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>> and jonathan alter joining us. obviously, "newsweeks" jonathan alter and nbc newss jonathan alter, what are the political pitfalls here for president obama today, if any? >> you know, with only a couple of questions, andrea, the pitfalls arent that great. but he is in a tight spot on libya. they want gadhafi out, but they do not believe that military intervention is appropriate at this time, because what it might do, potentially, is strengthen gadhafi, because that would validate gadhafis cla...

Region a region are paracisitical. we know that. they werent elected by the people. for us to say its somehow all we have to do is love america and we can solve our problems is not accurate. we have to think through these deals that were made and figure out the right ones were proud of and are essentially to our interests, and then try to work our wait through the tricky our way through the tricky stuff. last word, bob. >> i had two problems with what we just heard. one was the question. we dont...

People. for us to say its somehow all we have to do is love america and we can solve our problems is not accurate. we have to think through these deals that were made and figure out the right ones were proud of and are essentially to our interests, and then try to work our wait through the tricky stuff. >> i had two problems with what we just heard. one was the question. we dont get to decide whether egypt is going to deal with the muslim brorp. the government has actually talked with them for y...

Those countries. some of those laiders are paracytical. we know that. they werent elected by the people. for us to say its somehow all we have to do is love america and we can solve our problems is not accurate. we have to think through these deals that were made and figure out the right ones were proud of and are essentially to our interests, and then try to work our wait through the tricky stuff. >> i had two problems with what we just heard. one was the question. we dont get to decide whether...

Wants what she called order lly transition. that sounded like an eventual power. not pushing out president mubarak in the short term but the u.s. wants him to institute some reforms and if he cant do it, someone else should. so i think the u.s. is still, as you say, walking a very fine line here. they are edging more and more on the side of the protesters andless and less on the side of president mubarak. >> we are hearing criticism of the u.s. from mohamed elbaradei, the pro-democracy leader th...

Strong city of cairo was being buzzed by two air force f-16s, doing formations, we all remember, should remember, mubarak used to be the commander of the egyptian air force. back to you. >> eric: greg palkot with the latest and well get back to you, as anything else develops, thank you. >> jamie: the obama administrations walking a very fine line on the situation in egypt. monitoring it, but not taking any sides. heres a photo of president obama getting a briefing. he has been focusing on opposi...

Reliably republican stat is service to the state running while not trying to upset the trump voters. when you go out and see whats happening with john tester, hes walking a very fine line but hes being more careful not to alienate his progressive voters. each race is differently. i know thats cliche to say. each race is different, though. >> the story of women, we talked about this going in to the primary and it played out last night. >> it absolutely played out. look at the governors races. ala...

Iran. but at the same time, andrea, again, walking a very fine line. >> as youve also been reporting, the president took major steps not only yesterday but overnight to, by executive order, undo a lot of obamacare by attacking the subsidies that help pay for the low-cost insurance, and according to critics, that will spread the costs up and down the insurance market. >> reporter: right. lets first talk about that move overnight. the administration announcing late last night that it is going to s...

She wants to shift that number one. and number two, where have we heard this middle class argument before. clearly from president obama. his message. thats what animated his agenda in recent years. here you have a somewhat unpopular president yesterday saying she may be the one. listen. >> she is my friend. i think she would be an excellent president. and im not on the ballot. so i wont step on her lines. when she makes a decision to announce announce. >> you can hear the president walking a ver...

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