netanyahu has fallen short to get enough votes to cling to the majority he needs in parliament, indicating the possible end of his ten years at the helm of israel's government. the ambassador of the united nations joins me in the next half you're watching "ali velshi" on nbc. ahhh, you're finally building that outdoor kitchen. yup - with room for the whole gang. ♪ ♪ see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase branch. the doctor's office might mejust for a shot.o but why go back there when you can stay home with neulasta® onpro? strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection. in a key study neulasta® reduced the risk of infection from 17% to 1% a 94% decrease. neulasta® onpro is designed to deliver neulasta® the day after chemo and is used by most patients today. neulasta® is for certain cancer patients receiving strong chemotherapy. do not take neulasta® if you're allergic to it or neupogen (filgrastim). an incomplete dose could increase infection risk. ruptured spleen, sometimes fatal as well as serious lung problems aller

election. they show that this is a very tight race indeed between benjamin netanyahu, israel's longest serving leader and the prime minister and the man he used to order around, command. benny gantt. once head of the israeli forces. it's neck and neck. this was an election that nobody wanted, not netanyahu, certainly not the israeli public. although benjamin netanyahu was given the chance to form a government, he failed. there are signs of vulnerability for the first time in beng men netanyahu's case. it's neck and neck. but over the last week, he hasn't had a good week. last tuesday, there were images of him being hustled off the stage as rockets came in on the city that he was speaking from, from gaza. that wasn't a good image because benjamin netanyahu portrays himself as mr. security. also last week, he went to meet vladimir putin. there are reports that putin kept him waiting for three hours. also condemned the proposal to annex part of west bank. netanyahu has traded on his great relationship with both putin and of course, with president trump. but president trump is cert

netanyahu is fighting for his political life as israelis vote today in a do-over election after the prime minister failed to get enough votes to form a parliament in april's election netanyahu is getting a helping hand from president trump who said the two leaders discussed a mutual defense treaty between the u.s. and israel, that would be unprecedented key factors today, will ara arab-israelis turn out to vote joining me now is nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely in tel aviv. election day in israel is always so confusing and tumultuous, issues of voter access, voter suppression with the minority arabs, what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah, not to mention the future of the country, andrea. and i don't mean that just in a security sense >> right >> reporter: but the whole battle between the ultraortho box and secular israelis it's all being played out in this election, two hours of voting left. it's looking close indeed with the turnout about the same as last time. if you remember the last time in april, only 15,000 votes separated benny gantz, the main opposition leader, from p

netanyahu has lost netanyahu for his part says that he will not concede. he is blaming the media for biased coverage against him. he said tonight that he will attempt to form a governing coalition regardless of the results of today's election. keep an eye on this on now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening, rachel. we'll be covering whatever is new in the netanyahu israel race later in this hour there probably won't be too much more coming in tonight but we'll get to it this hour. >> thank you, lawrence >> thank you, rachel >>> well, there was definitely must-see tv in the corwin lewandowski hearing today. unfortunately, it was hours after people stopped watching the hearing. but we'll show you the best parts of what happened in that hearing room today in just a moment >>> also tonight the fallout from the new reporting on the fbi investigation or lack of fbi investigation into allegations of sexual misduct by brett kavanaugh during the confirmation process for the supreme court. presidential candidate amy klobuchar will join us tonight to discuss

netanyahu he thought the election today would strengthen his standing. quite the contrary official votes aren't in yet but polling showed netanyahu trailing from the centrist party. netanyahu may likely be out as prime minister and the new governor may set up a coalition. he said it appears that netanyahu has lost netanyahu for his part says that he will not concede. he is blaming the media for biased coverage against him. he said tonight that he will attempt to form a governing coalition regardless of the results of today's election. keep an eye on this one overnight and into tomorrow. >>> that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening, rachel. we'll be covering whatever is new in the netanyahu race later this hour. there probably won't be too much more coming in tonightbut we'l get to it this hour. >> thank you, lawrence >> thank you, rachel >>> there was much must-see tv in the corwin lewandowski hearing. unfortunate unfortunately, it was hours after people stopped watching the hearing. but we'll show

