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Caution to my colleagues in both political parties and, frankly, in the media. the level of discourse about our politics and about our country are so extreme and so incendiary that, if youre dealing with people who may not be clicking on all cylinders and may have vulnerabilities personally, theres a danger that theyre going to do what this group of militia plan to do this week. i would not overstate this threat. it is not as significant as the global threat of islamist extremism, but it is real...

>> senator joe leieberman sounding the alarm on domestic terrorism, suspects plotting to wage war on the u.s. and the senator warns on nbcs "meet the press" today, political rhetoric may drive extremist groups farther. >> the level of discourse, about our politics and about our country are so extreme and incendiary, if you are dealing with people who may not be clicking on all cylinders, and may have vulnerabilities, personally, is a danger, that they will do what this group of militia plan to d...

Immigration reform which people say could compete with domestic available jobs to legal immigrants and legal citizens. they are not going away. polls suggest that they are detrimental for the democrats so, of course, theyre seizing on all the possibilities, emphasis on good, positive news even if its only slightly good because that gives them an opportunity to get off the specific legislation that they have liabilities and vulnerabilities for and they can talk about what they say is progress. ja...

Do we have anything to worry about in this country? im 250 feet from a subway rail line right here. should people in new york and washington, d.c. worry? >> i think its got to be in your mind, of course. the one bomb exploded right under the equivalent of the russian c.i.a. yesterday. and american security on subways is not as it is at airports and it shouldnt be. but the reality is that this stuff is coming toward the united states and sooner or later, i think its only a matter of time before w...

He was smiling from ear to ear and he also clutched a camera. its difficult for us to imagine losing a parent. lost her health insurance, weve spoken to marcelus several times on msnbc about his lobbying effort on behalf of other children. when the president signed the bill today, it was great to see that marcelus had the best view. and finally, you could feel, sea and hear the divide between the house lawmakers and the more reserved members of the u.s. senate. app as house majority leader, st...

>> msnbc political analyst richard wolffe joins us live from the white house. richard, how does this cut politically in terms of the white house and the officials behind you? >> they are feeling onpretty good, not just because of the vote and the history of what happened yesterday but because they feel its an opportunity to explain whats in the bill. the scare tactic, excessive rhetoric from the other side is something they can fairly easily disprove as this year plays out. in particular what th...

Mean you just said it, open up a little bit more. show his vulnerabilities, i guess. let americans see him sweat. how does he do that, though, specifically? >> well, i think, you know, during the campaign, he talked more about his own background, his own roots, about, you knows his childhood wasnt easy. you know, his early life wasnt always easy. and he talks eloquently about that in both of his books. and he talked a lot more about it during the campaign and i think theres a tendency on the par...

Arguing, he should open up -- i mean you just said it, open up a little bit more. show his vulnerabilities, i guess. let americans see him sweat. how does he do that, though, specifically? >> well, i think, you know, during the campaign, he talked more about his own background, his own roots, about, you knows his childhood wasnt easy. you know, his early life wasnt always easy. and he talks eloquently about that in both of his books. and he talked a lot more about it during the campaign and i th...

Mitchell is working on brokering a deal for israeli and palestinian leaders for peace negotiations. announced the agreement just after vice president biden arrived in israel for a four-day visit. were expecting official election results soon in iraq. voters went to the polls this weekend, and today the top u.s. general in iraq said it will enable the united states to stay on track to remove combat troops by september the 1st. finally, all of us who have dealt with the tragedy, know the raw e...

Delahunts seat a toss-up. hard to bloelieve that would be toss-up, ira. jonathan. we know what thats about. >> made reference to my father. >> great correspondent himself. >> reporter: the result of that is -- that results from the scott brown election. in massachusetts a lot of vulnerabilities for democrats who have been safe for a long time were laid bare. i think theres a fear among some of the massachusetts delegati delegation, including bill delahunt, who insisted this wasnt about electoral...