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they'll be wrong for the 31st time in a row. >>> let's turn to congressman steve israel of new york. chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee. steve, good to have you with us tonight. good to see you again. thanks for coming on. what are these guys up to? this is political theater. i think they think there are some head shakers out there who think they have a chance of getting this through. what's the mission here? what do you think? >> the mission is to protect health insurance company profits even if it undermines the middle class. they'll keep doing it for as lock as they have the majority in the house of representatives. they'll do it every day if they have to until they protect the insurance company profits even if they're taking away important patient protections from the middle class. house democrats want a vote on comprehensive legislation to create jobs to strengthen the middle class. house republicans want to move backwards and vote 31 times to repeal an important patient protections that help the middle class. that's the difference between us. and that's

is a chairman of the dccc representing representative steve israel. thank you. you know this is a progressive show. we get a lot of pushback from the left. i am going to ask you about that. i really appreciate you joining us here, though. >> happy to be with you governor. >> two of the congressmen we just mentioned, mike mcintyre and larry kissel are both considered frontline democrats who the dccc has identified as critical to winning the majority. should the dccc be pushing candidates who really do vote against democratic priorities? >> when the democrats had the nathaniel 2006, think about what we did. when we had the nathaniel 2008 and had -- majority in 2008 and had president obama in the oval office, we passed the lilly ledbetter act that said no woman could be told she gets less pay for equal work. towards the end of our majority we passed the repeal of don't ask. don't tell. which was a fundamental element of fairness and civil rights. so when democrats are in the majority, when we control the gavel >> we stand up for the middle class. when republicans c

congressman steve israel is the chairman of the committee. congressman, 33 times? how come? >> because they will do everything they can, as many times as they can, for as long as they have the majority to protect insurance company profits instead of strengthening the middle class. they began their majority in january of 2011 by voting for a ryan budget that took medicare away from senior citizens. they will end their majority by voting endlessly to repeal patient protections for the middle class. that's what they do here and what they care about. >> all the republicans lined up, you had five break ranks. why five? >> look, you know, we have a diverse caucus and we have members of congress in our caucus and who represent conservative districts and progressive districts. i don't think we should be held accountable for five democrats who voted differently. i think the republican majority should be held accountable for the fact that every single one of them voted in lock step with the big insurance companies to protect the insurance company profits and instead tell middle class

the debate is under way in the house and new york congressman steve israel is chair of the democraticgressional campaign committee and joins me now. congressman, thanks so much. does this create a problem for you not only on the house side but potentially on the senate side with other votes that are taking place on taxes, for instance, or positions that are being taken by members running in close districts who do not want to support the president? >> no, this doesn't create a problem at all. look, i have been pretty outspoken in telling our candidates and our incumbents that they need to reflect the values and priorities of the districts that they represent. in this case, the priorities and values of the republican party, house republicans are all wrong and undermine the middle class. it is their priority to repeal health care and undermine patient protections for the middle class. it is our priority not to move backwards and repeal health care and hurt the middle class but to move forward and vote on comprehensive legislation to create jobs for the middle class. it is the republicans

steve israel, the current chairman of the democratic congressional committee is doing an absolutely terrific job and as he said momentum is growing but obviously we got a long way to go between now and the finish line in november. >> eliot: steve is a friend from way back, as the old clichÉ, the trend is your friend and the trend right now is in favor of more and more pick up. last question very quickly and we'll talk more about this on the show later this evening. the report that the fda was intercepting e-mails and communication between its own scientists and many other folks, including you, you were number 14 on their list of targeted individuals or individuals whose intercepts were intercepted by them. what do you know about this? is this upsetting to you and does this bear inquiry? >> well, yes, it does. this is a very troubling report. this is way over the top tactics that appear to have been used by the fda to target about five of their scientists. i've asked secretary sebelius to conduct an independent inquiry to get the facts. the most important thing to do right now is to get the f

