scott goldburg has more. >> the issue, the united nations hasn't been able to solve for decades is landings week at the doorstep. >> palestinian president mahmoud abbas comes to new york ready to ask the national security council to recognize palestine as independent state. something that israel opposes and the united states threatened to veto, at the risk of doing damage to the image at the arab world. >> at the end of the day, peace has to be made between the parties. it can't be opposed from the outside. >> obama administration is hoping for a way around the showdown. and resumption of the peace talks as palestinians seeing as failing one time too many. >> we need to see something practical and genuine put on the table. to tell the palestinian people there is hope to establish independent sovereign state. >> away from the u.n. is an issue republican candidate seized to use words like "naive and "arrogant" as obama's approach. >> this administration encouraged palestinians to shun direct talks. >> today, president obama is getting involved directly. he has one-on-one meeting with prime m