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>> even before the presidents arrival the consensus among israelis, palestinians, and even white house officials was that this visit will not do anything concrete to move the peace process forward, so we cant help but ask, whats the point? lets try to get some perspective from cnns jessica yellin who is live in jerusalem. jessica, were there any surprises from the president at the press conference today? >> reporter: well, i think, jake, the president was especially forceful in his expression of...

Israeli people. talk with, with university students and young people. see the historic connection to the lands that the israeli people have. make sure that he focuses on the future. seeing the innovation and the success that israel has had in their economy. in short, this is an incredible opportunity to reaffirm our relationship with the israeli people. and also to make sure we can have our president sit down with the prime minister for some important discussions about how to move the peace proc...

Forward? and vice versa. i asked jay carney that question earlier today. he wouldnt answer specifically expect to say that whenever the two meet, they talk about the peace process. but as our colleagues at first read reported this morning, it is unlikely that president obama would have agreed to such a trip unless he believed that netanyahu would be putting something on the table to try to move the peace process forward. i believe one of the reasons is to move their relationship forward over the...

either changed their stories or recanted their testimony, raising doubts that have gone global. anti-death penalty protesters are out in force tonight in georgia and over time, the pope, nobel peace prize laureates, desmond too tou and jimmy carter have been among those who have appealed for leniency or a new trial. the original prosecutor in the case say they are executing the right man tonight. >> there are two troy davis cases. there is the legal case, the case in court, and the pub...

their fair share. >> that brings me to whats being called the buffett rule, named for billionaire who says the super rich are undertaxed. the president is insisting people who earn is million a year or more pay as much in taxes or more as ordinary wage earners do. republicans are up in arms but the president says it is not class warfare -- it is math. gloria, does the presidents math actually add up? >> well, what he did today really was lay down a political marker. this is a president...

Obama, quote, has thrown israel under the bus. hillary clinton was similarly attacked in 1998 when as first lady she said, i think that it will be in the long-term interest of the mideast for palestine to be a state. that provoked bipartisan criticism. democrat chuck schumer then in the house of representatives said, when voices in the white house say there ought to be a palestinian state before there are guarantees of security, they do not set the peace process forward. republican new york sena...

Candidate mitt romney who said obama, quote, has thrown israel under the bus. hillary clinton was similarly attacked in 1998 when as first lady she said, i think that it will be in the long-term interest of the mideast for palestine to be a state. that provoked bipartisan criticism. democrat chuck schumer then in the house of representatives said, when voices in the white house say there ought to be a palestinian state before there are guarantees of security, they do not set the peace process fo...

Republican presidential candidate mitt romney who said obama, quote, has thrown israel under the bus. hillary clinton was similarly attacked in 1998 when as first lady she said, i think that it will be in the long-term interest of the mideast for palestine to be a state. that provoked bipartisan criticism. democrat chuck schumer then in the house of representatives said, when voices in the white house say there ought to be a palestinian state before there are guarantees of security, they do not ...

The peace process forward. i said there is one may way to move thing forward. president abbas, the palestinianen authority has to do what i did two years ago two years ago, i spoke to my people and i said i will accept a palestinian state, i think the president abbas has to say these same six words to his people. "i will accept the jewish state." you know he what i will give him a break, five words, "i accept the jewish state," because i think if he says that, then that will move the process for...

Speech any day. its now been essentially four decades since the 67 war which defines the modern middle east. the trajectory were on is not good for anybody. >> lets be clear here. i think most of us agree, any peace process we suspect would end with the 67 borders being the outline, i agree with that and agree the israelis have to make tough concessions. im not saying the israel israelis -- because thats in their best interest. again, ed, as weve been saying here, i dont know that backing the is...