Meet The Press – July 27, 2014

Guests:

Richard Engel
Kevin Tibbles

Benjamin Netanyahu – PM of Israel

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Amos Harel

Chris Gunness – United Nations
Kelly O'Donnell
Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Nia-Malika Henderson

Judy Woodruff

Ruth Marcus

David Brooks

Gregory: good morning – breaking news

– there is more fighting in Gaza

and Israel – ok I guess that's not

really breaking news

Engel: good morning David –

I was just in Gaza and its most

crowded neighborhood has

been reduced to rubble

Gregory: wow

Engel: this is not a precision war

– it's punishment

Gregory: what are the Palestinians saying

Engel: some people are mad

at Hamas but others was

Hamas to bomb Israel in revenge

Gregory: what else

Engel: Gaza is fenced in and

Hamas wants the blockade lifted

Harel: for Hamas victory will be

to survive while Israel has to

take out every single rocket

Engel: Israel wants to take

out all the tunnels and rockets

Harel: both sides would like a way out

Engel: Israel says it can't accept

rockets fired at its cities while

Palestinians point to whole

neighborhoods destroyed

[ break ]

Gregory: good morning Bibi

– what's happening there?

Netanyahu: Hamas wants us 
to kill civilians

Gregory: they do

Netanyahu: we will do whatever

we have to do protect ourselves

Gregory: and what is that

Netanyahu: Gaza must be have

no more weapons or terror tunnels

Gregory: okay

Netanyahu: that will allow us

to lift the blockade we have on Gaza

Gregory: oh that's good

Netanyahu: Hamas could use cement

or crayons to re-build the terror tunnels

Gregory: I never thought of that

Netanyahu: same thing with money

– we can't let Palestinians have any

money unless we can supervise

them so they won't use it for bad things

Gregory: Israel bombed a UN school

even though you got the GPS

coordinates – did you ask

'Siri should I bomb this UN School?'

Netanyahu: that was Hamas' fault 
because they love dead bodies

Gregory: what about the UN school?

Netanyahu: that UN school was 
a legitimate target

Gregory: it was?

Netanyahu: yes maybe it Hamas 
that bombed that school

Gregory: wait which is it

Netanyahu: Hamas loves people

being killed but we hate it

Gregory: do you ever worry

you are killing too many civilians

Netanyahu: yes it makes us

very sad but every civilian

we kill is Hamas' fault

Gregory: I think I follow

Netanyahu: if we give Hamas goodies

for making us kill children that would be bad

Gregory: how do you ultimately win this fight?

Netanyahu: work with the Palestinian

Authority and destroy Hamas

Gregory: can you destroy Hamas?

Netanyahu: I don't want to give away

any secrets but hell yes we can

Gregory: tell me more

Netanyahu: if America was attacked

by rockets you would flatten that

country so we will do the same to Gaza

Gregory: good luck Bibi

[ break ]

Gregory: welcome sir -- have any 
other UN locations been it during 
this conflict? been hit?

Gunness: yes 10 minutes ago

Gregory: you're kidding

Gunness: no the UN compound

in Gaza was bombed a few minutes ago

Gregory: Bibi just told me UN 
locations are legitimate targets

Gunness: we did find rockets in

a mothballed UNRWA location

Gregory: a ha

Gunness: the UN is here trying

to protect civilians

Gregory: please comment on

this new grainy video you can't

see Israel says proves rockets

are being fired from UN schools

Gunness: you're ridiculous and unfair

Gregory: I've heard that

Gunness: I'm not going to

comment on a video I can't see

Gregory: well we can't verify

the video anyway

Gunness: look we're a neutral

organization flying a blue flag

trying to save lives

Gregory: so you say

Gunness: we spent hours begging

Israel not to kill civilians and

they told us to drop dead

Gregory: well good luck

[ break ]

Gregory: Good morning Chuck

– should Israel do anything differently?

Schumer: no because Hamas

cannot be allowed to have

any rockets or tunnels

Gregory: okay

Schumer: Hamas even believes it

has the right to use military force

Gregory: that's amazing

Schumer: there will be a lasting

peace when Hamas is crushed

Gregory: I see

Schumer: then the Palestinian

people will elect moderate

pro-Israel leaders

Gregory: what about the

evacuation of the embassy in Libya?

Schumer: the fighting was not

aimed at the embassy – it was

two groups fighting each other

Gregory: what a relief

Schumer: frankly I'm skeptical

of the ability of the US to make

people in the Middle East and Africa

do exactly what we want them to do

all the time

Gregory: you just blew my mind

Gregory: is Europe appeasing Putin?

