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. -- i spoke with former senator george mitchell. thank you very much for joining me. neither side appears to be backing down. this is not going to be over in a few days. just how serious is this? could we be seeing the start of the war? >> it is a very serious issue. i've been saying for some time, nearly a year, there was a will that had created a false sense of security on all sides. the real danger is not so much from the internal conflict within gaza, it is given the highly unstable and volatile situation in the region, this could be a spark that lights a conflict that extent in other unpredictable ways. it is a very serious matter. >> are you seeing any signs of that happening imminently? >> there is a long pattern in history. neither side appears to be backing down. that is in the case in the past. in the past, they have found in their mutual interest to establish a cease-fire for a period. that is the central objective now, to limit or reduce or to eliminate the kind of violent conflict that is occurring so that there can be

is george mitchell, special envoy from 2009-2011. he is schooled in the opposing viewpoints, and also in '99, chaired the committee to help with the agreements there. and i spoke to him about the difficulties that lie ahead. senator mitchell, how optimistic are you that this cease-fire can hold, and what would be the next steps in ensuring that it holds? >> well, it is critically important, the longer it goes on, with fighting and dying, the harder it is to solve any problem. on the other hand, past experience tells us it will be difficult to have a truly enforceable truce that will take hold over a longer period of time. they have been through it many times. but i think there is a recognition that both sides's interests can be at stake, the underlying issues. >> in terms of a larger negotiation, how complicated does it become because of of the divisions within the palestinian groups, between fatah, the palestinian authority, the west bank, hamas in control of gaza and other islamist groups, factions, and jihad. >> by far, the most c

former senator george mitchell is joining us.e majority leader from 1989 to '95 during a time when senators and house members were actually friends. and i mean those on opposite sides of the party. so do you think the president and the house speaker's words this go around really will lead to some compromise or has a new page been turned here? are you encouraged? >> i'm hopeful about it. the day i was elected majority leader, the first person i called was bob dole, a republican leader, and i went to see him and suggested to him that these are tough jobs and we are to work together as best we can. we're going to disagree but i told him i won't surprise you. i won't criticize you personally in public or in private. and for six years, while we disagreed almost every day on a variety of issues, never once did a harsh word pass between us in public or in private. we got to know each other better. so making it personal makes a difference. you know, you tend in any area of human activity to work better with people you know, like, and res

i'm going to speak with former senator george mitchell, president obama's special envoy to the mideaste's going to talk what it's actually like inside those negotiating rooms in this, the most difficult of all solutions to try to come up with. we'll be right back. >>> coming up, we'll talk to former senator george mitchell about negotiations and how difficult they can be and what it's actually like when you're actually sitting around the negotiating table and how tense it gets. we'll be right back. >>> so this is an assortment of rockets that have fallen over the ashkelon area. it's not all of them, it's only some of them. there's more laying around here. but there's various types of rockets that you can find here. for instance, this one is apparently a grab rocket. you can tell by the fins that pop out when the rocket gets launched. whereas this one here is one of those homemade kassam rockets made in a workshop in gaza. you can tell because the fins are welded on in a rudimentary way. >> that was cnn's fred pleitgen. he and his crew were forced to take cover a number of times. one am

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peace talks not much happening now, hasn't happened in a while, when brings us to senator george mitchell joining us for a perspective. senator mitchell, thanks very much for coming in. is it credible to think that the israelis and hamas can reach some sort of truce, if you will, that's lasting as opposed to some temporary cease-fire? >> well, i certainly think they can reach a truce. whether it will be longlasting or not is more problematic. this is a very long history going all the way back to the creation of vault. since then 12 israeli prime ministers, ten american presidents, 20 secretaries of state and the conflict continues. two years ago you'll recall that it was almost exactly four years ago that a huge outbreak comparable to what is occurring, was happened in the region, four day before president obama took office for his first term. this is a long, complicated conflict. >> we're seeing the secretary engaged in subtle diplomacy to see -- let's see if she succeeds, but she says she wants to leave at the end of this first term. here's the question for you as a former special envoy