we have steve israel chairman of the dccc. and mitt rom address the naacp.alk to wendell anthony, the president of the largest chapter of the naacp from detroit. we have those stories and a lot more at the top of the hour right here in the political junky's place, the war room. >> it's going to be great, not to jump to the bottom line your conclusion. how do people assess right now the odds that the democratic party can take back the house? >> i think it's a bit of a climb, but it's all depending upon turnout. they have got a lot of good targets in democrat ceased. >> turnout which means that getting people to vote and voter id laws are right at the fulcrum. >> you have going into it. >> naacp leading the charnley to get rid of those awful voter id laws? >> absolutely. >> more viewpoint. we will watch jennifer's show at the top of the hour. thank, jennifer thanks eliot.

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steve? >> israel will respond and they should respond.ecoupling the nuclear talk from broader regime and the sponsorship of terrorism over the years. >> the question is does the response trigger something else? >> yes. i think we are likely in a pattern, where there will be back and forth. israelis will target the nuclear scientists until something bigger happens. >> in coming weeks? >> it will happen clandestinely. >> bret: that it for the panel. stay tuned for final thoughts on this tragic day. this man is about to be the millionth customer. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of him and wifty thousand dollars. congratulations you are our one millionth customer. people don't li to miss out on money that should have been theirs. that's why at ally we have the raise your rate 2-year cd. you can get a one-time rate increase if our two-year rate goes up. if your bank mes you miss out, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. you know how hard if yit can be to breathedo, and what that feel

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senator gill brand and steve israel sent a letter asking if the committee only source uniforms from theossible? and brown requested they get their uniforms from hugo boss which has a factory in his state of ohio. senator harry reid wanted to destroy the uniforms. >> i am so upset that i think the olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves and embarrassed and take all of the uniforms and pull them in a big pile and burn them and start all over again. >> the designer la pour, a big supporter of keeping nufact urmanufacturing jobs in the unid states, especially here in the garment district in new york is frustrated for a different reason. she says it is a missed opportunity. >> it's very disturbing because it completely could have been manufactured here in the united states in new york city or in any other city where there's factories that still exist. we've been trying to raise aware nsz and trying to convince designers to move work back to the shores and start onshoring. this would have been the perfect opportunity. >> i'll be speaking to nannette lepore later. >>> unlike most oly

israel. it's neck and neck, and our steve centanni is on it in washington.teve, what will the candidates do differently, at least we can expect differently in the next few months? >> reporter: harris, their campaign schedule, focusing intently on a handful of battle ground states that could determine the outcome of this race. the president will try to energize his base and appeal to independent vote, while painting mitt romney as someone who is not qualified to be president. the president's campaign advisor did just that today. when he attacked romney for remarks about the london olympics. >> and i think the world is not yet ready for mitt romney. i think there's literally to go overseas stand in the country of our strongest ally in the olympics they've been preparing years for and question whether or not they're ready does make you wonder whether or not he's ready to be commander-in-chief. >> well. >> reporter: romney later of course praised the london effort and said, he, too, made mistakes in planning the salt lake city olympics, harris. >> harris: you kn

israel. critics say the president was trying to upstage romney, but the administration says it was a coincidence. back to you, brian, stevet live. thanks so much for getting up bright and early. >> brian: let's talk about what mitt romney said in israel. he's in poland now and it's the last stop of the three-stop tour. in israel he made news when he said listen, i know the capitol of israel. in 1997 you said it's jerusalem. the world said it's tel aviv. not only do i think it's jerusalem, we're going to move our embassy there if president. >> a nation has the capacity to choose its own capitol city and jerusalem is israel's capitol. i think it's long been the policy of our country to have our embassy in the capitol, jerusalem. the decision to make a move is one, if i were president, i would want to take in consultation with the leadership of the government which exists at that time. >> steve: so jerusalem is tricky because it is shared by the israelis and by the palestinians. it was partitioned decades ago. that's why in the 1990s congress passed a law that declares jerusalem is the capital and we should move our embassy

