several think tanks that provide netanyahu with advisors and i want to know as netanyahu had any discussions with sheldon adelson during this campaign that's really the key question at the american media should be asking it isn't asking that was not fluent writing fellow at the nation institute. well tomorrow marks the seventy fifth anniversary of the end of the flint sit down strike one of the big deal and very interesting as well we're talking tens of thousands of people banding together to fight for better working conditions in u.s. auto manufacturing plants it all started when the united auto workers union targeted it to g.m. plants and workers showed up at work and sat down inside so that new workers can come in to replace them had nearly shut down the company and before long other plants followed suit and it did take a while but they got the attention finally of the big boys the heads of the automakers. now let's fast forward to today especially this year many of these same issues about working conditions and workers' rights will come up again as the subject is unions of course back up

megyn: we talk about the history between president obama and benjamin netanyahu.t netanyahu made to the white house in 2010 in which the president is said to have left the white house. there was a snub, they said, by the president of netanyahu after repeated tensions between the two men. is this the fault of president obama or is this the fault of netanyahu who was not differential enough to not just the american president but the united states of america? >> i think this president has trouble with israel -- any one of our allies. he keeps on blaming the united states and our allies for every ill in the world we live in today. benjamin netanyahu, prime minister of israel every day has to worry about rockets being thrown into his country killing israelis and killing children. the only friend they can depend on is the united states of america. that has been there since 1948 we have been there. you have a president here that didn't even say to benjamin netanyahu, reaffirm the security that we are going to be part of with israel until march of 2011 after he had been p

several think tanks that provide netanyahu with advisors and i want to know as netanyahu had any discussions with sheldon adelson during this campaign that's really the key question at the american media should be asking him isn't asking following that money that always leads to some pretty interesting answers as we know let's talk a little bit about sort of this geo political chessboard that we're experiencing right now today i believe you know india has india has become by the way the number one gasoline or oil consumer from iran india now saying they want to get involved they want to send people into iran india often a good friend to the u.s. so connects them other dots sort of around this initial story regarding the mossad and any k. and talk a little bit about bigger issues here regarding the u.s. and iran and what you imagine we could be seeing in the coming weeks. well there are a lot of regional proxies the united states could work through to pursue a diplomatic track instead what the united states has done and president obama has done is he's been forced into. one more one and one s

bibi netanyahu in particular has exercised a enormous influence on the president's ability to conduct foreign policy has really put a lot of pressure on him and has limited his ability to basically live out a lot of the promises that he made obama made on the campaign trail whether it was to engage in diplomacy with iran to prevent war with iran anything that this person has tried to do he's been hit hard by. basically netanyahu allies in congress and in the right wing establishment so now israel is going as far as to say that if and when they launch an attack on iran that they're only going to give the u.s. twelve hours notice so not too much notice there with this statement does this suggest that war with iran is even closer than expected i think we need to be careful you know when when israel is engaging in this sort of public rhetoric. is maybe not what we need to be as concerned as when they go silent you don't necessarily want to project that you're going to engage in these strikes right before you do them because it makes it less likely that they're going to have any degree of

. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu this week accused iran of being the biggest terror exportedder in the world. on monday, terrorist bombers attacked the u.s. embassies. the landmass between the caspian and black sea, hugging russia. then another terrorist bombing attack in bangkok, thailand. iran denies that it bombed the israeli embassies. the question is, what is the likelihood of an israeli military strike on iran? george friedman, findser intell four, says that the likelihood of an israeli strike on iranian nuclear facilities is . one, extreme difficulty. "such an attack would involve israeli air sortedees over 1,000 miles. coordinated with missile attacks from israeli submarines. ship from israeli submarines. ship launch of bunker busting bombs necessary for much of the task. iran's anti-missile defense system is anything le defense system is anything mickey mouse." >> civilian casualties in israeli. "likely rocket and missile attacks from hezbol attacks from hezbollah and ham expected. there will be in no lightning victory achieved such as during >> three, crippling oil pri

