so king abdullah has long urged the u.s.to get re-engaged in trying to bring peace between israelis and palestinians. the president said he was ready to do what he could. >> my hope and expectation is that, as a consequence of us doing our homework, we can explore with the parties a mechism for them to sit back down, to get rid of some of the old assumptions, to think in new ways and to get this done. and i think if... if... if... if it gets done in a timely way, then the israeli people will be safer and the palestinian people will be freer and children on both sides will have a better >> warner: jordan is only one of two arab nations that has made peace with israel. >> margaret, hello, tell us first of all, the admistration sms very pleased abo this breakthrough between israel and turkey. tell us about president obama's role in making that happen. >> warner: judy, the white house, the administration has been working for over two years to try to heel this rift, but it became important as the syria conflict got more serious i

president obama has landed in jordan, this turns to really hard core, nitty-gritty diplomatic work of trying to shore up one of the last remaining u.s. allies in the arab world. king abdullahtrols the linchpin, the united states has, of course, lost the president in egypt as an ally, the president in tunisia, the president of yemen, and king abdullah is one of the last friends america has. he, too, is under threat from the muslim brother hood, so a big part of this is the president thanking him for his help and promising to continue the aid from the united states. also the u.s. military cooperation with jordan which is especially key right now as jordan is facing increasing threats in terms of the syrian civil war. not only the refugee crisis, also the threat of al-qaeda-linked groups setting up bases in jordan, using weapons they've gotten in syria and, lastly, the issue of what's going to happen with all the jordanian/u.s. military training that's going on to possibly deal with syria's chemical weapons, all issues on the table when president obama walks off air force one there. this first part of the trip, though, when he was back here in israel can largely be seen as wi

king abdullah rather than the will of allah. and they point to things like mixing is wrong, and yet the king has built a big, new university called the king abdullah university of science and technology which not only mixes saudi men and women, but mixes them with infidel men and women from all over the world. and when one of the 20 senior religious scholars was asked about the appropriateness of this on tv, he said it's wrong, and the king fired him. because the king appointments these 20 people. -- appointments these 20 -- appoints these 20 people. and not surprising any many of the other senior -- [inaudible] began to discover that the prophet had had his hair washed by women and other things that made okay. so people see this, if you will, double standard. and it has undermined the credibility of the religious establishment, obviously, with the deeply religious but also with those who don't mind the mixing at all but just think it's, if the king can get the religious to approve this, why can't he make them approve more things like women driving or or whatever? the second pillar of stability in the kingdom is, obviously, the o

abdullah al saud. and when he died in 1953, the crown has passed from one of his, first to his eldest son and then from brother to half-brother to half-brother. so king abdullah is the fifth of those boys, and the old man had 44 sons by 22 wives, and 36 of them lived to adulthood, but they are all now rather elderly. the king is 90, and he has already outlived, and only seven years, two of his brothers as crown prince. he is on his third crown prince. so it's very reminiscent of the old soviet union in the '80s, when brezhnev, have to brezhnev died and was replaced by elderly and drop off who died quickly and was replaced quickly by -- who died quickly and was finally replaced by gorbachev, but by then it was too late to save the system. so as ronald reagan said at that time when they were basically three soviet leaders in a little over three years time, they keep dying on me. [laughter] and that's what i think president obama and future american presidents are going to be dealing with. certainly here in the next four years. they have no ability to agree yet on the son of one of these brothers, because the 36 branches each year that if my son gets it

this is the monarch saying the muslim brotherhood is deep rooted and sinister, and king abdullah hasviolence in his country before. you might remember the bombings in 2005, three hotels attacked by what the government described as islamic terrorists, 60 people killed. one other related note from the region today, shep. we just heard that the prime minister of lebanon has resigned. that's not necessarily an uncommon occurrence there, but once again, it is a country that is being badly affected by the conflict in syria, and it shows the entire region remains on a knife edge and no one yet knows whether it's going to tip toward democracy and freedom or to more out tookcracy and more violence. >> shepard: now with is it the former un been boors, the director of foreign policy at the brookings. the president going around the government and right to the young people of israel. >> it was an amazing speech he game yesterday in jerusalem, in which he spoke to 2,000 young israelis about the importance of israel to the united states, and made a very clear statement that israel would never be --

