but the palestinians want east jerusalem for the capital of their long fought state. a division of the city they believe is one of the final key status issues. >> the efforts being exerted in this process. this undermines the credibility of those involved in making the peace process continue. >> reporter: by picking a fight over this particular settlement project, netanyahu is telling the u.s. administration, we can discuss limiting settlement construction in the west bank. but not here in jerusalem. they say, another new settlement will only make that more difficult. the obama administration wants a settlement freeze in the west bank and in jerusalem, as well, it seems. all part of kick-starting the peace process, and getting both the palestinians and the arab world to take part. special envoy, george mitchell, along with ehud barak, are trying to cut a deal on settlements. the latest dispute over the shepherd motel will only make in a task more complicated. simon mcgregor-wood, east jerusalem. >>> a key vote on the nomination of sonia sotomayor appears headed for de

that nearly 300,000 jewish settlers live in the west bank and perhaps another 180,000 live in east jerusalem. both areas claimed by arabs. the obama administration, which says it's seeking a comprehensive middle east peace deal, has been pressing israel to stop building settlements. but israel says the settlements must continue to grow to accommodate what it calls "the natural growth of families." nowhere is that growth faster than at baytar elite orthodox settlement near east jerusalem. our "worldfocus" spotlight story comes from our reporter from "the new york times." >> reporter: on a balmy summer night in the west bank, the ultraorthodox jewish residence of the baytar elite settlement revel in a completion of a new handwritten torah. competition is fierce for the young boys who wish to get their hands on a torch. thanks to extraordinary baytar elite and the other ultraorthodox settlements have quickly become the most populous settlements in the west bank. with mounting political pressure the curve of the growth of jewish settlements in the west bank, these ultraorthodox settlements are s

but the palestinians want east jerusalem for the capital of their long-for state. they believe it is one of the key final issues. >> this means that the efforts that are being exerted, it undermines the credibility of those involved in making the peace process continue. >> netanyahu is telling the u.s. administration we can discuss limiting settlement construction in the west bank, but not here in jerusalem they say another new settlement would only make that more difficult. the obama administration wants a settlement freeze in the west bank and in jerusalem as well, it seems, all part of kick starting the peace process and getting part -- both the palestinians and the arab world to take part. special envoy george mitchell, along with defence minister ehud barak, are trying to cut a deal over the latest dispute over the shepard hotel, which will make that task more complicated. >>> the battle over a proposed wal-mart supercenter near civil war battlefield in orange counter is intensifying. -- in orange county is intensifying. walmart rejected their offer. opponents

where things are being held up, east jerusalem, thorny issue. it's over the green line. international law means you can't build settlements. netanyahu is trying to push back on that issue. i think that we're moving towards a resolution on this but we're not there p yet. >> daniel levy, thank you. >> thank you. >>> and if you'd like even more insight on all of this, visit our website, worldfocus.org. >>> some other news from around the world, there's been another deadly attack. a suicide bombing in chechnya. that's the russian republic for a prominent human right's defender was murdered two, wes ago, and where islamic insurgents and common criminals are increasing their attacks. yesterday, a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a consert hall after being stopped from entering minutes before the start of a play being watched by 800 people. four police officers and two workers were killed. >>> and now to africa. today in uslim rebels continue to attack police stations in the north as they attend to expand strict islamic law throughout that very large country. the gunb

they have just taken over this house in occupied east jerusalem, and they want to renovate. palestinians are angry, they have no right. they say they should be the capital. there has been quite some resentment. the u.s., middle east envoy has tried to smooth the ruffled feathers during his talks with israeli leaders. to achieve regional peace, all parties have something to do. >> the arab states, meaningful steps towards normalization of relations. the palestinians, that means to expand and improve security forces and to refrain from words or deeds that make it more difficult to move quickly and successfully renegotiations. for israel, that means making possible access to movements and economic growth by palestinians to which you also just referred, and also dealing with difficult issues like supplements and outposts. >> but its real community is defiant. >> with the administration in town, activists want to clear a sent a message they hope will move towards a settlement and the west bank. that is why they have sent in the army. they want to show that they contend with americ