netanyahu is furious what he's heard from the obama administration, separating the united states andsrael on this question and increases the likelihood they'll have to do something and do something alone. >> bret: juan, there's been a stream of u.s. officials headed over to israel, one after another, appearing to try to calm the situation and this is ahead of the visit by the israelis to washington. >> netanyahu's coming here and i think that you have an opportunity and i think we should all be grateful for it, direct face-to-face conversations between president obama and prime minister netanyahu. and the reason is simple, i think the united states has been trying to convey to the israelis, that at the moment, they're looking for signs that the iranians are actually engaged in trying to build nuclear weapons, they don't want them to do something on a preemptive basis that would then open the arab world to recriminations that israel had acted too quickly. of course, israel has ever right to say we feel threatened and that's why i think the meeting this weekend will also be about how e

obama has done more than any of his predecessors to put the type of sanctions that you know bibi netanyahu claims to want in place against iran in place he has had more success than any of his purpose that apparently that doesn't seem to be enough for israel well really what i think is the problem here is that obama has pressured israel on other on other areas on the you know on the palestinian issue obama at least initially signal that he was actually going to be a little bit more willing to press the israelis to make some concessions that quickly dissipated the president suffered some big. election losses that put his reelection sort of in question so he's been a lot more conservative in those positions as well in his position which really upset some of the establishment in israel regarding diplomacy with iran he's really still paying the price for saying on the campaign trail i will talk with the iranians directly now with the israeli prime minister making this claim or this threat that the u.s. is only to get twelve hours' notice does that kind of show that maybe the relationship to th

it's best kept between the president and prime minister benjamin netanyahu but he says there has beeno change in policy. >> without getting into too much detail and monitor their activity and have certain insight into their activity. we believe there is time and space to pursue a diplomatic path, a path that intensifies the sanctions, intensifies the isolation and attempts to unify international action to get iranian regime to change eighth behavior. >> reporter: its conversation that president and prime minister will likely have a week from monday. netanyahu is coming here this weekend. >> shep: you have to wonder whether this is good cop, bad cop or maybe do they really disagree or trying to figure out any way to apply pressure on iran because they know military option is not going to work? >> it may be all of the above. a way to keep the iranians guess to go get them conclude there really is military option another table. at least three senior u.s. officials, chairman of chiefs of staff, president's national security advisor have gone to israel in recent weeks to tell the israelis,

and i'll answer the question right now, netanyahu is not going to say that.o be a very unpleasant meeting with the two leaders when it occurs. megyn: because as a former diplomat yourself, you know how this works. i mean, you don't have two leaders like netanyahu and obama sit down together without somebody doing the ground work prior to that meeting, right? >> they're providing to precook it so they've got a happy outcome. they're not going to get a happy outcome from the administration's pound point of view. to have the press secretary to say look how surprised he is that iran is still behaving cas -- behaving as if they want to have nuclear weapons by shutting out the inspector, there's a surprise. megyn: you think the march meeting will go forward, if dempsey, clapper don't get it done. >> i don't think they have a choice. netanyahu is giving a speech at the apac convention in washington. it's a huge media event. he can't come to washington without meeting with the president. so it may be one of those meetings where netanyahu doesn't get a sandwich and cu

are two different levels of this at one level there's no doubt the israelis particularly benjamin netanyahu the prime minister are playing the threat of a war against iran for everything it's worth to try to put pressure on iran to put pressure on the united states perhaps even more than that iran to do something more drastic more fundamental against iran of course what they really want to the united states to attack iran's nuclear facilities but behind that there is a very serious question as to whether prime minister benjamin netanyahu netanyahu has himself personally a kind of massada complex as some jewish friends call it or or a messianic complex about being the the savior of the jewish people and thus being willing to risk. really the end of the state of israel so there is a serious question about that and i i don't know the answer but but it does in fact demand very careful attention to it to his role in this but yet the timeline of all this came from the u.s. it was panetta who leaked our sort of said that he's expecting the israelis maybe i don't i. as another ploy another bargaini

that netanyahu. who really has the initiative here don't think for a second that obama's leadership if netanyahu has the initiative he thinks that our president will just kind of sit back and say oh darn if they attack iraq and we get involved in that if he thinks that he's going to do it and what i would appeal for is an overt outspoken statement by the person the united states saying look a who looked a who had been rock bibi netanyahu if you do this don't count on us to pick up the pieces because they're going to be a lot of pieces even a previous mossad director in israel has warned that this could be the end of the state of israel and i think that could be right there.