this is the nation racked by turmoil as king abdullah has seep a flood of syrian refugees stream acrossorder and decimate the economy. >> this is behind us. we have to roll up our sleeves. it will be a bumpy and difficult road. >> for the second time on this trip, the president expressed frustration when a reporter suggested that the u.s. is not doing enough on syria. >> the united states often finds itself in a situation where if it goes in militarily, it's criticized for it. if it doesn't, people say why aren't you doing something militarily? >> president is prodded on by carl levin who called for active approach to take out president bashar assad, from no-fly zone to airstrike. >> it's tragic. it's heart-breaking. the sight of children and women being slaughtered that we have seen so much i think has to compel all of us to say what more can we do? >> king abdullah is also under pressure. since a refugee camp alone is now the fifth largest city in jordan. there is also fear extremists will spread chemical weapons from syria to jordan and israel. abdullah resisted any foreign military

king abdullah has a country with a tough economy to begin with. they've spent nearly $1 billion.ey are approaching half a million syrian refugees and they think it will keep getting worse. the president promised about $200 million more. the united states is already giving quite a bit of money to the syrian refugee crisis but he promised to ask congress for $200 million more. most of the effort was on the refugee crisis here, although jordan has a very good intelligence service. the president and his national security team also comparing notes with the king and his team about the big questions about chemical weapons and the king's assessment of how long assad can hang on. >> all right. on king, thanks. >>> there's a lot more happening tonight. randi kaye is here with the "360" bulletin. >>> authorities in virginia are not disclosing a motive in last night's deadly shooting at the marine corps base. officials say three marines are dead including the suspected gunman. he died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. the incident is still under investigation. >>> police in georgi

in jordan, the president will meet with king abdullah has part of his middle east trip.ident spent his final hours in israel meeting with the prime minister and visiting graves. at rabin's grave, he placed a stone that came from martin luther king jr.'s memorial in washington. . >>> the amazon tax makes its way to the senate floor today. it would allow states to collect sales taxes on internet purchases. now, the vote won't be binding, but many states and bricks and mortars retailers think it could be a step in that direction. let's bring in cnn business correspondent, zain asher. good morning. >> reporter: the senate is addressing this as part of the budget department. we're expecting to see an amendment filed on it today. even though this would mostly be a symbolic vote, it does raise the chance of actual legislation later on. here's what officials are trying to do. they want to level out the playing field between store retailers and online retailers. we have a situation right now where people tend to sort of go into best buy or macy's, go look around, and go and buy t

. >> reporter: and the bottom line is, though, that king abdullah has said that he does not want to get any military intervention in syria. so that suggests since he's a key member of the arab league that the arab league is not going to do anything in the days ahead, and that leaves you wondering whether president assad will just stay in power, cling to power and things will get worse, or whether he'll fall, and you'll have a jihadist government right on jordan's north border, and things could be worth. a lot of major issue, heather. heather: all in flux. earlier the president wrapped up the israeli leg of his trip today. how did that go for him? >> reporter: well, he was trying to have sort of some symbolic visits on the way out. he visited the grave site of rabin, the slain prime minister of israel from many years ago. he brought symbolically a stone from the mlk memorial back in washington, d.c. because you'll remember in the president's speech he mentioned there were a lot of jewish people who were supportive of the civil rights movement with african-americans back in the united sta

that's 10% almost of the jordanian population has come across from syria as refugees. and king abdullah then went on to say at the present rate of the refugees crossing the border, by the end of this year he said there will be up to 1 million syrian refugees inside jordan which is a small, poor state with all kinds of internal tensions of its own. that would really aggravate those tensions so that was very interesting to me. jordan which is already, has been at the tumult around it in the so-called arab spring in iraq, egypt, nonetheless, jordan has been pretty peaceful. great possibilities of more stress if those numbers really do reach 1 million refugees in jordan. that's an incredible number. >> let's talk quickly about the restarting of the palestinian/israeli peace talks. the president said the window's closing. king abdullah said the same thing. that the window to any sort of peace negotiation is closing. why is that window closing? what is happening in that part of the world? >> well, the problem is nothing is happening between israelis and the palestinians. the reap he said the

