amy: were you surprised that aipac coming out that there is any light between aipac and trump or aipac and israel right now, that they condemn the decision? >> it was very clear they made this decision not based on principle, but on pr, essentially. lookdo not want israel to bad and they are invested in a bipartisan consensus around israel. they are losing that and losing the democrats for losing the democratats at the base and now starting to lose thehe democrats who are elected. i think this is a move for self-preservation or than anything else. amy: where going to go to break and come back to this discussion with rebecca vilkomerson, head of jewish voice for peace, and dr. mustafa bargrghouti, a membr of the palestinian parliament. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] amy: "can i go on" by sleater kinney. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. israel has announced it will conditionally allow congress woman to lead to visit family in the west bank a day after it barred both rashida tlaib and sister congresswoman ilhan omar from entering isra

they didn't want to go on this aipac sponsored trip. they wanted to go on their own. they were trying to do this with the help of other palestinian organizations to go to the israeli/palestinian territories and not meet with any government official on both sides. they weren't supposed to meet with israeli government officials. they also were not supposed to meet with any palestinian government officials. they kind of wanted just to speak to ordinary people on the ground and meet with human rights organizations on both sides to get a sense of the situation. they have been very outspoken critics of israel, championed bds supported -- >> that is the important -- bds -- the boycott di vestment and sanctions movement. an international move of activists, social society organizations saying because of the ongoing occupation israel has of the palestinian territories and the fact the two state solution, the peace process failed to ensure palestinian rights, it is up to businesses, governments, academics, entertainers, to boycott israel in certain parts meaning the occupied ter

aipac, the powerful israeli lobby in washington which has firmly supported the president on a range ofke with mr trump on this one. "we disagree with reps omar and tlaib‘s support "for the anti—israel and anti—peace bds movement, along with rep. "tlaib‘s calls for a one—state solution. "we also believe every member of congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally israel first—hand." let's pick this up with our correspondent chris buckler who's in washington. you have been watching this all day andi you have been watching this all day and i am trying to remember a time when an american president weighed in in this way against two american congresswomen. as in in this way against two american congresswomen. as it unprecedented? representatives of the united states essentially being told by the president they have no right to go to another country. i can't think of another example like it. when you look at that statement from aipac, who like to see themselves as a real voice in congress and see themselves as being bipartisan although it is more aligned with the repub

strong criticism from republican and democratic lawmakers, and even the powerful pro liberal group aipac disagreed. aipac added, quote, we believe every member of congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally israel first time. perhaps not surprising that trump is wielding this power this way to retaliate against the first two muslim women ever elected to congress. and don't forget, one of the centerpieces of his presidential campaign was a proposed ban on all muslims entering the united states until we can, quote, figure out what the hell is going on. trump has repeatedly targeted tlaib and omar specifically, along with two other congresswomen of color, alexandria ocasio-cortez and ayanna pressley, even telling them to, quote, good back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. all four women are american citizens. three of them were born in the united states. the one who was not, ilhan omar, i should note, has been a u.s. citizen longer than the president's wife melania. last month after trump attacked congresswoman omar at a

the political action group, aipac, is reacting as well. "we disagree with representatives omar and tlaib's support for the anti-israel and anti-peace bds movement along with tlaib's calls for a one state solution. we also believe every member of congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally, israel, first hand." that's just in from the american israel public affairs committee. he signed for just a second. trey yingst is in that part of the world to bring us up to speed. what is the immediate reaction where you are in jerusalem to all of this? >> harris, the israeli government making this last-minute decision to ban these two congresswomen from entering the country. representatives ilhan omar and rashida tlaib were scheduled to visit palestinian territories on friday. the focus here is that these two representative's were suspected of promoting the boycott divest sanctions, or bds, movement. the members will be denied access in accordance to an obscure 2017 law in israel that allows those who encourage actions within t

