go and visit and do things together across these bridges. >> our thanks to consul petrov for his thoughts advice. coming up next, you're going to hear from the consul general of israel, dr. andy david and whether practice of tikkun olam is a global example of building bridges of friendship. >> "repair the world," working in places like africa, like latin american, like asia. it's agriculture, food security public health, gender issues, small to medium enterprises just helping people to create their livelihood... >> my next guest is dr. andy david, the honorable consul general of israel to the pacific northwest and a long-time friend and colleague. we've worked together raising awareness about a lot of issues. how important is it for the american president to have a good relationship with the prime minister of israel? >> well, i think it's very important for both countries. we are friends, we are allies, and it's their duty to be in a friendly relionship and good relationship because we edo get a lot of things done. >> it's been a struggle over the past few years. >> well, there have been