the distance. the israelis are trying to engage anyone that tries to ambush their forces. the battle is street by street. it s urban gorilla warfare. neil: one month in, israel says they have gaza city surrounded and preparing to move in. the white house trying to move in. is the president starting to back off from his israel position? still with them, but maybe not as with them. coming up, we re going to talk to the national security council s john kirby on how far the white house is willing to go. welcome. i m neil cavuto. happy to have you with us. let s go to mike tobin in southern israel with the latest on this preparation for something big and pretty soon. mike? neil, while the israeli forces are not letting up as you mentioned, gaza city is surrounded. in fact, they have the israeli navy bringing pressure from the sea. overnight, there was an aerial bombardment with 450 targets being hit. the air strikes continue tonight. the palestinian health minute try said the
disagreement, perhaps i should say, with this whole controversy with david axelrod, and i guess it begs the question as to whether democrats have a right to be defensive. are they handling this correctly from a political standpoint? should axelrod have sent out the tweet that he did? i don t think axelrod needed to do that. i love what the president said. he did it very well. but hilary rosen herself said he didn t put it the right way. we re being dragged into a phoney debate. mitt romney, i have to give him credit, he s carrying the day. he had a ridiculous, i know you are but what am i strategy about the war on women. he pretended president obama is the one with the war on women when that is patently ridiculous, and unfortunately, hilary rosen s comments got us all talking about something else. but the real issue is life is tougher for women who have to work. that being able to stay home with your children right now is an issue, it s a choice. we need to discuss the issues of
with david axelrod, and i guess it begs the question as to whether democrats have a right to be defensive. are they handling this correctly from a political standpoint? should axelrod have sent out the tweet that he did? i don t think axelrod needed to do that. i love what the president said. he did it very well. but hilary rosen herself said he didn t put it the right way. we re being dragged into a phoney debate. mitt romney, i have to give him credit, he s carrying the day. he had a ridiculous, i know you are but what am i strategy about the war on women. he pretended president obama is the one with the war on women when that is patently ridiculous, and unfortunately, hilary rosen s comments got us all talking about something else. but the real issue is life is tougher for women who have to work. that being able to stay home with your children right now is an issue, it s a choice.
with sympathy cards for people that have been laid off and lost their jobs. 42.6 million americans in poverty. 1 in 4 children in poverty. you got 18 million americans unemployed. you got millions more underemployed. and the president doubles down on the same policy. you ve worked in the white house. is there not one single person in the white house that is going to the president and saying, class warfare is not the answer, the same thing that you tried in 2009 didn t work then, i guess not going to work now? where s the advice the president is getting? apparently not. in fact, you watch these guys on sunday morning on the talk programs. david plouffe who incidental doesn t he look like eddie munster? all of them are out there saying we can spend our way to prosperity. we ve tried it, it hasn t worked, try it again is their response to it. i did think axelrod had a good comment e. said this is a titanic struggle. sean: he did say that. the obama presidency is going
with sympathy cards for people that have been laid off and lost their jobs. 42.6 million americans in poverty. 1 in 4 children in poverty. you got 18 million americans unemployed. you got millions more underemployed. and the president doubles down on the same policy. you ve worked in the white house. is there not one single person in the white house that is going to the president and saying, class warfare is not the answer, the same thing that you tried in 2009 didn t work then, i guess not going to work now? where s the advice the president is getting? apparently not. in fact, you watch these guys on sunday morning on the talk programs. david plouffe who incidental doesn t he look like eddie munster? all of them are out there saying we can spend our way to prosperity. we ve tried it, it hasn t worked, try it again is their response to it. i did think axelrod had a good comment e. said this is a titanic struggle. sean: he did say that. the obama presidency is going