king abdullah of jordan. unlike other parts of arab spring where they are willing to let kings fall but with abdullah he has toe kind of assistance he needs especially to deal with the refugees. problem with refugees they rarely come alone. there will be fighters that want to bring the fight to jordan. >> arthel: that makes it so complicated. i was in istanbul, turkey and i was talking to a guy from syria. he was saying that want president obama to arm the rebels, opposition forces. britain and france are on board with the notion but how do you think president obama will move forward with respect to syria? of course, there is chemical weapons factor. >> we have green and white and now i think what he has done he put the red line. chemical weapons we're not going to let that happen. >> arthel: so finally, i ask you what do you think the overall grade. i was going to start and end with that. >> i have to say it's incomplete. he did better than anybody thought. all these issues are really unresolved. iran unresolved. syria and what happens with jordan, unresolved. i do think the thing with the syrian situation, m

, damned if i don't in terms of military action in countries like syria, but it was king abdullah himself who is -- hasis really onboard with what the president is doing right now. he made it very clear that this is a significant challenge for his country and the president saying he would give another $200 million to the jordanians to help deal with the influx of refugees. consider this, 460,000 syrian refugees are now living inside this country. that is 10% of the population. zatari, that is a refugees camp in the north is now the fifth largest city according to the king in this country and he said when pressed whether he would allow more refugees into the country. he said the jordanian way is that we will acknowledging that he's onboard with the president even if this continues to be a drawn-out process. >> nbc's peter alexander, thank you so much, pete. for analysis we bring in michael o'hanlon director of research and a senior of foreign policy fellow at the brookings institution. >> thank you. >> that sound that we played for the president's speech today, is what we heard a fair response to the cr

he will meet with king abdullah. he has a number of speeches and planned visits along the way. president obama will return to washington on saturday. >>> yesterday, two former middle east advisors to the white house talked about the potential implications of president obama's trip. the speakers were dennis ross, who served under president obama and mining call singh, who advised president george w. bush. this was hosted by the washington institute. it is about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon. good afternoon and welcome to the washington institute. i'm rob satlof, the director of the institute. i'm happy to welcome all of you here today. just at the outset if i could please remind you, cell phones off please, not just on, on vibrate but off completely. this event is being live streamed for our thousands of fans around the world. this event is being broadcast by c-span. so everything you say can and will be used against you. so but bless do turn your cell phones off. we're fathered here today because president obama is off for the inaugural overseas visit of his second term and he

king abdullah the second. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live on capitol hill. she has the latest on the president's visit to the middle east. good morning. >>> meeting with king abdullah scheduled for later. first, let's take a look at the president this morning going deep into israel's history. visiting a holocaust research center where he participated in a memorial and signed a guest book there. president obama las night in israel awarded the country's medal of distinction, their highest honor. president shimon peres saying the bonds have reached an unprecedented level between the two countries. this morning, president obama participating in three wreath layings before heading to bethlehem. a dust storm grounded his chopper. he ended up going by motorcade. president obama spending part of his day today in bethlehem, part with king abdullah in jordan. in jordan, he is likely to talk about the war in syria and how that war, that spillover, of 350,000 refugees has affected and drained resources in jordan. jon? >> tracie potts in capitol hill. thank you for the update. >

king abdullah? >> well, king abdullah is a key player in the middle east. jordan has always been helpful to middle east peace process. i think again, a reinforcement of an already strong relationship, countries like jordan help with the syrian issue on refugees. you have to keep jordan involved because they can be very constructive. again, their relationship is good. but being in the region, not going to jordan, especially with the syrian situation exploding, is not a good sign. so the president has covered his bases. he's been to the palestinian authority. a very strong trip and israel's symbolism, personal connection with bibi, laying out new policy. and then with the king of jordan, going more into regional issues like syria and iran makes a lot of sense. >> thanks to both of you. >> back here in washington, the house of representatives gave final congressional approval today to a $984 billion spending bill that will avert the government shutdown that would have happen a week from today. it keeps the government running for at least the next six months and eases som

