change if there's a will to change israel does not have this will be few look at the popularity of mr netanyahu in israel his popularity is an all time high after he basically doesn't mr obama about the you know to state solution and norm himself has was kind enough to pass the due to video of israelis are using children young children teaching them hatred discrimination and the law to kill arabs lebanese gazans so there is no wills or to change out america's encouraging this by allowing it to happen by overriding every single us security council resolution if you go to the jewish virtual library they they gladly and proudly mention how many times the u.s. has vetoed un security council resolutions can be no change when there's no will and one of the most important factors is israel has a need to expand it because it wants to embrace more and more people at the moment you know we were talking talks may go somewhere but the children of gaza the people of gaza are walking in sewage to go to school if there's a school to be found because there's no fuel why is there no fuel in one thousand nine hu

change if there's a will to change israel does not have this will if you look at the popularity of mr netanyahu in israel his popularity is an all time high after he basically it doesn't mr obama about the you know to state solution and norm himself has was kind enough to pass a youtube video of how israelis are using children young children teaching them hatred discrimination and the law to kill arabs lebanese gazans so there is no wills are to change and america's encouraging this by allowing it to happen by overriding every single us security council resolution if you go to the jewish virtual library they they gladly and proudly mention how many times the u.s. has vetoed un security council resolutions there can be no change when there's no will and one of the most important factors is israel has a need to expand it because it wants to embrace more and more people at the moment you know we were talking talks may go somewhere but the children of gaza the people of gaza are walking in sewage to go to school if there's a school to be found because there's no fuel why is there no fuel in one tho

change if there is a will to change israel does not have this well if you look at the popularity of mr netanyahu in israel his popularity is an all time high after he basically softened mr obama about the you know to state solution and norm himself has was kind enough to pass the due to video of israelis are using children young children teaching them hatred discrimination and the law to kill arabs lebanese gazans so there is no wills are to change and america's encouraging this by allowing it to happen by overriding every single us security council resolution if you go to the jewish virtual library they they gladly and proudly mention how many times the us has vetoed un security council resolutions so there can be no change when there's no will and one of the most important factors is israel has a need to expand it because it wants to embrace more and more people at the moment you know we were talking talks may go somewhere but the children of gaza the people of gaza are walking in sewage to go to school if there's a school to be found because there's no fuel why is there no fuel in one thousan

change if there's a will to change israel does not have this well if you look at the popularity of mr netanyahu in israel his popularity is an all time high after he basically sufism mr obama about the you know to state solution and norm himself has was kind enough to pass a youtube video of israelis are using children young children teaching them hatred discrimination and the law to kill arabs lebanese gazans so there is no wills are to change and america's encouraging this by allowing it to happen by overriding every single un security council resolution if you go sitters were to a library they they gladly and proudly mention how many times the us has vetoed un security council resolutions there can be no change when there's no will and one of the most important factors is israel has a need to expand it because it wants to embrace more and more people at the moment you know we were talking talks may go somewhere but the children of gaza the people of gaza are walking in sewage to go to school if there's a school to be found because there's no fuel why is there no fuel in one thousand nine hun

change if there's a will to change israel does not have this well if you look at the popularity of mr netanyahu in israel his popularity is an all time high after he basically softened mr obama about the you know to state solution and norm himself had was kind enough to pass a youtube video of how israelis are using children young children teaching them hatred discrimination and the law to kill arabs lebanese gazans so there is no wills are to change and america's encouraging this by allowing it to happen by overriding every single un security council resolution if you go to the jewish virtual library they they gladly and proudly mention how many times the u.s. has vetoed un security council resolutions so there can be no change when there's no will and one of the most important factors is israel has a need to expand it because it wants to embrace more and more people at the moment you know we were talking talks may go somewhere but the children of gaza the people of gaza are walking in sewage to go to school if there's a school to be found because there's no fuel why is there no fuel in one ni

change if there is a will to change israel does not have this will if you look at the popularity of mr netanyahu in israel his popularity is an all time high after he basically doesn't mr obama about the you know two state solution and norm himself has was kind enough to pass the due to video of israelis are using children young children teaching them hatred discrimination and the law to kill arabs lebanese gazans so there is no wills or to change out america's encouraging this by allowing it to happen by overriding every single un security council resolution if you go to the jewish virtual library they they gladly and proudly mention how many times the u.s. has vetoed un security council resolutions there can be no change when there's no will and one of the most important factors is israel has a need to expand it because it wants to embrace more and more people at the moment you know we were talking talks may go somewhere but the children of gaza the people of gaza are walking in sewage to go to school if there's a school to be found because there's no fuel why is there no fuel in one thousand

