she spoke twice by phone sunday to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. netanyahu imposed the moratorium last november to try to get palestinians back to the bargaining table. he says he wants to continue negotiations but rejecting calls by president obama and palestinian leaders to extend the ban. palestinians insist construction makes it impossible for them to create a viable, independent state. >> palestinians have to choose between sitting down and talking peace with us and turning their backs on us. and not having -- missing yet another historic opportunity to reach peace. >> reporter: abbas plans to take the issue to a meeting of arab states next week. and under netanyahu, the number of housing units put up in the west bank is at its lowest level since the 1970s. terrell? >> tara mergener in washington for us this morning, thank you. >>> rescue crews in chile still hope to begin pulling the 33 trapped miners to safety beginning in november. the first of three rescue capsules arrived there over the weekend. the miners will be pulled to the surface on

but it clearly is something that is on prime minister netanyahu's mind. and obviously on our mind also. >> larry: thanks, madeleine, always good seeing you. you look great. >> thank you, good to be with you, larry. >> larry: former secretary of state madeleine albright. ari fleisher and jamie rubin are next. don't go away. people like watching it rain, as long as they're not outside. but, i'm a home. i'm always outside. i make being inside possible. look, do me a favor. get flood insurance. floods can devastate your home. fred, how you doing over there? i think this is gonna be a problem. see what i mean? hey, i know what i'm talking about. because i'm a home people. and, there's no place like me. [ female announcer ] only flood insurance covers floods. for a free brochure, call the number on your screen. this will save you the most money, while making sure you have the auto coverage you need. this is good stuff. no problem, i'm a coverage counselor. it's what i do. thank you for being an esurance customer. great. bye, richard. so, did you guys get enough

this is something that netanyahu placed under u.s. pressure. and the idea at the time was the talks would begin almost immediately and then after ten months, if they had been succeeding, the u.s. would have hoped it that israel would have extended it. but instead, the palestinians wouldn't come immediately to the table. the talks have just started. and now you have this situation where the israelis are saying we've had it for ten months. you know, time's up. we want to move on and the palestinians who at first were very critical that the moratorium was not extensive enough, now want it to continue. >> brown: and they've said that they may not continue negotiating unless it continues. >> that's right. that has been their position. what the americans have been trying to do is to get enough momentum goinging in these last few days so that mahmoud abbas feels comfortable enough with netanyahu that he is willing to swallow a partial extension, a modified extension, something that allows each man to say that they've won something. because of course n

prime minister netanyahu told me, "we're working on it. it is a lot of work," he said. and the stakes couldn't be higher for the region, for the obama administration and for secretary clinton, who says she's still optimistic despite a heavy dose of skepticism all around here. i sat with her after a hectic week of negotiating. madam secretary, thanks for joining us. >> it's a pleasure. thank you for being here in jerusalem. >> how are the talks going? are you down beyond the sort of photo-op stage? are you into core issues? >> we really are, christiane, and i have to say it's been impressive to see the two leaders engaged so seriously so early on what are the core issues, but these talks are already into very sensitive and important areas. >> president obama has said that given the talks going in a constructive way, israel should continue the moratorium on settlements. do you believe that that will happen? >> well, that certainly is our hope. now, we've also said that we'll support an agreement that is reached between the parties. it took a lot of political capital for p

prime minister netanyahu, ladies and gentlemen, let me in the first place once again extend my thanks to president barack obama and his secretary clinton and to senator george mitchell and their teams for the unrelenting effort they exerted during the last months. in order to renounce the negotiations between the palestinian authority and the israeli government. ladies and gentlemen, now that we are launching these negotiations today, we know how hard the hurdles and obstacles we're facing, and we will face during these negotiations. negotiations that should within a year lead to an agreement that will bring the peace, a just peace, of international legality between our two peoples. what is encouraging and is giving us confidence is the road is clear in front of us in order to reach peace. the road of international law is represented by the national security council and the general assembly of the united nations, the quartet, and the positions of the european union, and all these positions clearly for us represent international agreement on the goals of the negotiations. , are notd ge

