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One notable leader will not be here, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu pulled out of the summit earlier in week. astronauts used a bit of elbow grease to repair a sticking bolt at the international space station today in the second of three spacewalks on the shuttle mission. they attached a big ammonia tank. the final spacewalk is scheduled for tuesday. congress begins hearings this week on the explosion of the upper big branch mine in west virginia. president obama called for a thorough investigation in the accident that left 29 workers dead. those are the top stories right now. shann...

>> we know that al-qaeda contain in their effort to obtain nuclear material to try and do something to cause mass havoc and terror and damage and destruction. >> reporter: one of the big challenge of the two-day summit for president obama is keeping it focussed on one issue of securing nuclear material. with the different world leaders it won't be easy with the complicated relationships with the country and the u.s. >> shannon: as you mentioned so many other issues i'm sure they would like to discuss. we know it starts up tomorrow, the summit. anything you can tell us about today at the final ...

Some mail delivery is being canceled, streets closed. a lot of security as the world leaders gather in washington, shannon. >> shannon: i feel a lot of mass transit happening this weekend. forget driving or parking. >> you got it. >> shannon: tensions between iran and the west can no doubt be a subject at the summit. joining us, sam youngman and jonathan wiseman. thank you both for coming in today. >> thank you. >> sam, what do you think is the top issue for most of the countries gathered here this week? >> i think the white house wants to be on the securing of loose nuclear materials, prevent...

But the odds are against us if we are literally trying to stop iran from getting even one nuclear bomb but if the goal here is to limit the damage and move into a policy of containment and try to create incentives for future iranian leaders to be more conciliatory or reasonable i think we have a better chance viewed in the lesser light. >> shannon: iran is not the only concern out there. what are the other issues that dominica you think the president and white house will be urging the wider international community to get involved with? >> the summit has been built up so much and understandably...

Of the consolation? >> it's emblematic of the relationship. it's not the lowest of the low. there have been crisis that have been worse. unless jerusalem and washington get a grip and concentrate on what counts this won't be good for netanyahu's policies or for president obama. >> shannon: we have some reports that word got back to netanyahu there would be some attending the summit who would do israel bashing and that may have been a reason he backed out. there is speculation maybe he doesn't want to talk about the extent of israel's nuclear program. what do we know about the program? >> what ...