for two decades, i've been a staunch supporter of aipac and now a member of aipac's board.airman, i have gained an even greater appreciation for aipac's work through our uniquely close and productive relationship. each week on the aipac board call, i witness the engagement and dedication of aipac's board members, let by mort and the trust earned by howard and his team. when i was elected as conference chairman, i often heard that this is the most difficult period in our history. no doubt, our challenges are many. but who could have imagined the many blessings we have. how many of us would not even be here today, had our parents or grandparents not survived the holocaust? [applause] they of blessed memory could not have imagined this powerfully significant gathering. how different history might have been, had israel and aipac existed then. who could imagine? many of us remember when the attendance here was in the hundreds. who could have imagined that we would approach the 18,000 gathered here today? [applause] and who could have imagined israel's diplomatic standing on the

aipac is a centrist organization. if you think of it, the public criticism of aipac began about a month ago from congressman omar. now, right after that, you have moveon.org getting involved and have these presidential candidates who are trying to shove leadership we need to stand with our closest ally in the middle east, which is the most dangerous region in the world. >> harris: you mentioned to bds, which is the palestinian-led movement for freedom and justice. it's a combination of divestment and boycotting. i'm wondering, has it become binary choice that either you are pro-aipac or pro bds? where are we going with? these are elected officials. >> again, people talk about the two-party tradition of supporting israel. there's also a two-party tradition of speaking at an aipac event. nobody has to agree with every stand that aipac takes. the fact is that, as a centrist organization -- and for none of these currents down my candidates to peers really shameful. it shows this bds movement, the pro-palestinian, critical

. ♪ >> our next against has a deep and personal relationship with israel and aipac.hroughout his decades of public pencevice president mike -- [applause] loveemonstrated a profound for the jewish state. and at this moment, with israel under attack, we are proud to be joined by a leader who has always stood with israel and her times of need and has always reported the right to defend herself. [applause] >> we are greatly appreciative of all the trump administration has done in the past year to advance the u.s.-israel relationship. [applause] america has toughened the sanctions on hamas. israel for defended egregious assaults at the u.n. america has pulled out of the slaughter iran nuclear -- out of deal andd iran nuclear reacted with a sweeping sanctions. [applause] after 70 years, america has moved our embassy to jerusalem, the eternal capital of israel. [applause] : in a less than an hour, president trump will sign an executive order that will formally recognize israeli sovereignty over the goal line heights. [applause] golan heights. [applause] : mr. vicean preside

[applause] wrong to boycott israel, and it is wrong to boycott aipac. [cheers and applause] vp pence: president trump and i couldn't be more proud to stand with all of you today, tomorrow and always to strengthen the ties that bind america and israel. we here in the united states admire israel and her success. in fact, we marvel at it. the jewish people have turned the desert into a garden, scarcity into plenty, sickness into health. they turned hope into a future of security and prosperity, a tiny land with no natural resources, no rushing rivers or verdant valleys, a nation that, despite not knowing a single true day of peace, has in two short generations become one of the world's most vibrant and successful nations. israel is an inspiration to the world. [applause] the united states is proud to stand with israel and her people as allies and cherished friends. providence interested the united states to be the guardian of liberty, and that is a trust we will never forsake. that they shall sit every man and woman under his vine and under his fig tree, a

during the aipac policy conference.[applause] >> now, under the leadership of our senior rabbi, am proud to help bring more than 90 congregants with us to washington this year. [applause] in the same way that aipac reaches out to college students, and candidates for office before they become elected leaders, aipac engages the next generation of rabbis across all denominations before we begin our full-time work as congregational leaders. year, the seventh fellowship brings together rabbinic students from a variety of american seminaries to learn about israel, and hence the understanding of our people, aipac, and ourselves. the initiative is the brainchild namesake, of its .ipac members lisa and michael [applause] >> as part of the fellowship, we are paired with rabbinic mentors from throughout the unit of fish and invited to attend a variety of events including a specially designed trip to israel. it is the only american program of its kind where orthodox, conservative, and reformed student rabbis traveled to israel toge

