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palestinian president mahmoud abbas will address the united nations general assembly later today. he is expected to outline his hope for formal nonmember status in the u.n. and hopes for statehood. many palestinians are losing patience with the peace process set in motion by the oslo accords nearly 20 years ago. vana but barring -- zena has this report from our malia. >> the west bank city of rolla -- ramallah is where yasir arafat's body lies. he personifies the palestinian struggle for nationhood. for decades, he was the face of the palestinian cause, not only here but also on the international stage. but eight years after his death, little has been achieved and the prospect of a palestinian state is such a distant dream. in fact, many would argue the palestinian cause has actually lost ground. they believe the oslo accord signed by arafat nearly 20 years ago has brought them any closer to a two-stage solution. >> i think everyone is convinced the oslo accord is dead and can only be through international pressure. if it was at the palestinians and israelis, they would not achiev

let's talk about the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas as he was also speaking at the general assembly today what was the purpose of his address. that's right that the palestinian leader addressed the international body and is asking for member observer status for palestine now just a year ago. submitted his application for full member status at the united nations but that that failed because it did not have enough support within the security council now the non member of the server satisfied allow palestine to participate in general assembly it would also their chances of joining the when agencies such as the international criminal court some believe it would be another so. it. is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu is very much against this. issue of palestine and israel needs to be resolved independently between those the both those parties alone it should not involve the united nations up palestine has a lot of support within the general assembly even though the us would not support palestine's full membership status i do believe that palestine will probably receive this nonme

first, let's talk about mahmoud abbas. last year he failed at that same podium to make the case that the palestinian status should be raised as a state, that they should have statehood. now he's going to go back and say we want a beefed-up status for palestinians shy of statehood. what would that accomplish? why is he doing that? >> well, for them, it's another symbolic improvement of their situation diplomatically. it is a step-down from the rousing reception he received last year when he announced that the palestinians want their own state and they made a push for it. the united states blocked them in the security council. the only organization here at the u.n. that can approve that. the u.s. has veto power. now they're back to palestinians. something called non-u.n. member status. it allows them to be on the same level as the vatican, allows them to vote in different u.n. organizations, potentially get closer in the international criminal court for bringing cases to israel. it's a step-down from last year. there really

netanyahu also spoke directly to the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. >> we won't solve our conflict with libelous speeches at the u.n. >> reporter: just minutes before abbas asked the u.n. to upgrade its status with the world body. >> translator: to assert the state that must be realized that is palestine. >> reporter: the change would allow palestine to pursue israel in the u.n.'s international court as the two battle over the west bank. >> translator: our people have become fixed targets for acts of killing and abuse. >> reporter: continuing conflicts, both that will likely require the continuous assistance of the u.s. in washington, i'm danielle leigh, nbc news. >>> well, as both presidential candidates make their way across battleground states, a new nbc news wall street journal marist poll shows president obama leading mitt romney in new hampshire. the two, however, are neck in >> reporter: earlier this week we were reporting new numbers for ohio and florida where president obama had a lead. new polls tell us in some battleground states it's much closer. mitt romney's message t

mahmoud abbas revealed the plan when he addressed the general assembly. abbas said palestinians have begun consultations with member staets to have general assembly adopt a resolution. palestinian authority applied for full membership as an independent state. they stalled negotiations in the security council. the palestinians are askingasse plan. resolutions are adopted by a majority vote in the assembly while permanent security council members have veto power. vatican city is the only u.n. observer state. if the palestinians receive observer status, state status, rather. that they might be able to join u.n. agencies including international criminal court. nhk's correspondent in new york says the palestinians hope such support from the international community will put pressure on israel to resume peace negotiations. >>> united nations official says the refugee crisis in syria may be even worse than expected. >>> the continuity of the open border policy and generosity given by host communities, that offer stretched limited resources to continue receiving r

