quite a while since there was a bus bombing, since 2004. and it certainly puts people in this country on edge because unlike these rockets that have been coming into israel, that they ve been very good at shooting down, this is an attack on the ground within the country and that is not something that people here have faced for a while and they are going to want reassurances in the face of this cease-fire and potential deals down the road, that this kind of thing will not happen. and, of course, israel still remains mobilized and that kind of mobilization comes at considerable costs. so, one question that we need to ask and that we can be following up on throughout this hour is whether or not they re pulling back, whether because of the cease-fire they would be standing down. my suspicion is that they would stay there poised for a potential invasion if this thing does not hold. i want to ask ayman mohyeldin to brief us on what s happening in gaza. they had a terrible night in terms of
i m heather childress in for martha maccallum. a bus bombed in tel aviv after a terrorist tosses an explosive device. leland, is there an established link between the tel aviv bus bombing and what s going on in gaza? reporter: so far there hasn t been a credible claim of responsibility. but inside hamas they praise the bomber, they passed out candy to their children. it s a celebration tradition that went back to the second intifada. people s faces say, here we go
aviv. one witness describes the bus as completely charred. we re taking a look here at the video ourselves. officials say they are searching for a suspect who is believed to have planted the device on the bus. according to israeli officials, the last bus bombing was in 2004. this, as secretary of state hillary clinton is in the middle east trying to defuse the explosive outbreak of violence between israel and palestinians in gaza. she met palestinian president abbas earlier this morning and will sit down with egypt s president in cairo. we ll be following that as well. all right. coming up on morning joe former national security adviser dr. brzezinski. hardball s chris mathews, dan senor back on the show, and actor john o hurley will be here with two special guests to preview thursday s popular national dog show. up next, mike allen with this morning s politico playbook.
money can transfer to any other university that wants them with no penalty or they can stay at penn state, choose not to play football and continue to receive their money. a number of stunning statements that came from mark emmert, the president of the ncaa one which really stood out in my mind. he said never again will football come before the rights of human beings. he talked about how in many cases the athletic program has superseded so many other important parts of an education at the university level. in this case so egregious at penn state. we ll have more on this coming up a little later in the hour. stick around for that. gregg: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu now blaming iran s rogue regime for the homicide bus bombing attack in bulgaria that killed five israelis. mr. netanyahu claiming that iran is hiding behind the hezbollah terror organization that he believes is responsible for the latest tragedy, adding that iran s nuclear program must be crushed.
good evening, everyone. top of the hour. we became good friends. and i obviously, as you know, supported and endorsed him very early in hopes to have some impact in the new hampshire primary. being as dispassionate as you can be, when you study his record, at bain, as a businessman, do you think he was predominantly a force of job creation or as some other people say, look, that s fine, he creates jobs but also wrecked other jobs. you know, the problem with the free enterprise system, is that not everybody succeeds. the great thing about communism and old soviet union is nobody ever failed. so the point is, that in this system, that bain is involved in, they went to companies and groups that were either struggling or just beginning and they invested. sometimes they failed, sometimes they succeeded. best example, of course, i m sure you ve heard many times, a warehouse and $5 million ended up in staples. so it is obvious that bain was in the business to make money. and i