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Tan ta. even stevie wonder. >> carol, it shouldnt be surprising one way or the other. it doesnt mean youre pro palestinian or anti-israel, frankly. many people make the point that all they are against is the settlements and its usually about the settlement building in the west bank which is an obstacle to peace. so the idea that they are against that, done mean they are anti-israel. i love america. i do criticize our policy many times on different issues. im not anti-american in any way, shape, ...

Preconditions is an end to settlement building. theyre building a new subdivision and may build more across the street. that is something the administration in the past has publicly criticized. the president had several opportunities to bring it up in public. he said nothing about settlement. >> he did say one thing on the -- >> i was going to say, i dont think the word settlement came up during the news conference. >> no. >> it did not. in the question from chuck todd of nbc news, he asked abou...

Stressed that workingwise, professionally they get their business done. they may not like each other but they get business done. relationships always help in difficult situations. so, i think that is one of the priorities to try to become more friendly, if not best friends. and the iran question is huge. i spoke to the israeli president, perez, this morning and he says theres a greater understanding now the israelis believe and have no hesitation that the mepresident means when end the military ...

Within each of these two territories to make this happen. its a political will on each side to make it happen. what makes this really tough is, its hard to imagine that the next leader of the palestinians is going to be as empowered as abbas is to get a two-state solution. it is also harder to see a settlement building continues in places like the west bank. how that isnt changing the calculus of a two-state solution. and i think the president fears that you have a window that is closing. but th...

Negotiating table. netanyahu froze settlement building for ten months. it was an unprecedented move. he removed hundreds of checkpoints and road blocks in the west bank to build peace from the bottom up. the economic type of peace. we hope theyll come back. it seems schi s simple enough. the palestinians have a hard time making that simple move. >> is netanyahu, isnt he raising the bar a bit by saying the palestinians must not only accept israel as a fellow state in the united states but also ac...

To negotiations. >> all the settlements together take up less than 2% in the west bank. >> were talking about -- >> the west bank, andrea, thats not the issue. prime minister netanyahu froze all settlement building for ten months an the palestinians still didnt come to the nesh yagts table. he was willing to extend that period if the palestinians were willing to come back. they werent willing to come back. theres no alternative. secretary of state clinton, president obama have said again and aga...

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...

Could have really gotten a standing ovation. that would also have been in his long-term interest. lets say bb had stood before congress and said, you know, my fellow friends and my american friends, your president, president obama, has come to me and said that he believes that theres an opportunity here to break through with the palestinians. i have to tell you, i personally dont believe it. but i know one thing. when our best friend, our oldest ally, our most important strategic partner in the ...

but first up -- the chances of peace in the middle east after the latest round of speeches by prime minister netanyahu and president obama. ill be joined by tom friedman of "the new york times" who is just back from the middle east. now, heres my take for this week. weve just gone through an arcane debate about whether barack obama said anything new when he called for an israeli/palestinian settlement based on 1967 borders with mutually agreed upon land swaps. in fact, that has been ...

but first up -- the chances of peace in the middle east after the latest round of speeches by prime minister netanyahu and president obama. ill be joined by tom friedman of "the new york times" who is just back from the middle east. now, heres my take for this week. weve just gone through an arcane debate about whether barack obama said anything new when he called for an israeli/palestinian settlement based on 1967 borders with mutually agreed upon land swaps. in fact, that has been ...