at least to help break a filibuster, if that s what it came to, ambassador rice failed in convincing senator collins. mccain was out of it at that point. let me ask you about this other talk, and we re going to play nice now. that a former republican senator chuck hagel could become the next defense secretary. what do you think, chris, how would democrats feel about that scenario? i think it would be a very interesting pick, senator hagel is tremendously respected on both sides. i think at the end of his political career as senator of nebraska, i think he rubbed some of the republicans a little bit wrong. in some circles. he knows the armed services issues, he knows the defense issues very well. i think he would be a very good pick and a very strong one, i don t see any kind of opposition to him if he s nominated. and rich, would it help to mend some fences some of the hard feelings?
pivot at this point then based on leadership in the white house? i would hope they would. one of the first things i would do, i have had the opportunity over the last year to meet with prime minister netanyahu at least three teams to look at defense issues in israel. if we re concerned about these issues you can imagine how israel, one of our major allies in the middle east is concerned. i think the least the president should do is take a meeting with the prime minister and sit down and reassure him that the united states is going to be supporting our friends. bill: would you expect that to happen when he is in new york, possibly even washington in two weeks? bill, as you know the israelis made that request. so far it is my understanding that the president has not fulfilled it. we certainly are encouraging him it do this. i hope the president will take that stand. it is very, very important when we see all these things happen in these other countries we continue to support our alli
barack obama did an interview yesterday ordered to saying actually they have never had a better relationship in terms of defense issues which is his area of expertise. i m not sure i have to agree with that. i think there s been disagreements israel. but he left the prime minister waiting inside the white house and he snubbed him. and we are giving $1.5 billion tax dollars to the muslim brotherhood. we are giving money to egypt, with i we have always done. the muslim broth hood. is and we have always given money to them. let s not pretend like barack obama just created giving money to egypt. when did we before? because the muslim brotherhood wasn t in control of the country before because eve always given money to egypt because we have an interest in this country. this is dishonest, sean. come on. you cannot suggest that somehow barack obama got up and said what can i do today, i m going
barackh did an interview, yesterday or today, saying that, actually, they have never had a better relationship in terms of defense issues, which is his area of expertese. so i am not sure that i have to agree with that. i think there have been disagreements with israel he left the prime minister waiting [overlapping dialogue] waiting inside the white house and he snubbed him. we are giving $1.5 billion to the muslim brotherhood. we are giving money to egypt, which we have always done i. the muslim brotherhood. now the muslim brotherhood is in control. but we have always given money to them. so let s not pretend like barack obama just created to egypt. the muslim brotherhood wasn t in control of the country. but we have always given money to egypt because [overlapping dialogue] this is dishonest, sean, come on! you cannot suggest that somehow barack obama got up and said, hmm, what can do i?
grows to hike taxes. reporter: on all those people and remember it s $200,000, it s 250 for the household, 200 for individuals. patti murray and other democrats, she runs their re-election team for the senate, and they say, we would rather have taxes go up for everybody in the country. here we are talking about maybe more than $200 billion in new taxes for everybody in the country, or all taxpayers in the countries if republicans don t agree to have the taxes just go up for top earners. the rhetoric is ratcheting up over and over again and now the republicans are pushing hard on defense matters. dick cheney may not be the most popular politician in america today but he has a lot of clout when it comes to defense issues, he s a former secretary of defense, the republicans are going to be push ing on this in a big way. jenna: it seems everyone is agreeing except the people who have the power that you can t