interesting because the charges that are flying around have gotten so personal. we heard the president call out senators mccain and graham by name at the news conference last week and saying if you want to come after someone, come after me. they answered by saying, all right, mr. president, we ll come after you. thank you very much, rachel. michael it s a great pleasure and jimmy as well. if you don t see you before thanksgiving, happy thanksgiving to you and your families. you, too. take care. as president obama makes that historic trip overseas, the fiscal cliff negotiations not far from his mind. a prayer, perhaps a wing and prayer are up next. i ll talk with john yar mouth about new comments from a republican congressman who says minority leader nancy pelosi is not on the same page as the president. plus, developing news. attorneys for hostess are in
him look good, would they withhold information to prevent him from looking bad? it went to this so-called deputies committees populated by appointees from the administration. that s where the narrative changed. we do know that the intelligence community as they presented it was accurate. the allegation that the white house changed those talking points, that is false. only one thing was changed, and i ve checked into this and i believe it to be absolute fact. that was the word consulate was changed to mission. rachel, you heard a snippet of what was playing out on these sunday morning programs. what is your take? can they get to a point of conclusion, or as senator feinstein said any kind of fact with these allegations that maybe this was all for political gain? the testimony of general petraeus on friday behind closed doors seems to have raised more questions about this. certainly it did not put an end to anything. now we re hearing these
wasn t that much in the press on these issues. he was very quiet, and he was out advocating for governor romney to be president of the united states. all of a sudden, they find an opening. guess what? lindsey graham is utterly terrified as the senior senator from alabama against someone. i m not surprised by something like that. the question is if they want tovp an investigation, vote to have one. let s have the investigation, and shut the hell up until the investigation is final and done. then if there s a problem, say there s a problem. quickly, rachel, can they get to the bottom of who changed the talking points? is that something again, i was watching morning joe, and there was a difference of opinion if you can pinpoint that kind of information. i think they ll keep asking questions until they do get an answer. i think it is likely that more information will emerge about this. you know, the controversy over susan rice is so particularly
changes in the original statement. until we do, i really think it s unwarranted to make accusations. and joining me now is rachel smolk and michael smirkonish and jimmy williams. ray she will, let me start off with you. i want to play a couple of other clips from meet the press. let me play lindsey graham, because what we heard from senator feinstein was a response to some of the comments made particularly by mr. graha miker. would this white house mislead people about american security events? i think they might. when the bin laden raid occurred they leaked every detail. we heard details about classified information. to make this president look good, so if they would leak classified information to make