monitor the situation in egypt. they re being very careful about what they say and how they proceed. the obama administration recognizes the volatility of the situation. president obama wants to see an orderly transition to democracy and right now, there s a heavy military presence in cairo, egypt s square, they are stopping cars and checking people there. and there aren t as many people protesting today but that could change as they re calling for a million people and there have been no clashes as of yet. meantime, secretary of state hillary clinton tells fox news the obama administration wants the egyptians t