>> oren: bob, i'm the ambassador of the state of israel. very, very infrequently as ambassador. it's just... that's an extraordinary move for me to complain about something. when i heard that you were going to do a story about christians in the holy land and my assum... and... and had, i believe, information about the nature of it, and it's been confirmed by this interview today... >> simon: nothing's been confirmed by the interview, mr. ambassador, because you don't know what's going to be put on air. >> oren: okay, i don't. true. >> simon: mr. ambassador, i've been doing this a long time. ( laughs ) and i've received lots of reactions from just about everyone i've done stories about. but i've never gotten a reaction before from a story that hasn't been broadcast yet. >> oren: well, there's a first time for everything, bob. >> simon: this land has seen just about everything over the centuries. the ritual in the church of the holy sepulchre the day before easter hasn't changed in more than a millennium. we went into the church with patriarc

journalist an academic who specializes in the middle east and north africa and in tel aviv we go to oren kessler he is middle east affairs correspondent for the jerusalem post all right folks this is crosswalk that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage that and the bill in london if i go to you first here what do you make of the muslim brotherhood's decision to run a candidate only a week ago two weeks ago they in fact equally denied that they were going to do it now they are we see the movement slightly fractured it's a big gamble and if they win they have all power. well absolutely it certainly is a dramatic shift from the muslim brotherhood. prior policy not to feel a candidate in the presidential race precisely because the accusations directed at the muslim brotherhood are already real doing too much power having the effect of your monopoly on egyptian state affairs following the overwhelming victory in the parliament but also because they are also in charge overwhelmingly in drafting egypt's new constitution and i think their decision before not to send a cand

no no no no no no reason for an irony in that you know they don't first is he asked first go ahead oren well it's just simply untrue that it was that the brotherhood was pushed underground due to the u.s. war on terror the end of the brotherhood has been underground for decades going back to the era of gamal abdel nasser so i mean i'm not quite sure where in the view is getting is going the facts. little you want to respond to that especially so especially if yes absolutely i'm saying it as best as specially so in america's war on terror which largely contributed not just in egypt but across the muslim world to stigmatise islamic parties not just in egypt but in tunisia in morocco and indeed across the region and contributed to demonize this party and basically paint them as islamic extremists and now we know that the muslim brotherhood is seen as a moderate party and contrary to what alisa was saying it is also seen in egypt as a bloc in fact to the more radical a party which is the son of his party of the new world which is supported by gulf countries especially saudi arabia ok richar

es decir actividades del diario vivir como buscar trabajo, recibir educación, atención medica oren to puede bre su residencia legal el país. los activistas que se oponen a su vigencia. se presta que agentes del orden arresten a personas basándose en su perfil racial. otros estados como alabama, utah indiana, georgia y carolina del sur. viven dramas similares, con leyes parecidas. >>> lo que realmente quieren hacer, es perjudicar y te feria facultad de perseguir y reprimir como nunca aptos en la historia de este país, al sector inmigrante. >>> según los argumentos presentados por el gobierno federal tienen más peso prácticamente el mandato constitucional los estados no pueden interponerse ens leyes de in mr grags. >>> que sean los estados que tomen la iniciativa, de establecer los procedimientos para im mre pleno tar las leyes de inmigración facultad que l este momento, o sea, derecho, autoridades que este momento solo el gobierno federal tiene. este pleito de poderes llega justo en pleno año electoral. no se descarta que el presidente obama se referirá al tema en su campaña de ri ele

sort of first encourage their first discuss the story with oren first correspondent for the jerusalem post joining us on the line live from tel aviv or and both. trying to downplay the situation saying this dispute is purely commercial is there really nothing to worry about here. well you know it's very interesting there's been a very rare sort of note of harmony between cairo in jerusalem on this on this matter the relations between the two countries have been very strained for the past fourteen months since president hosni mubarak's ouster but today both governments are saying that this is purely a business dispute this is not a political dispute. even though the governments are saying that i think in both countries more independent independent media bloggers etc are more suspicious of that claim they think this is this really is more of a political sort of gesture on your car says it is ready to negotiate a new contract with israel but it's going to cost israel dear if you look at those figures it supply already pulls forty percent of its natural gas that is lower the market rates