it's outrageous, completely outrageous, and i am so happy that aipac stepped in. i think it's going to make a big difference in the way people look at this. >> well, there is something -- joe walsh, there is something tyrannical about this that is almost biblical. here is a leader of a country, our leader who thinks i can decide who comes into the country. now he is going to decide who can leave the country. i mean, it's autocratic, and it's escalation where we used to say politics ends at the water edge. he is escalating to a global fight against his democratic enemies. >> chris, i agree. and i agree with senator boxer. it's un-american. it's trump acting like a king again. it's not surprising. it's trump. it's a weak, small, heavy, childish move, but we expect that every day from this president. i'm disappointed in israel. israel should have told this president to go jump and stay out of it. and i got to be honest, chris. i'm disappointed every one of my former republican colleagues should have stood up for their members of congress, if we disagree on their poli

all of which could have been accomplished in the aipac trip all of her colleagues went to.r as a rebuke to the aipac meeting, and i think she has egg on her face. trish: if you are israel, there is the risk they are going to use that to effectively hurt israel and exploit it in some way. and vice versa. if you have say no, you are not coming, they say look how big bad israel is. either way you are in a bad to the if you are israel. >> i think netanyahu made the moral decision and the legal decision. these are not just buy brands on twitter. they are virulent and they will exploit some of the most of evet scenes. netanyahu is paying a high cost domestically and also our president who inserted himself an hour before. that was unnecessary and emasculating of israel. that's not a good idea. that's not helpful to president netanyahu or israel. trish: the president is very vocal on twitter. he has to choice word for rashida tlaib. he questions whether or not the grandmother exists. he said rashida tlaib wrote a letter saying she wanted to visit her grandmother. tlaib turned the a

tell me that aipac is more american -- >> let's get away from whether it was right or wrong of the primeny entry. let's look forward here to the politics of this that somehow the president has pushed a whole slew of democrats it would love to distance themselves from ilhan omar and rashida tlaib into defendant appeared. >> but no one is monolithic in a political narrative. i don't think increase any type of style points for the president. democrats simply have different philosophies just like republicans. ideology is a spectrum. it is never concreted moves over time. i think actually gives them and their movement more media because we are talking about it. and you'll hear more on monday so probably is positive for the congresswomen not for president trump. >> somehow brian everyone's been talking about rashida tlaib's grandmother a lot. she was not exactly a household name 72 hours ago. >> now. well, and i think that's where the breakdown occurs. both congresswomen would've benefited from this to the extent they wanted to get their movement in front of the american people as a broader di

aipac few backs -- they pack the you bags bags, knowingew everything may burned to the ground.ildfires have led to protest. critics say bolivia's government was slow to respond and have contributed to the problem. illegal deforestation is on the set and fires are commonly by farmers to clear land for cattle and crops. >> what has been done has been done too late. so much land has been destroyed. that allowsslation farmers to burn land that needs to be repealed. they need to be punished. reporter: bolivia's military has been called in with an additional 200,000 firefighters. will suspendales his campaign for a week as he handles the fires. many feared to much environmental damage has already been done. new visa rules borrowing -- barring venezuelans from entering ecuador freely are now in effect. in the hours before the restriction started, at least 4 million venezuelans fled in recent years escaping the political and economic crisis. we have more from near ecuador's porter of columbia. reporter: this is the first day the venezuelans are being required to have visas to get into

the very example of what democracy is. >> it wasn't just aipac. to see -- >> marco rubio tweeted being blocked is what they hoped for all along to bolster their attacks against the jewish state. he says it's playing into their hands. >> right. that is precisely the danger. >> so what are the dangers of president trump taking this feud with the squad abroad? >> there is always the risk on a few different things. one the political -- critics are saying, observers are saying he is hyperpoliticizing the israeli issue because where things now stand is that you have the democratic party coming out en masse defending their two members and, more importantly, putting the criticism on the israeli government for denying american members of congress. their oversight responsibility, constitutional oversight responsibility to see how american taxpayer dollars are spent in israel. that is one aspect. the other aspect is a lot of people have been following the president's comments and described it as racist rhetoric and shows that he is continuing to target these

