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Hamas targeted -- targets civilians. its their goal to target civilians. >> i want to bring in fawaz gerges from london, a middle east expert, an observer of this whole conflict, and to put some of this in perspective. hes basically saying he made a decision that -- >> tell them. >> mr. hamzblan they have to respect the people. they are mott supposed to do that. even if you are amanpour. >> mr. hamdan, mr. hamdan. i am going to ask you -- >> excuse me. i -- i -- i -- excuse me. >> whats the prob...

Civilians. its their goal to target civilians. >> i want to bring in fawaz gerges from london, a middle east expert, an observer of this whole conflict, and to put some of this in perspective. in per. he is saying he made a decision th that. >> tell them. >> mr. hamdan. >> they have to respect the people. they are not supposed to do that. even if you are -- >> mr. hamdan, im going ask you in that case -- >> excuse me, i -- excuse me. >> whats the problem? >> i said initially i will not go on a p...

Not pass it. but the view of the democrats, theyre the ones pushing this, is its better to pass it because they can change the narrative and say heres how it affects you. you wont be cut off for preexists conditions, you wont have a cap either on annual bases or lifetime basis. they can change the narrative and say this is how it will benefit you. but whether it passes or not, this is a big issue come november. >> shepard: as a political observer, has it surprised you that [ audio trouble ] with...

Deadline. megyn: just for the record, a white house official reportedly calls this charge absurd, congressman mathosens spokeswoman says the suggestion is patently ridiculous, no deal was made that guaranteed the brothers nomination. >> thats probably true, no guarantee. why would you put your fingerprint on t. right? why would you say this is what im going to good for x, y and z but if youre an observer of american politics, youd have to be intentionally blind to avoid looking at this and say h...

Increased sales. that comes as toyota executives face another grilling on senate hill. brian wilson has never left. he has been there the entire week waiting for the next round. whats happening now this morning? >> reporter: i just hang around in the hallways waiting for the next toyota story to occur. whats going on today is we heard this morning some tough questions from senators not aimed at toyota, that happens this afternoon. but aped at the secretary of transportation ray lahood and the to...

About someone on the other side? >> not always. i go home, when i speak to a chamber group, a business chamber group or a labor group, i say 85%, 90% of what we do in congress shouldnt be about republicans or democrats, ought to be about taking care of our people and our country. when i say that, people in the audience are going like this. theyre sick to death of all the partisanship up here. they want us working together for the american people and for our country. >> and what percentage would ...

And more of a blood sport and less and less of a cooperative effort -- >> hang on one second. heres the thing. from his comment i didnt get republican or democrat out of that. but is that a product of working up here, that you automatically assume that when someone gives a criticism that theyre talking about someone on the other side? >> not always. i go home, when i speak to a chamber group, a business chamber group or a labor group, i say 85%, 90% of what we do in congress shouldnt be about re...

And with all due respect to any other observer, lets start over then. its not too late. why dont we sit down together and say okay, lets start with medical malpractice reform. we agree, i think, fundamentally on that. why dont we address going across state lines? why dont we go across many of the positive proposals that we republicans have had, too, and maybe we can find common ground. >> final point on health care. the politics of this, much discussed in this edex year whether success or failur...

>> wow. >> interesting. >> everyone is tired. it is a long day. >> were all struggling through the week. >> it was a remarkable day. to see the president of the united states engaged at that level of detail, trying to get members of congress to admit where there were agreements on areas of concern. not necessarily the solution, but the agreements that these had to be addressed and then the different ways to address them, it is just -- it was quite something to sit in that room. >> but congressma...

Pretty amazing lead-up. every interview you did -- as a matter of fact you did one for me, when i was guest hosting one of my first guest host experiencing on a cable network. and you pull out your contract and show people. and would you say you give us 100 days well vote on all these items. nine of the ten passed the only one that didnt was term limits. what similarities do you see between now and then, if any? >> haley barbour, the national chairman that year, has said he thinks that this is a...