if it is benjamin netanyahu it will be a tough relationship between president obama and benjamin netanyahu for two years because they don't get along after what the german netanyahu did in congress last month. -- after what benjamin netanyahu did in congress last month. if it is herzog, the situation is better. he will come to the united states early. he will be welcomed by the europeans. it makes a difference in that those discussions about palestine's most challenging issues has to trickle down. katty: does it matter if the coalition is weak or strong? elin: i would say it will be a messy 42 days. we will not know until late april or early march. it makes a difference in terms of israeli policy. perhaps the most profound and immediate effect is a nuclear deal on iran over the next few weeks. for israel has played an important role. i don't think there will be an israeli government when and if that deal is signed. they will be so distracted with their own internal politics, you can see that being a huge relief for the obama administration. katty: and election with repercussions. thank you

one poll gives benjamin netanyahu the narrowest of leads over the challenging alliance, while others give them the exactly same result. netanyahu has claimed the victory on twitter. he is seeking fourth term, and even if he loses this election, he could win with a coalition. his main competitor is herzog. and let's look at the exit polls has they stand now. 28 for the union party. and 27 for the dienist union neck-and-neck. 3rd place with 1 and 12 seats for the -- party. and 5 seats for the israeli party. standing by at the headquarters of benjamin netanyahu's headquarters. we will speak to all of them. and let's start with mike hannah. and mike, he's already claiming victory on twitter so even though some people thought this would be the end of benjamin netanyahu, he's not quite out of the race yet, is he? >> it's a night in which all can claim some kind of victory. the zionist party having a stronger showing than anyone predicted. and the polls show, all reality, it will be a lot easier for benjamin netanyahu to form a governing coalition than it will be for herzog and his zionist u

jazeera america. >> a big point of contention between president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is iran. just weeks ago, prime minister netanyahu went before congress to make his case against a bad deal over iran's nuclear deal, one that would put curbs on its nuclear ambitions in exchange for lifting financial sanctions against iran. james bays. james. >> there have been negotiations over a six day period, clearly led by the u.s. on one side and iran on the other. yet for now the talks are being postponed. let me explain why. after six days of almost nonstop negotiations with the iranians. secretary of state john kerry was still being positive. >> secretary kerry how's it going. >> we're making some progress. >> reporter: secretary kerry headed into a lake side restaurant where he was joined by energy secretary ernest monez, a nuclear physicist. and after wednesday news that the talks are being adjourned for now. >> eerie we're recessing the talks. >> when will you back? >> next week. >> here in lausanne. >> yes yes we made progress. >> one said he was ready to work through the

let's close the gap between people and care. >>> we are 15 minutes from benjamin netanyahu high profileapitol. he is scheduled to meet behind closed doors with house speaker john boehner who invited netanyahu to speak about the dangers of signing a nuclear deal with iran and ahead of that speech there have been some demonstrations against netanyahu in the nation's capital as well as in new york city times square. we wait to bring you the prime minister's remarks on msnbc, let's bring in nbc capitol hill correspondent luke russert and casey hunt. luke, start with you. what are we expecting to hear from netanyahu today? >> reporter: expect to hear a speech that talks about the threat that is iran as a nuclear nation jose. that's obviously going to be the central theme here. we sort of saw a preview of that at aipac yesterday. this plays well with both sides, especially republicans. over 40 democrats are boycotting or skipping the speech because they do not like how it came about, saying it is political that the house gop leadership is allowing him to make a speech about negotiations that

benjamin netanyahu in a media blitz and he was literally everywhere at every time. morning shows radio shows making public appearances and it really does feel like this last push by mr. netanyahu to secure enough voters. when we look at his far right coalition, his message was support the likud and support netanyahu netanyahu. >> at the zionist movement headquarters, thank you. >>> the flynn side said that the provisional outcome is bad news for any chance of peace. >> it seems to me that mr. mr. netanyahu will form the next government in israel, and we all heard what they said yesterday. they said if he's re-elected as prime minister, he will not allow the palestinians to stay. he will continue with settlement settlement. mr. netanyahu has done nothing in his life but destroy the two-state solution. >> the hamas spokesman said that all the israeli parties are alike to us. they may disagree on many things but what unites them is their constant denial of the rights of the palestinians and their constant denial of will against the palestinians. >>> let me show you some

