and also, columnist david french. david, i m curious about your thoughts on the balancing of this shadow boxing, really, between iran and israel and where we find ourselves now. i mean, you know, if iran had wanted to exact revenge on israel, they would have found a better way to do it. they knew what was going to happen with the missiles. same thing with israel going back to iran last night. it seems a lot of shadow boxing going on. i m wondering if the two sides, you think, at this point are ready to stop and let things cool down a bit in the region. the limited nature of the strike leads me to believe that israel is wanting to put a period on this particular episode. iran took a roundhouse swing at israel. that 320 missiles, they re obviously hoping to do serious damage. the attack was, as was just
efforts to remain in power. the leverage on netanyahu himself is limited. i think the better question, willie, is to ask, what s u.s. leverage on the israeli war cabinet as a whole? these decisions are being taken collectively. it is said that there were arguments in israel, in the immediate aftermath of iran launching its wave of 100 ballistic missiles, 300 munitions overall, this strike that really did change the balance of deterrence and willingness to use power in the middle east, it was argued that israel should go right away, pow. just a big roundhouse swing back. u.s. strongly felt that was a mistake. that prevailed. israel held off, engaged with iran in internal discussions, and finally came up with this, as i say, seemingly fairly limited option. i think we re now in a period
latino up there he was powerful in talking about the biggest news story of the day, which of course is that father and daughter lying dead in the rio grande. i thought that booker was good but he was sort of just one note, mondayochromatic. he didn t get a chance to show his rich personality. i thought de blasio was surprisingly a heavyweight tonight. he entered the national debate coming from new york city and joining right in with the national debate about war and peace and the big issues. i was really impressed with de blasio tonight. to lawrence o donnell. maybe you want to take a roundhouse swing at this. for viewers watching tonight for whom some of these candidates are new faces and new names, explain the candidacy of one tulsi gabbard of hawaii. army vet. a major in the army national guard. a member of congress.
missionary service, trashed his family, trashed his children? is it really it s shocking very few things should shock you or me about washington any more, this does shock me, how many people just throw away past friendships? joe, it s another roundhouse swing from steve bannon, it s a reminder that he s running an insurgency and that donald trump is really the candidate of that insurgency. his base keeps getting smaller but its insurgency against the traditional republican party and its leadership. we heard it as clear as it could be last night. they want to take them down. the painful thing to me is to watch those mainstream republicans who really are threatened by bannon cringe on capitol hill pause they re