for two decades, i've been a staunch supporter of aipac and now a member of aipac's board.chairman, i have gained an even greater appreciation for aipac's work through our uniquely close and productive relationship. each week on the aipac board call, i witness the engagement and dedication of aipac's board members, let by mort and the trust earned by howard and his team. when i was elected as conference chairman, i often heard that this is the most difficult period in our history. no doubt, our challenges are many. but who could have imagined the many blessings we have. how many of us would not even be here today, had our parents or grandparents not survived the holocaust? [ applause ] they of blessed memory could not have imagined this powerfully significant gathering. how different history might have been, had israel and aipac existed then. who could imagine? many of us remember when the attendance here was in the hundreds. who could have imagined that we would approach the 18,000 gathered here today? [ applause ] and who could have imagined israel's diplomatic standing o

of the united states, mike pence. ♪ [applause] pence: hello aipac!plause] thank you for that warm welcome. how about a round of applause for this team that put together this extraordinary 2019 conference together, president mort friedman. , israelirs of congress ministers, members of the knessed, to the friends of israel who have come from near and far, it is great to be back at aipac, the largest gathering of israel americans in the united states. and speaking of pro-israel americans, and allow me to bring greetings from a friend of mine, someone history has already proven to be the greatest friend of the jewish people and the state of israel ever to sit in the oval office of the white house. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] [cheers and applause] v.p. pence: we gather here today as americans to speak about the progress we have made and the strength of our alliance with our most cherished ally. ,ut i just have to say yesterday was a great day for our country. our president a

aipac should never be boycotted. i know the audience will have different political views and come from different places, but .here's bond that unites us reagan, and i want to paraphrase what he said, he said i know your organization does , but i endorse you for what you do and at no other time do i believe it is more important than now. we should not take for granted this bond and everyone understands what jewish state should exist as -- and need to exist. we talked today and over in syria, the work with iran, trying to put a permanent base. years, now is our time to speak, time to stand and not back up, but lean in. [applause] spoke.friend mike pompeo the scariest part, that i have heard recently is the rise of anti-seminism. he spoke of the labour party of britain that used to be one of the strongholds, but talks we look at the horrific action of what took place in pittsburgh in october. but when i heard anguish logan and the floors of congress -- when i heard language spoken in the floors of congress, i want to le

we will show you his remarks from earlier today. >>> well hello aipac. thank you for that warm welcome. what an amazing turnout and how about a round of applause for the great aipac team that put this extraordinary conference together, my good friend. to members of congress, israeli ministers and to the 18,000 friends of israel who have come from near and far it is great to be back at aipac . the largest gathering of pro-israel american in the united states. speaking of pro-israel americans allow me to bring greetings from a friend of mine. history has already proven to be the greatest friend of the jewish people and the state of israel ever to sit in the oval office of the white house. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. we gather here today as americans to speak about the progress we have made and the strength of our alliance with our most cherished ally but i just have to say yesterday was a great day for our country. our president and every american who cherishes the truth. after two year

aipac is opposed to racist politicians in another party in israel. aipac has.crats to go and put some distance and diffuse this debate and say we're standing with our ally israel and explain what it is instead of letting tlaib and aoc and ilhan omar determine the debate of democrats and israel. >> she is right. a couple of weeks ago she makes a great point. ilhan omar. she made this anti-semitic comments and aipac was in the middle of the comments. they watered down the resolution, we don't have to rehash it. that's out there. the president is trying to make political hay out of that. it's a bad thing going on, number one. number two in terms of move on, when they say aipac was trying to derail the iran nuclear deal during obama. aipac would say they were trying to make the deal stronger to protect american national security and to protect israel. that's hardly a foolish position. >> i think we can have that debate but when you see what the president has done it is reversing bipartisan american policy with regard not only to moving the capital to jerusalem. gol

together, aipac president and my good friend howard.plause] to members of congress, israeli ministers, members of the knesset, to the 18,000 friends of israel that have come from near and far, it is great to be back at a aipac, the largest gathering of pro-israel americans in the united states. [applause] and speaking of pro-israel americans, allow me to bring greetings from a friend of mine -- [laughter] and someone history has already proven to be the greatest friend of the jewish people and the state of israel ever to sit in the oval office of the white house. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] we gather here today as americans to speak about the progress that we've made and the strength of our ahines with our -- alliance with our most cherished ally. but i just have to say yesterday was a great day for our country. our president and every american who cherishes the truth. [applause] after two years of investigation and reckless accusations by many democrats a

aipac, keep up the great work.applause] in his remarks to the aipac kevin mccarthy talked about congressional support for israel. this is just over 10 minutes. >> our next guest is a longtime leader on capitol hill and the top ranked republican in the house of representatives. house republicans leader kevin mccarthy has been an outspoken advocate for pro-israel legislation and a rising force behind the scenes to make sure to promote the safety and security of both america and israel. for years, he has been a senior many that have taken are