mahmoud abbas is frustrated. i would not call him desperate, but he is clearly frustrated. if you got them in the same room and you confronted jerusalem border security refugees, guess what, you have a worse situation that now. you have a complete and utter breakdown and rupture. the palestinian economic situation is not good at all, according to the u.n. palestinian unity remaining with abbas is elusive at best. everybody will wait to see who wins the american elections and whether in the aftermath, president obama, who is very much seized with this issue, will continue to be seized with it. >> thank you very much. world leaders at the u.n. have also debated the line between free speech and religious intolerance following the anti- islamic video. it caused ripples across the muslim world. in pakistan, at least 20 were killed in demonstrations. who exactly are the demonstrators? we are in karachi. >> they have been gathering here every day to pray. for the soul of muhammed, a policeman. become to try to comfort his mother. she said she does not understand why her son, a mus

mahmoud abbas from the palestinian authority today was pretty similar to what ahmadinejad said. he said it's a campaign of ethnic cleansing, the palestinian people, by demolition of homes, prevention of construction, denial of services, and so on. the real sense i was getting, netanyahu barely mentioned any kind of peace deal today in his speech with the palestinians, you get a sense that the peace deal has never been further away. am i wrong to feel so pessimistic? >> well, it's understandable, people are pessimistic at the moment. the truth is, though, if we recharge this political process and got it back under way again, then the two-state solution which is the only solution, by the way, to the conflict, could be back on the agenda. but to do that, you need to have a framework of negotiation that's credible, because people have got to believe this thing will actually happen, and secondly, you've got to match the politics, if you like, the top-down political negotiation with changes on the ground that support the deal and don't go the other way against it. so this is why the p

. >> meanwhile, palestinian president mahmoud abbas accuses israel of what it calls ethnic cleansing. >> it is a campaign of ethnic cleansing, ask the palestinian people. >> tony blair worked out of number 10 downing street into what may be the toughest job, middle east quartet representative. he joins me now. thank you, mr. blair. it's been a big week with everything you're involved with now in the middle east. start with benjamin netanyahu's speech. very, very hard about iran, very clear and i will play a little clip in a moment of this bomb chart he produced. the big question i guess is -- two big questions. do you believe that israel is genuinely planning to do some kind of preemptive strike based on the rhetoric we're now hearing, and if they do, what should the reaction be particularly of america, but also other ally countries? >> well, is israel absolutely determined that iran should not acquire nuclear weapons capability, yes. i mean, how they prevent that is another matter. but i mean, it is clear that iran continues to work towards getting that capability and for israel, the

he spoke directly to the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. >> we won't solve our conflict with libelist speeches at the u.n. >> j minutes before he ask e u.orahetu with the world body. >> translator: to assert the state that must be realized that is palestine. >> reporter: the change will allow palestine to pursue the international court as they battle over the west bank. become fixar fctsfeople have killing and abuse. >> reporter: continuing conflicts, both that will likely require the continue assistance of the u.n. i'm danielle lee, nbc news. >>> as both presidential candidates make their way across battleground states, aew n news/"wall street journal" poll shows president obama leading mitt romy in new hampshire. they're neck and neck in nevada and north carolina. tracie potts joins us in washington with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: as we've seen in est oba seems to have a healthy lead in states like ohio and even florida. but in others, it's much closer. >> just getting elected will help. >> reporter: mitt romney's message to donors last night as polls show a tight race

netanyahu also spoke directly to mahmoud abbas. >> we won't solve our conflict with libellous speeches at the u.n. >> to assert the state that is palestine. >> reporter: the change would allow palestine to pursue israel in the u.n. international court as the two battle over the west bank. >> they've become targets for acts of killing and abuse. >> reporter: continuing conflicts, the likes of which will require the continued assistance of the u.s. >>> still to come here at 5:00, he lost his cool 30,000 feet in the air. what passengers had to do to control a man accuses of grabbing women in flight. >> the santana row fire ten years ago. coming up, a thank you to firefighters one decade later. >> good afternoon, i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. huge contrast from the 50s and 60s to 93 right now in livermore. temperatures not only increasing but the pollen as well. we'll let you know when our best chance of reaching 100 degrees will be in a few minutes. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have