>>> and the election of benjamin netanyahu appears to be in doubt as exit polls predict a dead heat between him and his opponent ♪ >>> good wednesday morning, everybody. it is september 18th, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. we begin with yesterday's impeachment hearing before the house judiciary committee as democrats struggled to get answers from former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski, the hearing lasted for more than five hours and was contentious, to say the least. democrats tried to get information on a key part of the mueller report that claimed in a june 2017 meeting told lewandowski to announce that the president had done nothing wrong and that it was unfair here's how things played out >> poumenhow many times has the president asked you meet him in the white house -- >> white house has instructed me -- >> how many times did you meet with the president in the white house? >> i don't know the answer to that >> how many times has he directed you to deliver a message -- >> white house has directed not to disclose -- >> did he ever disclose any concer

snap election yet but it appears that benjamin netanyahu's days as prime minister may be numbered. neither he nor benny gantz has enough votes. and if these numbers hold, it will be gantz that will get the first chance to form a new coalition government and another sign netanyahu might be in trouble, he canceled a trip to the u.n. general assembly to new york next week. >>> chief global correspondent bill neely is live, thankful forly for me in tel aviv at this very who early hour there. let me start with you. bibi netanyahu, will he be the leader of the likhud party a month from now? >> that's a good question. and i asked that to the former mayor of jerusalem. are you prepared to knife your party leader in the back, needless to say he said no. but there are muttering within likhud that that could be one possible way forward. as you said, 94% of the votes already cast. it is actually in terms of the blocks they can command a tie at 56 each. in fact, they both fall short of that magic 64 number needed to form a majority. for the first time in ten years, chuck, we can see a way in w

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between incumbent benjamin netanyahu and his closest rival, benny gantz. the cover story of this weekend's jerusalem post reporting gantz vows not to surrender in any coalition talks. the front page of the weekend haaretz says netanyahu wants a unity government but gantz wants to lead it. matt bradley joining us now. its a day of big meetings and big decisions. what are you hearing about how this is playing out? >> reporter: good morning. like you said, it's another big day in israeli politics. in just a few hours we are going to see the real beginning that have horse trading that goes into forming an israeli government which caught on a little more than a week ago or a little less than a week ago after the jewish state went to the polls for the second time in five months. ruben rivlin is meeting today with two bitter rivals who nearly tied in this vote last week. in one corner is the right wing benjamin netanyahu, he is the longest serving prime minister in israel's history, facing off against benny gantz, centrist, former military chief whose blue and white party barely beat ne

election in just sixmonths and it looks like benjamin netanyahu and his centrist party is in a dead heat with benny gantz, his opponent let's go to tel aviv where bill neely is standing by these are initial exit polls, but what do we know? >> reporter: yeah, good evening. i'm at benjamin netanyahu's election headquarters, he is expected to appear here later tonight. but he won't come i think as a man proclaiming victory because certainly that is not what the tv exit polls are showing. it would appear that the second election in five months is just as close as the first one. so the three tv networks have projected in a sense two dead heats. number one, a dead heat if you like between benny gantz's party and benjamin netanyahu's party, but also a dead heat in the coalitions that the two men might build. so at the moment we can say conclusively that no one has a clear path to victory. and of course no single man has an outright majority, no leader has been able to win the majority in israel's 70 year history, it is all about coalition building, all about building those blocs toward gov

israel, serious discussions are underway between prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the opposition party to form a government. and later this hour nbc's kerry sanders takes us underwater to show us why the ocean's coral reefs are a canary in the coal mine when it comes to climate change. first our top story. president trump wrapping up his joint appearance with india's prime minister modi a few minutes ago. it had many of the trappings of a maga rally. he mentioned undocumented citizens, the u.s. economy and even touched on the space force. nbc's hans nichols is live on the ground there. hans, do you get more of a political rally feel from today's event? what was the scene like in the room? >> reporter: right. morgan, my metric for that is the president goes off prompter, it's a political rally and if not it's a policy speech. based on that, this felt more like a policy speech. he mentioned overtly political themes. he did talk about the border. he got big cheers, huge applause from the crowd here but it didn't have that late night maga riffing feel that we get sometimes from the p