george mitchell joins me live. t. can't hurt, right? then i heard this news about a multivitamin study looking at long-term health benefits for men over 50. the one they used in that study... centrum silver. that's what i take. my doctor! he knows his stuff. [ male announcer ] centrum. the most recommended. most preferred. most studied. centrum, always your most complete. most studied. ♪ ♪ >>> my next guest knows all too well how difficult it will be to achieve peace in the middle east. george mitchell resigned last year of his post as president obama's special envoy. welcome to you, sir. when you heard shimon peres talking, one of the great statesmen of the middle east approaching his 90s now, what did you make of what he had to say? >> well, i think he's right in the fact that first, of course, israel has the right to defend itself. that goes for every nation under these circumstances. and secondly, the important point which i think is the one he stressed is if the shooting stops, then they can be talking. and the two sides have a num

george mitchell resigned last year of his post as president obama's special envoy. to you, sir. when you heard shimon peres talking, one of the great statesmen of the middle east approaching his 90s now, what did you make of what he had to say? >> well, i think he's right in the fact that first, of course, israel has the right to defend itself. that goes for every nation under these circumstances. and secondly, the important point which i think is the one he stressed is if the shooting stops, then they can be talking. and the two sides have a number of demands that they're making on each other but the important thing is to stop the shooting and stop the killing. >> doesn't the endless exchange of rockets and missiles exacerbate the real problem, which is the way so many people in gaza, the one and a half million who are crammed in, feel oppressed and helpless, that they associate themselves with a group like hamas because they offer them the only thing being offered by anybody and the only thing they see is israeli missiles firing over and they just buy into this no

. >>> joining me in studio for a global perspective is former united states senator george mitchell who served as the u.s. special envoy for middle east peace from 2009 to 2011. sir, welcome. we are awfully glad to have you here. let's talk about egyptian president mohammed morsi who played the critical role. he is facing protests in his own country because he's trying to expand and have further reaching powers. do you see this as a power grab? that he's riding on something of a success? >> churchill once said democracy is the worst possible form of government except for anything else that's been tried by human beings. as senate majority leader, faced with constant delay, frustration, filibustering, i often thought, boy, i would like to be king for a day and cut through all of this. democracy is tough. it's messy and morsi is finding that out. i don't think that what he did was right, and i don't think it will hold. >> with regard to what he's doing now by ordering some retrials in terms of hosni mubarak and his cabinet, what might that do to the situation there? do you worry that would

surplus of the 90's what tv coverage generated by the agreement that came out of what tom foley and george mitchell and bob michael and bob dole and especially george herbert walker bush did with the budget enforcement act which required those budgets to make sure that they did not spend more than they took in and i think the surpluses of the 90's were the best legacy if you will of the budget agreement of 1990. thank you, governor. >> let's turn to my old boss, the former chairman of this particular committee, and by the way, a little fact, he will remain in history as the longest serving chairman of this committee because of term limitations replaced after his departure. so, senator? >> thank you, bill and governor sununu for your interest in remarks. it's interesting to see how things are similar how the response in the action of the congress is different back then compared to now. first i want to say to all of you my voice is not as good as it used to be. they tell me i still have a hope of it coming back and my recollections it isn't as good as it used to be. so, i am not going to contribute a

george mitchell is the guy that figured out the fracking and the directional drilling.vernment always tries to take credit for what the private sector does- > > 1975, the department of energy funded the research. the tax credits of over $100 billion have helped. so it's a consortium, working together. and actually, what this is going to do, the next phase is going to be in oil, because they're going to apply the same technologies to natural gas. it's a win-win for everybody- > > give me a fracking break. the bottom line is- > > they didn't want to invest the time and the money, but they got the tax credits, so they said, "okay, let's keep doing it." > > round 3: what is the new normal for unemployment? will the rate ever drop below 6% again? > > i did a little research on ageism, because i wanted to talk to you, and what we're seeing is that the rates right now of participation have declined from 68 million down to 64 million in the last decade or so, mainly because people are retiring and leaving the workforce. so that is going to help out the unemployment numbers. but

we'll hear from george mitchell the former u.s.or middle east peace plus roger goodell the commissioner of the national football league. no reservations, celebrity chef anthony bourdain stops by the studio. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm duarte geraldino, have a great day. ,,,, >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> hi, everyone. good morning. it is friday, it's november 16. i'm frank mallicoat. >> you're happy to say friday. >> i got the friday part out. had a little trouble with november. >> good morning, i'm michelle griego. time now about 4:30. i hope you have your umbrella because we have our eye on the storm. >> lawrence is tracking the latest conditions. is it going to be a soaker? >> i think we'll get a little soaking on and off throughout the day today. sometimes it will come down, sometimes it will be