. >> amid the crisis, netanyahu skipped an appearance at the annual gathering of aipac, a pro-israele spurred a pressure campaign that led to several 2020 democrats to skip the event. secretary of state mike pompeo told attendees anti-zionism is anti-semitism. >> i want to talk about why anti-semitism is on the rise. i have a few thoughts. some politicians think anti-semitism can actually win them votes. >> prime minister netanyahu fighting corruption allegations and a looming indictment back home. before he left the white house, he worked in a quick jab about the mueller investigation. >> i've brought you a case of the finest wine. i understand you're not a great wine drinker but can i give it to your staff? >> those democrats skipped the conference in part after move on, the advocacy group, encourage them to do so, speaking of aipac. they are boycotting the conference because of netanyahu's connection to aipac. >> shannon: were going to have more on that with experts coming up. david, thank you very much. hollywood erupts in disbelief over the results of the mueller report. inside

today, the work aipac does they each of you does is is critical as ever.lliott and i are as committed as we have ever been throughout our congressional careers. [applause] >> you represent the very best of american democracy with your passion and knowledge and commitment and number a few help all of us in congress to understand what the majority of americans already know as support the importance of the the-israel alliance and importance of bipartisan support. [applause] america is stronger because we have a dependable democratic ally like israel in a region characterized by instability and brutality. america is stronger because you take the time and effort to fight back against a those who try to question that basic loyalty. [applause] thank you for being such spectacular american citizens. thank you. [applause] ekuit and i share many things in common. we take pride in our work, our jewish heritage. we also take pride in the asortunity that we now share committee chairs. [applause] i serve as of the chair of the house appropriations committee and eliot is

thank you aipac.ogether for bringing 18,000 crowd americans and more than 4000 american students to stand with israel. thank you. thank you for working year after on theecade after decade remarkable alliance between our two countries. our alliance has never been so critical. thank you for working with israel on both sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans alike. that is how it has always been, and that is how it should always be. >> [applause] >> yesterday at the white house, president trump again made history. israel'sly recognized sovereignty over the golan heights. now that deserves enormous applause. >> [applause] the golan heights is indispensable for our defense. it is part of our history. when you put a shovel in the ground there, what you discover are the ruins of ancient synagogues. jews lived there for thousands of years, and the people of israel have come back to the golan. israel holds the high ground, up.we shall never give it it is part of israel. >> [applause] so on behalf of all

thank you aipac. together for bringing 18,000 crowd americans and more than 4000 american students to stand with israel. thank you. thank you for working year after on theecade after decade remarkable alliance between our two countries. our alliance has never been so critical. thank you for working with israel on both sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans alike. that is how it has always been, and that is how it should always be. >> [applause] >> yesterday at the white house, president trump again made history. israel'sly recognized sovereignty over the golan heights. now that deserves enormous applause. >> [applause] the golan heights is indispensable for our defense. it is part of our history. when you put a shovel in the ground there, what you discover are the ruins of ancient synagogues. jews lived there for thousands of years, and the people of israel have come back to the golan. israel holds the high ground, up.we shall never give it it is part of israel. >> [applause] so on behalf of al

that is certainly not true here at aipac. our young people know the importance and the story of israel and i know there are several thousand students here tonight. stand up. let us applaud you for being here and helping the cause of israel. we need you and love you. but we know that this problem of ignorance about israel's difficult history still persist at two large a scale. particularly among young. so it's incumbent on us to explain that history to every single member of the younger generation jew and non-jew alike. we must remind them and teach them the threats to israel are not just in the past but very much in the present and the future. noahi think of my grandson who was born at a time when israel is stronger than ever i think about what i will tell him when he's old enough to understand. noah that as a young man at james madison high school i remember walking to class with a transistor radio to my ear. course i will have to explain to him what a transistor radio is. listening to the news reports that june about the si

