abbas. but they reiterated their position. the palestinian president came here to libya to address fellow arab leaders seeking their support over the stalled peace talks and supporting his stance that while building continues in the settlements, the negotiations cannot resume. after they came to this meeting in the libian town to hear from mr. abbas, they were hardly in a positive mood. >> we are studying all the conditions and they're all negative. whether they are suspended or not, the arabs cannot september the negotiations. it will be very harmful if we accepted it. >> again such a fragile background, george mitchell was busy talking to arab leaders. fearful they would back a tough palestinian stance and bring a formal end to negotiations with israel. >> we are determined to continue and we are continuing our efforts to find common ground between the parties. >> a frustrated president abbas urged the prime ministers to support his position saying it would review the situation. the arab league key blamed israel for the impa

settlements are the reason that we don't have peace the reason that we don't have peace is because abbas and the palestinians don't want peace he got tremendously generous offers both from iraq and from men who don't work like they were in office and he still turned them down and so it's clear that that the reason we're jews built their homes is not to reason that we don't have peace abbas now has everything he could wind he's got the israeli army chasing down the hamas terrorists who are his political rivals he doesn't want the i.d.f. to leave today in some area because he then he will lose it to come out ok as he leaves guys and i ask the question again turn to the way we play internationally and when it is the second stage going to be if if jews are living in settlements only for jews on the west bank where is the second part where is the second state where is the palestinian state fit in to all of this. it's not talk about the past sorry about the president you sure should be to see. hundred percent but it's the prime minister who's talked about the two states between the jordan rive

the palestinian president abbas is unhappy about israel not extending its settlement freeze, so he is threatening to pull out. >> we are determined to continue, and we are continuing our efforts to find common ground between the parties. >> on the way to his olive groves, a farmer says it would be nothing left to talk about if israel continued to build on the occupied west bank. his trees are just below the jewish settlement. he says sewage from it has killed them. these are dead olive trees. >> yes. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7 ,8 9. from here, i cannot count. 9 treses died. >> all killed by sewage? he cannot get to the trees and close by the sentiment. they had been dealing -- digging foundations since the freeze ended. under international law, such plans by an occupier are illegal. -- settlements by an occupier are illegal. >> the areas around here contain the holiest places. i do not see it going anywhere. >> so a biblical right, a land given by god to the jews? >> absolutely. >> in jerusalem, israelis are celebrating a jewish holiday, part of the rhythm of life in the holy city. so is conf

how do you find your way with abbas? how do you keep this going now? >> it's very frustrating right now, because i believe on the basis of many conversations with prime minister netanyahu and with president abbas. both leaders, both sides genuinely want to make this work. so if we can only get this negotiation moving along, i think it is a more real negotiation than any i can remember. in other words, i think that if they come to an agreement, both of them are capable of selling it to each side of this conflict. and, you know, the prime minister netanyahu, particularly, if he's come back to office after a long time period of time out of office, when i sit with him as i often do, one thing is absolutely clear. he didn't come back just to sit there at the prime minister's desk. he's done that before. he's come back to make a difference historically for his country. likewise, mahmoud abbas is a man who actually pretty rarely in politics, he genuinely is prepared to walk away. genuinely. in fact, sometime the worry is he will just walk away. he's there bec

>> mahmoud abbas, president abbas has been threatening to resign and to leave for a long time. think he should leave. in fact, i'm not even sure that the palestinians do have a replacement for president abbas. but i think that the key lies not only with him, but with the u.s. administration and with a so-called moderate arab and muslim world. they have to support and legitimize a palestinian leader who would go for a deal. they have to make him feel that this is the time to do it. especially in view of the threat that we are facing from iran, which they realize is much more of a threat than israel ever was or will be to them. this is the time and time for the arab and muslim world to stand up and be counted. for this administration to use the good will in the arab and muslim world to make the palestinians do the right thing. walk the walk. not just talk the talk. >> jamie: well, as we can tell and as we reported, u.s. envoy george mitchell is certainly crisscrossing the area trying to get parties back to the table. thank you for being here. >> thank you. good to be with you. >>

