Antiamericanism, giving an advantage to iran. Speak of this goes back to a release strategic decision that the president made. This is certainly not helpful. These are tough times and one worries whether the administration has the sort of horse power and brainpower to deal with them. Dana and msnbc piling on, calling the embassy attacked trumps benghazi. Other outlets under fire for labeling the iranian backed militants as just protesters. To the New York Times is also facing similar criticism for describing the attackers as mourners. A former benghazi team member is blasting the benghazi comparison. Its not really similar at all. Its not another benghazi. Its not even trumps benghazi appeared to me, it is not even close to benghazi. All personnel were evacuated. There was no investor they are to be killed like they left the investor in benghazi. Dana lawrence, there wouldnt be comparisons to benghazi if there wasnt a benghazi. And it really is not comparable. Lawrence at all. Theres a difference between a riot, he was also there, and coordinated attack and the response was also different. There were no lives lost. The fact is that President Trump immediately and the defense department, the secretary of state all stepped in and made sure there were people there, the marines were already there, people were being shifted and nobody died. I just think this shows you how far the media is willing to go to give cover to democrats. And youd think when it comes to national security, foreign policy, although we may have some differences, when it comes to attack, we should be unified. Dana you know probably more about this attack than anybody here so what do you think about the attempts to compare this. One of the things that happened in benghazi was a videomaker got arrested and basically they did a walk of him saying the video sparked the attack when we know that wasnt true. Marie they are very different situations. The compound in baghdad is very well protected. A better comparison to benghazi was an attack earlier in the Trump Administration when four members of the administration were killed in a very botched operation. I dont think the comparison is fair here. Some people in the clips werent talking about benghazi, they were talking about what President Trump strategy is visavis iran and whether he has one, frankly. My concerns are not about the benghazi, its about much of what Trump Administration has done in iran, the ig feels like they should encourage their militias in iraq and syria to do this and we have to figure out how to respond. The israelis have taken a lot of kinetic action against shiite militias backed by iran but they do it much more quietly because they are trying to send a message but not provoke some of the outrage weve seen on the ground which can put some of our people in harms ways. The result of that is we dont of people on the ground doing american diplomacy. Dana they are there to help protect them but one reason iran has been able to train up all these other militias is because they got hi a lot of moy during the obama administration. Tom what difference at this point doesnt make . Dana callback, that is a call back right there. Tom i want to shame the media on this because the headlines from it looks like the Washington Post and the New York Times, they have to differentiate between there are protests in iraq six october. This is what youve seen on twitter, i am one of the real protesters, ive been protesting this government because they are very angry in iraq, they want reforms. They came in and piggybacked on those protests and the Meeting Needs to differentiate and they are not doing their job. Dana the administration has done that but we have some sounds here from president President Trump im like, emily . I looked up and i was like, im going to remember your name. I dont even know what day of the week it is, actually. Weve been working during the holidays and if youre like me you are like, is it friday . As of monday . I have no idea. Take a look at President Trump, who obviously knows what day it is. We had some great warriors come in, do a fantastic job. They were there instantaneously. As soon as we heard, i used the word immediately. They came in immediately. Great shape. As you know, this will not be a benghazi. Benghazi never should have happened. This will never, ever be a benghazi. Emily it is not comparable on any level. We have made efforts not to back iranian militias as we have been fighting isis this whole time, and the continued aggression will not be tolerated. I agree with you that there is a bit of nebulous notes and strategy in the past couple of years but the bottom line is we have taken that hard line stance with a very articulable position that will serve us well in the long term. I think the iraqi government, obviously they are in a difficult position but regardless, they need to take a stance, they need to protect our embassy, and to your point not to jump issues but about the uighur murder in china, they say they are no stranger to the fact that all of their headlines or absolutely ludicrous at times where we deserve political specificity. Final point, my friend had out to baghdad on behalf of the u. S. Government. He said he flew commercial and the woman who checked him and was like, are you aware of what is going on right now . He says, more than the average bear. Dana hes pretty well aware. Lawrence the New York Times also returned to these terrorists, protesters, whatever you want to call them, as mourners. What were they morning question like the fact that they got attacked . You are morning that . Emily yes, they were, but to toms point, the people on the ground that are protesting outside our embassy are a bunch of different people. Some are mourners, some are protesting. Lawrence but these are bad guys getting killed, right . Emily yes, they are there bad guys. They are in a tough position because they want this place to be safe. They want our embassy to be safe. They also see these air strikes as an imposition on their sovereignty. Theyre trying to play this game where they are trying not to allow people to come into their airspace and do these things but they also dont like these a running back militias. They are trying to play the middle space and that is hard for the government we want to be strong going forward. Dana comparisons to benghazi that early. The types of comparisons we saw that jumped the gun, makes me think they never understood what happened in benghazi in the first place. There is a great movie called 13 hours. Catch it over the weekend even though its only thursday. President trump getting a big boost for 2020 while democrats continue to take aim at each other. We will tell you about it next. 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A massive hall making almost 50 million in the last quarter. Also over 100 million on hand. The trump crediting the impeachment push for the huge numbers. On the other side, Bernie Sanders is surging. At the socialist raised 34 million while joe biden struggles to keep up. This happens while democrat infighting intensifies. Andrew yang going after biden while saying coal miners should learn to coal. Let them do the kind of work they actually want to do instead of saying to a group of people what is that about . Maybe americans dont all want to learn how to code. Dana giving them 50,000. Im here for it. Lawrence gang goes to a larger point, is joe biden out of touch . Dana he raised 22. 