Schumer: yes – Putin is a schoolyard bully

Gregory: tell me more

Schumer: I learned in Brooklyn

when you stand up to a bully

they immediately back down

Gregory: I love it

Schumer: we should tell Europe

to stop being like Neville Chamberlain

in 1938 and appeasing Putin and

get tough with Putin

Gregory: what would you suggest?

Schumer: we should get tough with Putin

– take away the World Cup

Gregory: that's it?

Schumer: everyone loves soccer Fluffy

Gregory: thanks for coming Chuck

[ break ]

Gregory: welcome Paul Ryan

Ryan: Hi Fluffy

Gregory: Congress is going

on vacation without doing

anything all year

Ryan: hey we passed 300 bills

but the Senate gives the

Usurper a free hand

Gregory: what is you opinion of 
these of little immigrant children

Ryan: we need to repeal the

law that gives them a hearing

– it's outrageous

Gregory: you voted for that law

Ryan: I never meant for it to

be applied to these horrid children

Gregory: Congress gets getting

nothing done while veterans languish

Ryan: that's the Senate's fault

Gregory: you want to let states take

over federal anti poverty programs

Ryan: yes – they know what's best

Gregory: but some states won't

even expand Medicaid and that's free money

Ryan: we need to customize poverty

programs depending on the poor

person's specific pathology

Gregory: maybe we could do

the same with bank bailouts

Ryan: the best way to get people

out of poverty is to customize benefits

Gregory: you say we created

a dependency culture –

do you think poor people are lazy?

Ryan: oh no I love poor people

Gregory: you do?

Ryan: yes all those helpless

stupid poor people

Gregory: I see

Ryan: government discourages work

which is why people don't work

hard like people in Congress do

Gregory: thanks for coming Ryan

Ryan: thanks Gregory

[ break ]

Gregory: OMG the New York Times

called for legalizing the mary jane!!

Brooks: what are they smoking up there!

Marcus: they didn't inhale!

Gregory: ha ha 20 year old jokes are the best

Brooks: I don't endorse the pot 
what with all the kids and their 
tie-dyed shirts and the hippy dippynes

Gregory: well put David

Brooks: also kids should not

spend all their time getting high

and jumping out of windows

thinking they fly and all that stuff

Gregory: makes sense to me

Brooks: but I could be wrong

Marcus: forget pot – why is alcohol legal?!?

Gregory: good question

Marcus: pot causes you

to lose lose 8 IQ points

Gregory: I don't think our 
viewers can afford that

Marcus: so the whole panel agrees 
- we're all against pot and 
alcohol and for war

Gregory: well we're all conservatives here

Woodruff: what's the rush – get it 'rush'

Panel: ha ha ha

Brooks: I realize we have a culture

where people pursue happiness

and all that nonsense but I just

think government should be small 
and limited to making all your 
choices for you in everyday life

Gregory: panel the world is going

to hell and I'm concerned America

can't control the planet

Panel: oh definitely

Gregory: you heard Chuck Schumer

say America can't even win a 
war against Russia!

Marcus: we must not withdraw from the world!

Gregory: Obama is weak!

Talking Parrot: Obama weak!

Gregory: good point TP

Brooks: America kept the peace for

40 years by fighting wars every

five years and now we don't fight

little wars and the world is is in chaos

Henderson: oh for god's sake

the U.S. never made Russia

bend to its will

O'Donnell: why does nothing ever

get done in the Senate?

Cruz: because Harry Reid won't let

me cut taxes and eliminate the EPA

Gregory: Harry Reid is like Dikembe

Mutumbo – no no no

Marcus: that's chutzpah –

he's the one who had all-night

filibuster to block a law everyone

knew would pass

Gregory: both sides are to blame

Brooks: I blame the stupid American

people for not reading my column more

Woodruff: Congress has accomplished

nothing all year and now are going on vacation

Gregory: members of Congress

are rewarded for screwing veterans

Henderson: can you run for office

saying 'I will get nothing done'?

[ break ]

Gregory: OMG Obamacare is doomed!

Gregory: Vermont is turning socialist

– Kevin has the story

Tibbles: Vermont is going to giving

everyone free health care

Citizen: it's crazy!

Tibbles: is Canada infecting

Vermont with its wild ideas

about universal health care?

Citizen: damn right – Canada

is right over there!

[ points 10 feet away ]

Citizen: I am frightened – it will

bankrupt the state and everyone

will move out of Vermont if they

offer free health care

Citizen: it's a little scary but

I think it's worth trying

Citizen: if politics gets in the

way it would be bad

[ break ]

Gregory: update – the UN disputes

the video we showed earlier

Gregory: panel is America about to legalize pot?

Brooks: maybe but public

drunkeness is now frowned up

Gregory: true in Washington you're

supposed to get drunk in private

Gregory: and that's another

episode of Meet The Press