netanyahu, but they could still form a coalition? >> i don't think people here have given up hope quite yet. the fact of the matter is that they're neck and neck with mr. mr. net netanyahu's likud party. the zionist movement and parties and many respect that they would be able to form the coalition with don't seem to be able to cross that crucial 61-seat threshold that is needed to form a government in the 120 seat parliament. there is also questions about just what exactly the zionist movement will be able to offer some partners that might not necessarily be natural partners with them, parties which may have been with mr. netanyahu's coalition, parties with perhaps more right-wing views, and whether there is enough that they could entice them over to their side. there are a lot of questions about that. still, there might be a glimmer of hope for the zionist union and that could come in the form of the president the president of israel effectively casts one of the forerunners of any election when the results are in to try to form a government. they're given six weeks to do that and there is a possible chance that the zionist union will be able to convince

mr. netanyahu would put it. mr. netanyahu would know his supporters would support him in this because that is what he has been talking about all of these past years. he is playing on this security issue, although we have to say that if you look at the polls, most israelis, for them, security is important and they would say they don't want to see iran becoming a nuclear state but for them, it's much more important, the economy and housing prices and so on. >> many thanks to tonya cramer in jerusalem. thank you both. >> to russia now or there are conflicting reports about the availability of possible surveillance video showing the slaying of kremlin opponent, boris nemtsov. >> he was gunned down on friday evening and russian officials say a full investigation is underway. there have however, been no arrests as of yet. >> what happened remains murky despite testimony from boris nemtsov's girlfriend. >> she has made her first comments about the murders she witnessed in front of the kremlin walls. >> from where did the at

mr. netanyahu because he went too far in his relations with mr. obama. i don't think mr. obama is going to forgive or to forget. >> stop threatening -- >> reporter: like netanyahu's speech this month to congress attacking u.s. negotiations over iran's nuclear program, a speech made without consulting obama. israel is not a party to the iran talks where the outline of a deal is expected next week. if that is achieved, it could prompt netanyahu to ramp up his criticism of president obama and, scott that's going to add to the already bad blood. >> pelley: barry petersen in tel aviv for us tonight. barry, thank you. palestinian leaders said netanyahu's campaign was based on racism and apartheid. no cheering at the obama white house either tonight where we find major garrett. major? >> reporter: the white house said netanyahu's victory will have no effects on nuclear talks with iran. top officials say they believe the israeli prime minister will not walk it back and the u.s. is stuck with a new and unwelcome reality in its pursuit of piec instructed top advisors to come up with

mr. netanyahu -- mr. herzog said mr. netanyahu is misleading the country by declaring victory. herzog says he intends to do everything he can to form a coalition government of his own. listen -- >> translator: we don't know what the final result will be because some of the parties are just on the edge. election threshold-wise. they might clear the threshold or might fall short of the threshold. we will take every effort to form a truly social government for israel. >>> journalist greg callstrom is covering the israeli elections from tel aviv. his recent article in "foreign policy" is entitled "the last days king b.b." he joins us now live via skype. well, it does appear mr. netanyahu has trounced his opponent, isaac herr, with this dramatic turn of event. now the question whether he can successfully form a governing coalition. how will that likely play out, do you think? >> he has two routes to a governing coalition. one is to assemble a narrow center right government. for him to do that, he will need to pull in a couple of natural allies on the right. he would need the ultra or

mr. netanyahu and the opposition leader, isaac herzog and his zionist union block to form a government together. it's going to be increasingly difficult for mr. netanyahu to do such a thing given the fact that he has a pretty substantial number of seats and ideologically he is divided from mr. herzog, enough to not want to join into a coalition government with him. again, anything can happen in israeli politics. it is about trying to put together a government so that mr. netanyahu can secure a historic fourth term in office, potentially making him israel's longest serving prime minister. >> he'd be quietly pleased with himself. i don't think mr. netanyahu would say it out loud, but all indications before the poll that this was going to be super super tight but in the end he probably did quite well. >> indeed. i don't think mr. netanyahu had any idea he or his likud party would do so well. it really was doomsday for lack of a better word for mr. netanyahu and his likud party. when you look at his behavior at candidate, he really lunched extremely far right to try to get his far right supporters to get behind him. of course, saying as we've be

netanyahu. now we learn that mr. obama is not buying mr. anyahu's post campaign policy shift on the issue of whether he's committed to a two-state solution. now many confused about where israel actually stands on this. what's been the reaction there? >> reporter: the administration here the prime minister's office insists that they never change their minds. there was no back and forth, no flip-flop. they insisted it was misinterp misinterpretation of netanyahu's comments before the election where he seemed on to state there would be no palestinian state under him. the administration inexists what are the realities of the middle east and instabilities here. however, as you mentioned, president obama not buying that explanation for the apparently contradictory commence. the real question is what happens, what changes. both sides seem confident and have gone out of their way to see that the financial assistance remains strong. the question though and the biggest question we keep hearing is what about at the u.n.? if the u.s. is used for a long