7 million, which i understand with a little bit higherthanexpected but still, you look at Bernie Sanders, 35 million. This guy had a heart attack two months ago. Hes got the aoc endorsement and that seems to give him a lot of momentum. I saw a breakdown earlier, he said in his campaign that a lot of Campaign Contributions came from employees of amazon, which is money because apparently internally, the Bernie Sanders campaign, how did we spend 35 million . They get mad if anyone orders Office Supplies from amazon because amazon is an evil corporate giant. The thing is, President Trump will have an advantage over democrats no matter what. Hes an incumbent, hes going to have so much money, and they are divided, but that could all change a month from tomorrow when you start to see if the field can coalesce around a certain candidate but right now, i would say, if i were the democrats, i would be kind of worried. Lawrence biden is still leading in the polls but you have mayor pete raising 24. 7 million . Should democrats be concerned about mayor pete surging right now . Marie know. I think whats interesting is we all learned the lesson in 2016 that having the most money doesnt make you a winner. Hillary clinton had a lot more money than donald trump your money doesnt equal victory. Joe bidens competitive with these numbers. Whats interesting, a couple points, Elizabeth Warren really tanking. She had a surge, she was going up and up in the polls and she is flatlining. Lawrence why do you think shes thinking . Marie i dont know, its a good question. She maybe thought she could steal from the burning folks but the resurgence of Bernie Sanders. As dana said, he had a literal heart attack on the campaign trail but if you look at how much democrats are willing to invest in this cycle, if you add up all the numbers come whoever the nominee is is going to be very wellfunded. Democrats are focused, theyre willing to spend for the senate race, the house. They are very invested in the cycle over all. Lawrence it seems like the impeachment bush is backfiring on democrats because the Trump Campaign is still raising money. 50 million they were able to raise. Is that a problem for them . Marie i think so, absolutely. A predictable one. There is that civil war of how to approach impeachment and President Trump. All that does is galvanize the other side of the equation. I think its also interesting that, we just got our numbers, in quarter one, two of the three highest fundraising Democratic Candidates are no longer in the race, which is really interesting. And i would like to make a point about Julian Castro dropping out. Every run is obviously a vanity project but his is off the charts, way more so. This is not the last weve heard from him and i think the New York Times in 2014 said it best, which is basically that ever since he was the first latino to give the keynote speaking address at the convention that he and his twin brother have been seeking ways to stay on the national stage, to stay on the National Radar and they will continue to do that. Lawrence how do you think impeachment is going for the democrats now . Tom the democrats are saying the president has been able to fund raise off that but its been very effective for him, also getting tons of small donors. Whos getting the small donors . Im assuming its burning. Maybe he gets some small donors but from my experience, when im driving around, the people with those big mansions, theyve got a mayor pete thing sticking out of their lawn. Rich people love that guy. I dont know why but they do. Dana do think it is partly generational with pete . Lawrence may be. I do think he has a lot more relatable to a lot of young people but i think he doesnt come off as very authentic. It seems like they pull everything that he says. Marie love people love bernie too though. It doesnt make any sense to me. Lawrence but you have someone that is closer to their age that is more relatable than bernie. Emily and a lot of democrats are looking for the next obama and pete may be closest. There will never be a next obama, there will never be another one and that is okay. Emily there are a lot of republicans that like pete as well. I see a lot of space for him in seattle. I think he kind of has a wider spectrum of appeal to people. Tom seattle, land of never trumper republicans. Lawrence the democrats are eventually going to have to pave it from impeachment. From a communication standpoint, how can they pave it . Candidates are not talking about impeachment but they are basically being asked to run a marathon with 20pound weights around their ankles. The weights are the impeachment. Now its advantage republicans, and even Mitch Mcconnell is besting pelosi. We will see that changes come about from a communication standpoint it looks like a real loser. Lawrence i think they have to blame the progressive wing of the party. I think nancy pelosi, a strategy, she did not want to do this. 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Marie new york city mayor bill de blasio blasting Dominos Pizza. After the store sold 35 prize to revelers in times square. He tweeted that jacking up your prices to sell pizza to people on the holidays, class a. He suggests visiting other local pizzerias. A large dominos pie goes for 15 and the pizza chain is firing back saying those locally owned stores provide jobs to thousands of his constituents. First of all, i think this is indefensible. Especially because everyone knows, apparently except for the mayor, that yes, these represent franchises. They are all locally owned, local employees, and also, maybe he hasnt gone to times greater in a ball drop at it is so packed and that is economics when you are dealing with delivering food to a ton of people in a confined space in a constrained amount of time. That is called supply and demand. Lawrence first of all, who eats dominos a new york city . I think that is a problem in itself. Dana a lot of us. Lawrence to each his own, its not quality pizza. Marie i agree. Lawrence thank you, marie. But the larger point, bill de blasio, youve been raising our taxes like, constantly. I dont understand how he can have such hypocrisy. I will take a 30 pizza over 50 in taxes. Emily i get mad whenever i try to ge get a new branded sure pricing and its more expensive and im like, why are they charging me more for this . But i understand it is supply and demand. We dont have to hate everything bill de blasio does. Emily i think we just love to hate him. Lawrence i just think it is hypocritical. Emily its totally idiotic. The people who thought it was worth 80 with the people that bought it. If youre sitting there goes before they loved it. Dana did they, though . Love it . Emily one customer said its absolutely worth it, its hot, if he comes back, i will buy some more. Everyone was loving it. 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