it has to do with his comments about the israeli/palestinian peace process. now, if you want to see the entire video, go to the mother jones website. we cut a portion of it. what makes it interesting is you see mitt romney in private casting doubt on a position that is both the position of former president bush, of president obama, but also mitt romney's public position, which is that there should be a two-state solution between israel and the palestinians. here in this clip, he suggests it's impossible. >> and i look at the palestinians not wanting to see peace anyway for political purposes. committed to the construction and elimination of israel. there's just no way. so what you do is move things along the best way you can. you hope for some degree of stability. what you recognize is going to remain unsolved. >> now, most of the attention all day has been request regard to his comments about people who don't pay taxes. if to you look at these numbers from the tax foundation, that proportion of tax filers reached 50% in the great depression, people who didn'

in other news around here and in this part of the world, that has drawn sharp criticism from palestinian officials there. they say they could come back and fight governor romney if he is elected. he said although they understand this is part of the election process in the united states, those comments could be a problem if he is elected president. >> appreciate it. here now we have retired four-star general and retired film maker. author of the book "obama's america". welcome back. you know, you listen to these bad actors, al qaeda, mhezbolla, this was never about a movie or movie trailer. isn't this sheer extremism in the muslim movement and running up against anti-americanism as well? >> i think you are right. it has been engineered in one form or another. certainly libya. i might add, it is interesting where this hasn't happened. saudi arabia the gulf coast states, the heart of the industry has been sqeen quiet. it does underscore a general feeling of the muslim world. that we are insensitive to their religious themes and even with this film done by somebody with a criminal record it

the president of the palestinian authority who worked closely with chris when he served in jerusalem sent me a letter remembering his energy and integrity and deploring -- and i quote -- an act of ugly terror. many others from across the middle east and north africa have offered similar sentiments. this has been a difficult week for the state department and for our country. we've seen the heavy assault on our post in benghazi that took the lives of those brave men. we've seen rage and violence directed at american embassies over an awful internet video that we had nothing to do with. it is hard for the american people to make sense of that because it is senseless. and it is totally unacceptable. the people of egypt, libya, yemen, and tunisia did not trade the tyranny of a dictator for the tyranny of a mob. reasonable people and responsible leaders in these countries need to do everything they can to restore security and hold accountable those behind these violent acts. and we will, under the president's leadership, keep taking steps to protect our personnel around the world. there wi

president obama spent quite a bit of his speech talk about the palestinian-israeli conflict and the tensions there. but when it comes to syria, he said the united nations need to act on that front. the united states is not going to just stand by. they have to overcome the pretty much resistance from other countries like russia and china in the united nations security council. but when it comes to iran, united states making it clear that they will do what they must, is what obama said, to stop iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. the iranians are saying well, we're not really striving to get nuclear weapons. so there's really not much to do on that front. but again, what are we expecting from president mahmood ahmadinejad? we got a bit of a preview yesterday in some comments that were really provocative when it comes to israel, and we expect perhaps some of that to continue in his speech later today. but again, watch very carefully for that speech. might get further clues about where iran stands at the moment. also, of course, it will be worth watching and tuning in to the israeli leader's sp

what he said with regard to the palestinian issue, the israeli/palestinian issue is not nearly as big a gaffe as the 47% which seems to reveal something new and startling. what he is saying here is pretty standard hard line republican talking points. what's strange, though, is that mitt romney the candidate has said something quite different. he's endorsed the two state solution and the republican platform endorses the two state solution. so he's now going to have to explain what does he think of the republican platform, what does he think of his own prior statements. >> he's also saying palestinians don't want peace, he's not making much of a difference between different groups of palestinians. he's painting with a pretty broad brush. what do you make of these comments? >> he said the palestinians who and he talked about violence. i don't know that that covers all palestinians, certainly that does cover hamas and that's one of the biggest problems we have, not having peace. bill clinton couldn't do it, george bush couldn't do it, barack obama couldn't do it. >> he says i look at the