only on al jazeera america. >> benjamin netanyahu's victory in this week's israeli election would seem like a major defeat for palestinians. but the palestinian american man who heads the campaign against israeli occupation, wrote, netanyahu's win is good for palestine, opposing any change, putting israel on a collision course with the rest of the world. youssef manier, what did you mean? >> well, what i meant was that first you know you have to understand the situation. between israel and palestine today. israel rules over territory where 12 million people live four and a half million of them have no right to vote within the government that governs over them. 120 million people in the united vote? this is an urgent crisis. the reality in israel is that it's become common place and mundane and completely acceptable. >> this is a continuation of the netanyahu government, his election doesn't change the status quo and it's not like the palestinian people have gotten a lot of help from the rest of the world so far anyway. >> right. one of the most damaging things i think the palestinian p

>>reporter: well, i think if benjamin netanyahu were to survive an remain prime minister of israel. it's going to be hard for him to turn back. general election in a different constituency has to change his tune and move more towards the center. the prime minister has a very important constituency here in the united states. obviously a vital relationship of $3 billion a year in aid. that's just for starters. but to say that arab voters were turning out in record numbers and make that last minute desperate plea to turn out because of if threat to his own political party, that's not going to sit well with many on the left here in the united states and of course benjamin netanyahu's support on the left has been fraying over the course of the last couple of days. and of course going back on the two state solution, the official israeli position for the last six years, the official u.s. position, since the previous administration of george w. bush that's going to but netanyahu in a bad position as well. it's hard to see how he's going to come back from this in terms of his relations with

benjamin netanyahu -- lysa: after making political history, benjamin netanyahu's first stop was the western wall for prayer and a pledge. >> i appreciate the decision of the israeli citizens to elect me and my friends against all odds and in the face of powerful forces. i will do everything i can to care for the security of all. lyse: security fears one -- security fears won this election for him. it is note -- >> they might support it theoretically, but they do not see it happening in the near future. therefore they went to the far right. lyse: in the west bank there is disappointment, but determination to create their own state. >> it is time for the international community to put pressure on benjamin netanyahu to save the two state solution. benjamin netanyahu should not take that victory to be as aggressive as he used to be. the actions will be worse for him. lyse: across the west bank security barriers have gone up. making israelis feel more secure, and palestinians left hopeful. today there were calls for resumption of peace talks. that is hard to imagine now. benjamin netanyahu ralli

part of benjamin netanyahu's constituency is the u.s. government, the american public with $3 billion a year in aid and such a vital relationship for israel, which is playing against netanyahu after he was seen as putting that relationship in danger. the question is, will netanyahu be able to come back and fix some of the relations that he has damaged. of course they haven't been that good with the obama administration, growing worse over the last six years. after the speech to congress, after his denunciation or repudiation of the two-state solution that is backed by the u.s. government, i think at this point, if he were to lead a government, whether it be a coalition government or one in anyway way shape or form, it's going to be very difficult for him to work with the administration in any meaningful way over the next few years. >> the prime minister was on record all during the kerry process, all during the cajoling of the head of the palestinian authority, that israel backed a two-state solution. then in the last 48-72 hours of the

parties and alliances and since israel has a power playry system, the sitting prime minister benjamin netanyahu could lead his likud party to a second place finish and still be the next prime minister. in the last days before the polls opened netanyahu confirmed what many in israel and the united states ever suspected. he declared he did not support a two state solution that would conclude with israel living next to a palestinian state founded on territory seized by israel in 1967 after it fended off an attack from its arab neighbors. we'll look at the vote, what it means to israel, the region and to the israeli-american alliance with al jazeera's dana lewis joining us from tel-aviv. it looks like those political obituaries written for benjamin netanyahu were not just premature, but flat out wrong. >> i would say here nobody was putting money one way or the other. i mean, all bets were off. you were talking about preelection polls, which only gave the zionist block about a four vote lead and then there were rumors all through the weekend that maybe netanyahu was closing the gap. i don't think a

i would suspect he's introducing benjamin netanyahu. let's listen. >> throughout his distinguished career prime minister netanyahu has confronted the challenges facing the jewish state with courage and passion. he has warned the world about the threat of militant islam. fought against anti-israel campaigns at the united nations. and long recognized the danger of a nuclear capable iran. not just to israel but to the entire world. mr. prime minister today with so much at stake, america's pro-israel community including more than 16,000 people in this room welcomes you to washington. [ applause ] we are thrilled that you brought family with you from jerusalem. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the wife of israel's prime minister mr. sara netanyahu. [ applause ] we welcome you both to this conference in celebration of the shared interest and values of two great democracies. we stand here to send a clear message. we stand with the people of israel in their quest to stop iran. we stand with the people of israel in their quest for lasting pea

