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Trying to lobby the homes. >> its start of a remarkable list and its obvious why they picked him. theyre not proize ral figures, but its also sort of saying that joe is a guy that spoke last month that the conference that the iraq opposition group and said that hey, the american government could back you guys and it was on the terrorist list. >> youre talking of the mek. >> yeah theyre -- i mean god bless them. they really care about them and the intense advocates, but theyre really out there. h...

Obama only needs to keep one-third and one of the congress in order to keep the deal alive. thats what he needs of the disaprovm. to do that and keep the kau could say together. >> thats why its a high stake battle and its people like chuck. >> that come out yet and saw whether they support or impose the deal. this is a guy looking for the deal and a lot of pressure for them. >> you have aipac hiring folks. if they have a whose whose of idol retired. trying to lobby the homes. >> its start of a ...

And lobbying for a review. now, theyre creating a tax e september group of their own and it could spend as much as $20 million on a national ad campaign as a course told new york times. it widely considered the most influential and told them to cancel the summer plans in order to get to work. joining me now he is chronically the forms. >> how big a deal is the push going to be? >> aipac is a strong and powerful lobby. what makes them unique is how well that they have the relationships on both si...

14 counts. conspiracy to commit bribery and wire fraud. they get more specific than that. >> they are. there are 68 pages in this indictment. it is serious. menendez clearly says he is going to fight this and he believes that the prosecutors in the justice department in his words, were tricked into this investigation by people with a political motive, those were his words last night. a very fiery menendez. but as you look at the details of this 68-page indictment, bill there are some really spec...

>> do you think that israel having nuclear weapons, the only regional power with nuclear weapons, incentivizes it be other entities. >> it is hard to say that in the light of the reports that israel has had for four decades and that that hasnt been for decades. but whether it is saudi arabia, egypt, or the turks, they will also pursue their own agenda. and that has not happened in response to the allegations of israels program this thus far. but the iranian program might be the trigger that sets...

Rice was addressing aipac. she said i know some of you want to just walk away. she got a standing ovation. there is a group of people in the u.s. that dont want any negotiations whatsoever. >> i think it goes back to the world view. the republican party here and those that have been driving it for a tech aid, there is a overlap of thinkers, of donors and funders, and netanyahu is really the nexsus of all of that. they think alike. and it is rather simplistic. and the only language that is unders...

Two weeks from today. its very very tight if you believe all of the public opinion polls in israel right now. lets bring in democratic congressman luis gutierrez of illinois. congressman, you decided that you are going to boycott a speech by the visiting prime minister of israel. >> look im going to skip the speech. im going to be visiting with some friends from apec coming by the office. friends ive had for decades. were going to have a dialogue and conversation as we have in the past. thats th...

That speech there have been some demonstrations against netanyahu in the nations capital as well as in new york city times square. we wait to bring you the prime ministers remarks on msnbc, lets bring in nbc capitol hill correspondent luke russert and casey hunt. luke, start with you. what are we expecting to hear from netanyahu today? >> reporter: expect to hear a speech that talks about the threat that is iran as a nuclear nation jose. thats obviously going to be the central theme here. we sor...

[ applause ] >> prime minister netanyahu speaking today to the israeli-american political action committee, aipac. more comments from secretary john kerry. michelle kosinski is at the white house. the comments from the secretary, from secretary of state kerry, saying hes concerned the prime minister may disclose sensitive information about iran negotiations during his speech tomorrow. where does that come from? >> were hearing everybody talk about this. its apparently coming from the members of ...

>> the prime minister has experienced intelligence insight that is critically important for us to be able to do our job. we are a separate branch of government. we represent the american people who are also interested in standing strong with israel. they should be in their seats. they should be paying attention because the president is negotiating a deal that icbms, you need icbms for israel. >> they better not complain about it later. they 345imay disagree. congressman thanks, sir. and presid...