that's one reason that aipac came out opposing this decision. that's one reason that gop leader kevin mccarthy a few days earlier said that all members of congress should be welcomed in israel. this is going to hurt u.s./israel relations. israel security depends on bipartisan support now and in their future. >> it's been only a month or so since president trump told congresswomen tailb and omar to go back where they came from, you remember that. and now he's heading to a rally tonight. what are the continued repercussions of these continued attacks of women on color, the first two muslim women in the u.s. congress, by the way? >> so one repercussion is that donald trump is now nearing the lowest approval levels ever according to a fox news poll that came out yesterday. and we also know according to another poll, we know that the majority of americans think that the president is racist. and when he says, go back to americans and tells them to go back where they came from, that's simply a racist trope. people told me to go back to china or north k

even aipac, even aipac comes out and says this is not a good move. number two -- >> big takeaway, which has been very clear about the fact that they are not on the same side as rashida tlaib. >> not at all. they're very much on netanyahu's side on everything else. but here is the big other takeaway related to israel and the debate in the united states which omar ilhan and ratio ratio have done so much to highlight. this is stark proof, if any more was needed that the occupation of the west bank in israel is a reality that the israelis control the lives, the everyday lives, the freedom of movement, the freedom of speech of ordinary palestinians to the extent that a palestinian-american who is a member of congress wants to come and visit her grandmother and she is told you must sign a letter giving up your freedom of speech? that's absurd. even steny hoyer, democrat who has criticized ilhan and rasheedah came out today and said this is unprecedented. >> that would be a problem for anybody. if any american were blocked for a lot of reasons, except for a

people coming to harm the country. >> richard: what aipac said in their statement is they feel everyonehould be able to experience israel first hand, and they are the number one lobby representing -- >> melissa: riddle me this -- why didn't they go with a larger group, then? they could have easily gone with the larger group and they would have been allowed in. >> kennedy: they don't get as much attention that way. >> melissa: "we are going to meet with this other group." be one that felt like a nail being hit on the head. could you say it again? >> kennedy: they don't get as much attention that way. that's not the point. >> richard: that's not the question though -- i think the reason -- >> kennedy: were talking about bipartisanship. >> richard: but the reason why it's irrelevant -- israel should want rashida tlaib and ilhan omar there to talk about it. here's what the democracy works. that's why they need support in washington. >> harris: could they do that without calling for a boycott and sanctions? that's the key. >> richard: of course they could. if you want to change their mind yo

always been a big supporter of israel and, quite notably, we are hearing from the pro-israel group, aipac, who has recently been very critical of both omar and tlaib, and they actually said that denyiying the entntry to te congresswomen into israel is a mistake and should nonetheless be allowed to travel to israel, referring to both of them. we've actually also heard from representative ill had omar -- ilhan omar. she said israel's decision to block her entry to the country was an insult to democratic values. let's not forget donald trump, the president of the united states tweeted after israel had made that decision. he said they hate israel, the two representatives, and that both of them are the face of the democratic party. he will be speaking later on at a rally in new hampshire. it will be interesting to see what he says there later on. >> we have to watch that space closely. i want to go to you in jerusalem. this move byby the israeli authorities came shortly after president trump tweeted that israel would be showing great weakness if it allowed these two elected congresswomen into

many republicans are critical too, and even aipac, the pro—israel lobbying group, has said it is wrongnews, washington. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: police in malaysia say 15—year—old nora quoirin probably died from internal bleeding caused by hunger and stress. the teenager from london was found dead ten days after she disappeared while on holiday. howard johnson reports. after nora quoirin‘s body was discovered on tuesday, a senior pathologist was dispatched from the malaysian capital, kuala lumpur, to carry out a postmortem examination of the london teenager. today, at a police press conference, the first details of how she died were revealed. translation: the real cause of death was internal bleeding of the intestine, which may have been caused by not having any food over a long period of time. the state police chief went on to stress he believes there was no suspicion of foul play. nora is believed to have died about 2—3 days before her body was found. in english: for the time being, there's no element of abduction or kidnapping. the teenager, who lived with