for example, our decades-long support for dictators and monarchs, our policies toward the palestinians, our concerns about oil supplies, but the frustration being unleashed on the region today is a response to much longer term trends. some of it is a result of powerful internal political struggles that have begun in arab countries between moderates and radicals as they vie for power in new and fragile democracies. there is a kind of bipartisan arrogance that's often at work in washington where both sides believe that everything happens in the world is a consequence of american policy. if only we had implemented a different speech or made a different policy or sent out a different tweet. the truth is what's happening in the arab world is not about us. it really is about them. for more you can read it online. in "time" magazine or on time.com. let's get started. ♪ >>> president clinton, thank you for joining us. >> glad to do it for you. >> i can't not ask you about politics. do you think what mitt romney said about the 47% had an element of truth? do you think there is a problem that

should support palestinians in peace talks. with regards to that specific position -- >> i read a quote today that nobody ever lost the presidential election by kicking the palestinians. so it was a quote i read this morning. so, look, there was another thing too, apparently jokes about wishing he had latino heritage as well. >> right, if he were latino he'd be winning the race. this is something that's offending latinos, of course because it's considered insensitive to use that kind of sort of argument to explain away, perhaps, some of the issues that mitt romney's campaign has been having in the polls. we reached out to the romney campaign, when i was in tampa, we spoke to one of the romney campaign advisers, jonathan burkes on foreign policy, we reached out again today, we were told nobody would be made available to discuss the foreign policy aspect of the leaked video today. we don't have a response. >> good to see you. do your own show on cnn international. we are going to get a closer look at more of this video and what i

now they're back to palestinians. something called non-u.n. member status. it allows them to be on the same level as the vatican, allows them to vote in different u.n. organizations, potentially get closer in the international criminal court for bringing cases to israel. it's a step-down from last year. there really hasn't been that pomp around the u.n., the drama leading up to. this they'll wait until after the u.s. elections to introduce an election. >> we know, richard, a lot of the pomp and excitement is about the prime minister benjamin netanyahu who will come forward and speak before this body soon. we heard from the white house that there's a scheduled phone call between netanyahu and obama, netanyahu felt snubbed he didn't have a meeting with the president while he was here. what is the white house going to be listening for now when netanyahu goes before this world body? >> i think they'll be upset if netanyahu says in any way where he has said in other forums, where he wants washington to set up these, quote, red lines about iran, red lines that wou

it is accurate that the united states cannot make peace between the israelis and the palestinians. they have to do that. what we need to do is maximize the attractiveness of doing it and minimize the risks of doing it. we can do that. and if you look at it, president bush, when he took office -- the second president bush -- i'll never forget. he said, you know the names of every street in the old city and look where it got you. i'm not going to fool with this now. immediately the death rate went up among israelis and palestinians because there was nothing going on. then he got aggressively involved. condi rice practically lived on an airplane going back and forth to the middle east and new possibilities opened up. they devised a negotiation around this roadmap concept. they didn't make peace, but meanwhile the palestinian government was more stable, they produced more prosperity. when they took action against gaza and hamas, the west bank was calm all because things were happening, and there was an understanding, a level of trust. so i think kicking the can down the road is an erro

allow the palestinians to be released from incarceration. allow the people of palestine to sit down at the table of collaboration and make their own decision. and you should respect that decision, and we should do that as well. any decision they make for their own land, for their own country, not for others. >> would you prefer -- >> translator: i don't want to sit here and make a decision for them. whatever decision they make we respect. >>> coming up -- things get pretty heated when i push president ahmadinejad to explain his views on the holocaust. more on our exclusive interview. l night-vision goggles, like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. >>