pledge by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu ahead of next week's elections. netanyahu says if he is reelected, he would move to extend israeli sovereignty over an agriculturally rich area of the west bank located along the jordan river. net you've saanyahu said he wil to annex israeli settlements. the israeli told the u.s. about the announcement beforehand but the trump administration doesn't believe it rules out a political settlement between israelis and others. eamon, let's just start with you. benjamin netanyahu has a habit of doing this. when he's about to go into an election and it's close, he comes up with remarkably inflammatory things he says to either scare or entice voters to vote for him. is this an election answer? >> the short answer is yes. but this is something that's been going on for a long time. the irony is the party or bloc of parties to the left of him, supposed to be the moderates saying the prime minister stole their idea about the annexation of the west bank. last time it was scaring them saying the arabs are going to be taken out on buses to vote,

an election that has been called a referendum on trump ally benjamin netanyahu roger cohen has worked with the "new york times" and has militarized affairs. he recently filed columns from saudi arabia and israel and we are lucky to have him at this historic moment in the middle east joining us tonight at the end of the hour. >>> also toward the end of the hour, cal perry will join us with a really important investigation that he conducted into the potential dangers of practice of flairing natural gas

after the last election but israel's president had a second day of talks with netanyahu and his opponent gantz. netanyahu apparently offered to form a government. they take turns of who the prime minister is. there might be more recent information than even that but what do you see happening here? >> i'm surprised that rivlin wants them to work it out. i thought he would ask them to try to form a government, he got a few more seats. than netanyahu did. you know? it is not my country but i think the future for israel is a government that is a more unity and pluralistic government and i think good news that the arab israelis endorsed a side in the contest. >> they have endorsed his side. >> gantz's side and seems to be more interested in the broader coe tigs and where i think in the interest. last comment on netanyahu. there are going to be the corruption charges over his head. something will happen with that and i just would hope that rivlin would act more decisively. >> that's why netanyahu wants to be prime minister with the assurances against him. >> i hope because he wants to

election there votes are still being counted as prime minister benjamin netanyahu fights for his political future how steep of a climb is it going to be for benjamin netanyahu is stay in the prime minister perch? >> not quite a vertical climb, but certainly steep. the presidential election hanging chance in florida here, because with 91% of the votes counted, it's almost a dead heat it's netanyahu with 31 seats and his main rival with 32 and when you add in the blocks, the smaller parties that they have to form a government, it's almost as close, netanyahu's right wing block 55 and benny gantz's center left block 56 in a 120-seat parliament. the magic number is 61 so they both fall short. they're not either of them immediately capable of forming a government but there are clearly winners and losers here. let's start with netanyahu himself. israel's longest serving prime minister he wasn't willing to concede defeat last night at 3:00 a.m. or to claim victory, but i think for the first time in ten years he is closer to losing power and we can possibly see the end of the netanyahu era. it als

, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu is in a fight for his political life as he seek as fifth term. tuesday's vote comes just five months after an inconclusive election in which netanyahu declared himself a winner and failed to form a ruling coalition. president trump is making a move that could bolster the prime minister's reelection efforts calling for a possible mutual defense treaty between the two countries. nbc chief global correspondent is following the story from tel aviv and joining us now. are there any signs that netanyahu could actually lose this election? >> reporter: yeah, there are signs that he can lose this election. and some of those signs are coming from his own campaign. i have just come from a campaign rally outside tel aviv. benjamin netanyahu was meant to headline that rally. he didn't turn up. and there are reports that the reason is that he had received what's called an in depth study suggesting that he will lose tuesday's election a, and instead, he has called an emergency meeting of his party members. nbc news can't confirm that report, but the

today because it was called by prime minister netanyahu he thought this election today would strengthen his standing. quite the contrary official results aren't in yet but exit polling shows netanyahu's party trailing his main rival from a centrist political party. if the exit polling holds, and that's a big if, netanyahu would likely be out as prime minister and his centrist opponent would be given first shot at pulling together a new governing coalition. that opponent has come out tonight and said as much he has said it appears that netanyahu has lost netanyahu for his part says that he will not concede. he is blaming the media for biased coverage against him. he said tonight that he will attempt to form a governing coalition regardless of the results of today's election. keep an eye on this on now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening, rachel. we'll be covering whatever is new in the netanyahu israel race later in this hour there probably won't be too much more coming in tonight but we'll get to it this hour. >> thank you, lawrence >> thank

