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Exactly. so prime minister netanyahu clearly give a speech that will not be disrespectful to the president. he understands he can't do that the passion of his argument against iran is real and that's a dividing point right now increasingly between the parties, something we haven't seen in politics in the united states. >> from a communications perspective, this has really been a fumble by the white house. the more they attack benjamin netanyahu, the more they attack his speech the more they amplify his message. that's something if you're the white house you don't want to do. relations are stra...

Their anger at this. how do you think it will play out? obviously the prime minister is trying, if he's coming here, to tamp down on the temperature. >> the prime minister and secretary of state got together to talk things through a little bit before he comes here. what's really interesting in the month it's been since john boehner announced his invitation, both sides have not tried in any way to really smooth it over. >> not at all. >> usually when there's a rupture like this, a big flair up, well, guys, we're friends. >> if anything throwing more -- >> more oil on the fire. exactly. so prime...

>> and certainly was well aware. yeah. go on. he was well aware of who david duke was. >> that's, i expressed cynicism on that excuse of ignorance of i had no idea given how close knit louisiana politics are, the neighbor was the chief of -- i think campaign aide to david duke. i find it hard to believe he had no idea whatsoever who this group was. possible probably unlikely. but as far as from a communications perspective, like i said i was a communications director for congressman for almost seven years. and with something like this his staff, scalise's staff should've come out with an empha...

Their mistakes and misjudgment have actually negatively affected the situation. it's not just pr, it's a real effect on the ground and in the water. >> the fact that the search vessels and so many of the international efforts were focused on the east coast of malaysia as opposed to the west and further south could have measurable effect on finding the wreckage. from the communications perspective, what were your thoughts on the actions yesterday when the malaysian government and officials pulled a woman who was demonstrating and protesting on behalf of her family member who was presumably one ...

Position. >> do you think the malaysian government should have said at least that the possibility that this plane landed safely is probably very small, or something besides giving the notion without rejected the notion, that these people say i have something i can hang on to? >> it's very distressing. they should be providing grief counseling and victim assistance for these type of family members who have suffering, that are confused, and instead, they're making just a mockery of their grief. i mean, the emotion on the faces of these family members. they're not getting any of the information t...