allow the palestinians to be released from incarceration. allow the people of palestine to sit down at the table of collaboration and make their own decision. and you should respect that decision, and we should do that as well. any decision they make for their own land, for their own country, not for others. >> would you prefer -- >> translator: i don't want to sit here and make a decision for them. whatever decision they make we respect. >>> coming up -- things get pretty heated when i push president ahmadinejad to explain his views on the holocaust. more on our exclusive interview. ♪ to look at [ sighs ] ♪ oh, he's shaggy ♪ and he eats like a hog [ male announcer ] the volkswagen jetta. available with advanced keyless technology. control everything from your pocket, purse, or wherever. that's the power of german engineering. ♪ that dirty, old egg-suckin' dog ♪ that's the power of german engineering. there are laws so, explain this.? how can something get bigger.. and smaller? there's more of it.. and less of it? well, i guess the

the path is to recognize the right of the palestinians to self-governance. allow the people of palestine to make decisions regarding their own future. imagine one day in palestine, there is no longer occupation. occupation no longer exists in palestine. what else would remain? >> do you believe in a two-state solution? >> translator: about the decision of the people of palestine, i cannot express an opinion. that is their prerogative. but the people of palestine must be allowed by everyone and helped by everyone to allow them to give them the right to choose for themselves, to choose their own future. >> if they agreed, mr. president, if the palestinians agreed to a deal with the israelis which recognized a two-state solution, would you then recognize the state of israel? if the state of palestine was accepted by the international community, would you accept a two-state solution? >> translator: but before that, allow me -- allow me to say something. i believe what is our common responsibility, all of humanity, must help to end and eradicate occupation, bully

mahmoud abbas from the palestinian authority today was pretty similar to what ahmadinejad said. he said it's a campaign of ethnic cleansing, the palestinian people, by demolition of homes, prevention of construction, denial of services, and so on. the real sense i was getting, netanyahu barely mentioned any kind of peace deal today in his speech with the palestinians, you get a sense that the peace deal has never been further away. am i wrong to feel so pessimistic? >> well, it's understandable, people are pessimistic at the moment. the truth is, though, if we recharge this political process and got it back under way again, then the two-state solution which is the only solution, by the way, to the conflict, could be back on the agenda. but to do that, you need to have a framework of negotiation that's credible, because people have got to believe this thing will actually happen, and secondly, you've got to match the politics, if you like, the top-down political negotiation with changes on the ground that support the deal and don't go the other way against it. so this is why the p

allow the palestinians to be released from incarceration. allow the people of palestine to sit down at the table of collaboration and make their own decision. and you should respect that decision, and we should do that as well. any decision they make for their own land, for their own country, not for others. >> would you prefer -- >> translator: i don't want to sit here and make a decision for them. whatever decision they make we respect. >>> coming up -- things get pretty heated when i push president ahmadinejad to explain his views on the holocaust. more on our exclusive interview. this happy couple used capital one venture miles for their "destination wedding." double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. but i bought a dress! a toast... ...to the capital one venture card. fly any airline, any flight, anytime. double miles you can actually use. what a coincidence? what's in your wallet? [ all screaming ] watch th

he barely mentioned the palestinian peace process. he gave it piecemeal. he was much more focused on ahmadinejad and iran. >> look, the palestinians do not pose an existential threat to israel. i think they should resolve this issue in a two-state solution. iran, one bomb could destroy israel as one of the heads of iran recently said. if one bomb were dropped on israel it would destroy israel forever. israel might retaliate and kill 10 or 20 million muslims but there are 110 million of them. so israel has to put the iranian situation first. that's correct. i think they are actually related in some way. i do think that if the israelis do make it a good peace offer and if they can resolve this with their own security intact, it will help create an international consensus against iran. >> let me bring in dan senor. you heard alan dershowitz. something has to happen now. what i'm curious about, say romney wins the election. he has been much more bellicose in his rhetoric against iran than barack obama has been. what would happen if the israelis say you know wh