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israeli president has just asked benjamin netanyahu to attempt to form the next government. i want to bring in nbc news's matt bradley live in tel aviv. >> reporter: the rumors of benjamin netanyahu's political death were greatly exaggerated. all the talks about how he's not going to continue on. he's now been charged as you mention by the president with forming a new government. he has 42 days to do that. if he does not then that opportunity wills probably pass through his main rival, benny gantz. he's a former military chief. if he does not do that in another 42 days, that'll go to a yet a third election, the third one in less than a year. now ali, if you thought identity politics were a big issue in america, it is nothing like here in israel. every narrow political and religious identity here has their own political party and every political party has their own rock solid position. if you want to look at somebody that won this election, you could say that's abid abidor liebermann. he's more of a nationalist. he rejects all of the main religious party backed by benjamin netanyahu. h

minutes an israeli government official telling nbc news that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is canceling his trip to the united nations to the general assembly netanyahu in the political fight of his life. if benjamin netanyahu is not the prime minister of israel, what does that mean for the united states what does that mean for our presence in that region? >> well, it certainly means that donald trump has lost someone that he considered like-minded, he could count on to work with him. indeed, as you know, netanyahu put up an enormous poster with him and donald trump and him and viewed, two interesting allies in his effort to become prime minister but i think what we don't know yet is whether there will be a national unity government that will include la cued in that government, but probably not netanyahu if, in fact, the gantz party prevails to try to form a government we won't know the final results of the israeli election until thursday afternoon then president rivlin will take time meeting with party leaders to decide how he's going to proceed forward. although usually a

minister netanyahu he thought the election today would strengthen his standing. quite the contrary official votes aren't in yet but polling showed netanyahu trailing from the centrist party. netanyahu may likely be out as prime minister and the new governor may set up a coalition. he said it appears that netanyahu has lost netanyahu for his part says that he will not concede. he is blaming the media for biased coverage against him. he said tonight that he will attempt to form a governing coalition regardless of the results of today's election. keep an eye on this one overnight and into tomorrow. >>> that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again

to show bibi netanyahu either tied or slightly behind his main rival, benny gantz. more importantly for both of them, neither netanyahu's right wing party, coalition parties or gantz's more kcentrist party seemed to win enough to tip it one way or another do is something of a do-over election it's the second time israelis have gone to the polls in six months because netanyahu failed to form a coalition after the april elections. so he dissolved parliament and triggered today's vote rather than give anyone else a chance to form a coalition government we'll see what happens with this one. we'll see who the president allows to form a government first, netanyahu or gantz. we shall see but we won't get any official election results now until tomorrow at the very earliest. but who knows, it could take a day or two and if not weeks before we know how this gridlock has broken in israel we'll be right back with more "meet the press daily" and the political gridlock right here in our neck of the woods. ght?" of course i have- ever since i started renting from national. because national lets m

himself from benjamin netanyahu as the israeli leader battles for his political survival after a tight election. speaking to reporters in california yesterday, trump said he had not spoke within netanyahu since the election. he also offered this message about where america's allegiance lies, playing down netanyahu's importance in the alliance. >> everybody knew it was going to be very close. we will see what happens. and look, our relationship is with israel. we'll see what happens. >> and netanyahu made his close relationship with trump a main focus in his re-election campaign, with billboards across the country, featuring prurgs of t , featuring pictures of the two leaders. the prime minister canceled his trip to new york with the upheaval back home. >> antitax activists and freedom works president are calling on congress to allocate more funds to update election equipment and mandates that paper ballots be used, to be used for independent audits. he told cnn he backs a version of the secure elections act introduced by members of the senate intel commission last session. that bill ha

hear and they're allies >> tonight in israel benjamin netanyahu's future in the country of israel remains unclear and murky. exit polls today show the leader has fallen short of securing a parliamentary majority the result showed his challenger of the centrist blue and white party slightly ahead president trump who is popular in israel tried to help his friend the prime minister this weekend tweeting a promise to help after the defense treatyven after this election. so what have we got? >> it's razor thin the u.s. -- president trump is doing everything he can to get netanyahu to win it's really unclear if president trump's help is going to help at all. >> is it better bibiturns out to be a liar again. he promised to take over the west bank, he knows the message he's sending but he's done this before is he willing to just rip up any chance of peace with the palestinian snz. >> i think possibly. i think this election is really important for the future of middle east peace. >> who has to win to be peaceful >> that's a good question. now of course how they cobble it together is going

