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david corn and eugene robinson are joining us. i think people are surprised that there's a real problem with the way that it's been timed, the way that it was done secretly. what is the mickey mouse thing here by boehner? >> what is interesting is the backlash that it is creating in israel. a lot of people who used to work for and with netanyahu who are against this. why are they against it? because it's creating a rift between israel and the united states. as prime minister he has two jobs, essentially. one is to protect the security of israel and to protect the relationship with the united states, not just with the president but also with congress. and this week you see democratic senators running away from what aipac wants, which is a sanctions built sign before negotiations. so it's blowing up when -- >> so you think it's hurting their hard-line ambitions? >> in both places, in israel and washington. >> eugene, something about this seems wrong. when i worked for the speaker, there was always a coalescing. thatcher or somebody

eugene robinson there's jeff flake making sense.u know, only 66% of americans favor lifting the embargo, gene. so i guess that's no chance of lifting it. >> it couldn't possibly happen lawrence. jeff flake, to his credit, has been right on this for a while now. and as he said the whole embargor but the travel ban and the embargo, i've long argued they've not only useless and have been for the past half century, but they've been counterproductive. what you want to see is more openness and freedom in cuba. anything in that direction, i think we've pushed back that day rather than brought it forward with these policies and they should be gotten ridden of. >> you've got this masterful book about the back channel negotiations we've had with cuba over the decades. it's now right out in the open for the first time. how much progress do you expect to see this year? >> i think there will be a lot of progress this year. they made some strides in the first negotiations they had just last week. they're going to meet again in february, which sug

anyway, thank you, eugene robinson, thank you, christopher dickey. before we move on, i want to show you the latest cartoon, by the way, from my friend chris hammond over there. he was on the show friday night. it shows basically the continued power of the pen over the sword. great picture there. and a great meaning. >>> coming up, mitt romney's gearing up for another run. perhaps this is from the sublime to the ridiculous. but the romney camp is taking pops at jeb bush. the battle for the center of the republican party such as it is appears to be on. i guess the republican establishment think they can beat hillary. >>> also, federal prosecutors are recommending criminal charges against america's most famous general. general petraeus. the question, did general petraeus actually leak anything important? >>> plus, president obama's calling for tuition-free community college. house democrats want a tax cut for the middle class paid for by the rich. it looks like the dems are finally getting into income inequality. >>> i'm going to finish tonight with a

it is a good thing they are not the same. >> eugene robinson and jim coleman and chris dickey and richard engle and chapman bell doing extraordinary work. that does it for this breaking news edition. troubling news and we will hear from the french president hollande and president obama. chris hayes picks up the breaking news coverage. >> this is live breaking coverage of the events unfolding in france. a tense terrifying shocking day in france today as not one, but two hostage crisises have played out starting this morning local time where the two brothers took a hostage in a printing factory near the airport. shortly there after, the man you see on the right apparently cook hostages in a kosher super market in a neighborhood in eastern paris. as of now, about an hour ago, it appears that french tactical units have raided both of those different locations in the case of the hostage taken by the kouachi brothers and that press has been released. we don't know the fate of the hostages or all of them in the case of the kosher super market. we have seen reports that the gunman there is dead.

joining me, eugene robinson, jackie kucinich and david corn.ugh introductions. >> time is up. >> i think huckabee is what hillary wants for lunch. because all the social issues where she has majority support, pro-choice, same-sex marriage, it will give her a reason to run that she wouldn't have otherwise. it's a fantastic reason to run. this guy is going to try to roll back the clock. >> yeah, i think it would be great for her if he won the nomination. but let's remember that he lost in 2008. and it's a formidable -- >> is the party -- >> is the party more liberal now than it was back when he won? i think it's more conservative. >> but they have new conservatives too. there's new models. there's ted cruz, other people to give your money to. huckabee's problem always was raising money and it's going to continue to be raising money. >> do you think he's a reasonable bet to be the nominee? i think he is. >> he won iowa but nothing else. >> the thing about huckabee too, the party is more conservative in a lot of ways. i'm not sure it's more social

and eugene robinson who is staying up late with me tonight. what did you make of the president's wonderful repostthere to the republicans after they applauded the fact he ain't running anymore. >> i think as the president always does he's very in tune with everything that's being said, chris. tonight the president spoke very clearly to the american people about what we have to do to put the middle class first. he made it clear that trickle down economics does not make its way to the middle class and we need to start working on middle class economics. that should be front and center. i think that's what the president was tried to adjust at. >> did the president's message sell until country? will they get excited about minimum wage community college being free and sick leave and parental leave? will they be selling points as you try to win back congress? >> it's important to all americans as we see the economy getting stronger, wall street doing better that the middle class is still feeling the squeeze. all the programs the president put on the