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has stepped up his anti ron brader were exciting tehran's aggression must be stopped but he repeated his claims that iran was behind recent bombings targeting israelis in several countries allegations fueling concerns of military confrontation on monday netanyahu was quick to accuse iran of attacks on its diplomatic staff in the capitals of india and georgia four people were injured in a car bomb blast in new delhi while in tbilisi the device was diffused before it went off the next day two people apparently with iranian passports were arrested in bangkok after a number of blasts injured four people there israel says there are links between all the incidents despite authorities in india and thailand saying there's no such evidence and iran denying any involvement in the bombings well to discuss further implications of these events i'm now joined live from beirut by all the risk expert on middle east affairs thank you for being with us today i in light of netanyahu his latest statement that iranian aggression must be halted what action should we expect

many sonali with our top story this hour is the other prime minister binyamin netanyahu has blamed the wrong for attacks on its diplomatic staff in the indian and georgian capitals four people have reportedly been injured in a car bomb blast in new delhi while in tbilisi the device was discovered before it went off or she's tests are zillion now joins us from the newsroom she is also following this developing story for us this evening so what exactly happened in these incidents today take us through it and also are we hearing anything about what has prompted claims that iran is responsible. well the details are still trickling in the latest count is that four reportedly injured in the new delhi blast and among those reportedly was the is the wife of a diplomat an israeli diplomat as well as her driver but all of these all of what has happened is still based on witness reports because investigations are still going on the one it's a glee see it was diffused before the bomb had actually gone off now more details coming in now from new delhi as we did officials give us a bit more details

they both ask netanyahu to just give it a bit more time.erstand absolutely the harm that the iranian government would bring to israel if it could. there is no doubt about it i would if i were netanyahu give it more time. if he attacks, world oil is going to go crazy. the muslim world is going to go nuts. world war iii may break out. so you give it as much time as you possibly can. is that an unreasonable position, colonel? >> well, you are absolutely right. that there are no good options in this one. but, negotiations intellectuals. sanctions are for diplomats. of course, israel wants to placate us israel want us on board. if israel gets evidence that iran has taken one more concrete step toward a nuclear weapons capability, israel will strike. and it's going to be tough. because israel has the power, the military might to start a war with iran. it does not have the power to finish a war with iran. the persian gulf is going to be a firestorm and gas prices will -- >> bill: that is right. the whole worldwide economy is going to go crazy. the

i don't think benjamin netanyahu can come to washington and not meet with obama. if the slogan of the white house is no drama obama let me tell you this will be a soap opera next week when they get together. megyn: unbelievable. this is not something you see every day with two allies this close. ambassador bolton thank you so much. we appreciate your expertise. >> thank you. megyn: we're keeping a close eye on the recovery efforts now following a string of tornadoes in parts of the midwest. the storm claiming at least nine lives so far, including one 70-year-old man in missouri who died after being thrown from his home by the powerful winds. look at the picture from our weather -- from our weather computers right now. unbelievable. you can see the red, and janice dean telling us about tornado warnings that are now up right now in parts of the country. we will go back live to her momentarily. law students at georgetown university pay more than $60,000 a year in to tuition, most of them. some of the women students are saying taxpayers should help the students cover

concern, ahead of a white house meeting between president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu they have those pieces but not put together? and how much trust does israel really administration is prepared to use that military option the president talked about to prevent them from actuully getting to that point." this comes as nuclear inspectors from the united nations arrive in iran visit ann talks on the islamic republic's nuclear ambitions. it's not clear the inssectorsswill be given access to iranian nuclear scientists or the military facility at pprchin. iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful tag)griffin says: " the - meeting at the white house between president obama and israeli prime minister netanyahu will be very telling israel are united in how to deal with iran or whether the israelis deciie to militarily go it alone.in washington, jennifer griffin, fox news." ( meantime... iran's oil ministry says it has stopped shipments of crude oil to britain and france in response to the sanctions ... which were set to go into effect in july.... 3 the rising price of oi