tomorrow at the u.n., president abbas of the palestinians may announce that the palestinians want nonobserver state status here at the u.n. a little bit of a step down from last year's full statehood that they want. that's still significant. the general assembly does not have any vetoes to block that action like the security council. >> let's turn to iran, we talked about the much anticipated mahmoud ahmadinejad speech, not as fiery and bombastic as some like to look forward to. nine months in office he has left. but here is what he had to say about israel today. >> translator: continuing threats by the uncivilized zionists to resort to military action against our great nation is a clear example of this bitter reality. a state of mistrust on the international relations whilst there is no trust or just authority to help resolve world conflicts. no one feels secure or safe, even those who have stockpiled thousands of atomic bombs and other arms in their arsenals. >> that was bombastic, uncivilized zionists, as far as pretty far in his speech here to the u.n. general assembly. we should point ou

palestinians. it's a very tenuous, fragile relationship. and cnn is going in-depth and each presidential candidate says about future prospects for peace talks, we have heard strong rhetoric from mitt romney, also from president obama. here's cnn's lead political anchor wolf blitzer. >> reporter: in addresses that largely focused on domestic concerns one country in particular was singled out by both candidates in the convention speeches. >> president obama thrown allies like israel under the bus. >> the commitment to israel. >> security must not waver. >> reporter: president obama came to office determined to make middle east peace a central tenant of the foreign policy. even if it meant exerting what some of the advisers describe as tough love on israel. he took a harder line on settlements in palestinian territories. >> in my conversations with prime minister netanyahu i was clear about the need to stop settlements, to make sure that we are stopping the building of outposts. >> reporter: that angered many israelis, especially prime ministe

he barely mentioned the palestinian peace process. he gave it piecemeal. he was much more focused on ahmadinejad and iran. >> look, the palestinians do not pose an existential threat to israel. i think they should resolve this issue in a two-state solution. iran, one bomb could destroy israel as one of the heads of iran recently said. if one bomb were dropped on israel it would destroy israel forever. israel might retaliate and kill 10 or 20 million muslims but there are 110 million of them. so israel has to put the iranian situation first. that's correct. i think they are actually related in some way. i do think that if the israelis do make it a good peace offer and if they can resolve this with their own security intact, it will help create an international consensus against iran. >> let me bring in dan senor. you heard alan dershowitz. something has to happen now. what i'm curious about, say romney wins the election. he has been much more belicose in his rhetoric against iran than barack obama has been. what would happen if the israelis say you know wha

allow the palestinians to be released from incarceration. allow the people of palestine to sit down at the table of collaboration and make their own decision. and you should respect that decision, and we should do that as well. any decision they make for their own land, for their own country, not for others. >> would you prefer -- >> translator: i don't want to sit here and make a decision for them. whatever decision they make we respect. >>> coming up -- things get pretty heated when i push president ahmadinejad to explain his views on the holocaust. more on our exclusive interview. ♪ oh, he's shaggy ♪ and he eats like a hog [ male announcer ] the volkswagen jetta. available with advanced keyless technology. control everything from your pocket, purse, or wherever. that's the power of german engineering. ♪ that dirty, old egg-suckin' dog ♪ but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a

he'd also served in syria, the palestinian territories and in saudi arabia. he was willing to take on these tough assignments over and over and over again, yet he did have this kind of goofy sense of humor and he always made me laugh with a self-effacing story about one of his misadventures. he once in libya was followed by one of moammar gadhafi's intelligence agents and he snatched the camera away from the libyan goon and turned and and snapped the guy's picture with it and then he smiled and gave the camera back but he made his point. once when he was based in jerusalem, he was in the middle of the second intifada and a time of real tensions when palestinians were blowing themselves enough israeli bus stations and he and a colleague went out in the middle of a rare snowstorm in jerusalem and started lobbing snowballs at each other and the israelis and palestinians on both sides of the divide got involved and it was a moment that broke what was one of the tensest times in relation. >> very sad day. do you think there were some warning signals missed that co

