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Press conference, andrea mitchell is with us from washington. andrea, when the president made those remarks, those were in response to a question, those were not prepared remarks, but sounds like those were very deliberately directed toward the republican candidates for president and the they have been talking about iran. >> rachel, they were directed at mitt romney. white house officials were annoyed at the speech at apac where president obama has not been tough enough, he would send not one, n...

Insolvency. big things have to happen so we can secure our freedom and as i talked about this morning, in front of apac, that we have a president that stands with our allies and defends the country and does not apologize for america around the world. [ applause ] >> we need a fighter, we need a fighter and someone who learned what america was about by growing up in communities just like this. understanding how america, neighborhoods and families work. and believing in them. understanding they ar...

Were going to vet obama. there is a cascade, wallfall, avalanche that he is going to have to deal with. so they should ask him some of these questions. the next issue we expect were going to hear from benjamin netanyahu in this hour. he met with the president. president said publicly that apac that he has his back. do you believe that? >> i have no idea because there is no way to know what obama is really thinking until he does it think this administration is much more critical of israel than op...

a fellow at the institute of politics at harvards kennedy school of government. and steve moore is with us for the first time. economics writer for the "wall street journal" editorial page. thank you for being with us. our "starting point" is super tuesday, of course. ten states will go to the polls today. there are 419 delegates up for grabs and potentially 2 presidential campaign on the line. if you look at the map of todays super tuesday, contest, newt gingrich says hes going to win...

sunday mr. obama vowed to prevent it. heres part of santorums address this morning. >> as i sat and watch this play out on the world stage, ive seen the president who has been reticent. he says he has israels back. from everything ive seen from the conduct of this administration, he has turned his back on the people of israel. >> israel prime minister told the group time is running out for a peaceful resolution to the threat of a nuclear iran. benjamin netanyahus remarkses came after h...

listen, its a good answer. its a battleground state. we know that. its also a real player in the primaries. i guess arguably its the most important on super tuesday. a blue collar state, a working class state. mitt romney needs to win here. if he doesnt, questions about whether he can win the nomination. for rick santorum whos been trying to appeal to blue collar voters, very important state for him to win. the neighboring state to pennsylvania where hes from. large catholic population...

>> tonight, a republican campaign blockbuster. ten states and hundreds of delegates on the line at the same time. >> its our time for choosing. and this time we got to get the choice right. >> will this night bring any clarity to the most unpredictable presidential race in memory? >> we just need to stay on the island, not get voted off. >> voters are deciding in vermont, virginia, and georgia. >> its very important for to us do well in georgia. >> in ohio, massachusetts, and tennessee...

Think could in the absence of real steps by iran to develop nuclear weapons lead us into a situation where the united states or israel acts and in fact we find that iran has no weapons of mass destruction. >> chris: there is also a big political component in all this. one referred to apac which is the america israel public affairs committee. big group, thousands are folks who are here in town and the president is going to speak to them today. all the republican candidates speak to them on tuesda...

Netanyahu at the white house this morning. he is hoping tough talk abowilly him time before any possible strike against iran. yesterday the president was treated warmly at a meeting of apac. his talk was well received. >> i will take no options off the table. i mean what i say. >> but that hard line is a little more complicated than it sounds. the last thing the white house wants right now is to be dragged into a war with iran hoping economic sanctions will give a little more time to december wa...

>> president gave a pretty strong speech to apac yesterday talking about israel and iran. is the white house, the administration failing to do anything youd like them to do right now on the issue of israels security and making it clear where the united states stands versus iran? >> well, mark, i was at the speech yesterday and i appreciated the presidents statement that he doesnt support a containment policy and doesnt support a nuclear iran. but what i think is going on right now, not only some...