but this decision has totally notat only alienated demo many republicans are critical, too, and even aipac, the pro-israel lobbying group, has said it is wrong. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. laura: just a short time ago this is what president trump had to say about the congresswomen. pres. trump: they have said some of the worst things i've ever said about israel. how can israel say, "oh, welcome"? i don't think it wouldfoe a good thinisrael. laura: four more i'm joined now by robert danin, a senior fellow for middle east studies at the council on feign relations. have you ever seen anything like this, a staunch ally of the u.s. turning away members of the u.s. congress? robert: there is a lot about this that is unprecedented. to have the pritident of the states appeal to a foreign government to say don't allow members of the united states congress into their country isec just unented and quite startling, really. laura:id do you think prt trump put the israelis in an impossible position with his tweets, saying it would be week to l the lawmakers in? robert: absolutely. the israeli gover

lawmakers of the democratic camp but also by the for example pro is very group aipac who also criticised the move and there is concern here that despairing you know sense of relationship that's very much centered on president trump and the israeli prime minister and he has sided with president trump the floor it's not really in the interest of israel and that it could have serious. effects on this very special relationship between israel and the u.s. tanya thank you very much for your insights tanya kramer there in jerusalem. now to some of the other stories making news around the world today north korea has launched at least 2 projectiles from near the city of tongue chong into the east sea that's according to the south korean military it's the 6th round of launches in recent weeks in protest of military drills between south korea and the u.s. john yang has rejected any further peace talks with seoul. pacific island leaders have failed to agree on tough new climate change commitments after 12 hours of talks on the polynesian island to bother with many leaders complained that australia w

many republicans are critical too, and even aipac, the pro—israel lobbying group, has said it is wrongwashington. dr guy ziv is a professor of international relations at american university's school of international service in washington. he's in arlington virginia. dr guy ziv, very good to talk to you. it is unusual what israel has done and very unusual for a president to urge and very unusual for a president to umea and very unusual for a president to urge a foreign country to deny entry to american citizens, especially members of congress. sure. israel had been willing to allow the congresswomen to enter the country and it was a policy reversal due to co nsta nt and it was a policy reversal due to constant pressure from president trump. and if you follow trump's series of tweets you can see what his strategy is fairly clearly. continue to target these congresswomen, paint them as anti— israel and anti—semitic and then portray them as the face of the democratic party. never mind the fa ct democratic party. never mind the fact that these two congresswomen who are part of the so—called

many republicans are critical too, and even aipac, the pro—israel lobbying group, has said it's wronggton. michael wilner is the white house correspondent for mcclatchy, the digital news company. he was the former washington bureau chief for the jerusalem post. he's in washington. should stress how unusual it is what israel has done, and how an usual it is foran israel has done, and how an usual it is for an american president to urge a foreign country dubai entry to a us citizen, let alone members of the congress. it is absolutely no doubt, there is no precedent, it's not a new sentiment with the truck presidency of course, but there are several aspects of this that are unusual that the highlighted in your report. of course, israel denying any us citizen much less a sitting member of congress entering the country. it is new, we have provision of law, it does call for this, anyone who called to deal distract to legitimise estate in the jewish state, could be barred from entry but for them to apply this to members of congress, and for the president to urge them is extraordinary. do you

many republicans are critical too, and even aipac, the pro—israel lobbying group, has said it is wrongws, washington. so is this an unusual move on the part of israel to deny two congresswomen entry into the country? doctor guy ziv is a professsor of international relations at american university's school of international service in washington. israel had been willing to allow congresswomen tlaib and omar to enter the country and it was a policy reversal due to constant pressure from president trump. and if you follow trump's series of tweets you can kind of see what his strategy is fairly clearly. continue to target these congresswomen, paint them as anti—israel and anti—semitic and then portray them as the face of the democratic party. never mind the fact that these two congresswomen who are part of the so—called squad represent a small minority of the democratic party. i can see — i think anyone can see mr trump's motive here. this is dangerous territory for israel, isn't it? it's always been israeli policy, i think, to tie support for israel to both parties, to both main parties in

