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Release. a confession usually follows some kind of pardon. in this case with this new young leader, its uncertain where they are going to go next. >> one complicating factor, is it not, his war record apparently did involve training partisans. that has at least been one of the issues the north koreans are now pointing to, he had this role in the war that was not straight combat role. he was working mostly covertly. >> that seems like an excuse. i think we have seen areas of cooperation in the la...

Like a fastball or a curveball but did you catch it? it was the coverup of what happened in benghazi that killed the four people there in the benghazi incident. it doesnt make any sense but weve gotten so used to it people just listen, absorb it, and dont think. the managing editor of grio.com is very smart to come on this show and msnbc analyst and the washington bureau chief for the huffington post. i have spent a lot of time trying to figure out how they whiz this past people. they get the mi...

Points. talk of a correction. the s&p 500 dropping by 23. the nasdaq composite losing 35 points. consumer spending slipped in april for the first time in nearly a year. economists did expect the gain, however, for may, consumer sentiment soared to a near six-year high as americans began feeling more optimistic about the economy. and that is it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. have a great weekend, folks. now its back over to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." bait and switch. its...

Joy reid is managing editor of grios.com. msnbc analyst. ryan grim is the washington bureau chief for the "huffington post." he me start with you, joy. ive spent a lot of time trying to find out how they get the wizes past people. and they do it real quick. so they appeal to peoples emotions about 9/11, fair enough. they even sing country western songs about it. all of a sudden you remember how you felt? all of a sudden were fighting in iraq. that has nothing to do with it. youre legitimately an...

Define who was attacking. so i think that is a red herring. you know, the last words of the dying ambassador. to hold that against the state department. i do think there were screw-ups along the way. >> afterwards? >> afterwards in the way the intelligence community and the white house, all these things are vetted. theyre rewritten. its clear petraeus went and said one thing and then -- >> i understand. >> the talking points were changed. >> this is my political analysis. you dont have to buy it...

What does it mean with respect to the israel/palestine conflict in terms of support for israeli settlements? those are the main drivers of the opposition for hagel, and for them its an existential concern in some respect because they believe obama extended a lot of parts of the bush foreign policy. they dont want to see that end. >> the issue isnt hagel, its the president. hagel is a lagging indicator -- i understand you know that. but the republicans dont seem to know that. >> i think its a lea...

Getting more involved with syria, perhaps taking a faster line in terms of action or aligning ourselves with israel and taking action on iran? >> yes, thats the big concern, and i think thats whats driving a lot of this. were sort of obsessed with the side show components which are did he say something offensive to an openly gay ambassador, was he using the wrong terminology with respect to the israel lobby? but the real concern from the hawks advantage taj point is what does this mean with resp...

And i think obama basically is good at setting traps. >> they better have some on the other side doing the attacks that somewhat of a war record. your thoughts about hagel. then well move on to the crap coming. >> personally i like chuck hagel. my opinion is definitely a minority in the senate. its not just republicans. and i think that -- well, i think he doesnt know the senate well. hes not using his political capital wisely. i think the problem hes got here is hes going to have a set of democ...

Left. take it. is that a sign of willing to fight this time? >> i think obama is the type of guy who picks his fights. sometimes he comes out and goes for the bipartisan compromise. doesnt work. hell flip and do a fight. health care. great example. he tried to cut a deal with republicans, tried too hard according to some people on the left. left out the public option. then when he had no deal, what did he do? he rammed it through using methods that republicans screamed about. he also has this ot...

Perception more cuts are necessary and finally there is a great deal of concern about hagels statement that unilateral american action in trying to restrict what iran can do economically and with its money, hagel doesnt think thats a good thing to do and lots of people on both sides of the aisle in the senate who disagree with hagel about that and hearing about that in the hearings. >> its interesting, colonel, that, again, going back to his war record and when you look at our nation as the pres...