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Israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington-for-whats become his most controversial u.s. visit. he just spoke to aipac and a big plan to speak to congress tomorrow. he opposes a u.s.-brokers deal with iran to reduce that countrys nuclear program pen and he tried to calm the storm thats been ignited over his being invited by the republic house speaker, the same house speaker who neglected to notify the democratic president. >> my speech was not intended to inject israel into the am...

Tension, what can and what should susan rice say this evening when she addresses aipac.aipac aipac? >> i think the relationship has two facets to it. the one is the underlying support that united states provides for israel and its security and we do have israels back in the threats it faces from enemies, but there is a dispute and it cant be denied. its a matter of policy. its a matter of world view about whether or not the best way to approach some of these threats that both recognize is throug...

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And with your efforts it will get even stronger in the years to come. thank you, aipac. thank you, america. god bless you all! [ applause ] >> all right. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu wrapping up his address at aipac. were covering the speech from all political angles. dana bash is on capitol hill. jim acosta is at the white house. wolf blitzer is in washington. and christiane amanpour will join us from london. we also have a fellow from the center of middle east politics at the ...

This. >> can we talk about the politics of it? i want to show you how the white house handled the question, whether the president even bothered to watch the speech. >> wonder if the president had a chance to watch the speech to aipac. >> the reaction here is that i think what is appropriately characterized by remarks delivered. >> will the president watch the speech tomorrow? >> i havent looked at the presidents schedule tomorrow. i doubt he will spend his whole time watching the speech. >> why ...

Not that protocol was violated they dont want him to tell the american people this is a bad deal. joe, this is a lousy deal. >> kris jansing joins us from the white house. good morning as we wait to hear from the prime minister whats the white house response this morning? >> reporter: theyre not going to take this sitting down. we saw samantha power. later we will hear at aipac from susan rice. the president is giving an interview to reuters later today. obviously as you know, jose they did not ...

House. this has been well, they say rough. i can think of other words -- back and forth between the administration and netanyahu. >> youre right. its been brutal, and just last week susan rice suggested that this whole trip by the israeli prime minister would be destructive, is what she called it and that did no -- not go over well so as the israeli prime minister spoke today at aipac, the american israeli public affairs committee, the large pro israel lobby the united states, samantha power, th...

Empty seats and get self-conscious and maybe pop some altoids or something to bring it back. >> backfire, you where today, "this all will likely backfire by firming democratic assistance to more iran sanctions, and in the long run by politicizing u.s./israeli relations." why is this political move going to backfire dana? >> well in the short term, as i say, a lot of the democrats who had been interested in tougher sanctions against iran are saying, okay well we want to hold off on that until the...

we disagree on the best way to prevent iran from developing those weapons. >> it is in israels security interests that we get a diplomatic agreement with iran. >> the relationship is poisonous. >> america and israel are more than friends. were like a family. >> ahead of his upcoming address to congress tomorrow benjamin netanyahu says he means no disrespect offering a preview of those remarks. netanyahu spoke among a crowd at aipac. >> my speech is not intended to show any disrespect t...

Take away time, were expecting israeli prime minister netanyahu to speak at aipac any minute now. it will be the clearest response of what happened yesterday. president obama assured him of his absolute commitment to prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon and urged the israeli prime minister to make tough decisions to keep the attempts for a peace deal with the palestinians alive. heres the exchange. >> they are tough negotiations, the issues are profound. obviously, if they were easy, th...