has been politically deadlocked since no party won last month's general election. >>> president obama is in jordan, the final stop on his four-day visit to the middle east for talks with king abdullahhas been struggling with more than 400,000 syrian refugees who crossed into jordan it escape the two-year civil war. those are the news headlines on the fox business network. i'm arthel neville and back to adam, to that curb-sporting tracy. tracy: you got it. >> i'm not laughing at you. tracy: sure you are. adam: we have an update on your future for you. citigroup, bank of america, hsbc, jpmorgan, goldman sachs, and more, on a list of banks that have paid millions and millions of dollars in settlements tied to financial wrong doing. the payouts have raised criticism that banks get off too easy. they don't have to admit or deny guilt, and it comes after attorney general eric holder made some interesting comments earlier this month. >> i am concerned that the size of some of these institutions becomes so large that it does become difficult for us to prosecute them when we are hit with indications that if you do prosecute, if you do bring a criminal charge, it will have a negative impact

has not had its own arab spring. listen to my conversation with king abdullah ii. >> when you look at the arab spring, is it fair to draw the inference that repression has not worked, but bribery has? by which i say the states that attempted repression, the regimes are either gone or are teetering like syria but those who have large oil wealth, were able to provide patronage of various kinds, particularly in the gulf, have all survived. >> well, i think you have to take a step back and look at history how the middle east was divided up. this is one of the problems we face in political reforms in jordan. we're still living in the shadows of the cold war. during the cold war, it was more sort of the monarchy that were like the west and the republics that were aligned to the soviet union. and so maybe you have seen the reaction more in the republics than you have in sort of the countries that are either emirates or monarchies. but this is what makes the transition. to political form more difficult. in any country, 90% of the people are averse to being aligned to political parties. although we had this wonderful parliament

king abdullah. they held a joint news conference today. and syria was the main topic. syria's civil war has0-thousand refugees across jordan's borders. the king says that number will probably double by the end of the year. president obama says he will try to get an additional 200-million dollars in aid to help jordan. the justice department will offer states more than $20- million-dollars -- aimed at strengthening the background checks when people buy guns. the money will help state officials to share more information.among other things. congress is debating whether to expand the background check system.which applies only to sales by federally licensed gun dealers. it does not apply to private transactions at gun shows or online purchases. >> and it was a fantastic friday today. temperatures in the lower 70's in napa. 60s and oakland. san jose, 67 degrees. concord also to the lower 70's. temperatures right now are cooling down quite a bit and fairly comfortable. mountain view, 57 degrees. napa cooling down to 55 degrees. half moon bay we can still see breezy conditions for this evening. tom

into jordan from syria, what is going to be the gist of the conversation that the president has with king abdullahordanians are worried about the huge wave of refugees coming from syria. this is a country of 6.5 million people and if you can imagine, you had close to half a million syrians flood across the border in very short period of time. and that's creating huge economic pressure here, it is creating political pressure at a time when jordan's own economy is really not doing very well, and there were country wide protests a couple of months ago in jordan, against the government, against reductions of fuel subsidies. so this is a very delicate time right now. the jordanians will clearly want to know they're going to get some support with the huge refugee influx. they also want protection from the huge mess just across the border in syria. the jordanians playing a very delicate game now, wolf. they have spoken out against the syrian president bashar al assad, but can't afford to cut bridges just in case assad does survive longer. because as one analyst pointed out here, he can be a very dangerou

soaking abdullah is the fifth of the boys and the old man had 44 sons it by 22 lives in 36 live to adulthood but they're now elderly, the king is 90 and already hasoutlived two of his brothers and he is on his third crown prince permitted is reminiscent of the old soviet union in the '80s when brezhnev died and replaced by elderly by his brother in the replaced who died quickly then finally replaced by gorbachev but then it was too late there were three soviet leaders in three years' time and reagan said they keep dying on the. [laughter] that is what that is what the president's will be dealing with over the next four years. they have no ability to agree yet on the son of one of the brothers because each branch fears if my son gets it then your whole branch is disenfranchised because we pass it down to our branch because it is easy to pass it brother to brother brett how you decide cousin to cousin? which cousin? there are hundreds. the king got around that by having an allegiance but council one person from every branch to decide but when the first crown prince died that group net and one of the brothers said i should be the next crown prince a

