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Serious campaign from the white house until recently. >> im sure you know this, but talking to democrats, i know that they are working incredibly hard, unusually hard for this white house to get the votes right now. and they are pulling in resources that they dont normally pull in behind the scenes. >> like apac for example, which hasnt always been aligned with this white house. >> for me, not only are they launching a campaign, theyre launching it with congress. so i was also thinking if im als...

A lack of understanding what the impact is going to be when you make it look like youre going to attack and then you dont. you go to the congress to get them to pass, as i said, not a resolution that authorizes such force as necessary to bring down bashar assad but military strike as a retaliatory signal for his use of chemical weapons. so its -- yeah, i would say if youre confused, join the crowd. i was vastly confused by this and i think it sent a signal of weakness to the rest of the world. y...

Conservative people in there, and in their districts in liberal districts and conservative districts theyre saying the same thing for different reasons, dont go to war. i think the president faces a real uphill battle in the house of representatives. cokie, apac is going to come into play obviously. >> right. >> and apparently -- >> well see what happens there. >> apparently putin is talking about sending russians over to lobby, so that should help the president. you also know, harold, you also ...

Hope to prevent further chaos in cairo and concerns about democracy and human rights should take a backseat to stability and security. dana, thinking about that role there, why is it that the sort of foreign policy and national security thimperatives there in congress that often cares a lot about what israel thinks are currently taking a backseat to what seems like some posturing on the funding? >> well, theres posturing on the funding, and its coming from different spots. you know, i mean, all ...

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Netanyahu said that he is quote absolutely convinced that president obama is determined to keep a nuclear weapon out of iran, how important was that for israeli audiences to hear? as that thats very important, youre exactly right. the president said before he is not bluffing. joe biden repeated it to apac just two weeks ago. the president is not bluffing, he is deadly serious about that. policy is not containment. it is absolutely contention and he will tell the israeli people in his speech tomo...

Pictures here of the apac conference going on. vice president biden brought down the house yesterday with a new warning to rather than, and moment ago secretary of state john kerry spoke to andrea mitchell. bob menendez is speaking right now. well have an update for you after the break. and up next after the radar, venezuelaen president hue go chavez has taken a turn for the worse. todays trivia, how many governors in florida history have served two consecutive full terms? first person to tweet ...

To which the vice president alluded yesterday at apac, thats going to be kept on the table as well, and, frankly, andrea, when you are negotiating, its always positive. its always important to have that kind of leverage behind you. i think the iranians will negotiate more readily if they believe that the united states does have the option to use force and if the sanctions are still hurting the iranian economy. i think thats why the iranians showed up in kazakhstan last week and spoke so positive...

>> thank you. >> and joining me now is the washington post david ignacious and jeffrey goldberg. to you, dennis rodman, given everything thats happening in north korea? >> well, i mean, i actually was thinking dennis rodman might be useful in the middle east peace process. his sense of the absurd might come in handy. thats just my idea. >> indeed. >> thats just my idea. >> if not the tattoos. >> that would be fun. >> not a bad idea at that. well, speaking of the middle east, earlier on the progr...

Funds to egypt two years ago. >> american support for democracy will therefore be based on ensuring financial stability. promoting reform. and integrating competitive markets with each other and the global economy. >> on this, the final leg of his trip, secretary kerry tackled still another complexity of the troubled region, counterterrorism. efforts to support the fragile government of yes men so it didnt overrun -- government of yemen. >> bret: thank you. vice president biden says his boss i...