Guests:
Richard
Engel
Kevin Tibbles
Kevin Tibbles
Benjamin
Netanyahu – PM of Israel
Sen.
Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Rep.
Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Amos Harel
Amos Harel
Chris
Gunness – United Nations
Kelly O'Donnell
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
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
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
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
because they love dead bodies
Gregory:
what about the UN school?
Netanyahu:
that UN school was
a legitimate target
a legitimate target
Gregory:
it was?
Netanyahu:
yes maybe it Hamas
that bombed that school
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?
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
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
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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
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
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
viewers can afford that
Marcus:
so the whole panel agrees
- we're all against pot and
alcohol and for war
- 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
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!
war against Russia!
Marcus:
we must not withdraw from the world!
Gregory:
Obama is weak!
Talking
Parrot: Obama weak!
Gregory: good point TP
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 ]
[ 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 ]
[ 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