has our report. >> reporter: jordan's welcome for the president featured camels and bagpipes. ♪ at king abdullah'salace, a greeting by jordan's future leader, the young crown prince, a freshman at georgetown. topping the agenda, the war next door in syria. refugees flooding across the border could soon account for 20% of jordan's population. >> so for the americans in the audience have the equivalent of 30 million refugees crossing into the united states. the possibility of that going up to 60 million by the end of the year. >> reporter: the president announced $200 million in aid but still was pressed by a jordanian reporter on why the u.s. wasn't taking military action. >> the united states often finds itself in a situation where if it goes in militarily it is criticized for going in militarily. if it doesn't go in militarily, people say, why aren't you doing something militarily? >> reporter: before leaving israel today president obama did a little tarmac diplomacy arranging for a phone call between israeli's prime minister netanyahu and turkey's prime minister erdogan. netanyahu apologizing fo

king abdullah. this was a somewhat successful trip according to some white house officials for president obama. they feel that president obama has encouraged the israeli public to believe that president obama is actually on their side and that there is an unbreakable alliance as the israelis put it between america and israel. that being said, the skeptics still remain on both sides as israelis as well as palestinians. many feel that president obama's visit was symbolic. it may not negotiate any peace when it comes to the region. although there is still some hope at least that president obama and the obama administration will get involved and actually help in negotiating a two-state solution. >> we brought you the president's unscripted remarks at the top of the show. how is that being received in the israeli press about the children of the palestinians? >> reporter: many israelis, it depends on who you talk to, really. the israelis, they, too, are very divided when it comes to the palestinian issue. many israelis agreed with president obama and they do feel that there should be a two-state solution. that that would be in the bes

king abdullah in jordan is the one dealing with most of it. he says he he has with 500 refugees from syria coming across the northern border of jordan where i am right now. and to give you an idea of how big that is, the king basically said that one refugee camp alone here in jordan is now the fifth largest city in jordan in terms of population, a refugee camp. and today he said he is hoping for better days. take a listen. >> what we are saying that the odds being behind us. we and jordan are looking now at the summer for us all. which means we all have to roll up our sleeves. it's going to be a bumpy and difficult road. i'm very encouraged with the process. and i am very excited about the future. >> now, previously the king had suggested he might take assad in terms -- take him in with political asylum as a solution to end all this today. he sort of hedged about all of that, showing there is no easy way out of this crisis, shep. >> shepard: that's for sure. ed, thank you. word of a connection now between a pizza delivery guy killed on the job, a prison directo

pesticide or something he was -- has to be able to say that doesn't count, that's not what i'm talking about. gwen: the president spent part of the day with king abdullah of jordan. ne thing very interesting he said -- >> what we are saying, that the arab spring is behind us, we in jordan are looking now at arab summer for us all, which means that we all have to roll up our sleeves. it's going to be a bumpy and difficult road, but i'm very encouraged with the process and i am sea -- am very excited about the future. gwen: excited about the arab summer? that sounds like more than a notion, especially with king abdullah having thousands of syrian refugees in jordan and they need our help. >> he went straight to that point and you mentioned that the president did announce he's going to push for $200 million in aid to jordan. i actually thought that that press conference was one of the weaker points of the president's trip. he seemed to be to be a little uneasy. gwen: the president did? >> i thought the president seemed a little bit defensive in that press conference. >> well, he's got a lot to be defensive about when it comes to this. think of the early s

has a wide range of investment choices that can fit your personal economy. fidelity investments, turn here. >> "bbc world news" was captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: president obama told jordan's king abdullah he's worried that neighboring syria will become a haven for extremists and vowed to persuade congress to swnf jordan more money to shelter syrian refugees. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, margaret warner is in amman and updates us on the president's middle east trip, capped by a breakthrough between two key u.s. allies. >> woodruff: then, we turn to chicago, where city officials announced plans to close 54 schools, most in overwhelmingly black neighborhoods. >> now we've got to worry about our kids going to another location. worry about what's going to happen to them going to school. >> brown: hari sreenivasan continues our series on broadband technology with a look at a new digital divide over how high-speed access and mobile devices are being used. >> woodruff: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >>

jeff goldberg's piece on king abdullah, got picked up by your former employer, "the new york times," as a news story. talk about what the king said that hasust an incredible job reporting and writing this story, i think. he spent a lot of time with the king, went back several times. i think what you get is this very complex portrait of a monarch trying to solve an almost impossible political puzzle. he talked very candidly about his relatively low opinion of some of his neighbors, including mow maumd morhammed morsi of eg prime minister of turkey who he sees as an islamist in sheep's clothing. he worries about corruption in his own family. we're talking about families, it's also the portrait of a father who's preoccupied with the future of his own son and he's trying to transition his monarchy to a kind of constitutional monarchy and he invokes it explicitly modelled on the british. because he says kings like me, is this really a long-term growth industry, are we going to be around this 15 years? >> this guy, he trashed everybody in this piece. it was kind of like the thought bubbles that you always imagine folks might have but you never

