his latest piece is headlined "keep it up, ilhan omar."e is also the author of "the punishment of gaza." phyllis bennis is in washington. she is a fellow at the institute for policy studies, and serves on the national board of jewish voice for peace. her recent piece for in these times is headlined "why false accusations of anti-semitism against ilhan omar are so harmful." and remi kanazi is with us here in new york palestinian-american , a poet and activist. his latest book is "before the next bomb drops: rising up from brooklyn to palestine." we welcome you all to democracy now! let's go to tel aviv. gideon levy, your response to the debate in the final passage of the resolution on thursday in the house of representatives. >> it is wonderful that the house deals with anti-semitism. it is wonderful the house condemns anti-semitism. it should be condemned. but the context is very suspspicious and very troubling. let me be very frank with you, amy. we have to say the truth. the israeli lobby, the jewish lobby, are by far toooo strong d too

listen to what congresswoman omar said. she questioned the ability of an american to have allegiance to america if they were jewish. she questioned that. we have watched in history that question be asked before. what is really concerning to me is that if we don't speak strongly enough, that question continues to be asked. in this democratic party, they were not big enough to even name the individual who said it, nor this time, to even ask for an apology, nor to even bring it to the floor by itself. that is a turning moment and it concerns me as an american, and it is what concerns mefor the freedom of everybody else. thank you very much. a senior senate staff writer for rollcall j

let's move on to ilhan omar, sara carter.his anti-israel, anti-semitic behavior that nancy pelosi says she doesn't understand the meaning of her word, she is quite good at it. this is the beginning i think of a change in the democratic party that is backboneless. >> there are two things i think are important. ilhan omar cair and linda sarsaor, the fact that antisemitism is on the rise. and now they tried to normalize anti-semitism in their discourse. a former "wall street journal" reporter who is muslim. she is a phenomenal human being who was very close to daniel pearl who was executed in pakistan by terrorists. she says this is muslim supremacy. we can understand that. that visualize that. this is not about her being a victim. this is about her believing she is more important and better than anyone else. and americans have to understand that. judge jeanine: she came in and she came to this country as a refugee. but it is clear -- i think this is sharia adherent behavior. and it's somewhat disturbing if she is someone who is

let's move on to ilhan omar, sara carter.-israel, anti-semitic behavior that nancy pelosi says she doesn't understand the meaning of her word, she is quite good at it. this is the beginning i think of a change in the democratic party that is backboneless. >> there are two things i think are important. ilhan omar cair and linda sarsaor, the fact that antisemitism is on the rise. and now they tried to normalize anti-semitism in their discourse. a former "wall street journal" reporter who is muslim. she is a phenomenal human being who was very close to daniel pearl who was executed in pakistan by terrorists. she says this is muslim supremacy. we can understand that. that visualize that. this is not about her being a victim. this is about her believing she is more important and better than anyone else. and americans have to understand that. judge jeanine: she came in and she came to this country as a refugee. but it is clear -- i think this is sharia adherent behavior. and it's somewhat disturbing if she is someone who is sharia

listen to what congresswoman omar said. she questioned the ability of an american to have allegiance to america if they were jewish. she questioned that. we have watched in history that question be asked before. what is really concerning to me is that if we don't speak strongly enough, that question continues to be asked. in this democratic party, they were not big enough to even name the individual who said it, nor this time, to even ask for an apology, nor to even bring it to the floor by itself. that is a turning moment and it concerns me as an american, and it was certainly for the freedom of everybody else. thank you very much. >> he is a senior staff writer for roll call, and he joins us ahead of the senate debate and vote on the resolution to terminate the presidents of national emergency declaration to build the southern border wall. when is the senate expected to take up the resolution, and what is the current plan for the debate and vote? s: most likely the vote will be on thursday, because of the senate is about

she's written to the defense of congress woman omar.lor and working together. you can understand why they have a good relationship. that's well and good, this is america. they're free to speak out as they wish. but it's interesting that rather than denouncing the comments, you can see democrats in some cases sort of circling the wagons. again that gets to as you pointed out the pressure that is on speaker nancy pelosi, which by the way, pelosi campaigned in the mid-terms if democrats take power, we'll be focused on jobs, the economy, health care. instead, they're dealing with their internal business like this. >> charles: serious stuff. thanks, ed. so what do folks on the senate side make of this upcoming vote in the house? senator richard shelby joins us now. thanks for joining us. your thoughts on how this was initially an internal fight amongst democrats with one particular member and it was strictly focused on anti-semitic comments and the outrage that not only democrats fell for it but a lot of other americans felt as we. >> i'll t

