we have outlined three themes for apec in 2011. being host of apec also means that we are the chair. that mean we set the agenda and the side what proposals are -- decide what proposals are put on the table and then tried to bring around the other economies to our point of view. they also offer their perspectives and we negotiate out, which will hopefully drive for the substantive policy agenda. the three we have outlined for the year are strengthening regional economic integration and standing trade. of course, the central purpose of a pack as an organization. green growth and regulatory cooperation. on the regional economic peace, the most important agenda for the year is deciding upon a set of next generation invest in issues. figure out strategies for pursuing those in the future. many of you are aware that the u.s. is currently negotiating a free-trade agreement with apec economies. it is called the trans-pacific partnership. that agreement builds upon the u. s-career free trade agreement -- u.s.-korea free trade agreement. ap

it is in our blood for the bay area council to have formed cal apec. they were the group to convince world leaders to come here to discuss the most important issues of the day. we are honored that you have chosen san francisco for the spirit we plan to do you proud, mr. ambassador, members of our team at the state department. this is exciting stuff for the bay area council and we will be behind it all the way. improving our global competitiveness as a region is what the bay area council is all about. everything we do is all about that. for that reason, having aipac here in san francisco, it is kind of like nirvana and to members of the bay area council, who is a global company. we are pleased that you made the announcement earlier that we would be selected to do this. now we just have to make it happen. just a couple of data points. california businesses combined $300 billion with their counterparts and apec economies. of course, more than any other state. we have two-way shipping. we are a gateway for merchandise shipping. california has the most fore

but i think it's an even harder to have that today this weekend as we're heading right into the apec conference i mean this is the belly of the beast in terms of political power from the jewish community in the weeks to have this conversation in the american political arena or the american media this is the week when everybody's going to be cautious how the president puts his case before the apec crowd on so. and how the crowd received them is going to be very interesting but there's a whole nother movement in this country that j. street is a part of and other groups as well that are saying no the american jewish community is diverse as the israeli community and we have as many people who support a two state solution because it's in israel's interest as there are people on the right who say there's no way to make peace and so we're joe lieberman when he was nominated for vice president. first event he did was with american group in michigan he asked me to pull together and people challenged him on the jerusalem resolution and he said he said you know i did that as a senator but this

we represent the mainstream but frankly we don't get the sounding that we need because apec dominates the policy debate in washington in the end that's true of america. jeremy was talking about. what's going on in israel in the minute or so we have left what you know now that hamas and fatah have kind of come together and in coming together have said we're not going to recognize israel you know they didn't they didn't say that he didn't here's the agreement problem is and president abbas still remains the head of the p.l.o. and he's the top negotiator the government does not include and hamas in fact the government will include neither party it'll be a government of technocrats but the two movements will work out a compromise that's not feuding and warring with each other that is a good thing but it doesn't change the posture of the leadership and the of wineglass who was sharon's top adviser wrote an article just today in the leading paper in israel saying if in yahoo this is your best chance this is the best leadership you're going to have on the palestinian side you've got to make

the reaction you see is the grovelling that's what we're rattling to the interest of apec but members of congress and and with people with respect to the ninety six and sixty seven borders that's a given that has been given in international law. and international beliefs since nine hundred sixty seven so it is so he articulated nothing new but this is what not what israel wants under the leadership and you know now there are subverted strong forces within israel we don't buy into this scenario but like the united states they are ruled by a military industrial clique and that's the way the united states is ruled and of course the obama is obviously part of that clique but obama in this particular his shoe in the congress just because you lack moral courage and it's not him not to speak high that senator i mean why is it we value free speech and open debate here in this country and yet it seems like when it comes to the question of israel it's one of those sacred things that if you're a lawmaker and god forbid you speak out you say something that sort of doesn't toe the line that's almo

very little money from apec or pro israel because that's what the voters back home want them to be. and this is, i think, what we saw in congress today. >> charlie: peter wrote this yesterday, said over last few days netanyahu defied the president of the united states and forced him once again to retreat. he has won washington. if only he realized that washington is no longer the world does he have a point there, aluf? >> netanyahu believes that american is a super power about to remain -- he sees no alternative american power. that's why he focused his attention and to deliver this speech in washington, in congress to show the world that america stands behind israel and behind his policies. and i don't think that president obama played the diplomatically -- i thi he was telling palestinian way to achieve political change through the street. the trusting the leaders, leaders will get you nohere, leaders are shackled in the past they don't care about the future only care about the own power. if you wouldn't achieve your right, yourself determination, otherwise i wouldn't be here as t

