that the call happened and you didn t hear any of that kind of friendly and floury flowery language that you got from the white house coming out of jerusalem. shepard? shepard: leland vittert from jerusalem early this thursday morning. mitt romney responded to all of this back and forth between u.s. and israel while campaigning today in florida. i stand with our friends in israel. we stand with our allies. we stand with our allies. we stand strong with our allies. i can t ever imagine that the prime minister of israel asked to meet with me i can t ever imagine saying. no he they are our friends and closest allies in the middle east. shepard: last week governor romney told fox news that president obama has thrown israel, quote, under the bus, an accusation that the white house strongly denies. more than 300 people dead tonight after two massive factory fires. topping our news around the world in 80 around the world in 80 seconds. pakistan, the flames took over a garment fact
netanyahu. the president called the prime minister last night and the two men spoke for just about an hour. this comes after the israeli leader urged the united states and other nations to set a quote red line for iran s secretive nuclear program. the prime minister said yesterday if other world powers do not establish clear limits for iran, they cannot stop israel from taking military action. president obama has repeatedly said that no option is off the table in dealing with the suspected nuclear threat. but he calls diplomacy the preferred solution. leland i have vittert is live ir jerusalem newsroom this evening. how is this situation playing there in jerusalem domestic consumption? shep, literally playing out in the front page of every major daily newspaper. the headline here translates obama doesn t have time for netanyahu. the israelis are standing by their story saying they asked for a meeting with president obama and was told by the white house that president obama simply did