i aipac crowd was glad to hear. rounding applause when president obama says, no, you just heard in the sound bite, no country should negotiate with an entity that doesn't accept their right to exist, stand by the idea that hamas cannot be part of these negotiations until they recognize israel, until they recognize israel's identity as a jewish state and stop violence. there was a lot in the speech today that israelis were happy with and we also heard a statement from the prime minister's office expressing appreciation for the speech, president -- prime minister netanyahu said i share the president's will to promote peace and i value his current and past efforts to achieve this goal. i am determined to act with president obama in order to find ways to resume the negotiations for peace. peace is a vital need for all of us. i spoke to ambassador michael orrin a short time ago and he said the prime minister really appreciated that speech. now we're looking for what he's going to give with an address to aipac prime minis

[applause] i want to greet aipac president lee rosenberg. i learned the other day if i take you on, it's not going to be in basketball. it will be in soccer. [laughter] executive director howard cort. howard, you, i'm not going to take on in anything. [laughter] i want to welcome also the representatives of the government of israel, members of knesset, u.s. ambassador of israel, ambassador dan schipiro. my beloved wife and two boys, and finally, our terrific ambassador to the united states, a man who knows a few things about the u.s.-israel alliance, michael orrin. .. [applause] thank you for your staunch commitment to israel's security. thank you for defending israel's right to defend itself. [applause] for thank you for standing by israel as it seeks a secure peace. now i heard tonight from all the speakers, something that you know that israel is america's indispensable ally. [applause] you understand that israel and america stand shoulder to shoulder, fighting the common enemies, protecting common interests. you know that the israeli inno

the israeli lobby aipac. they're really going to be looking for president obama to kind of clarify what he said the other day about those returning -- that a palestinian state should return to those '67 borders which prime minister netanyahu in the meeting the next day called indefensible, really a tense meeting. i think what they're really going to be looking for him to do is kind of re-affirm that deep bond with the u.s. has with israel and try and talk about some issues that are important to them like israel's security, what about some of those other areas of possible peace deals such as refugees, how do you deal with hamas. they're really going to be looking for president obama to show that the u.s. has israel's interests at heart. >> this is coming up in just a couple of hours. how will the president be received as well? even some are suggesting they were warning their members don't boo the president. >> well, it's a real rowdy crowd. there are thousands of people there. you can't discount the fact that

the man you are looking at right now is lee rosenberg, he is the president of aipac. he is now introducing the president. i'm standing by here with my colleague in jerusalem, matthew chance. but we want to take a listen to what mr. rosenberg says as he introduces the president of the united states. >> -- between the united states and israel. as you have said both publicly and privately, the relationship between the united states and the jewish state of israel is anchored in both common interests and shared values. you understand with great depth that israel is the only country in the middle east that shares america's commitment to freedom, democracy and peace. you have demonstrated through your support of more than $3 billion in critical security assistance for israel that investing in the jewish state is investing in the one pillar of stability in an unstable region. it should also be noted and we thank you for publicly and frequently calling for increased funding for the jewish state, even in this extremely difficult budget environment, you have fought for an increa

that was set up by lee rosenberg, the president of aipac, and a longtime obama supporter from chicago. but one more point, candy. the facts on the ground have changed, even since the bush administration, they've changed a lot, as president obama's pointing out. there will be probably new governments in many of the neighbors surrounding israel. both turkey and egypt, longtime supporters of israel, are now decidedly cool about israel. iran is as hard line as always and has armed its proxies, as well as hamas surrounding israel, and the final thing is with this youth, as the president said with the enormous increase in populations west of jordan, inside the contours of israel now, this is untenable that israel can remain a jewish state unless something is done to redesign a two-state -- >> that to me, if there was an underlying text to this, it reminded me of the president's campaign in his constant repetition of martin luther king, the fierce urgency of now. he almost said this is the same policy that we have talked about in private, sometimes in public, but the game has completely chan

