pro-israeli group apac before his big speech in front of a joint session of congress on tuesday. how joint it will be will be interesting, if the democrats show up. netanyahu is calling his trip a "crucial and even historical mission" as he tries to pursue the u.s. not to make a bad deal with iran. his visit is sparking already plenty of controversy in d.c. a group of democratic lawmakers say they will skip the speech on tuesday what i awa alluding to. and president obama will not meet with the prime minister while he is in the united states, all this adding to some concerns that u.s. relations with israel are reaching a new low point. secretary of state john kerry downplaying those concerns however, saying the defense relationship with israel has never been stronger. >> president obama has done more to ensure the security of israel by the creation of iron dome by the development of weapons that are specifically calculated to be able to deal with iran's nuclear weapon problem, and the president has pledged that they