mr. netanyahu appealing to their base. mr. netanyahu saying quite categorically at one point that he would not engage in any kind of talks with the palestinians that would lead to a state. this appealing to the far right of his coalition. we had isaac hertzog, it was announced that his running mate, former peace negotiator had dropped their deal, which they agreed some months ago where they would rotate the prime ministership. this is significant. really a clear sign here that these leaders are trying to get as many votes as they possibly can. >> easy for us to look at this as a two horse race. certainly looking at who will be the next prime minister it is, however the smaller parties are intriguing because of the voting threshold and the parties have come together in sort of a loose union. >> indeed. that is why this election is historic in many ways. this is the first time we're seeing the four main political parties joining together under what's called the joint list. they are predicted to win at least 13 seats and that will

mr. netanyahu. finally, i would point out that if iran were the number one concern of mr. tanyahu, then by definition, a deal with the palestinians isn't the number one concern. and if you want to worry about your number one concern, you offer something to the palestinians and tell mr. obama, hey, look, i'm giving you x, you give me y. he hasn't done that. so he hasn't helped his cause at all, in my view. but objectively, the deal is terrible. the behavior in the region is all of a pattern even as i say with respect to afghanistan and the pattern is simply some kind of condominium or less, some kind of off shoring american influence, prestige in the region and just simply handing it to tehran. i will stop there. >> a quick response and we'll take questions after that. david rothkopf: i never said the word quick, but i'll make an effort to be brief. first of all, i think we need to look at the response of the saudis and the g.c.c. states to the houthi gains in yemen, not just in the political context of yemen nor in the traditional shia-sunni terms. it's also a response to t

mr. herzog and mr. netanyahu are listening. we are in the holy land, the average time of forming a coalition is 38.7 days. that's going back to 1996. 40 days and 40 nights. a bit of time before we get the next government. polls close at 8:00 p.m. u.k. time. guy: the u.k. will be watching carefully. some say it could take that long to form a government here. elliott gotkine from tel aviv, covering the israeli elections. head to bloomberg.com p are you can read more about why israelis are weary of benjamin netanyahu. a little wary about choosing a new rival to replace him. we're going to take a break. we will be back in a couple minutes. ♪ guy: good morning. you are watching "the pulse," live from london. a recent report from the u.k. accounting regulator, the financial reporting council, said public companies need to do more to shape cultures to improve corporate governance. the frc wants improvements to gender balance onboard spirit joining us to discuss this is chairman of the frc. good morning. let's talk about the latter. i'

mr. netanyahu has insisted that his speech to congress is not to inject any partisanship. but there are at least 49 democrats who say they will skip mr. netanyahu's speech. they say they're protesting the prime minister's appearance as an affront to the president. >> one of the dozens of democratic lawmaker whose plan not to attend the speech is john yarmouth. while a republican to the left of screen will be there with every republican member of congress. both in separate studios. congressman yarmouth do you have a problem with the speech? >> i have a problem with the fact that speaker boehner invited prime minister netanyahu to come two weeks before the israeli elections and specifically invited him to sabotage the administration's efforts to negotiate a settlement to the iran nuclear situation. he explicitly said that. he said i'm not going to sit by and do nothing. and he invited netanyahu to come by and refute the administration position. so i have a very serious objection to that. the issue should not be whether any individual or 50 individuals attend or don't attend the speech. the question is should is this appropriate? where

mr. obama and mr. netanyahu. so i don't think that mr. boehner would have gone to israel had bibi lost the election.here said in essence this is not just a victory for mr. netanyahu, that election it is also a victory for mr. boehner. the idea that politics stops at water's edge that is gone. certainly when you're looking at the relationship between israel and the united states. and certainly when you're looking at the iran deal. look, this administration this president, you know he wants something to hold up. a piece of paper to hold up as his legacy on foreign policy. mr. kerry and his predecessor, hillary clinton, had perhaps hoped it could be a peace deal between israelis and palestinians. that is clearly not going to happen anymore. so mr. obama is very much hoping that despite the reelection of mr. netanyahu, despite the complications that this means for his negotiations despite the acrimony with republicans he he can drive this through. this negotiation and bring it to the finish line. that's why he appealed directly to the people of iran in his message, the iranian new year to say this is a

mr. rivlin will decide who amongst them he will .to form a government. it looks all but certain that he will ask mr. netanyahu, who performed extraordinarily well in the election surpassing anybody's expectation, but mrtanyahu has a bit of a difficult choice ahead of him. made some controversial statements in the final days of the election and the final hours of the poll. those statements have caused a bit of a rift with the united states. so mr. netanyahu needs to decide if he wants to have a more hawkish government forming the coalition with far right political parties and religious political parties which are hers normallies or he can do what the president wants, which is to form a unity government with the opposition leader t icic herzog and perhaps present a more dovishitionisi government. whatever he decides, we won't learn any time soon. he has six weeks to effectively cobble together a coalition. so, a we have been saying, it will be some time before we see the shape of israel's 34th parliament. >> an afghan woman lynched by a mob after being accused of burning pages of the quran. the parents of the 2 jooefrnld woman said their daughter suffered from a mental illness. afghan officials say the

