>> the president is traveling to isreal, west bank, and jordan. the president's views about the interest that the isreali people have in pursuing a peace process. he thinks it is in the best interest of both parties, the isrealis and palestinians to pursue a peace agreement. that is something he will be talking about. this is an opportunity for him to have that discussion, make sure it is clear to them that the middle east peace, the peace between isreali and palestinians, that is something that the united states is ready to support if that dialogue is ready to take off. that will be a subject of the a lot of conversations while we're there but it is not because the president is presenting a specific plan. >> can i into you a question about that also? there's concern among isrealis they that they are going to take a defense funding hit because of sequester, $155 million will be erased from their allocation. what is the administration sayinging about that? is there any effort to close that gap? >> as you know the sequester creates very little flexi

you can see the wind isreally whipping them around here. so quite a dramatic change just in the last couple of hours here in the north bay. of course this storm is on the move. live in marin county, ken wayne. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the winds are blowing we will see some high wind advisory on those bridge s if we haven't already. the san rafael richmond bridge, let's take a look at the system as it comes in real close. it's raining throughout the bay area right now. this thing is right on schedule. we'll come in and see some yellow in the oakland hills. we'll come in in the north bay and we're looking at rainfall around napa it's pretty heavy right now and the american canyon area by 29. if you head out towards vallejo and martinez. these yellows that's significant rainfall. it's coming down hard and you're having a rough time seeing when you're driving. check out berkeley and oakland. steady rain here with the greens. we are seeing really heavy stuff coming in over the hills right now. as a matter of fact let's put this many motion and w

>> i won't speak for what isreal thinks about this. i can't do that. i would tell you that the chief of defense of isreal was in my office a week ago and this issue did not come up. secondly as far as how to respond to your constituents, it is -- the egyptian military right now, sir, that does a bulk of the work against the extremist threats against zrall, against egypt, against all of us. so the egyptian military is committed alongside as part of their government but has been outspoken about maintaining the peace treaty. it should not be seen as an enemy but as a stabilizing force in the region. unlike the military in libya that fought alongside -- directed by ghadafi. unlike the military in syria we had a military that did not act like that way when egypt went there their transition. >> let me switch to something. i had to step out of room to meet with a group of four retired admirals and generals representing the leadership coalition. are you familiar with this coalition? >> only very, very little. i've heard about them. >> they are a group of more