out. as david plouffe, it feels to me a short-term issue in terms of american voters. it means it s harder for the white house to keep focusing on what was a pretty disastrous response from the romney campaign, initially. so it kind of draws a line under that. but in terms of american leadership, more broadly in the middle east, the situation is that richard pointed out was very clear. there s a lot of confusion and it s not easy for american leadership. this debate will continue. we re simply out of time this morning. one twitter question was very interesting about whether simpson-bowles will be implemented. any part of it if congress will go along. before we go, two programming notes, watch my press pass conversation with nate silverman on our blog, there s a link on our website, nbcnews.com and monday night i ll be moderating a debate between two senate candidates,
the future with a brilliant harvard physicist. then deep inside the way your mind works and sometimes why it doesn t. fascinating conversation with nobel prize winner daniel kahneman. a big birthday but an awkward time to throw a big birthday bash. i ll explain. first here s my take. it s the start of the new year and we will do predictions on this show. i thought i d try my own hand at some before asking others to risk their reputations. and in the spirit of keeping myself honest, i m going to look back at what i said and wrote in time magazine at the start of last year and see how i did. it s always risky to stick your neck out and humbling to look at your predictions but here goes. the only indulgence i allow myself is to start with areas i did well. i said i thought china would moderate its foreign policy behavior recognizing its assertiveness and arrogance over the last year had caused jitters throughout asia. i think that happened. i said the taliban s momentum wo
reporter: what about you don? you mentioned the president and secretary napolitano. if you had five minutes with them what would you tell them is the answer to the problem? they need to seal the border first of all that s something we ve all talked about. we need to put our forces on the border at the border fence. our forces aren t on the border fence like they need to be. reporter: last questioned, do you guys support this sb-1070 will that help? it is not a total solution, but yes it will help. support it. the current system that we have in play and what the current administration wants to do is doing nothing but perpetuating the misery of millions of people and the crooks are getting rich doing it. greta: two important programming notes. tomorrow night texas governor rick perry will be here, live to go on the record.
reporter: what about you don? you mentioned the president and secretary napolitano. if you had five minutes with them what would you tell them is the answer to the problem? they need to seal the border first of all that s something we ve all talked about. we need to put our forces on the border at the border fence. our forces aren t on the border fence like they need to be. reporter: last questioned, do you guys support this sb-1070 will that help? it is not a total solution, but yes it will help. support it. the current system that we have in play and what the current administration wants to do is doing nothing but perpetuating the misery of millions of people and the crooks are getting rich doing it. greta: two important programming notes. tomorrow night texas governor rick perry will be here, live to go on the record.
appreciate it. thanks. take care. so are you tired of all the negativity about the bp oil disaster? just ahead is another installment of the rachel maddow show s bp transcript feeder. it s news about bp by bp. it s so much nicer that way. first, one more thing actually two more things, both programming notes. one, i ve got poison ivy, thanks for not being mean about it, fishing trip. two, i m going to afghanistan next week. i ll spend several days shooting stories in different parts of the country with richard engel before broadcasting next tuesday and wednesday at 9:00 eastern. we hope you will join us for those very special shows. in the meantime we ll be right back. this is our pool. our fireworks. and our slip and slide. you have your idea of summer fun, and we have ours. now during the summer event