mr. herzog does. look at the key issues that the israelis are weighing. issues like the economy and housing, and mr. herzog is much more strong when it comes to those issues, but mr. netanyahu, who has spoken quite at length about security, and that what the nuclear deal with iran could pose to israel, they still consider security as a key issue. when many were looking at this issue as a referendum on mr. netanyahu, they are seeing if it's a true ship in israeli politics where to them, a security. and they're looking at more domestic issues like the economy, like the cost of living housing healthcare, and it's looking at this that they stick with the status quo. >> . >> at herzog's party headquarters in tel aviv. thank you. and now joining us live, analysts and journalists are going to over the next hours and days, number crunching but we don't know how the dust is going to settle yet. but when it comes to israel's position in the region with crucial relations with the minutes, do you foresee any big changes coming out of this election? >> that's a fundamental question, barbara. and today, i have written on our website that israel and the rest of the world are probably goin

mr. netanyahu's preelection comments ruling out palestinian statehood. mr. s since backtracked on those comments but the damage may have been done. senior white house correspondent jim acosta has this story. >> reporter: speaking for the first time since benjamin netanyahu's win, the president made it clear that relations between these allies may be about to change. the white house official told the prime minister we will need to reassess our options, following the prime minister's comments about the two-state solution. officials are furious over netanyahu's remarks over the final moments of his campaign pointing to his rejection of a palestinian state in this interview, damaging prospects for middle east peace. asked whether a palestinian state would not be formed if he remains president, he said indeed. >> was the president disappointed in prime minister netanyahu's comment snls >> i would say the president noticed him. i don't think i would characterize his reaction. but i think that there are obvious policy implications. >> reporter: in a post election in

mr. netanyahu will address the american israel public affairs committee in washington. mr. has sent the u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha power to speak right after netanyahu. national security adviser, susan rice will speak there later in the day. >>> so-called cult leader who's been on the run from the united states has now been found in south america. ahead, the accusations that sent him running. >>> plus the u.s. uses drones to catch undocumented immigrants at the border with mexico. just wait until you hear how much it costs to find just one person. thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years! roger that. captain's waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now. could've parked a little bit closer... it's gonna be dark by the time i get there. geico. proudly serving the military for over 75 years. >>> in the u.s. state of missouri the mother of a man suspected of killing seven people has also been found dead. the coroner says 74-year-old alice ald ridge died from lung cancer on f

mr. netanyahu's likud party. he parted with them in the last election. he's managed to secure ten seats of his own. it's unclear as to whether he will join with mr. netanyahu in his coalition government. so a little bit of horse trading needs to be done before prime minister benjamin netanyahu is formally made prime minister yet again. >> yeah. it may be some time before we know what this new israeli government looks like. i want to know about the palestinians. how are they reacting on the other side to the this result and netanyahu probably being in power for another four years? >> it's been quite interesting. we, of course, have heard from very senior members of the palestinian leadership, but we heard from the palestinian street, if you will. they've been telling us that in some ways they're element happy that mr. netanyahu has been elected as prime minister of israel or very likely will be named the prime minister again. that simply is because during this election campaign and indeed in the last few days mr. netanyahu made his position on the palestinian issue very clear. that he didn't believe that there would be any palestinian state, and th

mr. herzog is much more dovish than mr. netanyahu. they are focused more on domestic issues. it will be much more meaningful if they reignite talks, but it is unsure if they can conclude peace. mark: you spoke of either party winning a majority, that has never happened in israeli history. why? tom: the system is very different from that of the united states. there is no senator from jerusalem or congressman from tel aviv you vote for parties who list the representatives. your committee parties in parliament -- you have different parties in parliament with the percentage of the votes. the result is that none of the parties is very large with after form coalitions to govern. mark: a little less than a minute left, i have to ask because domestic role of six being what they are in the united states, does washington have a horse in this race? is the relationship so fracture that washington to see mr. herzog as prime minister? tom: different parts of washington, yes. it is unfortunate it is become such an issue. clearly, many people among republicans on the hill would prefer netanyahu. the division is quite clear, and for u.s. israeli relations, it is not a healthy division. mark: in terms of the economy what is going to happen if he is reelected? how will they deal with the economic issues? >> in terms of macroeconomics, they will have a rather similar approach. the rhetoric on the left is very different. it is much more about social equity and closing the gaps between the rich and the floor and the cost of living. you will have some very important reforms. but some of those are not leftist reports -- reforms, they are about breaking monopolies and bringing in regulation. but by and large, in terms of foreign investment and terms of macroeconomic indicators, i expect both the roots to follow a similar path. mark: joining us from washington always a privilege to have you on. when

