. >> he was speaking to ron dermer in the audience. prime minister netanyahu's ambassador and long time chief of staff. that was classic joe bide in. all over the place and making it clear he has a relationship with netanyahu even though obama doesn't. the u.s. position is we will not give away the story to iran in talks going on as we speak. john kerry is meeting with the iranians. >> look. what you see there is -- joe biden in his most joe biden form in probably a positive way, i think this is someone who has been a long time doing this. number two, is a friendly likeable guy who has built lots of relationships. the problem for joe biden as it relates to moving up the chain of command is that sort of stuff which i think does president obama a service, particularly in regards to a situation like this. all of the relationships that joe biden has, it doesn't work as well when you move up a level and run for president. his hail fellow well met shtick is not always as well received if you think of him in a presidential light. >> i would a

lou: ambassador ron dermer. here at home, president obama is trying to downplay and to, in fact, dismiss his connections to obamacare architect jonathan gruber. >> i just heard about this. i get well briefed before i come out here. the fact that some adviser who never worked on our staff expressed an opinion that i completely disagree with in terms of the voters is no reflection on the actual process that was run. lou: but that's not the view of former obama car czar steve radner. here's his description of the relationship between the administration and gruber. >> jonathan gruber was back in the day, in 2009, the guru on health care. i remember that when i was in the white house, he was certainly viewed as an important figure in helping to put obamacare together. the problem is not that gruber helped them put obamacare together, the problem is what he's said in the last two weeks how the white house handled it. >> the controversy could have political impact for vulnerable democratic senator mary landrieu. republ

i am joined by ron dermer. condolences to your country and all those involved.this point the prime minister is meeting and they are going to be demolishing the homes of families. what more do you expect the security cabinet to be announcing? what other steps? >> in the last hours, they have been giving a statement and we will have to wait and see. i'm sure this will be met with a tough response. this happened in our capital. it's a massacre in the synagogue. the first responsibility is to protect their population. i think you will use all of that to do that. >> is there any relationship with abbas with the palestinian leadership to try to do what president obama has called for which is to calm tensions. just recently secretary kerry was meeting with netanyahu and king abdullah. we reached such a point where netanyahu and abbas will not even meet. >> we appreciate the statements from secretary kerry and the president of the united states. president barack obama. condemning this action. if you read -- we have four people dead and people in critical condition. the

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. >> joining me now ambassador ron dermer, israel's ambassador to the united states. thank you for being here tonight. your thoughts on president obama calling on both sides now to maintain the peace, remain calm and step down the violence. >> we appreciate that the president condemned this action, we appreciate that secretary of state kerry condemned the action. you had mentioned that he condemned it. if you read the text of what he said, the first sentence of his remark was a condemnation. the next sentence was once again accusing them of invading the al aqsa mosque. so with one hand he's condemning and on the other hand he's inciting. the world has to send a message to president abbas that it's totally unacceptable to continue this incitement. >> are we going to see that? because we heard from president obama who said that president abbas condemned these attacks. there was no second at the same time about, but then he went on to say the following things and that's not sufficient and he needs to own up. it was, thankfully that president abbas has condemned the attac

you workday and night to strengthen the jewish future and ron dermer, israel's talented ambassador inhington. thank you for tightening the bonds between israelis and americans. american jews and american non-jews and by the way, ron, you can tell vice president biden that i know we're still bu buddies. we'll always be buddies. the vice president said yesterday that we don't always agree. well, that's true. but we definitely agree that israel has no greater friend and ally than the united states and that the united states has no greater friend and ally than the state of israel. [ applause ] >> i deeply appreciate the unique and special friendship between israel and the united states of america. as well as the great friendship between israel and the state of canada. ladies and gentlemen, it's important to have friends like the united states and canada because it's important for any country to have such alliances but especially for a country like israel that faces many challenges unlike any other nation on earth, but none of these challenges is more important than the threat posed by ira

ron determiner. don't want to miss it -- dermer. jon: there are new fallout on comments from obamacare architect jonathan gruber. some analysts say the mit mischaracterized on cadillac plans mostly enjoyed by union workers. chief washington correspondent jim angle took a close look what the tax will really mean. jim? >> reporter: jon of all the taxes in obamacare none is more onerous than the whopping 40% cadillac tax on more generous employer provided health care plans which the administration is trying to discourage. listen. >> turns out politically it is really hard to get rid of and only way we could take it on fist mislabeling it calling it attacks on insurance plans and we know it is a tax on people that hold insurance plans. >> reporter: he called it clever exploitation of american's lack of economic understanding and said the president wanted to phase it in so it would draw less political fire. it will take effect in 2018. a cadillac plan is one that would cost 27,500 for a family of four. unions would be hardest hit as you