[applause] before there was an aipac, securing support for a jewish state was the work of a dedicated few, including an historian by the name of benjamin netanyahu. he said at one. many people in those days had no faith. today, we hear the same kinds of things from people who believe that israel must always give in. that view was wrong then, and that view is wrong today. [applause] tomorrow, his son, the prime minister of israel, will address and the congress, marking another milestone. i was honored to invite him, and it will be our honor to have him there -- [applause] it will be our honor to have him there, the representative of a free people who have overcome all odds to rebuild an ancient nation. [inaudible] thank you for having me. but remember this. keep up the fight. ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> we will hear from harry reid in just a moment from last night at aipac. benjamin netanyahu will be addressing a joint session of congress this morning at 11:00 a.m. eastern. the last time he addr

[applause] i want to greet aipac president lee rosenberg. i learned the other day if i take you on, it's not going to be in basketball. it will be in soccer. [laughter] executive director howard cort. howard, you, i'm not going to take on in anything. [laughter] i want to welcome also the representatives of the government of israel, members of knesset, u.s. ambassador of israel, ambassador dan schipiro. my beloved wife and two boys, and finally, our terrific ambassador to the united states, a man who knows a few things about the u.s.-israel alliance, michael orrin. .. [applause] thank you for your staunch commitment to israel's security. thank you for defending israel's right to defend itself. [applause] for thank you for standing by israel as it seeks a secure peace. now i heard tonight from all the speakers, something that you know that israel is america's indispensable ally. [applause] you understand that israel and america stand shoulder to shoulder, fighting the common enemies, protecting common interests. you know that the israeli inno

[applause] i want to greet aipac president lee rosenberg. i learned the other day if i take you on, it's not going to be in basketball. it will be in soccer. [laughter] executive director howard cort. howard, you, i'm not going to take on in anything. [laughter] i want to welcome also the representatives of the government of israel, members of knesset, u.s. ambassador of israel, ambassador dan schipiro. my beloved wife and two boys, and finally, our terrific ambassador to the united states, a man who knows a few things about the u.s.-israel alliance, michael orrin. .. [applause] thank you to all our supporters, thank you. thank you for defending israel's right to defend itself. for thank you for standing by israel as it seeks a secure peace. now i heard tonight from all the speakers, something that you know that israel is america's indispensable ally. [applause] you understand that israel and america stand shoulder to shoulder, fighting the common enemies, protecting common interests. you know that the israeli innovators help power computers

and i look forward to continuing to work with aipac to achieve that goal. thank you. god bless you. god bless israel. and god bless the united states of america. thank you. ♪ >> president obama just wrapping up his speech to aipac, the american/israel public affairs committee. this a speech not going back on anything he said on thursday but further explaining it and why he wants to set the 1967 pre-war borders with land swaps as a basis for israeli/palestinian peace talks. bringing in our matthew chance now, the president spent about half his speech essentially saying our commitment to israel's security is ironclad. and the other half of his speech explaining what he meant by his 1967 border statement and what it means, i got a huge sense of urgency from him about now is israel's time to act. is there that same urgency in israel? what will they hear from this speech? >> reporter: well, i think they'll hear those two things you just pointed out. first and foremost, these reassurances that the israeli government and israeli people, in general, will be looking for at this speech, rea

he spoke to the american-israel public affairs committee on aipac. it describ three days after mr. obama declared that peace negotiations should be based on pre-1967 borders, he insisted his stance is no threat to israel. >> by definition it means that the parties themselves, israelis and palestinians, will negotiate a border that is different than the one that existed on june 4th, 1967. that's what mutually agreed upon swaps means. it is a well-known formula to all who have worked on this issue for a generation. it allows the parties themselves to account for the changes that have taken place over the last 44 years. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is scheduled to speak to aipac tomorrow. earlier i spoke with elyse labbott. i asked her if mr. obama's speech today may ease some of netanyahu's concerns. >> i think president obama went a long way to making the prime minister feel better. he was really looking for a strong statement on hamas and the president did say that the israelis shouldn't be expected to negotiate if hamas does not accept israel's right to exist. he's

