of money now for just a moment and enter a very different one, the one of the famous composer richard wagner. >> across the planet next year, the music and theater world will be focusing on bachmann, the giant of german opera -- focusing on wagner, the giant german opera. all over the world, stages will be teaming with performers. >> celebrations have already started in buenos aires with a shortened version of "the rain cycle quarter me -- it is 7 hour -- a mere seven hours instead of the usual 16. >> it is the ideal setting. they are not gold but a baby, a reference to children lost to argentina's military dictatorship. the director's interpretation is dramatic and also challenging. >> it is funny. i like it, but sometimes it is pretty heavy going. >> it is very abstract. it lacks grandeur. the argentinian touch is moving. sometimes it is annoying, sometimes painful, too. >> in the tragic climax, the daughter stands amid falling heroes, and other reference to the military dictatorship and the falklands war. it is a strong cast, including the american soprano. >> wonderful. it was an absolut

influential dramatist. 200 years of richard wagner. 2013 is the famous composers bicentenary. wagoner 200. we accompanied is a major cultural but throughout the year. www.dw.de english wagner 200. >> welcome back. thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets to denounce the israel's offensive of the gaza strip. >> they were chanting they would go to gaza in the millions and they have a similar protests by the muslim brotherhood all over the country. >> morsi says he will not leave god on their own. for more now, let's go to on the line from cairo. the message of solidarity from morsi is a strong one. his muslim brotherhood does have ties to hamas, but he is under international pressure to try and establish a truce. >> he is under immense pressure by public opinion in egypt. this is also the reason why is prime minister went to gaza today, also with a similar message. basically, we cannot be silent in this tragedy. we have to stop what they're calling the israeli aggression. of the same time, he offered a truce. you can see that there's a difference between four years a

wagner. joining me today the editor in chief the always busy ben smith, heather mcghee, richard wolffe, from "the washington post" msnbc contributor jonathan capehart. secretary of state hillary clinton is on the ground in the middle east. yesterday, president obama released clinton from their joint asia trip and sent her to jerusalem for an urgent meeting with ben ja man netanyahu. this morning clinton flew from jerusalem to the west bank to meet with mahmoud abbas, president of the palestinian authority, before returning to jerusalem with additional talks with netanyahu. secretary clinton is in cairo where she met with president mohamed morsi of egypt who's mediating the discussions. as secretary clinton carries the official white house message there is new attention being paid to the president's strategic options in the region. "the washington post" writes president obama's decision to send his top diplomat on an emergency middle east peace making mission tuesday marked an administration shift to a more active vist role in the region's affairs and offered clues to how he may use the polit