mr. netanyahu. the palestinian negotiators say the process has ground to a halt and hope mr. kerry can get them out of what they're calling a crisis. the israelis say they are creating crisis. the palestinians say the israelis are not serious when it comes to talks. it is not clear if there have been any meaningful talks. they point to the continued israeli announcements about doesn'ts, expansions. several senior palestinian negotiators have tendered their resignations. >> kerry is still in with his talks. we're expecting the secretary of state to make a few words in the next few minutes before returning to oh jerusalem for another meeting with mr. netanyahu. no optimism about progress here. >> john kerry from his point of view, it's the usually delicate balancing act whenever visiting this part of the world. >> yes, it is. again, it's inside ramallah, the palestinians will say he always gets that balancing act slightly wrong. we will have listened to that press conference earlier and not like what

to march he didn't why doesn't countries like you know why does it brock obama say myself and mr netanyahu were are in support of orange against this or that considers invoking. and margy by go back to president elect or. barack obama said that in two thousand and eight that no country should be subject to missile attacks from an outside entity which of course he was talking about god but the same sitting president right now drones the hell out of the world but you know what are the same words you know the international community will not stand another country firing missiles at you but the united states shoots missiles at countries all the time again as i said i think into the term international committee use in the by each country i think first of all in order to advance their own national interest there is no i think doubt about it so. you want to be think that stays on is that you think it is them on the truck is a fierce honest to use a term like that when you're just pursuing your national interest is it dishonest using that term. i think i think it's a very as i said it's a very ela

need to do is to have the world encourage mr abbas and mr mitchell to come to this not like what mr netanyahu say which. told him that he can say if you make reconsideration with hammers you mr was in mr president the police then you become a terrorist no way i mean you look at every movement in the world once you in the eyes of your enemy you're a terrorist but. of your people you are a hero you are a liberator and i think i must be a very very important segment of the control of the of new palestine so we need to encourage them we need to do that why i want to ask you about iran because recently we're seeing new signs of tension between the u.s. and israel over at least new iran talks that have opened. do you see that at all affecting between palestine and israel first we have to convince these rate is that it is to their benefit this happens because first if israel have to consider itself that is part of the whole region they must know that iran plays a very important part of it iran is very important players in this region and they have done they contribute to civilization they can contri

mr. netanyahu. i think mr. netanyahu's position is based on survival of their country. if iran publicly withdrew their desire to "wipe israel off the map" would the israeli decision change? >> this is something netanyahu misled leaders -- misled the public opinion for eight years. a year ago, the deputy prime minister of israel publicly said that from the beginning we knew the iranian president never said israel he should desk -- israel should be wiped off the map. >> ahmadinejad never said that? >> never said that. if you google it, you would see the deputy prime minister of israeliith an newspaper. this is online. you can find it. from the beginning, we knew he did not say it. it was misinterpretation. he denied holocaust or questioned holocaust, but he never said israel should be wiped off the map. it was a misinterpretation recognized by israeli officials. but look, the tone and the language after the election 100% has changed. the foreign minister, the president, they condemned the holocaust. the foreign minister congratulated the jews for their new year. >> what ab

mr. netanyahu was going to stop putting settlements in the west bank. now that's been pulled back.are very concerned about this. i think the concern i'm hearing also is when you have a carrot and you're offering something, you need to see that the other side is doing that before you give the relief from the sanctions. i think that is the criticism now. i want to say i really supported what secretary kerry did very early on saying i'm going to dig in on the palestinian israeli issue. we're going to finally get an agreement there that will settle that down. i thought that was the right priority. now i think that is in a more unlikely possibility because of this issue with iran. so i would hope that he would be going very slow in lifting the sanctions until we see real results that would make a difference. >> governor rendell, do you want to chime in? >> yeah. i think we won't know whether this was an effective road to go down until the six months are over and we see if there are more significant concessions made by iranians. if there aren't, we impose the sanctions we had lifted and

mr. netanyahu his cartoon character, his cartoon bomb at the end talked about the accumulation of enriched uranium enriched at the 20% level which gives you near weapons-grade. he said once he gets to 250 kilograms that is his red line. this deal brings it back to zero in that category because the most worrisome form of 20% enriched is either put into a powdered form or deluded to about 5%. so it does a lot. all of this is preparatory to a final deal and there are some general rents a pulse agreed to in the document from november 24 and they talk about a long-term agreement. they couldn't reach it at an agreement on exactly how that would be. they talk about a truly defined uranium enrichment program that would only be agreed if there is also agreement on specific limits of monetary measures to make sure that iran doesn't have the capability to break out of constraints suddenly and quickly get enough highly-enriched uranium for toms is at the key issues were really put off. the disposition of this plutonium production reactor they couldn't agree on that and they put off until the final dea