afternoon, chris. dramatically it involves israel's longert leader benjamin netanyahu. he was addressing a rally in the southern city, remember, there's an election in israel in exactly a week's time when rocket sirens went off, warning of an attack from gaza, not far away. you can see the video there of the election rally. and in a moment, you're going to see, there they are, the bodyguards that always surround benjamin netanyahu, ushering him offstage. as he went, he was asking the people, the audience who were there to stay calm. now, just within the last minutes, the israeli defense forces have confirmed that rockets were fired from gaza. and indeed that they intercepted two of those rockets. no one was injured. and a few minutes later, benjamin netanyahu went back into that auditorium and continued his election rally. rather dramatic. he's a man who's fighting for his political life. we haven't seen this kind of scene with an israeli leader who has been directly ushered away as a result of a rocket attack. and one wonders what the reaction will be. israel often responds forcefully t

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right now. netanyahu breaking news overnight is going to try to form a government with his rival. a lot of people are very scent tick cal that he's going to be able to put that coalition together. have we seen the end of benjamin netanyahu as israel's prime minister? >> it sure looked like it yesterday but he will struggle to put together this coalition. netanyahu has legal troubles in israel in addition to his manifold political troubles. i have a suspicion that the last-minute attempts by donald trump to boost netanyahu by offering him the prospect of a special u.s. defense treaty may actually have backfired reinforcing the impression that netanyahu is just too close to one ally. but we'll see. israeli coalition building historically is talk about trading of favors and particular deals for small parties. you ain't seen nothing yet. it's early to say. benny gantz, the other potential prime minister's solid, solid ex-military man and he's going to be the key king maker here. lieberman has been defense minister, very strong with the russian jewish community in israel. israel's up in the

should happen next. >> thank you. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's political future is in doubt after the national election is still too close to call. unofficial results and exit polls show netanyahu fell short of a winning parliamentary majority against his main rival benefit figantz -- ben my gantz -- benney gapts, they said there is dead and buried and bb. they are not sure if they will be given a chance to form a coalition. meanwhile, netanyahu chance emed his trip to the united states next week and he is set to be in court on corruption charges brought by israel's attorney general in just two weeks. >>> coming up, is congressional oversight broken or did corey lewandowski prove it's actually working? >>> plus, the president's war with blue california and what he says is to blame for its crisis says is to blame for its crisis on - whoa. whoa. whoa. whoa. whoa. whoa! oops, that cheeky little thing got away from me. my bad. geico. it's easy to manage your policy whenever, wherever. can i trouble you for another marshmallow? so, every day, we put our latest technol

whether prime minister benjamin netanyahu stays in charge. israel voted less than six months ago but no party won enough seats to take control to voters had heading to the polls again. netanyahu is looking for a record fifth term as he fights off a number of corruption investigations. and as far as the mid east peace plan, netanyahu says president trump is waiting until after the election to rule out that long-delayed proposal. the latest polls before election say show this race too close to call. memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. (vo) vfundraising. giving back. subaru and our retailers have given over one hundred and sixty-five million dollars to charity. we call it our love promise. and it's why you don't even have to own a subaru to love a subaru retailer. love. it's what makes subaru, subaru aewith medicare advantage plans designed for the whole you - body, mind and spirit. that means aetna is helping you get ready to be the best grandmother the world has ever known. we simplify medicare by con

minister benjamin netanyahu has been given the chance to form the next government, this comes after last week's deadlock election, netanyahu, the conservative likud party has been chosen over his rival. the lifetime political leader's chances of forming a government is stronger. and he has less than a month to secure 61 seats in the 121 seat parliament. netanyahu referred 55 recommendations to be prime minister from right wing and religious parties. and the longest serving israeli prime minister is also facing corruption charges. you can imagine if he does not form a government and neither did benny gansk, they may have to go to a third election than less than a year. that would be quite the thing. >> cracks appear to be emerging in the republican party over the call with the ukrainian president. >> the head of national intelligence is expected to appear on capitol hill today to cuss the whistleblower complaint. a preview of that next. stay with us. iew of that next stay with us if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, every day can begin with flakes. it's a reminder of your

