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And the israeli government is debating whether to give the green light for a major new settlement on a parcel called e-1. and president obama did not mention settlements. there are a couple opportunities today where he could have turned to his counterpart and said, you must stop. he has said that in the past. i'm sure it came up in the private conversation. but the president decided not to pick a public fight with the prime minister. but that is one of the huge obstacles to getting the palestinians back to the bargaining table. >> right. senator mitchell, i mean, you heard what john said there...

This label of obstructionist. i think there's also a huge incentive for the president as well. he's now in his second term. and history and the american people aren't going to judge him by saying, well, they caused it to fail. they want results, they want production, and i think the republicans have to produce, they both is an interest in doing it. >> former senate majority leader, george mitchell. thank you so much for swinging by. and now that i know you live fairly close by, we'll invite you every other week, perhaps. next time we'll talk baseball. >> how about thanks a lot. >> coming up, j...

Cheering crowds in palestine. the united nations general assembly thursday voted to accept palestine as a nonmember observer state. president abbas sees the move as a key step toward palestinian independence. only nine countries opposed the vote, including the united states and israel. friday, date after the vote, israel announced construction plans for some 3,000 new homes in israeli settlements on the west bank and in east jerusalem as well. at today's israeli cabinet meeting, prime minister benjamin netanyahu said quote we will carry on building. i want to bring in former senate majority le...

>> well, we're learning more details. cnn has confirmed that the incident probably happened on wednesday and they were sent back to the states on thursday. it's a grup of up to 12 members of the secret service. some of them secret service undercover agents, other uniforms police. according to the information coming out, there was an incident with a prositute that was brought into the hotel. this is a hotel, a more traditional hotel in cartagena, and it's part of the hotels that were secured for the president's visit. this happened before president obama arrived in colombia where he's...

been tepid. in the latest "new york times"/cbs poll, americans are split on whether the jobs plan will actually create jobs. as for the president's own employment, there is open democratic fear he's a one-termer. the vibe was bad enough this week that top obama campaign strategist sent a memo to reporters noting that the president's support from the democratic base is strong. the same cannot be said of independents. 54% disapprove of how he's doing his job. things can change between now and november 2012. the more immediate question is whether president obama has the political capi...