in fact, palestinian authority resident mahmoud abbas party actually applauded the attacker in joppa last night, praising him and calling him a martyr and hero. just under two hours, the vice president is scheduled to meet with mahmoud abbas in the west bank city of ramallah so you can bet these attacks will definitely be a significant part of thediscussion along with peace talks and the push for a two state solution. back here at damascus gate , it is called. it is quiet, at least for now but there is a high security presence behind the camera. we are seeing soldiers on the rooftop. there's always soldiers by the gate but up along the wall you can't really see it but there are also security personnel up there and that is definitely unusual. in light of these attacks, a high security presence. it is calm and quiet for now. jenna? jenna: quickly, as mahmoud abbas calling this individual a martyr and we are referring to this as a stabbing attack, our israeli officials calling it a terrorist attack or are they not going as far as to say that yet? >> let me be clear. abbas hasn't called

. >> joe biden complete with mahmoud abbas wednesday -- met with mahmoud abbas wednesday. as biden met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> let me say in no uncertain terms. the united states of america condemns these acts and condemns the failure to condemn these acts. this cannot become an accepted modus operandi. >> reporter: biden was condemning the series of acts in the last months, 28 israelis and two u.s. citizens have been killed. including taylor force on tuesday. on its twitter page, abbas's fattah party. s. >> the retribution that it generates has to stop. >> biden says his family was dining not far from where force was stabbed to death. and a dozen others wounded. >> this cannot be viewed by civilized leaders as an appropriate way in which to behave even if it appears to inure to the benefit of one side or the other. >> reporter: since october 187 palestinians have also been killed, according to israeli police most were assailants but some were shot by israeli forces during demonstrations. deep frustration over israeli occupation and settlement bu

especially today on twitter, the fattah party, the political party of palestinian presidentes mahmoud abbasted a photo of a cartoon basically extolling thet stabber that stabbed the americanab student. >> ifill: was there any concern that the latest attacks were coordinated to happen at the same time as vice president biden's arrival? >> there's no sense of that here in israel and israeli defense officials have said this is just a part of the months of vibes that we've seen -- of violence we've seen here almost every day. >> ifill: we've watched carefully in the u.s. the strained relations often between the u.s. administration and the israeli government. does vice president biden's strong words today condemning the palestinians for failing to respond, does that go -- was that designed, or can we tell, to heal that rift? >> well, it's interesting. w joe biden mentioned today on the cameras that he has had a very long relationship with primeth minister netanyahu going back decades. he said he wasn't here in israel with a certain peace plan, but het was here to speak with his good friend netan

mahmoud abbas. >>> waiting for fighting to settle down last week at a ceasefire was declared. >> canadiandenov for country's participation this the anti-i.s.i.l. coalition, has said they will continue to help in the anti-i.s.i.l. effort. >>> coming up, another thorn in the side of cubaa and the united states. plus, flint, michigan's water crisis and its impact on the presidential race. >> we're still looking at very significant rain in the western united states, we are looking for a big warmup for the east coast. more on that when we return. is. >> crews in flint, michigan have finally started to replace some corroded pipes. congressional delegation, including nancy pelosi. bisi onile-ere reports. >> reporter: house minority leader nancy pelosi and others visited flint, water crisis has plagued the community for nearly two years. >> what we further learned today we know we have to act. we have come here to listen, to learn, to act upon what we have well, put together after this, so that we can give hope and healing. >> reporter: outside the city's east side, karen weaver kicked off her fa

for meetings with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian authority president mahmoud abbasnal stop is on, jordan with a meeting with king abdullah. the tampa bay rays are heading to cuba, to play an exhibition game against the cuban national team. president obama is expected to attend during his visit to cuba later this month. the rays are the first big-league team to travel to the island in nearly 17 years. global news 24 hours a day. back to you. carol: commodity markets are closing in new york. let's take a look at the biggest movers. gas, on pace to close at its lowest since 1999. forecast of a mild march weather in the eastern u.s. pushing futures lower for the second time in three days. down almost 4%. down 28% for the year. choppy trading for oil prices. gains and losses today. prices settling in around half a 60 a barrel.. speculation that low gasoline prices will ultimately boost demand. tracy: we are going to stick with oil. exxon's annual analyst meeting wrapped up a few hours ago. they say they scaled production targets and spending on capital projects will cont