congresswoman ongresswoman omar saidment. she questioned the ability of americans to have allegiance to america if they were jewish. she questioned that. we watched that question be asked before. what is concerning to me is we don't speak long enough. questions continue to get asked and does it continue to grow. they were not big enough to that i am the individual who said it nor ask for appear apology nor bring it to the floor itself. that is a turning moment. that concerns me as an american. thank you very much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> u.s. house approved h.r. 1, that bill would set up a publicly finance matching fund program for small donations to congressional candidates and makes election day a federal holiday and requires district lines to be drawn by nonpartisan commissions and requires the president to release 10 years of tax returns. senate majority

jeanine pirro questioned whether ilhan omar's religious beliefs run counter to the constitution. >> omar wears a me jab which according to the koran 33:59 tells women to cover so they won't get 34molested. is her adherence to this islamic doctrine indicative to her adherence to sharia law which is antithetical to the united states constitution? >> her comments came at the end of the week fl controversy for ilhan omar, beginning with her suggestion that jewish money is behind congressional support for israel. omar has drawn criticism from all quarters, but fox says piro went too far. >> they say we con demg tdemn t comments, they don't reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly. pirro did not apologize but says i did not call representative omar unamerican. my intention was to ask a question and start a debate. but of course because one is a muslim does not mean you didn't support the constitution. >>> the controversy around omar cast a cloud over democrats all last week and the gop took notice. liz cheney was one of 23 house republicans to vote agains

but she knows that's not what is in ilhan omar's heart. she says that she doesn't think omar understood the weight of the words that she was saying, and that she's not trying to be anti-semitic or even anti-israel. that she is trying to create a conversation talking about the current government inside israe israel. >> listen, i don't know how nancy pelosi should know the heart of herbs and omar. i think they've known too long. god only knows our hearts the date of the day. i need to say this -- we need to raise the little public discoure right here. we've been working on this and honor and civility caucus to try and change the tone of our politics. this is not helpful. this is going in the opposite direction. that's why her colleagues have such a problem with that on both sides avail. we need to have this vote, we need to do this soundly, condemning this kind of talk. as i said, the u.s. congress is no place for this hateful rhetoric. >> melissa: honor incivility, how's it going? >> you'd be surprised. we've got about 150 members of congre

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omar tweeting. exhibit-a of how reporters distort words. i am an obama fan and saying why trump is different from obama. this is why i tape my introduce. interviews. this is what omar said on the tape. >> [inaudible]. >> --. that's not what we should be looking for. we don't want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. we want to recognize the policies behind the pretty faces and smile. >> the same wording from the article. the reporter hit back on twitter telling omar exhibit-a of how politicians use the media to avoid owning what they said. your tape supports what i wrote 100%. it's beyond dispute. next time a phone call would be appreciated. the interview was published on day 5 of a difficult week for democrats on capitol hill. they pass the anti-hate bill in response to comments made by ilhan omar labeled as anti-semitic. a senior democratic house leader told fox all of our problems are caused by three people. >> they say are being targeted. >> shannon: today top democrats passing a massive bill that could remake amer

we did a lot of digging on omar.on behalf of isis, convicted americans that were joining isis. they wanted to kill americans and she was trying to get lighter sentence from a judge. this woman is not looking out for the best interest of the united states. she has something else in mind. there seems to be collectively be a group of them right now. it is great to talk to you! good to see you. >> thank you, trish. trish: venezuela is a catastrophic decline continues today. look at the pictures. there is no light. they have lights from generators or from some cars. we have word of multiple car accidents, they cannot take anymore bodies at the morgue. people are dying in hospitals because there is no electricity. the freedom fighter, marina corina machado will join me from the chaos coming up. at first, in other aoc -- spinning anti-semitism now actually accusing republicans of bigotry. coming up, i want you to see the tweet and comments for yourself. we are fact checking it. be right back. -ah, the old crew! remember whe