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has declared a resounding victory in the general election th his likud party winning 30 seats. opposition leader yitzhak herzog has called mr. netanyahu to congratulate him. >>> there have been violent clashes between police and protesters in frankfurt where anti-capitalist campaigners have been trying to disrupts the inauguration of the european central bank's new headquarters. >>> to serbia where prosecutors have arrested seven men they suspected of carrying out the 1995 srebrenica massacre of bosnian muslims. the worst mass murder since world war ii. the investigation by a joint team of prosecutors from the war time enemy. it is the first time that serbian prosecutors have dealt with the mass killings of civilians and prisoners of war in srebrenica. we have more on this significance of this arrest. >> reporter: the 20th anniversary of the terrible event the worst atrocity in europe since the end of the second world war and all the thousands of deaths people still looking for justice. there has been some high-level justice if you like the h

president obama has a famously strained relationship with benjamin netanyahu. if netanyahu is able to build that coalition the divide could grow even further. >> in the runup to this election and all day tuesday, the white house was loathe to weigh in on what was happening at israel, even after prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the eve of those elections reversed long standing israel policy, flies in the face of u.s. policy and said he no longer favored a two state solution. he also in a last minute tweet said arab israelis were a threat, u.s. money was backing these voters, arab israeli voters who were flocking to the polls. one of the interesting things about what happened over the course of the last several hours and days in israel is that benjamin netanyahu essentially had two constituencies, the conservative parties within israel and obviously a constituency here in the united states. with one he evidently did very well. with the other the jury's out but looks as though he did damage to what was already a frayed relationship in backing away from the two

benjamin netanyahu doesn't. it's been a year since the peace talks broke down and six months from a devastating war in gaza. they hope the war will bring about change. from the west bank, we have this report. >> reporter: this class is the occupied west bank through the check points which is manned by israeli soldiers. this is part of israel's separation barrier. palestinians living here these have become symbols of the decades old conflict with israel. those in the best bank and east jerusalem and the gaza strip don't get to vote in the israeli elections, they are watching them closely. palestinian officials say the peace process is being ignored by the political campaign and it shouldn't be. >> what is it exactly? are you occupying us? it's too low. you have to end this or do you consider it? you want us citizens or you want us being discommitted. in all scenarios, it's your choice. i don't see the israeli society -- >> reporter: there's a lot at stake for all generations. on the streets, people have learned t

john boehner says we are inviting benjamin netanyahu to speak because we can. you see the executive branch and the legislative branch banging up against each other. bill: when netanyahu left israel tuesday he said he was speaking for all the jewish people. >> i think it's a rather arrogant statement. i think the jewish community is like any other communities. there are different points of view. i think that arrogance does not befit israel, candidly. bill: about two dozen democratic senators won't be there tomorrow, but still the room will be packed. the deadline with iran is three weeks away. what is netanyahu's mission today and tomorrow. >> to strengthen the hands of americans trying to force president obama to demand a tougher deal with iran. and to perhaps have a deal to reimpose sanctions if these talks go nowhere because sanctions were working before the president let up on them. but senator feinstein did point to a lot of disagreement not just he monday american jews but among americans and israelis about this visit. there are a lot of people who support

is he right to be unhappy about what is going on and how you extended an invitation of benjamin netanyahuhave the right to invite anybody to come and speak to us. inviting one of america's closest friends and allies at a critical point, there's nothing inappropriate about that. >> reporter: mr. netanyahu could be making a case about a nuclear deal anywhere in private meetings and interviews with the big american networks. why a joint session in congress? >> frankly, we think the issue is that serious. to your point, i think the president trying to make it about the messenger and the venue rather than the message. we think it's a serious issue. it's the president who is politicizing it. he said gosh isn't this wonderful congress is going to take on and listen to a trusted friend and ally. we wouldn't be having this spat right now. >> reporter: are we going to learn anything new because opposition to the negotiations with iran opposition to a deal with iran those views get aired all the time in washington. testimonies here on capitol hill. what do you expect to hear? >> it's hard to anticip