prime minister netanyahu told me, we're working on it. it is a lot of work, he said. and the stakes couldn't be higher. for the region, for the obama administration and for secretary clinton who says she's still optimistic despite a heavy dose of skepticism all around here. i sat with her after a hectic week of negotiating. madam secretary, thanks for joining us. >> a pleasure. thank you for being here in jerusalem. >> how are the talks going? are you down beyond the sort of photo-op stage or into core issues? >> we really are, christiane and i have to say it's been impressive to see the two leaders engaged so seriously so early on what are the core issues, but these talks are already into very sensitive and important areas. >> president obama has said that given the talks going in a constructive way, israel should continue the moratorium on settlements. do you believe that that will happen? >> well, that certainly is our hope. now, we've also said that we'll support an agreement that is reached between the parties. it took a lot of political capital for prime ministe

israely netanyahu has been pressed to not give up ground. although he says there's progress >> the parties did sit together for 2 long sessions and return to jerusalem. no big announcements and the best anyone is claiming is that they're continuing. there will be many more long days of negotiations in this process is to bear fruit. >> john, "bbc world news," egypt. >> around 2 half thousand people were told to leave the eiffel tower. the city was also evacuted after a second call. >> i breech of press freedom laws. he accuses the presidency to track down the source of a high-level leak. the european court of human rights has ruled turkey must bay a turkish newspaper reporter shot down in 2007. turkey did not fulfill its obligation. >> the afghan central bank is taking over the kabul thank. according to the central bank. several senior directors of kabul bank. including karzai's bother are to be investigated. austral australia's first prime minister is the first woman to be elected to the post. >> now, she's been held pretty much in solitary

the question is, which is prime minister netanyahu? at the same of the "new york times" ps there is a quote from an israeli analysts, the key is whether enough pressure is exerted by the americans on benjamin netanyahu. host: by contrast, looking at the arab newspapers. a headline on this story -- abbas has the will and the way. what are his political realities? guest: a very complicated place. every palestinian was the same thing, an end to the occupation. on the palestinian side there is no one who doubts the sincerity of present abbas to achieve that -- president mahmoud abbas to achieve that. does he not have the backing of the public to strengthen his hand? the way the united states has played this hand, this is the weakest link in the chain. the united states in effect has not really tried to help establish a very solid unified palestinian policy. it has tried to emphasize support for individuals. i think it does not even help the individuals it is meant to help. individuals need the backing of political parties. it would be as i

. >> reporter: today, president obama meets with israeli prime minister netanyahu and palestinian president abbas. before formal talks begin in washington tomorrow. the goal of this summit is to bring together israelis and palestinians in direct talks. those talks broke off almost two years ago. lynn. >> tracie potts in washington. tracie, thank you. >>> well, no stranger to powerful storms, folks in north carolina are on the watch this morning as hurricane earl winds its way toward the east coast of the united states. evacuations began today in the state where residents and tourists are both bracing for the worst. nbc's jay gray has the very latest from north carolina's outer banks. jay, good morning to you. looks like the calm before the storm. >> good morning. you're exactly right. i can't think of a better way to start the day, a beautiful sunrise here along the shoreline. what we've noticed over the next 12 to 24 hours, the surf is picking up a bit. higher waves. not what they expect in the next couple of days where they could see swells up to 20 feet here. they will also get tropical

as he is headed to washington, benjamin netanyahu condemn the killings as a heinous crime. many are already saying it has little hope for success. >> the memoirs of the former british prime minister tony blair were published on wednesday. in his book he also criticized his successor gordon brown for abandoning the labor party's core policy. our political editor gave us more details about what the memoirs revealed. >> absurd sarbanes give to the newspapers. our own interview will air tomorrow evening. what is clear is that tony blair's says labor should have won a fourth term, but it moved in mm away from labor and the pledges he had to deepen welfare reform and public service reform. what will become clear for the first time in the book and in that interview is how difficult their relationship with gordon brown was in the later years. very difficult is tony blair's phrase. he thought of sacking gordon brown as chancellor but feared he would be let loose or become a far more damaging flores. according to one version of the book, they say tony blair took to the bottle in his

