hi high hyphenated americans. he s up there pitching for white americans. for the life of me when we don t invite the two most popular governors, bob mcdonnell and chris christie, and have donnell trump db he s an entertaining guy on his tv show. he shouldn t be in politics. the fact of the maert i think sarah palin s right on one thing. we are not a pander party. we are a reform party. we have to also reform our message to make sure everybody understands mike, how does the democrats hold off against any republican comeback? you know it s going to be very tough in 2014 for the democrats. how do they avoid the slide back that always seems to occur after a presidential election, especially in the sixth year of a presidency? sure, look, the math is against us and the senate is looking increasingly competitive. but it goes back. it s more than just message, chris. while sarah palin would like to point to the rhetorical problems that the republican party has, if their policies aren
77 in miami. 67 in atlanta. 54 in new york. mostly 60s in the midwest and great plains. phoenix gets up to 81. we turn overseas now to the crisis in the middle east. gaza came under heavy fire overnight. with at least 30 air strikes hitting offices, banks, and an empty villa. secretary of state hillary clinton continues her hi high-stakes diplomacy, meeting with the palestinian leader and the president of egypt as well. yesterday hillary clinton met with israeli president benjamin netanyahu. if there is a possibility of achieving a long-term solution to this problem through diplomatic means, we prefer that. if not, i am sure you understand israel will have to take whatever action is necessary to defend its people. strong words once again from israel. clinton has indicated it could take some time to finally iron out an agreement after now more than a week of fighting.
in syria, an explosion yesterday hit in a convoy of cease-fire monitors. no one from the u.n. team was hurt. father thomas williams, a hi high-profile catholic priest is apologizing after admitting he fathered a child years ago. he is a tv commentator and author and dean in rome. one of the world s most famous diamonds, the beau sancy has sold at auction for $9.7 million, twice what was expected. the pear-shaped stone has been worn by the queen of france as well as other royal families over the last 400 years. here is your first look at wall street. the dow opens at 12,632, after falling 63 points yesterday. the s&p was down 7, the nasdaq lost 8.
in the midterm elections. we were talking a few hours ago about president carter and the hostage crisis and the feeling that he locked himself into the white house and many people thought that the downfall of his administration was, he was seen as focusing on that to the exclusion of everything else that was going on. is there a danger in this case of making this too central an issue or the central issue when there still are so many other problems aeffecting people all across the country? is. right. we re seeing that. remember, the president gave the speech in the oval office tuesday. by friday he was in hi high for, i think, it was at least more than the fifth time he s been in that pivotal electoral state talking about the economy, talking about the american recovery act and the 10,000th project to be financed by that bill. he s focused on the economy, because the american people, while they re concerned and horrified by what s happening in the gulf, they re concerned and horrified
welcome back to morning joe. live look at times square on this monday morning. live in washington, d.c. for you today. just after 7:30 on the east coast. time for a quick check on some of today s top stories. at least 12 people killed this morning in a suicide bombing. more than 60 others wounded, including women taking their children to school. militants targeting a building in the city of lahore, where hi high-value suspects interrogated. a turkey earthquake killed at least 57 people. it struck the eastern part of the country. more than 30 aftershocks have followed. and in a little olympic news. sidney crosby wants his hockey gear back. officials say someone stole the