we'll ask bob casey and joe crowley. the obama care mess given opposition rivals present and past. >> it's dishonest. what starts twisted stays twisted. live report from the philippines where hundreds waiting at the tacloban airport for safety. bringing food, water, supplies to survivors growing more desperate by the day. >> we're in a little village. these ospreys come in loaded with aid, food. there's police and local emergency workers here. look at this crowd assembled around here. >> the bat signal. thousands of volunteers have come out to transform san francisco to gotham city and turn this 5-year-old into a real superhero. >>> good day i'm andrea mitchell in washington where president obama is facing the biggest political crisis of his presidency. thursday's repeated apologies do not seem to have worked. david gregory, moderator of "meet the press" joins me now. this is crisis mode and apologies were extraordinary because it was a tone, affect we've never seen from the president. >> comparisons in more friendly qua

joining me bob casey.> thanks, alex. >> obviously the united states has no diplomatic ties to pyongyang. are there nel government efforts at all under way being made to bring mr. newman homele? >> well, in circumstances like this it, alex, there's always a full and significant effort by the federal government to intervene. but this is both outrageous and unacceptable. the regime should release him. and they should do so immediately. because it's one of the games they've played over many years by making charges that they can't prove and then detaining someone. so they should release him immediately so he can see his family and get the medical care that he needs. he's 85 years old. and to detain him any longer is totally unacceptable. >> we know that his wife has sent medication because apparently he went on this ten-day trip with only the amount of heart medication needed for that vacation. she september medication and has no idea whether it got to him. he's one of two americans being held in north korea la

the way the media and people say who's a moderate, bob casey of pennsylvania, the great governor, was liberal on every issue except he didn't think abortion should be legal. that was his portion. but they would call him a conservative democrat, the media. which was absurd. he wasn't a conservative. your thoughts about your party and the labeling, michael. >> i would agree with sarah to the extent she's right. we don't want someone who's going to go along to get along and compromise on fundamental principles. i don't think that's chris christie. i don't think that's a lot of the names of individuals who have been mentioned so far as possible candidates. that's going to get sorted out in the wash of a republican primary. my only point to the chris christies of the world who are being vilified by some on the right now as being not conservative is to stand up and prove that you are. not for their benefit but for the benefits of the party's overall messaging as a conservative party talking about those ideals and views. much like casey did for the senate. >> last question. what would you sa

like bob casey of pennsylvania, he was a conservative because of abortion. this guy because christie thought it made sense to help new jersey rather than not help new jersey after sandy, he's called a moderate. the guy is not big on construction. we know he wasn't for the tunnel going to new york. we know he's a tough tax guy. he's tough as hell on the teachers unions. i don't get the moderate tag on the guy. unless they want to beat him. >> i don't understand either, and i don't think that's going to work. again, you see it in the republican nomination all the time where, yes, it starts out a lot of conservative talk, occupies the main street media and people in the early voting states. then it turns out. and it goes to the midwest. this race is wide open. here's the most important thing. republicans aren't going to win again if we only elect the chris christie wing or only the rand paul wing. we've got to unite the two wings together. we've been engaged in a circular firing squad the last few years. we had ideological witch trials. commercials being run sa

joining us from capitol hill, democratic senator bob casey of pennsylvania. good to see you, senator. good morning. >> thanks, chris. >> you have said in the past you're for filibuster reform. what's going on happen here? >> we don't know for sure, but i think it's the time now to consider a rules change which is limited in nature. what we're dealing with here is not the larger question of whether the rights of a minority in this case, the republicans in the senate would be -- would be degraded. what we're talking about here is a very limited change for cabinet nominees, for judges and those instances where it's very clear. the record is abundantly clear that republicans are using pure obstruction. they're not saying this candidate for the district of columbia circuit is unqualified or this nominee for a cabinet. it's pure obstruction, so i think zee to move forward with the rules change, and i hope that we would get support on both sides of this. >> is that a yes for the nuclear option on your part? >> oh, sure. if there is a vote where there would be a rule

we'll ask bob casey and joe crowley. present and past. >> it's dishonest. what starts twisted stays twisted. live report from the philippines where hundreds waiting at the tacloban airport for safety.