so many men and vehicles are there a person percentage will die oren wounded in action. if we oent put 300 guys out there, sure a few tanks and dummy truck, likelihood fewer will get hit. we can try to get the barrage on them. you'd have these guys with artillery shell casings fashioned into a thing calmed a flash device. that would mimic or artillery. if you were on that hill 1,000 yards away thinking, there's that 155 or whatever, and so they're shooting up what are basically fireworks, and getting real artillery back so that the real american gunners can now get a fix on -- just absolutely nuts what these guy was doing. at some moment, as i interviewed them i would ask the question, well, didn't it occur to you that you were basically making yourself a sitting duck? and they would all kind of scratch their head, get quiet and say, well, yeah, but after three or four months, yeah. we said, wait a minute. we keep getting these barrages. what's going on? and i think the tribute to them is that they did it anyway. nobody deserted, ran away or failed to show up. and these

up next, republican senator oren hatch says the obama campaign will play against mitt romney.ho says obama is a mormon? by the way, you can twitter me at smerconish. >>> welcome back to "hardball." our hardball strategists are back tonight to discuss two trending topics on the campaign trail this week. number one, rick santorum met with conservatives today to try to bring together the conservative vote and that also meant discussing how to get newt gingrich to drop out. and hatch figures that romney will have his mormon faith used against him. todd harris. todd, give some advice to senator santorum. if you had his ear today, what would you be telling him to do? >> two words: drop out. the legacy of the santorum campaign is going to be -- it's going to boil down, really, to one of two things. there is everything that has happened until this moment, and then everything going forward. if he were to get out now, i think the legacy of his campaign would be, look, this is a leader who came from behind, he went from also ran to near front runner status virtually overnight. he ran a h

. >> rick: we begin with politics on this saturday and the senator from utah, oren hatch, may be in the political fight of his life. he's facing a challenge from within his own party. he fell just short of clinching an automatic nomination at a utah gop convention just a few hours ago. now this sets up a primary in june between the senator and former state senator. casey stegall is live with more on this, casey? >> good to see you. a little confusing here. let's first of all break this down for you. utah's election system is extremely unique in that it is the only one in the country where candidates, both republican and democrats advance to the primary or general election based on what the delegates have to say at the state conventions. this weekend both the republicans and the democrats holding their conventions in utah. incumbent senator orrin hatch would have received the outright nomination as the republican candidate if he received 60% or more of the vote at today's gop convention, meaning he could skip the primary all together. well that, did not happen. however, it was extremely

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two years ago, oren hatch looked like sure goner. the six-term republican from utah enters the state republican convention saturday as the heavy favorite with a real possibility of securing enough support to win the senate nomination outright for going the need for a statewide primary. his standing is a clear triumph both in utah and nationally and it has served notice that the establishment can fight back. paul cane's story in the "washington post" goes through a few of the reasons why it is believed that senator hatch is the heavy favorite in today's convention. he needs to finish with 60% to avoid having a primary. another headline from the front page of the "wall street journal" on the utah convention. big test set for tea party muscle. it notes that again, oren hatch is up to date on the convention in utah. host: mr. hatch, 78 years old and mr. luge err, 80, were elected to the senate in 1986 and are along its most senior and recognizable republicans. this years, they are the top targets of conservatives looking to knock off rep

