Launching War News Today

My life, in order to deal with the deficit problem, youve got to deal with entitlements. you have to deal with revenues. and you have to deal with discretionary. all of it has to be part of a package. >> is he doing enough? >> i think hes pushing as hard as he can. >> should he be more public? >> well, look. the president of the united states has indicated the concern about sequester. hes indicated his concern about maintaining a strong national defense. and hes proposed a solution to this. the ...

What i can comment on is the fact that all decent folks can agree that the remarks that were made dont have any place in the public discourse. >> that was the president responding to a question regarding rush limbaugh losing sponsors. he is bleeding companies by the day as a result of his controversial comments about sandra fluke and two stations have dropped his show altogether. four more sponsors pulled their advertising just today including sensa weight loss and bare essentials. the numbers k...

>> this whole motion of a war on women, its so contrived. its so forced. it feels so unnatural. there is no war on women. what there is, is war on freedom. >> obviously, a.b., leading up to, i think what rush limbaugh is trying to present himself as a victim to his people, so they can come out on the other side and maybe counter the heat that hes getting from women and men regarding this remark. i want to be clear that a lot of people think its just women and women organizations that are demandi...

Democrats. at least they are honest about not liking them or agreeing with them. i think con sefbtives are at the point they dont care how much they bloody mitt romney because they dont think they will get anything tangibly different. i was listening to the segment u you just did and they were discussing the differences between the rhetoric of romney and obama. when you look at their policy positions, there isnt much difference. con sefbtives want something different than obama not obama light. ...

Effect the european economy and our economy. this is a huge deal. this could reach crisis level at some point. that could completely change what the debate is domestically here in terms of what our politics is. all of us whether in the media or politician, this is war weary nation. weve been through two conflicts. were not done with one of them in afghanistan. theres no way to go to war without really laying the long term ground work for why you do it and that everything else has been exhausted....

War, say so and lets talk about the consequences. he doesnt think the time is now. hes made it clear. sending a message to israel that the united states has its back but trying to pull them back to sap we understand this is a huge threat. its a threat to the united states, but weve got to lay more ground work, more time before we get into some sort of debate thats going to take us down the path of war. nobody wants war with iran. >> from the rhetoric we heard today from mitt romney and rick sant...

This would only hurt the united states and europe. they are saying this. an attack on iran would galvanize support for the ruling system here. everybody in iran would have to support the system here. i dont think it would have the effect of any regime change here either. >> weve lot ali arouzi. david gregory. thank you so much for talking with us. whats the headline from this news conference? >> i think the president warning the republicans to stop talking so casually about war saying clearly th...

Thats the box that both the lawmakers and the president are in. they can talk all they want. c con sujs is down and production is up. ali, hold up has this played out on state run television there? >> the iranians have been characteristically defined. they said they will not go off their nuclear course despite threats of war and sanctions. state tv have wall to wall coverage today ov obama supporting israel. they made obama look very weak. they said this will weaken america if they attack iran. ...

Him to think if you think we should start a war, then make the case. >> i think we have the sound from the president discussing this notion of attacking iran. lets play it. >> measure my commitment to israel is seen in the actions that ive taken as president of the united states and indisputable that ive had israels back over the last three years. >> i believe we have david gregory with us. are you there. we dont. let me go back to chuck. we have rick santorum who came out swinging. i believe it...

House? >> it will get traction in six weeks if the number keeps going up. it starts affecting consumer confidence and spending. it was well over 50% said these high gas prices are having quite a bit of an impact on their families. if that keeps increasing, then the republicans are going to want to have this conversation. >> theyre going to want to have the conversation, but isnt it time for something on the table other than as the president said drill, baby, drill. up to put an idea on there and...