studying politics all my life the jew ishish politics is hard to read. one of the people i respect the most in the united states senate dianne feinstein has come out for it. dick durbin in chicago is for it. i suspect that boxer will. it is a little because it s new york as to how chuck schumer is going to go. i think chuck schumer is enormously prestigious and they won t just say he did this for israel. they ll say he made a calculated judgment, he thought about it. i think he ll stick with the president when it comes to the override, i think. he may not be with him in the beginning. he ll be one of the 34 i think that hang with him. i don t know. the partisanship of it changes. they ve got to stop this language. huckabee was wrong. if the white house can sustain the veto they might
he s a close ally of the president, he is also one of israel s fiercests advocates in congress and on top of that, he s poised to be the next democratic leader in the u.s. senate. now, the fear among the deal supporters obviously that includes the white house is that if schumer decides to go all out against this deal, he could also bring quite a few democrats with him. i asked schumer about the tough position he s in on this. i m not going to comment until i read the document. that s what s going to guide me. look, when i think the president is wrong, i go against him. i just voted against the trade bill and tpa because i thought it hurt middle class incomes. the president talked to me regularly on this issue. but i told him, unless it changes, even if it helps corporate profits, i m not going to be for it if it decreases middle class incomes and i think it dose. so there are times when i ve broken with the president before when i really think that i have a different point of view an
when i think the president is wrong, i go against him. voted against the trade bill and tpa. i thought it hurt middle class incomes. president talked to me regularly on the issue. but i told him, unless it changes, even if it helps corporate profits i m not going to be for it if it decreases middle class incomes and i think it does. there haven about times i ve broken with the president before when i really think i have a different point of view and the right thing is not what he s doing. i m just going to wait to read the document. i m not going to comment on whether i will whether i won t, maybe yes, maybe no. none of that is helpful right now. one more angle. i m curious about this as well. you mentioned, too, you are a staunch defender of israel advocate for israel. not only is benjamin netanyahu very outspoken against this the prime minister of israel. but the leader of the opposition is also against this. you have basically the democrat and republican in israel against this. co
israeli israel which i care a lot about. the reason all eyes are on you, politically you re pulled in two powerful directions here. on the one hand let me ask you from this standpoint. your party s president, a guy you have been close to barack obama. this is like the signature thing he s pushing for in his second term. he is seeing legacy here. could you see a scenario where you go against him? i m not commenting until i read the document. that s what s going to guide me. when i think the president is wrong i go against him. i voted against the trade bill and tpa because i thought it hurt middle class incomes. president talked to me regularly on this issue, i told him. unless it changes, even if it helps corporate profits i m not for it if it decreases middle class incomes and it does. there are times i ve broken with the president before when i really think that i have a different point of view and the right thing is not what he is doing. i m going to wait to read the document.
caller: yes i can. how are you? excellent. i m all right. although i m a little let me begin with what s happening here in this city. we just saw perfect example. i was out in that part of west baltimore, perfectly peaceful. one person starts throwing bottles, and the next thing you know it it changes. can you talk to me a little about the dynamics shifting and as a member of law enforcement a member of law enforcement, this was the moment. moments ago. how it shift and how you handle how you want to keep the calm, protect the people but stop this from happening. caller: well, it s a very difficult task. we re working closely with baltimore city police and state police. they re doing an outstanding job of trying to minimize the amount of force that they re using necessary to control the situation. it s really what they need to do is make sure that you try and control the situation with minimal amount of force