now he has a speech to apec today. will this continue to be a tough sell? how will he it continue to frame this discussion? >> today he'll say there is no bigger ally for the israelis than the united states. and that israel's security is paramount to the united states. that's what apec wants to hear. the israeli leader netanyahu is upset with him. the pictures you are showing now were remarkable. the fact the israeli leader would come in, in front of the cameras, and turn to the president, literally turn toward him and say, i disagree with you and this is why based on jewish history. and you look at the president's face where he's in some way being lectured to by the israeli leader. you know, this is a significant split. but the israelis and the obama administration are still stalwart allies and nothing is going to change that. >> all right, david. see you on "meet the press" later on. >>> time now 10 get a check of the morning's other headlines. ron mott is at the news desk. good morning. >>> hey you two, good morning. good morning, everyone. we begin in i

ok dan if i can go back to you at apec the executive director of the organization warned obama against treating both israel and the palestinians quote even handedly that's a pretty interesting statement treat both of them differently how do you how do you interpret that. well it's really simple the united states is an ally of israel and both countries share both the security concerns and alliance and we work together well apparently and economically the reason that that's the correct thing to say is that israel is going to be asked in any peace agreement to give up something tangible its territory that contrary to the way some people have put it i do agree with paul it's ultimately political but israel does not recognize that what the jews called today and some area is someone else's territory we think it's ours and that's something that people often don't seem to understand so israel is being asked to sacrifice a tremendous amount and they're simply not going to do it unless there is a conflict and the recognition that israel is the state of the jewish people and that there is not goi

so while president obama basically said at the apec conference was here's the solution that the united states is just with washington will in no way put any pressure on israel to advance the process it's not the first time washington talks about the two state solution obama is the first us president to express it explicitly in a speech but they were similar suggestions before but never any action for really push for it one example of the policy of words but not actions are the settlements u.s. administration has called peace really settlement expansion illegitimate but when it came to actually voting at the u.n. security council to condemn the settlement expansion as illegal the u.s. the solution as we're going back to nine hundred sixty seven borders as a basis for negotiations the solution is not new all the other members of the quartet of middle east peace negotiators have long been supporting it that's the land european union and russia president obama was popularity in the arab world is now as low as ever is facing pressure from both the international community and its all time al

settlements would go anywhere this by their equal status under international law but notice that it is apec address he doesn't say anything different he says it will not be the one nine hundred sixty seven borders because of land swaps so where as he tried to appear more appealing on thursday morning on sunday he became very honest that the land swaps means no return to sixty seven borders but in the surrounding settlements that are illegal around jerusalem will become facts on the ground as israel has once it is tried to make reality with the creation of an annexation wall when in fact the basic premise in international law firm the one nine hundred forty nine armistice line as the line along which a palestinian state should legal that said i think that it becomes really irrelevant anyway to discuss this because basically what is at the table with the u.s. is offering to the palestinians is not sovereignty for statehood what they're of or an offering is a state where they have some sort of autonomy and two stands very similar to black townships in south africa or reservations here in the u

talking about splitting jerusalem i was going to reflect on president obama is due to speak to at apec the american israeli lobby gathering this coming weekend we've before that speech yes they were that i headed send an e-mail the contents of puns there article not the bow. it looks like he's going to have an even tougher i know that after the speech yesterday from oh you know i think it probably will be booed i think one thing that is there atack doesn't represent the vast majority of american jews and most polls show that american jews are far more critical of the election on the government they're critical of the of the settlements and they want to resolution in a two state solution so i think what you're seeing is this kind of division and the division between the leadership of the sort of the stablished jewish organizations and the rank and file and that gap is widening they may goo him at apac it doesn't mean that american jews are not going to vote for him in two thousand and twelve but if he were to think of gone with run again by taking that very public stance yesterday i do

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there was a former apec. so you can pick your car. and. that was ambassador charles freeman the former ambassador to saudi arabia now it is day sixteen in the u.s. intervention in libya the military intervention is the deadline to get out or get approval from congress by law yet no loud noise for anyone to of course the law very few calls from congress seem to falling on deaf ears so what does this mean for the rule of law and the rules of u.s. engagement in war take a look. fifty eight. fifty nine. sixty eight i said at the outset that this was going to be a matter of days and weeks. days to turn two months and in libya the battle rages on in washington time has run out. in this rhetoric is running up against a real growth block thing here you don't think their power thanks is a war powers are the war powers act a resolution that says sixty days marks the deadline for an american president pull u.s. forces from hostilities or get congress's approval for a formal declaration of war yet neither appear to be happening and according to the pr

