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We made clear in the case of the taliban, you have to renounce violence you have to renounce terrorist attacks. if they began to make statements like that that would be a sign that they really are on the run and are interested in some kind of negotiation. whether the u.s. would do that hard to say at this point. >> general hertling the saudi ambassador to the united states last week told me that saudi arabia would take in his words whatever measures are necessary in order to protect its security...

So were kind of bombing iran and saudi arabia are supporting those and were working with iran and iraq and white house doing the line from "animal house" which is remain calm all is well. do i have it about right? >> i would say incoherent would be a good way to describe the administration. in the past few months they have taken over sanaa, the government of yemen has ceased to function i think its ceased to exist as a state. and it now hosts surrogate for iran at the back door of saudi arabia a...

Of yemen has ceased to function i think its ceased to exist as a state. and it now hosts surrogate for iran at the back door of saudi arabia and the other oil producing arab monarchs -- >> let me stop you there make sure everybody is with us. this is basically our u.s.-backed government in yemen collapsed. and these houthis took over. the death to america people. jen psaki came on "the kelly file" and said dont worry about them. actions speak louder than words. thats bluster, basically is what s...

And saudi arabia are supporting those and were working with iran and iraq and white house doing the line from "animal house" which is remain calm all is well. do i have it about right? >> i would say incoherent would be a good way to describe the administration. in the past few months they have taken over sanaa, the government of yemen has ceased to function i think its ceased to exist as a state. and it now hosts surrogate for iran at the back door of saudi arabia and the other oil producing ar...

The nominee, which most likely she is because she has raised the most money. who is going to excite the base? that is really the most serious issue that democrats face. low turnout for democrats is dangerous for elections. so, if they are not going to have a primary and if she is not running against anybody else, there to no excitement. if she is the status quo candidate. the base has a really tough time coming out for people that really dont excite them. >> jennice, is some the luster, some the...

The nominee, which most likely she is because she has raised the most money. who is going to excite the base? that is really the most serious issue that democrats face. low turnout for democrats is dangerous for elections. so, if they are not going to have a primary and if she is not running against anybody else, there to no excitement. if she is the status quo candidate. the base has a really tough time coming out for people that really dont excite them. >> jennice, is some the luster, some the...

"the implicit promise to evangelicals was that hed give them something to vote for. in a way that no gop nominee had since george w. bush and none truly had since ronald reagan." victoria, can ted cruz mobilize evangelical voters? >> i think he has as good a shot as anyone else in his party right now. not necessarily because of the substance of his ideology because both mike huckabee and santorum and rand paul does share some of that ideology. but i say its more of that bluster, that dynamism. h...

Assad has lost legitimacy. and they said this. with the efforts. there is increased pressure on assad. >> and that latest is realistic given the facts on the ground? >> and the message that secretary kerry provided several years ago reflected the bluster of the obama administration that they realize went too far and set too many redlines and we have seen what is happening in libya when we took out the regime there it is total chaos. and what secretary kerry is now saying is more realistic. and i...

Analyst and contributing writer for "the daily beast" kimberly dozier with us now. how much of that is true or is that just bluster from the white house? >> they have about two weeks to finish this deal in geneva, so anything like an additional sign from republicans in congress that they might throw the deal out the window adds pressure to those negotiations, specifically it puts pressure on the iranian negotiators from their own hardliners. hardliners in the religious administration in iran do ...

He says and im quoting, of course im concerned. because the other side is into deception, trickery and back-stabbing. hes talking about the u.s. and the p5+1 countries. is that bluster? or is that a harbinger of the deal falling apart? >> i think it could be both. but what it is for sure is a deep reflection of this mans fundamental mistrust. united states. and we cant forget that the government uses the united states to maintain its own legitimacy. it plays to their advantage to sometimes portr...