not conducive to the long term stability and prosperity of the country. all right, thank you very much. sergeant bergdahl, now that he s home good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. the president now heading to marine one, leaving washington, going to california, but he has just restated his opening position at least about iraq. i m joined here by nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd. the president not announcing military decisions and saying that they can t do it for the iraqis, importantly following the advice of many on the hill who are saying do not just jump into this unless you get a commitment from the maliki government that has failed over the years that has excluded and repressed the sunnis to end the sectarian violence by ending the exclusion of your sunnis rivals. he didn t say it explicitly
ahmadinejad accusing the west quote of trying to cause religious conflicts and trying to hide behind freedom of speech. ahmadinejad making remarks at military parade in iran showcasing a new iranian made air defense system. as the u.s. flexes its muscle leading a military . jon: going to california. the special 747 shuttling shuttle endeavour to its home in los angeles. it is on pretakeoff roll taxiing into position. the plane or planes are going to be flying over northern california, making sort of a historic tour flying past the golden gate bridge and san francisco skyline. supposed to take off five minutes from now.
jon: but this is a town where bipartisanship doesn t work. simpson-bowles, the supercommittee, how are they going to make it work in that relatively short window of time between november 7th and january 1? well, that is the big question, and it s really it s already hindering economic growth. there s no reason for american companies to hire right now before the election. we can t see this economy changing because no one knows their taxation rates. both parties are hoping, jon, they come up with more leverage than they think they have now. and i don t see it. we still have a chance of having an election that leaves us where we are now, maybe democrats make gains while romney wins or president obama s reelected while republicans make gains, so we could really be in a situation where neither party has a mandate. and then they re going to have to make serious concessions. and i don t know if either party is prepared for that, but we ll see on november 7th. jon: yeah. nobody much likes
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destruction. the first thing that will not fix this is standing back and hoping it solves itself, it s very unlikely to. the second is going to the united nations and thinking that relying on the u.n. will help. we ve been doing that for six years with iran, they are still pursuing nuclear weapons. we ve been debating syria at the u.n. and you may recall there was supposed to be an investigation into syria s assassination of the former prime minister of lebanon seven years ago. that is still wegt it wetting its way through u.n. process. jenna: it s interesting it ties into a theme of an article you wrote for the wall street journal where you talked about iran and the oil tankers are getting around the sanctions because they are disguising themselves. one of the points we are making is everyone is buying time. iran is buying time while