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International politics, we dont tell the israelis who to elect and who to choose. we have repeatedly said that we are willing to talk to whatever government the israeli people elect, and israel should also be ready to talk to whatever palestinian leadership the palestinian people are willing to elect. >> and there is a suggestion that if there is no peace deal with the israelis in the near future that the international community thats growing increasingly frustrated with israel may consider endo...

Palestinian people decide. we dont interfere with israeli politics and dont tell them who to elect. we have said we are willing to talk to whatever government the people elect and israel should be ready to talk to whatever leadership the people are willing to elect. >> this is a suggestion. if there is no peace deal with the israelis in the near future, the community is growing increasingly frustrate and may consider endorsing a palestinian state without. what would you say to that? >> the inter...

For our obligations. rick: if all economists agree about this, why is no one in washington from either party stepping forward and showing the kind of leadership the american people need to demand on this issue? >> one word, politics. we have an elect coming up in 2012. the democrats lost senior citizens over the healthcare initiative in the mid-term elections. democrats are afraid to take it on. some of the republicans in fairness are willing to take it on, but republicans arent taking on defens...

Can help elect or not elect. they have an unfair advantage, and theyve taken advantages of it over the years. what youve seen happen is that while the pay isnt really what it should be for government workers, because the politicians didnt want to bust their budgets and raise taxes, they gave lots of concessions when it came to pensions, when it came to health care benefits, and when it came to work rules. the whole seniority system that the teachers have. >> right. >> and thats what has to be ov...

Hes had since october, you are a resident, youre not a resident, you are a resident, and now, youre the mayor-elect. >> reporter: and think about for the president as well, rahm emanuel hasnt been here since then, you had the shellacking, now all the unrest in the middle east, and by the way, the budget stalemate on the hill. the thing that rahm emanuel used to love being in the middle. oh, to be a fly on the wall in that oval office when the president and the mayor-elect got together. >> he wil...

Insist, look, several big republicans have gone to jeb bush, urged him to run, he has told them privately what he told our own candy crowley a few weeks back that he is not running in 2012. thats disappointing to some of these senior republicans. what that tells you is that this republican presidential field, still very early, but is very unsettled. a lot of senior republicans, especially people who supported the last president bush are still looking around. and where these strategists and sfra ...

House. cnns ed henry is here with that story. hey, ed. >> reporter: thats right. a fly on the wall to be that. rahm emanuel returns to the oval office and has not been around here since october 1st. a lot has happened since then when he had the big send off from the president as the outgoing chief of staff and comeback in that lame duck session of congress. now all of this upheaval in the mid east and budget talks he used to be in the middle of as a member of congress and then as chief of staff ...

Message sent to followers during the mayoral race? the man behind the frenzy is yum college professor. he let the cat out of bag and telling the mayor elect to pay up. emanuel pledged to donate up to $5,000 to the mystery tweeters choice if he an geese to come forward is the mayor elect will keep his word. >> check this out, this laughing baby is contagious. [ laughing ] >> greta: the eight-month-old is hysterical as his father rips that paper. his father is finishing his doctorate in applying f...

During the mayoral race? the man behind the frenzy is yum college professor. he let the cat out of bag and telling the mayor elect to pay up. emanuel pledged to donate up to $5,000 to the mystery tweeters choice if he an geese to come forward is the mayor elect will keep his word. >> check this out, this laughing baby is contagious. [ laughing ] >> greta: the eight-month-old is hysterical as his father rips that paper. his father is finishing his doctorate in applying for professor jobs and that...

Problem with collective bargaining in the public sector. in the private sector, you have as much as labor theoretically. >> right. if they wind up on the same side of the table and pay too rich a deal. its-- >> management fault. >> unless theyre general motors, but in the public sector, what happens, they essentially, elect people who are friendly to them and so you have management and labor on the other side of the table. even if they lose an election and lose some benefit they simply wait unti...