is mrs. rabin still alive? has she -- did she ever connect with the amir family? >> guest: no, she died about five years after the assassination. and did not connect with the amir family. but also did not concern leah rabin largely felt that while one person was the gunman, there was incitement against rabin in the years leading up to the assassination by the right and the extreme right especially. people referred to rabin regularly as a murderer in street protests and held up signs of rabin dressed in a nazi uniform in one instance. for the family the culprit is not just amir, but a larger section of the right wing that incited against the israeli leader. >> host: amir's family, his brother is releasedded. what's he doing today? >> guest: so he was released a little more than two years ago and he was studying physics at the time. he was a university student studying physics in 1995. spent 17 years in prison and largely returned to the life he had left. so he's back in his home back in the same room that he shared with his brother where they plotted the murder, ba

is mrs. rabin still alive? has she did she ever connect with the amir family? >> guest: no. she died about five years after the assassination. and did not connect with the amir family. but also did not -- leah rabin felt and this is largely true of the rabin family, that while amir, the shooter was the gunman, there was a broader campaign of incitement against rabin in the years leading up to the assassination by the right and the extreme right especially. people referred to rabin regularly as a murderer in street protests and held up signs of rabin dressed in a cas sia or dressed in a nazi uniform in one instance. for the family, the culprit not just amir, but a larger segment of the right wing that incited against the israeli leader. >> host: amir's family, his brother was released. what's he doing today? >> guest: so he was released a little more than two years ago and he was studying physics at time. he was a university student studying physics in 1995, spent 17 years in prison and largely returned to the life he had left. is so he's back that his home back in the same r

is mrs. rabin still alive? does she ever interact with the family? > she died five years after the assassination. and did not connect with the family. but also did not, this is largely true that rabin family that while at the gala near was the shooter, the gunman there is a broader campaign in the years leading up to the assassination by the right and the extreme right especially. people referred to him regularly as a murderer and street protests and held up signs ever been dressed in a uniform in one instance. for the family the culprit, not just amir but a larger segment of the right wing against the israeli leader. >> amir's family. his brother is released. what is he doing today? >> he was released more than two years ago is studying physics at the time. a university student studying physics in 1995 spent 17 years in prison and large the return to the life he had left. back in his song, back in the same room he shared when they plotted the murder, back to studying electrical engineering and one of the things that surprised me was the end to which

rabin. that led to a tragic outcome. i hope people stand back and understand mr. huckabee has crossed a serious line here. every republican candidate should stand up, condemn this and ask him to retract it. >> now there are lots of folks who oppose the deal. in the argue mentation against the deal, much of it has been about israel. much of it is about israel's security and a nation created in the wake of the holocaust has a specific and earned fear of this kind of threat. as someone who was ambassador to israel for four years what's your understanding of the back and forth? >> chris, i experienced twiets in my career -- once before i became ambassador and once during my tenure the real expression of israeli concern when its security and well-being was threaten. the fwul of war of 1991 when iraq fired dozens of scud missiles at israel. israel had done nothing. again the concern that iraq in 2003 would react to the american invasion by launching perhaps weapons of mass destruction. it's fair for the israelis to be concerned, particularly about iran. they are a country that's called for israel's destruction.