continue to eventually seek full membership while seeking nonmember state as during the session mahmoud abbas also denounced israel's home demolitions as they ethnic cleansing of palestinians and political analyst and antiwar activist than is ben is says the u.s. is going to find its support of the church state. it's absolutely within reach and the one thing it could accomplish would be joining the international criminal court which would set the stage at least potentially for a serious international investigation of possible israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on palestinian territory in gaza for instance during operation cast lead in two thousand and eight and nine the threat is of course the threat that the united states has made to the united nations and its agencies that any u.n. agency that welcomes palestine as on equal footing with any other member is subject to the punishment that happened to unesco last year when palestine was welcomed as a full member of unesco and the u.s. immediately cut its seventy million dollar contribution twenty two percent of us goes bu

palestinian president mahmoud abbas both scheduled to speak a few hours from now. we await the headline which one already this morning. i'm bill hemmer. martha: i'm martha maccallum. mahmoud abbas is expected to recognize the state of palestine will netanyahu will push action on iran. it was a 24 hours ago president mahmoud ahmadinejad stood in the same spot. he lashed out against israel and the united states. >> translator: the current abysmal situation of the world and history due mainly to the wrong management of the world and the self-proclaimed centers of power who have entrusted themselves to the devil. bill: david lee miller now is live at the u.n. and what can we expect to hear from the israeli prime minister after he left israel late yesterday? david lee, good morning there. >> reporter: good morning, bill. it is expect the by many that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will essentially put forth the argument where the red line should be for military action against iran if in the eyes of israel and its allies that country continues to try to enrich

that there is no palestinian people once it is come out as once it is filed widely so once it is mahmoud abbas the excuses where all. these really you can trust these really prime ministers and politicians they will find many more excuses not to put an end to the patient with or without. where do we do we go from here i mean it looks pretty obvious that obama is going to be reelected least in my mind here do you see that because of all of the bad relations between the leaders of these two countries and we have to remember hillary clinton remember netanyahu when he was prime minister before i mean again i'm sure they would like to see the back side of him what do you think the relations will change because people say they're somewhat soured but we've heard this before. i don't think they're going to change dramatically you know i will say one thing just about this impending attack they're going to tell you how with all of his faults it's a shrewd politician and even he can see i think that there is no value to him at all. excuse me in attacking iran there's no political value there's no militar

jon: mahmoud abbas, the president of the palestinian authority is speaking now in front of the unitedask that body for nonmember observer status. let's listen in. >> translator: the occupying powers persisted with their settlements focusing on jerusalem and -- [inaudible] it is a campaign clearly and deliberately aimed at at allering the city's historic character and glorious image of the holy city etched in the minds of mankind. it is a campaign of ethnic cleansing of the palestinian people via the dem legs of their -- demolition of their homes and prevent ever construction and revocation of residency rights and denial of services especially with regard to schools, closing of institutions and impoverishment of jerusalem's community via a siege behind walls and checkpoints choking the city and preventing millions of palestinians from freely accessing its schools, churches, schools, hospitals, and markets. the occupying power has also continued its construction and expansion of settlements in distant areas throughout the west bank and continued its suffocating blockade as well as braze

general assembly on thursday as israeli and palestinian leaders address the chamber mahmoud abbas who caused a few right at the u.n. with his failed bid for palestinian statehood this time pursues a more modest goal to gain nonmember observer status but some regional experts think that with israel's main focus on iran palestinians will once again leave empty handed. it is one step ahead to put an end to this very acute patient birth it's a very very small step as i said before it's only the curative step because on the ground occupation is boy born i guess it is embarrassing for the united states year after year to spend against almost the whole world protecting israel but this also is not much more than a parasite. i think that succeeded to put the main international focus on iran and make the world forgets the q patient forget the palestinian problem and forget the personal story it's really not their gender i think this works against the palestinians not for them i had in the program we'll look at whether the relationship between the u.s. and israel is now on rocky ground a quiet s

