in 1997 white house press secretary cohen levitt declined to comment on the scope of the discussions. and when it comes to the negotiations that you're referring to, 1st of all, the special envoy he's engaged and as negotiations does have the authority to talk to anyone on israel was consulted on this matter and look dialogue and talking to people around the world to do what's in the best interest of the american people is something that the president has proven is what he believes is, is a good faith effort to do what's right for the american people. is it just about the hostages, or are they also talking about the president's plan to take over? these are ongoing talks and discussions. i'm not going to detailed them here. there are american lives at stake. i would refer you to the department of state for further details, but i'm not going to get into those talks here at the honda so who joins us now from jordan's capital a mom. she said, because he's very government and the kind of single floor, it's a bundle just from reporting from inside israel and the occupied west bank. so i'm t