. >> has it been sufficiently noted that the president met with abu abbas, or sometimes called abu massa, the head of the palestinians? >> there's no problem. >> while he was there on this trip. >> well, however he meets with him, how many times -- >> it has been underplayed in the u.s. press? >> i'm sure it has been underplayed. >> was it a brief meeting? do you know anything about it? >> i do not. it was a very brief meeting but i don't know anything about it. i do know what the reaction was within the leadership of israel and i think they felt we finally have an environment in which we can talk constructively. >> talking about a two-state solution, there's some talk over there about a one-state solution. read the economist. one-state solution is a bad idea, correct? >> yes, i think it's a bad idea. >> should be two states. >> israel is never going to go for a one-state solution because they would soon be outnumbered by the palestinians. >> they will be outnumbered by the palestinians regardless of whether it's one state or not. >> they will not. >> eventually you would have a birks-na

and this certainly has put abu mazen, mahmoud abbas, the president of the palestinians on the spot.e's some indications that he's willing to bend or yield a wink and a nod. what are you hearing? >> well, i think, let me say in general that this trip is not to make peace between the israelis and the palestinians. the president wanted first to make peace with the prime minister, netenyahu or at least reach a truce with him. and then build a bridge directly to the israeli people. keep in mind, andrea that netenyahu comes to washington, he goes to the congress. and talks to the american people directly over the heads of the american president. barack obama essentially did it today, and he spoke to the israelis, he was very compassionate, he was very warm. he told them how much he loved israel and its history and jewish identity and all that he said the right things to the israeli people. on the part that has to do with the palestinians and peace process, whether in ramallah or in israel, i think he made a very eloquent compassionate rational case for peace. probably more eloquently and

fatah is the older establish secular party of mahmoud abbas, also known as abu mazen which now runs palestinian affairs on the west bank. as president obama travels to israel and the west bank this week, they are trying to assess whether a real opportunity exists for the united states to try to revive the long-stalled israeli/palestinian peace process. but among ordinary palestinians, he'll find no expectations that the u.s. can or will do anything to change the situation. >> when obama came to power we hoped he'd have a different policy but israeli pressures have had influence on him. >> he is not welcome here in palestine. what will he do for us? all of them are standing with israel, not with the palestinian people. >> warner: an even bigger hurding: the deep division among palestinians reflected in the ongoing split between hamas and fatah. this wall on the street in gaza is adorned by the smiles of two dead men-- yasser arafat, the fatah founder and first palestinian president who died in 2004-- and hamas spiritual leader sheikh achmed yassin, assassinated by his israel earlier that year. b

>> warner: abu mazen is palestinian president mahmoud abbas, who greeted mr. obama in ramallah at mid-day, a small band of protestors in the city center was kept well away; just outside the city, there were minor clashes with israeli troops. the two leaders held talks on one priority of president's four-day visit to the visit: re- invigorating peace talks between israelis and palestinians. but contrary to the apparent and uncharacteristic chumminess with prime minister netanyahu yesterday, mr. obama and abbas displayed an understated- business like-tone in a brief press conference. the president denounced the morning's rocket attack and the group that rules in gaza. >> hamas cares more about enforcing its own rigid dogmas than allowing palestinians to live freely; and because too often it focuses on tearing israel down rather than building palestine up. >> warner: on the issue at hand, the president did say his administration was committed to give the moribund peace process another try, and he urged the palestinians to do the same. >> my argument is even thoug

the government that supports and gives weapons to abbas and hezbollah, we altered the whole equation. after abul. when that journalist took his shoe and threw it at george w. bush, it was the way the arab world saw america and its president. >> as a soldier, patrick, did you feel at the time when you were in iraq, there was absolutely no greeting us? how quickly did you realize we are not here to liberate these people. we're occupying these people. >> it was the first memorial service. we had the combat boots and rifle with the helmet on top. it happened too many times. what infuriates me, so much, joy, the same folks responsible for this are the same ones cheerleading for us to go into syria. for us to say let's bomb iran. it is many because the history of our country is we have a strong military, which we always should have. we are the reluctant warriors. we should think about this because the counterbalance to iran is iraq. now iraq is in bed with iran. iran is come policomplicit in t support with syria. we are not learning the lessons. >> i think the iraqi people need more than an apology.