ilhan omar apologized for what she said. understand because a lot of people might not have understood what she said when she said it is all about the benjamin's. host: let me go onto rob who agrees with how the democrats are handling this. rob in boca raton, florida. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i don't necessarily agree with the previous caller that our biggest problem is the lobbyists . i think our biggest problem is having a president who is somewhat short on knowledge experience. televisionre on fox the republicans such as -- i think his name is jim jordan, steve king, even the president and others in the republican party who have made remarks that were anti-semitic only focusing -- they are only focusing on this woman with the headscarf. the optics for them are just that, optics and they are very powerful optics. it is firepower for republicans .lso with ocasio-cortez i don't know where she comes off. both young women, god bless them, but they are young, inexperienced women all the sudden in the forefront

omar has been rebuked in a matter of weeks. i can't think of another time -- i've been on the hill several years -- that we've seen leadership go after a member of their own party, particularly a freshman, so publicly like this. >> trace: yeah, she's apologized a couple times. this time she seems to be standing her grand more. she came out saying it's problematic being told that you're anti-american if you're not pro israel. so this time around, she's getting some support from herb freshmen colleagues and she's going to stand her ground and fight more. >> congress woman omar was in afri africa. she went after a junior jewish democrat that called on omar to apologize and retract her statement. congress woman omar said there's nothing to apologize for, these are my positions. we saw she was packed up by her freshman colleagues, particularly alexandria ocasio-cortez who said on twitter today, you know, there's a double standard here for controversial comments that lawmakers make. why are we going after congress woman omar when yes

omar tweeting exhibit a of how reporters distort words. i'm an obama fan. i was saying out trump is different from obama and why we should focus on policy, not politics, this is why i always tape my interviews. here is what she said on the tape in the article. >> policies are bad. they just were more polished. that is not what we should be looking for anymore. we don't want anybody to get away with murder if they are polished. we need to recognize the actual policies behind it. >> the same wording from the article. the reporter hit back on twitter telling omar exhibit a of how politicians use the media as a straw man to avoid owning what you said. you are tape supports 100% what i said, so does my longer tape. next telephone call from your office before the twitter ambush would be appreciated. politico published the interview on day 5 of a particularly difficult week for democrats on capitol hill they unanimously passed an anti-heat bill in response to comments made by congresswoman omar label is anti-semitic. a senior democratic house member told fox, quot

it's part of a series of complaints by ilhan omar. as the democratic majority tries to advance its policy ideas. >>> paul manafort, former campaign chairman, faces up to 25 years in prison. the prosecutor says he deserves the max because he kept lying instead of cooperating. >>> michael

you have to go after omar. wait a minute. syc leading democrats and, is it about silencing legitimate criticism of israel? and smearing, which is what we saw in west virginia with the poster. >> jesse: you are deflecting. you didn't answer greg's question. greg asked about u.s. foreign policy, why is there an obsession with israel and you didn't answer. why is it about israel? they are the only democratic country in that region. their human rights record is above and beyond iran, saudi arabia. i don't hear criticism of those countries. you only see criticism of israel. >> juan: are you kidding me? >> jesse: has omar spoken out about iranian human rights abuses, saudi human rights abuses? i haven't heard her. >> juan: america speaks out about these issues because there human rights record is so horrific. you are ignoring israel's record in terms of occupying west bank territories, their treatment of palestinians, and questions about a two-state solution which had been american -- >> jesse: i'm not ignoring it. i'm just not cal

apologized for omar's comments, while virginia's jennifer wexton's come to her omar's defense saying she's a victim of smears from foreign governments that are trying to divide us. earlier, congressman rose said this. >> congress in omar's coming through the cost people pain. in my community and jewish communities throughout the country, there is no doubt. she apologized for them and they're working as hard as we can to make sure this doesn't happen anymore. but i do think it was important for me to stand up in front of the jewish committee on staten island and say, look, i feel to you. congress caused you pain, because you hurt. will work as hard as we can make sure it doesn't happen again. >> harris: what a position to put himself in there and take accountability. what do you think about this for your party? >> leslie: there are two camps. the jewish vote, the mobile reduce majority democrats, that there's almost like a sucking sound of then leaving. my cousin is jewish, he's watching today. he's a member of aipac. he's a democrat but he is pro-israel.