lawmakers of the democratic camp but also by the for example pro is very group aipac who also criticized the move and there is concern here that disparity you know centered relationship that's very much sense it's on president trump and the israeli prime minister and he has sided with president trump the floor it's not really in the interest of israel and that it could have serious. effects on this very special relationship between the u.s. tanya thank you very much for your insights tanya kramer there in jerusalem. for all turf its chief minister has said a seized iranian oil tanker can set sail as soon as it's ready to roll to the supreme court had ordered the release of the grace one detained by britain last month that ruling came despite a last minute legal bid by the u.s. to keep the ship in detention the ship was suspected of taking iranian oil to syria in violation of e.u. and u.s. sanctions brought his chief justice says iran has no guarantee the oil is not going to syria all owing to capture of the grace one iran seized a british flag tanker near the persian gulf reports suggest

the pro—israel lobby aipac said all members of congress should be able to visit, and it's a reversals well. he did this for domestic political purposes, just as trump is doing this for domestic political purposes. trump is appealing to the evangelical portion of his base, which he really needs in order to be re—elected next year, just as netanyahu needs trump's support for his own re—election next month. despite that, some suggest it may be unwise for the israeli government to target democratic politicians. the settled washington consensus around israel depends on the goodwill of both sides of the political divide. john mcmanus, bbc news. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. a murder investigation is launched after a thames valley police officer dies on duty following an incident near reading. the prime minister says he's shocked and appalled by the killing. a provisional deal for the take—over of british steel has been reached with turkey's military pension fund. a man from surrey admits trying to murder a bulgarian teenager in what's be

many republicans are critical too, and even aipac, the pro—israel lobbying group, has said it's wrongng excavated in wyoming in the united states. the dig, which has been dubbed ‘mission jurassic‘, has already discovered more than a dozen fossils and footprints, and researchers think there may be more than 100 dinosaurs buried, including new species. the team says the site is so rich in bones it will keep them busy for at least 20 years. our science correspondent rebecca morrelle reports a hot, dusty landscape extending for miles. but imagine from this barren terrain a dinosaur graveyard where the bones of some of the biggest creatures ever to roam the earth are being discovered. where does this fit on this mass? that slot's straight in here. so, you found the pelvis? yeah, it's brilliant. that's amazing! the dig is called missionjurassic. what is fantastic about this site, there's multiple bones from at least a dozen individuals already poking out of the ground. when you realise we have only really scratched a corner of this square mile, there is going to be dozens if not 100 plus di

many republicans are critical too, and even aipac, the pro—israel lobbying group, has said it's wrongnvestigating the death of the british teenager nora quoirin say they've found no evidence of violence. the 15—year—old from london was found dead ten days after she disappeared while on holiday. a postmortem examination found she'd suffered internal bleeding, probably caused by hunger and stress. howard johnson reports from malaysia. after nora quoirin's body was discovered on tuesday, a senior pathologist was dispatched from the malaysian capital, kuala lumpur, to carry out a postmortem examination of the london teenager. today, at a police press conference, the first details of how she died were revealed. translation: the real cause of death was internal bleeding of the intestines which may have been caused by not having any food over a long period of time. the state police chief went on to stress he believes there was no suspicion of foul play. nora is believed to have died about two to three days before her body was found. no element of abduction or kidnapping. the teenager, who li

jillian: donald trump slamming democratic rivals at aipac rally in cincinnati using this we kept debatech french criticism against them. pete hegseth is live with reaction from voters. what are people saying? >> reporter: yesterday we were in detroit asking voters out of the trump rally, if there is a sign of enthusiasm, the great american ballpark, the line wrapped around the ballpark was one of two lines, the president hitting unfamiliar tones of jobs and the economy but what was on the front of everyone's mind, the president mentioned where the democrat party is going, we asked folks at the rally about those debates, this is what they had to say. >> prior to before the debate, i don't think anyone, donald trump will win by a landslide. >> if they love their own party, they would have got no couple people and rallied behind them but the fact they have 20 people vying for candidacy is just ridiculous. >> look at what's trump has done and it is a no-brainer. >> reporter: a lot of confidence in light of promises made promises kept mantra of donald trump, they feel the democrat party has