aipac is denying to aipac is declining to confirm nor deny whether they were invited. one of the only candidates going on the record was senator bernie sanders whose office that he is not attending because the senator is "concerned about the platform aipac is providing for leaders who have expressed bigotry and oppose a two state solution." meantime, several democrats and congress are speaking at aipac this year. look at them. among them in, speaker nancy pelosi, senator chuck schumer, house democratic caucus chairman hakeem jeffries. look at all of those fellas and lady. earlier president trump was asked about the climate surrounding the upcoming conference. >> the democrats have very much proven to be anti-israel. there is no question about that. it's a disgrace. i don't know what has happened to them but they are totally anti-israel. frankly, i think they are anti-jewish. >> dagen: a short time ago, congressman jeffries was on "america's newsroom" and disputed any notion that there is a split between aipac, the jewish community, and house democrats. >> i can't speak

at aipac. -- not true here at aipac. severalhere are thousand students here tonight. students, stand up. let us applaud you for being here and helping israel. we need you and love you. [cheers and applause] senator schumer: but we know that this problem of ignorance about israel's difficult history aill persists at too large scale, particularly among young people, so it is incumbent on us to explain that history to every single member of the younger generation -- jew and non-jew alike. we must remind them, teach them that threats to israel and not just in the past, but very much in the present and the future. my friends, when i think of my grandson, noah, who was born at a time when israel was stronger than ever, i think about what i will tell him when he is old enough to understand. young tell noah that as a man in james madison high school, i remember walking to class with a transistor radio to my ear -- of course, i will have to explain to him what a transistor radio is -- listening to the news report about the six-day war praying that israel would not be washed in

this as 2020 democrat contenders did not attend aipac. they include bernie sanders, kamala harris, elizabeth warren, beto o'rourke and others. this after the progressive moveon.org demanded a boycott because of opposition to the iran deal. also, sanders, harris and o'rourke said they would re-enter the iran nuclear deal if they win the presidency. first, your take on democrats not going to aipac and now talking again about the iran nuke deal? >> well, first of all, good to be with you. i think it's quite deplorable and we have always enjoyed the bipartisan support because this is american interest, it's israeli interest, it's the interest of peace because when america has israel's back, then the tranquility and stability prevails, because anyone who wants to challenge israel's security or challenge israel's legitimacy, they know they have the u.s. in between to defend and when we have -- when israel becomes a partisan issue, i don't think it serves any purpose and certainly not the interests of our two countries. liz: ambassador, how aggr

>> i actually helped prepare president obama for aipac speeches, an aipac speech. i actually have spoken at aipac myself. so i'm quite familiar with the audiences that are there. and the benefits of speaking to such a large group of people that are focused on not just israel but israel's situation with respect to other countries in the middle east, prime minister netanyahu coming to aipac shortly before an election and having president trump meet with him on the margins of that meeting, that's going to be a huge political boost. and as we just discussed he certainly needs that. he is facing diminishing support at home and we don't yet know exactly when the attorney general is planning to indict prime minister netanyahu. that was something that broke a few weeks ago. so at this point coming to the united states, having praise showered on him by president trump, and being able to tell israeli voters, well, we got the united states to move their embassy to jerusalem, we got the united states to cut off aid to palestinian refugees that they've said is being misused by

thank you, aipac. thank you for bringing together 18,000 proud americans and more than 4,000 american students to stand with israel. thank you. thank you for working year after year, decade after decade to set up a remarkable alliance between our two countries. i can tell you, that alliance has never been stronger. thank you for working with israel on both sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans alike. that is how it's always been and that's how it should always be. yesterday at the white house president trump again made history. he formally recognized israel's sovereignty over the golan heights. now that deserves enormous applause. the golan heights is indispensable for our defense, it's part of our history. when you put a shovel in the ground there, you discover the ruins of ancient synagogues, and the people of israel have come back to golan, israel holds the high ground, and we shall never, ever give it up. it's part of israel. so on behalf of all the people of israel, thank you president tru