he's going talk to aipac, i assume he's going to be there on saturday. >> well, he got close to 80% of the vote on saturday from that community. i doubt he'll get that again because there's a widespread concern of his attitude to israel in particular. >> rose: having to do primaryly the early emphasis on settlements. >> that was one of a whole series of things in which, as you saw here, he walked away from what he promised as his policy when he gave the aipac speech a couple of years ago which was secure recognized and defensible borders is very different. >> rose: speak from where tour the sense of israel today and the threat of that it faces and where... i mean we had... there is... someone expressed on the program last night the notion of non-violence in terms of a new tactic with aren't to israel. >> i think that is certainly going to be a tactic we will see going forward. the use of human shields, the use of public opinion pressure, the same kind of pressure that was applied againsmubarak or that was applied against the regime in syria will try and be applied against israel. i thi

he's going talk to aipac, i assume he's going to be there on saturday. >> well, he got close to 80% of the vote on saturday from that community. i doubt he'll get that again because there's a widespread concern of his attitude to israel in particular. >> rose: having to do primaryly the early emphasis on settlements. >> that was one of a whole series of things in which, as you saw here, he walked away from what he promised as his policy when he gave the aipac speech a couple of years ago which was secure recognized and defensible borders is very different. >> rose: speak from where tour the sense of israel today and the threat of that it faces and where... i mean we had... there is... someone expressed on the program last night the notion of non-violence in terms of a new tactic with aren't to rael. >> i think that is certainly going to be a tactic we will see going forward. the use of human shields, the use of public opinion pressure, the same kind of pressure that was applied againsmubarak or that was applied against the regime in syria will try and be applied against israel. i think

is my goal, and i will continue to work with aipac to achieve that goal. thank you, god bless you, and god bless israel and god bless the united states of america. thank you. >> remarks by president obama by the audience gather here in washington, d.c., coming on the heels of his speech last year and when speaking to netanyahu and of the borders of the arab/israeli war. and talked with representatives in the house. you can find portions of this conference of aipac on our website and in our library, and will have the president's comments tonight here at 6:30 on c-span. >> tomorrow night benjamin netanyahu will present at the conference, we will bring you live coverage at 8:45 eastern on c-span 2. president obama leaves for europe and will have a speech in dublin, and will spend time with queen elisabeth ii, and the president will attend a g-8 summit in france and end his trip in poland. next up is presentation from the heritage foundation, in washington, d.c., this is about an hour. >> good morning. >> good morning, welcome to the heritage foundation, as di

aipac the school's cafeteria to try to keep pace with the beat. -- they packed the school's cafeteria to try to keep pace with the beat. students in baltimore city also took part in the planned event. >> hopefully, it will cause kids about the world to start moving parade >> michelle obama made a surprise visit to washington, d.c., area school. she is challenging schools to combine being actively the eating healthy food. >> it was really amazing that a lot of these kids showed up after school to learn the it routine. >> students are eager to do their parts to help stop childhood obesity. >> as many as 600 and schools took part in today's events. watch local videos on wbaltv.com. >> you were insta-weather-plus forecast -- >> thunderstorms north and west of baltimore and some of that may move into our region. you will see numerous lightning strikes associated with the showers right now and that weather extends back towards pittsburgh, pennsylvania. the southern end about blind could clip through parts of yoyork. what does and alerts, we will show you where the watch is in effect. the pi

