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March 24, 2015
In new york city but the israelis are just a few miles away from their enemies in jerusalem on the border with syria. >> so whats this about? obviously the white house can choose which message of mr. netanyahus to accept. days before the election saying words matter election rhetoric matters. and theyve chosen to accept that message as opposed to the one he made after he got re-elected. >> its kind of an extraordinary statement. remember in 2008 when he was running for president obama went to --...
March 23, 2015
Israel was one of the biggest applause lines. >> very good for alternative to apec. when we return let me finish with this dangerous day for republicans with bibi and of course ted cruz. both dangerous characters. youre watching "hardball," the place for politics. [clicking sounds] its so shiny. i know mommy. but its time to let the new kitchen get some sleep. if you want to choose wisely choose angies list. with in-depth reviews, an exclusive scoring system and real people standing by to help, ...
March 3, 2015
Negotiations that we have and of course it comes at the right time for prime minister netanyahus re-election attempt. it doesnt matter whether i was in the chamber or not. i watched the speech in my office with a group of apec representatives. the speech went exactly as i thought it would be. netanyahu pulled out the dick cheney playbook which is nothing but fear mongering, talking about things that he has no way of knowing what happens, saying that war is inevitable if this deal were to pass sa...
March 3, 2015
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...
March 3, 2015
The ground in israel how to deal with the leading sponsor of terror. benjamin netanyahu received a warm if not rousing welcome at apec. he laid out a bit of a preview of todays remarks. >> i have a moral obligation to speak up in the face of these dangers while there is still time to avert them. for 2,000 years my people, the jewish people were defenseless, voiceless. today we are no longer silent. >> i want to be sure to point out the fact that he spent a lot of time in that speech thanking the...
March 2, 2015
[ applause ] >> theres clearly though a lot of tension between this president and this prime minister. is there any way to repair that now or is it just the reality that the united states and israel have to deal with for the rest of this term? >> i think israel and the united states have had a longstanding very strong level of bipartisan support. i think that that will continue. and i thnk a year from now people may not quite remember this. so i think the relationship is solid. but again, i thin...
March 2, 2015
Secret that mr. netanyahu is in a tough re-election race in israel. that election is in two weeks and i do not want to see the congress of the united states being used as a prop or photo-op opportunity, not for him or any other leader around the world who is running for re-election. >> have you felt any pressure because of your decision not to attend? >> no. in my state ive gotten calls in support of my decision. ive gotten calls in opposition but no real pressure. >> at the same time netanyahu ...
March 2, 2015
Election and also investigations into netanyahu spending and ethics questions about his wife. he brought sara with him on this trip and gave quite a shout-out to her at apec. she doesnt usually travel on these visits. >> to the point of whether or not his own political future and election in two weeks enter into this debate, he sort of referenced that today by saying that she had come and that her grace under pressure was something that he admired. that pressure is considerable. there are a coup...
March 2, 2015
Strong words from the president in this exclusive interview he just granted to reuters. >> reporter: we will also hear from national security advisor susan rice later tonight at apec. she is the real critic. the friendly face was samantha power and she definitely as michelle noted in her story, tried to lower the temperature, definitely a more positive tone about the breadth and depth about the u.s. relationship with israel but susan rice has been a real critic as you know and last week called t...
March 1, 2015
Semblance of trusted balance in their relationship. >> now, on monday netanyahu will speak at the national security advisor susan rice and ambassador to the united nations samantha power will also speak at apec. all of this adding to those mounting tensions because youre going to hear those two very different visions for how the u.s. should deal with negotiations with iran. >> and its also going to be very interesting to see which of our electeds show up for that speech to congress. well take no...