steve: wasn't long ago hillary clinton went to aipac. barack obama went to aipac.eed to move the embassy to jerusalem. when donald trump moved embassy to jerusalem no democrat showed up. they are all moving to hard left. steve: those are the democratic candidates that will not show up. >> this is crisis level, virtue signaling on the left, not to say we support israel or not, trying to use different explanations for it. ilhan omar trying to use different explanations. they keep moving bar. we like israel but don't like likud or bibi netanyahu or we don't. if you don't come to aipac, most centrist organization where everyone has gone, common denominator, what you're saying we don't support israel anymore. jedediah: is the democratic party in trouble with jewish voters? some of these comments from omar, don't see anyone on the left? where is chuck schumer. he doesn't say anything. when it comes time for jewish-americans to come out and vote, will they vote democrat with all this going on? >> there is long two jewish votes. like there used to be a irish vote and catho

pence: it is wrong to boycott israel and it is wrong to boycott aipac! [applause]

we'll talk about the mueller report in just a second, but first about aipac.attend, their talks and defense, sort of circling the wag gone around -- wagon that some people said outrageous things against israel and jews in america prove they are anti-jewish as a party. would you go that far? >> yes, i would. the present state is one that has shunned israel and is telling their candidates and advancing their candidates' belief that every democrat running for president should shun aipac and not appear. this is an outrage. democrats have enjoyed wide support by the jewish community. but like other communities that have supported democrats, they have been used and abused, and shame on any jewish-american democrat who would vote for a democrat who shuns the state of israel. david: now, you're one of the rare jewish republicans who's been a jewish republican for a long time -- [laughter] but historically speaking, jews have voted democrat. not as a bloc, nobody does that, but the majority have. do you think because of what has happened over the last couple months, th

. >> our next guest has a deep and personal relationship with israel and with aipac. throughout his decades of public life, vice president mike pence. loveemonstrated a profound for the jewish state. at this moment, with israel under attack, we are proud to be joined by a leader who has always stood with israel in her time of need and has always supported her right to defend herself. [applause] we are greatly appreciative of all the trump administration has done in the past year to advance the u.s.-israel relationship.

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groups like aipac don't give money toap members of congress. then she went further in giving the dual of allegiance that you can't have allegiance to america if you support the nation of israel as a jewish state. that's another anti-semitic statement. as she continues to make the statements and not apologize for them, it has nothing to do with her faith, it has to do with her anti-semitic beliefs. the question really is posed to speaker pelosi. is she going to keep her on the committee which ultimately determines the policy our nation especially when it relates to allies like israel. >> sean: they forgot what country they represent. the dual loyalty issue and stereotype. 2020 candidates are hanging out with linda sarsour, an anti-

[applause] >> you and i first met at aipac in arizona a couple years back. know how important it is that aipac educates candidates running for congress, running for office, because the minute they are sworn in, they may have a vote to take that impacts israel. your first vote in the senate was motion to proceed on the bill, the strengthening america's security in the middle east act. you voted yes when many of your colleagues did not, and we want to know why. >> i don't want anyone to get too bored with the political stuff, but much of what happens in washington today is the result of a broken and dysfunctional system. issues that should be what i call no-brainers, bipartisan, where we all work together and agree with each other, often get tangled up in a partisan morass. that's exactly what happened when i first got to the united states senate. you will recall we were in the midst of a ridiculous, wasteful government shutdown, and there was -- [applause] it was ridiculous. [laughter] and there was an attempt to politicize the united states support for israe

he's a member of aipac. he's a democrat but he is pro-israel.

the contexte know in which we work, and aipac, j street, everyone works with congress on a particular issues. we have had usually -- so if you look, you can find online probably different aipac talking points around the bill, around isitary detention, and this sort of -- when i talk about empowering members of congress to hold their ground, this is where having it be focused on something like an house the prohibition of torture, this that allowse thing them to do with that. what are you going to say to justify the torture of a child, right? in some ways, let aipac tried to it just affirms everything we are seeing about human rights-based approach to human rights of palestinians. in some way some of the push that we have had with aipac, at least with the more progressive offices, democratic offices, really just reaffirm everything we are saying. in some ways, they are one of our stronger allies on the issue. [laughs] dale: someone would like to know if you think no way to treat a collective punishment people living in gaza? is we havehallenge to think creatively and think of how we can

