Book has been vindicated as the Huckabee Palin win of the gop. The second book goliath was hell it heavily attacked. Since the analysis of Israeli Society and that book it has been well indicated and especially the warning of droves, arabs descending on polling places. Very reminiscent of figures of the american past. Now we are here to talk about the 51 day war. It really was a war. I have been criticized by supporters of palestinian rights for calling it a 51 day war. Not calling it an assault. Of course it was an assault, of course an assault, of course the violence was disproportionately wielded against one side, of course one of the parties in this conflict was the most sophisticated military in the middle east. The overall situation is not a conflict. In my my view it is a conquest. You will never hear me refer to it as the israel palestine conquests. I want to start by bringing you into the first day of war, the first day of combat. This is part military history which helps expl
segment. these false and unproved allegations continue to be spined in the media. it s all right here right now on cnn. good evening. i m don lemon. thank you for joining us. winter is coming. occupy protesters have been getting ready. this plastic bubble recently went up in buffalo, new york. it was donated by supporters so demonstrators can stay warm and dry. in portland, oregon, police moved in when people set up camping tents. but the real drama today has been in washington. police and protesters have been in a standoff over a wooden building that went up overnight. let s get to cnn s athena jones. athena? hi, don. you know, this ended just a little while ago with the police finally being able to take down the last protester who was on top of the structure that occupy d.c. protesters erected overnight. police came in laelt this morning and told them they needed to take the structure down. they said there were safety concerns, that the structure hadn t gone through
boehner wants $2 trillion in budget cuts before he agrees to raising the debt ceiling. and then there s the democrat-controlled senate. we shouldn t be drawing lines in the sand. we should be willing to work together. treasury secretary tim geithner says the u.s. could hit its $14.3 trillion debt limit tomorrow but he can keep the country out of default until august. so there is time. what they really lack on capitol hill is common ground. today republican risk, reward and rhetoric with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and paul ryan, chairman of the house budget committee. then presidential politics as the field expands with clinton, press secretary joe lockhart and bush speech writer michael gerson. and challenges in the middle east and libya, dennis blair and john negroponte. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. despite fears a debt crisis will undermine the u.s. economic recovery and rattle the world, just 19% of americans told gallup
much are we pay for gas. i want prosperity in this country to be widely shared. after bin laden the president s to-do-list is all about the economy. his attention is turning to domestic issues. i want to give a big policy speech outside on a really hot day. barack obama is the commander in chief. it s a great foreign policy triumph. president s ratings for foreign policy at an all time high. but handling the economy, at an all time low. the euphoria over bin laden s death disappears very, very quickly. there s always a next election. and the field of republican challengers is still challenging republicans. newt gingrich is finally preparing his race. some huge obstacles. his third wife having an affair with a staffer. she used to be known as a reformer. too much foolishness at the front. donald trump? i m not naming names. a lot of good candidates out there donald trump would be one of them, maybe. would you endorse him? not a real discus
this is very serious. i always take things seriously, but i ve never taken it seriously like this. this is a very serious time in my life. i hate what s happening to the country. i wish i didn t have to do it, i wish this country was running so great and i wish obama was the greatest president since abraham lincoln and i wish this was the greatest place in the world. what we re doing is unbelievable. it s unbelievable says donald trump. welcome to morning joe. it s thursday, april 7th. joining us on the set, the former governor of pennsylvania, nbc news political analyst, ed rendell. good to see you. chairman of deutche, inc., donny deutche. we have msnbc political analyst, pat buchanan. on capitol hill, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, kelly o donnell. good morning to you all. reporter: good morning. we will talk to donald trump. he will call in about three or four minutes. we have a new poll out. nbc wall street poll, all the people laughing at donald trump, n