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To negotiations. >> all the settlements together take up less than 2% in the west bank. >> we're talking about -- >> the west bank, andrea, that's not the issue. prime minister netanyahu froze all settlement building for ten months an the palestinians still didn't come to the nesh yagts table. he was willing to extend that period if the palestinians were willing to come back. they weren't willing to come back. there's no alternative. secretary of state clinton, president obama have said again and again, no alternative to direct negotiations. we uphold that principle. >> what would be the harm ...

their fair share. >> that brings me to what's 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 president's math actually add up? >> well, what he did today really was lay down a political marker. this is a president who's been accused by his base of not participating enough in his own health care reform plan or ...

Could have really gotten a standing ovation. that would also have been in his long-term interest. let's 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 there's an opportunity here to break through with the palestinians. i have to tell you, i personally don't believe it. but i know one thing. when our best friend, our oldest ally, our most important strategic partner in the world, comes to me and makes the request, there's only one right answer. mr. president, yes. you ...

but first up -- the chances of peace in the middle east after the latest round of speeches by prime minister netanyahu and president obama. i'll be joined by tom friedman of "the new york times" who is just back from the middle east. now, here's my take for this week. we've 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 the working assumption of all negotiating parties, america, israel and the palestinian authority,...

but first up -- the chances of peace in the middle east after the latest round of speeches by prime minister netanyahu and president obama. i'll be joined by tom friedman of "the new york times" who is just back from the middle east. now, here's my take for this week. we've 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 the working assumption of all negotiating parties, america, israel and the palestinian authority,...