with you because you are the credible alternative. we have nothing like that right now. do you agree that they want the west to attack them for the reasons that michael says? i do. it may not be on the time line they will get. the promise that the west will attack, the promise that this will be a crusader versus muslim battle is one they like to dangle in front of recruits. that s the narrative they want to propose. if they immediately have that attack they might just lose their territory. that would be a falsification of the narrative they propose. we keep saying, you hear the president saying, to shrink their territory, that we need to corral them. most people say we just need to stamp them out. shrinking of their territory, is that enough? what about recruitment efforts? we shrunk the territory
room. what do we know? yeah. very unlikely. they re saying that he s not going to be there. he with a overshadow her, let s face it. he s probably the most popular politician in the country if not the world and she doesn t need that. this needs to be her moment. robert, let me bring you in on this. we just talked about one of the representatives already putting her support behind hillary clinton. but this strategy you ve supported hillary clinton and you are a clinton supporter here. but it is an interesting situation for democrats to be in. the popularity of bernie sanders. a lot of his message resonates with a huge portion of your base that you will need later on here. i don t like the notion of whether or not bernie sanders will attack. but whether or not bernie sanders will simply lay out what he says are clear changes in her positions. that s not an attack, that is just a fact and it is up to how the voters process it which could reflect negatively on hillary clinton. well
are we see the anointing of santorum? maybe from george will and charles kraut hyper. i think what you ll see in this weekend is santorum will attack mitt romney. newt gingrich will attack, too. thank you both. have a great weekend. and a quick programming know. stay with msnbc for hardball tonight. chris has a must-see interview with newt gingrich. that s a must see. ahead, starting the year off
are we see the anointing of santorum? maybe from george will and charles kraut hyper. i think what you ll see in this weekend is santorum will attack mitt romney. newt gingrich will attack, too. thank you both. have a great weekend. and a quick programming know. stay with msnbc for hardball tonight. chris has a must-see interview with newt gingrich. that s a must see. ahead, starting the year off with a bang.
students, the ringleader, has been rearrested under a u.s. warrant. now, there will obviously be renewed concerns about why the police were unable to hold these men. and of course gives the british prime p minister and president obama much to talk about this week. what about these new reports bin laden was going to target oil tankers? yeah. those files were found at the compound also, showing bin laden had this bold idea to hijack oil tankers and blow them up while at sea. he was planning this for last summer. he was hoping this would create an extreme economic crisis, send oil prices skyrocketing. it was showing while he was looking for ways for the most casualties. he was looking for the similar will attack, it was simple for the attacks of oil vessels because of how it happens with somali pirates. the u.s. has dismissed it as an al qaeda fantasy. but according to press reports