did you get flack from the palestinians? did you worry about dipping your toe into a very hot political situation? >> you know, i didn't, because piers, the foundation of our faith is based out of israel and the scripture tells us to pray for peace in jerusalem. i went over certainly not as a political leader but as a friend to the people. we don't shun somebody, the palestinian people or anybody else, but just happened to be there holding an event there so i felt very honored to pray with him. >> we got a picture of joel on a beach which we thought we would show victoria. there we are. pretty damn impressive. is he into this p-90x thing? >> let's see. >> the paul ryan -- >> it's just all natural. >> really? >> he works out. >> i work out. >> every day? >> no, i don't work out every day. i like to work out. i grew up playing sports. i like to run, lift weights, play sports. it's natural to me. >> not bad. another reason to hate you. >> well. >> if you weren't such a nice bloke, it would be easy to hate you. >> thank you. >>

that's a decision on borders that will be worked out by the israelis and the palestinians. >> reporter: romney says obama has rebuffed israel's security concerns, however, the israeli defense minister, ehud barak told me in july the relationship with the united states is solid. >> i should tell you the administration under president obama is doing in regard to our security more than anything that i can remember in the past. >> reporter: wolf blitzer, cnn, washington. >> and we will be taking a closer look at other campaign issues throughout the morning. coming up in our 8:00 hour, we'll see where they stand on terrorism and the global fight. >> super foods said to help reduce your risk of cancer. are they all they're cracked up to be? really? we'll separate fact from fiction. i got so excited about all the super foods, i couldn't even talk. mark mcdonald will explain it all for us. be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ every mom needs a little helper. that's why i got a subaru. announcer: love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been c

he'd also served in syria, the palestinian territories and in saudi arabia. he was willing to take on these tough assignments over and over and over again, yet he did have this kind of goofy sense of humor and he always made me laugh with a self-effacing story about one of his misadventures. he once in libya was followed by one of moammar gadhafi's intelligence agents and he snatched the camera away from the libyan goon and turned and and snapped the guy's picture with it and then he smiled and gave the camera back but he made his point. once when he was based in jerusalem, he was in the middle of the second intifada and a time of real tensions when palestinians were blowing themselves enough israeli bus stations and he and a colleague went out in the middle of a rare snowstorm in jerusalem and started lobbing snowballs at each other and the israelis and palestinians on both sides of the divide got involved and it was a moment that broke what was one of the tensest times in relations. >> very sad day. do you think there were some warning signals missed that c

i don't think it has to be the future, but right now what you see is a palestinian group, a palestinian territory that isn't doing any better than it has been. >> when he says that palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace. if you look at the leadership of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas, the prime minister, they have clearly stated they would like to establish peace of a two-state solution. that's different than amhamas a gaza. >> you know, they both complain. both sides complain. the palestinians complain and the israelis complain. they're mirror images in many ways because they are complaining the other side isn't really willing to do what it takes. at the end of the day, what we've seen up to now, that is the reality. they haven't been willing to do what it takes. >> should president obama have been doing more in trying to push for this? >> i think he tried but i think what he was unable to do was to deal with the problems in congress. the slap down that he got from his own congress when they invited benjamin netanyahu and gave him 29 standing ovations

he took a harder line on israeli settlements in palestinian territories. >> in my conversations with prime minister netanyahu, i was very clear about the need to stop settlements, to make sure that we are stopping the building of outposts. >> that angered many israelis, especially prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and early trips to turkey and egypt with high profile addresses to the arab and muslim world without a stop in israel further exacerbated that relationship. the push for middle east peace has been stuck ever since. and that rocky personal relationship with netanyahu was further underlined during a tense oval office building in may 2011 when the prime minister seemed to be lecturing the president. >> israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace. it cannot go back to the 1967 lines. because these lines are indefensible. >> still, at least in public, they seem to have moved on. >> as i've said to prime minister in every single one of our meetings, the united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel's security. >> some of the most sensitive is

