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Hezbollah back from israels border. Joining us now, nbcs Matt Bradley in beirut, former u. S. Ambassador to morocco and former president ial middle East Adviser mike ginsburg, u. S. Retired Army Colonel Jack jacobs as well. I want to bring with nbcs white House Correspondent Monica alba with us by phone. You have this breaking news reporting. What have you learned about this potential iranian attack against israel . Well, ana, this is coming from a senior white House Official and a department of...

Thats simply not going to happen. lets just be clear about that. and even some of the presidents aides sort of question the wisdom of bringing in someone who they sort of say, look, hes a smart guy, but he is in the twilight of his career, and he hasnt practiced law, and certainly not law of this type and this caliber and this pressure in decades. that said, there is some role they believe that he can play. one is that the president likes familiar faces. he is a familiar face. the president like...

Who they sort of say, look, hes a smart guy, but he is in the twilight of his career, and he hasnt practiced law, and certainly not law of this type and this caliber and this pressure, in decades. that said, there is some role they believe that he can play. one is that the president likes familiar faces. he is a familiar face. the president likes people who look the part, and he sees on tv and can go out and play a sort of forceful attack dog role on tv, and thats something weve seen rudy giulia...

Thats simply not going to happen. lets just be clear about that. and even some of the presidents aides sort of question the wisdom of bringing in someone who they sort of say, look, hes a smart guy, but he is in the twilight of his career, and he hasnt practiced law, and certainly not law of this type and this caliber and this pressure, in decades. that said, there is some role they believe that he can play. one is that the president likes familiar faces. he is a familiar face. the president lik...

To a final four. >> these discussions ive had with him have been enlightening, interesting, and engaging. >> reporter: trump loyalist newt gingrich ripping finalist mitt romney for his public vying for the job. >> you have never, ever in your career seen a serious adult who is wealthy, independent, has been a presidential nominee suck up at the rate that mitt romney is sucking up. >> reporter: meantime, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren returning to her attack dog role, slamming trumps nomi...

Hostage and won. setting up a bad precedent for the new administration by signaling, quote, to every corporation in america that they can threaten to offshore jobs in exchange for business friendly tax benefits and incentives. meantime the suspense continues to build as trump works to fill out his administration, still hanging in the balance, the most high profile job of the cabinet post, secretary of state. >> these discussions ive had with him have been enlightening and interesting and engagin...

Nice guy -- >> did ann richards know he was the guy leading the attacks, that sicked the dogs on her? >> oh, yes. >> and does john mccain know today that karl rove did it to him? >> everybody knew what karl rove was behind the scenes. but the way politics operates now and the way he wants to operate to raise his own profile -- dont forget, chris, hes running american crossroads. hes running a big independent spending operation. he needs to be out there visibly waving the flag and doing these att...

W. bush. and all the wonderful work they did over the years to get to bin laden, et cetera. >> torah bora. >> hes not alone. there are many others who say the same thing. >> except we went to war to get the guy and had a war without getting the guy. >> lets talk about what cheneys really talking about. its not a counterintelligence. it is politics. and hes playing attack dog role as he did as the v.p. and a running mate. now hes supporting his daughter liz out there who is also -- >> i think tha...

I think that chuck is actually more right when he indicates that this election is more like the 2004 contest than the 1992 race. there are ways in which its pretty clear looking at that poll, there are ways in which folks have the perception that mitt romney because of his private sector experience and because hes not been in washington, d.c., they have a sense he can move the lever in ways that the current administration has not. but when they get a sense of what exactly his experience was in t...

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