joining us this morning, bob woodward, kathleen parker, ana navarro and richard wolffe.ow here is david gregory. >> welcome to all of you. let's talk about the pure politics. let's talk about how president obama is handling this, the leadership test. kathleen parker, in your column this morning in "the washington post," i think you capture something, the two styles america is now dealing with going back to president bush and president obama. you write, "we can't seem to get it quite right at the helm. either we're saddled with a cocksure decidinator, i had to say that -- who is feared for his lack of pause, or we're stuck with an overthinker so afraid of making the wrong decision that he paralyzes himself into a pose of ineptitude." so then for everybody, and i'll start with you, how has obama handled this? >> well, it's been painful watching, really, because we've been witness to i think what seems to be his internal struggle, i mean his superego are at odds with each other, maybe his inner hawk and inner dove, but in any case he can't quite get to where he needs to be,

. >> joining me political reporter alex and heather mcgee and kathleen parker.apital hill is nbc news correspondent, luke. before we get to the analysis here, bring us the latest on this fluid ever changing situation, which is can and will the republicans in the senate filibuster the house bill? >> well you mentioned earlier in your introduction the parliamentarian procedure rules that harry will put in place on this bill which would limit the ability to filibuster once it went to the floor. so what ted cruz would have to do is in order to stage a true filibuster, he would in fact have to filibuster the house bill that he had praised earlier in the week because he is starting to say that harry reid going to change it. this is a kafgs that we had this morning. if ted cruz wants to go that rou route, how do you explain that to the average voter? that is one thing they are leary of right now. i will also throw in there that if there is any sort of filibuster of this bill once it has actually moved the floor of the senate, it would mainly be theatrica theatrical. >>

kathleen parker and ed rendell.'m going to let ladies first here, because that's what the topic is. i don't think it's the only reason. there's a lot of question marks, a lot of them about deregulation, about his guilt with the shutdown five years ago and everything else. but when we heard in the beginning after coming out of harvard, he was president of harvard one day. next day he wasn't because of those words. >> that's right. and i at the time defended him, and i still think he was treated unfairly. i'm a believer in allowing people to say things they may later retract. have we ever said anything we regretted? never. i think maybe he misstated. he later said he did. look. there are lots of ways to say men and women have different interests. they are different inclinations. there's no question. >> aptitudes. >> well, intrinsic aptitudes was a poor choice of words. he's now the paula deen of womens politics. i think it will always be held against him. he's recognized that and decided to throw in the towel. >> you

"washington post" columnist kathleen parker and republican strategist ana navarro analyze the president'sking. plus, the fifth anniversary of the financial meltdown, the great disconnect, the dow was up, so were corporate profits but income equality is bigger than ever. are we better than we were five years ago. former treasury secretary hank paulson is here in a sunday morning exclusive along with former congressman barney frank and cnbc's maria bartiromo. i'm david gregory. all that adead on this edition of "meet the press." for sunday, september 15th. >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the word's longest running television program, this is "meet the press." >>> and good sunday morning, secretary of state john kerry is on the ground in israel right now where he's meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu whose reaction to the deal is cautious but supportive. we'll get a response from senator john mccain in a moment. but first andrea mitchell just back from her travels with the secretary of state with the very latest on this deal. andrea, it amounts to this, assad and the ru

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kathleen parker is more moderate. she's not really a supporter of the president but she nails it. has been more supportive of the president over the last five years. guest: think it will and the 40 hour workweek. anyway, labor has been overwhelmingly supporter of the present and they do not like this bill. they are panicked about it because it will hurt working people. let's delay this for one year. let's give it a chance to get these exchanges up. this is right around the corner and this is not ready for prime time. host: we will hear from congressman eric cantor in a moment but let's go to michigan, republican -- good morning. i want tood morning, thank you for addressing mental health as it relates to having healthcare coverage print you kind of spoke out of your mouth both ways when you said delay it. you cannot delay mental health for a person, it does not work. in terms of big labor, as a child of a victory worker, my father, he would have supported the affordable care act. he is deceased. my brother still works for gm and does supported. - it. perhaps some people are afraid

forcelet me add a third to this, kathleen parker writes in "the washington post" this morning -- eleanorlift? guest: she is gifted with words but i do not see the president paralyzed. i see has a good outcome here. he basically put the use of chemical weapons on hold and is on a path to potential destruction of them. renton, it was not always a clear line of the last week. a still has the potential of military strike in his back pocket. i doubt he is going to go back to congress and ask. as syrians do start taking potshots at the inspector or to launch these weapons again. -- or to launch these weapons again i think the potential of a military strike by our president is possible. i would be careful about calling the president a week. -- calling the president weak. he got osama bin laden. we all have to write columns and come up with a thesis but i would not put much stock in hers. guest: it is very difficult for us who a line and affiliate ourselves with political labels, whether it was bush in the white house and you can see no wrong in it. sometimes you have to rise above political lea

kathleen parker is more moderate. she's not really a supporter of the president but she nails it. host: she has been more supportive of the president over the last five years. guest: anyway, labor has been overwhelmingly supporter of the present and they do not like this bill. they are panicked about it because it will hurt working people. let's delay this for one year. let's give it a chance to get these exchanges up. this is right around the corner and this is not ready for prime time. host: we will hear from congressman eric cantor in a moment but let's go to michigan, republican -- good morning. caller: good morning, i want to thank you for addressing mental health as it relates to having healthcare coverage print you kind of spoke out of your mouth both ways when you said delay it. you cannot delay mental health for a person, it does not work. in terms of big labor, as a child of a victory worker, my father, he would have supported the affordable care act. he is deceased. my brother still works for gm and does supported. - it. perhaps some people are afraid to lose those high