the way the media and people say who's a moderate, bob casey of pennsylvania, the great governor, waseral on every issue except he didn't think abortion should be legal. that was his portion. but they would call him a conservative democrat, the media. which was absurd. he wasn't a conservative. your thoughts about your party and the label bing, michael. >> i would agree with sarah to the extent she's right. we don't want someone who's going to go along to get along and compromise on fundamental principles. i don't think that's chris christie. i don't think that's a lot of the names of individuals who have been mentioned so far as possible candidates. that's going to get sorted out in the wash of a republican primary. my only point to the chris christies of the world who are being vilified by some on the right now as being not conservative is to stand up and prove that you are. not for their benefit but for the benefits of the party's overall messaging as a conservative party talking about those ideals and views. much like casey did for the senate. >> last question. what would you say

as jon said we met in riyadh in 2006 when i was -- actually bob casey was in riyadh with me at that time. we hit it off and i've always found him to be one of the sharpest observers of what's going on in the middle east, and i find myself still quoting him on what's going on over the years. so it's wonderful to be back here with jon. when i was at cis dashing csis, i was able to benefit from his input pic specifically he read this report twice. first time taking a very rough peace and shaping it and the second time refining it. it would be nothing, a shadow of itself without john's input. so thank you very much. i'd like to thank a few of the people who are here today before get into it. one is i should think the state department for giving me the detail to come over to csis. and it was really an eye-opener for me at a lot of the strategic thinking i've learned when i came here. i've been able to get back to the state department and the things we're doing in india today. i'd also like -- gene is up in the front. i might refer to we sometimes, and she was with me. she was the intern on th

two senators are chuck shooumer of new york, bob menened ez of nersy, big players when it comes to foreign affairs. israel is a primary concern. >> libby casey live on capitol hill. >> israeli prime minister benyamin netanyahu said his country will not be bound by that agreement. >> there was no celebrations in israel's corridors of power. a grim-faced prime minister addressing the cabinet, condemning the deal in the strongest of terms. >> translation: what was reached in geneva is not an historic agreement, it's an historic mistake. the world became a much more dangerous place, the most dangerous regime in the world made a significant step in obtaining the most dangerous weapons in the world. >> the opposite was argued in geneva, when the deal was reached. negotiators insisting it offered the promise of peace, not threat. >> it will make our partners in the region safer. it will make our ally israel safer. >> it is important that all of us see the opportunity to end an unnecessary crisis and open new horizons. based on respect for the rights of iranian people and removal of any about the peaceful nature of rain's nuclear program. >> all par

the kellogg foundation and we are particularly grateful to the casey foundation for their support of today's event and i want to acknowledge bob and patrick who are here with us today. and to start us off, i am the lighted to introduce don who has three jobs so i will try to get all three] to the assistant secretary fosecretary for smalls community development and housing the u.s. department of treasury and the executive director for the president's council on jobs and competitiveness and in his free time, he gets to go to detroit where he is leading the government investment in the tried and working with city, state, business nonprofit community stakeholders reassociate is a busy guy and we have more information about him at all the speakers in the packet, so i will not belabor my introductions. i am divided to welcome onto the podium. please join me in welcoming don. [applause] >> thank you so much, maureen and aspen for inviting me. it is absolutely a pleasure to be here to join this panel and talk about something that is critically important for the country. the president believes that we need to focus full force on ways t

casey foundation and kellogg foundation. we are particularly grateful to the pc foundation for their support of today's event, and i want to acknowledge bobnd patrick from the amy tc foundation who are here with us today. and to start us off, i am delighted to introduce don graves who has three jobs so i will try to get the titles right deputy assistant secretary of the small business community development [inaudible] -- president's council on jobs and competitiveness, and in his free time, he gets to go to detroit where he is leading the government investment in detroit and working with city, state business and nonprofit stakeholders. so he is a busy guy and you have more information on him and all of the speakers in your package so i won't belabor my introductions. i'm delighted to welcome dawn to the podium and please, join me in welcoming don. [applause] [applause] >> thank you so much, maureen and aspen for inviting me. it's absolutely a pleasure to be here to join this panel and talk about something that is critical. the president believes that we need to focus full force on ways that we can make sure that all people in our communit