From atlanta and the Prime Minister of israel is in the nations capital, washington d. C. For what is the most controversial visits of a head of state to our nation in quite a while. Let me bring in elise labott and traveled to washington d. C. And joins me on the line. Elise, you spent 12 hours on the plane with Benjamin Netanyahu. What was he like . What was he doing . Joo he reporter joohe was working on that speech the entire time. We were finding whether there was symbolism in the movies we were watching. We watched the imitation game which as you know is the awardwinning story of the genius that will crack that nazi code and save Hitler Europe from hitler and indeed the Prime Minister does see himself as making this kind of lastditch effort as churchill, the former british Prime Minister did in 1939 warning about the nazis. You know i talked to israeli analysts and they say he sees himself faded in that way and we were talking in the back the journalist aides came back and talked to us about what the Prime Minister was doing and hes holed up and really trying to make that speech stronger and in fact one of the pilots on the plane said that he heard coming out of the cabin that the Prime Minister was yelling stronger stronger no thats not Strong Enough and obviously the Prime Minister sees this as a really important moment for him, poppy. Thats interesting color into what these moments were like as he prepares the final touches on his remarks to congress. Let me ask you this elise. So much of the pushback has been on the timing and secretary of state john kerry said yes, hes welcome to come and the timing is odd and he didnt address the white house about it. His election in israel is march 17th. The deadline for the Nuclear Negotiations between the u. S. And iran is march 24th. Any talk about the timing here and why he didnt come after his election if he wins . The election on march 17th doesnt decide who the next Prime Minister is and there are days after about who will form the government. He doesnt win or lose on march 17th and he felt that the deadline was coming up. S rail might not even know who the Prime Minister is by march 24th and so he felt that this was important to do it now. A lot of israelis whether its analysts whether its officials or journalists do believe that he would have been doing this anyway whether there was an election or not certainly this does give him an election boost because he is this is his issue. Right. He is seen as a onetrick bone ney israel, thepony in israel and the more he can get israelis talking about it that makes him seem strong in their eyes. It could backfire. A group of democrats in Congress Reached out and asked if he would meet with them privately and he said no and the republicans and he didnt want to look like he was playing politics and thats not getting a lot of attention, but should it . Well i think he understands the and what Officials Say is he wants to depart sannize which is why he declined invitations to speak to conservative think tanks as he also did to democratic groups and democratic senators. In the end he will be meeting with a Bipartisan Group of senators, people from both parties in the senate. I think that he understands how partisan this is and not only that this has become an issue in his election as you said but also that the israel issue has become partisan in the United States and the support for israel has always been a bipartisan issue, and he understands. I think thats what hes going to say in his speech to apac, the proisrael lobby on monday at their big conference. I think hell try to mend fences a bit and say he understands that israel needs to be a bipartisan issue and always has been and always should be. Well be watching. Elise labott our Global Affairs correspondent, thank you very much for the insight. No doubt youve been up for many hours on that plane, that long trip over here to washington. Thank you, elise, very much. To russia now, Vladimir Putins critic Boris Nemtsov was supposed to lead a rally protesting russias involvement in ukraine and he was murdered less than 48 hours ago and todays rally in many ways turned into as you see, a huge tribute to him. Tens of thousands of demonstrators marching throughout moscow and left leaving flowers at the shooting scene and his assassination taking place yards away from the kremlin. Putin vowing to punish whoever is responsible for the murder and Russian Police looking for a male suspect with short hair wearing blue jeans and a brown sweater. And the shooter likely used a russianmade pistol and lets put it in context, joining me is foreign columnist Michael Weiss and he interviewed Boris Nemtsov in 2013. When we were speaking last hour michael, you made the point that you were surprised to see how strongly Vladimir Putin came out condemning this murder. Why . Usually when critics of his government are killed under very suspicious circumstances he doesnt mention them by name. His preference is to sort of relegate them to the ash heap of history as sort of irrelevancies in terms of russian culture and society. In this case he did come out, i mean very swiftly to say that you know this was a provocationalseeming crime that needs to be punished and hes personally meaning putin, will oversee the investigation. A lot of observers of rush a contemporary and historical russia and myself included have made the