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To get out of the siege mentality and to deliver on the two-state solution. once this is clear by the israeli primes, believe me, thing are going to be -- the middle east will be a better place for both the israelis and the palestinians and the arabs alike and for the americans who are paying a big price right now because of being perceived as only in alliance with israel and lip service to the palestinians. >> at the u.n. today. thank you so much. >> reporter: thank you. while the mideast tas...

Thing that george bush said. >> isnt that a good thing? what was good about the speech is the president unequivocally linked it to first there being peace. if there is peace, then there can be a two-state solution. thats a good thing. this republican applauds that, and thats something that should have been echoed all the way up to the speech as well. congressman, i recall when last year he said we should have the mind state if we have advanced towards peace. hes not saying anything different now...

Situation play into what is going to happen on the days and the weeks and the months ahead on the national stage? >> well, it is limiting the capacity of the obama administration to maneuver despite the bipartisan approach, and dissolution which is the approach that the united states has been taking and continues to take and undermines the power of the president to operate. if he has only one faction of the congress undermining his capacity to push both parties in equal directions, it makes it v...

-- cassidy. thank you both for joining me. congressman cassidy, do you support language that is coming from some fellow republicans? >> well, of course i have a lot of fellow republicans. >> im talking about the ones attacking the president for saying we need a two-state solution and has said what he is doing is dangerous. >> in none of those quotes that you said did i hear anybody attacking the president about a two-state solution. i think what you did see as a theme was the same that ed koch s...

This is aimed at the christian right, the ones that believe israel has a role to play in end of days. its somewhat scary if you think about the role that he has in mind for israel at the end of days. its nothing to do with jewish people or liking them or caring about them. i admit i have an opinion about this whole kind of politics that is exploitive and cheap shots stuff. but thats my thoughts. yours, john? >> chris, i dont know what the depth of genuinism of is his feeling for the jewish peopl...

released from a prison there, but were also hearing theyre still in the prison. our sources in iran say they dont actually know if they left evin prison yet. imany official a a ay officials make sure they are free. released a statement by press tv that their detention sentence has been commuted and they have been released on bail, a lot of speculation is once they are released, they will head to iman. . the reason there is that speculation is it played a part in securing the release of...

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...

davis got the death penalty for the murder of a savannah police officer back in 1989, no dna evidence ever linked davis to the crime. most of the witnesses who testified against him recanted. but the man who prosecuted davis stands by his case. >> there are two troy davis cases. there is the legal case. the case in court. and the public relations case. we have consistently won the case as its been presented in court. we have consistently lost the case as its been presented in the publi...

for state hood. this hour, the president is expected to meet with palestinian authority president abbas. he held a separate meeting just a little while ago with benjamin netanyahu. lets bring in our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin. shes covering this from new york. the president also delivered a major address before the u.n. general assembly. >> thats rig, wolf. the palestinians continue pressing their case here at the united nations and it was the most dramatic issue t...

Very hardline israeli politicians, some of who dont really believe in the two-state solution. i think theres something else going on there, in addition to catering to some christian conservative votes, i think there are some republicans in general, think that israel is the weak link in obamas foreign policy. its hard to attack him on a lot of other things, having been the guy who got osama bin laden. having been successful in a lot of other areas in foreign policy. this is the one place where if...