more. >> reporter: the american demand to see an israeli halt to con havic in the west bank and east jerusalem is a hard sell here. and despite assurances from government leaders that "good progress is being made on the issue," it is clear there is a long way to go wolf? >> kevin flower in jerusalem. >>> he called out the president on health care, but senators like southerners jim demint are hurting the republican party. the south carolina senator is here "the situation room" to respond. >>> and one wait recession is working in your favor, a hollywood slump means you can now get your hands on a piece of movie history. >>> getting word from our pentagon correspondent that there could be another increase in u.s. troops being sent over to afghanistan. let's go to alina cho, working the story for us. what are we learning? >> reporter: wolf, a senior military source tells cnn that the top u.s. commander in afghanistan will ask president obama for more troops and equipment. now, according to that source, the resources would be used for conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance as well

fights on that and there will also be a difference between benjamin netanyahu, he says that the -- east jerusalem is separate from the rest of the west bank, that israel can continue construction projects, at will, there, and we'll see if the u.s. administration bites on that. and now in the meantime, while all of this is going on, the diplomats are here there is a group of outlaws often referred to as the hill top youth and tomorrow will scramble to different hill tops in the west bank and establish 11 new illegal out posts, and we have new live here that allows us to get in the center of the action and i'll be with them and if there is trouble we'll bring it to you live on fox news. >> eric: we'll watch that and iran and the bomb and speculation that israel could potentially attack iranian nuclear facilities if iran gets the bomb and what is the late oens this and the u.s. -- latest on that and the u.s. efforts concerning that. >> reporter: the u.s. wants to prevent an israel unilateral strike on the iranian target and they'll present to the israelis now a bundledal of different sanctions that

to ael's protest israel's decision to go ahead with a planned housing project in east jerusalem. land claimed by the palestinians. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said yesterday, quoting now, "we cannot accept the fact that jews wouldn't be entitled to live and buy anywhere in jerusalem." >>> the united states made much of today's 40th anniversary of the first landing of man on the moon by the space race that led to the amazing success has expanding far beyond the u.s.-russian competition of the 1960s. china is now a member of the manned space mission club. last september, yoll remember, china launched three astronauts on a 60-hour mission highlighted by the country's first-ever space walk. in a clear reference to neil armstrong's famous words as he stepped on to the moon's surface 40 years ago, the chinese called their accomplishment "a small step but a historical leap in china's space dreams." >>> for more on the state of space exploration programs around the world, we are joined by asif sidiqqi. he is a professor with history of fordham university and specializes in

andsrael have risen over the plan building of some 20 apartments for jews in predominantly arab east jerusalem. aloof ben is editor-at-large at israel's hireaat newspaper. >> what we hear from sources is there has been progress in trying to, not resolve the issue, at least finding some way to push it aside so that it will not be -- for negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians. >> one subject that israel and the united states have greater agreement on is the need to halt iran's suspected nuclear weapons program. the u.s. secretary defense secretary roberts gate and national security adviser jim jones will both number israel next week, presumably to better coordinate their approach to iran. aloof ben, says it is significant for a couple of reasons. >> one it is an opportunity for the government to fix the most -- some its disagreements with the obama administration. most specifically on the part of iran, we have sent in recent weeks the better cooperation and understanding between israel and the obama administration on how to deal with iran on the nature of the iranian threats. and

benjamin netanyahu says israel will go ahead with a jewish housing project in predominantly arab east jerusalem. that is despite opposition from the united states. the obama administration has warned that new israeli settlements will hinder the middle east peace process. mr. netanyahu told his cabinet israel has sovereignty over all of jerusalem, and jews have the right to settle anywhere in that city. >>> all right. police didn't have to look far for a suspect in the deaths of six people here at home. we'll tell you where they found him, and why they believe he went on a two-state killing spree. mr. evans? this is janice from onstar. i have received an automatic signal you've been in a front-end crash. do you need help? yeah. i'll contact emergency services and stay with you. you okay? yeah. onstar. standard for one year on 14 chevy models. (announcer) introducing new tums dual action. this tums goes to work in seconds and lasts for hours. all day or night. new tums dual action. bring it on. all around the world, men with erectile dysfunction have asked their doctors about cialis. ask your doc

