the insiders seem to know this thing is not going to be over for a while. that s right. and that s why the impression i got from talking to people inside the administration is that they want to be quite careful in both their public and private utterances to see what they can do to walk it back. they don t think there is any benefit in doing their own saber rattling at this point. and also, to follow the dictum that you don t want to threaten when you can t follow through. exactly. which is one of the criticisms of obama. is lindsey graham really serious about having nato georgia in nato? maybe u.s. georgia, but not that georgia, okay. because all lindsey graham needs to do is look at a map. how would we ever enforce a mutual defense pact with georgia? is he kidding? that s the kind of empty threat that is the real kind that makes putin not take us seriously, not what the president has said. it sounds more like charles
the tv an its real life inspiration, abscam. pressler was one of many politicians targeted in an fbi sting operation that led to the conviction of six congressmen and one u.s. senator. but when pressler was offered bribes by the undercover agents, he turned down money. here is the ad he ran during last night s academy awards. american hustle shows the fbi making real-life bribes to washington politicians. i know because as your u.s. senator, i turned them down. $50,000 is no problem. in any event, it would not be proper for me to promise to do anything in return for a campaign contributions. this is the type of honest leadership i will bring to washington, d.c. wow. while many say pressler is unlikely to win, it s certainly a smart way to capitalize on the oscar buzz. and we ll have a look at the inspiration behind american hustle. white men have deserted the party and voted republican. now democrats are trying to
you hear the bugles blowing? can you hear the loud bursts of trumpets, the threatening blasts at the president if he dare not rattle the saber at moscow? they are the same buglers who sent our troops dashing off to the disaster in iraq, who wanted us in libya. well, this time the same voices of the crochetty grown of the cold war. wouldn t bit far better if we first got straight what the united states, this country wants to happen? what we clearly don t want, dare i speak for most americans, is a louder, bigger fight between kiev and moscow. we want a much smaller one. and could bit that the best way for that to happen is the bugle boys, already ready to blow charge to cool it. and see if we have any influence in the situation there and then carefully and deliberately assert it. my biggest worry is that we will do no good when our primary, goal, especially this moment should be finding a way to do no harm. the ambassador to ukraine and howard fineman is the editorial director
cold war. wouldn t bit far better if we first got straight what the united states, this country wants to happen? what we clearly don t want, dare i speak for most americans, is a louder, bigger fight between kiev and moscow. we want a much smaller one. and could bit that the best way for that to happen is the bugle boys, already ready to blow charge to cool it. and see if we have any influence in the situation there and then carefully and deliberately assert it. my biggest worry is that we will do no good when our primary, goal, especially this moment should be finding a way to do no harm. the ambassador to ukraine and howard fineman is the editorial director of the huffington post and msnbc political analyst. anyway, the state department today said it s preparing sanctions against russia if it continues its actions in ukraine. and president obama warned that russia was on the wrong side of history. let s listen to the president. my interest is seeing the ukrainian people
did i need to know that? did our audience need to know that? no, they did not. stephanie: all right. we did not. you know why? it s vacation day again tomorrow. july 4th. you people get too many vacations. stephanie: exactly. we planned it that way. all right. here she is, jacki schechner with the little 4th of july firecracker, jacki schechner. good morning. the deadline for egyptian president morsi to step down is fast approaching. he s got to make a decision. the crowds continue to swarm tahrir square in cairo. morsi needs to decide what to do by 10:00 a.m. eastern time or they re going to intervene. the army issued an ultimatum even as the u.s. warned it would pull $1.5 billion in aid to the military follow through with a coup and president obama has re-emphasized to president morsi the u.s. backs the democratic process in egypt and not one particular leader or group. morsi gave an emotional 46-minute speech last night and said he would defend his legitimacy w