during a meeting on wednesday with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, obama condemned wednesday's killings of four jewish settlers. >> united states will be unwavering in its support of israel's security. we will push back against these kinds of terrorist activities. >> oba said he would not allow extremists to derail the peace process through violence. in a separate talk with palestinian president mahmoud you abbas, obama praised him for condemning the incident. they will resume direct talks on thursday for the first time in 20 months. obama wants an agreement within 12 months. but difference its over on the construction of jewish settlements and other issues are likely to weigh heavily on the upcoming negotiations. >>> three scesse bombs have blasted a shia muslim procession in eastern pakistan, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 150. the explosions occurred in la hor on wednesday night as thousands of minority shias were marching through the city in memory of their historic leader. security authorities say they suspect suicide bombers in the crowd were to blame.

. >> reporter: israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs to placate the settler movement on which his government depends to remain in power. palestinian president mahmoud abbas put it starkly. "the israelis have a choice, he said. they can have peace or they can have settlements." >> we're at a critical juncture in the region. it's important for israel. it's important for the palestinians. we think it's essential that they keep on moving forward, keep on talking, keep on trying to work through these issues. >> reporter: the israeli government had urged the settlers to show restraint while the desperate last-minute negotiations continued, and in a concession to the palestinians, they hinted there would be limits to any new construction allowed, but restraint is a tough sell on both sides in the west bank. >> palestinians have to choose between sitting down and talking peace with us and turning their backs on us and not having, missing yet another historic opportunity to reach peace. >> reporter: israel's prime minister netanyahu may have called for peace talks to continue, bu

the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has described the palestinian residents as his partner for peace and says he is seeking to end the conflict for once and for all. but leaders have had preliminary discussions with president obama in washington before talks on thursday. mr. obama says the peace initiative is making progress. there have not been direct israeli-palestinian talks for 20 months. barack obama also condemned the killing of four israelis who were killed on the west bank yesterday. >> there are going to be extremists to, rather than seeking peace, are going to be seeking destruction. and the tragedy that we saw yesterday where people were gunned down on the streets by terrorists who are purposefully trying to undermine peace talks is an example of what we are up against. >> benjamin netanyahu thanked the u.s. president for his efforts and described the talks says "open and productive." >> id president's statement is an expression of our -- i think the president's statement is an expression of our determination to fight and you have talks that are open, productive,

hosting prime minister netanyahu and prison president abbas. as you hinted in your introduction, jewish settlement construction. the crucial issue that the two parties have to get over today before this progress can move forward. the palestinians have said they will walk away if israel's temporary settlement freeze of ten months, which expires on the 26th of this month, are renewed. he and president obama and hillary clinton have been engaged in arm of twisting. it remains to be seen if that hurdle can be overcome today. >> you mentioned this is a two-day meeting. what happens on day two if that happens on day one? >> reporter: today, we rush back to jerusalem, where hillary clinton will arrive later tonight, with a second round of talks with the same characters at the table. probably hosted in prime minister netanyahu's jerusalem home. president abbas joining them for the first time in almost two years, since the last round of talk fell apart. and hopefully then, they get into the meaty issues. difficult, difficult issues. she can start gettin

. >>> tonight in washington, a working dinner for president obama who hosted netanyahu and abbas. tomorrow, the first face-to-face mideast peace talks in two years. tonight abbas promised to work hard for a long-lasting peace deal. he is demanding an end to israeli settlements and palestinian territories, and the released of all palestinian prisoners. netanyahu says both sides deserve lasting peace on terms that are truly sustainable. >> we recognize that another people shareses this land with us. i came here today to find an historic compromise that will enable both our peopleses to live in peace and security and indignity. >> i assure you in the name of the plo that we will draw the years of experience and the negotiations and benefit from the lessons learned. and to make these negotiations successful. >> president obama says the opportunity for peace may not soon come again. >>> up next, the disturbing video of the man being tased in his own home. reaction tonight from an expert who trains officers in the use of force. >> also, how the bay area is reaching out to help injured f