assassination of sergei kurov in 2004 and this was a highparty oible fishl, a communist, orchestrated by Joseph Stalin to have a dragnet of the opposition figures in the country. So ive seen a lot of people and pulitzer prizewinning historian of russia make this claim and people inside russia are thinking along the same lines and that goes to show you the climate of fear and paranoia and uncertain uncertainty that now persists in russia and whats next . What he said to make a difference as he described it in a newsweek article to assert whatever power possible do you believe that this assassination in any way lessens that dream becoming a reality or do you believe that other opposition leaders knows that this can come with the territory of opposing power if that was part of what led to his death . Certainly what nemtsov dedicated his entire political career to has not come to fruition unfortunately within the span of his own life and i think its sill toe make predictions. If you had asked anybody in 2010 can you imagine 100,000 people lining the streets of moscow to the party of crooks and thieves in a stolen parliamentary election and they would have said no and that exact thing happened a year later. In this case ive seen a lot of harping on the actual numbers to turn out at this event with the pronemtsov rally. Right. Think thats beside the point. Look you know there is a mass feeling in russia now that you know that this government Vladimir Putin, hes going to be in power for a very long time and he might outlast stale inin in terms of tenure. There is a noose circling around the neck of all freethinking and critically minded russians. I talk to these guys all of the time and dha say its the worse theyve ever seen it since putin came to power. Ive seen people in circles discuss the reso etvietization of russian society. They seem ostentatious and russia is not a total tearian state, and its an authoritarian one and its pregnant with history. Our u. S. State department described it as a virtual mafia state quoting a spanish counterterrorism magistrate involved with alal exandrin err net i dont think on which was almost certainly ordered assassinated in the streets of london in 2006 by the fsb and probably with the permission or the direct order of mr. Putin himself given that he was e radiated with a nuclear isotope. This is a very dark time in russian history and what happens here on out as theyre going to be internal coup . Is there going to be a revolution . How does the country implode or fall apart . This is something on everyones mind they talked to inside and outside russia. But well see inside russia. This is a president who is enjoying an 86 approval rating. Right, but i mean the circumstances of that have to be interrogated as well. When everyone is getting their news from television and television is spouting what the government and compares the u. S. Ambassador of russia to a pedophile and saying the cia is responsible for everything. Were out of time im told but i can talk about this with you prefer. Boris nemtsov had a very fascinating conversation a candid one with Anthony Bourdain last year. He told bourdain he was increasingly concerned how president putin could be undermining the political system. Youll see this discussion at 7 30 eastern right here on cnn, the bourdain interview special with Boris Nemtsov. An ad in the New York Times is being recalled for perverse and outrageous and targets an obama adviser likening her to genocide. Take a look at that. Well talk about this with the rabbi behind the ad next. Appeared in the New York Times this weekend an image of National Security adviser susan rice is paired with this phrase susan rice has a blind spot. Genocide. It was taken out by shmuley bothaiak. A senior official at the white house told cnn, quote, let me read this to you, the ad is being widely met with revulsion that it deserves. Frankly, the ad says more about those who supported it than it says about susan rice. The rabbi joins me now. He is defending this ad. Thank you for being with me. For a lot of people looking at this and a lot of people in the Jewish Community who have spoken out about this they call this incredibly disturbing and im wondering first why did you do this and do you think it is constructive . Firstly, whats truly disturbing is that the administration is negotiating with iran without to actively repudiate sir, well get to that in a moment, but i would like you to answer my question. It was helpful . Why doing it in this way was constructive. Susan rice was on charlie rose and the Prime Minister speaking out to oppose a deal that would leave iran within 12 months of a breakout to a Nuclear Weapon could destroy the fabric of the americaisrael relationship that has to be responded to. If the National Security adviser of the United States of america has an issue with the leader of a nation with genocide sifrmly lysichl we all have a like schreb neebinga and kos and iran is threaten the annihilation of the jewish people. It is perverse that these negotiations are taking place without a demand that iran first totally renounce their genocidal intent against the jews. The American Jewish committee called this revolting. The Antidefamation League called it perverse. The Jewish Federation of north america called it outrageous. I think what im wondering is what is your goal . What do you hope