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Ill leave it to others to decide what was motivating mitt romney, but on that substantive matter, rick, i have to question why that was the priority and not the border issues. >> let me bring rick in. so, ari is saying three things here. first of all, that when you look at -- >> i heard him. >> the gaffes aside, that you have to look at the policy, you have to deal with the press, and thirdly, deal with the substantive characterization here of what is going on in terms of foreign policy. do you ...

Not the border issues. >> let me bring rick in. so, ari is saying three things here. first of all, that when you look at -- >> i heard him. >> the gaffes aside, that you have to look at the policy, you have to deal with the press, and thirdly, deal with the substantive characterization here of what is going on in terms of foreign policy. do you think getting beyond the grasp, mitt romney told us what he would do say if the syrian regime collapsed and some other crisis is going on or if europes e...

Thats a date that will live in infamy along with those other dates. >> wow, that was not a fireside chat by fdr. im joined by joann reid and republican strategist susan del percio to whom ill turn first. is expanded health care coverage on par with a terrorist attack, for real, though? >> no, i promise. no. end it there. i mean, and there is a point to be made. they say theres a religious carve-out here, but its not the case. and you know, the work around still does put a lot of religious instit...

Youre so wrong im not going to let you talk. >> let mr. steele finish. >> let me tell you where youre wrong. deal with it. >> i will deal with it. >> the reality of the facts are that -- >> the reality of the facts? >> the real facts, bob, okay? are that this administration spent $5 trillion. >> thats wrong, thats wrong. a lot of it is automatic stabilizers. >> let me finish my point. >> its a lie. >> its not a lie. the debt was $10 trillion on the day he was inaugurated. what is it today? almos...

Really made too much of this from the political reporters. >> you dont think im being delusional and you think he had a good trip over there. lets turn to ari melber. do you think rick has a point or is he missing the more insightful analyses we might make of the foreign policy adventure? >> i would look at it in three ways. number one, when you are president, you have to deal with the foreign press. so whether they are fair or not, that is one of the layers of international diplomacy because yo...

In and of itself doesnt tell us anything about what mitt romney is doing abroad. that brings me to number three and the real point and we can focus on it now, what governor romney said is that in israel, for example, the united states policy should be to treat jerusalem as the capital. now, thats a foreign policy position, but its also a political position. if you look at whats going on in israel, that is not one of the priorities in israel right now. thats a country that has on its borders two ...