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Up, at least give me lead time you normally do. >> well, they were still writing the speech on the way to the state department, still doing rewrites. dan and mark halperin will show me a clip. others are talking about george bush, your former boss, talking about 1949 borders. is what george bush said in 2008 very similar to what the president said, president obama said on friday? >> what bush said in the letter in 2004 to ariel sharon was everyone knows the new consensus is the 1967 borders are ...

Is that the same thing? >> yes. but you dont understand, it was always predicated on this letter bush had sent to sharon, which was understood by israelis and americans to be u.s. policy, which is was a clear statement the 67 borders were unrealistic. that is not what the president said thursday. adjustments is one ning. very nuanced. israelis, given the security situation theyre in, youre talking about giving up the west bank at its edge is a nine mile distance to the mediterranean. its wise ne...

France and in poland. the president and irish prime minister are expected to hold a joint news conference in a few minutes. well check in on that live. >> the president was at aipac yesterday. >> yes, he was. >> he and eric cantor had dueling visions. for the most part, the reports were not an overwhelmingly warm response but certainly were polite to him. >> hes their president. i think the "new york times" in particular drove the coverage of his speech last week in a way that the white house di...

Israeli anxiety? >> i think so. those are really delicate subjects that should be on the table for negotiation behind closed doors. but now hes drawn a line in the sand. if youre abbas, do you come down from those 67 borders? and if youre netanyahu, how do you come down from the 67 borders knowing that you have to do that for defense? i think it is a bad strategy to try to negotiate. >> hes 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 s...

Palestinian people and a jewish state of israel as the homeland of the jewish people. 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. 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 19...

Serious direct talks that could lead to peace. we trust that you will use the power of your office -- >> a quick reminder for those of you who are just now tuning in, you are watching lee rosenberg, he is the president of aipac, that is the american hl israel public affairs committee. he is introducing president obama. and if there is some anxiety here about some of the things that president obama said in a thursday speech, in particular, his call for negotiations to begin with 1967 borders and ...

Which so many in the arab world now strive. let us neither dilute ourselves about the evil that exists in the hearts of two men nor be dissuaded from responding to the good in the hearts of others. in these times we come together as friends of israel to share our apprehensions and our hopes, to share our predictions, our insights, our analysis, to discuss and debate, to do the work that is the heart of democracy and the secret of democracys success. >> once again, you are listening to steny hoye...

That this is special coverage of the presidents address to aipac. they have been meeting all day. theyre right now listening to congressman steny hoyer, the number two democrat in the house. he is a strong supporter of israel. after steny hoyer speaks, we will hear the president introduced. but we want to sort of dip in now. hoyer getting a good reception there as he almost always does. take a listen here. >> nations lastingly great, israel is such a nation. america is such a nation. together we...

Head. the 42-year-old father of two remains in a coma. and suffered a severe skull fracture. he was just recently moved by the way, to a san francisco hospital after showing some minor improvements. as you can imagine, lapd has been working this case hard the last seven weeks. in fact, 17 different detectives have been chasing down some 500 leads from the public. now some of it paid off. we are getting word there is a press conference at 2:00 eastern time, 11:00 eastern. well keep you posted. >>...

To do it. at this time in the race, all the time, i think you find whether it is the republican party or democratic party, a big group saying we dont like anybody, this just takes a while to play out and mitch daniels was the, oh, my gosh, the grass is greener guy. now i think that group turns to huntsman. >> lets turn to president obama now. does he have kind of a certainly a tough crowd, some even suggesting he might get booed when he goes to aipac in a couple of hours when that speech is goin...