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as benjamin netanyahu has called here heads to washington d.c. at least 20 or so congressmen and senators from the democrat party including president obama and the vice president say they will not attend the speech. as i said, it is extremely controversial in washington and here, and there are a lot of people here in washington that will watch to see the fallout. >> going to be quite the show. thank you so much. >> those walking john kerry. he's speaking out today about the controversy about the speech. mr. kerri trying to turn down the heat on the tensions between the white house and israel. >> we don't want to see this turned into a great political football. obviously it was odd, if not unique, that we learned of it from the speaker of the house and that the administration was not included in this process but the administration is not seeking to politicize this. so what will the prime minister say? >> will congress and the american heed his imperative warnings? the former u.s. ambassador to the un and fox news kriblt or the joins us now. what w

benjamin netanyahu is a veteran of the campaign trail. there is his own party, and he shows he cares about cost-of-living issues, even though the opposition feels he is weak. to the makers of this secure goal television show, wonderful country, benjamin netanyahu is a slick showman with theliving the high life at taxpayer expense. his official residence pistachio ice cream that made headlines. in election debates his allies defend him as a statesman, a leader to be trusted with the country's security in uncertain times across the middle east. >> he has experience, and opinion polls show that if you ask who is fit as prime minister of israel, netanyahu leads by a wide margin. kevin: some say it is about to backfire. the polls suggest it is very timely. so having their energy to get their people out, but ultimately, that is not how you win here. they can get smaller parties into coalition after the voting. benjamin netanyahu thinks he still has the advantage there. we will soon find out. kevin conley, bbc news, tel aviv. katty: well, for mo

ahead of benjamin netanyahu's speech before congress. a new report says hillary clinton may have violated federal rules while serving as secretary of state and a portrait of bill clinton includes a monica lewinsky reference. can you see it. his airness michael jordan cracks the foren's billionaire list. in just hours benjamin netanyahu will speak to congress. at the core of his controversial speech u.s. nuclear negotiations with iran and an election. >> i want to be very clear. a bad deal is worse than no deal. and if that is the choice there will be no deal. >> as a matter of policy we think it's a mistake for the prime minister of any country to come to speak before congress a few weeks before they're about to have an election. it makes it looks like we are taking sides. this will be benjamin netanyahu's third time addressing congress. let's go to tracie potts. we understand the white house has issued a new warning for the prime minister. >> reporter: they're concerned that the israelis may leak out information about the sensitive nego

, vote for benjamin netanyahu. then he went on to say if you want change and you want different leadership and new direction for israel vote isaac herzog and zionist union. this is the important day. voter turnout. both sides urging voter turnout. that could be critical in the race. john we will see how this plays out. we will get the first numbers after 10:00 p.m. tonight. >> that is 4:00 p.m. our time. stay tuned to cnn. this will be exciting after the polls close. oren liebermann, thanks. >>> developing this morning, president obama says the u.s. cannot afford to have the republicans undermine the negotiations with iran. the president told "vice" founder shane smith that he is embarrassed for the senators that signed the letter. jim acosta has more. >> reporter: officials say iranian negotiators raised tom cotton's letter to the ayatollah khomeini in the take talks that are underway in switzerland. cotton is not backing down of the letter that was signed by 46 of his coallleaguecolleagues. the flare up was enoug

changed. >> reporter: early results on the election night put on dead heat with prime minister benjamin netanyahu april likud party. but likud won 30 seats in parliament, 12 more than in the previous election. >> very happy that israel decided right and i hope netanyahu will create a good government and we'll be able to continue what we did in the past years. >> reporter: but not everyone is happy the prime minister looked poised to form a new government. >> translator: i'm disappointed with the election results, i was hoping it would be different it looks like years of more racism with a wider gap between the rich and poor. >> reporter: netanyahu's dramatic victory doesn't marine the road ahead will be easy for him. he led an increasingly bitter campaign in which he rejected outright a palestinian state and what was described as a racist warning of a high turnout of israeli palestinian voters. netanyahu will have to find a way to heal his relationship with the western leaders including the united states. >>> working towards the building of a unity government between likud and zionist union. but