most recently, i've spoken to prime minister netanyahu of israel and abbas. i've been constantly discussing this. as the united nations secretary general, how we can contribute to the middle east peace process. i hope that even though we have a very limited time we will be able to make a certain break through so there is the peace process, a direct negotiations can continue without disruption. >> you want that two-state solution? >> yes. yes. >> the arab league has put together a plan that is being considered at this time as well. >> i understand arab leaders will meet in cairo this weekend. there will be in emergency arab leaders' summit meeting. i have been constantly coordinating and consulting with them how arab leaders can also contribute to this peace process. >> in the disarmament section of the un mission, you talk about a nuclear-free middle east. iran as always in focus. that is important. would that include israel as well? >> establishing nuclear representation in the middle east and alternately around the world -- that is our aspiration. making th

palestinian leaders making sure president abbas' position is clear.i construction continues in the west bank. final decision isn't expected until next weekend. that gives u.s. special envoy to the mideast george mitchell a little more time to help reach a compromise. >> reporter: it appears those peace talks that began about four weeks ago in washington are all but over. like everything in the mideast that could change. the palestinians are hard their line in terms of concessions they want from the israelis to stay at the negotiating table. today palestinian president abbas met with his advisory council, they voted not to continue talks until israelis have halted all construction on the west bank. earlier this week a 10 month freeze ended and settlers again building once again. israeli prime minister netanyahu defied huge international pressure and refused to extend the freeze to keep the palestinians talking. where things go from here an dicey. despite continued pressure the prime minister says he will not hold construction again. the palestinians ha

here are some of your top headlines this morning -- palestinian president mahmoud abbas is offering an olive branch to israel saying they're willing to end all historic claims against the jewish state once they get their own state as part of a peace deal. that declaration has been a long-standing israeli demand. negotiations for peace were relaunched last month but stalled over israel's refusal to extend a building freeze in the west bank. >>> and debates in germany is heating up after the chance letter, angela merkel, said her country's attempts to build a multicultural society has "utterly failed." merkel called on immigrants who live in germany to do more to integrate, including learning german and adopting christian values. >>> a super typhoon made landfall in northern philippines today, becoming the strongest cyclone to hit the country in years. thousands of people have fled the storm as it makes its way towards china and vietnam. >>> and a new ranking shows charitable donations in the united states dropped by 11% last year. the worst decline in the 20 years the rankings have been

abbas if there are folks we do believe that we are in 2010 woefully overtaxed. >> the middle class is woefully overtaxed. working class, more people, mostly over tax. 8% of americans pay more and payroll taxes than in income taxes. -- 80% of americans pay more in payroll taxes and then in income taxes. no. wages, as i say in the book, wages have flattened for 30 years if you adjust for inflation. obviously, people are overtaxed. but the top is not overtaxed. last year, you had the top 25 hedge fund managers, each of them making an average of $1 billion and paying an average tax of 70%. that is what somebody earning $30,000 pays. teavis: i ask this question the other night. politically understand why elected officials want to talk about the middle class all the time, but what troubles me is there is so much conversation about the middle class and nobody ever talks about a week working class. i talk about those who are in poverty. we do not want to say the word poverty in our public discourse. the language seems to be all wrong. it is a minimum wage, not a living wage. we are experienci

citizen but the so we can use it to take the game to the terrorists i think we should have a much more abbas process prosecutorial strategy more use of plea bargaining and lift the ban on the use of intercept evidence so there's also new ideas and i hope some of them will get some favorable reception from the home office in the government as a whole things like the european investigation or seem like they would make it easier for terrorists and other criminals to be prosecuted you're white surely that's a good thing to be great if it was limited to counterterrorism that would be perfect great but it isn't. and we've seen the european arrest warrant we got from twenty four requests coming to britain in one year to over a thousand and i'm afraid there's a lot of british citizens who are either innocent or against whom the charges are very shaky being swept up in this and i feel the european investigation order would only exacerbate that risk because what it basically allows is for an investigation authorities to demand not requests demands british police forces cash cash strapped at the moment