for that reason, having aipac here in san francisco, it is kind of like nirvana and to members of the bay area council, who is a global company. we are pleased that you made the announcement earlier that we would be selected to do this. now we just have to make it happen. just a couple of data points. california businesses combined $300 billion with their counterparts and apec economies. of course, more than any other state. we have two-way shipping. we are a gateway for merchandise shipping. california has the most foreign-direct investment from apec economies than any other state. so we are in the middle of this. these meetings are absolutely vital to the future of the city and future of the region. we could not be more excited to have you here. for recently, we learned about something that was even more exciting. we learned there would be an absolutely phenomenal women's economic summit that would become the leader of the meeting that will be happening in san francisco. none other than our secretary of state -- hillary clinton -- is leading the effort and making it her mission to e

he spoke to the american-israel public affairs committee on aipac. it describes itself as american's leading israel group. he insisted his stance is no threat to israel. >> by definition, it means that the parties themselves, israelis and palestinians, will negotiate a border that is different than the one that existed on june 4th, 1967. that's what mutually agreed upon swaps means. it is a well known formula to all who have worked on this issue for a generation. it allows the parties themselves to account for the changes that have taken place over the last 44 years. >> cnn's senior u.s. state department producer elyse labben is in washington right now. how important was it for the president to make this speech? >> well, i think it was very important, fred, for him to, as you would say, clean up some of the messiness that residuated over the last couple days when he gave that speech about those 67 borders. everyone was like what does that mean? we can't go to those borders which prime minister netanyahu called indefensible. what he was saying is basi

. >> he's getting a bit of a do-over here if he wants it at aipac. but did you think it was a bold move to sort of state it as clearly as he did even if it wasn't all that different from past presidents? or was it a diplomatic mistake? >> i think only time will tell. i think there's clearly the president has to state number one that israel is our ally and we will always support them, that israel has to have security. they have to have the ability to defend themselves. now i assume that he made this move to get the peace talks moving again, but only time will tell. so we all need to see what the president says in the aipac speech today so that he'll clarify those issues but there's no question it has caused great concern on my constituents in the jewish community. >> the problem is, i think, that the other half of the people i talked to said, this is like pie in the sky. they're nowhere near talking to one another much less where do we start. and part of the problem is that now fatah and hamas have joined forces, if you will, or have come to an agreem

that is my goal, and i look forward to continuing to work with aipac to achieve that goal. god bless israel, and god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> house majority leader eric cantor spoke this afternoon at the annual policy conference of the american israel public affairs committee in washington. his remarks or about 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you all. it's great to be here. i am truly honored to be able to address the afternoon plenary of this policy conference, the biggest ever. as i look out, i see more than 10,000 people, young and old, who have come to washington from around the country, not for personal enrichment or gain, not out of concern for your industries or businesses, but out of a deep affection for a fellow democracy, is real. [applause] we are all here because we know that america is at its best when it stands with allies that share our values. like many of you, i am the descendants of immigrants to america. my grandparents came to this country nearly a century ago from russia. that passed through new york harbor, p

this time before aipac, this country's most important pro-israel lobbying group. nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house tonight to tell us more. mike? >> reporter: good evening, lester. coming on the heels of his oval office clash with the israeli prime minister, today the president walked into what one expert described as a lion's den. once again the volatile issue of israel's borders was front and center. in a speech before some 11,000 of israel's strongest american supporters, president obama did not back away from his controversial remarks that palestinian statehood should be based on israel's pre-1967 borders. >> what i did on thursday was to say publicly what has long been acknowledged privately. >> reporter: mr. obama said his stance on israel's borders had been misrepresented. but it was an infuriated benjamin netanyahu himself, face to face with the president friday, who was among the strongest critics. >> while israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines. because these lines are indefensible. >> repor

but a speech to america's main pro israel lobbying group aipac president obama has said they cherish state of race increasing isolation if it fails to engage in the peace process to clarify his call for a return to pre-one thousand nine hundred sixty seven borders explaining that the final boundaries of things raney and the new products state would be determined after agreed land swaps will be exact times prime minister binyamin netanyahu. but let's go next to john as america's getting tired of israel's stubbornness there is no question that the united states is well beyond patience with netanyahu and with israel more generally behind closed doors the united states is furious with israel because israel is pursuing a policy that is not we american national interest this is disastrous for us and that's why obama wants a two state solution to the problem that obama faces like all american presidents face is that you can't put any pressure on israel because the y.b. in this country does some powerful. great damage to obama's political future and president obama was saying very clearly is

