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Has been incredibly difficult for the time both of them have been in office with each other. i can't imagine much progress. netanyahu has always been focused on his own political future in israel. and i think the president, rightly, believes there's not much possibility of peace as long as netanyahu is in office. >> well, there's that. robert, i want to turn to the controversy over ben carson's past. how concerned are you that what some are calling misrepresentation by him could damage his candidacy. is he handling this the right way? he's essentially blaming the media for everything. >> i'm v...

15% of them are necessary. you have to have some ability to hedge your risk. but where they get in trouble is making bets on bets on bets and then people couldn't pay. and then the whole system just came very close to collapse. had it not been for both the bush and the obama administration working together over that transition, we would have seen something far worse than the great depression. this isn't something to play with. this kind of stuff should never be in an omnibus bill. >> robert, listen to ted cruz from last night. here's that. >> so when our leaders in both chambers say as a commi...

Of the sequester and reining in government spending. nobody wanted this deal. but at the end of the day, a deal was needed to get back to a functioning government. and at minimum, that's what it's done. as far as middle class families, look, businesses don't invest when governments are broken down. what this deal does is it eliminated the biggest risk, political uncertainty. finally we have a government who can pass a budget after three years. that's a big deal. >> "washington post" speculates how this budget agreement could impact the white house. they write in part, a round of successful dea...

Start by spending more on lobbying? is it because they can't raise the money? >> i think that that is in large part a result of that. but robert also just talked about how this is a conversation that happens after the tragedy. i thinktragedy. i think folks have to be more reflective of what it means to be proactively engaged. when you think of nra, they have their hands in so many different spaces, pro gun laws, they were involved with alec. it was the entity that was responsible for the stand your ground bill templates introduced in states across the country and the reason why trayvon martin'...

Website, peta.org. search our database and order a cruelty-free shopping guide. >> ashley byrne, thank you for stopping by. we turn back to politics now. the house of representatives did something quite unusual this week. you may have missed it. it passed a budget with bipartisan support. but that may not be the biggest story coming out of the house this week. let's go to the "brain trust." angela rye, anila richardson. and we should note, you are a first-time brain trustee, no? >> i am. very happy to be here. >> oh, she lies. we love it. and also msnbc contributor robert tranham. good to se...