benjamin netanyahu's re-election bid. he has spoken about a potential new defense agreement between the two nations. trump tweeted i had a call today with prime minister netanyahu to discuss the possibility of moving forward with a mutual defense treaty between the u.s. and israel. trump added he looked forward to continuing those discussions later this month when the two leaders meet at the united nations general passembly sessin here in new york. >>> democratic leaders have laid down a hard line for president trump as he deliberates potential gun reform legislation. house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer spoke to trump by phone yesterday for roughly ten minutes to discuss expanding background checks. after the report liqued cordial talks, writing we made it clear to the president that any proposal he endorses that does not include the house passed universal background legislation will not get the job done as dangerous loopholes will exist and people who shouldn't have guns will have access to them. they offered to sweeten the deal if the president would en

to run through his contentious impudent rude hearing in the house. >>> plus, benjamin netanyahu is fighting for his job in israel we'll get the latest results in that country's very, very close elections. good morning, and welcome to "morning joe." it is wednesday, september 18th. joe is off this morning, but along with willie and me we have senior white house reporter for nbc news digital, shannon petty piece, branding and marketing expert donny deutsch is here. >> did we agree on an introduction >> yes >> host emeritus. >> it's just painful. >> no, i think it's celebratory. >> now you're just asking me to be mean to you. >> i know how much you care. >> yeah, uh-huh. >> national political correspondent for nbc news and msnbc and author of "the red and the blue" steve kornacki a great morning to have steve on politics and journalism professor at morgan state university and an msnbc political contributor jason johnson and senior political correspondent for the washington examiner david druker joins us as well. usa today opinion columnist and former senior adviser for the house overs

foreign relations, we have foreign -- we have prime minister benjamin netanyahu, for example, just as all this was happening, was claiming that the united states was going to assist him or cooperate with him in annexing parts of the west bank. there's a lot going on, and the national security apparatus is in complete disarray. there's no sense of who's in charge. the president is firing people on twitter. and all that makes it very difficult for the united states to lead. so it's a lot of chaos and confusion. it's something that the president doesn't seem to mind so much, but certainly folks on the hill and elsewhere are very concerned about it. >> terrific point where netanyahu is concerned. one of the stories that did get by today. hey, jeremy, newspaper reporters love the expression "being mentioned for the job." who is being mentioned for the job? i think i've read 10 to 12 names today. who wants this job, phil? >> well, it's hard because this person will be the fourth national security adviser, and i think they will worry that their tenure will end badly just as their three prede

benjamin netanyahu's bid ahead of the election, president trump has said he has spoke within benjamin netanyahu about a potential new defense agreement between the two nations and trump tweeted quote i had a call with the prime minister, to discuss the possibility of moving forward on a mutual defense treaty between the united states and israel that would further anchor these disc later this month when the two leaders meet at the united nations general assembly station here in new york. any type of formal treaty between these two countries would be needed to be sent to the senate for ratification. >>> national security reporter for yahoo news, jenna mclaughlin, you have an incredible piece out this morning, looking at russian counter-intelligence operations here on u.s. soil. some astounding stuff in your piece. tell us more about this. >> sure, absolutely. so my colleagues, we have been working on this story for the lant month and a half, and our story goes into extensive details about the years prior to russia's infamous election meddling in 2016. so prior to that, russia had been i

. and then a question on what the next stages will be in the middle east, especially with netanyahu and israel right now talking about an exing more of the jordan valley. tum multiwous time, different time, and we potentially have a new adviser coming no n to talk to the president. >> on the phone now, jeremy bash. jeremy, john bolton came in april 9, 2018. he was the third national security adviser and of course doesn't need senate confirmation. so, another national security adviser can be put quickly in place. but this is a real turning point for the administration going into an election year as to what he wants his policies to be and whether these high profile photo opportunities like the dmz meeting with kim jong-un and what they were planning at camp david, whether this can replace real policy and what the pay out is. >> that's right, andrea. the traditional role of a national security adviser is to create a process by which all the stakeholders, chairman of the joint chiefs, secretary of state, they can all have a voice in the policy deliberations and tee up decisions for the pres

attack on a saudi oil field. benjamin netanyahu is trying to hold on to power as his opponent benny gantz narrowly pulls ahead. center of gulf affairs, former u.s. ambassador to yemen and stewart holiday, president and ceo and former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. for special political affairs. great to have you with us. ambassador holiday if, i can, this morning you had secretary of state mike pompeo, who has been saying all along, the iranians have done this. this is an act of war. how do you assess the president's response to this so far? >> if you want a prudent response where we don't jump into a military action, you're pleased. but you don't have a strategy behind it, but sort of looking long term about where we want to land with iran. what you're seeing in the immediate is a lot of speculation about who did this. obviously, iran is involved in some way, shape or form, the distance of the drones. it clearly speaks to iran. i think we'll need a lot more evidence to figure out is the u.s. going to respond militarily or are they symbolically adding these troops to defer a future attack? >