even the powerful pro israel lobby aipac said the congresswomen should be allowed to visit.mar has been critical of aipac and widely accused of anti-semitism for saying the committee funded republican support for israel. tlaib said black listing her was a sign of weakness and posted a picture of her palestinian grandmother, who she would have been prevented from visiting. omar said it undermined democratic values and accused mr. trump of being an islamaphobe. the two have been vocal critics of both mr. trump and netanyahu and support a boycott of israel over its treatment of palestinians. the lawmakers have faced past accusations of anti-semitism, claims they denied in an interview with gayle king in july. >> would you like people -- would you like to make it clear you are not anti-semitic? >> oh, certainly not, yes. >> would you like to make that clear? >> yes. i mean, and that -- nothing i said at least to me was meant for that purpose. >> now, democratic leaders have united behind the two controversial freshmen congresswomen who the president has tried to make the face of

. >> aipac, the political action committee in the business of promoting israel, disagrees with both president trump and prime minister netanyahu stating "we also believe every member of congress should be able to the visit and experience our democratic ally, israel, first hand." >> shannon: thank you very much. does israel's decision to ban to members of the so-called squad help or hurt the president? let's discuss with the democrats seeking to unseat congressman jerry nadler, lindsey boylan. and dr. robert jeffress. welcome to you both. "the new york times" says, the editorial board, what are trump and netanyahu afraid of? it's long been israel's mantra that critics should come see for themselves in the country certainly strong enough to handle criticism from two members of congress. mr. trump has done israel no favor." >> it's important to understand these women were denied entry into israel not because they're women or their women of color or their democrats. they were denied entry because they have engaged in caustic, anti-semitic rhetoric and they have embraced policies that are just as

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. >> this is a place where j street on the left and aipac agree and senator lieberman who not one ofuld argue is anti-semitic in any way. i visited this state of israel several times. as mayor of tallahassee, we had a sister city relationship. i feel the more folks that you allow into israel, to get a firsthand look, meet with palestinians as well as israelis. this is their obligation as members of congress. guess what? i don't agree with anything steve king says f they were to ban him, i would also be on the record as saying that is inappropriate and as a member of congress he ought to be allowed to travel. >> we'll squeeze in a quick break. after two gun massacres in a matter of hours, 2020 democrats are promising bold action. award winning interface. ♪ ♪ award winning design. ♪ ♪ award winning engine. ♪ ♪ the volvo xc90. our most awarded luxury suv. ♪ ♪ at t-mobile, for $40/line for four lines, it's all included for the whole family. like unlimited with netflix on us. and now with each new line, get one of our latest smartphones included. $40/line for four lines and smartphones ar

and i was pleased to see that aipac and j street and other leading jewish groups came out and said thee thing, because when people go to israel, they see -- despite my disagreement with some to have policies of the prime minister there -- they see a democracy. and i think that is one of the worst things, a strong the democracy allows people in their doors, they don't shut them out. chris: senator klobuchar, we're going to have to leave it there. thanks for your time. >> thank you. it was great to be on, chris. chris: well, please come back, and safe travels on the campaign trail, senator. >> thank you. chris: when we come back, joe biden's campaign says democrats need to focus on one thing, beating donald trump. we'll is ask our sunday panel whether the front-runner can make that case to voter, or next. ♪ ♪ there's a company that's talked to even more real people than me: jd power. 448,134 to be exact. they answered 410 questions in 8 categories about vehicle quality. and when they were done, chevy earned more j.d. power quality awards across cars, trucks and suvs than any other brand

it also unified aipac on their side, an interesting thing. are considering what options they can use. we have been hearing they may reprimand the israeli ambassador to the u.s. as well as the u.s. ambassador to israel to figure out what their roles could have been in this. the democrats feel as though the trust is gone between the israeli ambassador dermer with him because they had been working with him to try to find an agreement so that way tlaib and omar could enter israel. now they feel as though the trust there is gone. >> but this is like both these leaders, netanyahu and trump, they have their own domestic political concerns. netanyahu is also up. he has this hard line faction of his government that wants to see sort of that government moving to the right. here at home, president trump has to rally his own base for his own re-election. this is not even about the jewish vote. jews are 2% of america, this is about evangelicals who make up a significant portion of donald trump's base. this is a rift in this relationship that will not just