that vote following congresswoman ilhan omar's controversial remarks about israel could happen at any moment. the resolution originally targeting only anti-semitism, but democratic leadership was forced to broaden it out after some members came to omar's defense asking why she is being held to a different standard than president trump and other republicans. here is speaker pelosi, who also says omar won't be singled out in the text. >> we are working now on the resolution. when we bring each of the floor, we will speak out against anti-semitism. anti-islamophobia, antiwhite supremacy, something that is one resolution addressing these forms of hatred. not mentioning her name, because

not calling out omar. heather: america's feelings on the israeli-palestinian conflict, 59% sympathize with israel, down 5% from 2018, 21% sympathize with palestinians, that is up 2%. what do you think of those numbers? is the following the lead of congress? >> the republican party, israel is finding it difficult time, telling a really great story. i can only tell you what i saw when i was there. i spent 17 hour days moving across israel talking to various people - one point i have to continuously be reminded i was in the west bank. when i was looking at -- it did not compare to the distorted images we are often told about by many in the mainstream media and our politicians and the un about the maltreatment of palestinians. what i was seeing was not extreme poverty or extreme degradation. i saw no greater poverty there than in many inner-city communities in the united states. even when we were looking into the refugee camp, in charge of building the security bench, it did not match the various images we get

new york democrats blasted omar urging her to retract.st be able to debate without prejudice or bigotry. i am saddened representative omar mischaracterizes support for israel. omar fired back i should not be expected to have allegiance, pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in congress or serve on committee. leading democrat was lawmakers must choose their words carefully. >> we are hurting people with our language. we have got to protect everybody's freedom of religion. >> reporter: the trump campaign advisor took a hard to tell with omar. >> is filth. >> something to omar's defense, alexandria ocasio cortez. if we call resolutions on statements of sexism a good chunk of congress would be gone. this expose friction between some veteran lawmakers and these new high profile freshmen, some thinking this doesn't go far enough suggesting congresswoman omar should be called out by name. on capitol hill, mike emanuel, fox news. rob: michael cohen on capitol hill as it is reveal his attorney tried securing a presidenti

omar, has received.om half an hour ago. so we have to be careful about this. in fact, hate crimes against jewish people in the united states are up more than any other group. that's just in the last couple years, and they are in fact the group most targeted by hate crimes in the united states. i think it is really important that we turned on the temperature and that we try to talk about how to have these conversations about politics and about ideology versus getting sort of tied up in tropes that can be really dangerous. >> jillian: but kennedy, is that one thing for her to make these comments and then apologize for some of them and then for people to want her to apologize for more of them than presidential candidates coming out and defending her? >> kennedy: i think it's offensive that these presidential candidates are trying to rationalize what she said. again, you are not going to inject nuance here. she's not talking coincidentally about foreign policy. there's always room for a rational discussion a

now have they stripped omar of anything? no, she's on the same foreign committee. >> star: and she really has -- a resolution. >> jesse: they have never taken action. >> star: it is going to get worse because she is not the only one elective that has this challenge and to try to pretend louis farrakhan is not part of the discussion, he is fooling himself and trying to fool the rest of america. >> leo: star -- >> dan: jesse, leo keeps calling out starr. and no evidence that anything he says. >> leo: i'm not yelling. >> dan does not want to lose his invitation. >> >> jesse: leo came on for show, name called but when you say something back to him. he says, you are name calling. we love you. leo, we love you. but we see right through it. >> >> i love you too. but star and dan are afraid of trump. >> jesse: nobody is afraid of anybody. and leo, i think i would be afraid of dan if you met him face-to-face. that's all i'm saying. and may be stark, i don't know. >> i'm not afraid of anyone. >> i'm not afraid of those guys. >> up nex

omar says she is being held to a double-standard. just last week, a poster was erected in the west virginia state capitol, linking her with 9/11. >> we get to be called names and labeled as hateful. we know what hate looks like. we see hate every, single day. >> reporter: that argument has resonated with some. tonight, democrats say they're going to be reworking this anti-semitism resolution to include anti-muslim bias, as well. and they say the vote, jeff, will likely get pushed off to thursday. >> nancy, thank you. >>> a month after he shared his story with dr. taryn arula, a teenage rebel testified on capitol hill today, about the importance of getting vaccinations. >> reporter: sitting alongside health professionals was an unlikely witness. >> my mother would turn to anti-vaccine groups on social media. >> reporter: ethan lindenburger te testified about his fight with his own mother to get vaccinations. >> for my mother, it was used to push an agenda to create a false distress. >> reporter: we met him last month, when he told us