netanyahu to speak to congress. no word on whether mr. boehner plans on meeting with mr. nyahu who won re-election earlier this week. >>> and move over alibaba. japan may be sitting on the world's biggest ipo to date. post holdings combines japan's postal service and the largest savings bank and major insurer. the financial arm is said to have 1.7 trillion dollars worth of assets under management. no details on when they will announce but some experts believe there could be some news a little bit later this year. that's your news update. back to you, michele. >> thanks so much, sue. >>> it is springtime. a lot of folks are thinking of spring cleaning their houses how should you spring clean your portfolio? tyler, what would you do? >> you know, i think we're looking at nvidia. the stock has been a great company. long term it's a great company. >> wait. this is where you're going to clean out. what are you getting rid of? >> getting rid of. >> yeah. >> we want -- >> getting rid of nvidia. >> you sounded so positive i was confused and said you were going to talk about a diff

mr. netanyahu. in this sense, there is no doubt israelis have decided in a big way mr. try at the moment and they've chosen him against all odds in a dramatic way. so we have the combination of a netanyahu who led israel and he defined israel that is mostly about fear threats, national im im. >> let me ask you about that concept of fear and how it won the election. what did you mean by that? >> in my mind the great mistake of the israeli center left is that it never properly addressed the legitimate fears of the most israelis. post-israelis opened their hearts several times over the last 20 years and the result was not peace but turmoil, bloodshed and violence the center left and international community never dealt with these trauma. every time the people on the left expect them to vote for peace or moderation without convincing them there is the friends, security for them in this chaotic environment. what happened is a quiet rebellion of the majority of israelis against the israeli ewheats, against the international community saying we are still afraid. we only trust mr

mr. netanyahu made a speech against a joint meeting of congress criticizing a deal that the u.s. is trying to make with iran over its nuclear ambitions. on the background of all that mr. netanyahu also has to deal with the criticism he faced after making comments about palestinian voters ahead of the poll. mr. netanyahu has apologized but that does appear to fall on deaf ears. whatever the case, the prime minister has a lot of work ahead of him as we look ahead to what israel's 34th parliament will look like. imtiaz tyab, al jazeera west jerusalem. >> i'm mike viqueria. israel releasing tax bonds it withheld from the palestinian authority for months. negotiations between the u.s. and israel are at their lowest point in some 25 years. even though prime minister benjamin netanyahu walked back his vow he would not consider a two state solution for israel and the palestinians, the united states is renewing its stance. they are drafting a resolution by france that would seek to restart middle east peace talks. a two state solution one of the goals. as recently as last year the united states has opposed such resolutions at the united nations. this will be an early test. an

mr. netanyahu should not be fully informed by someone who knows as much by anyone else is incredible. mr. obama is asserting himself to shot congress. neil: what is weird is the president will be in town but he will not even mitt -- meet with mr. netanyahu. >> if i was iran i would not believe my eyes. here they are the number one state sponsor of terrorism on the list for decades and have killed so many americans they did the beirut bombing of marines and we will cozying up to them to make them allies? the promise to kill as many jews as they can and we cozied up to them and members of congress to not want to hear him stand up at the only democracy and lawful state in the middle east? and we snub him? that is unbelievable what does the president think he is doing? neil: i don't know the protocol even if boehner should have run this by the president once it is done it is done. but you do far more damage to opt out of a visiting head of a sovereign state can you ignore it. >> when mr. obama was sworn the queen of england gave him a desk from the ship of a royal navy of a desk haik gave he

mr. obama represents the kell list of voters that elected him in interstate and 2012, a coalition that is alienated and misunderstood by mr. netanyahu, who -- both of these gentlemen, coming from different out looks and backgrounds, kind of collide when it comes to figuring out what can be done. i watched as mr. netanyahu sees danger and his anxiety. and again, i'm not defending it, this is what he does, and mr. obama was very careful in how he projects america's power, and he's looking at the dynamic of change in the middle east differently. add to that a different personality type, and you have an almost unavoidable clash which has been lasting or going on for the better part of the last six years since 2009. >> mr. ambassador, always a pleasure. >>> additionally, the iranian government called netanyahu's speech representative, but how are they concerned about the impact of the address. >> folks inside of iran, hardliners, may try to use this as an example of why the u.s. can't be trusted and why israel supposedly has a veto power over any deal. but i think that the negotiators have put their heads down, and are trying to get to a final deal, and hopefully won't let netanyahu's speech and the rousing applause from congress create the impression that the u.s. would back out of the deal. >>