recognition of a palestinian state. now, shortly after he speaks, israel's prime minister will take the podium p. and mr. netanyahu is expected to focus on iran rather than on palestinians. he's likely going to warn the united nations about the threat that israel faces from iran's controversial nuclear program, but his warnings take on a new sense of urgency after making it clear that israel would preemptively attack iran if diplomacy fails. netanyahu's threats have put i suppose you could call a significant strain on relations with the united states and president obama in particular who the prime minister of israel says is pushing to establish a clear red line. it is quite possible you'll hear about the red line again. and i do have breaking news for you, as well. cnn has learned that president obama has a plan to have a follow-up phone call with prime minister netanyahu tomorrow action all of this after the israeli government confirming there was an effort to put a meeting on the books when prime minister netanyahu wa

palestinians are in this, too, if iran bombs israel, won't palestini palestinians be involved in this, too? >> we're mostly in chess hair. benjamin netanyahu's speech focused on iran and didn't address some comprehensive lasting peaceful resolution to decades long plin c s long pale conflict. what was interesting to observers like myself when n netanyahu pulled out a cartoon image of a bomb in which was called his wylie coyote moment, left us all scratching our haze. some people as mr. goldberg observed found it condescending. i was waiting for a picture of an anvil and roadrunner to come up next or maybe angry bird bombs. it definitely was one of the most humorous moments at the u.n. general session? >> it was a hum rouse moment and important topic that could affect all of us. i want to ask you about the egyptian president, morsi, from the muslim brotherhood. he said it is important to have a workable relationship with the wider middle east. not many people believe the two party state will ever happen. what does this mean? >> it means there's a changing landscape within the changing

he took a harder line on palestinian settlements in israeli territories. >> i talked about the need to stop settlements, to make sure that we're stopping the building of outposts. >> that angered many israelis, especially benjamin netanyahu. and many addresses to turkey and egypt without a stop in israel further exacerbated that relationship. the push for middle east peace has been stuck ever since and that rocky personal relationship with net tatt tanya hoo. >> the president is prepared to make generous compromises for peach. it cannot go back to the 1967 lines because these lines are in defensible. >> still, at least in public, they seem to have moved on. >> as i have said to the prime minister in every single one of our meetings, the united states will always have its back when it comes to its security. >> jerusalem is israel's capital, a final peace agreement should include what's called a two-state solution, israel living alongside palestine, and iran must be stopped from building a nuclear bomb. but there are differences when it comes to specific details on how to achieve those g

he took a harder line on palestinian territoryies. >> in my conversations with president netanyahu i was very clear about the need to stop settlements and make sure we are stopping the building of outposts. >> that angered many allies, including president benjamin netanyahu and early trips to turkey and egypt with high-profile addresses to the arab and muslim world without a stop in israel further exacerbated that relationship. the push for middle east peace has been stuck ever since and that rocky personal relationship with netanyahu was further underlined during a tense oval office meeting in may of 2011, when the prime minister seemed to be lectrring the president. >> israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace. it cannot go back to the 1967 li lines. >> still, at least in public, they seemed to have moved on. >> as i said to the prime minister in every single one of our meetings, the united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel's security. >> on some of the most sensitive issues, obama and romney seem to agree, at least when it comes to the b

. >>> for decades, america has been trying to solve the israeli-palestinian conflict. while creating a permanent state for millions of palestinian living inside and nearby israel. what would barack obama or mitt romney do in the next four years to find a solution that has e u eluded predecessors? wolf blitzer goes in depth. >> one country in particular was singled out by both candidates in their convention speeches. >> president obama has thrown ooh allies like israel under the bus. >> our commitment to israel's security must not waiver. >> reporter: president obama came to office, determined to make middle east peace a central part of his foreign policy, even if it meant tough love on israel, took a hard line on israeli settlements. >> clear about the need to stop settlements, to make sure that we are stopping the building of outposts. >> reporter: that angered many israelis, especially prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and early trips to turkey and egypt with high-profile addre addresses without a stop to isra israel. and that relationship with netanyahu was further