we begin with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington, d.c. tonight. tomorrow netanyahu will attend apac, the gathering of the pro-israeli group. potential deal regarding iran's nuclear program. netanyahu accepted a republican invitation, but president obama is angry he wasn't informed in advance. >> very small fraction of those especially the democrats the democrats number about 235 after all in congress. but for the moavment, moment the focus is on monday, and obama administration officials and from prime minister netanyahu himself at the congress of apac, the congress of israelis. greeted by a small group of resident protesters. and the police were determined to keep these opponents to israeli government policy outside on the freezing pavement. the recent weeks, opposition to the israeli prime minister has surfaced elsewhere. benjamin netanyahu's decision to address a joint session of congress without consulting the obama administration has led to a rare debate about the nature of the u.s. israeli relationship. there appears to be a real attempt to g

defined opinion polls -- defying opinion polls, a night of celebration for benjamin netanyahu. the main rivals to likud, the centerleft design is union had taken 24 seats. netanyahu says he hopes to form a new government within the next two to three weeks. netanyahu: against all odds, a great victory for the likud. i spoke with all party leaders and asked them to join me in forming a government for israel without delay. reality does not take a break. israelis expect us to quickly for me leadership and this is what we do. eve: gallagher fenwick takes us through the papers and how they have been reacting. gallagher: all the journalists who wrote these papers are waking up to a very different paper -- picture than when they wrote those papers. take the how rest daily which -- thehaaretz daily, which said that they were deadlocked. haaretz lashing out at the prime minister, saying that he resorted to race baiting to win the election. we see that he has no intention of ever agreeing to a palestinian state and what he thinks of 20% of the population. they are a danger. they are walkin

you just watched benjamin netanyahu. we covered it here live and continuing with some analysis. i want to go to you. perhaps you may think this wasn't the right venue for netanyahu but what else is benjamin netanyahu supposed to do? i understand he's in a tough re-election fight. conner was talking about the stakes on the ground for him how many israelis believe that this is damage and they don't know what this could mean but what else when the existence of your country is in jeopardy, what else was netanyahu supposed to do? >> and i think you got that from his speech. from the urgency of the speech he said we have to do this. we will do this alone if we aren't given an opportunity to do it with the united states. it was very interesting to hear conner talk about the sense on the streets in jerusalem. you know, it's certainly going to be the case the economy will play a major role in the election but i will be surprised if this wasn't the central issue. how can it be a side issue when you're talking about the existence of your country? it is a threat to israel. i don't know wheth

opinion polls show that benjamin netanyahu's likud party is training behind a center left alliance. mr. netanyahu has warned his supporters of what he calls the danger of a left wing victory. kevin connelly reports. >> reporter: it's been a long campaign, but israel opposition is starting to believe its push for power is peaking at just the right moment. no one ever wins an overall majority here. victory is about getting a coalition of parties to march in step on issues like education and housing. in the crush of a hectic campaign trail, the opposition leader leader, yitzhak herzog told me he's doing just that. >> we are very vibrant democracy democracy. yes, it's a referendum whether he will continue having change. >> reporter: winning means beating this man. benjamin netanyahu is a veteran of the campaign trail. these pictures filmed not by journalists, but his own likud party, are meant to show that he cares about cost of living issues. an area where the opposition feels he is weak. as the makers of this satirical tv show "wonderful country," mr. netanyahu is a slick showman, who

but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's 40 minute speech to a joint meeting of congress exceededtations after a welcome in the house chamber that resembled that of a state of the union. netanyahu spoke with warmth and heaped praise on the president, on harry reid and both political parties, and then urged the obama white house to reject the structure of the nuclear deal it's negotiates with iran. >> the greatest danger facing

even ariel sharon was closer than benjamin netanyahu is. there's a larger gulf between president obama and benjamin netanyahu. plus benjamin netanyahu has been playing some pretty strident politics with the republican party. in 2012 when he invited mitt romney to come speak in israel. so there is a partisan gulf here that you see between a democratic president and a likud liko prime minister that you didn't see with sharon or itzhak rabin. >> thanks for joining me tonight. quick break. we're back in a moment. >>> when it comes to jesus and the history, how do we separate fact from fiction? a new series on cnn premiering tonight attempts to do just that. take a look. ♪ >> an unprecedented cnn event. ♪ ♪ >> he didn't vanish. ♪ ♪ >> without leaving a trace. >> for the first time in history we are able to place these relics. >> and grasp something that changed the world. >> this is really the moment of truth. >> this is the story of jesus. >> the rock upon which the church is built. >> an icon of scientific obsession. this extraordinary defined