mahmoud abbas and benjamin netanyahu will speak almost back-to-back on wednesday.ossibility of an israeli military strike against iran in the weeks ahead. iran's president ahmadinejad will give his final g-8 speech on wednesday. unlike the security council which can impose sanctions or authorize military interventions the general assembly has no real power. it focuses on public debates and issuing nonbinding resolutions. >> thank you mary ann. >>> campaign advisor to president obama robert gibbs talking. he's here on fox news sunday when chris wallace pressed him about the president's decision not to hold one-on-one meetings with world leaders while at the general assembly this week. >> this despite the fact is making time to appear on "the view." >> i want to go back to the u.n. and new york this week. you say he has schedules the foreign leaders have schedules, but the president has blocked out time to appear on t"the vie" on tuesday. he has time for wouldn't be pee goldberg but doesn't have time for world leaders. >> look, the president is going to be actively i

jon: if you would like to hear more of mahmoud abbas's speech, the palestinian authority president is now speaking in front of the united nations. we'll have it streaming for you live on foxnews.com. that does it for us today. jenna: america live starts right now. megyn: fox news alert on a historic moment. we're minutes away from remarks that could set the stage for a new battle in the middle east or an opportunity to stop iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons. welcome to "america live", everyone, i'm megyn kelly. the prime minister of israel is expected to speak at the united nations any moment now as his nation faces ever increasing threat from iran. prime minister netanyahu is expected to fus on the red lines he says need to be drawn regarding iran's nuclear development. recall he could not reportedly get a meeting weather our president to sit down and discuss these issues but he will have a very big microphone when he appears at the united nations moments from now and we will will all hear what his mayesage is. david lee miller is live at the u.n. for us. david lee? >> reporter: megy

what can we expect from mahmoud abbas and the israeli prime minister today?dy remembers this dramatic show on the floor of the u.n. general assembly when he said it was time for a palestinian state to be recognized by the u.n. afterwards, there was so much consternation, international community, the united states started withholding some aid for u.n. organizations, considering this. and so i think this year, he's going to be a little bit more subdued. he's going to talk about that it is time for this. but i think he's going to hold off calling for a vote. >> it has something to do with the u.s. elections, doesn't it? he's mindful of that? >> i think he's waiting until after the election, until he really makes the case. so i think -- and there are some efforts to try to get him to talk with prime minister netanyahu this week at the u.n., but prime minister netanyahu has one agenda in mind. and this is iran. and i think that he's really going to kind of give a final warning to the international community. he's going to lay out how far is iran going to go before

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palestinian president mahmoud abbas expected to campaign for nonmember observer stat turks stopping shorter, benjamin netanyau will speak to the assembly. he isn't expected to respond to abbas but address a more immediate concern for israel, iran's nuclear ambitions. >>> a top army general charged in a sex scandal, brigadier general jeffrey st. clair is accused of wrongful sexual conduct and having inappropriate relationships with several female subordinates a military hearing will determine if he will be court martialed. he served as deputy commander of the 82nd airborne in afghanistan before being relieved in may. >>> air force one was forced to abort a landing. the plane was flying the president to a campaign convenient in ohio but the pilot decided to pull up, circle around, try again. reporters on board say the jet hit bad weather and turbulence yesterday on approach to toledo express airport. news crews on the ground were initially confused about what was going on. moments later -- moments after this flyover, you could hear someone on the ground say, "well, that was interesting." ai

today netanyahu and mahmoud abbas will be taking the stage. and all of this is coming in just the next hour. mr. abbas will be up first. he's expected to ask the united nations to give his people the palestinian authority nonmember observer status. that's an expanded kind of status than he has right now. this after last year's failed bid to win u.n. recognition of a palestinian state. now, shortly after he speaks, israel's prime minister will take the podium p. and mr. netanyahu is expected to focus on iran rather than on palestinians. he's likely going to warn the united nations about the threat that israel faces from iran's controversial nuclear program, but his warnings take on a new sense of urgency after making it clear that israel would preemptively attack iran if diplomacy fails. netanyahu's threats have put i suppose you could call a significant strain on relations with the united states and president obama in particular who the prime minister of israel says is pushing to establish a clear red line. it is quite possible you'll hear abo

