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And the net for us is questionable. >> i think that mccain is right and i understand your point as well. when i said negotiating chip, a bargaining chip with the new egyptian government, its the fact that we are giving them more money and say, hey, if you need this money, if you need this aid were willing to pull it back and having that discussion. >> and pre-supposing that the money gets to the moderates. >> neil: thats just it, thats my points. >> the money goes to the government. >> youve got...

Like they were under attack and being scapegoated, vilified and blamed for the financial condition of the country. well, in 2011, workers have really had their wages attacked. their pension, their health care and their voice put on a table for a negotiating chip. workers who dont often get into the fray. dont get caught up in the political garbage because theyre just too dog-on busy trying to make ends meet. i think 2011 changed all that. they are paying attention now. i know a lot more about fi...

palestinians and one israeli soldier. gilad shall late is free after being held for five years. officials handed him over to the egyptian authorities a couple hours ago. egypt is expected to transfer shalit on to israeli custody. israel set free hundreds of palestinians held in its jails today, tuesday. a total of a thousand are expected to be released as part of this exchange in two groups. an initial group of 477 palestinian prisoners are going free on tuesday in exchange for sergean...

Scrap a $50 billion fund. this was the fund that would cover any future bailout costs or some future bailout costs anyway for companies that fail. this was previously a key component of the presidents plans. lets get to peter barnes from fbn. peter, as we stand here now, have they gotten rid of that $50 billion fund that became so controversial? >> reporter: well, not exactly, jane. this is a $50 billion poker chip and a gigantic poker game over legislation on capitol hill thats designed to make...

Theyre saying there isnt a lot of activity at that reactor. defense schedules and cia officials are looking at what the status is, and then does this become another negotiating chip within the framework of these conversations for denuclearizing the peninsula. chris? >> hans nichols from seoul, thank you for that. richard engel, nbcs chief foreign correspondent, joins me from london. rich, give me your take on all this. why now? why did kim jong-un make this trip, what was his goal? >> i think yo...

Presidents health care plan as a negotiating chip? nbcs mike viqueira is joining me live from the white house. good saturday to you, mike. >> good morning, alex. >> lets talk about obama care. is that off the table from the democrats perspective? >> absolutely. the thing is is that john boehner and the republicans, the last time we went around these negotiations, remember it was june of 2011, on the debt ceiling negotiations, the president and the speaker played golf, and there were all those gr...

And the vast majority of that aid goes to the military so its tough to say if we werent giving egypt that aid in recent years or whoever that history, would the situation in that country be worse? but certainly, it should be a big negotiating chip in dealing with this country now. and ensuring that our citizens, american citizens-- >> we dont negotiate. >> the egyps military is probably the most moderate part of the government there. my heart is pulling back money on them you give the money so y...