wolf blitzer, you got me? >> i hear you, brooke. what were you trying to say because i wasn't hearing you before? >> i was saying happy friday. >> oh, thank you very much. it's a lovely friday. i hope you'll have a nice weekend. going to relax a little bit, enjoy? >> hit some golf balls tomorrow. >> you're a golfer. >> working on it. >> good, excellent. >> what do you have going on political ticker? >> political ticker, we've got some news on the cnn political ticker as we always do at cnnpolitics.com. the former president of the united states, george w. bush, issuing a little warning to the current president. don't rush out of afghanistan. it's been almost ten years since u.s. troops went into afghanistan right after 9/11. and the former president is very concerned that if the u.s. pulls out too quickly all that could be for not. he just said, especially afghan women will suffer if the u.s. leaves too quickly. my concern, he said, is that the united states gets weary of being in afghanistan and says it's not worth it. let's leave.

and it is my privilege to introduce wolf blitzer. [applause] >> and it is my privilege to introduce the president of israel, shimon peres. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> mr. president, you should know that here in the united states, when a president is introduced, we don't have long introductions. we basically say ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. so i took that privilege to introduce you the president of the state of israel. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you very much. [applause] [applause] >> i don't think shimon peres needs a lot of introduction. he was twice prime minister of israel, and also the winner of the noble peace prize, he comes at the issue with an enormous amount of history, credibility, and let's get right to the questioning. because the viewers here in this room and around the country on c-span, as well as on cnn, we are all interested in knowing what you have to say. this is a historical time in the middle east. many compare it to what happened to the fall of th

president peres will be interviewed by cnn's wolf blitzer. while we wait, president obama met with president peres today. the two had a extensive discussion about the unrest sweeping the middle east. president peres spoke with reporters in the white house driveway after that working lunch. >> i think we had a good meeting. the president, like myself, is convinced there's an awakening in the middle east is a call of history, that we shouldn't ignore, and we have to take all the necessary steps to make it a success for the world, for the muslim world, for their world. i told the president i was listening carefully to his address in cairo, and i understand exactly what he said, and i feel like what the president said was he wants to improve his relations with the muslim world to enable the muslim world to improve itself. we do. we don't want to be struggling with muslim world. we want to make friends with them. we want to have peace in spite of different traditions. i thank the president for his support. the president told me that as long as he

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