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Round of peace talks broke out in april, 2014. netanyahu fired off another criticism of the peace conference saying it is a false conference and a rel lick of the past. a new day or era begins soon, very soon. perhaps they are references president-elect donald trump inauguration. >> could it put new pressure on them to find a solution? >> on its own, that is unlikely. there is no con quens. this is some 70 countries meeting. this isn't the u.n. or the eu. there are no sanctions that will come out of this. israel's fear is what comes next. if they are taken to the u.n. security council and adop...

There will be economic sanctions, that means they have to identify somebody or some organization to sanction. you just don't sanction russia. you sanction individuals, organizations and companies. to make the case, they're going to have to give us some more detail about attribution. tragically in my opinion, there are a lot of americans that don't believe the russians did this. including perhaps even the president-elect. and therefore, establishing the facts to make the case to justify economic sanctions. that will be a big step forward. >> and it seems like already in that set-up, you can see...

To identify somebody or some organization to sanction. you just don't sanction russia. you sanction individuals, organizations and companies. to make the case, they're going to have to give us some more detail about attribution. tragically in my opinion, there are a lot of americans that don't believe the russians did this. including perhaps even the president-elect. and therefore, establishing the facts to make the case to justify economic sanctions. that will be a big step forward. >> and it seems like already in that set-up, you can see potentially a pattern setting of response and escalati...

I want to get your reaction. what did you think? >> well, i'm happy to see it finally,. we passed the same legislation in the house on thursday. senator stabenow and peters have been working to get this done since last january. almost a year. just seemed like there was always a reason to not take care of the people of flint. we broke through that. this is a big step forward. it is not everything we need. but it is a big step forward for the people of flint. >> so talk about life on a daily basis in flint right now. have there been improvements since we spoke last month about how the residents ...

First sitting u.s. president to ever visit a federal prison. joining me right now from boston is cnn political commentator van jones along with cnn legal analyst paul callan who is also a former prosecutor. good to see both of you, gentlemen. >> hi, fredricka. >> van, you first. the president in many ways has had messages during his presidency about the inequities in the criminal justice system. but what is it about his commutations this week and the visit at a federal prison? what is different about this message. it seems as though he's taking a big step forward. >> well, absolutely. this is ...