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Deputy mayor howard wolfson, nbc news foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin fresh from cairo, msnbc contributor and former white house press secretary fresh from washington, robert gibbs, and msnbc political analyst and former rnc chairman, the notorious michael steele. earlier today, venezuelans flooded the streets to mourn the death of hugo chavez. the accusations over his death have already begun. namely, blame someone else, preferably, the united states. yesterday vice president nicolas madu...

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And categorically rejected it. but the saudis said we believe this. were going to take action. >> dana: the united states has good relationship to combat this and there is no love lost between saudi arabi arabia. i had a chance to go to saudi arabia with president bush. and abaeer is a wonderful person and he is welcoming and open. anybody in power has possibility of being target of assassination plot. everybody is asking why now? if they were holding the other guy for a month, im glad i didnt p...

Catherine? >> reporter: the republican mike mccall said the economic sanctions i am posed on iran are meaningless and not a dernt he pointed specifically to the aled plot to assassinate the saudi envoy in the united states as another example of the regimes sponsor hipp of tear rich. he -- terrorism. he urged the obama administration to take meaningful action. >> if it turns out that iranian assassination plot on u.s. soil was sanctioned at highest levels of the iranian government i believe milit...

Morning nothing is off the table, and we have this statement from the white house, it says the president was first briefed on the issue in june and directed his administration to provide all necessary support to this investigation. the disruption of this plot is a significant achievement by our intelligence and law enforcement agencies. and of course, as you mentioned, were likely to hear a lot more about this at a white house briefing expected to get underway just about now. megyn, back to you....

And categorically rejected it. but the saudis said we believe this. were going to take action. >> dana: the united states has good relationship to combat this and there is no love lost between saudi arabi arabia. i had a chance to go to saudi arabia with president bush. and abaeer is a wonderful person and he is welcoming and open. anybody in power has possibility of being target of assassination plot. everybody is asking why now? if they were holding the other guy for a month, im glad i didnt p...