. >> representatives of the hamas administration in gaza also came to the celebrations. they called on israel to release further palestinian inmates while israel warned palestinians against carrying out new attacks. >> it took years to secure gilad shalit's release and in the and it took intense mediation by germany and egypt to broker a deal that both countries could live with. here is a look at how the ordeal began. >> in june, 2006, palestinian militants from the gaza strip attacked this post. they killed two soldiers and abducted a 19-year-old conscript. he became a bargaining chip in the hands of hamas. some 6000 palestinians were held in israeli jails. hamas wanted to secure the release of as many of them as possible in return for shalit. shalit's story gripped the nation. each year, hundreds of israelis gathered to commemorate his capture. for his family, and audio recording was one of the few signs that their son was still alive. >his father continued to plead for his son's release. for more than three years, the family received no word on him. then in october 20

administration as soon as possible. >>> islamic fundamentalist group hamas freed an israeli soldier after five years of captivity in exchangeor more than 1,000 palestinian prisoners. giladshalit was abducted near the border in 2006. shalit was abducted near the border in 2006. they ld freed 477 prisoners. a second group to be released in two months. thousands of leaders and supporters cheered and fired celebrator gunshots when the prisoners arrived at the gaza strip on buses. there had been opposition in israel to the release of the prisoners. some of them were freed and however were responsible for terrorist attacks. but the swap was prompted by strong demand from the israeli public to security shalit's release. military service is come pulse refor all citizens in israel. the deal is not likely to help the stalled middle east peace talks. hamas says it will continue its policy of armed struggle against israel. >>> china's communist party has adopted a guideline to use the country's culture as a way to boost its soft power. the party ended a four day central committee meeting in beijing tuesday. it is held once a year to di

administration as soon as possible. >>> the islamic fundamentalist group hamas has released a soldier after five years in captivity in exchange for 1,000 prisoners. met with his family on tuesday after arriving in israel from the gaza strip by way of egypt. he was abducted near the gaza/israeli border in 2006. also on tuesday, israel freed 477 palestinian prisoners. a second group is to be released in two nt mos. thousands of family members and hamas supporters cheered and fired celebratory gun shots when the prisoners arrived on buses. there had been opposition in israel to the release of the prisoners. but the swap was prompted by strong demand from the israeli public to secure the release. military services compulsory for all citizens in israel. but the deal is not likely to help the stalled middle east peace talks. hamas said they will continue armed struggle against israel. >>> now let's take a look at the global weather forecast. >> hello. welcome to your weather update. let's start with east asia. a high pressure is keeping things settled across much of china, mongolia, and the korean peninsula. but some light

administration's. i asked her if she would condemn hamas as a terrorist organization and she said you want to crucify me which took me aback. i have 50 this encounter many times. what do your mean? >> if i don'tid condemn them the nine arrested by homeland security cell in her mind to live in a fashion stay and those whose support it instead of being invited to the white house asr they are, would be put to but he said he wants us to all gather in israel.ned and she leaned into the microphone and that should bemus a revelation to people while i am here in philadelphia i met to with some of jewish students who do not begin to understand about the muslim students association or the threat to that the jews face. no more embattleded group and the jewish students who are more harassed particularly if they are is really is.os but to put out the positiveit image of israel. is the only power and of course, you never get to that question because they throw a huge block itd f in-your-face that they stole land from arabs and anybody who does it -- to does not know this before israel was created 80% of the palestine

away from iran between the israelis and the series and hamas and so forth and the administration accepted that kind of turkish neutralism if you can call it that was advantageous to the united states and my own reading is a was not. turkey continues to play a similar role today. it's changed because of the uprising in syria but turkey remains and a brake on a tougher policy in the united states on the regime and as turkey is somewhat supplanted iran and syria in the region it's taken up the anti-israeli leader of the sentiment to work to be legitimate them across-the-board and on balance the united states should be suspicious of the policy and fortunately that's not what we are seeing. the united states decided to sell drums to the turks they broke off with the israelis and stopped receiving the drugs from the israelis they said you have to give us the drones and they suggest it would have been better if the united states signalled to turkey that the behavior in cairo, the hostility of israel, threatening in the mediterranean and the program and so on that all of this is unaccept

hamas and others. and the obama administration accepted that kind of turkish neutralism if you can call it that was advantageouso the united states. my own reading it was not. my own reading is that turkey continues to play a similar role today. the game has changed because of the -- because of the uprising in syria. but turkey remains -- it remains a blot -- or at least a break on a tougher policy by the united states on the assad regime. and as turkey has somewhat supplanted iran and syria in the region, rather than being a moderating influence, it has taken up the mantle of anti-israeli -- of a leader of anti-israeli sentiment. it's continuing to legitimate hamas. it has worked to delegitimate policy. the united states recently decided to sell drones to the turks after the turks broke off the military relationship with the israeli and stopped -- and stopped receiving drones from the israelis, they turned to the irene and say you have to give us the drones and we said yes. i think it would have been a lot better had the united states signaled to turkey that the behavior in cairo, the hostility to israel, thre