mr. radner, there is another thing driving mr. netanyahu his own political future. >> certainly the israeli elections taking place march 17th which appeared closer than they were originally called a couple of months ago is a critical factor in prime minister netanyahu's thinking in his decision to visit washington, the whole range of what's occurring here including in the white house's reaction itself. so that's foremost on his mind. i would imagine as he comes to washington, not just obviously the threat he views from iran which to be fair, i think he certainly does see as an existential, there is a disagreement between him and members of his own security establishment but certainly the politics are at play both in israel and in the united states. >> the question mr. waxman what happens after the speech? will this in any way sway talks or block congress from a possible agreement? >> it is very unlikely. we know prime minister northwestern is a very eloquent speaker. we know that he's going to make a very powerful case against the agreement. there's really very little i think he's going to say that's likely to change the u.s. calculations in seeking an agreement with iran, in particular because although netanyahu does have some very letting concerns in the agreement that's rumored to be emerging the real flaw is he isn't presenting anything else, essentially he's just saying this is a bad agreement he isn't proposing or really hasn't proposed any other strategy. it is unlikely to change the obama administration's decision to go forward. whether it will change the vote in congress that remains to be seen. i think though it will have a probably beneficial impact for him in the israeli elections and as the previous guest said, that is no doubt very m

mr. secretary? and shouldn't we be -- i think frankly, with mr. netanyahu's (202) 748-8000 i think, frankly, with mr. netanyahu's speech as well as what we have been hearing here i think the american people are being lulled into a false sense of security that if we just prevent them from being able to manufacture the weapon, that these crazy mullahs aren't going to have their hand on the ability to possess a nuclear weapon. you have to push a button. mr. blinken: apologize. like your not, iran has mastered the fuel cycle and we can't bomb that away, we can't sanction that away, and unfortunately we probably can't negotiate that away. representative: negotiate what a way? mr. blinken: their mattery of the fuel cycle. they have the knowledge how to put together a weapon. so the issue is whether the program they have is so limited so cob strained, so inspectioned so transparent, that as a practical matter they cannot develop material for a bomb, or if they did, we -- representative rohrabacker: that's not my question whether they can manufacture it or not. couldn't they get one from pakistan or from ch

mr. -- tel aviv. the critics say mr. netanyahu made a hard turn to the right, promised no palestinian state. they say he vilified israeli arabs. looks like it worked it there-- worked. as well a bigger cost? >> reporter: netanyahu didn't run much of a campaign for most of election season. we barely saw him speaking in public and not at all to the israeli media. it was only at the very last minute really in the last four days of campaigning that netanyahu went on the media blitz in which he said as you said, that there will be no palestinian state under him, there will be an expansion of settlements. that was something that did seem to appeal to the right wing core of the likud, they came out in droves to vote for him at the last minute. >> okay. after such a hard right turn even if it was in the final stages of the campaign now that it looks like benjamin netanyahu will get the historic fourth term as prime minister can he walk any of this back, or is he locked in to everything he's said? >> reporter: it's going to depend on what sort of coalition he formed. for a while, there was talk of him joining with the herzog's zionist union party enthusiasm would have brought him more toward the center. minutes ago we saw people saying herr has called netanyahu and officially said he. to be in the position. he doesn't top join a coalition with netanyahu. that would mean that netanyahu is left at this point with a right-wing nationalistic block which is likely going to push him toward fulfilling campaign promises like expanding settle. and saying no to a palestinian state's going to be left to be seen what he does with he's in the prime minister's office again and in the past he has walked back some of his more extreme statements. those closist to him -- closest to him are saying there's doubt whether the two-state solution is the direction thing should be going here. we haven't seen a serious peace talks here in israel for some time. >> true. the governments in israel come and go. they are fragile things. they often don't last. so what are the chances that netanyahu will call this coalition together for a full term? >> reporter: very slim if we're going to go on history. there have been very few israeli governments that made it through a full four-year term. and already last night in the likud, we spoke with one party strategist who said he wouldn't be surprised if they were back in two to three years. that's coming on a victorious night for them. i think a lot of israelis have resigned themselves to the fact that the parliament the way the coalitions are formed here is fragile enthusiasm it's likely that in two, three years they'll be back at the ballot boxes. >> what do the palestinians do now? netanyahu made it clear that there will be no negotiations. did they do the international diplomacy route? >> reporter: we're waiting to hear an official response from the palestinians. last night when the results started to come in and we saw this netanyahu was likely to be the prime minister again i called someone in the palestinian president's office to ask what the reaction was. he said that they're going to go forward to the icc and begin trying israel in the international court. they want to move forward with resolutions at the u.n. to try israel on the diplomatic stage. i think that the way they see things going, they don't think that there will be serious peace talks. they don't put much faith in peace talks even if they are at some point launched. and they want to try this other avenue that they've started. they want to try and go to the international courts rely some of the support that they've gotten especially from the e.u. and see where that takes them. >> we appreciate you being with us our mideast correspondent with buzzfeed. great to speak to you. thank you. >>> we'll take a short break. ahead, midair scare. a man stormed the cockpit of a united airlines flight but didn't get far. 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mr. netanyahu and at the very least his nearest challenger, isaac isaac herzog. mr. netanyahu did extremely well in this election, better than expected. it was a surprise result in that he gained over 30 seats in the poll, still far short of the 61 that he needs to have an outright majority, so he has some coalition building to do. >> as you say the horse trading has already started, but what would a possible coalition look like? >> i think if mr. netanyahu had his way, he would effectively partner up with the parties that he did in the last election, including far right parties and religious parties but we heard just briefly a comment from the u.s. president, barack obama in which he said that a path towards building a palestinian state looks unlikely, in his words. that's certainly something that is going to be something that mr. netanyahu will think about as he forms his coalition government. was, it would be very easy for him to join up with his right wing partners from the prefers government but he may want to present himself as a more doveish israeli leader. at