. >> i want you to listen to what former senator george mitchell who was the u.s.oy during the obama administration who tried to get israeli/palestinian peace talks off the ground. that didn't happen. what he told us earlier in the day, listen to this. >> what's happened in the past is when the damage gets so great, one side or the other, pulls back and stops. or when the possibility of a much wider conflict emerges, people tend to stop. i think the probleis that you just keep the cycle going unless you address ro causes. anat th is getting the parties into negotiations to try to resolve the underlying conflict. >> all right. what do you think? you agree with him? >> well, there are some palestinians that are willing to talk. but not to hamas. the hamas believe in their charters the destruction of israel. and they will use the people that do want to speak from the palestinians to get any accomplishment they can and use their terror and their viciousness to try and wipe us off the map. these are not people you can speak to. unfortunately, they're using force and try

. >> george mitchell spent over a decade to figure out ways to improve on hydraulic fracturing and hitot. in 2006 everyone believe natural-gas prices would only go higher dow dupont moved people to believe there would never come down some people say they know the energy future remember that even of the revolution of hydro-fracking everybody was betting on high prices. even corporations spt hundreds of millions to bet they would skyrocket then it it cratered. the crystal ball is not always correct. john: or sympathetic to the president but he said he will keep doing what he has been doing a. >> building wind turbines coming clean energsources. mill company profits make money hand over fist i want to support energy jobs of tomorrow. john: of the technology like wind torso lurk or ethanol had merit it would not need subsidized. if it did not have the economic merit it would not get we have been subsidizing nuclear power 50 years it is still the most expensive and ethanol still cannot compete. it would disappear without the preferences. the tenth and village industry is make us feel better

israel, israel says it's not letting up and so let's begin here with former senate majority leader george mitchell who also more recently served as a special envoy to the middle east. senator mitchell, good morning, thank you so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> let's begin with the first obvious question which is the possibility of a cease-fire. what do you think? >> well, the egyptians are now working hard as they have in the past to establish a cease-fire and truce over the past several years. most of the time, the two sides have had an uneasy truce that's been broken several times. i think for both sides there is an interest in continuing and interest at some point in stopping. >> continuing the fighting? >> continuing the fighting. >> why? >> the israelis want to end the rocket fire first and they want to make the punishment so severe that hamas will be deterred from doing this again in the future. on the other hand, they don't want to risk their peace treaty with egypt and with jordan. so how far you go to accomplish the first without incurring the latter is a very difficul

george mitchell, the former u.s. special envoy to the middle east.k in 2000, 2001 you served as chair of the international fact finding committee on violence in the middle east, and the findings from that committee really became widely known as the mitchell report. first and foremost, when you take a look at what is taking place on the ground there, does this look like to you potentially all-out war? >> i'm sorry, suzanne. i just had a bad connection. would you repeat just the last part of the question, please? >> sure. i'm wondering do you think when you see this situation on the ground, the number of rockets fired, where this is taking place. does this look like this is potentially turning into a war? >> yes, it does. and it's more dangerous than ever before. just think of the facts that didn't exist the last time things erupted in 2003 to a broad degree, and that now includes syria in turmoil, really in a deep civil war, egypt having had the revolution and change of government. jordan. there was, of course, the conflict in gaza in 2008, and the da

want to bring in george mitchell, former u.s.o the middle east on the phone from new york for a couple of things. first of all, your initial reaction in terms of how serious you think the cease-fire agreement is, whether you have faith that this is going to last at least for the short-term. i think that the ejust a minutian government has invested a lot of effort and prestige in this, so i think they will be trying very hard to make certain that this cease-fire does hold, at least for a sufficient period of time so that the parties can discuss the broader issues. they both obviously have demands and policy that is they want to be followed. they're in some disagreement, and hopefully there will be some discuss of that. >> you have been heart of these talks, these negotiations for a number of years. we get a statement saying that the president was committed to seeking additional funding for the iron dome and other israeli missile defense programs. what do you think secretary clinton offered the ejust a minutians to president morsi?