. >> president abbas and prime minister netanyahu were here last week, and they came with a sense of purpose and seriousness and cordiality that, frankly, exceeded a lot of people's expectations. what they said was that they were serious about negotiating. they affirmed the goal of creating two states, living side by side in peace and security. they have set up a schedule where they're going to meet every two weeks. we are actively participating in that process. secretary of state hillary clinton will be flying to the middle east for the first series of next meetings on september 14th and 15th. and so what we've done is to bring the parties together to try to get them to recognize that the path for israeli security and palestinian sovereignty can only be met through negotiations. and these are going to be tough negotiations. there are enormous hurdles between now and our endpoint, and there are going to be a whole bunch of folks in the region who want to undermine these negotiations. we saw it when hamas carried out these horrific attacks against civilians -- and explicitly said, we'

today's meeting comes two days after netanyahu will offer a hint. it would not step up construction nor freeze building on the west bank. >>> it will not pay the prison bail for sarah shourd. earlier yesterday, shourd's family asked to have the bale reduced say they couldn't afford it. >>> the cuban government is going to lay off half a million state workers in the next six months to help the struggling economy. cuba plans to allow more private sector growth with hopes those jobs will be replaced. analysts say it's the biggest private sector shift there since the 1959 revolution. >>> health officials are calling it a global threat, a superdrug thought to be resistant to every known antibiotic. three people travelled to india, patients in california, massachusetts, and illinois have been infected. >>> rescue workers in thailand are assessing the damage after overnight flash floods causing a major road to collapse. bystanders were seen running to safety seconds before the road buckled and completely walked away. >>> the first look at how wall street w

she spoke twice by phone on sunday to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. netanyahu imposed the moratorium last november to try to get palestinians back to the bargaining table. he says he wants to continue negotiations but rejected calls by president obama and palestinian leaders to extend the ban. palestinians insist that construction makes it impossible for them to create a viable independent state. >> palestinians have to choose between sitting down and talking peace with us and turning their backs on us and missing another historic opportunity to reach peace. >> reporter: abbas plans to take the issue to a meeting of arab states next week. tara mergener, cbs news, washington. >>> some 300,000 israelis live in the west bank settlement scattered among .5 million palestinians. >>> a georgia pastor is vowing to fight accusations he lured four men in to sexual relationships. bishop eddie long spoke to the congregation for the first time since being accused of sexual misconduct. he stopped short of admitting to the allegations but said he was wrong about the

and we had very gone -- >> with the netanyahu government? >> to the netanyahu government, yes. >> until then, so it's this government you have had trouble with? >> yes. yes, yes, yes. >> some people look at this and say turkey is trying to play a new foreign policy that will win the hearts and mind of the arab world so it is forsaking israel, it is attacking israel, it is having a more islamic foreign policy. >> no, no. i mean, the rhetoric in foreign policy is not good, you see. it doesn't get anywhere. but terror and war is -- if you dare to raise your voice sometimes then of course the people -- they like this. but we are not against israel. we are not the enemy. but we have a right to criticize the policies. >> we'll be back in a moment with more with turkish president gul. we've heard what israeli president peres would have said to gul if they had met this week. what would gul have said? (announcer) energy security. climate protection. challenges as vast as the space race a generation ago. and vital to global security. to reach this des

on israel's side, the netanyahu government has managed its relations with turkey badly, with bruised feeling and rancor. it would be crucial to have these two countries, both democracies, both market economies, both growing, with strong ties to the west, close relations with america, working together. were they to become rivals, it would add another element of instability to an already unstable region. on our show today, the two men whose differences kept them from meeting with each other here in new york. president shimon peres of israel and president an dualla guill of turkey. they will meet virtually on our show. i sat down with both of them to talk about their differences, to talk about the flotilla, and to find out what they might have said to each other had they met. we also talked about a lot of other things, of course. also on the show, what in the world is ahmadinejad claiming about the united states this time? you'll be surprised. we'll take a last look at this picture of peace talks in the united states, or is it? >>> but first, the british sensation. a year ago, no one ha

