the immediate situation there, that he needed to use this particular card now. >> woodruff: aaron david miller, you've written you think it's a terrible idea. >> i do. i think that, look, if you're going to tell me that we're prepared to release jonathan pollard, at least up for parole in 2015, for something significant and consequential, an agreement on borders for releasing pollard, fine. at the end of the road pollard will be thrown into the deal. the palestinians have their own benefits and something the israelis want, fine, but to trade jonathan pollard for extension of the talks or settlement freeze that will be observed more in the breach or practice, makes it look weak and desperate. it's a bad idea, unwise, makes a miracle look bad and won't advanced it. >> woodruff: you believe there are no circumstances under which he should be released? >> if the president of the united states makes a judgment that jonathan pollard, ill, mentally unwell, having served a long time wants to be released on humanitarian grounds, do it, but don't conflict it with peace and undermine the intelligence in

. >>> in the context of the peace talks, when it comes to releasing pollard to boost them, aaron david miller who served as a mid east peace negotiator said on tuesday, i think it shows real desperation. in an era of leaks and surveillance and snowden, the idea the administration will changed jonathan pollard makes absolutely no sense. on tuesday, the head of the palestinian authority, makmud abbas said he would press for statehood by move to go join 15 international agencies, something that the u.s. and israel both oppose. >> could end the talks outright. sectary kerry cancelled the trip to israel. ambassador, is the pollard discussing desperation that the nowhere? >> i think it is. it's a process desperation. when we should be on substance, and if prime minister netanyahu wants to accept the responsibility for seeing the peace talks go down, that's his choice. he is in a position where having made a commitment, he isn't willing to carry it out one way or another. kwlo agree with larry that the preservation can can i don't in the preservation can can i don't in the should be the first priori

aaron david miller at the wilson center.r your blunt talk this morning. >> always a pleasure. >> appreciate it. >>> next up in today's "data bank," we're marking world autism awareness day. you'll see a lot of the blue puzzle pieces. the number is ten. that's how many years the group autism speaks has been raising money, raising research. u.s. centers for disease control announced last week that autism rates have climbed nearly 30% since 2008. autism speaks is helping to find the cause of this increase and eventually, hopefully to find a way to prevent it. >>> before we break, today's tdr 50 new york soup at the original dinosaur barbecue in syracuse, we should tell you they're serving up smoked brisket tortilla today. that just sounds delicious. we'll be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] you're watching one of the biggest financial services companies in the country at work. hey. thanks for coming over. hey. [ male announcer ] how did it come to be? yours? ah. not anymore. it's a very short story. come on in. [ male announcer

iron david miller -- aaron david miller served as an adviser to six secretaries of states and was involvedideast peace talks during the clinton administration, so you certainly have the chops, aaron. it's nice to have you back. >> great to be here, jenna. jenna: just tell us because our viewers may hear this name come up quite a bit, in your opinion why does jonathan pollard matter? >> well, i don't think he does in the context of an israeli/palestinian negotiation. freeing jonathan pollard for an extension of the talks, frankly, is a useless gesture. and it's like jonathan pollard apples and peace process oranges. the reality is the peace process really is in serious trouble, and it has nothing to do with jonathan pollard or palestinian prisoner releases. the reality is that the positions taken by both the prime minister and the president of the palestinian authority are simply miles apart. it's like trying to bridge a gap over the grand canyon. so the notion -- and, remember, no less than four american presidents, reagan, bush 41, clinton, bush 43 all faced with entreaties to free jonath