mr. netanyahu will agree to release a total of 104 palestinian prisoners over nine months of negotiations in the land of israel is one of the nation's vital interests. so if settlement construction continues do you think that that's the lynchpin for a peace deal being reached? >> well, i think it's an indication of how this process either from one side or the other is about one step forward, one step back. on the one hand, you know, prime minister netanyahu is taking on some, you know, political heat. he's paying a political price for releasing these prisoners. they do have israeli blood on their hands. but on the other hand, he then, in turn, gives the palestinians something that obviously announcing almost as a tandem the prisoner release, and new settlement activity. what it really means is you're not -- neither side has created the conditions that enable very difficult compromises that will have to be made as part of any kind of successful negotiation. the irony here is that the issues are well known. you know, jerusalem, right of return, you know, borders and security. there have bee

my own sense is that netanyahu really still in his heart, in mrs. ahmadinejad. [laughter] -- he mrs. ahmadinejad. he was the gift that kept on giving as far as israel. that's right. but at the end of the day, what's interesting about it is that there are a lot of parents in israel, at least from what i understand from so my israeli friends, that are questioning his approach and saying you are not serving the interests of israel by isolating it, by getting into a public spat, public disagreement with the united states. states. >> tragicomedy of all the israeli debate a lot. is it useful he remains so negative? will that put pressure on the united states to try to get more concessions out of the iranians? or is he isolating himself? will he be less relevant as these negotiations go on? >> i think he has become a less potent and i think that is been very problematic for israel. i wrote in my book, the last of my book, deserve issues interest because it has legitimate concerns about this issue. it would be more helpful to be helpful towards the process and ensure th

mr. president, i'm a reporter for israeli channel two. i have been listening to your analysis of the iranian deal, and i can only imagine a different -- a slightly different analysis given by our prime minister netanyahu >> i think that's probably a good bet. that's more than 50/50. [laughter.] >> israelis are known for their understatement. [laughter] and i try to imagine a conversation between you two. and he would ask you, mr. president, i see this deal as a historic mistake -- which he has already stated -- and i think it's the worst deal the west could have gotten. and you would have told him, bibi, that's where you go wrong. what would you have told him? that's one thing. and then, perhaps to understand the essence of your conversation, he would ask you, mr. president, is there one set of circumstances under which you will order your b-52s to strike in iran? what would you tell him? [laughter] is there any set of circumstances in which you will order your fighter pilots to strike in iran? what would you tell the prime minister? >> let me make a couple of points. number one, obviously, the conversations between me and the prime minister are for me and the prime minister, not for an audience like

last thursday -- to president netanyahu last thursday -- alan's first briefing to the german prime minister and providing mrkerry with some and theal topics, secretary of state making a trip last wednesday to provide political support to eastern european nations that are seeking cologne -- seeking closer political ties with the european union. the secretary of state is here in washington this weekend, hosting the kennedy center honorees. the president will host them today for an event that will take place at the kennedy center , including billy joel who will be among those being honored. you can see that later this month on the cbs networks. next is alan joining us from tallahassee florida. caller: good morning. eu andto thank brian and susan and the rest of the c-span staff for the good job you do in journalism and thanks for the opportunity to have a few words we are inve that decline in the main reason is because we got away from the bible. if we keep on doing it we are going to end up a third world country like africa, asia, and too many other parts of the world. that is all i have to say. thank you for

netanyahu is here. his excellency, president of [indiscernible] is here. prime minister of canada is here. his excellency, the president of the united states, mr. barack obama is here. the president, his excellency prime minister of denmark and the conference frederick is here. his excellency, of the european counsel is here. the president of croatia, his excellency, the president of nigeria is here. the honorable prime minister david cameron of the united kingdom of great britain is also here. his excellency, the president of guinea is here. and the president of brazil is here. it is at this point that i'd like to call upon president of brazil all the way from latin america to come and address us. >> [speaking in portuguese] translator: family members of nelson mandela and presidents and the people of south africa to whom i'd like to convey my condolences for the loss of nelson mandela. portugese]g in translator: ladies and gentlemen, heads of state and the government, dear friends, i bring you hear today, -- here today, the feelings of deep sorrow as the brazilian government and people of brazil and i'm sure of all south america for the passi

mr. speaker, i think the obvious answer there is clear. netanyahu also asked why iran is trying to develop international, intercontinental ballistic missiles if not to further its nuclear ambitions. icbm's are purposefully designed to be a transportation vehicle for a nuclear weapon. as netanyahu pointed out, you don't build those to carry t.n.t. thousands of miles away. the prime minister's clearly troubled in light of the u.s. history with north korea, just like north korea before it, iran professes to seemingly peaceful intentions it. talks the talk of nonproliferation while seeking to sanctions and buying time for its nuclear program. has derstands that america the same negotiating table and blicked. instead of -- blinked. netanyahu offers a solution. he lays out steps to the iranian regime can make to show a willingness to negotiate and possibly have sanctions lifted. netanyahu proposes four steps for iran. some that we need to look at as well. number one, ending all iranian enrichment. number two, removing its eneventtory of enriched uranium,