with netanyahu calling up his buddy and saying, hey, don't allow those two women of color to enter this country. i don't like them. maybe i'll give you a little somethin' somethin' on the side. without checks and balances, it's just going to continue. >> joe, the other part of this that becomes very interesting is all of a sudden for no reason that he could put our finger on mitch mcconnell, who's been blocking everything, all of a sudden now supports a $250 million bill to look at foreign interference in the elections. is that a signal that maybe even this whistleblower thing has mcconnell saying i better cover myself here, there may be some things going on because first it was the allegation in the 2016 election as danielle referred to about russia. now we're talking about ukraine being asked to dig up dirt on the son of his potential rival. >> from your lips to god's ears. clearly if mitch mcconnell is prepared to do the right thing, especially because of what he's heard from the whistleblower, that's a good thing, that's a step in the right direction. this is a huge challenge. it's

netanyahu in israel. both of them are very vulnerable politicians, and president trump wants them to succeed and get into power. i'm interested. i'm watching very closely what bones, if any he throws to each of them that might help them politically. with boris johnson, it's very much in the realm of trade and hyping up the potential of a u.s./uk trade deal to mitigate all the downside economic consequences of brexit. >> all right. jonathan swan, michael steal, nayyera haq, thank you all for being with us. . >>> coming up, house democrats plan to hold public hearings on president trump's alleged role in hush money payments two two women. what effect if any will this have on the push for impeachment? >>> plus, republicans step up their efforts to avoid any kind of gun control in the wake of the recent murder sprees. the white house is now proposing quicker executions for mass murderers and downplaying background checks. what will congress do when they return next week? we've got much more to get to. stay with us. stay with us if you live with diabetes, why fingerstick when you can scan

was a very interesting statement yesterday from prime minister netanyahu saying that he accepted that donald trump might end up negotiating with iranians in some effort to create a new nuclear deal. i wondered whether your reporting in israel suggests the israeli government is now expecting there may be some kind of u.s./iranian negotiation in the future. >> you are exactly right, david. you quoted what prime minister netanyahu told us in an interview on august 12th but then he said he accepts the idea that maybe president trump will negotiate a new jcpoa but he says unlike with obama this time i will have by far more influence on the president. there is fear in israel from breaking the lines in that front against iran because after trump withdrew from his decision to strike iran, israeli intelligence spotted some softening as they see it in the positioning of saubt and the united arab emirates toward iran and israel does fear that maybe president trump will go and negotiate a deal that would take maybe less consideration of israel or what israel sees as its vital interests. and then

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>> have you talked to benjamin netanyahu? >> i have not. those results are coming in and it is very close do you have any updates? you guys should know before the president. no, i am not everybody knew it is very close. we'll see what happens look, our relationship is with israel we'll see what happens thank you, everybody >>> all right, we are in the middle of the conversation with ali arouzi and the president introducing -- ali, when he talked about the ultimate options with iran, reporters asked i am what do you mean by th that the ultimate action is war and i am not talking about that. he praised the united nation that's a great place, i would let them come. america reserves the rights and options to do very bad things but he impliied that's not on th table right now. >> reporter: he's hot and cold we were getting tweets the other day like locked and loaded and now he's kind of walking it back the iranians are confused and i am not sure everybody in his administration knows what his next move is going to be the iranians have been clear if they are attacked directly by the united

from china, north korea, from iran or the middle east or netanyahu. all these people -- it's not like a business deal. you can say i'm not going to do it. you've got to do it, you've got to deal with people. does he not get that? >> this is president security advisor because you saw him on november, watching on television. he likes to surround himself with people. >> what has trump accomplished in any of his deal? >> for him the way he sees it if he can build personal relationships with these leaders he'll be able to create moments like we saw in north korea where he became the first sitting president to step overorth kore. he sees that as victories in themselves. >> and that's exactly the problem, chris. >> there are basketball players that have done this before. >> it's just a photo-op. every other leader has figured this out and they're taking advantage of the cast. the iranians say okay we'll resume our nuclear program we'll do that. the chinese say you want a trade wrash we'll slap tariffs on you, squeeze you and go around the world and pick-off all your allies and make trade wit