statement from palestinian president mahmoud abbas' political party praising the stabber. >> the united states of america condemns these acts and condemns the failure to condemn these acts. this cannot be viewed by civilized leaders as an appropriate way in which to behave. >> attacks in the region over the past five months have claimed the lives of more than 180 palestinians and at least 28 israelis. >>> thousands of people are expected to say their good- byes this week to nancy reagan. her casket now lying in repose at the reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. as cbs 2's danielle nottingham reports, today begins three days of mourning for the former first lady. >> reporter: house speaker paul ryan paused at nancy reagan's casket as ronald reagan presidential library to pay his last respects to the former first lady. thousands of mourners also packed the library to honor her. >> i just wanted to pay you know, did a lot for our community and for the united states. >> when a person that you love and admire actually passes, it takes a lot of the wind out of you and, um,

melissa: vice president joe biden just wrapping up a meeting with palestinian authority president mahmoud abbase lead-up to the meeting with abbas, biden calling out palestinian officials over the death of an american student and veteran taylor force. force was stabbed by palestinians in an attack yesterday. abbas reportedly refused to condemn the attack. biden's response quote, this can not be viewed by civilized leaders as appropriate way to behave. it is just not tolerable in the 21st century. david: i hope somebody is listening. in the midst of vice president's biden's visitisrael, iran reportedly test-fired two more ballistic missiles, this time with the phrase, israel must be wiped out written in hebrew on the missiles. here to weigh in on this, ambassador john bolton, american enterprise institute senior fellow and former u.s. ambassador to the united nations and fox news contributor. ambassador, it couldn't be coincidence that the missile was tested on the day vice president biden was in israel, could it? >> the iranian ayatollahs have concept for the obama administration. they violate

12 other people before being killed by israeli security forces, >> catherine:palestinian leader mahmoud abbas offered condolences, but no condemnation his political party posted a statement online praising the attacker as a hero and a martyr". >> catherine:also suggesting such attacks as israel does not believe in the two-state solution and ending its occupation." >> catherine:police say the man arrested outside the white house yesterday after allegedly shooting a pastor in idaho had a list of intended targets in the capital. >> catherine:kyle odom was the subject of a national manhunt. he's suspected of gunning down pastor tim remington outside his church sunday. >>coeur d'alene poce chief lee white "we took measures to try to locate him, and once we were unable to, we put a warrant in the system in our national database. how someone with a felony warrant could board an airplane, i'm not the person to answer that question." >> catherine:police in idaho say he left behind a manifesto listing the pastor and names of dozens of senators and representatives. also members of the israeli government

he was meeting with mahmoud abbas today. the reports of this particular incident were just emerging prior to my briefing yesterday. at that point, i heard strong condemnation, as we routinely do, in these terrorist incidents. at the time we were not aware that an american citizen was the victim of this crime. this kind of attack would be outrageous, even if it didn't involve an american. but clearly it does. that is why the thoughts and prayers of everybody here at the white house are with the family of the young man who was killed yesterday. the vice president spoke to this when he had an opportunity to do so in his public appearance prime minister netanyahu. it does seem hard to imagine that this issue would not come up when the president meets with president abbas. >> the expectation that he will publicly condemn the attack? sec. earnest: our expectation would be that public officials, particularly those in a position of leadership, would condemn any act of terrorism. and would condemn any effort to carry out and the viol

for example, running after first yasser arafat and then mahmoud abbas to try to make a peace they didn't really want to make, instead of our going after the people who have toe clired war against us, like osama bin laden, and the regime of iran. mistakes have been made, but you can't throw out the baby with the bath water, and we would compound the felony greatly if god forbid we were to elect a guy who's willful and self-possessed, but totally ignorant like the donald. that would be insane. i think, really, america needs responsible leadership in the world, not trying to make democracy everywhere, not trying to tell other nations what to do, but being a friend to our friend and enemy -- ad very vary to our adversaries. i think that's the only way it's worked well over the last 70 years. host: do you think it's still working well? caller: well, it isn't working because president obama isn't working it. he's somewhere between being a difficult i can't and feckless and disengaged in some alternative universe why cuba and venezuela become the priorities in the midst of a world raging with c

he's meeting with mahmoud abbas. will that be front and center of the conversation? >> the reports of this particular incident were just emerging prior to my briefing yesterday, and at that point, you know, i have strong condemnation as we routinely do when these kinds of terrorist incidents occurred. at the time we weren't aware that the american citizen was a victim of this. this kind of attack would be outrageous even if it didn't involve an american, but clearly it does and that's why the thoughts and prayers are here at the white house with the family of the young man who was killed yesterday. the vice president spoke to this when he had an opportunity to do so at his public appearance with prime minister netanyahu and it does seem hard to imagine that this issue wouldn't come up -- >> vice president meets with president abbas? >> sure. the information that he would publicly condemn this attack? >> our expectation will be that you would -- that public officials, particularly those in a position of leadership, would condemn any act of terrorism and would condemn