Guests:
Katy
Tur
Tom
Costello
Erin
Bowen, Ph.D.
Andrea
Mitchell
H.E.
Adel A. Al-Jubeir – Saudi Amb. to the U.S.
Christopher
Hill – Fmr. Chief U.S.
Negotiator
on Nuclear Disarmament
Victoria
Kennedy
Patrick
Kennedy
Joe
Scarborough – MSNBC
Neera
Tanden – Center For
American
Progress
Kathleen
Parker – Washington Post
Sam
Stein – Huffington Post
Todd:
omg a pilot crashed a plane
on
purpose – if that isn't scary I
don't
know what the fuck is
Tur:
this co-pilot locked out the pilot
and
the pilot took an axe to the door
while
the passengers screamed
Todd:
jesus fuck
Tur:
also he may have been
depressed
and legally blind
Todd:
cripes
Tur:
also doctors are reporting
he
may have been 'crazy as a loon'
[
break ]
Todd:
why are there axes on the airplane?!
Costello:
Luftansa keeps an ax in
the
passenger area in case people
complain
about airline food or hog
too
much leg space
Todd:
damn them Germans is tough
Pilot:
[ tosses passenger out ]
No
ticket!
Todd:
why are there are no
mental
health checks for pilots?
Bowen:
it's not feasible
Costello:
they do test you when you're
hired
to see if you're a homicidal lunatic
and
if you are it counts against you
Bowen:
once per year they
ask
if you're a drug addict
Todd:
should that change?
Bowen:
no because psychological
tests
are not magic
Costello:
lots of people have
mental
health issues and never fly
a
plane into the ground at 500 mph
Todd:
pilots are encouraged to self report
Costello:
right and it usually works fine
Todd:
he couldn't have flown in America
Bowen:
he didn't have enough time in the air
Costello:
it's shocking that he didn't
even
know how to fly a plane!
Bowen:
um the problem wasn't his
hours
it's that he's fucking crazy
[
break ]
Todd:
panel this about mental health issues
Parker:
we don't know if this pilot was crazy
– maybe
he was fine and just
decided
to fly into a mountain
Todd:
this is terrifying –
what
if our pilots go insane?
Scarborough:
I like to joke
with
pilots about mass murder
Todd:
those are always funny
Scarborough:
our rules are better
than
Europe so that's one thing
the
federal government did well
Parker:
USA! USA!
Patrick
Kennedy: we have an
epidemic
of addiction and mental
health
problems in this country
Todd:
we should have annual mental
health
checks for everyone?
Stein:
I suppose but a stewardess
could
have stopped this co-pilot
Todd:
yay big government!
Tanden:
yo go FAA!
Scarborough:
this and Newtown are
about
mental health because those
mass
murderers were both white
[
break ]
Todd:
a deal with Iran may
be
only hours away or it may fail
Mitchell:
it's been 18 months in
the
making and it may completely fail
Todd:
just like a Johnny Depp movie
Mitchell:
Iran wants to do peaceful
nuclear
research and for the
inspections
to end in ten years
and
those are deal breakers
Todd:
wow sounds bleak
Mitchell:
it's possible there will be no deal
Todd:
that would help Obama
since
everyone hates this deal
Mitchell:
the Arabs don't want
a
deal with Iran because they
think
it's not tough enough
Todd:
right
Mitchell:
Obama sees this is as his
legacy
- but does he want it too much?
Todd:
good question
Mitchell:
but if there's no deal all bets
are
off and Iran can build a nuclear bomb
Todd:
wait no one told us that
Mitchell:
it's true
Todd:
we've been told if there's
no
deal Iran will never get a bomb
Mitchell:
the opposite is true Chuck
Todd:
I can't trust anyone
Mitchell:
sorry
Todd:
thanks for coming Andrea
[
break ]
Todd:
Welcome Ambassador Hill
Hill:
good morning Charles
Todd:
you've been there – what's it
like
to be in the negotiating room?
Hill:
it's very tricky
Todd:
that makes sense
Hill:
both sides will have difficulty
in
selling a deal to their nations –
at
best it will be a technical compromise
and
not a big one-sided victory
Todd:
the U.S. is making a deal
with
Iran but also supporting
Saudi
Arabia's proxy war with Iran
Hill:
the Saudis are nervous – they don't like
the
idea of the U.S. and Iran becoming BFFs
Todd:
I see
Hill:
also the Saudis have to fight
Yemen
rebels and ISIS who are Sunnis
Todd:
why don't we demand Iran
recognize
Israel's right to exist?
Hill:
because that has nothing to
do
with Iran possessing nuclear weapons
Todd:
George W. Bush's deputy
national
security advisor says Obama has
mishandled
the middle east
Hill:
that's pretty rich
[
break ]
Todd:
omg Saudi Arabia is bombing
the
hell out of Yemen rebels
Engel:
that's right Chuck – Saudi Arabia is
currently
bombing Iranian backed rebels
Todd:
that's new
Engel:
but in Iraq the U.S. is
helping
Iran to bomb ISIS
Todd:
that's confusing
Engel:
and also negotiating with
Iran
on nuclear weapons
Todd:
my head is spinning
Engel:
the Sunni Arabs are mad that
the
U.S. won't declare war on Shia Islam
Todd:
that's sad
Engel:
critics says the U.S. is confusing
friends
and emboldening enemies
Todd:
bad Obama!
[
break ]
Todd:
welcome Ambassador
Al-Jubeir:
thank you for inviting me Mr. Todd
Todd:
why are you bombing Yemen rebels
Al-Jubeir:
we got an invitation to
bomb
our neighbor so of course we did
Todd:
you didn't tell the U.S. before
you
started bombing – do you hate Obama?