obama will speak to a major group, aipac. netanyahu will speak to the same group on monday. >>> israel says giving back the land it took in the 1967 war would, as you can see by this map, leave the country vulnerable to attack, especially from syria now protected by the golan heights. it got president netanyahu's visit off to a rough start. >> reporter: israeli prime minister netanyahu was about to leave for the u.s. when president obama made the announcement that infuriated him. >> we believe the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps. >> reporter: at the white house friday, netanyahu panned the proposal. >> these lines are indefensible because they don't take into account certain changes that have taken place on the ground -- demographic changes that have taken place over the last 44 years. >> reporter: after the initial war of words, the white house hoped the meeting would be a time to kiss and make up. >> obviously there are some differences between us in the precise f

[applause] that is my goal, and i look forward to continuing to work with aipac to achieve that goal. thank you. god bless you. god bless israel, and god bless the united states of america. [applause] thank you. ♪ ["stars and stripes forever" playing] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011]

. >> i think the president made it crystal clear in his speech last thursdaynd his appearance at aipac a couple days later. in fact, he repeated the same thing and explanled it. >> and i explained it through your good offices and others. i it this it is now clear to everyone that the president did not insist that israel go back to the '67 lines but that he said it would be with mutually agreed swaps as i explained earlier. >> do we need a comprehensive proposal for what ought to be from the united states? >> i think the president has chosen the correct course of the united states at this time. i think depending on the circumstances that develop there will be a comprehensive united states position in some fashion and i emphaze the "in some fashion." charlie, i personally drafted with two colleagues the former prime minister of finland and the former canadian chief of the general staff in-ye-old the peace agreement that was reached to bring that conflict to an end. but when we presented it i today the parties every word in here was spoken or written by you. this is your agreement. the wa

. >> i think the president made it crystal clear in his speech last thursdaynd his appearance at aipac a couple days later. in fact, he repeated the same thing and explanled it. >> and i explned it through your good offices and others. i it this it is now clear to everyone that the president did not insist that israel go back to the '67 lines but that he said it would be with mutually agreed swaps as i explained earlier. >> do we need a comprehensive proposal for what ought to be from the united states? >> i think the president has chosen the correct course of the united states at this time. i think depending the circumstans that develop there will be a comprehensive united states position in some fashion and i emphaze the "in some fashion." charlie, i personally drafted with two colleagues the former prime minister of finland and the former canadian chief of the general staff in-ye-old the peace agreement that was reached to bring that conflict to an end. but when we presented it i today the parties every word in here was spoken or written by you. this is your agreement. the way the m

should also say sunday here in washington the president will be giving another speech on the mideast to aipac, the american-israeli group. so there will be a flurry of activity even after today's speech but i wouldn't anticipate too much detail about the peace process from this president, wolf. >> ed, i want to bring suzanne into this conversation as well. it is intriguing to me he decided woe speak at this time. it is now approaching noon, exactly noon on the east coast of the united states, it is 56:00 p.m. in tunis, 6:00 p.m. in cairo, 7:00 p.m. in jerusalem. these are times when people are near a television, they can watch. they specifically timed this address so that people throughout europe, the middle east, north africa would be at home after work getting ready to watch the president of the united states. that's one of the key audiences, suzanne, that the president has right now. he's got an american audience he's got to deal with. he's getting ready for his re-election campaign, as we all know, but he wants to address the muslim world, the arab world, the world at large. >> absolutely

