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United states as well as our allies, the gulf arab states and the israelis too. honestly we have four democrats running for president, elizabeth warren, julian castro, bernie sanders, kamala harris, none of them will speak at aipac which is a moderate left of center organization that supports israel. thats how hard-core the democrats have become anti-israel. when they have and anti-semite among them, they cant even pass a resolution specifically condemn the anti-semite by name. and yet the numbe...

The iran deal which was a threat to the united states and our allies and israelis too. we have four democrats running for president, elizabeth warren, julian castro, bernie sanders, kamala harris, none of them will speak at aipac which is a moderate left of center organization that supports israel. that is how hard-core the democrats have become anti-israel. jillian: the presidents critics claim the move is an attempt to help benjamin netanyahu get reelected next month. rob: foxbusinesss maria b...

That decision coming after a progressive advocacy group move on,.org, urged them to skip that pro-israel conference. david drucker is a senior political correspondent for "the washington examiner". good morning. what does their absence say about the direction of the democratic party? >> its been clear over the past 10 years or so that at least the base of the democratic party -- i dont think a lot of old school democratic voters feel this way but the base of the democratic party has been critica...

Sided with racism in that country. spew and i asked him about this and heres what he said. >> i dont think he is a middle east scholar by any stretch of the imagination. they have it backwards. this administration has created the conditions which ultimately may well get us to a place where we can achieve the very peace that everyone in the world wants, a better life for the palestinian people in a better life and less risk. >> shannon: how do you think this will issue will play? >> democratic co...

>> im here in south carolina. im here in front of people who will decide who the democratic nominee is. who are going to decide this next election and who will defeat president trump and bring this country together. thats the best way for me to spend this time. >> these boycotts came after pressure from the progressive move on.org whose campaign director said this. its no secret that aipac has worked to hinder diplomatic efforts like the iran deal, is undermining palestinian self-determination a...

That, i mean he is undermining the two-state solution. i think whats happening right now it is up to every presidential candidate where they want to speak, where they want to make their voice heard and what organizations they want to support. but i think, you know, when it comes to this i think this is probably why they are not attending is because they dont want this to be a political game. >> sandra: let me tell you why bernie sanders says he is not attending. the stage that aipac gives to lea...

Jewish. its the best of both worlds. ive been to israel three times, i recognize that there are shared values, seared strategic interests that are important. i think that is the prospect of of the overwhelming majority of democrats in the house of representatives. >> dagen: this, morgan, make some of these presenter candidates look like a gaggle of gutless wonders. [laughter] they are worried about congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez or ilhan omar tweeting something mean about them if they go...

Pro-israel group like aipac that you will be speaking on that stage? >> as far as im concerned, aipacs position as i understand it remains to robustly support a two-state solution. thats the right approach. thats in israels best interests and the best interests of the democratic aspirations of the palestinian people and the best interests of america. >> sandra: very interesting to have you on the program this morning. your thoughts on 2020 and the direction your party is going. i heard you talk ...

Donald trump said there were five people. >> you misremembered that. >> shannon: in bed as whole separate thing. again, aipac we will see who shows up next week. stick around. beto orourke and his minivan, find out what happened when he parked out to make it where was supposed to be. youll not guess who he took as his date to an x-rated movie, yikes. physical physica♪ after the down payment. man: and the baby room needs new carpet. woman: and a door. ugh, and a window. man: and we still got to...

Sovereignty over the golan heights. oren liebermann is there live for us with more. good morning. >> reporter: erica, im standing here in the golan heights. this was seized by israeli forces from syria in 1967 during the six-day war. since then 52 years ago considered occupied territory and no country on earth had ever recognized israels annexation of the golan until now with president donald trumps reversal of decades of policy and going against the international consensus. the question, why? a...