mike viqueria is monitoring all the developments from washington. mike, what do the saudis and other guferl governmentsother gulf governments hope to accomplish by this invasion? >> the saudi ambassador adel al jabir, says they will do what they can principally targeting army barracks associated with the former president of yemen saleh. others are vowing cooperation with the saudi operation against the houthi reckless. we know president hadi recognized by the united states and saudi arabia as the legitimate leader of that country of yemen had fled sanaa just a couple of months ago in the face of a houthi onslaught. we understand houthi advances on that city has caused him to go into hiding. there are no ground is troops involved at this point. they had tried consultations and the employment approach but this was the last resort. >> we have tried to mediate the situation in yemen. we have put forth the gcc initiative and the -- worked on establishing the national dialogue in yemen in order to have a peaceful transition to a new yemen. the -- every att

for more on the view from washington, mike viqueria joins us now. mike good to see you. prime minister netanyahu is fighting to hold on in israel. secretary of state john kerry is trying to salvage a deal with iran right now he's in switzerland and in washington there is public fallout from that letter signed by 48 republicans saying any deal they make with president obama could be undone. what's the latest? >> it's interesting because the white house is making arguments two sides of the same coin. give us time if they can work out a deem with iran they are still putting the odds at less than 50-50. you see a note of optimism, john kerry is in switzerland for the end game of those talks. it is an executive agreement not a treaty, a sort of arrangement that the presidents have entered into since the start of the republic does not need advice answer consent of the senate or the legislature. all they do want obviously is the senate support and congressional support on this. on the other hand, only congress they remind us have has the power to lift the sanctions. the sanctio

mike viqueria has this report. >> fresh from his election night triumph, benjamin netanyahu sought to blur the lines he had drawn. there would be no one state solution. i. >> i don't want a one state solution i want a sustainable two state solutions, but circumstances have to change. >> reporter: if it should be changed, united states stands alone in the defense of israel. >> to walk away from the commitment just this week has prompted the united states to evaluate our position on these matters going forward. >> reporter: another open wound in the relationship using the specter of high israel-palestinian turnout on election day to scare tactic the israelis on election day. >> i'm proud to be prime minister of all israelis, arabs and jews alike. >> pretty transparent method of marginalize arab israeli citizens and their efforts to democracy. >> thursday president obama called netanyahu to congratulate him on his win. a call many expected to be done earlier. the president and the prime minister agreed ocontinue consultations on a range of issues including a difficult path forward to res

i'm mike viqueria in washington. >> mike, thank you. despite the u.s. and israel denouncing the palestinian inclusion in the icc they will be able to charge war crimes against israel. further strange the relationship on all sides. meanwhile the fallout from israel's election continues with the u.s. now indicating it may allow the united nations to place a deadline for creating a palestinian state. many believe the move is reaction to the comments prime minister netanyahu made before the election saying he wouldn't support a two state solution. he has since tine step back taken a step backwards. questions of when and if mid east peace talks would ever resume. and mid east war is only a matter of time. to future discuss the relationship of israel and the palestinians, professor at new york university and nonprofit new american foundation, american strategy program. gentlemen good to have you with us on the week ahead. >> thank you. >> i'll start with you dr. ben mair. has anyone been able to articulate what benjamin netanyahu's long term goal is? >> this

. >> mike viqueria is live in washington. good evening. one day after the election there is already new friction between the two countries. >> reporter: yeah, it's interesting stephanie and good evening to you. it's not just the victory of benjamin netanyahu but the way he got there. the tactics methods things he said, that are likely to cause more friction in u.s.-israeli relations. on the eve of the election benjamin netanyahu shifted his stance on a bedrock commitment. the goal, the free and independent palestine. wednesday secretary of state spokesman left open the possibility that the u.s. could soften its stance in the u.n. as a result. >> commitment to two state solution i think we all agree on that position. but we haven't changed our position with respect to the u.n. >> it was a short talk. >> a simple congratulatory call. those are typically pleasant, after the elections not more extensive than this. >> two more difficult years between leaders that have had an acrimonious relationship. president obama last not yet called snent. h

mike viqueria has more from washington. >> with benjamin netanyahu's speech to congress days away, more bad blood and acrimony in what is already a tense relationship. in a television interview national security advisory susan rice put it bluntly. >> what has happened over the past several weeks by virtue of the invitation that was issued by the speaker of the house and two weeks in advance of his election is that on both sides there has now been injected a degree of partisanship which is not only unfortunate, it is destructive of the fabric of the relationship. >> top officials including the vice president won't be attending the speech and president obama will not invite netanyahu to the white house. firing back from israel netanyahu was specific. >> translator: on such a critical opinion as to whether we exist or not, it is my duty to prevent this great danger to the state of israel. >> accused netanyahu of cherry picking the venue of the talks in order to katz them in the worst light possible and says it will stop sharing information from the negotiations with the israeli officials.

. >> mike viqueria joining us now live from washington. as jamie mcintire mentioned nearly 2,000 troops are still in afghanistan. do we expect president obama to change his mind on the numbers when the two meet tomorrow? >> you can expect the president to be announcing the white house is historianing strongly at that. with many of the wounded warriors you see in jamie's piece, went to camp david where he met with the defense secretary as well as the secretary ofsecretary of state and the ceo abdalla abdalla. ashraf ghani has one ask the troop draw down, the american troop levels now at 10,000 as recently they were at 130,000. he wants that 10,000 to stay as it is through 2016 that advise, train and equip role with the countertrornl aspect to it as counterterrorism aspect as well. john kerry the secretary of state was alongside ashraf ghani and here is what he had to say about ghani's request. >> president obama and president ghani have had regular discussions about the transition that's happening in afghanistan. president ghani has request

mike viqueria has more. >> having that press conference in washington, saudi arabia in conjunction with other gulf countries we should stress, david, that shared border between saudi arabia and yemen but an air campaign by saudi aircraft, american made t-15s probable a hundred of them -- probably a hundred of them. recognize president hadi as the legitimate president of that country. he of course has had to flee. just a couple of months ago the capital of sanaa as houthi rebels advanced from the north detaining him he escaped sa fa andsanaa,and ended up in aden. there are reports he had to flee by boat as houthi forces encroached on the outer limits of that city as well. aids, deny that report, state department has been in contact with that area now. saudi ambassador adal al jabir said they had consulted the united states before beginning them. >> this decision did not come lightly and was thought out very deeply and we have thought out very closely and very intensely with many of our allies and partners around the world and in particular the united states. we have had very fruitful and

mike viqueria has more. >> stemming from march 4th when the reports and allegations have it that twor secret service officials including a protective dale happened upon an active scene allegations that they were driving under the influence of alcohol they interfered with the crime scene nudging the barricades, with their car now key members of congress are asking is there a double standard? information has that it there was no determination whether or not these officers were driving under the influence of alcohol. there are also questions about the newly installed director of the secret service joe clancy an individual who was close to president obama hand picked by president obama after the commission appointed by president obama to look into what was wrong with the secret service after a string of embarrassing incidents suggested to the president that he hire someone from outside the agency, joe clancy comes from outside the agency, on another related note one of those embarrassing incidents that has brought the secret service under such scrutiny, omar gonzalez the man who late las