offli ts and now we're seeing this has become a partisan support for israel -- an organizaon like aipacas tried to keep support from israel from being a partisan issue for decades. they're the ones that reacted in a very clear-eyed way that id we'll welcome any republican- memberhat israel should welcome any republican member of congress or democratic member oñ congress.e but i think president and n tanyahu have taken what should not be a partissue and made it into partisan issue and people are now coming down onri s sides of this partisan issue. that's nod good, by the way, for israel or for the long-term american relationship wit israel >> reporter: what do you make of how this unfolded over the last couple of days, karen? >> i think whatever the forces were that went into decision here, i think what is even more astonishing is president trump's behavior in this in that israel was ready to go ahead and lethem in assuming that, you know, there's an advantage to sort of kee keeg the dialogue going, which is generally how other cou have treated members of congress. but it was only after

. >> i think the best way to respond is to read a quo from aipac. as everybody knows, they are very strong lobby -- american lobby for israel, and have been in lockstep pretty much on issue after issue with president trump. here's what they say. they say though they disagree with these two congresswomen on key issues, we also believe every member of congress should be able to visit and experience or democratic ally israel firsthand. that says it all. so this is about as -- disthem speaking, but i've heard from republicans and democrats -- as un-american a move, and an undemocratic a move, as you can imagine, made be two democracies, two countries that pride themselves equally so as great democracies. to bar two people to go in there and, again, this is not my opinion, this is coming from in a bipartisan cry, because what way -- what better way to explain to these women, if they do have problems with israel, which they do -- to try to get through to them or change their opinion than to bring them in. >> nia, a complete flip by the israeli government.

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to hear leaders from ape a aipac. they can take on people who disagree with them it's a mistake to target members of congress because of their views or their viewts. i think it was a mistake initially for the president to even tweet that they should not be allowed to go to israel i have faith in israel's ability to listen to two members of the united states congress. so i think it's been a huge mistake i hope we can end the tweets tonight and get back to something more healing and more relevant to all of us. >> martha: tlaib said, guy, she said basically she had been treated like a criminal. and israel said they felt that the itinerary made it clear that they, as you said, wanted to go to palestine. they didn't reach out to meet with any members of the israeli government or even the opposition in israel. you know, it seems to me like they could have struck some kind of deal and said we see your itinerary. we are happy for you to come, but we also want you to make sure that you see this and this and this in israel so t

joining us now is a chief investment strategist for aipac northern trust. for the moment, it is looking like conversations rather than peace or a truce. given the left in risk assets, are you tempted to add more to the portfolio? >> not yet. it is a good development. talks are what we need. a resolution would be good for global growth and for everybody. we do still look at this conflict as one that is going to play out over years. not weeks. for us, the current development are not big or important enough to jump on the bandwagon. positions,taining just not adding to them. matt: a cease-fire is no reason to celebrate. you want to see resolution? >> i think so, yes. in terms of the conflict between china and the u.s., it's going to be long term. in terms of this instance of eventually -- potentially working toward a cease-fire, for us to have a significant risk allocation on that short-term development, knowing full well we are one tweet away from another correction in markets, it is just not quite enough. nejra: which region do you see as most vulnerable wit

do you think that those moves in the aipac region smack more of desperation than being able to work ifworsens? certainly that would be the tail wagging the dog. i think what they are really the chineseis that provide more domestic stimulus to shore up their economy and the u.s. if both of those things happen and the trade war moves to the the asian i think economy can breathe a sigh of relief. trying to avoid the mistakes of the ecb and the fed and the markets reacted very violently when they did not ease enough. manus: and some would say -- i think it was the rba governor yesterday, really did question the fx channel. if we are in a race to the bottom by central banks, does that send an even more desperate warning flag about the health of the global economy? norman: we clearly are in a slowing environment for the global economy. we have been of the view that what you really need to see is much more fiscal activity in the major economies in the world. the chinese have been doing that in their economy. we think it falls to the europeans with the new leadership coming in in september oct

