reena ninan has more from jerusalem. >> it's down to the wire, secretary of state hillary clinton hasicials to reach a compromise over the settlement deal but nothing has been agreed to so far. she met with barak and israeli officials say they could not extend the freeze. they have been urging israel to extend it. palestinians say they will drop out of the direct talks which begin this month if construction continues. today in the west bank, clashes took place. protestors are calling on a complete boycott of all settlement. journalist says he was asked to step back and never given the chance to do it before being beaten by israeli soldiers. clinton should meet with foreign minister to discuss restarting peace talks between israel and syria. >> julie: reena ninan, thank you very much. >> a fox weather alert. downgrading tropical storm matthew to a tropical depression. here a look right now at matthew's path. the storm is expected to move west across the caribbean while another tropical storm is weakening. heavy rain from matthew is soaking the nation of honduras. leaving thousands with

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with the foreign minister to discuss restarting peace talks between israel and syria. >> gregg: reena ninan jerusalem, thanks. >> julie: also in the middle east, a super weapon unleashed on iran. that is what security experts are calling it. they say the computer worm sabotages factories. experts say it is most likely aimed at two iranian nuclear facilities, one is a nuclear power plant and the other makes centrifuges to enrich uranium. no word on who is behind the computer worm but speculation is focused on israel. >> gregg: a colorado man turning himself into authorities after prosecutors filed charges in the massive loveland wildfire. joe letterman facing one count of fourth degree ars open. they say he set up the massive wildfire that charred 750 acres. if convicted he faces up to six years behind bars. >> julie: a california man says he paid money out for a jumbo emerald. a trial is under way who really owns it. the bahia emerald was dug up in brazil. it weighs 840 pounds and is worth $372 million. wow! at least six other men claim they own the big rock. anthony thomas says he never ph

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reporter reena ninan had an opportunity to talk to elie wiesel. >> reporter: i asked what he talked about with the president? >> i cannot tell you. the president, only he nose, only i nose. >> reporter: as we enter the peace track e-talks, trust is so low, what makes you optimistic? >> i am very optimistic in this case. maybe in the past i was wrong, but nevertheless, i really think i have that feeling anyway, not based on anything, but a feeling, a premonition, that this time something will happen. >> reporter: you mentioned earlier about the threats that israeli faces with hezbollah and iran. what are your thoughts on iran? what needs to be done? >> ahmadinejad needs to be arrested and held before the incourt for international crimes at the hauge. >> reporter: in records to peace talks, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton, israeli prime minister netanyahu and pakistanian president abbas will meet in egypt. >>> the great tax cut debate. a political leader makes a surprising move and what it could ah, focus group. so what are we testing here? that's our new pastrami grilled sandwich.

. >> the talks are in danger over settlement building and reena ninan joins us live with more on details of this story. >> reporter: uma, israeli and palestinian officials have been meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton to frantically try and reach some sort of a compromise over the settlement deal. nothing has been agreed to so far. she did meet with the defense minister and they said there is no way they can continue to extent the ten-month settlement brief. the palestinians say they will drop out of direct talks if the construction continues. today in the west bank, clashes took place between anti-settlement protesters and the israeli military. the protesters are calling on a complete boycott of all settlement products. according to an eyewitness, the military arrested a.p. photographer for, "not obeying the rules." the journalist said he was asked to step back and never given a chance to do so before being beaten by israeli soldiers. also on monday, secretary hillary clinton will also meet with the syrian foreign minister to try to see if they can restart peace talks betwee

reena ninan has the latest for us right now. is the violence still going on, reena?porter: well, jon, there have been violent clashes on and off the for the past 48 hours. last night there were more of those clashes, but for now it remains pretty quiet. there was some tense moments this morning after friday prayers. you could hear the helicopters overhead over the old city in the temple mountains where the prayers took place. there wasn't any clashes or incidents in that, but police continue to remain on high alert after an incident this week when an israeli man killed a palestinian father. jon. jon: the ten-month freeze is set to expire on sunday. palestinians say they will drop out of the talks if the that freeze does not continue. any sign of a compromise? >> reporter: we haven't heard anything yet. everyone's eagerly waiting because the faceoff is sunday, as you mentioned. so everyone's quiet right now, but a very ominous warning coming from king abdullah of jordan who appeared on the daily show, actually, and said if the settlement issue is not resolved by the e