the statements coming from does fuel to the thing at this moment because prime minister binyamin netanyahu quickly blamed iran a for these attacks that happened in the two places said he said that israel has thwarted several other attacks with iran a behind them as well. yet ambassador to india have denied that tehran had anything to do with this and there are some indian terror experts who had said that it would be quite difficult for any such case to be such a bob rather to saddam explosion rather to be staged in india without the help of locals so they do they are skeptical of tehran's involvement in all of this now to put it in context so iran had also been blaming israel for a series of killings of officials as well as scientists involved in a controversial nuclear program and we have to put it in the context of the international stage iran is right now facing harsh sanctions for that nuclear program coming from the u.s. and its allies as well as the e.u. and this tit for tat statement does increase that that tension that already exists and it is in this context that such car bomb inc

president barack obama is expected to urge israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to refrain from using military force against iran. national security adviser tom donilon extended the invitation to netanyahu during a recent visit to israel. the meeting at the white house is scheduled for march 5th. israel accuses iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons and views the country as a threat to its existence. the israeli government has suggested that it may take military action unless iran stops its nuclear activities. iran announced last week that it will increase its enrichment of uranium which could be used to develop nuclear weapons. that's raised concerns that israel may launch a preemptive strike against iran's nuclear facilities. >>> finance ministers from the 17 nations that use the euro are discussing whether greece should be granted an additional bailout. ai uchida from our business desk has been following that story. ai, they are still in the talks. >> they are certainly up late at the meeting in brussels. the finance ministers are expected to finalize the second bailout fo

that was the message from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu after iran's nuclear announcement. he called iran the world's greatest exporter of terrorism. israeli officials made it clear they believe tehran orchestrated the attacks against israeli diplomats. the same type of small magnetic bombs used in india and georgia were found in a bangkok apartment rented by three iranians. tehran denied the accusations, even though officials vowed the avenge for the assassination of iran nuclear scientists, attacks it blames on israel. it is part of what many now call a covert war between the two countries, triggered by iran's nuclear ambitions. there is a heightened state of alert here in israel and israeli embassies around the world. the real concern is that softer targets could be hit, places like jewish centers and synagogues outside of the country. israel will likely not retaliate yet, said this terrorism expert. instead officials have issued this warning to tehran. >> you are exposed. we know you are responsible. we can take it for now, but we won't. >> reporter: it is just the lat

the meeting at the white house between president obama and netanyahu will be telling in terms of whether the u.s. and israel are united in how to deal with iran or whether israelis decide to militarily go it alone in washington jennifer griffin fox news. >> tension with teheran and the international community continues over tougher sanctions imposed over the west iran's oil ministry says it stopped shipments of crude and reports out of teheran indicate they are looking at extending the embargo to other nations. >>> a winner in a tug-of-war around a battlefield easing congestion around the manassas battlefield park. >> needless to say that snow threat is over now guess what the theme is in weather tonight a spring preview we will talk about that in time for pitchers and catchers to report. >> that's right we are getting ready for baseball also, i know you were a very good basketball player in eerie pennsylvania, kevin currant did something he had never done before. brian. >>> if you have a story idea call the fox 5 tip line or e-mail your tips to fox 5 tips@wttg.com com  >>>

i mean, benjamin netanyahu has his conflicts with the likud and especially the foreign minister but so it is with the balance sinian community, fatah and hamas are not exactly on the same page. .. >> but we are seeing early indications hamas is getting close to fatah, you know,. >> rose: because they are moving toward fatah? >> they are moving toward fatah because also they are seeing there is no hope in what they are doing and being strangled right now in gaza. gaza is a small strip, surrounded completely by israel so i think israel gives good indications that it is willing through peace there is no choice but for hamas to subscribe to that peace process and be involved with fatah. >> rose: so you are also urging them they should take certain things out of their charter and make clear that when the -- as they described the occupation ends the resistance will end, that hamas is prepared to recognize israel's right to exist and also not want to -- >> well, the arab league when they met in lebanon, i think 2002, at the unanimously 22 countries approved the presence of israel, approved th

