benjamin netanyahu. tomorrow, she is scheduled to meet with the palestinian authority. mahmoud abbas. he s in the west bank. that s on the opposite side of israel from gaza. he s going to be talking talking to the palestinian authority, it is a way really to communicate with hamas. now, clinton cannot speak with hamas directly because the united states considers it a terrorist group. so by talking to palestinians she can reach hamas. talking to egypt s president is going to be her last stop. as we see here. so by talking to egypt, that s another way for her to communicate with hamas. the region is watching her every step. not only for a cease-fire, but perhaps also for a long-term resolution. a member of hamas told cnn by phone today how his organization is looking to see what the u.s. does. i think the egyptians are waiting for some support from the united states in order to make an we expect to have an outcome of this today. you have so many moving parts in all of t
thousands of protesters crowding the streets, troops firing tear gas, many people mad about the president s recent power grab. the country is less than two weeks away from voting on a new constitution. a controversial one, to many people. reza is in the middle of it in i can propose the demonstration had been unfolding for a while. what s happening in the last half hour or so? reporter: yeah, let s get you up to speed, michael, on new information that we ve gotten over the past hour. according to witnesses on the ground, protesters have broken at least one barrier, set up with barbed wire that was arranged by police to keep protesters away from the presidential palace, another witness telling us there s been one clash between protesters and police after demonstrators started throwing rocks, debris, other objects, at police and police responded by firing at least one round of tear gas. for the most part, these demonstrations near the presidential palace have been peaceful, b
white house consistently, which is they aren t moving until they hear the republicans agree to raise tax rates on the wealthiest. listen to what the president had to say. i think that, you know, we have the potential of getting a deal done, but it is going to require what i talked about during the campaign, which is a balanced responsible approach to deficit reduction that can help give businesses certainty and make sure the country grows. and unfortunately the speaker s proposal right now is still out of balance. he talks, for example, about $800 billion worth of revenues, but he says he s going to do that by lowering rates. when you look at math, it doesn t work. reporter: so unbalanced approach is the white house s nice way of saying you got to be kidding me. jay carney used the phrase in the briefing just now that the proposal from the republicans was a bunch of magic needs and fairy dust and the current standoff is continuing with neither side talking today, brooke.
i m melissa harris-perry. after weeks of republicans making a series of desperate plays to score wins, the democrats unwilling to give a single inch of ground and with the clock running down on the united states deadline to repay its financial obligations, game over, an 11th-hour vote in the house of representatives wednesday approved a senate plan to raise the debt ceiling and finally reopen the government after 16 long days of being out of business. president obama made it official with his signature just after midnight on thursday. and waking up the morning after the news of the night s big event, everyone really just wanted to know one thing what s the final score? because if americans understand nothing else about the events of the last few weeks, we ve all been watching a big bill penalty kill game. now that it s all over we want to know the answers to the two biggest questions on everyone s mind after game day who won and who lost? unfortunately, these political ne
there is a lot that you need to know. so let s go to the phones. eric, who s our first caller? melissa, our first caller is jim from oklahoma. caller, you re on the air. caller: i think it s really important, and don t you agree, that people of this country have to know what this is really all about. this is socialized medicine. now, a lot of them didn t believe that. well, there is a reason a lot of them didn t believe that. it is not socialized medicine. health care will continue to be administered by the private sector and paid for by private insurers. actually, the real goal of obama care is to expand health insurance to some of the 48 million people, that s 16% of the country, who do not have it. so first, let s back up and talk about how insurance works. pre-obama care, if you don t have insurance through an employer, then you have to buy your own policy, and that really sucks. especially if you re sick or have anything that an insurance company could call a pre-e