the this particular christians united for israel conference is the open presence of officials from apac which is the key arm of the israel lobby in washington jeff mendelssohn and jonathan kessler and robert satloff who is from the think tank of a. pac which is called we now are speakers at this conference this is the first time in my recollection that apac officials have actually publicly appeared at coogee and this is sort of the secret of christians united for israel which is that they were kind of set out by back to broaden the israel lobbies reach into middle america into the republican party as the. cause of israel and zionism slowly mooses jewish support especially liberal jewish support in the united states because of israel's behavior towards the palestinians so what we have to the way we have to look at christians united for israel as radical as it is is as an essential and emerging arm of the mainstream israel lobby and that's really interesting i want to get this this question going because you hear a lot about apac when you hear about the pro israel lobby and in last few ye

customer services firm apac will be going private. a private investment group of j.p. morgan will buy the firm for $8.55 per share, a big premium over last night's price, sending shares rocketing up more than 55%. volume exploded, too. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: the nation's housing crisis is creating a recruitment crisis for corporate america. many workers are reluctant to take jobs with new companies, or accept transfers if they can't sell their homes. as diane eastabrook reports the dilemma is forcing many firms to come up with new ways to attract and keep top talent. >> reporter: back in the good old days of appreciating home values, it was easier to take a new job in a new city, but not anymore. with home values tanking, many workers are thinking twice about relocating. tierney remick, global managing director for executive recruitment firm korn ferry international, says the housing crisis is creating a big challenge for corporate america. she says most firms no longer buy homes from relocating executives, so many execs are rejecting job offers

because this is part of their theology their eschatology according to the book of revelation and for apac a jewish organization a supposedly pro israel organization to be helping set up this conference to be appearing publicly at this conference is an indorsement of israel an exciting the whole west bank and then a divorce mitt. that's nick cleansing in my opinion i want to ask you a little bit more about something backing up something you said you know in the united states there's a separation of church and state i'm curious though a lot of the beliefs that seem to be driving this organization are very theological and there are politicians there that are speaking and that are on board and i want to play a little bit of an interview you did with former majority leader tom de lay who which i think is a little pretty illustrative let's play that we're brings you the christians united for israel well i was in on the ground floor and i worked with john and i and haiti for many many years on many different projects and how much of an inspiration is the second coming and your support for israel

hand i want to thank you so much for giving us your insight i know you've written extensively about apac and pro israel lobbying in this country that was alexander coburn editor at counterpunch. speaking of reality a lot of people had a reality check imagine getting the chance of a lifetime to move to this so-called land of opportunity only to see that dream fade before you finish packing your bags that's exactly what happened after a computer glitch at least so says the state department the state department gave out thousands of green cards on accident in the visa lottery and then revoked them said sorry we messed up and a federal judge has now dismissed a class action lawsuit which challenge that decision now the state department has been trying to mop up the fallout from this mistake but a lot of those people who thought they won hangs in the balance in our to correspondent guy i can has their story. hoping for a better life in america. from nigeria applied for the green card lottery he won or so it said in the letter that he received from the state department almost two weeks later t

outlined here, i have every confidence we can continue this, that we will continue this effort at apace in an intensity that will allow to us put al qaeda -- continue to put al qaeda on the road to defeat with respect to the pakistanis. the pakistanis, fareed, and the united states have a complicated relationship, as you know. there will be frustrations and disagreements. we remained engaged with the pakistanis for a number of very important reasons related to our national security and ultimately their security. they are very important counterterrorism partners for the united states. the pakistanis have lost thousands of military and civilians to the hands of extremi extremists. more extremists groups and individuals have been attacked and taken down in pakistan than any place else in the world. they are very important partners of ours. we will have frustrations and indeed we've obviously had an important set of conversations, difficult conversations with the pakistanis since the raid on the osama bin laden compound in abbottabad, pakistan. we're committed to working through these issue