. >> one of the questions is what king abdullah will do to try to help solve this crisis. he hasoreign military intervention to stop assad, number one, and number two, when he was pressed yesterday about a previous offer the king had made to offer political asylum to assad and maybe that would solve it. get him out of syria. get him out of power. he yesterday hedged on all of that and said is a decision like that is above his pay grade which is pretty shocking since is he a very wealthy monarch if it's above the king's pay grade if it's even above jesse watters pay grade. that is a big, big monumental decision. >> i didn't know you knew my salary, ed henry. when did that go public? >> i have got sources all over the world my friend. >> jessie: behave yourself. >> clayton: the queen was the one that could make that decision. >> alisyn: that would be wise. meanwhile, get to your headlines and tell what you is happening including this terrible accident at birmingham airport in alabama. where a massive sign came crashing down killing a 10-year-old boy. boy and family were checking in

he was welcomed by jordan's king abdullah with fanfare, bagpipes, sword carrying guardsmen and camels. today, it was not the first time the president hasby camel. we wanted to show you during a tour of the great pyramids, there he was. and at an animal market in kenya, back when he was still a senator. i like that the president likes camels. he spends so much time with camels, i wonder if he's ever tried camel milk. we've been passionate about it on this program for a long time. it could be amazing for you. we first told you about it over a year ago. president obama, if you haven't tried it, here's why we think you should consider it. >> reporter: loud, dusty and very hot. the world's biggest camel ranch is busy at milking time. 2500 camels file in groups of 12 for automatic milking twice a day. camels produce about half as much milk as cows, but less might be more. some people say camel milk is like a miracle drug. they say it could help cure autism, diabetes, cancer and even aids. that's because camel stomachs are similar to human ones. that makes a big difference, according to veterinarians. the milk is called camel-licious and the

causing for jordan, one of the two arab countries that has a peace treaty with israel and the rells are increasingly worried the throne on which king abdullah sits is getting increasingly shaky. what the israelis want is for this to end sooner rather than later, and if that would mean the president sitting on his hands, they would favor that. if that meant sending in more arms, they would favor that. they want to go back, if you will, some version of what existed, which was no peace, no war, but at least stability on its northern border with syria. >> rose: let me make sure i understand what you're saying, both of you. if the president o wanted to end this conflict he would do so by sending in arms and he does not have to put boots on ground. >> i'm not saying that charlie. i don't think that would necessarily end things. it would perhaps favor the military balance on the opposition. on the other hand, the iranians and russians might continue putting stuff in, and you could have a situation where-- quote, unquote it's government falls but a sectarian war continues. indeed, i think that's now the more likely scenario, where you have long sec

has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! >>> we're awaiting president's joint news conference with jordan's king abdullah.e meantime, some 50 chicago public schools have been put on notice that at the end of the school year, they will be shut down. to try to close a $1 billion budget shortfall. the school district's ceo and chicago mayor, rahm emanual, say the closures are needed because there are too many schools with too many open seats. the move will affect some 30,000 children. the school closings in chicago, aren't an isolated event. fill larks newark, new jersey, washington and detroit have all closed schools to cut budget deficits. and that brings us to education nation. which is part of an ongoing commitment by nbc news, to foster a national dialogue about the future of education in america. today education nation is on the road in detroit with he had nbc's education correspondent, rehema ellis. >> we want to talk about what's happening to the schools in michigan. but in detroit, we can't help but talk about what's happening in the city of detroit. joining me right now is the governor of michigan,