in israel, president obama's national security adviser tom donaldan is telling benjamin netanyahu not to attack iran. for the second time this month u.n. nuclear inspectors are in iran. >> we hope to have a couple of good days in tehran. >> reporter: the pentagon is now saying publically what the generals are telling israel privately. >> a strike at this time would be destabilizing and wouldn't achieve their long-term objectives. we are of the opinion that the iranian regime is a rational actor. for that reason, i think we think the current path we are on is the most prudent path at this point. >> reporter: prime minister netanyahu and president obama who have had a bumpy relationship will meet again at the white house in two weeks. >> it is clear the administration doesn't want to see military action. better not risk the consequences of this action when there is still time to allow these pressures to build and to persuade the iranians not to weaponize. >> reporter: how would israel strike iran? there are three routes. the most direct is over iraq. the least likely is through turkey o

and he said now we have a developing story this hour for you the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has blamed the wrong for attacks on its diplomatic staff in the indian and georgian capital well the wife of his inner israeli diplomat and her driver were reportedly injured in a car bomb blasts in new delhi and into b.b.c. the device was discovered before it went off. now joins us live with details hollowing this developing story tasso what exactly happened in these incident today and what prompted the claims that iran is responsible. well what's happening with the two reports that we have gotten today the details do remain very sketchy even the identities of the people that may have been injured in those attacks have not been confirmed yet but yes there have been targeted attacks at the israeli embassy in new delhi as well as in tbilisi in new delhi as i mentioned earlier the israeli diplomats wife was injured as well as her driver it was said that she had managed to drive to the embassy to ask for help after the attack it happened and it's a police it was stopped before the bomb h

christopher restrictions from the netanyahu government have not been very positive. the overall reaction from israel? >> the reaction was very similar to previous reconciliation attempts by fatah and hamas. prime minister netanyahu criticized the deal by saying that president hosny is to choose between hamas and fatah. for israel and most of the international committee, they regard hamas as a charity -- terrorist organization. in the coming days, they might withhold tax revenues, which are collecting for the palestinian authority or other measures. in terms of israeli-palestinian relations, already very strained, this is a problematic deal. >> tanya, following this story from jerusalem, thank you very much. you're watching the "journal" here on dw. >> no a quick look at other news around the world. in china, they have barred its airlines from germany -- joining and eu's convicted charge for carbon emissions of from flights in and out of your, designed to tackle climate change. beijing calls it a trade barrier. the u.s., russia, and india have also questioned the sche

. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's high stakes visit to washington may already be getting on the wrong foot after a report suggesting that israeli officials have privately warned president obama's inner circle, they'll not give awe heads up. >> do you want them to tell you whether or not they're going to attack iran? >> i'll save the leader to leader and defense minister to defense minister conversations for the-- those participants. >> a stream of top u.s. officials have been to israel trying to calm the situation. but israel seems ready to act alone. >> when we say that all options are on the table, we really mean it. >> a top republican warned, given the tension with israel they may be pulled into a military conflict. >> if israel takes this action because israel sees the united states is not being hopeful enough in wiping out iran's nuclear program, the united nations will help. >> raising the stakes for the president's speech sunday at the american-israeli public affairs committee annual conference one day before he meets face-to-face with netanyahu. israel has been p

i mad très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahuhas blamed iran for attacks on its diplomatic staff in the indian and georgian capitals four people reportedly injured in a car bomb blast in new delhi in tbilisi the device was discovered before it went off or he's test has more. the details still trickling in as the investigation continues but what we do know so far is that there have been two car bomb attacks one in new delhi india and wanted to see george are both targeting the israeli embassy now whether one hundred was stopped before anything could happen the local embassy staff and found it was defused before it could go off however in india it's a different case now the number of injured there has risen at present it's now at four and among the injured is a diplomat's wife. the wife of the military attache is among the injured it she's now in hospital with her condition is not critical it was to exactly what happened according to eyewitnesses they saw a man on a motorcycle fall with a diplomatic heart that's where we can object