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president's proclamation recognizing israel's sovereignty over the golan heights in his remarks before the aipac annual conference. he also talked about the rise of anti-semitism. is remarks or 20 minutes -- his remarks are 20 minutes. ♪ [cheers and applause] sec. pompeo: thank you. thank you so much. thank you, everyone. it is truly wonderful to be here tonight. aipac'so thank president for inviting me to be a speaker here tonight. thank you for that incredibly warm welcome. as some of you may have seen, my wife susan, who is here with me i just returned from a trip to israel. [applause] sec. pompeo: and we made a little news. [laughter] sec. pompeo: you know, i've been to israel many times, but it was the first time i had the privilege to visit our new embassy in the eternal capital of the jewish people and the jewish state in jerusalem. [applause] sec. pompeo: thank you. it was incredibly moving to be there. i also became the first american secretary of state to visit the western wall, and the first -- [applause] firstompeo: -- and the high-ranking american official to do that within israeli

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the aipac event will include speeches from vice president mike pence, house speaker nancy pelosi, and sesenate minority leadader chuck schumer, , among others. but a growing number of democrats, including at least eight presidential candidates, have said they will be skipping the summit. in a statement, the campaign of vermont senator bernie sanders wrote -- "senator sanders is concerned about the platform aipac is providing for leaders who have expressed bigotry and oppose a two-state solution." we'll have more on aipac and president trump's recognition of israeli sovereignty over the golan heights after headlines. the chair of the house oversight committee has revealed that ivanka trump and jared kushner illegally used private email accounts and messaging apps to carry out official white house business. in a letter to the white house thursday, maryland congressmember elijah cummings said kushner, president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, used whatsapp to communicate with foreign contacts, including saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. while both kushner and his wife ivanka

i want to thank the aipac president and ceo, for inviting me to be a speaker here tonight. thank you for that incredibly warm welcome. as some of you may have seen, my wife susan, who is here with me tonight, i just returned from a trip to israel. [applause] and we made a little news. i have been to israel many times but it was the first time i got to visit our embassy in jerusalem. [applause] thank you. it was incredibly moving to be there. i also became the first american secretary of state to visit the firstn wall, and the high-ranking american official to do that with an israeli prime minister. [applause] sec. pompeo: i then traveled to beirut to speak to the leadership about a big problem, the threat of hezbollah to lebanon and israel. and we minced no words. wasof course, of course it a great honor to be on is really soil and to celebrate with prime minister netanyahu at the very moment president trump recognized the golan heights for what it is, a part of israel. [applause] sec. pompeo: as most of you would have seen by now, just a short while ago, president trump al

he's a member of aipac. he's a democrat but he is pro-israel.democrats aren't pro-israel. that's going to be an awkward litmus test to going into 2020 if that's the case. >> leslie: but that's my point. i think there is a perception that if you are in favor of a two state solution you are anti-israel, or if you are in favor of a two state solution or if you are anything that favors the palestinian people and the palestinian territory, that you are anti-semitic. this is a problem. you can be against the leader of israel, the policy of israel, against building the resettlement's. i lived there in '96 briefly. there were very different opinions. it's not necessarily hatred. >> lisa: but you are downplaying the risk going on. it's a bigger risk. we sat player with the women's march as well as the dnc separating themselves from the women's march with people -- we have seen more democrats come out and expressed disappointment with the party, as well. congressman ted deutch took to the floor criticizing his party for not being able to singularly condem

they both spoke at aipac. will the party ever be the same after the radicalization that we are seeing over take it now? will it come back? >> if it doesn't, they're going to continually move to a level of being anti-semitic and that's dangerous for the democrats. you know, laura, forget the politics of it. it's dangerous for freedom. it's dangerous for a country, israel, that most mirrors the u.s. and its ideology and its value system and we still have to do with the fact that look, they may not want to admit it but the palestinians, if a palestinian kills a jew, that family is rewarded with a lifetime pension. that's got to stop. >> laura: peace in the middle east. everybody wants it. it's extremely frustrating. governor, thank you. coming up, failed gubernatorial candidate andrew gillum has a plan to get 1 million new voters for the democratic party in florida. who exactly is he referring to and targeting? it's all above board. the ingraham angle exposes it next. plus what happens what happens when we start