they're protesting america's stance against israel's planned shepherd hotel project in east jerusalemich israel annexed in the 1967 six-day war. here is economist, writer, lawyer, actor, good friend of the program, handsome man, all around good guy, ben stein. hello, ben. >> how are you, glenn? glenn: very good. so, ben, i have a lot of jewish friends here in new york, and almost all of them voted for obama, and i said are you nuts? and they said, oh, no, i think he's going to be fine. now they're all going, oh, no, he's not really a friend, is he? do you think he is a friend of israel? >> not at all. i mean, he came on the national radar screen for a speech at the 2004 democratic convention, and out of nowhere, he gave this list of terrible misconduct in the world, and one of the things was israeli misconduct towards the palestinians. i remember thinking, whoa, this guy is part of that minister farrakhan group that does not like israel and that, in fact, has proved to be true. glenn: yeah, but nobody paid attention to that. i knew -- ben, i know you can't speak for all jews -- >> oh,

another standoff between washington and tel aviv over stop light rights in east jerusalem. dispute is over a housing complex being planned by an american millionaire in the disputed section of the holy city. now, a u.s. state department is demanding that israel put an immediate halt to the project. israel says it won't do that and the prime minister wants netanyahu to freeze all lands claimed by the palestinian. he told there will be no limits on jewish construction anywhere in a so-called unified jerusalem. to india now where secretary of state hillary clinton facing tough challenges during the second day of her visit there. this is clinton's first trip to india as america's top diplomate and one of her top priorities is addressing the country's impact on climate change. india is one of the biggest polluters and today, it took a firm stance against the key proposal from the u.s. and other western nations. our james rosen with the story now from new delhi, india. >> julie, it was supposed to be a feel-good event with secretary of state clinton and special envoy touring a gr

. >>> israel will go ahead with a jewish housing project in predominantly arab east jerusalem.spite opposition from the united states. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel has sovereignty over all jerusalem and jews have the right to settle anywhere in the city. the obama administration has warned that new israeli settlements will hinder the middle east peace process. >>> and already under attack from reformers, iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad is now catching flack from hard liners as well. it is all because of the man that he picked to be his first vice president. hard line critics say the new vice president is too moderate because he once said iranians are friends of all people, even israelis. iran's state-run press tv claims the new vice president has already resigned, but that can't be confirmed independently. >>> all right. police say may have a new clue in their investigation into friday's indonesian hotel explosions. bombs went off at two jack cart ta luxury hotels. nine people died, including the bombers. investigators think they have recovered laptop comp

seeks an acceptable compromise in the west bank and leave jerusalem out of it, his words, despite east jerusalem beyond the green line which celebrates israel from the west bank netanyahu insists jerusalem is the unified capital of the jewish stated and that, according to him, is not negotiable. the other subject to be addressed is the iranian nuclear program and the israelis find covet in secretary clinton's calls for crippling sanctions to dis wade iran from going nuclear and the prime minister made it clear me believes the most effective sanctions would hit iran in the energy department and while the americans are here calling for a freeze in settlement construction, a group of young outlaws, called the hill top youth, are going to scramble up the hills to establish 11 new illegal settlement out posts and an unabashed act of defiance towards the u.s. and i'll bring it to you live, back to you. >> gregg: thanks. >> julie: secretary of state hillary clinton speaking out on iran and mrs. clinton appearing on nbc's "meet the press" this morning, urging allies in the middle east to give u.s. forei