minister netanyahu. and in this settlement, hundreds doing just that. counting down to the release of 2,000 balloons, the number of new homes ready for new buildings that could heard the end of this process and according to the king of jordan, that would be a disaster. >> if we fail on the 30th, expect another war by the end of the year. >> expect another -- >> war by the end of the year. and more wars that i foresee in the region over the coming years. >> reporter: dire words there from the king of jordan, dan, and some sign of that trouble already tonight. a shooting incident in the west bank. palestinian gunmen targeting a car full of jewish settlers. a heavily pregnant woman lightly injured. dan? >> simon mcgregor-wood, thank you. >>> and one note from chile, where a milestone has been reached in the effort to rescue the 33 miners trapped deep underground. the first of three capsules, especially built to bring the men out, has arrived now at the mine. these tubes, which as you can see, are large enough to fit a man inside, will lift the miners out o

apparently benjamin netanyahu served sushi. there's also word they will talk again in the coming weeks. we know that negotiations from both sides will meet next week to prepare, so the talks continue. the process continues, but there are very few details so far about the substance and what exactly is being discussed and what may have already been agreed. >> you are pretty well experienced in this region. do you have a sense of where it may be going? george mitchell is in syria now. there is tension rising now in and around gaza. >> absolutely. on both sides of the divide, there are those that do not want these talks to continue. hamas has made clear what it thinks of these talks. that this is not the way to get palestinians their rights back. israeli settlers are also adamant that prime minister netanyahu shall not give in. they want him to continue building in the settlements. the tensions are there. the obstacles are there, but the american administration seems quite confident that it can move this process forward, and it is

apparently benjamin netanyahu served sushi. there is also agreement they will talk again in the coming weeks. we know that negotiators from both sides will meet next week to prepare for the next meeting at the leadership level. the talks continue. the protest continues, but there are very few details so far about the substance and what has already been discussed and what has already been agreed, if anything. >> pope benedict's state visit to britain is intended to improve strained links between catholics and anglicans, but just hours before rate of rise, one of its seniors has pulled out. cardinal kasper is pleading ill health, but it is difficult to not suspect a connection with an interview published in the german magazine. he compares atheism to a disease spreading and compares the u.k. to a third-world country. the mcconnell kasper is an insider, fellow german and senior aide to pope benedict for a decade -- >> cardinal kasper is an insider. he was part of the pope's entourage of britain, but just hours before pope benedict

today prime minister netanyahu talked about the jewishness of the state. can you bridge the gap considering there are so many difficulties? do you think this could be an issue that could be explosive for the peace process? >> first, i believe strongly, deeply and personally, that this conflict can be resolved, and that these negotiations can produce a final agreement that enables the establishment of a palestinian state and peace and security for both peoples. secondly, it is of course self evident that the reason for a negotiation is that there are differences. there are many, and they are deep, serious. it will take serious good-faith negotiations, sincerity on both sides. a willingness to make difficult concessions on both sides. if that agreement is to be reached. but i do not think that any human problem can be solved if one begins by reviewing the problems as insurmountable. as suggesting that the mountains are too high end of the rivers are too wide, so let's not undertake the journey. there has to be a sincerity and seriousness of purpose combined

netanyahu opposes government includes ministers who do not want what they called jewish land to good palestinians. mr. abbas cannot speak for all his people. hamas, which condemns his presence here, controls gaza. they all looked relaxed as the journalists were ushered out. they will not be behind closed doors. >> now look at some of the other top news stories of the day. suspension by the international cricket council. the icc says it has charged three players of various offenses under its anti- corruption code. earlier, pakistan's most senior diplomat in the u.k. said he believes the three were entirely innocent. the world bank has raised the amount it is offering to help deal with the flooding in pakistan to $1 billion. earlier, the international red cross want that resentment was growing toward aid workers as people became increasingly desperate. staff have tries been forced to abandon distribution of food supplies because of angry crowds. fire on board and oil plant in the gulf of mexico is now out, and all 30 workers on board our state. there's also no evidence that no oil has