here's prime minister benjamin netanyahu casting his ballot in jerusalem less than an hour ago. because of election laws the last opinion surveys were released friday. they show mr. netanyahu trailing his main opponent isaac herzog of the zionist union. monday the prime minister made a final appeal to right-wing voters. he says if he keeps his job, he would never establish a palestinian state. mr. netanyahu had previously supported a two-state solution. >> translator: anyone who is going to establish a palestinian state, anyone who is going to evacuate territory today is simply giving a base for attack to radical islam against israel. this is the true reality that was created in the last few years. they who do. understand stick their heads in the sand. the left are doing it time and time again. >> translator: so if you are prime minister a palestinian state will not be formed? >> translator: indeed. >> palestinians say the world is now seeing the true benjamin netanyahu. chief negotiator for the palestinian authority said and i'm quoting, "netanyahu has done everything possible t

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu fighting to hang on. some stunning last minute statements that raise questions about the prospects for mid east peace. >>> and iran with concerns over the senator letter. president obama voicing outrage. we have team coverage of the latest ahead. >>> good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. it is tuesday march 17th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. christine romans on jury duty. a terrifying flight for the passengers on the united airlines jet forcing to subdue a passenger who rushed the cockpit. this is cell phone video of the suspect retrained. the flights from washington, d.c. to denver was forced to turn around with 33 passengers and 6 crew members on board. police took the man in question into custody after the flight got back to the airport. a spokesperson at the airport said he was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. the remaining passengers will be flown to denver this morning. we will keep you posted. >>> the polls open in israel as voters line up to elect a government this morning. p

tension with the obama administration and prime minister benjamin netanyahu reaching a peak. the israeli leader arrives preparing to speak later this morning to the pro-israel group apac. both speeches are expected to be highly critical of negotiations over iran's nuclear program. netanyahu believes the program which iran says is peaceful poses a threat to israel. let's bring in erin mcpike. >> reporter: benjamin netanyahu will speak in a few hours, but this rift has been growing. we heard democrats speak out on this including senator dianne feinstein who was on "state of the union" on sunday morning calling netanyahu arrogant. >> he doesn't speak for me on this. >> does that bother you when he says he speaks for all of you? >> i think the jewish community is different from each other. there are different points of view. i think that arrogance does not befit israel. >> reporter: we learned that the u.s. ambassador samantha power will focus her speech on the relationship between the u.s. and israel. however, she is speaking just after netanyahu does so it could be a little bit

benjamin netanyahu could be out of a job. results will not be out until thursday. ahu's likud party has been facing challenges from the centerleft zionist union. in tel aviv, elliott gotkine is standing by. i want to start from comments from netanyahu. reversing his position on palestinian statehood saying there will be no palestinian state if he is still in charge. is that going to tip the scales? elliott: it might prompt some of his core supporters people who would not ordinarily vote, to pass their vote. the pulse have been open for 5.5 hours. when you make that statement you are looking to shore up your base and get votes that would have been gained by the more conservative party. netanyahu trying to ensure his likud party, gets more votes. as you said it is not going to do much to the voters out there who are looking to vote in their words, anyone but bibi. olivia: we have been focused on is really foreign policy after netanyahu gave the speech to congress. it appears that the zionist union group has been gathering speed because it is focusing on domestic issue

looks much easier than it did last night when it looked to be a close race for benjamin netanyahu. now he knows the victory speech very much accurate. we're seeing as you said local respects that isaac herzog has called netanyahu to concede defeat and to congratulate netanyahu. wee gotten a response from senior palestinian officials. this comes after netanyahu made controversial remark the day before the election saying that under him there would be no two-state solution. no palestinian state. have a license here. >> i believe now's up to the international community to stop treating this prime minister as a prime minister that's above -- he should be held accountable, and he should -- international community should not govern him or give him impunity. impunity will mean more conflict of interest and will not make peace. >> reporter: what happens next here? first we need to make sure the results are official. again, these are unofficial results, and they steam show that netanyahu who has a very large victory confirmed by isaac herzog, his main rival, calling and saying yes, you have