>> i look at the palestinians not wanting to sea peace over political purposes. we live with that in china and taiwan. all right? we have a potentially volatile situation but we sort of live with it and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately somehow, something will happen and resolve it. >> this afternoon, ryan williams, the romney spokesman deliberately truncated that clip to leave out the part that he said that the palestinians might come around. he writes, politico reported that mother jones video was selectively edited to give a false impression about mitt romney's views. "keeping them honest," that clip was followed yesterday by the entire tape and nothing truncated about it at all. later today, david korn who broke the story said it is ridiculous, this is not a case of selective editing. the point is showing what was newsworthy. and the romney campaign said that dylan beyars debunked the tape, he said he did no such thing. he joins us along with cnn national correspondent john king and chief political analyst gloria borger. and dylan, when

perhaps israel this time came equipped to back up their man and both the palestinians withstanding ovations on palestine's declaration of an upgraded status here at the u.n. and netanyahu received several rounds of applause. >> richard roth for us at the united nations, richard, thank you. following up on this last hour, we do know that president obama is supposed to do a follow-up phone call with the prime minister of israel. that should happen tomorrow. i want to bring fareed zakaria. what do you think in terms of this phone call, what in the world might that be like? what might president obama need to say to netanyahu in that phone call? >> well, they have talked a lot. they just spent an hour talking a couple of days ago. i think it was last week. president obama and president netanyahu have actually a close relationship in the sense that they talk a lot. they work together. there's a lot of intelligence cooperation. i don't think it's particularly friendly. but they see eye to eye on many of the issues involving iran. the one thing they don't is on whether the united states needs to dr

with the israeli/palestinian conflict a brief and passing mention. i didn't hear afghanistan, china, all these issues that are pressing global concerns, notsp. this was clearly drafted to address the libya dilemma, the aftershocks of the arab string, and then the tensions between israel and iran because these are the concerns that are bubbling up in the campaign season here in the u.s., ashleigh. >> i think you make that point very clearly, jessica. the fact that we did not hear a lot about the palestinian and israeli issue, and that is critical, particularly today with other news that's breaking. jessica yellin live at the u.n. joining us on this. thank you very much. i want to move on as well to the president who hitting hard on the unrest in the middle east also praising the people in libya who are standing by the united states denouncing the violence there. our cnn foreign affairs reporter elise lab bot joins me live from new york. i want you to dove tail off what jessica was reporting and the missing bits out of this speech, perhaps the issue of

did you get flack from the palestinians? did you worry about dipping your toe into a very hot political situation? >> you know, i didn't, because piers, the foundation of our faith is based out of israel and the scripture tells us to pray for peace in jerusalem. i went over certainly not as a political leader but as a friend to the people. we don't shun somebody, the palestinian people or anybody else, but just happened to be there holding an event there so i felt very honored to pray with him. >> we got a picture of joel on a beach which we thought we would show victoria. there we are. pretty damn impressive. is he into this p-90x thing? >> let's see. >> the paul ryan -- >> it's just all natural. >> really? >> he works out. >> i wk out. >> every day? >> no, i don't work out every day. i like to work out. i grew up playing sports. i like to run, lift weights, play sports. it's natural to me. >> not bad. another reason to hate you. >> well. >> if you weren't such a nice bloke, it would be easy to hate you. >> thank you. >> wh

he's been talking about israel and the palestinians. he's been talking about syria and many of the issues which present real challenges for the united states foreign policy. and there are very few -- >> how about looking at some polls here. when you look at the cnn $orc poll, who handles foreign policy the best? obama, 49%. romney, 46%. margaret? go ahead. >> absolutely. this is a strong suit for president obama, but we have also seen the numbers soften in the past few weeks, especially since the attacks on our embassy abroad on september 11th. this goes to a point of where is the american leadership? no actionable response that the american ambassador was killed in an embassy abroad. >> i think we have done a lot of things but i think the most interesting thing about yesterday is looking at the two of them, i was there at the clinton global initiative where they spoke a couple hours apart. and i thought romney was terrif terrific. >> we'll play that and then we'll talk about it. >> a lot of americans, including myself, are developed, e