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Best we can with what youre telling us. theyre matching up pretty well, yousef. secretary of state hillary clinton wouldnt specifically say if hosni mubarak should stay in power. >> these issues are up to the egyptian people. they have to make these decisions. our position is very clear. we have urged for 30 years that there be a vice president and finally, a vice president was announced just a day or two ago. >> joining me now, steven clemens, a senior fellow and founder with the new america ...

Stay on. lot of people hope it stays on the path. maybe veer to the east. but right now everybody is hunkering down. all up and down the east coast. watches and warnings in place. it could make a close pass in north carolina. at least the outer banks of north carolina stimulate tonight. also the defense secretary robert gates is in afghanistan right now. he is will on an unannounced visited. he was, of course, in iraq just yesterday. participating in the ceremony that officially handed over mili...

Carpet treatment will lead to better results. >> perhaps the president was not as aware that he needs to maintain the semblance of good relationship with israel and the israeli prime minister, especially if he wants the public opinion to participate in moving the peace process forward. >> reporter: the issue of the now loosened embargo on gaza in wake of the flotilla incident has been sidelined. tuesdays meeting is to focus on how to move direct peace talks with the palestinians, which netanyahu...

Carpet treatment will lead to better results. >> perhaps the president was not as aware that he needs to maintain the semblance of good relationship with israel and the israeli prime minister, especially if he wants the public opinion to participate in moving the peace process forward. >> reporter: the issue of the now loosened embargo on gaza in wake of the flotilla incident has been sidelined. tuesdays meeting is to focus on how to move direct peace talks with the palestinians, which netanyahu...

When joe biden was visiting israel. when he was there, israel announced and approved nud housing units for jewish settlements in eastern jerusalem in direct defiance of the administrations request israel not do that to move the peace process forward. where are we now, wolf, what do you make of the tensions in the long-standing relationship? i think its clear, tony, there are serious tensions in this relationship and its been obvious in the last few weeks. the israelis apologized for embarrassi...

Virginia attorney general plans to challenge the constitutionality of the health care bill if it passes. u.s. envoy george mitchell is on the way to the mideast to persuade palestinian to pick up talks. the efforts to push the peace process forward and the key obstacle in the source of attentions between the u.s. and israel, settlement building. rina, you were the first to report that president obama will meet with the israeli prime minister on tuesday, so, is this a positive step forward? >> we...

>> secretary of state clinton had as you say a very clear conversation with prime minister netanyahu where she outlines some steps that we believe he should take. im not going to get into them here. that was part of a private conversation. i think the israelis have a sense of what they need to do now. and i think, look, working together we need to continue to build trust to get these two parties back to the table and not do anything on either side that would weaken trust necessary to make import...

>> secretary of state clinton had as you say a very clear conversation with prime minister netanyahu where she outlines some steps that we believe he should take. im not going to get into them here. that was part of a private conversation. i think the israelis have a sense of what they need to do now. and i think, look, working together we need to continue to build trust to get these two parties back to the table and not do anything on either side that would weaken trust necessary to make import...

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And they found the men floating nearby in a life raft. they were brought aboard the uss harry s. truman and given food and medical care. nobody was seriously injured. yesterday, they were transferred to iranian navy vessel. the first face-to-face talks in two years between israeli and palestinian leaders are set to take place next month. the leaders will have a year to broker a deal for peace or at least demonstrate the progress thats being made. reena ninan is live in jerusalem with more. all r...