member of congress to do. sure. and whether it was or wasn t political, he of course, the whole time claimed it wasn t. he has since used the speech to hype up his strongest issue, security and the issue of a nuclear iran. if israelis voted on only that issue, then sure netanyahu is your next prime minister and that s the issue he s playing up. of course israeli voters have a number of reasons, not just security and it s the economy seen as his weaker issue and that s where hertzog and his zionist union rivals are hitting hard the last few days. or ren liebermann thank you. absolutely. a strong progressive fire brand emerging as a potential 2016 presidential candidate. bernie sanders joins me for a candid talk. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ mom ] with life insurance, we re not just insuring our lives. we re helping protect his. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transameri
election benjamin netanyahu is on the ropes. the latest poll show the prime minister running behind a mild-mannered politician. now, the prospect of a major upset at the hands of isaac hertzog known as boojy. there s fatigue. there s a lot of disappointment by from benjamin netanyahu. i think his era is over. focused more on his current job, netanyahu has been slow to get on the campaign trail but quick to blame, pointing to a quote worldwide effort. money from around the world is funding a grass roots get out the vote drive with one goal, get rid of bb. after six years, the relentless focus on security seems to be falling flat among many israelees who want health care
and welfare reform. increasing inequalities the widening of the gulf between the haves and the have nots. there he s vulnerable. tens of thousands of people filled the square this weekend to drive home the message in an anti-netanyahu rally. the prime minister has doubled down on his security platform. with a major speech to congress now featured in a new campaign ad. and hedging on his commitment to a peace deal with the palestinians leading to a two-state solution. hertzog says netanyahu has a growing brand warning about israel s closest ally. i think he failed. and i m trying to call his bluff. while netanyahu is slipping in the polls, hertzog has remained pretty much squintconsistent.
this election didn t have to happen today. next week. netanyahu brought the election forward. he thought he was a shoo-in. you now have a genuinely competitive election hertzog could win, but he s going to have to pull together a mass coalition. we ll be watching. a real democracy. fascinating to hear the movements. i hear they keep changing over there. and everybody is a prime minister in israel right? that s a party to watch. i think there s a number of parties. you just lost me there. levy or levy. levy. now i got it right. michael tomasky, i can pronounce that. ahead of a presidential campaign, but right now his party s just not that into him. he s still being dogged by what happened in the george washington bridge. you can say we ll cross that bridge when we come to it. we ve come to it governor. fixing ferguson as the city struggles to fix its police department, we re talking to
reporter: well isaac hertzog is the labor party chairman in opposition for a very long time. this is a lot of people call him the most boring politician in the world but he s un, amatic, mildamatic uncharismatic. an attorney by trade, son of a former president of israel has a real long legacy here. some people compare his family to the kennedys here in israel. he s a former retired army in the army and also basically has been working in the national security cabinet. he has a long and illustrious career in politics but very little known. you know wolf i talked to a lot of israelis and they say they don t want to vote for netanyahu. they re kind of tired of the whole security platform, but they don t know isaac hertzog. he told me in an interview recently he understands he has a lot of explaining to do to voters about who he is but he s confident when israelis go to