as rookies you grok came from two goals down to win three two on penalties at defending champions abbas and there were also big results on sunday nights also increases got one full three a western conference leaders u.h.c. deny most of the visitors with two goals off for the first period that was paid back and then she took a detour and penalties got netted the visitors were never in overtime as god wanted to one of them to be used next to him explored twice in the third period when my straight into various spots at moscow were never behind and one three one thing to set us down walls in minsk and in the league and that's that's the rephrased every minutes. later i was shot three one defeat for looking at you and me to go to go open for the hosts want to end the first period. so it states the second period had been on the combat combat of power play to double and was the vantage however it was close to the power of the blue line to the impact. but martin zipless needed only a ministers to amherst to go advantage in quick counterattack. disco did give a lot of hope of saving the game des

the free abbas making that a reality. it is all voice controlled. not only can you tax the but you can wake up or on a lot your phone. all other apps force you to look down on the screen which we know is done a good idea. speaking of applications, only 17% of americans actually on a smart phone. more generation y-ers than x-ers own smart phones. all in all, most rely on cheaper, simpler phones. that is your consumer alert. >> thank you, marion. still ahead, the battle to bring slots 2 and arundel county is still rough. >> its centers around location and what one development -- developer calls lies and hypocrisy. >> i got to meet of the bill there today. you and your kids can, too. it is part of downtown can's month. details coming up. four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer fund

there was a meeting today with president abbas and his advisory council. they voted not to return to peace talks until the israelis have halted all construction on the west bank. earlier this week there was a settlement freeze that ended that 10 month freeze ended and quickly settlers began construction on the west bank. the israeli prime minister netanyahu defied huge amounts of international pressure to allow the building. of course the palestinians said they were going to walk away from the table if building started again. the prime minister here in israel says he's not going to enact another construction freeze. the palestinians said they are not going to return to the negotiating table with construction going on. they meet friday with the arab league to try to figure out what they are going to do next. there's a lot of diplomacy in the back channels. there's the u.s. envoy senator mitchell going from jerusalem out to ramallah, where the palestinians are to try to broker skin of execution solution. so far she -- some kind of solution. so tar they haven

. >>> benjamin netanyahu is urging mahmoud abbas to continue talks.t issue is settlement building. a freeze expired just last sunday. palestinian leaders say they want to extend it or they will leave the talks. israel has not yet agreed to reinstating the freeze. >>> all right. welcome to the chat room now. bonnie schneider here. this is one of the highlights of our hour. we get to talk about all those funny little things out there. we think they need air time including a pro football player chad ochocinco his cereal in a boo-boo. >> pulled from the shelves because of a bad typo that included a phone number that's supposed to belong to a charity feed the children but the number is actually a sex line. feed the children said they sent the wrong number to the cereal company. >> it's feed the children's error and not necessarily the cereal company or even ochocinco. he even had a comment. he tweeted about it. he says he feels horrible about it. do we have that quote from him? okay. the answer is no. >> that's the last thing you want. >> trying to do some

much tougher line towards the concessions they want from the israelis today palestinian president abbas met with his advisory council and they voted not to return to the negotiating table until israel has stopped all construction in the west bank. earlier this week, a ten-month construction freeze ended and settlers began building again. israeli prime minister netanyahu defied huge international pressure and refused to extend the freeze in order to keep the palestinians talking. where things go from here is dicey. despite continued pressure, the prime minister said he will not halt construction again. the palestinians have said they will negotiate -- they won't negotiate while construction is going on. on friday, the palestinians will meet with the arab league to try to get more support for their position. meantime, the u.s. envoy, george mitchell, is traveling trying to broker some type of compromise solution. so far, the united states has not been very successful. what's interesting is how this is playing out in the israeli press. you can see the headlines here and the picture of pres