israel. at home both hammering away at one theme: the economy. steveington for us with more. >>reporter: one candidate is overseas and the other is in washington each preparing for a bruising battle over the next 100 days. mitt romney polishing his foreign affairs credentials in israel. the president's team is developing a strategy not push to election day. romney's people have nailed down the central team of their campaign. >> this is going to be an election that is seen through the lens of a better economic future. the last 3 1/2 years which has been the president's interview for rehiring, i don't think the american public will agree to continue in that same direction. >>reporter: obama team is focused on drawing a contrast saying republican ideas for the economy have been tried and have failed. they continue to question mitt romney's credentials, especially his past record with bain capital. >> this will be a close race. that is what we have prepared for and why we are investing in a grass roots army to win on election day. what will break the race

steve, what we heard out here from ehud barak was hawkish language about what israel would do on its own without the united states if they feel iran has crossed a red line on its nuclear program. >> barak has been hawkish all along but you have to ask the practical question, what can israel do, what can israel do by itself and can israel be effective given the way that nuclear program has been secured. that's always an open question to which i don't know the answer and the israelis if they were to choose to strike quite possibly would have to make that strike not knowing the answer. it's a tough call. >> let's talk about egypt. you're both back from that region. morsi now sworn in, the new egyptian president. he's got his own struggles, having lost a lot of power to the military. here he is, the day he's sworn in, declaring, jane, that he wants the release of the blind sheikh who is responsible, convicted, imprisoned for the first attack on the world trade center in 1993. >> that will never happen. i think it says he has political needs but also has other political needs and a couple

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israel for the first time as soon as he is re-elected! huh? joining us right now with his reaction is house majority leader eric cantor. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, stevehis first trip as president would be to israel. the president of the united states' people now say the president's first trip to israel would be the minute he's re-elected. what's going on there? >> first of all, i'd say it's about time on the president's behalf. but really, it's about 3 1/2 years too late as brian said earlier, you know, there's been a real cloud, i think, put out by the white house over the relationship that this president has with israel. i think very much in contrast to the bipartisan relationship that capitol hill holds for the u.s.-israel relationship. but it's very clear that mitt romney is going to israel to u.k., to poland, to visit allies of ours who stand with us in times of challenge. and frankly, i think that what -- what he'll see over there and here is our government that are very wary of the direction of america's leadership. i mean, steve, i've been there in the region lately and i hear from arab governments as well as the israelis questioning where is

steve, see you soon. heather: governor mitt romney delivering a crucial foreign policy in israel.publican presidential candidate said in jerusalem that had the crowd on its feet. bill: new york city mayor michael broomburg has gone after tobacco, salt and soda. now it's baby formula. why he wants hospital to keep the formula under lock and key. now why would that be? ♪ ooh, baby, baby. ♪ ooh, baby, baby. ♪ proud to be homegrown ♪ a familiar face and a name you know ♪ ♪ can you hear it? ♪ fueling the american spirit ♪ no matter when, no matter where ♪ ♪ marathon will take you there ♪ fueling the american spirit heather: welcome back, the bottom of the hour and moments ago republican senators wrapping up a town how long meeting in tampa. lawmakers there warning voters about the impact of looming defense cuts and asking where is the commander-in-chief. here is what senator john mccain had to say earlier today on fox anfox & friends. >> this is also what requires presidential leadership. no matter who or what was responsible the president of the united states is commander-in-chief. he

israel in the coming weeks. and we will see whether or not he is willing to really articulate a policy in opposition to that. >> bret: steved here is the concern over chemical weapons that every intelligence agency says syria has and has moved around in recent days. explosive. >> i'm concerned we are not doing enough on that issue and the post-assad regime. biff all accounts we are not in -- by all accounts we're not ingratiating ourselves to the manner we could. to the extent we work with the syrian opposition, we work with the muslim brotherhood. not those likely to influence in a post assad world. the big problem for the administration politically, this is not likely to be, not likely to come up in debate. this was an administration that campaigned on smart power. this is what they are supposed to do best. i think you can look at the syrian, what has happened in syria over the past 24 months and included the fact we sent an ambassador before the fighting began and say it has been a failure of policy. >> bret: what happens now? what do you think the next days look like? some say the days of the assad regime are numbered.

