Guests:
Sen.
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
Sen.
Jack Reed (D-RH)
Richard
Engel
Robin
Wright
Ben
Jealous – NAACP
Sybrina
Fulton
Benjamin
Crump
Donna
Edwards
Bob
Gibbs
Rich
Lowry
Chuck Todd
Gregory:
what about Egypt?
Ayotte:
we should defeat the
muslim
brotherhood at the ballot box
Gregory:
President Ted Cruz says
we
are encouraging the muslim
brotherhood
to be violent with all our massive aid
Reed:
Saudi Arabia provide lots of aid too
Gregory:
but American money is better
Reed:
we need to enage in the whole region
Gregory:
please bash Obama for me
Ayotte:
he should have said we will
suspend
aid until Egypt restores democracy
Gregory:
but the military will keep
the
Suez canal open
Reed:
we need the canal open and
a
nice functioning democracy
Gregory:
well sure
Reed:
look Fluffy it takes time and there's
going
to be some zigs and zags
Gregory:
Richard what's happening in Egypt?
Engel:
people in Egypt think it would
be
a disaster for Egypt and the
U.S.
to cut off aid – it would break
the
spirit of Camp David and would
ally
the US with the muslim brotherhood
Gregory:
interesting
Engel:
hell even Egypt and Israel agree!
Gregory:
what can't the U.S. control
the
situation in Egypt? Why??
Wright:
the Egypt military is thumbing
its
nose at America – it's unacceptable
Gregory:
could Egypt fall apart?
Engel:
yes people are being killed
on
both sides – but if the US cuts off
aid
the muslim brotherhood would
take
that as a sign the US is on their side
Wright:
these events send a signal
in
the middle east that democracy doesn't work
Gregory:
too bad
[
break ]
Gregory:
Ray a federal judge ruled
that
stop-and-frisk is racist and unconstitutional
Kelly:
the judge called all cops racist – so unfair!
Gregory: so sad
Kelly:
look we stopped 4 million people
Gregory:
are you perhaps stopping too many people
Kelly: there are no innocent people –
there
are only people who are
probably
criminals or soon will be
Gregory:
got it
Kelly:
the Rand Corporation told the
NYPD
that black teenagers are criminals
Gregory:
that's your best argument
– the
Rand Corporation?
Kelly:
hey Fluffy they've been around for 100 years
Gregory:
well peachy
Kelly:
also there are some
black
police officers
Gregory:
it sounds like you saying
all
young black men are suspicious
Kelly:
well fine but black neighborhoods
are
full of crime and murders are at
an
all-time record low
Gregory:
that's good
Kelly:
stop-and-frisk saved thousands
of
lives of young black men
Gregory:
if stop-and-frisk is
abandonded
will people die?
Kelly:
no question many people
will
be murdered
Gregory:
wow
Kelly:
stop-and-frisk is not some program –
it's
pretty all NYC cops do all day
Gregory:
thanks for coming
[
break ]
Jealous:
this guy wants to be head of
Homeland
Security and he oversees
a
program that routinely violates the Constitution
Gregory:
he says its saves lives
Jealous:
the drop in crime started before
stop-and-frisk
started
Gregory:
is that so
Jealous:
under Giuliani 80,000 people
were
stopped under Bloomberg
it's
exploded to 600,000
Gregory:
so by my math that 60% more
Jealous:
90% of those stopped
didn't
even have a weapon
Fulton:
you shouldn't stop
someone
just based on the
color
of their skin
Crump:
Trayvon Martin was
just
walking home and was
racially
profiled and killed
Fulton:
we are trying to get Stand Your Ground
laws
changed around this country –
we
are in this fight for long haul
Gregory:
Ben we are now having
a
conversation about how much
surveillance
is needed and how
aggressive
police need to be in
this
scary era of rapidly dropping crime
Jealous:
this is about more than race –
it's
about the freedom to walk out
the
door without being threatened by the cops
Gregory:
thanks for coming
[
break ]
Gregory:
OMG Hillary Clinton is
running
for President!!
Todd:
this is shocking because people
used
to like and now she's in favor of
people
voting everyone will hate her
Gregory:
Rich Lowry you say she is
low
and dishonest and creating hatred
Lowry:
Voter ID laws are very popular
and
if you criticize them you are a
race-baiting
demagogue
Edwards:
um okay
Gibbs:
she should have laid low
for
a couple of years
Todd:
right
Gibbs:
Clinton didn't enter the
race
until the fall of 1991
Gregory:
Newt Gingrich said Clinton
a
liberal and a loser
Lowry:
she has an amazing resume
but
the GOP have young fresh faces
Gregory:
do Democrats want another
Clinton
or another Obama?
Edwards:
she doesn't need to
fight
for the base – the nomination
is
hers for the asking
Gibbs:
so why is she campaigning so early?
Todd:
if Hillary Clinton keeps giving
speeches
it makes Obama a lame duck
[
break ]
Gregory:
Chris Christie says the GOP
doesn't
need intellectual pinheads
likes
Rand Paul – they need power
Lowry:
they're both right – we the bad
ideas
of Rand Paul with the terrible
campaigns
of Mitt Romney
Gregory:
good point
Lowry:
Christie can run for President as
the
only moderate in a sea of crazies
and
that's a good way to win
Gibbs:
fewer debates is a good idea –
the
more people saw of GOP candidates
the
less they like them
Gregory:
I miss Ronald Reagan
Todd:
Chris Christie could win
over
fat white guys
Gregory:
true
Todd:
but he would yet another moderate
when
GOP moderates keep losing
Gibbs:
Newt Gingrich says the GOP
should
not just be against Obama
but
actually have their own governing vision
Lowry:
I agree with that – for example
we
need to argue that Obamacare
is
ruining America
Gregory:
this is the 50th anniversay
of
the march on Washington and
Martin
Luther King appeared on
Meet
The Press arguing for political and
social
and economnic equality
Edwards:
it's amazing how far we've
come
but we need more economic equality
Lowry:
MLK like Abraham Lincoln challenged
America
to live up to the ideals of
the
Declaration of Independence
Gibbs:
he is indeed a 20th century Founding Father
Gregory:
and that another episode
of Meet The Press