king abdullah. >>> all right, the national rifle association is taking its fight against tighter gun control laws to court. the nra's new york state affiliate hasenging a gun control law signed by governor andrew cuomo in january. it strengthens the state's ban on assault weapons, limits ammunition magazines to seven bullets and tightens rules designed to keep the mentally ill from getting weapons. the nra says the state passed the measure with no committee hearing and no public input. >>> john lennon's widow is using social media to take aim at gun violence. yoko ono tweeted this picture along with several pictures including this one promptly retweeted by president obama's twitter account. it proclaims "over 1 million 57,000 people have been killed by guns in the u.s. since john lennon was shot and killed on 8 december 1980. >>> and just a few days after two teens in steubenville, ohio, were convicted of rape, another rape case involving teens is drawing a whole lot of attention because some are turning to social media to take vicious swipes at the young alleged victims. three teenage boys in the town of torington, connecticut, are accused of

king abdullah play a key roll if there is in the future a u.s. led peace push? >> he's going to have to play an essential role, because the other state that has signed a peace treatyegypt. and we know from the political changes that have occurred there in the wake of the arab spring that morsi has taken a much tougher line with israel and i think it very unlikely that egypt will play a historic role in trying to help out in a peace process. so it's going to fall more on king abdullah's shoulders in jordan. and that will be a big part of president obama's discussions with the king tonight and tomorrow along with the crisis in neighboring syria. >> let's talk about syria. let's start request the fact that i think 450,000 syrians have fled to jordan. and jordan's having some economic difficulties. what's that conversation between the president and king abdullah likely to be like? >> there will be the huge humanitarian crisis that jordan is facing. but politically, the king and the president face some common ground here. king abdullah is very concerned that the syrian rebels if they take over would, would establish a far more sort of conservative sunni muslim governme

has become somewhat strategically detached from the rest of the region. >> understandable. but the problem is if you don't do a deal now, then all of a sudden what if there is no king abdullah we don't know what's going to come up in syria. we already see that we don't have a negotiating partner in egypt right now that is -- truly could do what mubarak used to be able to do in this process. if you don't do it now you may never be able to do it. >> no. we have a strategy of security with israel which i believe is very important. it's a new orleans levee strategy. it's basically let's build those levees higher and higher to anticipate bigger and bigger storms. they're not trying to mitigate the concerns and problems in the region as much as i think would be more constructive. i think that's what president obama was trying to do. and he's doing something -- i mean, he's been on the charm offensive with republicans. he's now on a charm offensive with israeli youth. >> yes. >> also the entire palestinian public. he's doing to some degree what netanyahu did here in the united states during the election. going to the people. >> it causes pressure. the pressure works. it moved the

you might say jordan part of this has the most immediate results that might be forth coming, meeting with king abdullahperating for what to do with syria. you can bet a lot of the topic will be about security, defense, what to do about syria and their chemical weapons there with the king. that's going to happen in a couple hours. meanwhile, here in israel, everyone is digesting these two days of charm offensive by president obama and by all accounts, it's worked pretty well. these are the major daily newspapers here from israel. you can see the president here. that's gone over very well. the president again in his speech here and saying that president obama said demand peace from your leaders and this speech by president obama was an attempt to take his message directly to the israeli people and bypass netanyahu here. of course, for a long time, president obama's likeability here in israel hasn't been that high. only 10% in a recent poll. this speech was designed to really change that and at least according to local press and analysts here, he has certainly done a lot to soften his image. it's not so m

king abdullah then speak briefly to the press. only one question on each side and then the two men will have a dinner. as you point out, jordan is a close u.s. ally. the country has israel. and it's also home to close to 2 million palestinians. so, it would be an important player in any peace negotiations. so that would come up and be up for discussion. but there are other more immediate issues for them right now. syria, jordan has taken in more than 400,000 syrian refugees since the conflict began. so, john, clearly an enormous interest here in ending the crisis, and preventing the use of chemical weapons. so that's a topic. and king abdullah is among the few still standing after the arab spring. but under enormous pressure here made worse when in an interview with a u.s. magazine he described his country's tribal leaders as dinosaurs. that's hasn't gone over so well here. for domestic options you can't be too cozy with an american leader. but he does need the president's support. >> jess, real quickly, what was the american memento that the president left at the grave of yitzhak rabin? >> well, when the president was there he left stones from martin luther king