there will be no change, if anything. gantz may be more hawkish than netanyahu. >> it will provide an opportunity for a reset with congressional democrats, possibly. we packed the show. we'll be back with "meet the press" daily tomorrow. ari melber is next. ari? >> thank you, chuck. what the judicial committee is planning after corey lewandowski zblrchl later tonight a special report on that and the implications going forward. lawmaker to keep donald trump from profiting on the presidency with your money. that senator is on the beat later in tonight's show. >>> we begin with house democrats led by judicial chair jerry nadler using this lewandowski testimony to build what they say is a case for impeachment. hostility and stonewalling, very thin attempts to invoke executive privilege for someone who never worked in the executive branch is exhibit a of donald trump's lawlessness. >> obstruction laid out in the mueller report has not stopped. you showed the american public in real time that the trump administration will do anything and everything in its power to obstruct the work of th

supportive the u.s. has been of netanyahu's policies and how this has shut out the palestinians from any role in diplomacy? >> i really don't think -- again, it es up 's up to the is whether they'll go for another round of elections. i think all of us, members of our region and the international community will all jump on board to say can we focus back to what most of us believe the only solution is a two-state solution. if it's a one-state solution, then we're talking about an apartheid solution for israel which i think would be a catastrophe for all of us. we're standing by in the wings seeing how we can help and we'll just have to see what happens in the next couple of weeks. >> when you hear talk of jerusalem annexing the west bank, what do you think? >> a statement like that does not help at all because what you do is hand over the narrative to the worst people in our neighborhood. we that want peace want to be able to move forward, tend to be more isolated. if the policy is to annex the west bank, then that is going to have a major impact on the israeli/jordanian relations

netanyahu, he may be gone in a week. i don't know who his friends are, this president. i hope we have long lasting friends but we've been butchering those relationships. your thoughts, how do you do it at this point? how do we go after -- >> well, again, this is the problem that he has. he needs to be believable. he needs to be credible. when he makes a threat, he needs to follow through on it. i think a lot of the world is looking at donald trump and thinking we got this guy, we understand how he bluffs, and therefore we can keep testing him. the one thing donald trump -- the real danger is that donald trump does not want to appear to be weak. he does not want to appear to be backing down, which could lead to the kind of miscalculation that leads to war. >> well, pompeo's tough message on iran was enacted on capitol hill today by senator lindsey graham. let's listen to him and his unusual break with president trump. >> this attack on an oil refinery by any reasonable definition is an act of war. it is attacking the world economy. it's a stability of the oil markets throughout th

deal and apparently free to enrich uraniuim? >> you know, netanyahu is right that he has been extremely influential on the united states. in fact, he was one of the main architects who got us to invade, got george w. bush to invade iraq in 2003 believing that iraq would be toppled, would take away this threat against israel, and would establish a u.s. base to counter iran in the middle east. that was completely and absolutely wrong. he is also right that the united states is now working very closely with israel, almost as we are one entity. the only thing that doesn't seem to factor well for him is the fact that russia is also involved in this. and russia is now helping iran skirt oil sanctions, and of course would like to see the nuclear deal fall apart because then they can have closer ties with iran just as well as they're having closer ties with donald trump and israel. so all of these things work in israel's best interests but they don't necessarily work in the best interests of the united states because engineering or sabotaging any component of the nuclear agreement fro

presidency, will not be here, the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> they don't seem to want to extract as many wins as previous presidents did from the u.n. general assembly. but last year, trump was laughed at when he was giving his speech in front of the u.n. general assembly so if they can avoid that, that would be a win. >> quite a bar. >> a low bar. >> but laughing with him, not at him. >> that's my goal for this segment, right. >> not to be laughed at. i don't know why we're disparaging that. >> and i think we're serious, like if he can get through his meetings without any gaffes, that would be good and also his meetings with the ukrainian president, that former comedian, that will be closely watched, and so if we can avoid bringing up joe biden's name there, that would be good. >> the over/under is not in his favor that he will not bring up joe biden. appreciate it. thank you very much. >> thanks for the hash browns. >> everyone knows if you get up at 5:00 in the morning to do this show, you get free hash browns. >> amin gets them. i never do, for some reason. >>> the tr