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>> my pleasure. >> first off, can you take any pride in whats taking place in the middle east. along with president george w. bush, you talked about freedom as early as 2004 coming to the middle east. a lot of people said youre crazy, you dont understand the culture. what do you say to those people now? >> what i say is its very obvious that democracy and countrys that are predominantly muslim are not in conflict with one another. it is possible to have both. and thats very exciting. so theres a...

Egypt, they know that the game is really different. its going to be a different world from what it was under hosni mubarak. for example, the big enemy here, the big worry is iran. they might have had mumbaraks tacet approval for an attack on iran. that is unup likely to happen with the new egypt. >> shannon: thank you, greg. what does mumbaraks departure mean for the united states. joining me is democratic congressman adam smith, ranking member of the house armed services committee. congressman,...

California, or new york state, or new jersey or in washington over the past generation, they said well just raise taxes. >> right. >> and its amazing, people in california, liberals, are still blaming prop 13 in 1978 for all of their problems while they have been spending like -- im just going to be quiet now. this is one of my pet peeves. if the president comes and says were making significant cuts in social security, medicare, medicaid and the pentagon and were getting out of afghanistan, fine...

Tickles one part of the body politic then tickles another. megyn: what do you make of eric cantor reaching out to nancy pelosi only to get the back of the hand. she says she has another date. who is he going to sit with? >> reporter: hes one of the leaders. i us expect he will finds someone to sit with. megyn: maybe jane harman. >> reporter: we are doing a fine job much following up on wali a said. you know why this is useful? because the runup to the state of the union address is boring. megyn:...

Coup for president obama in his efforts -- >> second time weve heard coup today. >> im going to use it again. it is maybe a coup for president obama as he seeks to prove that he is moving to the center and hes pro business. but you could also say this is a payoff. this is mr. immelt of ge which owned formerly nbc which was turned into an arm of the democratic party and the runup to the elections of 2008 and for the next two years after that. maybe hes being paid off for his dutiful service as ru...

On. >> well, the big charge is he was in the process of selling the obama senate seat. i read a lot of on the street interviews with folks who are readers of your column and your newspaper in chicago. much closer to this than i who say, yeah, but in the end he didnt do that. >> now the more serious charges, and im looking at the jury instructions, trying to shake down the executives of the children memorial hospital in exchange for campaign contributions trying to shake down ram emanuel to get h...

Manhattan. >> if you have to cited local zoning laws to defend the presidents decision. we might not agree with every decision that a president makes but lets understand his thinking. now, we are all just confuse. >> he could not have been clearer on friday night and this is -- this is just all this is doing is adding to the damage. >> it is rubbing the spot on the wall. >> bret: how long does this last, bill? >> lasts until the mosque is or isnt built and intensifies in the runup to the anniver...

Manhattan. >> if you have to cited local zoning laws to defend the presidents decision. we might not agree with every decision that a president makes but lets understand his thinking. now, we are all just confuse. >> he could not have been clearer on friday night and this is -- this is just all this is doing is adding to the damage. >> it is rubbing the spot on the wall. >> bret: how long does this last, bill? >> lasts until the mosque is or isnt built and intensifies in the runup to the anniver...

I think were going to the supreme court. >> which means the fight could still be going on or at least the memory could still be fresh in the runup to the 2012 presidential election. >> wendell, live at the white house. get ready now! look out, grandma. get a checkered flag now. were nearing the finish line here on planet blago. its been a wild ride, hasnt it? today, the jury began deliberations in the corruption case against the former illinois governor rob blagojevich. our blago. in their hands...

That but the disclose act was not exactly a clean bill moving through the senate. it had some problems on each side of it. didnt it? >> it did. it was kind of like fruitcake. i mean, nobody really liked it and it was jam packed with all sorts of stuff. the issue is that, you know, gun control advocates like senator dianne feinstein had an issue with the bill because there was a pretty large carveout for the nra making it exempt from some of the legislation in the bill and then labor unions, who ...