president netanyahu and president abbas have met for peace talks. they were joined by secretary of state hillary clinton and middle east peace envoy michel. -- george mitchell. [applause] >> good >> good morning. i want to thank all of you for joining us today. we are here to launch negotiations to settle the israeli-palestinian conflict. to settle the israeli-palestinian conflict. i note that getting everyone at this table was not easy. we understand the suspicion and skepticism that so many feel, born out of years of conflict and frustrated and hope. a tragic act of terror on tuesday and the terrorist shooting yesterday or additional reminders of the human cost of this conflict. but by being here today, you each have taken an important step towards freeing your people from the shackles of a history we cannot change. moving towards a future of peace and dignity that all you can create. so thank you. thank you for your courage and your commitment. i also want to recognize the support of egypt and jordan, which have long been crucial partners for pea

netanyahu urged them to continue negotiations. newish settlers resisted netanyahu's pleas. martin fletcher joins us now. how problematic is the expiration of the moratorium, the celebrations that happened and quite frankly the conditioned construction of the settlements? >> it's very proper attic. they said all the time they will not continue if the israelis end the freeze on settlement. they have gone ahead and they have ended the freeze and as you said, settlers are beginning to build and celebrate the building. now they have a problem. now to continue the peace negotiations. what happened is he has dodged a bullet and decided not decide for another week. >> i want to mention that you have written this book about your experiences. walking through israel and talking about searching for the real answers to a problem that has been plaguing this area for more than 50 years. when you are looking at building settlements or committing to a peace process, it seems like it should be not that difficult of a problem. if you will stop building settlements, if you submit to a two-say

the leaders in the region prime minister binyamin netanyahu and president obama is in both to see the importance of carrying on with the peace talks without promoting violence in fact these peace talks need to continue so that we can continue living together without violence this settlement freeze i think will be an opportunity for these leaders to show that they can overcome the obstacles in their way well it's true the palestinians have warned that they can walk away and many in fact see that as a ploy in their negotiations prime minister netanyahu will actually expect that he needs to start to stand firm for what he believes in. a tactic and as a strategy for his own negotiations so we expect the prime minister to stay firm with his expectation that the palestinians will stay in and negotiate. or coming out with our including and they're not seen in a normal way promote on the wrong from a fight catching it around so they can spiral target stream missed intended all slow off to the modern day political asylum. and love young indians face threats of violence from marrying outside th

netanyahu says he won't do anything that risks that. there isn't much optimism here. expectations are very low. what happens in washington, although important, will be l sy the real talking starts when the two sides get back here. rob? mike? >> thanks, to simon mcgregor-wood in jerusalem. >>> children in one oklahoma town have an unexpected day off after powerful winds ripped part of the roof of their high school. the storm hit yesterday just before school was about to let out. no one was injured. but several classrooms were damageater >>> now, for this morni's weather around the natio more severe storms in the plains. 80-mile-per-hour winds, large hail and even isolated tornadoes in the dakotas, nebraska and kansas. showers and thunderstorms f texas up to the great lakes light rain in the north rockies. and near record highs here the northeast. >> 97 here in new york. 92 in boston. and 95 in baltimore. also, 90s along muchulf coast. 79 in the twin cities. 84 in omaha. and 81 in chicago. just shy of 70 in seattle and billings. phoenix, meanwhile, heats up 103. and sac

president obama tried to jump-start those talks in meetings with israeli prime minister netanyahu and palestinian president abbas at the white house. simon mcgregor-wood is joining us from jerusalem with some of the sticking points. hi, simon. >> reporter: good morning, it's t rob. it's taken almost 20 months of diplomatic arm-twisting. but today, the two sides are finally due to sit down and talk face-to-face. a peace agreement to end this decades-long conflict in one year. that's their goal. very ambitious. but last night, as the protagonists gathered for dinner at the white house, there were fine words and lots of optimism. >> after nearly two years, israelis and palestinians will resume direct talks in pursuit of a goal that we all share. two states, israel and palestine, living side-by-side, in peace and security. >> we must learn to live together, to live next to one another, and with one another. and it is up to us, with the help of our friends, to conclude the agonizing conflict between our peoples and to afford them a new beginning. >> reporter: but there are lots of potentia