germany thousands taking part in an anti-austerity anti-capitalism protest. >>> prime minister benjamin netanyahu will impact nuclear talks. there was a stunning turn around from mr. netanyahu. his party has earned 30 seats in parliament, and it looks like he'll be able to build a coalition government with ease. we have more from westafter a bruising campaign, of prime minister benjamin netanyahu says prayers and thanks supporters. >> i appreciate citizens of israel to elect me and my friends against all odds and in the face of powerful forces, and i will do everything i can to care for the security and welfare of all israelis. >> netanyahu's decisive victory came as a surprise to many, not least isaac herzog after weeks of competing in the opinion polls accepted defeat. >> i would like to make clear. the challenges are the same challenges. the problems are the same problems. nothing has changed. >> herzog in a dead heat with prime minister benjamin netanyahu's likud party. but likud won 30 seats in parliament, 12 more than in the previous election. >> i'm very happy that the people have decided

instead it will be prime minister benjamin netanyahu. again, john netanyahu gave that victory speech last night, this morning looking at the numbers looks like he can celebrate that victory. >> happening now, secretary of state john kerry is this in switzerland for a third day of nuclear talk. iran's negotiators are already claiming major progress telling state news media that 90% of technical issues have been worked out. american diplomats are saying there are still some tough, tough issues to work out. no fwrets is how the letter's author tom cotton puts it. nick robertson is at those negotiations. good morning, nick. the iranians are saying there's a lot of progress made only 10% difference on these technical issues burks that 10% gap is still pretty large when you're talking about the thorny issue of nuclear -- the nuclear race. >> reporter: and it's always been the problem this if thighs negotiations it's the last bit that's the hardest bit. you know the meeting between secretary kerry and foreign minute ter zarif, the time hasn't be

benjamin netanyahu's job is in jeopardy and some think this is what it is all about. >> the election 7. prime minister netanyahu will be heard shortly with a lot of democrats and republicans. you see john kasich one of the many people from the country who has flown into here from prime minister netanyahu. he has a long history with american political leaders. the election again is march 17. conventional was them is doing this speech in part for that election. let us go to the capitol hill and white house for our two colleagues. peter cook is at the capitol hill. the president will not watch. why not? >> according to white house officials, he has meetings including a conveniently planned 11:30 video conference european leaders dealing with ukraine. that should run right in the middle of one netanyahu is speaking. in the white house, they don't want to act like they are giving a lot of attention to the speech. top national security officials and white house political aides will be watching and paying close attention. the president himself will not. it has another meeting relating to ano

some of those are for those members who will be escorting benjamin netanyahu into the chamber. outside the capitol, i watched protests for and against his presence today, so there has been a very heightened sense of security. it seemed as if every u.s. capitol police officer on the force was on duty today. lots of security as you would expect, for this type of event with a head of state. and then i've seen a lot of the former members coming back that is also something we see, and there's a real sense of expectation now about what is the message, how far will benjamin netanyahu go, how forcefully will he make his case and we will watch to see what the reception will be especially from democrats who raised some concerns. again, i am looking across the chamber, i see lots of democrats here. we have been told roughly 50 publicly acknowledge not wanting to attend for reasons of concern about protocol political timing for the israeli elections, and concerns about how the president may have been slighted by house speaker john boehner by not following the normal rules. >> kelly, some o

do you think a speech from benjamin netanyahu can tip that needle?> i have studied the speeches for many years. going back even before i was born. there was a man by the name of winston churchill who saw that the soviet union was moving through central europe and the west wasn't really responding. right after '45 into '46. came to fulton, missouri. he talked about an iron curtain descending in the center of europe from scandinavia down to the mediterranean. his speech changed history. i'm not saying this is going to be the same thing but speeches matter. we are open democracies. >> will he succeed? >> i believe he has a strong chance. his speech will contain substance. substance that no one has heard before. it will be material that few in congress are aware about. he'll put it on the table and in our political system in israel, we'll discuss it. in the u.s. political system we'll discuss it. the idea that an israeli prime minister come to the u.s. to discuss such an important issue is not odd. >> third time he'll be speaking before congress. >> you

