of all but i'll give it a shot. >> with us now is joe klein and in the state capital of columbia, the chairman of south carolina republican party, mattarolina which is columbia. all right, so joe klein, now that we have that straightened out. >> what was that? >> i asked trump after that and i thought it was the news of the night, i said what do you assign blame for in the stalemate in the middle east? the israelis or the palestinians. i have yet to meet a republican, including myself, who wouldn't immediately say palestinians, donald trump, the deal maker says you know what? i'm not going to a side today because that would stop me from being able to broker a peace. maybe so, but that's almost heresy in the republican party. >> yeah, but the thing is the reason why he's not going to pick a side and the reason why he doesn't get specific on a lot of stuff is that he doesn't know anything. i mean, i know you guys really pushed him last night on a number of issues -- >> well, first of all. >> hold on a second, joe, before that you didn't hear what he was saying, he was talking about how his israeli friends constantly say -- >> it was bo