middleman role it seemed to abandon last year when two years of work by middle east special envoy george mitchell came up empty. but now under the threat of war the u.s. sees little choice except to step in. secretary clinton will ask the palestinians to stop the rocket attacks and ask israel to offer more hope of a longer term peace agreement. >> the goal must be a durable outcome that promotes regional stability and advances the security and legitimate aspirations of the israelis and palestinians alike. >> reporter: the crucial player now is president morsi of egypt whose islamist government openly supports hamas because the u.s. and israel see hamas as a terrorist organization, morsi is essentially the go-between. this is new ground for both the president and the secretary of state. regional and popular support for hamas and the palestinians has never been more powerful. the threat of war is real, and scott, the white house's attempt to stay low profile in the middle east is over. >> pelley: thank you. now moving on to america's u.n. ambassador susan rice, she is one of president obama's top c

. >> george mitchell spent over a decade to figure out ways to improve on hydraulic fracturing and hitackpot. in 2006 everyone believe natural-gas prices would only go higher dow dupont moved people to believe there would never come down some people say they know the energy future remember that even of the revolution of hydro-fracking everybody was betting on high prices. even corporations spent hundreds of millions to bet they would skyrocket then it it cratered. the crystal ball is not always correct. john: or sympathetic to the president but he said he will keep doing what he has been doing a. >> building wind turbines coming clean energy sources. mill company profits make money hand over fist i want to support energy jobs of tomorrow. john: of the technology like wind torso lurk or ethanol had merit it would not need subsidized. if it did not have the economic merit it would not get we have been subsidizing nuclear power 50 years it is still the most expensive and ethanol still cannot compete. it would disappear without the preferences. the tenth and village industry is make us fee

i mean, george mitchell, former senator mitchell also has been instrumental in this whole process.e need to bring as many players to the table to get both sides. but i agree we have to get hamas to renounce violence, to recognize israel's existence and to follow the u.n. benchmarks. and that's going to take time for president morsi, egyptian president morsi, to ensure hamas live up to its agreement especially with the cease-fire. >> david, who would you send? >> i don't think it matters. i don't think this is about personalities. this is a structural conflict. and peace will come when -- the kind of peace we're talking about will come when the palestinians make a strategic decision for peace. but what we can look forward to in the interim because that day is probably a long way off are a series of measures for better security. reinforcement of the wall, better separation of the israelis from the palestinians and tight policing of the flow of weaponry into gaza and better economic conditions for the palestinian population. many of whom are radicalized by unnecessary economic hardshi

. >> george mitchell, former united states special envoy, welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> this clash and the exchange of missiles and troops gathering on the border from going out of control? >> well, nobody knows. at least we don't know exactly why hamas chose this time to increase the number of rockets being sent into israel. there have been long periods of an uneasy truce between the two over the five years. because it's been seen in their best interest. right now, israel obviously has a right to defend itself and is doing so vigorously and will pursue that to detear hamas from doing this in the future. at the same time, israel has a high security interest in maintaining its treaties with egypt and jordan and not taking any action that could somehow spill over into a larger regional conflict. so there are competing considerings for both sides. the high level of volatility in the region. think about it, syria on israel's northern border, egypt on the southern border, now jordan. there's a lot of volatility, a lot of uncertainty. israel has benefited in a military sense enormously s

earlier i spoke to george mitchell about how hopeful he is about their vow and he thinks that, you knowl, there's reason to believe that everyone should be hopeful. this is what he had to say. >> making it personal makes a difference. you know, you tend in any area of human activity to work better with people you know, like, and respect. i think a little more of that would be helpful. secondly, i think they ought to do it in a manageable way. the most important thing in working together is not to set unrealistic goals. don't suggest to the american people and the press that you're going to solve it all in one fell swoop because that can't be done. it will only set you up for failure. >> julian, while he was talking, you saw the picture of bob dole because he said that they had their political differences but found common ground and it was a personal relationship that had to be developed even if you were of opposing parties. can we see a return to that kind of approach? >> well, i think anybody that gets beyond the beltway realizes most voters, whether conservative, independent, or progr