palestinian abbas said peace negotiations cannot continue if israel doesn't prease the construction.support tiffany hartley's story that drug cartels murdered her husband. watch. officers stopped them before the encounter. they confirm the time line that tiffany shared with police and a peninsula saw boats chasing her. still his body hasn't been found. >> donald using a trip to scotland to give the strongest hint for running for president. he picked up a honorary business degrees. saying his country needs better lead areship and he said it was too early to say who his potential mate would be. >> remember the dancing flight attendants. they figure out another way to spice up the safety speech. this is their new routine to katy perry's california girl. ♪ i don't hear the song. >> they have it in thishead. it is built into them. i like the moves but would like to hear the song. budget airline said it is so popular on the internet. they will have to hire more dancers. not flight attendants. maybe they nease new speakers. like the bose speaker . most talked about player on and off of the

everyone knew abba loon boy. >> is that partially our fault? certainly, as you say, still have the correspondence based in kabul, still risking their live, by the way, but it's not on the front page that often, not on the top of the network newscast. able, it's almost disappeared in many respects. how can that be? >> well, someone -- >> it's election time. >> it's election time. some has to do with the fact that the war involved in the home front is a small, selective group of people volunteer service in fair families. >> most families are not touched by afghanistan directly. >> exactly, even though they are and don't know it. it can't all be blamed on the news media. i think that the public has to be interested in its full civic menu. you know, we have a country where we get upset if there's e. coli in spinachened everybody has a heart attack, but people don't examine their own news diet and take responsibility for it. that's an obligation of citizenship in my view. >> certainly stories about afghanistan are available out there. >> if you want

. >>> and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is urging palestinian leader mahmoud abbas to continue construction freeze expired last sunday. palestinian leaders say they want it extended or they will leave the talks. israel has not yet agreed to reinstating the freeze. >>> so if you want a good laugh, actor and median george wallace is your man. he's been part of some of the most popular sitcoms of our time. shows like "seinfeld," "red fox show" and had his own show at the flamingo in las vegas. you live here. >> i live everywhere. i live at united and delta. i'm at the airport and have you gone through the new metal detector where you don't have to take off your shoe or hat. people don't like it. they say it's invasion of privacy. i walked through that machine and found out i had a ruptured spleen and enlarged prostate. >> buy being in so many airports and cities you get material in your travels, don't you? stuff just falls in your lap. >> life is good. that's what's good about living. you can just laugh about everything. just come to atlanta and you can laugh and get off the plane

majesty the king, and i met while i was in cairo with many leaders, including the president mahmoud abbastinian president, and they are suffering similar problems because of interferences of extreme forces trying to sabotage the peace process and the negotiations that have started. the king of saudi arabia was very clear, very frank that they want a stable, strong inclusive government as soon as possible, which reflects the will of the iraqi people, and can do whatever it needs to do to bring stability to iraq. and he expressed his willingness to help as much as possible as much as he can to support such a government and such a future for the country. so i don't believe that there are leaders in the region who are trying to fuel extremism and to bring about sectarianism. it's unfortunately only iran, which is trying to create some problems in the region. and definitely in iraq i can say categorically that iran is trying even to bring about change to the political process according to their requirements. >> thank you so much for joining us. we will be right back. [ female announcer ] any h

if a deal is cut involving netanyahu and abbas, the u.s. get and deserve a huge share of the political credit. okay. that's one route. she achieves victory at secretary of state, stays through the presidential term and returns to private life perhaps heading up a university and running for president from there. it worked for ike. another route, becomes secretary of defense, stays there through 2012 or 2013 and runs for president from that position having headed up the u.s. military, proven for commander in chief. a presidential campaign with that behind her would be totally different than the one she ran in 2007-2008. option three and four, president obama names her as a running mate in 2012. the ticket wins or loses. if it wins, she gets the task of carrying on obama-style democratic rule for 12 consecutive rules. a tough road to hoe and run as a chosen successor to obama, taking with it all the baggage of eight years in office. option four, the obama-clinton ticket loses and in this case a free hand to run in 2016. the problem is she woul