administration. and i asked her, forget that exact question she asked that i asked her if she would condemn hamas as a terrorist organization and she said, do you want to crucify me, which took me about. although i have been through this kind of encounter many times. i said, what you mean by that? she said well if i don't condemn hamas then i would be arrested by homeland security so in other words in her mind we live in a fascist state and the people who support, supporters of hamas instead of being invited to the white house as they often are, will be put in jail. so i said okay, well i will put it to you this way. i am jewish and the head of hezbollah has said that he wants us all together in israel so he doesn't have to hunt this down. she leaned into the microphone and said -- that should be a revelation to people. while i was here in philadelphia i met with some jewish students at u. penn who do not begin to understand this about the muslim students association or about the threat that the jewish face. there was no more embattled group on college campuses than the jewish students who are haras

administration that is dmit tunnel vision. they're leading the american people to think we are only fighting al-qaeda when we have hamas, the muslim brotherhood, this whole muslim brotherhood thriving including on american soil. this is so much deeper than just al-qaeda. the muslim brotherhood. this is another part of this deception, armstrong. the muslim brotherhood is the granddaddy of them all when it comes to islamic jihaddist dpriewps. as i outline in the book, our administration is reaching out to the muslim brotherhood, treatening them as a moderate broker for peace, and a counter weight to al-qaeda. it sounds crazy. the muslim brotherhood is a jihaddist group, yet the administration considers them moderate and worthy of outreach. that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to deception. >> what about terrorist groups on american soil in. >> well, look, in the past two or three years, armstrong, we have had an explosion of home-grown terrorism. now, a lot of it has flown under the radar, but we have tens, dozens of americans, american citizens arrested on terrorism charges right here on u.s. soil in some of the most un

hamas have said they're going to engage in more kidnapping to get more israelis and more prisoners. this is like -- and you don't see any gift from the israelis, and whatever the united states and obama administration: hold on, hold on. >> juan: you are missing the point. eric, give in terms of let's negotiate. let's do a deal. >> dana: netanyahu said he would. >> juan: but he won't. >> andrea: he would in front of the u.n. >> eric: palestinians are asking for the u.n. to recognize their country as state. does this help or hurt that? >> dana: it hurts -- it hurts them -- it might help them with some of their neighbors. it doesn't help them with the united states, who has been the driving force of trying to get them to come together. i'm curious about the timing of this, though. it's right before, you know, palestinian tries the maneuver at the u.n. a couple of months ago we had, a little bit, four months ago last spring between netanyahu and president obama. you remember that rift? it seems to me that they will look back on this in 30 days or 60 days and say ahh, maybe that was the beginning of some sort of -- >> andrea: a lot of this is p.r. if you talk to the middle east experts. a lot of it is p

hamas is or participating in the -- well, bringing of missiles and rockets into lebanon through damascus. it is a very dangerous situation. >> reporter: isolating iran is something the obama administration> and this president has been very focused on holding out iranian behavior so it is clearly seen by other nations around the world and that enables to us work cooperatively with our international partners to put pressure on iran in a way that has never been achieved before. >> reporter: the new york times report says that the head of the international atomic agency has thought about share the information before but held back because he thought iran might kick inspectors out of the country once and for all. a possible reason the administration is reluctant to publicly accuse iran of having nuclear weapons ambitions according to the report is because they think nobody will believe them or trust their evidence after we accused iraq of having nukes back in 2003 and came back empty. >> shannon: delicate situation. thanks, peter. >>> operation fast and furious. republican lawmakers sent out a new round of subpoenas to the justice department to release more information about who was involved,

come unfortunate the bush administration i also think it's an things that contradicted its own policies, especially in 2006 when it pressured israel and even fatah to allow hamas to take part in the gaza elections. it took similar positions about lebanese elections involving hezbollah, and those contradict the point about protecting democracy, not just popular sovereignty but liberty and the rule of law. that was a serious misstep with damaging consequences. the other thing to recognize, and this is a political process. i think for a variety of reasons, one of which is they need to keep the american public on board, foreign leaders on board, even more pragmatic elements in the region, you need to be seen to be engaging in efforts at peace and efforts at negotiation, or as churchill once said, better draw draw than war war. the other part of it is, it isn't so much an issue of palestinian leadership right now, although it's critical because you have to palestine, but also the underlying fundamentals which i already pointed you at the beginning of my remarks, which is why i think for the immediate future there is no prospect of reaching the final status agreemen