sailing down the nile with julius caesar for example. an advertisement to her people offer close alliance at the time. it is proof of for diplomacy. >> if you get on amazon.com, out be adjusted if you ever do this, and you read the reviews of your "cleopatra" book, it seems like there is a wide difference of views on it. yuval but to people who cannot stand this book and think it is boring -- you have a whole bunch of people who cannot stand this book and think is boring. do you read that stuff? >> no. i do not go to amazon except to order a book occasionally. the one break the news to me now? what did i do wrong? >> there are just different perceptions. what do you do -- what do you always do when you are writing a book that makes it interesting? do have certain rules that you use that you use over the years? >> i find that keeping your subject at the center of the narrative is usually helpful. you really want to be able to answer the question what is he or she thinking. i do not know at any moment what she was thinking. it is very diff

julius caesar. anyway, there you have it.us a grand total of how many from yesterday's press conference? six. half dozen. might not seem like a lot. but it was all in just 30 seconds. imagine a state of the union address from this fella, we could hear a lot more third-person references from herman cain, six of them last night, and that's tonight's half dozen big number. >>> up next, more women up for reelection in the senate this year and the number of women running for the senate is among the highest ever. is 2012 shaping up as another year of the woman? you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. >>> welcome back to "hardball." 1992 was of course the year when the number of female united states senators tripled from two to six. well, today 17 of the 100 u.s. senators are women, as are 76 members of the 435 members of the house of representatives. with many women trying to win seats for the first time this year, or rather next year, could we be looking at another female wave, if you will? a new year of the woman. with me now

julius caesar. anyway, there you have it.otal of how many from yesterday's press conference? six. half dozen. might not seem like a lot. but it was all in just 30 seconds. imagine a state of the union address from this fella, we could hear a lot more third-person references from herman cain, six of them last night, and that's tonight's half dozen big number. >>> up next, more women up for reelection in the senate this year and the number of women running for the senate is among the highest ever. is 2012 shaping up as another year of the woman? you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] we asked real people if they'd help us with an experiment for febreze fabric refresher. they agreed. [ experimenter 1 ] relax, take some nice deep breaths. [ experimenter 2 ] what do you smell? lilac. clean. there's something that's really fresh. a little bit beach-y. like children's blankets. smells like home. [ experimenter 1 ] okay. take your blindfolds off. ♪ hello? [ male announcer ] and now new and improved febreze fabr

that the mp to process was to be a surrogate for what was earlier age rooted talk, like against julius caesar. that is what our obligation is. to insist that members of congress stand up or we will not elect them. and one other thing, the latif decision is overwhelming redacted. most of it is all classified. >> thank you rokita this is a question that the questions are directed to lee. -- thank you. this is a question that the questioner directed to lee. estimated that in iraq range from 150,000 to 1 million. do you accept that this is an taxable amount of collateral damage would civilian in non- terrorist casualties? >> you need to look at it with respect to each separate operation. the concept is applied military act-by-military act. what you're asking is whether the war itself was were the, whether the amount of damage that was done to the civilian population of iraq, the amount of injury and damage that was done to our people who fought the war, was worth it. with respect to that, only time, i think, will tell. was it worth it to establish a democratic government in the middle east? as we

the impeachment process was to be a surrogate for what was earlier the coup d'etat like against julius caesarthat is what our obligation is to insist members of congress stand that we will not elect them anymore. one observation. we refer to this overwhelmingly redacted. so how we can be so confident with the conclusion is in the mystery to me because most or all these classified. >> thank you this is a question was directed to lisieux will go out of sequence for a moment. question, proportionality, question, estimated dead in iraq range from 150,000 to 1 million. do you accept that this is an acceptable amount of collateral damage and a civilian on terrorist casualties? >> you need to look at it with respect to each operation. the concept of the proportionality is one that is indeed applied military act by military act. what you are asking is whether the war itself was worth it. whether the amount of damage done was done to the civilian population, the amount of injury and damage the was done to our people who fought the war was worth it. with respect to that, only time i think will tell. wa