mr. netanyahu has a much easier pass to form a ruling coalition. we're joined now by malcolm from new york. everyone is asking how did mr. netanyahu do it? and the turnout, more than 70%, the highest since 1999. it would seem a lot of those people broke for bibi and for the right. >> i think mr. netanyahu in the last days and last night, he started to close the gap already last friday and then the zionist camp responded. they noticed i guess the change in the polls. there was also very strong polling operations on all sides. for the zionist camp, as some of the newspapers reported there was an infusion of western funds to have a very heavy polling operation. the likud today also did a very heavy polling operation. people told me they got four or five phone calls during the course of the day and mr. netanyahu made appeals during the day of the election. so it was not anticipated, but israelis are notorious for telling the truth to pollsters, then lying at the polls. >> if you look at the results and the exit results, it looks as likud has gone from 18 to 28 seats in the coming knesset. does that resolve some of the issues netanyahu had bef

mr. netanyahu was invited by the speaker mr. boehner who is with the republicans and did not consult the white house. whatever the case, as we have been saying, there will still be many israeli whose will dupely satisfied that the leader of their country was able to make their case, in front of the congress his speech was carried live, and that will go down well with a lot. >> senior political analyst is here in the studio with me. explain to us why benjamin netanyahu is attacking his political porch so closely to the issue of iran. >> one so he doesn't speak about palestine and the fiasco not able to reach a peace deal. just to remind our viewers if netanyahu would have reached a deal, with the palestinians, there would have been no even theoretical threat by iran against israel. because iran would never eventual if it ever got the weapon. so certainly mr. netten yeah high school is trying to avoided all kinds of questions that he doesn't want to speak about in favor of the question of iran, because only when speaking of iran -

mr. netanyahu said he was against palestinian statehood just before last week's election. on supposed u.s. senator john mccain said president obama is letting his personal problems with mr. ahu get in the way of real progress. take a listen. >> there was a free and fair democratic election. the only nation in the region that will have such a thing. the president should get over it. get over your temper tantrum, mr. president. it's time that we work together with our israeli friends and try to stem this tide of isis and iranian movement throughout the region which is threat tending the -- threatening the fabric of the region. the least of your problems is what he said during an election campaign. >> he went on to say mr. obama needs to get his priorities straight and focus on iran instead of mr. netanyahu. >>> a rare sight in kabul, afghanistan, at the funeral of a 27-year-old woman. take a look at these incredible and shocking images. those are afghan women carrying the casket of another woman who was beaten to death and set on fire by a mob last week. hundreds of people attended the burial of the metropolitanly ill woman -- mentally ill woman. the beating was captured on

mr. herzog says it is time to reunite. mr. netanyahu said under his watch there would not be a palestinian state. we will have full coverage of all the election results across "bbc world news" including an election special tonight. for the time being, back to you in london. >> outside a polling station in jerusalem. thank you for covering all of that for us. as he was saying the situation with the palestinians is very much at the forefront of both of the sides. marc was saying there, the union, herzog's party wants to reunite them. benjamin netanyahu doesn't. it's been a year since the peace talks broke down and six months from a devastating war in gaza. they hope the war will bring about change. from the west bank, we have this report. >> reporter: this class is the occupied west bank through the check points which is manned by israeli soldiers. this is part of israel's separation barrier. palestinians living here these have become symbols of the decades old conflict with israel. those in the best bank and east jerusalem and the gaza s

mr. netanyahu, he's meeting the opposition leader mr. herzog and meeting with ayman o'day. this is a group of political parties who for the first time in israeli elections history joined together to contest the poll coming in third which is a very significant showing for this party. whatever the case, none of those three parties managed to secure the 61 seats needed to form an outright majority government, so a coalition will need to be built. >> the horse trading has already started, but what would a possible coalition look like? >> well, if we look at it through the lens of a government or a coalition rather, built by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, which it looks very certain that is what is going to happen there's two potential paths you can go down. the obvious one is more mr. netanyahu to solidify his base which essentially means building a coalition with far right coalition parties and religious parties. these are partners in his previous government and effectively would cement his control. the fact of the matter is that the situation for mr. netanyahu has