he spoke of that commitment in front of apec, he spoke about it to speeches heard throughout the arab he has backed those words with deeds. i know these are tough economic times so i want to thank the president and congress for providing israel with vital assistance so that israel can defend itself by itself. [applause] i want to thank you all for supporting the missile defense system. [applause] a few weeks ago there was in gaza fired eight rockets at our cities. now, these rockets never reached their targets. iron dome intercepted them in mid air. [applause] for the first time, a missile defense system worked in combat. that's a precedent in military history, and i want to say thank you america. america and israel are cooperating in many other ways as well with cooperating in science and technology and trade and investment. [applause] [applause] >> it's not only american companies investing in israel, it is the israeli companies investing in america. and the last decades is really companies have invested more than $50 billion in the united states. [applause] [cheering] [applause] to

indonesia and the president and die and the secretary are greatly anticipating the united states hosting apec in hawaii. those are just a few of the highlights. day to day at every level of our government, we are working hard to build that positive, cooperative, comprehensive relationship that our two presidents have best for. this is the long, hard, un glamorous work of the prompt -- diplomacy. at our plenary sessions yesterday, there was a dizzying an array of issues that we're working on together. i felt very satisfied because that was not the case two years ago. i anticipate that we are going to see further progress because we want to realize the full promise of our partnership. we very fervently hope to leave a more peaceful and prosperous world for our children and our children's children. let me again thank our chinese friends for making this long journey and for working, as we move forward, and our journey together into the future. i am pleased to turn to my colleague and partner commerce secretary geithner. >> thank you. let me outline the highlights of our discussions on the economi

a meeting on friday with netanyahu and a major speech to the jewish lobbying group apec this weekend. but even as president obama was delivering his speech at the state department, israel announced an approval for more constructive sellen't. jill dougherty, cnn, the state department. >>> president obama's speech didn't go down well with many palestinians either. hamas, the party that won the last palestinian elections described his remarks as empty of concrete significance. let's bring in kevin flower who joins us live from jerusalem. there's also the question the palestinians are asking, okay, mr. obama has said all these things he wants for the region, but they're probably wondering and i'm assuming what kind of role the americans actually want to play in this. >> well, one thing to remember in all of this talk about what obama laid out in his speech is that all of that is predicated on talks taking place at some time in the future, but the reality on the ground here is that talks have not been going on between the palestinians and israelis for months, so it's crucial to know that.

i'm truly honored to be able to address the afternoon plenary of the apec policy conference, the biggest ever. [applause] as i look out, i see more than 10,000 people, young and old, who have come to washington from a around the country not for personal enrichment ordain, not out of concern for your industries or businesses, but out of the deep affection for the fellow democracy of israel. [applause] we are all here because we know that america is at its best when his stance with allies that share our value. >> like many of you, the descendants of immigrants to america. my grandparents came to this country nearly a century ago from russia. they pass through new york harbor, passed by the statue of liberty on the way to a better and free life. my grandmother was a widow at a young age, and she eventually made her home in a predominantly african-american section of my hometown of richmond. she raised my father and my uncle in a tiny apartment above a grocery store that she owns. through hard work, perseverance and faith, the very values on which america is built, she lifted herself open to

however, he did say and clarified it in the apec speech, just as they had a plan in the clinton administration7, then negotiate land swaps. >> john, you can defend, you can stand here and defend the president's remarks. i will not defend the president's remarks. the president's remarks are amplified across the middle east. don't think this was a tremendous insult to benjamin neganyahu. that symbolism wasn't lost on israel's opponent. israel is what's working in the middle east region now. the united states should do everything they can and not cast any aspergss on this process at this particular time. the president's moves in a statement last week were dangerous in a volatile region. >> you say dangerous in a volatile region. the white house would disagree. let's shift to politics. is there any doubt, should anyone have doubt that michele bachmann will be a candidate for republican nomination for president? >> i will let people know in june. i said in the beginning that's when we'll let people know. we're working, putting a plan into place we believe will be an effective plan, but we aren't gi

apec is t-- aipac is the name o. they can't be pleased with the president's stance as winds of change blow through the region. >> calls for change may give way in some cases to fierce contests for power. the question before us is, what role america will play as this story unfolds. >> cnn's senior state department producer live for news washington in advance of the president's speech. how is this supposed to play throughout the day? >> well, it is really a tense atmosphere that president obama goes into. these are some of america's fiercest defenders of israel. the israeli lobby aipac. they're really going to be looking for president obama to kind of clarify what he said the other day about those returning -- that a palestinian state should return to those '67 borders which prime minister netanyahu in the meeting the next day called indefensible, really a tense meeting. i think what they're really going to be looking for him to do is kind of re-affirm that deep bond with the u.s. has with israel and try and talk about