Al-Jubeir:
no not at all – we only
just
decided to bomb at the last minute
Todd:
does the U.S. support your bombing?
Al-Jubeir:
oh yes they do
Todd:
will Saudi Arabia put
ground
troops in Yemen?
Al-Jubeir:
maybe
Todd:
are you in a proxy war with Iran?
Al-Jubeir:
the rebels are supported
by
Iran and we're bombing them
Todd:
so yes
Al-Jubeir:
darn right Chucky
Todd:
so you're at war with Iran!
Al-Jubeir:
we love the Iranians
they
keep rejecting our attempts at friendship
– they
blocked us on Twitter and won't
friend
us on Facebook and won't
accept
our Yahoo chat invitation
Todd:
can the U.S. take Saudi Arabia's
side
and still make a deal with Iran
Al-Jubeir:
yes we all want a deal
that
prevents Iran from getting
a
nuclear bomb
Todd:
If Iran built a nuclear bomb
won't
you build one too?
Al-Jubeir:
of course we will
Todd:
do you want more from the U.S.?
Al-Jubeir:
America has pointed out
targets
for us to bomb in
Yemen
so that's good
Todd:
oh okay
Al-Jubeir:
but we want the U.S. to
bomb
our enemy Iran more in Iraq
Todd:
Saudis have funded extremists
and
so isn't ISIS all your fault?
Al-Jubeir:
ISIS hates the
royal
family of Saudi Arabia!
Todd:
the obscenely rich human
rights-violating
terrorist-financing
beheading
and flogging royal family?
Al-Jubeir:
that's the one
Todd:
thanks for coming Al
Al-Jubeir:
you too Chuck
[
break ]
Todd:
omg Harry Reid is retiring!
Scarborough:
Harry Reid was a disaster
and
Chuck Schumer is a liberal
but
he likes getting things done
Todd:
maybe but Harry Reid
was
once a deal maker like Chuck
Tanden:
the tea party made Reid a little crazy
Todd:
liberals think Schumer is
too
close to Wall Street
Stein:
yes they do Chuck
Todd:
ha ha
Stein:
yes but liberals were skeptical
Reid
when he was first named leader
Todd:
true
Stein:
but Reid passed Obamacare
and
got rid of the filibuster so that's
a
pretty good legacy
Parker:
Reid was an obstructionist!
Scarborough:
Reid was a
disaster
for Democrats!
Tanden:
Hillary Clinton wiped
e-mails
from her server and
she's
hiding something!
Tanden:
this is a fake scandal
Scarborough:
she's just like Richard Nixon!
Parker:
she didn't save her e-mails!
Tanden:
just like every Republican!
Scarborough:
they were under subpoena!
Tanden:
she turned over all her
State
Department e-mails
Todd:
unless she's lying about that
Tanden:
everybody in Washington
uses
personal e-mail!
Scarborough:
you can't trust the Clintons!
[
break ]
Todd:
Ted Cruz is courting evangelicals
but
that ultimately didn't work for
Huckabee
or Santorum
Todd:
although this year it could help Cruz
– he
could win Iowa then South Carolina
and
a Super Evangelical Tuesday primary
Todd:
wins there could propel
Cruz
to the actual nomination
as
incredible as that sounds
[
break ]
Todd:
oh wow the Ted Kennedy
Institute
will explain how the Senate works
Todd:
it will teach people about the
real
Senate and inspire future filibusterers
to
shut down the government by reading
Green
Eggs and Ham
Todd:
here students can pretend to
put
an anonymous hold on a cabinet
nomination
out of spite
Todd:
a theme of the Institute
is
bipartisanship and working
across
party lines
Victoria
Kennedy: he came back
from
brain surgery to vote on Medicaid
and
the whole Senate applauded
Todd:
that was cool
Kennedy:
it's about the Senate and
inspiring
the next generation
Todd:
welcome Patrick Kennedy
Kennedy:
my dad persevered
and
the Senate needs to persevere
Todd:
what should Senators
learn
from your Dad?
Kennedy:
try to make a personal effort
to
get to know the other Senators and
where
they're coming from
Todd:
Orrin Hatch ran against your
Dad
and then they passed laws together
Kennedy:
they became friends and
he
saw that if Ted was behind it
the
other liberals would be too
and
they made a great team
Todd:
that's amazing
Kennedy:
the personal touch really matters
Todd:
maybe this Institute will inspire
kids
but also current Senators
to
stop being such dicks
Kennedy:
ha ha
Kennedy:
my hope is that future
Senators
may study here and
learn
to reach across the aisle
Todd:
there's a replica of the Senate
so
kids can pretend to obstruct
legislation
for real like real Senators
Kennedy:
he'd love this place –
kids
and the Senate –
he'd
be in heaven - and he is!
[
break ]
Todd:
panel there's a huge corporate
pushback
against this ridiculous Indiana law
Stein:
the timing is horrible
Stein:
the reaction is amazing – Apple
and
the NCAA and Angie's List,
Victoria's
Secret and Carl's Jr!
Parker:
you can't legitimize businesses
discriminating
– it's offensive
Tanden:
it's nuts
Todd:
but religious crazies feel
they
under siege
Scarborough:
in 2004 the GOP and
Karl
Rove won big bashing gays
and
now we all have to bake
cakes
for the sodomites
Tanden:
at least everyone is against this law
Todd:
Mike Huckabee says
Obama
is going to buy all the food
Parker:
when the masses become
uneasy
hoarding food just makes sense
Todd:
what are you talking about Kathleen
Scarborough:
this is like the
Black
Helicopters of the 1990s
Todd:
ha ha I love how
crazy
Republicans are
Scarborough:
so funny
Todd:
and that's another
episode
of Meet The Press
