offering a $1 billion aide package to help boost the economy. >>> benjamin netenyahu speaking at aipacpowerful pro-israel lobby. netenyahu saying palestinians must be prepared to recognize israel as a jewish state and iran must be stripped of its nuclear capabilities. >>> and later the president will submit his $4 trillion budget to congress. he says he'll make tax credits available to workers as young as 21. >>> in new orleans it is mardi gras and they are right in the thick of fat tuesday, and today's party is expected toe huge like ever year. a million people joining parades that will roll for miles. ben do police ever get used to handling this type of crowd? >> reporter: del, it's a lot more difficult when it is cold and raining like it is today, but when people think about new orleans a lot of times they think about bourbon street and the french quarter, and that's a play where it is a party pretty much all the time. you are carry alcohol out on the streets. but when it comes to mardi gras it is a much broader spectrum for police, and that can be a tough task. ♪ [ cheers ] >> repo

resolution will come. >>> a high-level meeting between president obama and israel's prime minister, benjamin, netenyahuobama urged netenyahu to make some tough decisions to keep the us-backed peace process moving forward. >> when we look at what we have got in return, it has been scores of suicide bombers, and just just inses sant push back from palestinians. >> president obama meets with palestinian authority later this months. >>> china's state news agency blaming a accept are advertise group for saturday night's mass stabbing that killed more than 30 people. the attack took place in a city in southern china. china's president has called for a strong response to punish the attackers. beijing has cracked down on western minority groups in recent months. >> an unusual excavation is underway in idaho. u.s. residents of japanese decent were sent there after the bombing of pearl harbor. they help build u.s. route 12. >> reporter: drive route 12 turn up a gravel road and you will step out into history. >> i took the chance to get out of that prison camp and went to work in another camp with a few others. >

and benjamin netenyahu telling america's largest pro-israel lobby he will do what he has to do to defend israel. ♪ >>> we have been following back-to-back developments coming out of kiev where secretary of state john kerry addressed reporters just moments ago, and in washington where the president spoke concerning the crisis in ukrain as well. mike the secretary of state and president using versus forceful language, the secretary of state calling what happened in kiev freedom, and the president using words like meddle and intervene. >> yes, both men trying to embarrass vladimir putin on the world stage. the president said it has not been a sign of strength but a reflection of the suspicion of all of the neighbors of russia, ages of suspicions being echoed over the last 72 hours. the president said he want to de-escalate this. they are not making for a major confrontation. and secretary kerry on that score says that vladimir putin is looking for a pretext. here is a little bit more of what president obama had to say moments ago. >> from the perspective of the european union, the united st

and benjamin netenyahu telling america's largest pro-israel lobby he will do what he has to do to defend israel. ♪

and obama has warned benjamin netenyahu that time is running out to salvage the faltering peace processers met at the white house, and netenyahu is now addressing a powerful pro-israeli lobby in the capitol. he has spoken about the danger posed to israel by iran's nuclear program. >> letting iran enrich uranium would open up a pandora's box of nuclear proliferation in the middle east and around the world. that must not happen. >> tom akerman joins us live from washington, d.c. tom just give us an idea of what netenyahu actually hopes to achieve by addressing aipac. >> aipac is what americans like to call the amen corner, the lobby where israeli prime minister no matter what his political persuasion is always expected to get a very warm welcome. in this case netenyahu not for the first time has been getting standing ovations for repeating the points, the talking points that he has been making over the past few months if not years, and they can rely -- or he can rely on the support of aipac, this group to go out to capitol hill and lobby their congressmen on the israeli points, particular