it takes a lot of doing to get groups like aipac, which was the principal lobbyist for u.s.ish relationship -- or u.s./israeli relationship to get on the wrong side of israel and on the wrong side of donald trump and these things, but he macked to managed to it. he has republicans criticizing it, democrats, so he just looks like again he doesn't know what he's doing. and secondly i think this is done some real damage to the u.s./israeli relationship in the long run. it depends upon bipartisanship. everyone knows that's what's essential to keeping that relationship and immense damage has been done to it. >> "the washington post" spoke to tlaib's grandmother. this is part of what she told the post a short time ago. i am proud of her. who wouldn't be proud of a granddaughter like that? i love her and am so proud of her. it's a highly visible case, ayman, but how typical is the separation of families living in the occupied west bank in gaza? >> oh, it's -- i can't imagine that there's a familiar that i does not have that separation. keep in mind you're not only talking about the

in a really tough neighborhood in the mideast, i think that was wrong and i was pleased to see that aipacg jewish groups came out and said the same thing, because when people go to israel, they see, despite my disagreement with some of the policies of the prime minister there, they see a democracy. and i think that is one of the worst things, a strong democracy allows people in their doors, they don't shut them out. >> chris: senator we are going to have to leave it there. thank you so much, thanks for your time. >> senator klobuchar: great to be on, chris. >> chris: please come back and safe travels on the campaign trail, senator. >> senator klobuchar: thank you. >> chris: when we come back, joe biden's campaign says democrats need to focus on one thing, beating donald trump. we will ask our sunday panel whether the front runner can make that case to voters. next. ♪ t your father. kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin trusted advice for life. kevin, how's your mom? life well planned. see what a raymond james financial advisor can do for you. >> may be have to swallo

when you have aipac defending you, for crying out loud.ke a slap to the face of those who voted for these women. you have to remember, they are not just our allies. we give them millions, dare i say billions of dollars that come from the taxpayer. including the constituency of these two congressional members. being that there congresswomen, it's very different than if i was denied entry, trying to go to israel if i were to that organization. >> melissa: i think this is putting into everybody's politics. they love it, as you said, that this was the set up on their part against israel. but the president obviously living it, as well. he also put these two forward as the face of the democratic party. he adds, just to make it even more subtle, "and they hate israel." whatever it is. just make sure you understand if you are a democrat these are democrats who are ostensibly at peace putting it against israel and jewish people. there is sort of the public face of the party, in his opinion. >> katie: charlie, a final thought here -- chuck schumer c

look at bernie sanders, look at kamala harris, wouldn't even go to the aipac meeting this year insiderd of in the process that's been going forward. a number of democrats that still stand with israel, but this new socialist democrat group has a much different belief. >> bret: axios is reporting that the president told american advisors, including senior administration officials, that congresswoman omar and tlaib should be barred from going to israel. the administration is not commenting, israel is not boring but any thought on that? you think the president had those beliefs? >> i never had the president say that to me. but the one thing that should have happened, they should have come with their colleagues. they should've come together where they could have a meeting with israel, with the palestinian authority, with those who were running at the same time. you would get every view that you wanted to see. as long as you come with an open mind, open eyes and open ears, i think you have a responsibility to come here to have an understanding. >> bret: 's talk about the other issues of the

. >> many organizations, aipac and others, pro israeli organizations have said we don't like what theseomen have said but they ought to be able, a.b., to go to israel and see for themselves. >> right. even the democrats in the house who are jewish and taken great offense to some of the things these two members have said in particular, have also expressed solidarity with them being legislators from separate but coequal branch of the government of the u.s. who should be invited into the democracy of an allied government. the president does not see the congress as a co separate piece of government, as we know. i have not heard from enough republicans, except mitch mcconnell and house minority leader kevin mccarthy put out tweets. but it's been pretty quiet over at the trump administration about whether or not we stand with the protesters in hong kong for their democratic rights and their human rights. this is -- the president's been tweeting today that he thought if president xi just met with the protesters, everything would end up in a really nice hug. this is beyond belief. but actually