josh letterman. reporter: thank you, mr. president could you have made clear that you are not buying prime minister netanyahu's to walk back the comments he made before the election and that you are reassessing your approach. what did -- camper minister netanyahu to do that is serious about peace and that he is a broker that you can work with. is there any truth allegations that israel was spying on the iran talks? you have been working hard to pursue reconciliation talks with the taliban, but there are some indications that that is not going well and that then -- a may not be willing to sit down with you. what makes you a little that you can get those talks out the ground and you want united states to be involved in those talks? president obama: let me address your second question about spying allegations. as a general, i don't comment on intelligence matters in a big room full of reporters. [laughter] i think i will continue that tradition. but with respect to the possibility of an agreement that ensures that iran does the

josh letterman. josh letterman: thank you, mr. president could you have made clear that you are not buying prime minister netanyahu's to attempt to walk back the comments he made before the election and that you are reassessing your approach. what could prime minister netanyahu do that is serious about peace and that he is a broker that you can work with? or is it too late to fix that during your presidency? is there any truth allegations that israel was spying on the iran talks? president ghani, if i may, you have been working hard to pursue reconciliation talks with the taliban, but there are some indications that that is not going well and that they may not be willing to sit down with you. what makes you a little that you can get those talks out the ground, and do you want united states to be involved in those talks? president obama: let me address your second question about spying allegations. as a general, i don't comment on intelligence matters in a big room full of reporters. [laughter] i think i will continue that traditio

josh letterman. >> thank you, mr. president. you've made very clear that you're not buying prime minister netanyahu's attempts to walk back the comments he made before the election opposing palestinian state hood and that you're reassessing your approach. what could prime minister netanyahu do if anything in the short term to persuade you that he's serious about israeli-palestinian peace and he's an honest broker you could work with or is it too late to repair that relationship during your presidency? and is there any truth to allegations that israel was spying on the iran talks? and president ghani, if i may, you've been working very hard to pursue reconciliation talks with the taliban, but there's some indications that's not going so well and they may not be willing to sit down with you. what makes you hopeful that you can get those talks off the ground? and do you want the u.s. to be involved in those talks? >> let me first of all address your second question about spying allegations. as a general rule i don't comment on inte

josh letterman. >> thank you, mr. president. you've made very clear that you're not buying prime minister netanyahu attempts to walk back the comments that he made before the election opposing palestinian statehood and reassessing your approach. what could prime minister netanyahu do if anything in the short-term to persuade you that he's serious about palestinian peace and that he is an honest broker and is there any truth that israel was spying on the iran talks and president ghani, if i may, you've been working hard to pursue reconciliation talks with the taliban, but there is indications that that is not going so well and they may not be willing to sit down with you. what makes you hopeful that you can get those talks off the ground and do you want the u.s. to be involved in toez -- in those talks? >> let me first of all address your second question about spying allegations. as a general rule i don't comment on intelligence matters in a big room full of reporters. and i think i'll continue that tradition. but with respect to

josh letterman. >> thank you, mr. president. you've made very clear that you're not buying prime minister netanyahu's attempts to walk back the comments he made before the election opposing palestinian statehood and that you're reassessing your approach. what could prime minister netanyahu do, if anything, in the short term to persuade you that he's serious about israeli-palestinian peace and he's an honest broker you could work with, or is it too late during your presidency? and, president ghani, if i may, you've been working very hard to pursue reconciliation talks with the taliban, but there's some indications that's not going so well and they may not be willing to sit down with you. what makes you hopeful that you can get those talks off the ground, and do you want the u.s. to be involved in those talks? >> let me, first of all, address your second question about spying allegations. as a general rule, i don't comment on intelligence manners in a big room full of reporters. [laughter] and i think i'll continue that tradition.

josh letterman. reporter: you made very clear that you are not buying prime minister netanyahu's comments and you are reassessing your approach. what could prime minister netanyahu do if anything in the short-term, to persuade you that he is serious about israeli-palestinian peace and that he is someone you can work with? is there any truth to allegations that israel was spying on the iran talks? you have been working very hard to pursue reconciliation talks with the taliban but there is indication that that mean i be going so well and they are not willing to sit down with you. what makes you will all that you can get those talks off the ground? and a you want the u.s. to be involved in those talks? pres. obama: let me first of all address your second question about spying allegations. as a general rule, i don't comment on intelligence matters in a big room full of reporters. and i think i will continue that tradition. but with respect to the possibility of an agreement that insures that iran doesn't

josh letterman. >> reporter: thank you mr. president. you've made very clear that you're not buying prime minister netanyahu's attempts to walk back the comments that he made before the election opposing palestinian statehood and that you're reassessing your approach. what could prime minister netanyahu do, if anything in the short term to persuade you that he's series about israeli/palestinian peace and that he's an honest broker he could work? or is it too late to repair that relationship during your presidency? and is there any truth to allegations that israel was spying on the iran talks? and president ghani, if i may you've been working very hard to pursue reconciliation talks with the taliban but there's some indications that's not going so well and they may not be willing to sit down with you. what makes you hopeful that you can get those talks off the ground? and do you want the u.s. to be involved in those talks? >> let me first of all, address your second question about spying allegations. as a general rule, i don't comment on