i look forward to see the partners in asean, both the secretary and i are to hosting aipac in hawaii. those are just a few highlights. day-to-day at every level of our governments we are working hard to build that positive cooperative comprehensive relationship that our two presidents have asked for. this is the long, hard unglamorous work of diplomacy. at our plenary sessions that state counselor dy and i chaired yesterday, there was a dizzying array of issues that we are working on together. and i felt very satisfied because that was not the case two years ago. and i anticipate that we are going to see further progress because we want to realize the full promise of our partnership. and we very fervently want to leave a more prosperous world for our children and our childr children's children. and as we move forward on our journey together in the future. now i'm pleased to turn to my colleague and partner, secretary geithner. >> thank you, secretary clinton. let me outline the highlights of our discussions on the economic side. we had a very comprehensive discussion about a full rang

the israeli -- the palestinian part is interesting because the aipac conference comes every year. netanyahu comes every year and gives a big speech. there was a feeling that if he is going to make a big speech, we need to. netanyahu is going to speak on monday in tuesday they wanted to get the first word in. since they are giving this huge speech, let's just wrapped this into one long 45-minute speech. has that backfired? there is a good argument that it has, considering the speech caused a rift in u.s.-israel relations that will be on the front pages dropped -- during netanyahu's visit. host: a piece about middle east change. here's a look. >> there is some need for some straight talk. even under the best circumstances, a democratic middle east will be a very different and more challenging place to navigate in the region we have been accustomed to. this is how one person described the difference. for years, the united states has paid wholesale for its policy in the middle east. now you have to pay retail. host: senator mccain's comments from this week. guest: senator mccain is no

he also covered the aipac prime minister the yesterday. good to our website, c-span.org, if you want to listen to that speech. "financial times," a bipartisan group of senators including john mccain, john kerry, joe lieberman, and dianne feinstein introduced a resolution yesterday that would endorse using some of the more $36 billion of frozen libyan funds to help the opposition in the country in line with the request of about $180 million. it is something that the white house has asked for and it has been endorsed by that group of senators. back to our question, getting your thoughts this morning about the supreme court decision telling california it must cut its prison population. a democrat in oklahoma, is that right? the wellhead. caller: most everybody will think i am completely from outer space, but we ought to find some kind of way of a large island at out into the middle of the pacific, may get a territory, but all the hardened criminals out there with the proper tools and techniques and things, and let them build their own town. i

other speakers at tonight's aipac session includes senate democratic leader harry reid and house speaker john boehner. you can see their remarks live beginning at 8:45 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. this june on "in depth," the balance between security and liberty, the difficulties of the climate change treaty and the limits of international law. your questions for author and university of chicago law professor eric posner. his books include "law and social norms," and he'll take your calls, e-mails and tweets. live sunday, june 5th, on c-span2's booktv. >> now available, c-span's congressional directory, a complete guide to the first session of the 112th congress. inside new and returning house and senate members with contact information including twitter addresses, district maps and committee assignments and information on the white house, supreme court justices and governors. order online at c-span.org/shop. >> the cato institute recently released a study addressing certain beliefs about immigration. it addresses arguments about the impact of immigrant workers on taxpayers, the welfare

committee, subcommittee and the workgroups that have been put in place, with experts in each of those aipac i think there'll be some real solid recommendations that michael and the f.a.a. are going to have to wrestle with because i think they will be very, very thoughtful about moving this forward. the other task is geography, some metroplex in terms of the winner, and also when you start to take a look at my think this is important, performance metrics. that's at the end of the day, what we are investing in a take to whatever board what i going to get 40. that's what's really important in terms of the benefits, if you will. again, i'm incredibly optimist optimistic. >> yes, you are. [laughter] >> yes, mr. administrator. >> let's get another question here. >> doug, what's the next merger, airline merger? and then, i'll ask you and dave and the others, showed the limits on foreign ownership be eliminated speak with the second one is for david. all, they are both for me? i don't know. david apparently doesn't want to merge with me las. [laughter] so you can strike that one off the list. i don