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Those constructed on land, it was captured in the 1967 war, the six-day war by israel, would stay within the borders of a future jewish state. thats not something that would necessarily be acceptable to the palestinians in their negotiating position. and thats, of course, before he even got to this central issue of the old city of jerusalem. benjamin netanyahu making the point that in his opinion jerusalem would remain united as the capital of the israeli/jewish state. and thats something thats ...

That is what the americans are telling the israelis. the israelis, though, i dont sense a whole lot of nervousness. i dont think they have internized the fact that they are going to be increasingly isolated by whats happening in the islamic world. they need more support from the united states, not less. and the presidents argument is that we are supporting you, this is the time, this is your last window to sit down and negotiate seriously and have the rest of the world with you. i think the othe...

to gather in n great anticipation of -- in great anticipation of this important speech. obviously youre looking at the leadership, democratic as well as republican leadership, beginning to gather. a lot of handshakes as they enter the chamber. and this is really a critical time for both president obama and the israeli prime minister because when we look at this, there are critical ties between the two countries. we are talking about political ties, religious ties, as well as real conce...

Distract it by saying, well, the israeli-palestinian situation, what about the palestinians, they try to use the israeli-palestinian middle east peace process as a distraction and the president is trying to move it forward, and, so, while the 1967 line thing has been the bates of a lot of negotiations, over the past 20 years which white house aides will tell you, the president was the first to state it publicly and so the israelis did not like the fact that, perhaps, a negotiating position was n...

Mistaken and dangerous demand. newt gingrich, no president prior to this suggested the 67 borders ought to be in a negotiating position. hes given the palestinians a huge break without them having to give up anything. michele bachmann tweeted president obama betrayed our friend and ally israel moop is the electorate? the constituency that would be supportive of the president in this regard? we all know theres a constituency that will line up against him when he wades into this waters. >> i think...

Sides to make difficult concessions to resolve those two other issues. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu flatly rejected president obamas idea, saying that it would leave israels borders, quote, indefensible. hes going to be able to tell that to the presidents face today when the two meet later this morning. ed henry at the white house with a preview of that. it seems this is a tough negotiating position for the president given that benjamin netanyahu has so publicly panned this idea....

Monday -- president obama insistence on returning to the borders is a mistaken and dangerous. gingrich -- no president has suggesting that 67 borders aught to be in the negotiating position because in essence he has given them a huge braej without giving up anything. michele bachmann saying once again obama betrayed our ally, israel. >> who is the constituency in support? we all know there is a constituency against him when he wades into the waters. >> i think what he is hoping for is the people...

seeing the release of dominique strauss-kahn. >> thats right. in fact, were waiting for the former imf chief to walk out of jail. a judge agreed to free him on bail yesterday. thats the same day a grand jury indicted him. in order to get out of jail strauss-kahn will post bail of $1 million and a $5 million insurance bond and forced to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and guarded around the clock. >> strauss-kahn had been under suicide watch or has been and could be walking out o...

Id say to the pakistanis, there are things we need you to do. either you do them or were out of here. >> congressman, i have to switch gears on you. eric cantors office is now pushing back on "the washington post" headline that we reported earlier in this show. "the washington post" was reporting that the gop was backing off their plan to gut medicare in the budget talks. cantors spokesman says in response, quoting to us our negotiating position is the ryan budget. whats your response to this? i...

What we need is to say, look, we are prepared to cooperate with you but only if its an even kind of cooperation. id say to the pakistanis, there are things we need you to do. either you do them or were out of here. >> congressman, i have to switch gears on you. eric cantors office is now pushing back on "the washington post" headline that we reported earlier in this show. "the washington post" was reporting that the gop was backing off their plan to gut medicare in the budget talks. cantors spok...