and then ocasio-cortez, she was supporting omar. and then they come up with this ridiculous resolution. we'll just condemn everything, but we won't mention congresswoman omar that's causing the action in the first place. you know what i see? i see a very scared, frightened speaker of the house that knows that she will either do what this new extreme element of her party says or she will lose her position as speaker. >> let me say this, sean. i think that the speaker knew that she had to deal with the issue. honestly, none of us are in support of bigotry and the democrats had to answer the issue today and they did via resolution. it's a party with a lot of viewpoints at this point. i think the speaker's leading well -- >> sean: i didn't have enough votes -- would you get on the stage with a woman that supports sharia law, genital mutilation of women. kirsten gillibrand did get on a stage with her. others are friends and support her. do you think hanging out with such an individual if a republican did it, what do you think the reactio

congresswoman omar her greatest sin was not saying anything remotely anti-semitic not even actually anti israel her sin was is to reveal the very cozy relationship congress has with apac and with israel and she got plummeted from. all cross the aisle both sides and the media continues to misrepresent what she actually said and then we point out here it's probably the only issue that i would agree with her on and i think that what's that's is what makes this national conversation very very important go ahead in athens. yeah i agree with you on that on reading her comments i don't think there was there was anything that controversial as to what she said she said it's something that many people in d.c. i'm sure are well aware of and everybody that's watching this show i'm sure is well aware of but the interesting part about this whole story peter is i think the semantic israel stuff is more of a side show the real story to all of this to me at least was watching the democrats having to deal with do we condemn a black muslim love immigrant woman speaks to the intersectionality that is plagui

have they stripped omar up anything? no, she's on the same foreign committee. >> star: and she really has -- a resolution. >> jesse: they have never taken action. >> star: it is going to get worse because she is not the only one elected and to try to pretend louis farrakhan is not >> tech: at safelite autoglass, we really pride ourselves on making it easy to get your windshield fixed. >> teacher: let's turn in your science papers. >> tech vo: this teacher always puts her students first. >> student: i did mine on volcanoes. >> teacher: you did?! oh, i can't wait to read it. >> tech vo: so when she had auto glass damage... she chose safelite. with safelite, she could see exactly when we'd be there. >> teacher: you must be pascal. >> tech: yes ma'am. >> tech vo: saving her time... [honk, honk] >> kids: bye! >> tech vo: ...so she can save the science project. >> kids: whoa! >> kids vo: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ when it comes to reducing the evsugar in your family's diet,m. coke, dr pepper and pepsi hear you. we'r

omar is an anti-semite. not everyone criticizes israel, or anybody who is jewish but someone who repeatedly issues, traffics the classic tracts, control politicians with media, control money and royalties and that person is anti-semite, you have nancy pelosi reasonably criticize it and you have to step back, the far left is pushing back and it is the base of the democratic party today. shannon: we heard several reports on what happened, house democrats erupted protests, indirect sanction of representative omar, they will not include her name in this resolution. the article says house democrats erupted in fury challenging leaders, sanctioning freshman omar. and there would be that much heat. and -- >> they will sacrifice anything, at the end of the day, the coalition of the far left socialists, dictators, it is offensive to me that she's not held to the same standard, there would be unanimous rebuke and wouldn't have been an issue but she's being coddled and infantilized. she's not being given public love. i

make no mistake, representative omar is a repeat offender. been called out numerous times on the things that she says -- now she is not even backing down because she has aoc and other young millennials and the hot new wing of the democratic party defending her. this way lies defeat for the democratic party in 2020 for continues. >> harris: representative davidson was on with me earlier. he was saying very much what judy is saying, and even took it further that republicans may move to censure her. >> they may try to come and they probably should. it's creating a problem going forward for the democrats omar at aoc. they are not going away despite this resolution tomorrow. this is not becoming an issue that progressives are inside the democratic party with his point of view. eventually the democratic presidential candidates are going to be asked about this. a lot of the progressives are leaning on them. it's going to be interesting to see how they respond to this. >> harris: if this hangs around, absolutely. because she has already been called o