their focus, pressuring israel to halt the settlement in the west bank and east jerusalem. that's land they want for a future state and a major obstacle in possible talks. the latest on this from beirut, lebanon. talk to us about any progress that might be being made so far. >> reporter: well, i think it's one step forward, one step back as usual when it comes to the middle east peace process. and what we're seeing here is is the first full court press from the obama administration on the middle east after a number of speeches where he said he's going to reach out to the middle east, we're going to see that happen this weekend. george mitchell, visiting damascus before traveling to israel and those meetings seemingly a huge success. we heard george mitchell say things we haven't heard the administration say for over eight years, he talked about the people and the need for cooperation between the united states and syria, a far cry from the bush administration. we spoke to senior syrian officials yesterday on the phone. they said the same thing, said they were impressed by mi

mitchell, the special middle east envoy, jim jones, expected later in the week with a high-level delegation. as you say, robert gates, the defense secretary of united states, in jerusalem today. he assured israelis that although there have been diplomatic tensions of late, the israelis would never stand alone. >> israel is ultimately dependent on a sustainable, comprehensive middle east peace. the goal that is vitally important for regional stability. to help move the process forward, we will continue to address further israeli security requirements to make a two-state solution possible. >> we are going to have a talk about iran and just a moment, katya, but how are the talks with -- how important are the talks with george mitchell at this stage? >> they are not purely focusing on trying to restart is really- palestinian talks leading toward a -- toward -- to restart israeli-palestinian talks. you saw george mitchell there, the u.s. special middle east envoy, going to syria before he came to televisa yesterday. he is now in egypt, meeting -- before he came to tel aviv yesterday. he is known in egypt. their goals are very ambitious ones. robert gates admitted that it wi

to stop a project in east jerusalem. >> this is not a new issue. there have been issues involving construction and these issues have come up a number of times. we have made our views known to israel. our views are not new either. that this kind of construction is the type of thing that should be -- the type of issue that should be subject to the status negotiations. we are concerned that these actions taken by the israelis cannot prejudge the outcome of these negotiations. that is one reason why we are working hard to create conditions so that you can have a resumption of negotiations that would lead the party to address these final status issues. george mitchell will be traveling to the region later this week. his itinerary is still not completely set, but he will be traveling to talk to israeli officials, palestinian officials, others in the region. i think he has a speech scheduled in bahrain later this week. he will have the opportunity to express once a check -- a once again our gratitude for his message last week. >> what about ambassador pic

east. a vivid example of how technology is sweeng the globe. the western or wailing wall,n jerusalem w has its own address twitter. it will, as e associated pss tels it, allow believers aroun the globto have their prayers tweeted, printed out a placed between the wall's 2,000-yr-old stones without leaving their armchairs. some are calling ia shortcut to g. >>> speaki of twitter, you can tweeus your ideas about what we should talk about o tomorrow's "worlocus" roundtable whether it's afghastan, iraq, swe flu, or something else, tell what matters most to you. and, if you don't twitte then you can go about it the old-fashionedway, send us an e-mail via our wsite. that's worfocus.org. >>> and now to south africa, where unhappiness about shoddy servic led to unrest today. it happened in some of t townships near johannesburg. pracde jntob zuma warned them to respect the law but an timated one million families live in shacks whout power and ve limited plumbing. and many blame immigrants fo taking jobs thatight lead to a better life. desche welle has our report. >>reporter: police used rubbe

east thatake news. over thlast feways, a ultra- orthodox jewish neighborhoods - the case has prompted debate about whetheor not this group can opt out fro mastream israeli societ our correspdent sent us this specia report from jerusalem. >> jerusalem's ura-orthodox jewish neighborhoods rned into a battlefield this week. in tradional clothes, se dating back to e 18th- century, hundreds of relious men took to e streets, bringi traffico a standstl, burnin bins, and throwing stones. a religis woman is accud of child use. she is now under house arrest. this is a clo community. outside iterference is bitterly resiste for months, tenons have bn brewing here. things are quieter rig now but the situion remains tense. people are throwin stones. there has be fire. this is the ening of the jewish sabbath, soeople want to organi a family meals. but the case of this woman is not solved soon, peoplepredict more rio will happen. outse, manysraelis accuse thultra-orthodox of anti- soal behavior, not just during riots. they are seen as ting public handouts, dodng mitary service, and not recognizing e state of israel jerusalem, bbcews. >> here are today's headlis. the former iranian presidt rafsanjani has revivedhe debate about the pre

