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Because as you know, these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu, even though its his government that put this proposal on the table, he has been downplaying the extent to which this proposal could lead to an end of the war. and that of course, is going crosswise with the effort from the united states and the mediators to try and convince hamas to sign on to this agreement. and thats because hamas does want this deal to lead to an end of the war. what they also want of course, is an upfront c...

Is the 2020 election, what does that say about the electorate and about trump supporters? s well, lindsey graham has been crosswise with trump as many times as he has hugged him closely. so, i think hes sort of a complicated figure on the right. and i think if you spend a lot of time consuming conservative media, theyre very negative on lindsey graham. he is mocked. he is a boogey man. he is not a beloved figure on the right. and interestingly, hes also not a beloved figure on the left because h...

Suggesting the mar-a-lago search may have been driven by garland and biden because of political events. that is to acknowledge he doesnt have any evidence to that fact but said there are questions that need to be answered. he is the top republican on the house intelligence committee. >> it has always been interesting to me. these people that you worked with for a long time come out with these theories that youre like, where did that come from? youre a very serious person. look. heres what i thin...

A regular basis, and tend to tune out political news, like most of americans, they were not going to watch this anyway. and thats why fox is not airing this. thats why you are not going to hear about it on conservative media, in general, after it happens. their audience isnt interested. and that is, in essence, what has happened to the republican party right now. that they are just like fox, worried about how its audience will respond if it showed these hearings. the republican party, kevin mcca...

Woodruff swan, national correspondent for politico, both msnbc contributors. mike, tell us about the state of conversations or negotiations or however you would characterize it between the former vice president and the 1/6 committee. >> so, dating back to this summer, pences long-time lawyer, richard cohen, engaged with the committee, and they had these informal discussions in which they talked about this, and cohen made clear that pence was sort of undecided, uncommitted, and what has happened ...

Basically said, this is about taking a republican who isnt sufficient to loyal to donald trump out. trump and self has not endorsed taylor. the political danger for taylor s, you can still see we are avoiding more votes, if taylor subs to float 50% here and gets into a runoff -- run off the trigger, that could whet the appetite and trump and one of these more national republican figures to take a shot at him and a one-on-one runoff situation. it might signals a moment of weakness if he falls und...

Campaign, the notion of the big lie that led to the january 6 insurrection at the center of how theyre trying to appeal to republican voters. and i think all of that indicates, that commitment to the big lie indicates a desire to please donald trump and his supporters and not get crosswise with him because it is his power that still fuels the republican party. >> i want you to listen to what senator lindsey graham had to say this morning, david, about the capitol attack. take a listen. >> presid...

Their behavior going into the capitol. so what does mean that so many republicans are willing to run on this when were seeing this? >> well, it means that donald trump still has quite a grip on the republican party. i think the "washington post" looked into more than 700 republican candidates that had filed the fec paperwork and found nearly a third or so actually putting the notion of what occurred on january 6 sort of at the center of their campaign, the notion of the big lie that led to the j...

Pelosis office, they emerged from that and i asked liz cainy directly if shes concerned about being reprimanded? >> have you been told youll lose your committee assignments? >> i have not been. but again my only, my duty and all of our oaths and duty is to the constitution and that will always be above politics. >> reporter: so she indicated she was not concerned about any punishment she may ultimately receive here. the question is which republicans that mccarthy will ultimately choose. does he ...

Wrong. to be clear, a lot of them think john brennan has become too partisan. a lot of them would tell you they think john brennan has become too much of a democrat in what he says on television. but they say thats not the point. this is america. he has that first amendment right. the president is sending a chilling sign when he says, i took his security clearance, now im looking for somebody else. >> this is a remarkable letter. this is from members who served in the significant positions in th...