the president of the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas also addressed the general assembly accusing israel of ethnic cleansing. netanyahu called the speech liablous. abbas also pushed for an upgrade in palestinian un status from observer to nonmember state. >> netanyahu is meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton tonight. she has said the u.s. is not ready to commit to drawing those red lines netanyahu is calling for. >>> after eight years on the job fairfax county police chief is stepping down. chief david rohr will become the county executive for public safety and he'll not only be responsible for overseeing the police department, but also fire and rest couric public safety communications and office of emergency -- and rescue, public safety communications and office of emergency management. >>> fast flowing water waist high and thing life on mars, today nasa -- waist high supporting life on mars. today nasa scientists found evidence that it was all once there. this has been debated for years, but nasa says this fresh evidence might end that debate. so what is it? images bea

. >> what is he supposed to do if he's elected and he meets mahmoud abbas of the palestinian authorityay to him? >> that's exactly right. we have tried hard, i mean, american presidents of both parties have tried hard to be a broker for peace in the middle east. it's in everyone's interest. it's really in the interest of israel, which is our staunchest ally. but you can't be any type of broker if you've declared the whole thing over before it starts. and you've said that there's one side that's not willing to do anything. i mean -- >> in another gobsmacking clip from the $50,000 a plate fund-rais fund-raiser, mitt romney imagines himself as iranian ayatollah. listen to this. >> if i rn iran -- if i were ir iran, crazed fantic, i'd say let's get a little fissile material. >> can you ever recall a presidential candidate offering strategies to terrorists. >> not at all. i think this whole videotape was breathtaking. writing off half the electorate has got the attention. this issue of foreign policy, his approach to it and what he was tolg say to these people is striking and probably needs

let's listen to a little bit of what mahmoud abbas is saying to the united nations. >> military military colonial o packaged under new napes the unilateral plan for a so-called state with provisional borders. i repeat, provision, a state with provisional borders, this is a project that we categorically reject from az because it shall not bring about peace. mr. president, israel refuses to end the occupation and refuses to allow the palestinian people to attain their rights and freedom and rejects the establishment of the state of palestine. israel is promising the palestinian people a new catastrop catastrophe, a new set secret service -- set back. >> it's clear there has been not only no progress but setbacks that the hope of two states, the hope of a negotiated solution, that you had for so many, many years, has really been stalemated. what has to happen to get this back on track? >> you know, i think you're putting your finger on what is the biggest, single problem right now. right now on both sides there is a loss of faith and a loss of belief in a two-state outcome. the palestinians

earlier today, the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas address the u.n.. we will show you as much of his speech as we can before libya's president begins his address. [applause] >> i welcome the chairman of the executive palestinian authority. his excellency mossman abbas, and to invite him to address the -- mahmoud abbas, and invite him to address the general assembly. >> in the name of god, the compassionate and the merciful, president, the general assembly, ladies and gentlemen, i wish to begin by extending appreciation to all of the heads of all delegations. we stress the urgency for progress and just peace in our region. and it and gentlemen, we have confirmed what we have persistently drawn attention to and warned of, the catastrophic danger of the racist colonization of our country. during the last month, attacks by terrorists militias of israeli sectors have become a daily reality with at least 535 attacks perpetrated since the beginning of this year. we are facing a relentless waves of attacks against our people, our laws, churches, and monasteries

he is followed by a palestinian president mahmoud abbas. after that, a briefing at the pentagon. our live coverage of political debate continues at 11:00 p.m. eastern with the candidates for senate in nevada. representative heller this is representative berkeley. this race is a toss up. >> israeli prime minister netanyahu spoke about diplomacy and sanctions that are not working with regards to iran. his comments are half an hour. [applause] >> thank you. >> we invite prime minister netanyahu to speak before the assembly. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to see the general assembly presided by the ambassador from israel. it is good to see all of you distinguished delegates. ladies and gentlemen, 3000 years ago king david reigned over the jewish states in at the capitol of jerusalem. i say that to all of those who proclaim that the jewish state has no roots in our region and that it will soon disappear. throughout our history, the jewish people have overcome all of the tyrants who have sought our destruction. it is their ideologies that have been discarded by history. the people of i