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He did not want his speech to be perceived as political or partisan in nature. some of those senators wont be there on tuesday to hear netanyahu peek. they and some of their colleagues in the house are boycotting the speech. congressman john yarmuth is one of those, and also joining us is david frum. youre not going be at the speech why? >> i think theres a real danger in this speech. there will be a perception created because all of the apec people in town will be in the gallery. everybody will...

Wait until the negotiations played out march 24th before he pushed forward legislatively. let me ask you about the point david frum is raising. the administration here is taking a different approach to aran than weve seen in the past. that idea that we ought to hear from the leader of one of our allies in the middle east, israel, how theyre reacting to this. is there a point there? >> first, we know how prime minister benjamin netanyahu feels. he expressed himself many many times. he will do the...

Welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. some have called it brazen. others have said its destructive, a dangerous gamble. some have said its brave. were talking about the diplomatic storm ahead of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahus controversial visit to the u.s. capital. netanyahu will be speaking before a joint meeting of the u.s. congress tuesday morning at. at the substance of his remarks will be irans nucl...

Able to make a dent in the negotiations but that it will have been effect back here at home. >> monday morning addressing the pro-israel lobbying group in washington. the white house and apec just announced that susan rice herself, shell be speaking before that congress as well. the u.s. ambassador of the u.n. normally is a president or a secretary of state. theyre going a little bit lower this time arent they? >> a little bit lower. as you know over the last week, there was talk about sending s...

Babies arent fully developed until at least 39 weeks. a healthy baby is worth the wait. ♪ the nation honoring its war heroes today on this veterans day. >> with president obama in beijing for apec talks, vice president biden will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. >> one special soldier is remembering the service of the nations services women. i do start out thinking about the women that weve lost. >> reporter: for navy captain nancy lacore, shes running 160

This week at the apec conference in washington, d.c., he made perhaps his strongest ever pitch for peace in the middle east. >> im prepared to make historic peace with our palestinian neighbors. a peace that would end a century of conflict and bloodshed. >> but that doesnt mean he has got his country or even his cabinet behind him. one potential spoiler who was also in the united states this week is the new leader of israels right wing, naftali bennett. bennett is part of israels coalition gover...

Analyst for msnbc and time in new york. and steve, first to you, you talked to a lot of officials over the weekend as this crisis has dialed up, the republicans have been increasingly critical. well get to john mccain and what he said at apec, at the american-israeli support group just today. but the options are pretty limited. there is no military option for nato or the united states here? >> ukraine is in a geographically complex position that makes the idea of military encouragement or respon...

Cable television rather than coming from the center. the rush limbaugh chamber, the echo chamber, where they think theyre doing the right thing, when it turns out in this case it is not the case. those factors will still be there. will there be change in the elections next year. >> will republicans lose? i mean, that is the kind of thing that has to happen to really change the dynamics in the structure. the president looked stronger. it would be hard to the republicans to go back to this same ta...

Russia and others were there on the far right tucked away, you see john mccain. where is president obama? >> good afternoon, everybody. >> he was stuck in washington of course dealing with the government shutdown and threats of default. obama missed not only apec but also the association of southeast asian nation summit as well as planned visits to malaysia and the philippines. for asians the symbolism was clear. the united states was struggling to get its house in order. and perhaps to highligh...

Now for what in the world segment. here is the traditional funny shirts class photo from apec. last weeks asia-pacific economic cooperation summit. the president of mexico, russia, and many others were in indonesia. on the far right tucked away you see john kerry, the u.s. secretary of state. where is president obama? >> good afternoon, everybody. >> well, he was stuck in washington, of course, dealing with the government shutdown and threats of default. obama missed not only apec but also asean...