As an example that the idf bomb deliberately, a hospital and killed 700 people. The longer that goes on, the more israel will be in peril for for their future, so, again, we should expect nothing else from hamas. Its a terrorist organization. Its dedicated to the destruction of israel and theyre going about it in a strategic matter. Does history tell us whether they care if Congress Approves aid to israel and that america stands behind, you know the movements that have been made by the u. S. Military that is in the region, that they stand behind israel . I think theres no question that were going to provide aid to israel. Massive financial resources. Were backing them up with a significant deterrent military forces. None of this will be contingent upon whether netanyahu does or does not conduct a land operation. Thats clearly got to be an israeli decision based on their own fundamental security assessment. General, its always good to have you on the program, we thank you, general Barry
For misconduct while the Retail Banking arm disappoints. Oil stocks cling on to the green. Surprising analysts with some positive earnings. Welcome to the show. We have been getting unemployment data. We just got the number out of italy. The march Unemployment Rate rising to 13. 0 from 12. 7 in the month of february. At least march youth unemployment which has been a big concern for investors rising to 43. 1 . To give you context on italys labor market the seasonally adjusted Unemployment Rate rose to 12. 7 in the month of february up from 12. 6 in january. As i said youth unemployment has been particularly a challenge for the country of italy measuring job seekers between 15 and 24 years. Also increased to 22. 6 in the month of february. This is a set back to the labor market reforms which aim to make it easier for countries to hire and fire employees. You can see the euro dollar which has been moving to the upside over the past couple of days. Right now at session highs at 112. The a
The tv debates have starred romney but all the other contestants were knocked off faster than a quiz show except for herman cain. Im chris matthews. Welcome to the show. With us today, cnbcs jim cramer, the washington posts kathleen parker, cnns Gloria Borger and the huffington posts howard fineman. First up, Barack Obamas hopes in a race against mitt romney rest on next years economy. On sundays new york times, the Electoral College analyst says if theres no g. D. P. Growth next year, it would give romney an 80 chance of beating obama but if theres 4 growth, the tables are concerned. The Obama Campaign will pummel romney to make him unacceptable. Youre campaigning as the man who can fix the economy. Look at your record, sir. Two u. S. Plants were closed, 2,000 workers were laid off. Chris far from running from his ties to business, romney is boasting about his success. That business was one of the largest and most successful and in my party, we celebrate success, we dont attack succes
President hamid karzai is requesting them pull out within two weeks. The reason plus how officials are responding. Stewart 33. And that fiery nascar crash leaving questions about the safety of speedways. A lot of news coming out of daytona today. We will take you there, as well. But we begin with our top political headlines. There could be a deal in the senate on guns. A Bipartisan Panel may Reach Agreement on tougher background checks for gun buyers. The Washington Post reports the talks led by two democrats and two republicans are expected to earn more gop spurt in the coming days. The nras president said the president has done nothing serious to reduce the threat of gun violence. Even in his state of the Union Address where he laid out his second term agenda, president obama made not one mention, not one word of the need to improve security for our schools. Why . Because theyre not serious about taking steps that actually work. And ann and mitt romney will sit down for their First T
Still debating animated shorts here. Thank you all very much for the discussion. I appreciate it. That is all for today. Well be back next week. If its sunday, its meet the press. If republicans and democrats get together this week and take a look at the president s plan which he put on the table to save 85 billion this does not have to happen. Congress returns to work with five days left before the across the board spending cuts take effect. Is that enough time to hammer out a last minute deal . And what does it mean to you. Transportation secretary ray lahood insists there is still time. Our experts break it down and talk about the on going sequester blame game. Plus, big news from afghanistan. President hamid karzai is requesting them pull out within two weeks. The reason plus how officials are responding. Stewart 33. And that fiery nascar crash leaving questions about the safety of speedways. A lot of news coming out of daytona today. We will take you there, as well. But we begin w