raise your hand if you consider yourself to be conservative oren the right. 15 -- okay. i know your answer. okay. so, just the conservatives, raise your hand if you think we should take very expensive and costly steps to avert this. raise your hand? one. two. and raise your hand -- three, four. and raise your hand if you think we should not. not embark on a drastic program? it's not perfectly predictable, we have a very strong party effect. you can predict people's opinions. liberty tearans, raise your hand. you know, libertarians are the least tribal people in the world. why are you sitting together? this is weird. >> we're all friends. >> all friends? i didn't know libber tearans -- no, never mind. libber tearans, raise your hand if you think we should take quick and costly steps to avert this. and raise your hand if you think we should not. okay. i knew your answer. okay. >> i'm not a saying those who say we shouldn't do anything are deniers or wrong. i think my sense is most people acknowledge global warming is caused by -- i'm sorry most people acknowledge there's w

mention his recruiting practice and his whole idea of one and done and there's more than one play orencted to be drafted. of course, anthony davis, that everyone is talking about. how does that affect college basketball? >> you know, it's interesting. it's nba rule that requires a player to be removed from high school for one year or more before he's draft eligible. kids who have left right out of high school have gone on to college for the last six or seven years, a small number. but john calipari is about trying to serve elite basketball players while they're at the university of kentucky. that's his focus. he recruits the best player his e can get, he molds them into a team that's looking to pursue a championship. and if they're ready or he feels they're ready to move on one year or two, he'll encourage them to do that. it's not ideal, but it's not outside of the rules, and john calipari has embraced that, unlike any other coach in college basketball. >> and how many of his players will go in the first round? >> he's got -- i think his top six players are all nba-caliber players. of

to the members of congress, members of the diplomatic corps, including ambassador michael oren of israel, we are glad to be with you. and most of all, we are honored to be in the presence of men and women whose lives are a testament to the endurance and the strength of the human spirit -- the inspiring survivors. it is a privilege to be with you, on a very personal level. as i've told some of you before, i grew up hearing stories about my great uncle -- a soldier in the 89th infantry division who was stunned and shaken by what he saw when he helped to liberate ordruf, part of buchenwald. and i'll never forget what i saw at buchenwald, where so many perished with the words of sh'ma yis'ra'eil on their lips. i've stood with survivors, in the old warsaw ghettos, where a monument honors heroes who said we will not go quietly; we will stand up, we will fight back. sacrede walked those grounds at yad vashem, with its lesson for all nations -- the shoah cannot be denied. during my visit to yad vashem i was given a gift, inscribed with those words from the book of joel: "has the like of this hap

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to the members of congress, members of the diplomatic corps, including ambassador michael oren of israel be with you. and most of all, we are honored to be in the presence of men and women whose lives are a testament to the endurance and the strength of the human spirit -- the inspiring survivors. it is a privilege to be with you, on a very personal level. as i've told some of you before, i grew up hearing stories about my great uncle -- a soldier in the 89th infantry division who was stunned and shaken by what he saw when he helped to liberate ordruf, part of buchenwald. and i'll never forget what i saw at buchenwald, where so many perished with the words of sh'ma yis'ra'eil on their lips. ine stood with survivors, the old warsaw ghettos, where a monument honors heroes who said we will not go quietly; we will stand up, we will fight back. and i've walked those sacred grounds at yad vashem, with its lesson for all nations -- the shoah cannot be denied. during my visit to yad vashem i was given a gift, inscribed with those words from the book of joel: "has the like of this happened in you

oren steen helped to shape the mccain-feingold finance law that was really overturned in the citizensunited decision. i think the title says it all. it is even worse than it looks, how the american constitutional system collided with the new politics of extremism. [applause] let me begin with you. he was bounced from office because of his extreme views. he said if you did ago that mitt romney's position on immigration is the same as his own. now we see mitt romney pushing the reset button a bit on this issue. it changed the focus by exploring barack obama for not pushing hard for a conflict paired has receive services show romney support among hispanics has been hovering around 14%, about a third of what george w. bush had. it is a little bit less than half of what john mccain had. if you look at the presentation that we had on the distribution of votes, this is a huge problem and a huge burden. what it tells us is that you have a set of forces in the country now, which is primary voters and the base of the party that pull candidates in a direction which is inevitable with the directi