the controversy surrounding elon omar, the new congresswoman from minnesota. she is one of the country's first phenom a -- first female muslim lawmakers and has drawn controversy for comments some say are anti-semitic. her own constituents are on her side. >> a busy morning at the village market, with its barbershops. the mall is highly popular along members of indianapolis similarly community. they tell me they are proud to be represented by ilhan omar, an immigrant like them. >> we will support her 100%. she should not fear anybody, she should not fear any group in those what she is doing. >> put him believe it is anti-semitic. fellow jews and muslims and everybody else, we coexist. >> in washington, ilhan omar drew an intense battle after suggesting american support for israel was all about the benjamin's, baby. a reference to $100 bills. and for remarks she made about aipac, a pro-israel lobby group. >> i want to talk k about political influence in this country that says it is ok for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country. i want to o ask, why

nothing has happened to omar. nothing. and she has made disgusting, insulting anti-semitic, anti--jew anti-israel comments and nothing happens. i think nancy pelosi has a problem on her hands. she has got some, you know, very young horses in the corral who have broken through the gate and are running wild and she cannot control them. >> bill: speaking of which ocasio-cortez sent out email flier asking for money around the time vote happened. aipac is coming after ilhan, and rasheda. crackup first line in the piece it reads americans love a good overall and that's terrible news for speaker nancy pelosi her democratic party has commenced a full throwdown with itself. so then, how has she managed this? >> well, i think better than most people could have and would have. nancy pelosi say whatever you want to about her. she is an incredibly skilled politician and normally, exercises control with an iron first. an eye fist. she has folks in her caucus who did not come to be back benchers, these are rookies who came to swing tore

what happens on omar, quickly, in the time we have left here ilhan omar and the resolution? >> i think the pressure keeps building and i think at some point the democrats will hope that it goes away but i think it won't go away and eventually they have to vote to at a minimum rebuke her and at a maximum take her off the foreign relations committee. >> bill: check out newt's world. newt gingrich in washington. >> thank you. >> bill: thank you. we appreciate that david axelrod as newt gingrich told us a couple times already he made a mistake in the 1990s in the bill clinton matter. axelrod says you don't do this. take it slow. we will see where they go based on leadership. >> sandra: reaction on all the top stories this morning. meanwhile this new report satellite images coming inside activity north korean missile site sparking new concerns kim jong un could be ramping up his nuclear weapons program. but the trump administration still hopeful for a deal. so what happens next with all of this? we're going to bring in former ambassador bill richardson. plus, there is this. >> we

are you concerned the house hasn't reputeiated senator omar? >> first, anderson thank you for tackling this very, very important issue and a very sensitive one. the president's comments are plainly ludicrous. they are deeply wrong and regrettable. what he's doing is essentially trying to again divide us, seeking to distract from his own troubles, resorting to demagoguery about a resolution that was overwhelming supported by a bipartisan majority. and the majority of republicans supporting it, along with every democratic member of the united states house of representatives, and what it expressed was american values, denouncing, anti-semitism, anti-islam bigotry, racism. we ought to be trying to overcome the rising incidents of hate crimes rather than resorting to this deeply wrong and regrettable demagoguery. >> the back story on the resolution, initially it was going to be directed towards the comments that congressman omar had made using anti-semitic tops. and then other democrats didn't want that or wanted -- you can argue they didn't want to

you heard congresswoman omar's comments. you were part of a group that helped elect her.hat would you say to her about those comments? >> i would say this is your megaphone moment i'm not sure he -- she was ready to embrace. that through a tweet this has now caused, quite frankly, a firestorm, but what's important to understand is that the resolution that came out was ultimately good. we should be condemning acts of hatred and bigotry, but at the same time, my advice to her at this moment would be, focus on your agenda, what you told your constituents you wanted to do for them, and now quite frankly, that's going to be a little bit up in the air as so much attention is now on her comments. >> alex, you're shaking your head. you shook your head when you said, ultimately this came out good. >> i don't think it came out well. i don't think it came out well for the democrats overall. it's -- she -- congresswoman omar got mud on her white dress that she wore to the state of the union. anti-semitic mud, and instead of apologizing and washing it off went -- she hid in a crowd an

even omar voting for the measure that did not mention her by name, we should say. here's nancy pelosi praising the measure's passage. >> in congress and across the country, we must accept the debate on any subject in a legitimate way, whether it's on our u.s. israel policies and the rest, all of our members for demonstrating the courage to have this difficult conversation and for doing so in a spirit of great respect. disagreeing sometimes but never questioning the patriotism on motivation with whom we serve. >> 23 republicans voted against this measure saying it was watered down and a sham. earlier today, president trump also criticized the resolution. >> yesterday's vote by the house was disgraceful. because it's become the -- the democrats are an anti israel party, an anti jewish party. i thought that vote was a disgrace and so does everybody else if you get an honest answer. if you get an honest answer from politicians, they thought it was a disgrace. >> chief capitol hill correspondent mike emanuel from the hill. >> good afternoon. on the house floor some of t