mr. wilson, i have in front of me that 18 u.s. code, writer correspondence with foreign governments. this relates to mr. netanyahu's visit. it says, any visit with anyone from another -- with intent to influence measures or conduct of any foreign government or officer, or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with united states, or to defeat the measures of the united states would be imprisoned, no more than three years or more. i'm concerned that mrehner made this mistake. guest: he didn't. this is a long time tradition. last fall, we have the president of ukraine seek. i'm looking forward today. i've met prime minister benjamin netanyahu twice in jerusalem. he very inspiring. he is legitimately concerned about the security of his citizens on the naive conduct of our administration, dealing with a rogue regime in tehran. i look forward to the future two. we have the president of afghanistan coming to speak. i met with him two weeks ago. he, too, is inspiring. i think it is great to have world leaders come and speak. later this year, we have the pope for the first time ever. bigger john boehner -- speaker john boehner is a very proud catholic. what a great trivia. hey, this is also bipartisan because indeed, nancy pelosi too is a very proud member of the catholic faith. host: from the huffington today and op-ed at about why someone is not attending the speech. he says, well it help confront the threat from isis? hardly. will bring

pushing a lot of buttons at the moment mr binyamin netanyahu - i'm thinking about his address on iran to a.p.a. c. what are his chances. >> mrinyamin netanyahu is concerned. he's running neck and neck in the polls, and many are reading the statement as a clear and cynicle method to his far right coalition partners who have stated for a long time that they are opposed to a palestinian state. this is his way of perhaps saying to stick with him. it is going to be a tough fight for binyamin netanyahu on the 17th of this month, when israelis go to the poll. thousands of israelis came out to call for, in their words, a regime change and, in fact, i was there the other night when we were speaking, and many israelis burst into chants of binyamin netanyahu go home. so the statement to come out just a day after effectively an anti-binyamin netanyahu rally sends a clear message to some analysts that he is trying to solidify his base particularly those in the far right, as we move closer to the election day. >> imtiaz tyab in western jerusalem. thank you >>> iraqi forces gained a new ali in a battle against islamic state of iraq and lev

mr. netanyahu's statement and behavior in the final hours and days of the elections, appears that there seems to be significant tension between him and washington. so mr. netanyahu can decide if he wants to form a hawk issue coalition with the far right and religious parties or decide he he wants a a more doveish party. whatever he decides we won't know for weeks. six weeks is given to form the government. still some time before we see israel's parliament. >> the afghan president ashraf ghani is on his way to the united states, his first visit since taking office. he is expected to discuss the pace of u.s. troop withdrawal. while most foreign troops have pulled out the size of afghan's army is at its lowest level in four years. we report from jalalabad. >> these afghan soldiers are getting ready for a highway patrol. first up, a lesson in using an american-made machine gun. the men tell us they prefer russian weapons. this one, they say, sometimes jams. over the last five years, the number of troops at this base near jalalabad has increased four fold. just as well, the taliban operates in many parts of afghanistan's eastern countryside. the base comma

mr. netanyahu 's election, that question should be directed to mr. boehner. it's very important for us not to politicize the relationship between israel and the united states. it is very important for all of us americans to realize that we have a system of government in which foreign policy runs through the executive branch. and the president. not through the channels. and i think it's important for us to stay focused on the problem at hand, and the specific problem that is being debated right now is not whether we trust the iranian regime are not because we don't trust them. it's not whether iran engages in destabilizing activities, everyone agrees with that. the central question is how can we stop them from getting a nuclear weapon? and what we know is that if we are able to get a deal, not only do we cut off all of the various pathways for ron getting a nuclear weapon, but we also know that we will have a verification mechanism and an inspection mechanism where if they cheat and engage in a covert program, we are far more likely to see it in time to do som

mr. netanyahu. whatever the case, we certainly can't count out mr. heart dog as we have been saying he has led a fairly impressive campaign. still we are hearing there is deep concern. live there with the update, thank you indeed. at the headquarters of the joint list of arab backed parties so there is a bit of a novelty in this election the way they have come together. >> absolutely we are talking about four very ideological different mostly air rain party whose have come together to run under one ticket, and the first time in israel history, really shocking a lot of people, mainly a lot of palestinian israeli whose always felt ail lenuateed from the process. there has been arab representation in the israeli -- for many many years but it is usually a few members from each one of those four arab parties that i mentioned that have united. so there's a lot of anticipation here. because the people here at the joint list are expecting that after this vote, they could possibly become the third largest political party very significant development for israe

netanyahu. mr. obama had told mr. netanyahu that the u.s. would -- coming after netanyahu said before the eelection that he opposed palestinian state hood comments netanyahu has since retracted. so mccain had some pretty strong words for the president today right here on cnn, what was different this time? >> fred senator mccain said is that he believes that president obama's personal problems with benjamin netanyahu is getting in the way of shared policy between the united states and israeli. here's more of that exchange. >> there was a free and fair democratic the election the only nation in the region that will have such a thing. so get over your temper tantrum, mr. president. we need to -- threatening the very fabric of the region. the least of your problems is what b.b. netanyahu said during an election campaign. >> obviously senator mccain has been highly critical of mr. obama on this, he's gotten even more so as the relationship between netanyahu and obama has gotten a little more tense in the last few weeks, fred. >> so was one of the