she talked about the issue of allegiance to israel by lobby, which includes not only aipac, one of theost powerful parts of it, but an organization like christians united for israeael. is not a jewish lobby. it is a pro-israel lobby. it is increasingly republican. it is very right-wing. its aim is, as both of my colleagues have said, to shut down the debate, to dim the light as congresswoman omar so poetically put it. but their lights are not going dim. they are brighter than ever. , thistraordinary thing was a moment when we actually saw the impact in the immediate context of not only outside protest -- there were massive demonstrations. there were articles being written. a small piece in the nation that included mainly the words of congress woman omar was going viral than anything i think i've ever written. even within the congress, what we saw is that the black caucus, the progressive caucus -- not just the young people. this was partly generational, for sure, but it was also political. the device in the democratic party over this between the right and the left on thehe questions of

you've seen two things unfolding at aipac. democrats are dealing with their own. pelosi dealt with representative omar's spring of anti-semitic comments recent and how other democrats have dealt with it. of course, republicans as you mention also trying to take advantage of the issue. first i want to play for you how pelosi dealt with the issue and then we'll talk about the republicans. listen. >> we are joined this week by leaders on both sides of the aisle, both sides of the capital because support for israel in america is bipartisan and bicameral. israel and america are connected now and forever. we will never allow anyone to make israel a wedge issue. >> reporter: and yet, it has sort of become a wedge issue because of representative omar's comments and the coverage they're gotten. speakers ranging from benjamin netanyahu, and others have mentioned her comments about the benjamins. benjamin netanyahu said from this benjamin, it's not about the benjamins. that's something that republicans are certainly trying to take advantage of while democrats try to make the

it is wrong to boycott israel and it is wrong to boycott aipac.anti-semitism will not be tolerated. >> every decent human being has the responsibility to fight religious liberty. rob: this is in the wake of congresswoman omar's anti-semitic remarks. governor phil murphy delaying a marijuana legalization vote due to support. the democrats as he will push the measure which would have allowed anyone 21 and over to carry an ounce of the drug and would expunge many cannabis related convictions. recreational part is legal and ten states and washington dc. rob: a massive glacier in greenland that was freaking rapidly appears to be growing again. scientists say it is the result of cool ocean waters slowing the melt and adding back to it. the giant ice had been thinning out for years, producing the most ice of any glacier in the northern hemisphere. jillian: superman in the snow going viral. watch as the man jumps into action to save two children in the path of a speeding sweater. rob: he picked up a child in each hand, jumps over the oncoming sled. everyb

they made statements i come not going to aipac this year. >> on the heels of remark from congresswoman lack of unequivocal rejection of the anti-semitism we saw that there would be any equivocation or taps into not coming would be a problem. the mayor of indianapolis was asked why is he there? i wasn't invited. on the other hand members of congress to have constituents, if one of them doesn't meet with their constituents i would be surprised to hear it. it is an opportunity to meet and greet americans who care about foreign policy. i saw howard shultz, hundreds of members of congress, there were a lot of people there and members, bill diblasio was there, they were not invited to speak. shannon: they made a public break with not going. the jerusalem post, keep an eye on next year's conference when candidates will not brushoff aipac without planing why and might be less inclined to do so, reaching out to independent voters. >> it is the tradition that the candidates come in an election year. what happened in 2016 in previous elections, it's not rare. i'm fully confident democratic candid

congressman, we came off a week in which the aipac met in washington. it is clear republicans are trying to paint democrats as the party that harbors anti-semites. you yourselves have called out the president for making what you called hateful remarks. i am wondering, do democratic leaders need to do more to push back, and what should they do? this is really -- as somebody who has been involved in middle east issues for 40 years, as a young staffer for the first 10 years of my career and no member of the house of an terminal affairs committee here in the house, it disgusting and vituperative dab the president say what he said, especially coming out of the mouth of a man who, even after hearing white inremacists a "get the jews" charlotte bill, nonetheless said there were good people on both sides. i do not know who the good people were on that side. he did not condemn anti-semitism when we actually saw it in action in charlottesville two years ago. is someone to he turn to as a moral arbiter. the democrat party has always been a strong home for american