host: the president will be talking about that today at the apec conference.: he is a talk radio host. republicans are after the fox news debate, they like herman cain. it is tailored to the constituency group of core conservatives. he is not a former member of congress or governor. he can be a vehicle for a lot of protests, especially if some republicans do not catch afire. he took some flak if whether the borders for any type of compromise on middle east peace should be debates on the 1967 borders. a tough problem for the president. almost 80% o jewish voters voted for president obama. he has a lot of circuits to keep his message and make the argument that he is trying to be a fair broker in this divisive development. [unintelligible] she was always a good fund raiser. penny his top fund-raiser is jewish. there is a lot of ability for him too into the jewish community and get money. this issue pops up. the president will have to pull each person aside to assure them on this. it will be interesting to see his reaction from apac. it makes up about 20% of the j

survive a jewish and democratic nation, they need a two-state solution and that was said today to the apecrence as well. israelis recognize this is in israel's interest and not just talking negotiations between two countries. it's what is in israel's best interest. >> when the president said a palestinian said, should there be a two-state solution is that created one. was that not also -- you will say of course that's been agreed upon but restating it and making that part of the complex -- >> i could give you 25 more. there were many positive things in this speech. but none of them were new. what was new is what you're saying was not new. the president knew it was new. hillary clinton knew it was new and so did palestinians know it was new. you were missing the heart of it. >> last word before i take it? >> we won't have peace if we don't realize we'll start with the 67 borders. it's in the americans interest and israeli interest. i commend him for the speech he said. >> for the president to have said out loud what every secretary of state would and every prime minister would and every neg

yesterday the president spoke before the apec committee. in an effort at damage control. and said they should be used as a starting point and land swaps should be part of a plan in order to be fair to both sides. president obama has said that he's trying to jump-start in order to slow growing momentum for a declaration of a palestinian state hood at the united stations. he hopes to convince his european counterparts to vote against that idea while he's on a trip to europe. the tensions between the two long-time allies remain high and the rhetoric coming out of israel has suddenly got inquite a bit sharper. here's the question. is president obama making it worse? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. >>> president obama has just departed ireland where he was welcomed with open arms by thousands. some of them potentially disstabt, very, very distant relatives, i should say. ed henry is traveling with the president. >> wolf, breaking news. the president has to leave ireland early because of some volcanic ash from ice land that he's probably sorry to be leaving here in a warm, irish em

and i'll let my trade officials talk more about that when they're all together in apec in november.i would simply say that if you look at the totalities of these organizations, again, different memberships, different agendas. one of the goals and ideas is to create some form of loose integration or understanding of perhaps how the asean regional forum might relation to initiatives or ideas put together by the east asia summit, how -- the process of defense ministers can work on a variety of issues like piracy and the like and how that can work in a larger institutional frameworks. this is enormously challenging given the plurality of venues, the difference in memberships, but one that's going to be essential if asia is to enjoy its promise in the 21st century is that the institutions of asia have to reflect the growing dine mitchell and they have to address the specific issues that confront all of us. the united states accepts for all the critical institutions both e.a.s. and the asean regional forum that asean is the central component and that the institutions are built around asea

netanyahu tomorrow at the white house and then he also has a big speech before the jewish lobbying group apec. and wolf, the only problem is even as the president was deliver they can major speech here at the state department, israel announced approval of more construction settlements, another sign that the peace process is in real trouble. >> see how those talks go tomorrow between the president and the prime minister. thank you, jill, for that. >>> jack cafferty was listening closely to what the president said. jack is here with the cafferty file. jack? >> president obama had a message for middle east nations in his much-behind speech today at the state department. if you promote reform and choose democracy, we will help you financially. well, that's great, we can borrow some more money from china and give it away to the middle east. just brilliant n a sweeping speech that applauded reforms and condemned the use of force by middle east dictators against protesters, the president said this is not just about handouts but encouraging democracy, this in a part of the world where most people can

you played a sound bite from netanyahu at apec last night, the pro-israel lobby.e majority leader, spoke there, too as the house speaker, john boehner. both made clear that they're not happy with the president's comments. >> no one should set premature parameters about borders, about building, or about anything else. [ applause ] >> doubts about what america stands for and who america stands with slows the search for peace and stability in the region. >> reporter: as for the israeli prime minister, carol, i'm told by sources that i've spoken to who have spoken to him and people around him that he wants to use this very friendly platform here in congress to talk about the peace process going forward, to try to rebuild the peace process and to lay out what he's called in private and public meetings the truth, what he says is the truth about the way israel is dealing with the process and dealing with palestinians in that region. >> it's interesting because president obama mentioned going back to the pre-1967 borders. that's not on the table, and it's not going to hap