for now, stay right where you are because there s much more news coming up on msnbc. e s much mor news coming up tonight, on the n show, five days until the u.s. government faces a possible disastrous shutdown. congressman mark pocan from wisconsin is here to discuss. that plus, he s called for a cessation of hostilities, but all parties in the israel-hamas war are asking about that. and i will speak with the israel and palestine director of human rights watch about possible war crimes. also the big blue wave this week. what biden and democrats can take away from tuesday night s big election win. good evening. i am mehdi hasan. on saturday, president joe biden marked veterans day with a visit to arlington national cemetery in virginia. during his remarks, the president paid tribute to america s veterans and called them, quote, the steel spine of this nation. here is the message the former president, donald trump, chose to deliver last night for veterans day during a sp
have mended fences today, offered reassurances to the american israel public affairs committee or aipac which describes itself as america s leading pro-israel lobby group. obama stressed his fundamental support for the jewish state. no country can be expected to negotiate with a terrorist organization sworn to its destruction. we will continue to demand that hamas accept the basic responsibilities of peace, including recognizing israel s right to exist and recognizing rejecting ri violence and adhering to all existing agreements. cnn s senior u.s. state department producer elise is in washington. elise, before we get to obama s verbal messages this was a confident president. did a rather warm interaction between president obama and the aipac president, lee rosenberg, set a tone. i think, fred, president obama knew he had to do a certain amount of cleanup from that speech the other day and lee rosenberg is rosy as president obama called him, really helped kind of set t