steve centanni has the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: one candidate is overseas. the moo here in washington, each preparing for a bruising battle over the next 100 days. mitt romney polishing his israeloday and the president's team developing strategy for the final push to election day. romney's people have already nailed down the central theme of their campaign. >> this is going to be an election that is seen through the lens of how we have a better economic future in this country and if you look at the last three and a half years which has essentially been the president's sort of interview for rehiring, i don't think that the american public is going to agree they want to continue in that same direction. >> reporter: the obama steam is focused on drawing a contrast. they say republican ideas for the economy have already been fried and failed and they continue to question mitt romney's credentials, especially his past record with bain capital. >> i think this will be a very close race throughout t that is what we've prepared for. that is why we're investing in a grassroots army to win this race on election day. i think what is going to break this race out ultimately is the choice be

steve handlesman reports, the former governor is fending off criticism. >> reporter: as mitt romney arrived in poland, his staff was back in damage control. the latest controversy came as romney capped off his visit to israel with a fund-raisers hosted by wealthy americans. he praised the economic success of israelis, whose average income is $31,000, versus the poverty of minds. culture makes all the difference, says romney, citing a book on development. i recognize, romney said, the power of at least culture and a few other things. minds called the remark racist, because romney failed to mention the effect of the israeli occupation. >> the. they are people, equal. >> reporter: with the candidate and his wife ann in poland, romney staffers insisted his remarks were grossly mischaracterized. john mccain said he meant minds have bad leadership. >> i am sure governor romney was not talking about difference in cultures or difference in anybody superior or inferior. as president obama headed to a fund-raiser in new york city, a center of support for israel, his spokesman took a shot at romney. >> it is clear there are some people who have taken a look at those comments and scratching their heads a bit. >> repor

israel's accusation is baseless. >>> the former chairman of the penn state board of trustees is the latest person to resign in the wake of jerry sandusky's sex abuse scandal. steve garban said he is stepping aside immediately. he said his presence has become a distraction and impediment to the university's efforts to move forward. he was harshly criticized over his handling of this crisis. sandusky convicted of abusing ten boys over a 15-year period. >>> contaminants found at a former dump site at fort detrick are now showing up in carol creek. the frederick news post reports that the contractor studying the contamination for the army made the discovery in april. the company found chloroform and cleaning supply chemicals in the creek near the fort. the report says all the chemicals, however, are at acceptable levels and under the federal law pose no risk when it comes to drinking water. >>> a crucial vote on the future of the civil war in syria does not go the way the u.s. would have liked. >> now u.s. officials are looking to form a new multinational agreement to try to end the violence in the middle eastern country. nine nine now returns right after this -- 9

israel which is strong and has strong relations with the u.s. not make concessions gratuitously and defend itself against iran. this was the truth. something that israelis understand and would appreciate. >> bret: steve, is there a sense that what romney was saying maybe not all across the european trip, but definitely in the case of london, he was giving an assessment of the situation, no matter how diplomatically sensitive it may have been at the time for the brits. >> yeah. respect to what they said on the prince and charles right. but the problem is the romney campaign seems defensive about the things after the fact and tried to soften and walked back some of the comments. with respect to the palestinian culture is conventional. as charles suggests. something that mitt romney himself said before, argues before. there is no reason to walk it back. no reason to make, no reason to back away from it. >> bret: panel, stand by. next up, the politics of the u.s. economy. what is happening on capitol hill. and cities in crisis. like here in stockton. [ charles ] when you can make a person smile when they taste the food that you cooked it does something to yr heart. i think what people like most about the