jerusalem, they are building 200 new apartments this year. they want to build 900 next year. unless president obama can persuade the israelis to stop this kind of project, his dream of middle east peace may remain just a dream. >> he will have to send a clear message to netanyahu, that if the settlements don't stop, israel will pay for it. >> reporter: and in damascus sunday, cairo this morning and ramallah tonight, special envoy george mitchell heard the same refrain --no peace talks until the settlements stop. but pre minister netanyahu is boxed in by a fragile right wing coalition and the settlers who voted for it. like the residents of talmon, a settlement where the government just approved another 250 new houses. >> we have a lot of children. our children are probably going to want to stay here. they have every right. they grew up here. it's their place. it's our place. >> reporter: a place they insist must grow, defying president obama's call for a freeze. and in jerusalem tonight, a rare sight. hundreds of settler sending the same message to the president. "no you can't." seem ng mcgregor-wood, abc news, jerusalem. >>> back in this country, president obama welcomed chine

east. battling goes on every day. the wall divides the people. israel says it keeps up suicide bombers. reena joins us now from jerusalem the separation barrier, that is why the protests take place every friday in this exact location. palestinians have complained that this barrier divide their land, making it very difficult for their lives. the israeli government has said that this has significantly stop suicide bombings in israel, which it has. our crew found ourselves and the middle of these protests where tear gas and water cannons were being dispersed. they're setting up what appears to be tear gas. these are israeli military clashing with what our peace activists. they are protesting the separation barrier. take a look behind me. the barrier has stopped quite a few suicide bombings. it has been one of the biggest successes in israel. this cuts right through palestinian territory. they're trying to push up to this offense to gain access and possibly crossover. you can see the tear gas coming out right now. they released a water cannon and sprayed people with a non-lethal substance. it smells like a skunk. right now

jerusalem. there's some tension there as president obama said israel should stop settlement production in the west bank. mitchell's trip is part of u.s. efforts to jump start the middle east>> oh the president of france is out of the hospital after getting his heart checked. nicolas sarkozy felt faint and claptsed while he was jogging yesterday. his office said the tests show heat and overwork made him ill. he never lost consciousness. >>> i'm sure this is animal cruelty, but i love it. >> some guinea pigs managed to take down "harry potter" at the box office. disney's "g-force" earned $32 million. "potter" was a close second making $30 million. that's a 61% drop from the huge opening weekend last weekend. looks like a cute movie, doesn't it? some of the headlines. look at you this morning in your jammies. welcome back. getting ready for monday. i'm robin meade. here's what's news. sarah palin is moving on to the next chapter in her life. she gave a fiery speech as she stepped down as alaska's governor. what is next for her? >>> good morning, robin. going to write a book, scheduled to speak at the ronald reagan presidential library on august 8. and some speculated here, p

east this morning on a mission to reassure israel about u.s. diplomatic intentions toward iran. israel is insisting it will do whatever it tax to keep nuclear weapons away from tehran. simon mcgregor-wood is in jerusalemefense secretary gates arrived in israel for a six-hour visit. iran add its nuclear program will dominate his agenda. his izs hosts are skeptical about u.s. efforts to engage diplomatically. he was here to reassure them and remind them the u.s. is against israel taking matters into its own hands. >> the timetable that the president has laid out still seems to be viable and does not significantly increase the risks. >> special envoy to middle east peace george mitchell was the first to touch down in the region. it was damascus's president long shunned by america now seen a partner in the plan for peace. it would include syria, lebanon and the palestinians all making peace with israel. the u.s. wants goodwill gestures to get the ball rollg. for israel, it's still waiting for a freeze in settlement construction. it's an issue that's caused real tension. without it the palestinians say they won't talk. in this settlement near jerusalem it was business as usual. 200 new homes being built it