congresswoman omar's tweet went too far.o suggest that pro-israel support is all about the benjamins and her follow-up that she is referring to aipac, is not only inaccurate but conjures up the worst anti-semitic stereotypes. are her comments more critical of israel, or whatever she said in the past just makes whatever is said about israel problematic, in your view? >> she's a member of the united states congress. she's 37 years old. she knows what she's doing. and she's made these statements in the past. she has to be much more careful going forward because people are listening very carefully to what she says. this is like, you know, president kennedy when he ran for president and they said, oh, if he becomes the president, he's going to have a phone call to the pope to ask what to do. my father went through this as an italian american, people questioning his loyalty. he fought in world war ii as an italian american. this is a real problem. with the jewish population, we have to understand rk, there ar 2.5 billion christian

, and then ocasio-cortez was sporting omar. then they come up with the retick louse resolution. look at the action in the first place. i see a scared, frightened, speaker of the house that knows she will do what the new extreme element of her party says or she will lose her position as speaker. >> let me say this, sean. i think that the speaker knew she had to deal with the issue. obviously none of us are in support of bigotry and the democrats had to answer the issue today.ad they did. it is a party with a lot of view points at this point. i thinkia the speaker is leading well. >> sean: a lot of view points. they didn't have enough votes. >> be careful. >> sean: would you get on the stage with a woman that supports sharia law? because kirsten gilebrand did. >> i'm a strong supporter of apa ac. >> sean: what would the reaction be if it was a republican? it is a simple question. >> it wouldn't be a good question. >> sean: would you get on the stage? >> i think you have to be careful with who you are seen with. >> sean: would you

this one in response to comments made by ilhan omar.he's under fire from her own party this morning after saying in a forum last week that political influence groups like the pro israel lobby are pushing for allegiance to a foreign country. why is it okay for me to talk about big pharma and not talk about a powerful lobbying group that's influencing policy. overnight the president again called for the congresswoman to be removed from the foreign relations committee which we should point out is not only table right now. we have our panel with me onset. this time congresswoman omar is not apologizing. it seems like there's pushback. she's also not singled out specifically in the resolution. >> that's exactly right. representative omar has her defenders up here on capitol hill. just this morning late last night representative alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeted in defense of her, saying that it's a legitimate concern that omar has that she wants to have a policy debate about israel. she says that's something that's been lacking here in congre

>> i think what ilhan omar said was really unfortunate.mar, again, if you look at the full text of her statement that she gave, and all of the statements she's made about israel and palestinians, ilhan omar, unlike donald trump, is a believer in human rights and equality for both jews and palestinians. the vast -- >> how do we know that for jews? >> because i've seen her entire record. >> she's supports bds. she supports bds, which doesn't allow israel's right to exist. how is that supporting jews? >> sorry. i'm an american jew who opposes the bds movement. but ilhan omar's statements have consistently been about recognizing the humanity and suffering of both jews and palestinians, and the vast majority of members of congress in both parties. >> okay. >> are entirely -- >> except when she's making anti-semitic tropes. >> all right. i have to leave it there. >> that's a different issue. talk what's going on in palestinian. >> i have to leave it there. i will say that chairman engel said he is not going to request her to be removed from his

congress as ellyn omar's comments? >> yes.minister netanyahu said the other day israel is not a country for all its citizens. a shocking apartheid comment to say so casually and yet we don't pay attention to that or the u.n. speaking about human rights abuses because of the shooting of palestinians including nurses and children. we don't have the that discussion. if there's one thing i want to get across to listeners, as a bit of a response to the other panelists, the jewish community is not monolithic on these questions. she mentioned overwhelming majority of jews being scared. i'm jewish, part of a jewish community and it was like a breath of fresh air to have ilhan omar say these words. we've organized against aipac, protested against aipac and tried to get more oxygen into the discussion and say wait a minute. benjamin netanyahu does not speak for us. he is not as david gregory said king of the jews or leader of the jews, whatever he said. we are not mono-lynic in thinking about israel about the occupations, ob netanyahu o