such building, something that the obama administration is demanding, something defense minister ehud barak said today is "a national necessity." but expansion of existing settlements is continuing, something that got little attention when it was announced yesterday. the story was covered by our partner, abc of australia, and ben knight's report from the "late line" program is our lead focus tonight. >> reporter: on a hill outside jerusalem, the first saudi's turn in a new neighborhood, one that the u.s. does not want to go ahead. even george w. bush pressured israel not to allow this project to happen. if it does, it would join the outlying settlement with jerusalem on land palestinians want for their own state. according to the international community, this land is not pa of israel, but that doesn't mean much here. >> this is definitely a part of israel. is new york part of america? they took that from the indians. >> reporter: but this is also a message to israel's government to stand up to foreign pressure to stop building here in the west bank, happening on the same day israel's defens

ehud barak was on the network earlier this morning and was asked if israel would consider attacking iranill stop their nuclear program. if not, israel keeps saying we will not remove any option from the table. >> president obama also meets with russian president dmitry medvedev as well as the new japanese prime minister. steve, thank you. -- steve: thank you. brian: president obama, he is so popular, probably no one will walk out of the meeting. gretchen: and this video is beyond disturbing. this is ridiculous. forcing an 18-month year-old forcing a baby to smoke pot. he is going to jail for a long time. he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for various charges on the weapons and drugs. his girlfriend, which held the baby, and got six months in juvenile detention. steve, it is a good thing they taped it. -- steve: it is a good thing they take it. and the minnesota gov. launching a fund raiser committee. he announced he would not seek reelection for governor. brian: will you be saying goodbye to the of this meeting? a new study says boston should scrap meetings because of the swine flu.