of our joint favorite writers, george elliott, talked about moving to a world of dim lights.ot a point which raises much money online. >> and i want to defend president obama on one thing. he is hitting singles and andles in foreign policy, we have gotten such a heroic attitude that when it does not turn out aerobically, we get disillusioned and think it is a bunch of crap, and it is neither. it is just a modest enterprise to stay afloat from one day to another and had a couple of singles and doubles. >> michael, assess the validity of this statement, as they say at the academy. has richard's paranoid style in american politics gone mainstream now? >> no, because i think he meant that to refer to some very specific moments in american history and sort of one threat, but i think one element is true, and that is the one point he was making was that we live in a clinical system that is based on tolerance and based on, for instance, in congress, relationships between people who disagree, and one of the central element in all of this is what you want in a president, what you want

. >> jon: one of our joint favorite writers george elliott talked about moving through the world of dim lights and tangled circumstance, which isn't a point that raises much money online. >> and i wanted to defend president obama on one thing. he said foreign policy is about hitting singles and doubles. sometimes that's what politics is, boring through crooked boards. we have such an heroic attitude that when it doesn't turn out heroically, we're disillusioned and think it's crap, but it's neither. it's just staying afloat and hitting a couple of singles and doubles. >> jon: michael, assess the validity of this statement, has richard hose steader's style in american politics gone main stream? >> no, i think he meant for that to refer to american history in one read but i think one element is true and that is one point he was making was we live in a political system based on tolerance and based on, for instance, in congress, relationships between people who disagree, and one of the central elements in all of this is that what you'd want in a president, what you'd want in members of congr

george w. bush. elliott, i would like to ask you about what the president had to say. just for our vowers first, this conflict feels far away. what does it matter to the united states what is going on in israel and gaza? >> israel is an important ally of the united states and everybody else is watching to see how we react. egypts are. iranians and russia, what kind of ally is the united states. are are we reloyable. >> it is a mixed picture. >> and we have source concerns. he didn't say this is the fault of hamas in that phrase that you showed. this is a war crime by hamas and putting rockets in mosques and hospitals and schools. and so far, we are very good but worried about what secretary kerry said, you know when chris wallace confronted him on it. the criticism of israel is starting. >> and that was to as our viewers know. the comment between introduce when he said to the gist, it is a pin prick operation. it was hard to read his expression. i wish we had it. our viewers know it was off camera and difficult to discern was he sarcastic or what was he trying to say.

george lucas fantasy. some robots walked, some slithered, but they are all advance military research. elliott a look inside. >> behind the door of a mary schapiro's lab, a menagerie of robots. snake.s a >> it can be used for search and rescue. it can move around and even fly in the air. >> this looks like an extra from star wars. >> we use it for research on the walking robot. for four-legged robots to walk quickly on rough terrain's, like boulders, the edge of a cliff. >> what are these ones? >> these are wall climbing robots. they are using magnets to climb metal surfaces. they're used for inspection of the hull of the ship, to see there is no bomb or drugs attached. are fundedthe bots by or destined for the israeli military. some are more impressive than others. >> perhaps my favorite robot is this. thate butler bought recognizes me using next box next sensor. it will follow me wherever i go. you can use it to carry items, it will carry my notepad right now. they can be used in the military to collect dust to carry equipment. >> the prototypes are not for sale. the are most definitely not