mr. netanyahu departed from israel to washington mr. obama delivered his infamous arab spring speech, which he focused on a demand that israel return to its indefensible pre-1967 borders with land swaps. in november of 2011, an open microphone caught part of a private conversation with the president and french president nicolas sarkozy. sarkozy said of the israeli premier, "i can't stand netanyahu. he is a liar." but rather than defend israel the president piled on. he said -- quote -- "you're tired of him? what about me? i have to deal with him every day." february of 2012, at a conference in tunis the secretary of state hillary clinton was asked about mr. obama pandering to -- quote -- zionist lobbyists end quote and she acknowledged that was a fair question and went on to explain during an election season, there are comments made that certainly don't reflect our foreign policy. 2014 during the gaza conflict, the white house and the state department criticized israel for the deaths of palestinians who were being used as human shields

mr. netanyahu had the support of over 61 recently elected members of parliament to form the government, they both made brief statements. and mr. netanyahu made an interesting one referencing what you were saying earlier in your introduction about these comments that was made during his election campaign. i'll read a few points out to you of this statement that prime minister made. netanyahu made. he said he's aware of the responsibility ahead of him and he sees himself as prime minister of each and every israeli. he went on to say that he'll work towards repairing the rips, as he described them, that were caused during the election campaign. he also said that he hopes to make peace with israel's neighbors and went on to say that he sees peace with the palestinians, but added the caveat that only if israel remains secure. he also addressed the issue of the tensions with washington with the united states, saying that u.s.-israel relations are still very important however he ended by saying he will still work towards trying to stop any sort of deal with the iranian on the nuclear front adding that some of his neighbors in the mi

mr. netanyahu's speech. senator warren was on the list of those boycotting the meeting. lawmakers refused to hear mr. netanyahu criticize u.s. foreign policy in such a high-profile forum. >> the prime minister's visit comes amid ongoing talks if switzerland on iran's nuclear program. you've got six world powers including the united states secretary of state john kerry and iran's foreign minister. they are working right now hammer out a deal. all along, president barack obama has been highly critical of mr. netanyahu's stance on the iran talks. >> when we first announced this interim deal, prime minister netanyahu the made all sorts of claims. this of going to be a terrible deal, this of going to result in iran getting $50 billion worth of relief. iran will not abide by the agreement. none of that has come true. >> fred pleitgen will join us in a moment with reaction. first orrin lieberman. israeli sources seem to suggest that sensitive information about the ongoing nuclear talks may be mentioned in prime minister netanyahu's speech. wondering what's being said about that where you are this morning. >>

mr. netanyahu's address to congress on tuesday. i'm with al jazeera, washington. >>> and we are joined live from west jerusalem and many analysist saying this and what is made about this? >> mrnetanyahu sees this as the most important speech of his life and described it quote as a historic mission and whatever the case this speech is being viewed in a few different ways in israel and those who support it and view any time an israeli prime minister has such a large stage particularly in the united states very powerful ally of israel is a good thing and there are those who are deeply unhappy and feel mr. netanyahu is deliberately antagonizing the administration and see this dangerous and in the middle of that we have israeli whose are in different to the speech and a few weeks away from election and wondering why mr. netanyahu is delivering a speak about iran when there are much bigger issues in israel the economy while strong compared to neighbors still means that people are struggling to make end meet and housing is extraordinary expensive and those are the bread and butter issues for most israelis but again it has been somewhat polarizing in israel as mr. netanyahu goes to

mr. netanyahu could find enough modern ground with any moderate faction, mine you he has been in office three term, mainstream media, incapable of congratulateing mrseems in a death spiral stpheut about snit about it. >> we want to contkwrat congratulate the israeli people for democratic process the election, we'll give space to the formation of the coalition government, we're not going to weigh in. except to say that u.s. and israel have a historic and close relationship. and that will continue going forward. lou: generous. secretary kerry offered congratulation and president is expected to, at some point in the coming days as you white house put it. perhaps, the white house is otherwise engaged in this last day or so, licking their wounds after having allegedly sense money, support and campaign strategists to israel to intervene, and engineer bebe's defeat. our quote of the evening and i turn to a man who possessed great knowledge of the base forces that can en shroud the white house. >> he said this, remember always give your best, never get discourageed never be petty always remember others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless

mr. netanyahu did a much better job than mr.g in portraying himself as the leader who can look after the security of the state and of the individual citizens in the state. he did also outflank the right wing party. if you look at the breakup of the vote, there was not so much a shift from the left to the right but a shift inside the right wing camp. and so they were successful in-- mr. bennett and mr. lieberman and-- his own likud party. and of course he's a con sum at complaining. -- er and did a very good job in coming up from a low position to the victory of last night. >> ifill: bob satloff did he just outcampaign his opposition? and what does that mean if he did? >> well, prime minister netanyahu is an extraordinary politician this is not the first time that israelis went to bed thinking someone else won and waking up and bebe was the winner. he knows how to pull the strings especially among the center right and the right. this time his main target were not undecideds. his main target were people further to the right than h