abbas mamalani call the release purely political. >> these people are being held for political purposes. they will be released either when the regime gets something it wants or can escort a political point it wants. >> he does think letter writing campaigns like this one where friends and family are writing personal notes to bower and vital will help secure their freedom. the more people that get involved the better. >>> the doctor says the campaign needs to go global more countries need to get involved especially in europe to put the pressure on iran. >> thank you lisa. there's been another shooting at a san francisco nightclub. a man was shot and critically wounded just after midnight. the club is on indiana street in the city's neighborhood. the police chief says he is working with city lull hall and entertainment district to talk about the problem. >> we have a problem. shootings are down still nightclubs we continue to have difficulties and it continues to illustrate why it is important for us to find a better solution. >> police are searching for the suspect and still investigatin

. >> julie: palestinian president mahmoud abbas getting the backing of senior politicians today for his demand that israel flee settlement construction before middle east peace talks continue. benjamin netanyahu urging the palestinians not to walk away from negotiations but the palestinians argue there is no point in going on while israelis build on lands they want. >> thousands of people wrapping up a d.c.. activists, one nation working together event hoping to push folks to the polls this november. calling attention to the needs of working class americans. large labor unions like the sciu were in aattendance. >> sciu brothers and sisters are here today because we've had it. with the corporate america that is just higher and higher ceo pay and bonuses, while workers are losing their jobs. we are not going to stand quiet any longer. we are standing up and speaking out against corporate greed. >> coalition organizing the event calling on d.c. lawmakers to focus on job creation and help for those without jobs. >>> the rain may be gone, flood warnings remain in effect in parts of eastern n

and i'm convinced that both president abbas and prime minister netanyahu want to be the leaders that resolve this conflict. >> a little bit closer to home. politics. the couple, texas couple, was jet skiing in mexico. she said that her husband was killed by pirates. there was a witness to this. the person that in mexico that was heading the investigation, was beheaded. the family says they're not getting help from the state department, to find his body, david hartley's body. where do you stand on that? >> we are helping. the united states government is supporting local law enforcement. supporting authorities on the border. doing everything that we know to do to try to assist in helping to find the body and helping to find the perpetrators. this is a terrible tragedy. and obviously, we're sickened by it, as we are with the spike in violence that has gone on in mexico, directly primarily against innocent mexicans, as well as the intertribal warfare, if you will, against the drug crimes and organizations. >> the mother made a direct plea to you, she said mother-to-mother, to bring her s

construction if there is a recognition of the jewish state and it is just crossing the wires that mahmoud abbas, the palestinian president, at least the president of the faction in the disputed territories, in the west bank, is saying no to this offer. again, the back and forth continues in that part of the world. we'll be back with more coverage, straight ahead. jon: major developments now in afghanistan where afghan president hamid karzai confirms he's meeting with taliban leaders in a push for peace. jennifer griffin is live in washington. how serious are these talks with the taliban, any way to know, jennifer? >> reporter: it's clear that president karzai wants to make you think they are serious. he has set up a 70-member council to focus on reconciliation with the taliban. he told cnn's larry king in an interview, quote, we have been talking to the taliban as countrymen to countrymen, not as a regular official contact with the taliban, with a fixed address, but rather unofficial personal contact has been going on for quite some time. the question is how senior are the taliban members that

i assure you that benjamin netanyahu has the courage and we hope that mahmoud abbas has the courage as well. it will not be easy. they will be in passes and stopgaps and hurdles to pass and even if we get to the level of the signing a peace treaty, some of the greatest difficulties will leave before implementing the peace treaty. and there are no shortage of factors and factors in at least who will do their utmost to block us from making peace. i mentioned before, iran as the sponsor of hamas and hezbollah. believe me they are not going to sit quietly and let arabs make peace with his release. they will not. with that, i remain in my heart very optimistic. i have a perspective that helps to the history and coming to this position. you look back where we were 30, 40 years ago and thought of the peace pro-israel and egypt was utterly unimaginable. of peace between israel and jordan unimaginable. the fact that i can sit with my palestinian counterparts in this city and have open and warm candid conversations was unthinkable. nobody was thinking about a palestinian state back in. nobody wa