mr. president, i'm a reporter for israeli channel two. i have been listening to your analysis of the iranian deal, and i can only imagine a different -- a slightly different analysis given by our prime minister netanyahu. >> i think that's probably a good bet. that's more than 50/50. [laughter] >> israelis are known for their understatement. [laughter] and i try to imagine a conversation between you two. and he would ask you, mr. president, i see this deal as a historic mistake -- which he has already stated -- and i think it's the worst deal the west could have gotten. and you would have told him, bibi, that's where you go wrong. what would you have told him? that's one thing. and then, perhaps to understand the essence of your conversation, he would ask you, mr. president, is there one set of circumstances under which you will order your b-52's to strike in iran? what would you tell him? [laughter] is there any set of circumstances in which you will order your fighter pilots to strike in iran? what would you tell the prime minister? >> let me make a couple of points. number one, obviously, the conversations between me and the prime minister are for me and the prime minister, not for an audience like

mr. secretary. >> okay. let me just say to you that the iranians know that this threat is on the table. i do want to say one quick word about israel and prime minister netanyahu. i speak to the prime minister usually a couple times a week, or several times. i've talked to him yesterday morning. i'm leaving tomorrow and i'll be seeing him thursday night. we are totally agreed that we need to focus on this final comprehensive agreement. and the national security adviser of the prime ministers here in washington this week working with our exports, and we will work hand in hand closely not just with israel but with our friends in the gulf and others around the world to understand everybody's assessment of what constitutes the best comprehensive agreement that absolutely guarantees that the program, whatever it is to be, is peaceful. and that we have expanded by an enormous amount the breakout time. this first step agreement, mr. chairman, actually does expand the breakout time. because of the destruction of the 20%, because of the lack of capacity to move forward on all those other facilities, we are expanding the amount of time it would take them to break out. a

mr. secretary. >> okay. let me just say to you that the iranians know that this threat is on the table. i do want to say one quick word about israel and prime minister netanyahu. i speak to the prime minister usually a couple times a week, or several times. i've talked to him yesterday morning. i'm leaving tomorrow and i'll be seeing him thursday night. we are totally agreed that we need to focus on this final comprehensive agreement. and the national security adviser of the prime ministers here in washington this week working with our exports, and we will work hand in hand closely not just with israel but with our friends in the gulf and others around the world to understand everybody's assessment of what constitutes the best comprehensive agreement that absolutely guarantees that the program, whatever it is to be, is peaceful. and that we have expanded by an enormous amount the breakout time. this first step agreement, mr. chairman, actually does expand the breakout time. because of the destruction of the 20%, because of the lack of capacity to move forward on all those other facilities, we are expanding the amount of time it would take them to break out. a

because the obama administration put a lot of pressure on prime minister netanyahu of israel he said, you, mr. prime minister, have to agree to release over 1,000 murderous thugs, including murderers who murdered an american, before the palestinians will come to the table to negotiate with you on the israeli-palestinian conflict. that was our president who put pressure on the prime minister. you've got to release thugs in order to negotiate. we would put that kind of pressure on israel and we wouldn't put that kind of pressure on iran? you see, that's why, mr. speaker, i ask the question -- did the negotiators forget which nation they were negotiating for? because it looks to me like the score is pretty clear. united states zero, iran made out on the deal. the sad thing about that final score, and let's hope it's not the final score, is that again, the hinge of history turns. and if you have an iran with a nuclear weapon, it won't be just iran. you will explode proliferation, saudi arabia will have a nuclear weapon, egypt will have a nuclear weapon. we will have a nuclear weapon most likely i

mr. secretary. >> okay. let me just say to you that the iranians know that this threat is on the table. i do want to say one quick word about israel and prime minister netanyahuk to the prime minister usually a couple times a week or several times. i talked to him yesterday morning, and i am leaving tomorrow and i'll be seeing him thursday night. we are totally agreed that we need to focus on this final comprehensive agreement. and yossi cohen, the national security advisor to the prime minister, is here in washington this week working with our experts. and we will work hand in hand closely, not just with israel, but with our friends in the gulf and others around the world, to understand everybody's assessment of what constitutes the best comprehensive agreement that absolutely guarantees that the program, whatever it is to be, is peaceful, and that we have expanded by an enormous amount the breakout time. this first-step agreement, mr. chairman, actually does expand the breakout time. because of the destruction of the 20 percent, because of the lack of capacity to move forward on all those other facilities, we are expanding the amount of time that it would t