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0 in michigan. of course, president obama weighed in on this yesterday when he was in the state of michigan. i think the president got right to the heart of the matter and was on point. >> these so-called right-to-work laws don't have anything to do with economics. they have everything to do with politics. giving you the right to work for less money. >> joining me now is a reporter from mother jones magazine. great to have you with us, andy. take us behind the curtain and explain the relationship of the koch brothers and all of these right-to-work organizations that have been pushing this behi...

The kinds of negotiations that we just saw this past week. morsi seems to have walked a very fine line, but so far succeeded. on the one hand he acted as a proxy for hamas in the peace talks with the united states, and on the other hand. he -- egypt and morsi stood by their 30-year peace agreement with israel, and it's a balancing account for president morsi. and president obama praised him for being pragmatic and helping to get this deal done. >> actually, i have to go real quick. but jonathan, you said you were a bit pessimistic about israel and gaza, figuring it out. do you think this is a ...

Interesting role in whether israel decides to launch an attack on the nuclear facilities in iran. we not only have the tenuous agreement, but we could potentially have a major outbreak of escalation in the middle east in a broader sense. >> this cease-fire, it also really cemented the new relationship between the united states and the new egyptian president, mahmoud morsi. "the new york times" is reporting that morsi and the president spoke three times in one day, six times over a couple days. and the president told aides he was impressed with the leader's pragmatic confidence. so do you think...

0 >> happy thanksgiving, alex. the white house is encouraged by this cease-fire, as you point out. it is a diplomatic success for president obama, for secretary of state hillary clinton. but they are also viewing this cease-fire very cautiously. they know it is fragile so they're keeping that in mind as they continue to monitor the situation. president obama spent part of his day yesterday reaching out to leaders in the region, thanking them for making this cease-fire possible. called egyptian president mahmoud morsi, and benjamin netanyahu. president obama reiterated the united states believe...

Opponent scott brown. so they really, really were digging in their pocket to try to prevent her election. >> yeah. the banks and insurance companies, all those folks that you mentioned, they understood what was at stake in the massachusetts senate race. now, the flip side is that elizabeth warren is one of the most popular progressive candidates among the grassroots, not just in massachusetts, not just in the eastern part of the country, but in the entire country as a whole. if she says she wants to be on the banking committee and that gets denied by the democratic leadership in the senate, th...