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the obama administration had a special envoy, the foremaner senator george mitchell, but he gave up his ago, and there's been no u.s. serious -- no u.s. mediation since then, but i think with a new secretary of state and new administration, the president just re-elected there will be an intensified u.s. effort underway fairly soon. let's see if there's a cease-fire first. >> yeah, wolf, we had a chance to talk to george mitchell last week about some of his efforts in that area. what do you think? does tony blair think this new egyptian president of the muslim brotherhood, mohammed morsi will be somebody who really wants to create peace there, because we know he has a very different relationship with hamas than the former egyptian president. >> right. he is much more different than former president hosnni mubarak. he has a lot at stake right now, and he knows it, president mor of egypt. he is trying to improve his country, and he knows if egypt, for example, were to sever its peace treaty, that was seriously rupture the entire egyptian relationship with the united states. egypt still get

obama when he took george mitchell's resignation and basically moved dennis ross out of the white house program on the table. and when america walks away from this peace process or an effort to bring the two sides together and really lay out a plan, violence kicks up. so we have a bit of complicity, and you are seeing right now not a strategic presidency from obama but a reactive presidency, and that doesn't bode well for this. >> do you agree with that? if you're not moving forward, you're moving backwards on the peace treaty, the peace process? >> i think you plod forward or stay -- i'm not sure it's unraveling. i still think the amazing thing about all of the changes in the middle east is that you still have a commitment of all the key players to the peace process. >> i know. it's not as bad as "w" where he just did nothing. that's my opinion. thank you both. i want to see peace over there, but i want to have a long-term problem of iran dealt with. >>> we have a lighter note coming up. a couple of comedians who do a great impression of president obama we see and his secret luther rea

has not necessarily gotten involved all that much ever since george mitchell gave up his job as the special. envoy. >> yeah. ben wedeman, arwa damon joining me here in gaza city. opinions are so hardened on both sides of this border. hearts are hardened, opinions have been formed, and the lines are so clear. are you optimistic at all not just for any sort of negotiated cease-fire for this thing, but any kind of long-term solution? >> not really. i think what's interesting is that tomorrow, the arab league secretary general and several arab foreign ministers are coming here. and what we are going to see, whether optimistic or pessimistic, is a different thing altogether, but we're going to see now that the arab countries as opposed to four years ago are much more engaged in this process, and it's a new equation. it's a new equation. we don't know where it's going to lead but israel, the united states has to pay much more attention to what arab leaders are saying, because they are in a sense reflecting what their people feel. >> arwa, you obviously have been covering the region for a long tim

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>> we'll be talking to former senator george mitchell, also a former special envoy to the middle eastaring from israeli government spokesman, mark regev, and nour

coming into office four years ago, you know, president obama on day one nominated george mitchell to be his special envoy and the united states spent two years and the obama administration, some political capital, trying to broker a negotiation between mahmoud abbas and prime minister netanyahu and ultimately was not successful. i do agree over the past couple of years, there's been a pause in the peace process, you know, to try to see if conditions, you know, could be created to bring us back to a negotiating table. but i would also say that, you know, it's -- the environment today is much different than it was even four years ago. you have had the arab spring and everyone that's involved in this is doing careful recalculations of their strategic interests and that's even going on i think in the heart of the negotiations that are ongoing for a cease-fire. >> just to follow up, are you implying too many visits just means it's a bad situation there? >> well, you'll recall, the environment between 2003 and 2008, you know, the united states was involved in an act of war in the middle ea

democratic leader, harry reid of nevada, as well as former majority leader and my good friend george mitchellf maine on this very question. i came away from these conversations reassured that my independence would be respected and that no party line commitment would be -- >> and there you have it, angus king giving his justification for joining the democratic caucus, so we will talk to democratic senator that was partially responsible for helping to get angus king ele elected. the race is on to line up political allies before negotiations start tuesday. the president met with the labor community today. he holds that first press conference since his re-election and will meet with congressional leaders at the end of the week, all of this because the one takeaway from the failed 2011 fiscal talks was the need to have an outside game. joining me now patti murray and a member of last year's super committee, the group that tried to reach a deal to avoid sequestrati sequestration. i apologize to come to you late wanting to get senator elect king's official announcement there that he's joining your c