that this ad accomplishes . I want we have to raise consciousness in america to the indiscriminate slaughter of innocents that takes place around the world and america in action. We quoted ambassador Samantha Power who was susan rices successor as saying that susan rice in 1994 refused to label the rwandan genocide a genocide for partisan political purposes and therefore susan rice should go out of her way as saying that by her own successor in a pulitzer prizewinning book to be extra sensitive to the mass indiscriminate slaughter of innocents to genocide. We have iran lying to the world about a Nuclear Program for more than a decade and the United States is in the midst of negotiations with that government without first demanding that they renounce their intentions to destroy the jews. And well talk about this more after the break and with this ad and let me pull it up so our viewers can see it with this ad it is image that that you place with susan rice next to skulls and susan rice has the blind spot genocide. What is the action that you would like to see taken immediately in response to this because you even you even had Madeleine Albright coming out and speaking about this is aing anyone watching history can see ambassador rice is a patriotic public servant, conscientious voice versus genocide and staunch ally of israel. What do you want to see happen sir . We want the American Public to stand up to our government and be a democrat or republican and demand that we use American Power to protect innocents that are being slaughtered in places like the Central African republic darfur and against israel. How can Madeleine Albright say that when the immediate successor to susan rice ambassador Samantha Power quotes susan rice as saying in a National Security meeting in 1994 that we cannot label rwanda a genocide because it will affect democrats in the midterm elections . That is a historical fact and the reason those pictures are there, those are skulls from a church in rwanda just outside the capital. I was in that church. 800,000 people were hacked to death and the United States did nothing. We have to begin to intervene in genocides. God gave us this military power and all of these resources in order to protect african children who are being hacked to death and in the middle east or anywhere else that is our responsibility. Are you at all surprised by a reaction by these organizations, the American Jewish committee, the Antidefamation League and all speaking out against this. Did you expect support in this . Our organization doesnt have our principles and convicts determined by popularity or by praise. We believe in the infinite value and dignity of human life. We believe the United States has to intervene when it comes to genocides. We believe that susan rice should not be condemning the leader of a tiny little middle eastern country which is facing a Nuclear Threat from the foremost sponsor of terrorism around the world. She should not be saying on national tv that he has no right to speck out and if he does he will harm the relationship of the United States. Thats a form of bullying and unfair. This country believes in freedom of speech but dont silence him. Well have to take a break. More with the rabbi after a quick break. [ female announcer ] if you dont think ive still got it when you think aarp then you dont know aarp. Life reimagined gives you tools and support to get the career youll love. Find more real possibilities at aarp. Org possibilities. All right. Before the break we were talking about this ad. Lets pull it up for you. It was in the New York Times this week and its an image of susan rice paired alongside the phrase susan rice has a blind spot genocide. Let me bring back the rabbi Whose Organization put out the ad. Executive director of the u. S. Campaign to end the israeli occupation. Thank you, gentlemen, for both being with me as well. Let me get yousef in here rabbi and ill get back to you, as well. What is your take on this ad . What do you make of this ad. I think its unfortunately, part of an effort to attack an administration that is attempting to act in the American National interest to resolve an issue of International Concern with its partners on trying to make sure that iran is in line with its obligations under the nonproliferation treaty and what weve seen instead is this effort by folks like the rabbi and by Benjamin Netanyahu to undercut the effort by the administration to advance this agreement which would be in the American National interest. So its really i think, inapproach and in fact dangerous when we have foreign leaders coming to the United States to challenge a president who is trying to keep the United States out of war. The reality is the American People are tired of going into wars in the middle east which could be completely avoided and what is happening today is that this effort and this ad and mr. Netanyahus speech and other things like that are trying to make the path to a far more hasty and trying to make confrontation far more likely and americans are just tired of this. If we have the sound, i do want to play for you what susan rice did say on pb, is this week talking about, we dont have the sound, but what she said is she believes that Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu coming to speak and address this joint meeting of congress is destructive to the fabric of the