in a few minutes benjamin netanyahu will speak. you see her wrapping up her speech.re his address to congress warning against a nuclear deal with iran. the visit has been stirring controversy for weeks. senator john mccain talked about white house push back on morning joe. >> i think the reason this is ratcheted up to a high degree not that protocol was violated they don't want him to tell the american people this is a bad deal. joe, this is a lousy deal. >> kris jansing joins us from the white house. good morning as we wait to hear from the prime minister what's the white house response this morning? >> reporter: they're not going to take this sitting down. we saw samantha power. later we will hear at aipac from susan rice. the president is giving an interview to reuters later today. obviously as you know, jose they did not want netanyahu to come here because it was two weeks before the election in israel, also because they think it is a delicate time in iranian nuclear negotiations. given that he is here they're going to state their case. we just heard from samanth

today, israel goes to the polls and prime minister benjamin netanyahu is hoping to become the country's longest-serving leader. surveys show a very tight race that even put his central left opponents ahead. the last ditch appeal to the right, netanyahu ruled out creation of a palestinian state under his watch. the israeli premier cast has ballot to give one last push for his party. prime minister netanyahu: to stop a left-wing party coming to power, there is only one thing to do -- close the gap. molly: netanyahu faces fierce competition from herzog, the zionist union labor party head. patriots casting his ballot. herzog: everyone wants to follow on the netanyahu path of despair and disappointment, but whoever wants change, hope, and a real, better future for israel can vote for the zionist union and give us full power to form a good government for israel and change the direction of israel for the better. molly: herzog and his running mate have accused netanyahu of using security scares to distract from social issues. here's a close look at isaac herzog the 54-year-old candidate who wan

will benjamin netanyahu spill the beans on any of that is the big question for today. like james said this will be netanyahu's third address before a joint meeting of congress of the last time he was here was may of 2011. he was focused on iran's progress toward a nuclear weapon warning lawmakers that a quote nuclear armed iran would ignite a nuclear arms race in the middle east that could threaten the entire world. and then back in 1996 the prime minister spoke in the building for the first time focusing on middle east security, islamic terrorism and the potential destruction of israel. we're going to have much more on this in a moment through the entire morning of course as well bill? bill: martha, thank you, freshman republican senator tom cotton will be there in the room today. he wrote this in a "wall street journal" op ed 30 days ago. quote, iran is not a rational or peaceful actor. it is radical islamist tyranny whose constitution explicitly calls for jihad. iran's ayatollahs honored the call. iran has been killing americans for more than three decades, end quote

we're better off without it. >> benjamin netanyahu tells congress to walk away from what he says is a bad nuclear deal. >> i did not have a chance to watch prime minister netanyahu's speech. i did have a chance to take a look at the transcript. >> he called it a bad deal. >> as far as i can tell, there was nothing new. >> but he didn't say what would be a good deal. >> the prime minister didn't offer any viable alternatives. >> the former secretary of state is under a cloud of scrutiny over her e-mails. >> "the new york times" reports that clinton used that personal e-mail account to conduct official business. >> there was no prohibition on using a non-state e-mail account for government business. >> the state department does not have all of secretary clinton's e-mails. only she has a complete record. >> this is also an unclassified e-mail. no classified business was done on it. >> we've learned details are expected to be released tomorrow. >> this investigation looked at how the ferguson department conducts their business. >> the fight over dhs is over. house speaker john boehner tol

call, click or download the app for free today. >>> the white house has all but given up on benjamin netanyahu as the partner in the middle east process this morning. president obama took the israeli at his word when he said there could never been a palestinian state under his leadership. that is despite netanyahu's efforts to win the election last week to back pedal and reinsert his support for a two-state solution. erin mcpike has more. >> reporter: christine, president obama says he believes achieving a two-state solution is not possible under benjamin netanyahu because he says the prime minister reversed himself under comments prior to the re-election last week. >> i did indicate to him we continue to believe that a two-state solution is the only way for the long term security of israel if it wants to stay a jewish state and democratic. and i indicated to him that given his statements prior to the election it will be hard to find a path where people are seriously believing the necessity negotiations are possible. >> reporter: on another matter the president had sharp words for republicans