yeah netanyahu is the. new were face to the palestinian is that a.b.c. politics we are dealing with him all the time be any more than two decades he's in the political spectrum and he is there talking and he was we he made many of these talks between the palestinian and the israelis and the guy he wrote all his vision and a ball and we know that the guy he doesn't have a vision for peace or what is his vision as how to kick the palestinian out of the historic land of palestine and make it the land for the zionist and now he's talking about the jews which means that all the palestinian arabs and even the christian they should believe these jewish state our values our cause i'm sorry my name i can just enjoy yours for a moment. if i may so as always there's no political unity there were among the palestinians as we see with hamas and fatah how likely is it a sustainable peace can be reached with the israelis and i've only got just a moment please answer. i admit that we are in very weak situation because there is a division between us bank and gaza and we

i think there's a connection between the two that is giving netanyahu some confidence. if the americans are serious about doing something on iran, he will be more committed on the israeli-palestinian track. and i think that's more progress than anyone would have thought. it's limited but it's more progress than anyone would have thought. >> you've been following this all your life. what do you think? >> i am a little more optimistic for two reasons, two technical reasons. not big ideas. technical reasons. first one, the peoples there are fed up. exhausted. the moderate palestinians and the israelis are just fed up of seeing this problem, this puzzle always the same pieces in one way, in another way, since 40 years. i'm like you. i'm older than you. much more. but since such a long time i see the same pieces. they are fed up. another too. you have a president today, for the first time he did not wait the last year of his second mandate, the last year of his last mandate, to take care of the problem, as w. bush did and as bill clinton did. remember, taba and camp david. t

you have netanyahu saying he wants to continue the talks. george mechel is headed to the region as i speak. we still hope there will be a way to bridge this divide to keep the talks going. >> as we all know bob woodward has a hot "inside the white house" book. i want to go back to the first, "the promise." in that book you tell the president not to do health care in the first two years. you urged him instead to concentrate on the economy and jobs. if the president had followed your advice you were giving him at that time, what would the unemployment numbers look like now and where would the democrats be in the congressional campaign? >> look, lawrence, i'm not going to confirm anything i've said to the president privately. because it is that. hopefully he listens to it because i give it to him, that's why i didn't do it on the air. the president did something nobody has been able to do since teddy roosevelt, deliver a health care change, which is now beginning to roll out. one of the positive things about the health care of the president, it

and the settlers are capable of exerting real pressure on prime minister netanyahu. and in this settlement, hundreds of settlers doing just that. counting down to the release of 2,000 balloons. the number of new homes ready for construction. new buildings that could herald the end of this process. and according to the king of jordan, that would be a disaster. >> if we fail on the 30th, expect another war by the end of the year. >> expect another war by the end of the year? >> and more wars that i foresee in the region over coming years. >> reporter: despite the end of the freeze today, prime minister netanyahu's urging the settlers to show restraint. and palestinian president abbas is saying this morning that he will consult with his arab allies before deciding the fate of the peace process. mike, vinita? >> end of the freeze but i think the bottom line question, are we expecting to see much building in the settlements today? >> reporter: well, that's right, i think it's a question of the scale and the scope of the construction from today onwards. the settlers that w

netanya netanyahu? >> he shrugs off the pressure. pressure is on palestinians to go will we go ahead with the talks. >> i want to talk quickly, you're here to talk about the book itself. you went from lebanon to gaza walking the entire way. why did you do there is? a lot of us -- >> that's a good question. i actually did it because the world looks at israel from only one point of view really, a nation in conflict, which it is. as we see from the peace talks urgent need to solve the problems. i wanted to look at israel from a different perspective, walk along the coast, look east. 70% of israelis live on the coastal plane with 1 millionaire rabs they're living with. is this an example for the peace process? is there a way forward? i found out there is. >> after 30 years, some would say you probably couldn't find anything that would surprise you or be eye opening. are there things that you discovers during this jumpfully? >> it confirmed what i knew. people always said to me, martin, is it safe to visit israel? i said, yeah, come visit