which i think... peoe e thpower of this love, and when they see pictures of you with your husband, king hussein, this connection that you had... and i think that... i remember thinking when i was a kid, trying to kind of do the double culture thing, because i was mexican, but i was also american, and just seeing you, and i was like, "wow, she was able to do this. she was able to bridge these two cultures." but so much of it was based on the power of love. >> a great deal, and while many people don't realize my arab heritage, and that i had worked in the arab world, i had worked in iran, and i'd worked in australia before i married, but i at the time was working in the arab world from a base in jordan and traveling throughout, doing research throughout a great many arab countries. so i had something of an understanding of the region, and i had an instinctive interest and curiosity because of my heritage. but it was my husband who had to persuade me through his faith in what we could be together, because i kept asking myself, "could i possibly be the right partner for him? i'm an independent youn

people forget that it was king hussein who intervened and we were doing wide river. >> yes. >> and he helped us overcome then what was also a block that we couldn't overcome. in fact, the jordanians do have a history of playing a quite helpful role in certain moments and given the context and as i said, if you look around the region today king abdullah of jordan is one of the -- is one of the few leaders in the region who is focused on this. cares about this and has a relationship with abu mazen and has a relationship with the israeli prime minister. >> so i think it makes sense to continue to try for the political process. what i want to suggest is even if you try for the political process, i think from an israeli standpoint it's important for them to be thinking about what are the steps that they can take that will help to validate those palestinians who were engaged in a state-building process who believe in non-violence, who believe in co-existence because if you'll have elections they're going to compete against those who reject coexistence and who believe in violence and from a

deal, we've reached a point where we hit the block we couldn't overcome and people forget it was king hussein when they were doing the river. he helped us overcome them what was also a block that we couldn't overcome. so in fact the jordanians to have the history of playing a helpful role at certain moments and given the context and as i said, if you look around the region today, king abdullah of jordan is one of the few leaders of the region who is focused on this, cares about this, has a relationship and also has a relationship with the israeli prime minister. it makes sense to try to continue for the political process. what i want to suggest is even as you try for the political process i think from the israeli standpoint it is important for them to be thinking about what are the steps they can take that will help the late the palestinians engaged in the state building process who believe in nonviolence and believe in coexistence because if you are going to have elections they are going to compete against those who reject coexistence and believe in violence. and from a strategic standpoint

reached a point where we actually hit the block we couldn't overcome and people forget that was king hussein that helped us at a critical moment. he helped us overcome them what was also the block we couldn't overcome. subject the jordanians to have a history of playing a helpful role at certain moments, and given the context, and as i said, when you look around the region today king abdullah of jordan is one of the few leaders in the region who is focused on this, cares about this, and has a relationship and also has a relationship with the prime minister. so, i think it makes sense to continue to try for the political process. what i want to suggest is even as you try for the political process a thing from the israeli standpoint it's important for them to be thinking about what are the steps they can take that will help validate those names who are engaged in the state building process who believe in nonviolence and coexistence because if you are going to have elections they are going to compete against those who reject the existence and believe in violence and from the strategic standpoin

and people forget that it was king hussein who intervened and helped us at a critical moment. when we were doing y river -- >> he flew in and -- >> yes. he helped us overcome then what was also a block we couldn't overcome. so, in fact, the jordanians do have a history of playing a quite helpful role at

hussein's toilet. he is truly the king of throwns. why don't you drop by? >> okay. how did he get that? >> i don't know. we'll be back. >>> we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> in our mail bag tonight, gay marriage in maryland, lawmakers say yes, but religious opponents plan to fight on. bill, from hillsborrow, virginia, asks, what does religion have to do with it? you can get married in vegas without stepping foot in a church. so if those opposed would stop and think about that for a minute and not associate marriage with their religious beliefs, we might be able to find some common ground or consensus, equal treatment for all. you know what, i agree with that last line, there are many who will see the rest of that situation very differently from what you wrote. i'm sure we'll hear from them. meantime, chuck in virginia is a lot more concerned with the price of a gallon of gasoline. obama does nothing on gas costs because that's what he wants to push his green agenda. we have all the oil we need be

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