joining me now is washington post columnist and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson and executivend co-founder on islamic relations. first of all, what was it like at the post today when that cartoon went up? i want to just add, one of the reasons "the new york times" gave in consideration of running these cartoons was the danger, was the actual danger to their reporter, especially who are stationed abroad. was that one of the considerations of "the washington post"? not that the station will be everyone recognizes it and understands it, but the editorial panls run separately from the news pages. this is a decision by the editorial board which runs the editorial page and the op-ed page. i eck speak tooth deliberations, in my view, how can you write about this without giving readers some idea of what's at the heart of the heart of this event. and if you don't give them any glimpse of the offensive question, how are readers to judge or really understand what happened? so i think on that basis alone, there's a good reason for having run this cartoon. >> let's listen to what bill mahr

joining me now, msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson, and msnbc's steve karnacky. gene did you believe a word tom brady had to say today? >> not a whole lot. he's a michigan guy, i'm a michigan guy. so i have a certain sympathy for tom brady. you know belichick threw him under the bus. he apparently threw the equipment manager under the bus. we'll see what the equipment manager has to say. >> steve, when i was in high school, every time i had to throw or catch a football, the inflation mattered. you could tell how hard that thing was. it really matters. there's brady today trying to say, i couldn't tell the difference. >> the referee couldn't tell the difference, either. he touched the ball between each play and he didn't notice. >> on to the next matter, the next president of the united states. eugene, as the chuckling continues about mitt romney possibly running for a third time, he continues to poll better than any other republican candidate. so i understand exactly why he's looking at this. >> yeah sure. i mean he's got to hook at the field and nobody is settin

i'm joined by jerry reid, and you eugene robinson. gene, going to that point that rand paul made about the disability system and he said everybody over 40 has back pain i guess i probably will have back pain when i'm over 40. but speaking for the over 40 group, what is the political wisdom of going after the social security disability program? >> i don't see it particularly lawrence. you know this is a wonderful omen for columnists because, you know you've got rand paul. he's going to go after social security. you've got mitt romney running for president. what could go wrong there? i mean this is shaping up to be a wonderful year. >> i feel my role is to encourage them all. i'm not going to say a critical word about any of them because i want them all to run for president. romney was getting very positive comment in republican circles right up until the moment last week where he said i want to be president. as soon as he did that it's like they woke up from this fake dream that romney would be a great idea. >> remember when conservati

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i'm just saying. >>> "the washington post" robert costa and eugene robinson thank you both. >>> david ahead on "morning joe," congressman steny hoyer and comedian susie essman joins the conversation. susie is going to change our ring tones. steny and susie together again. we are concerned with the potential for one of them to curse on air. we can imagine who that might be. that's steny with his potty mouth. up next, how prepared are u.s. cities foreign attack with small terror cells like in paris. the commissioner of nypd bill bratton is next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ out of 42 vehicles... based on 6 different criteria... why did a panel of 11 automotive experts... ... name the volkswagen golf motor trend's 2015 car of the year? we'll give you four good reasons the all-new volkswagen golf starting at $17,995. there's an award winning golf for everyone. you show up. you stay up. you listen. you laugh. you worry. you do whatever it takes to take care of your family. and when it's time to plan for your family's future we're here for you. we're legalzoom, and for over 10 years we've helped families just l

. >>> pulitzer prize winning columnist and msnbc analyst eugene robinson is joining us. >> we have aof must reads. jonah goed berg obama the sentlementalists, three explanations dominate speculation about what obama is up to. the first is he's trying to lay the groundwork for his successor, presumptive nominee hillary clinton. the second is that he's trying to pad his legacy. the third is that he's trying to troll or bait the gop into debating his agenda rather than pursuing its own are all plausible. but there's a fourth idea. disagreement of him is proof of ignorance, bad faith, or dog what tichl. negotiating requires acknowledging that people who disagree with you have a legitimate point of view. i agree with jonah. that's why i want to go to you first to refute it. >> i would not agree completely. i think since we've had, since woodrow wilson quite a few presidents who were sure they were right and were sure others were wrong. i think if you look at the way president obama has approached his agenda his ideas, for example, he wanted to do universal health care, he picked a republi

"the washington post" column istist you eugene robinson say this is. >> one thing that is different here same because we would expect to have more carnage here. >> is that really the case? we have emmy miller here and richard faller. emily, do you agree with eugene's comments? >> first of all it is up correct to say ownership of guns will lead to more deaths, in fact, it will probably stop the crime or slow down the number of journalists in paris. but also to have common sense. there have been numerous times when gun holders have stopped something happening including multiple terror shootings. that's why the terrorists don't come here because of civilian ownership. they come here to bomb us unfortunately, but they cannot come here with guns because americans can shoot back. it is wrong on so many levels. >> richard, do you agree with eugene's comments? more carnage would have unfolded here? >> number one, the only way you can fight terrorism is by continuing to live out the constitution. with that being said there has to be some limit to the amount of guns we have. and the argument he's