i'm steve handelsman, mbznbc news capitol hill. >>> this afternoon u.s. doctors are keeping a very yees klose eye on a group of people potentially exposed to ebola. four more medical aid workers have returned from west africa to be monitored for ebola. that brings the total number of aid workers to be flown back to the u.s. in the past week to 16. none has been diagnosed. they all worked alongside an aid worker who is being treated now in critical condition at the national institutes of health in bethesda. that person's name still hasn't been released. >>> as we get a look at the devastation wreaked by psi loan pam, disaster officials say they expect the death toll in vanuatu to rise as more aid workers make it into the area. at least 11 people are confirm dead in the south pacific nation. unicef says the category 5 storm destroyed 15,000 homes and damaged another 42,000. a telecommunications blackout also caused by the cyclone has been one of the biggest challenges in getting relief into the country. >>> it's ban few months now since gas prices around ou

i'm steve handelsman news4. >> steve, thank you. >>> martin o'malley will not run for the u.s. senate seat that opens up when barbara mikulski opens in 2016. the former maryland governor is preserving his option to run for the democratic nomination for the white house. within 24 hours of mikulski's retirement announcement o'malley released a statement today praising her service and saying he's confident that quote, very capable public servants with a desire to serve in the u.s. senate will step up as candidates. however, he adds i will not be one of them. >>> new tonight, a government report out finds that crashes are the leading cause of on-the-job deaths among truck drivers. 700 lives were claimed in just 2012. the report also reveals that more than one-third of driver who is died were not wearing a seat belt. experts suggest that seat belts could have prevented 40% of those deaths. about 14% of truck drivers reported that they do not use a seat belt on every trip. >>> new revelations now about a presidential portrait. is there hidden meaning in a painting of former president

news4's steve handelsman live on capitol hill with details. steve? >> jim, wendy, thanks. urban league's ceo told me when it comes to black employment and income and net worth, we're in a state of emergency. the urban league report finds the biggest problem facing african-americans is not their treatment by police or what students at university of virginia charge last night was mistreatment after student martese johnson was bloodied by cops. the report finds social justice for blacks improving less crime in violence but finds a stunning and worsening economic gap between white americans and african-americans who now have a median net worth of just $6,300 versus $111,000 for whites. black income is $34,000 versus $58,000 for whites. and the black unemployment rate is more than double the rate for whites. it's a tale of two nations, says marc morial the head of the urban league. >> this is not a sustainable thing for the united states of america and we're a nation that believes that upward economic mobility is tied to education, perseverance and hard work. >> reporter: not r

our team coverage continues now with steve handelsman. steve? >> reporter: doreen thanks. good evening. long before what happened over france our u.s. faa rules have said we basically don't trust any one person's judgment or help in a pilot seat. experts say this kind of a tragedy is less likely on airliners flying in america. u.s. rules require a no-alone zone in the cockpit. >> landmark. >> reporter: a flight attendant must go to the flight deck anytime one of the two pilots leaves. >> there is no good reason why a commercial jet pilot responsible for hundreds, hundreds of souls is allowed to remain alone in the cockpit. >> reporter: the reinforced doors required after 9/11 to prevent hijackings can actually help a pilot who wants to crash his own plane. as seen in this airbus video, if a pilot simply moves the cockpit door switch to lock, no combination of codes punched into the keypad outside will open the door. that lockout lasts five minutes and the pilot can repeat it. one person controls access to the cockpit and controls the plane. so critics say go back to three

steve handelsman is on capitol hill now with a look at the next steps. steve? >> reporter: a new deadline, the immediate next step is they'll talk again tomorrow. that's just fuelling this delay, missing another deadline fueling the efforts by some lawmakers on capitol hill to impose tougher sanctions on the iranians to try to force them to do with those sangs, but so far they haven't agreed to do at least in brit writhing in the talks. other nuclear experts in washington looking at these talks say there's great progress, even though there's nothing in writing, no framework agreement, which is what they hope for by 6:00 washington time. because these experts say the iranians have agreed in principle to vastly reduce their purification of uranium that would be needed to make a bomb and more importantly the experts say to open all of their facilities to intrusive inspections that would go on and on and on for a period of maybe ten years. and so there are fingers crossed among people who have backed these talks that ultimately will be success. they've moved again

steve handelsman nbc news capitol hill. >> he is promising a thorough investigation, but the chief offending his officer's decision to shoot and kill a homeless man. graphic cell phone video shows the officer fighting with and then killing the man. this video went viral yesterday. the police chief says the video also shows the suspect grabbing an officer and gun. that officer is heard yelling he has my gun three times. the man who posted the video online says the officers went too far. >> you didn't see that? >> i think it was extreme. maybe one gunshot. when you hear one shot. there's six or seven men on him. >> around the country, police shootings are increasingly being scrutinized in the wake of the shoothing death of michael brown. all police shootings should be independently reviewed. they looked into the deteriorating relationship into police and communities. others were stwa requiring the officers to use body cameras. >>> friends of the victim in yesterday's double homicide say they were killeded over a gun deal. police confirm only contraband was involve. james weir is in pris

i'm steve handelsman news4. >> thanks steve. >>> turning to weather now. doug not a bad day out there today, but am i hearing correctly, you're talking snow? >> yeah jim. more flurries than anything and it won't be a big deal but you look outside right now, nothing but sunshine across the area. temperatures on the cool side well below average once again and that below average trend will continue tomorrow too. take a look. we'll show you high temperatures today, only around 50 degrees in d.c. 46 in frederick, 45 in leesburg and only 41 in annapolis. we should be closer to 60 this time of year than the 40s and around 50. here's our storm system that we're watching. this storm will drop on through akrolsz our region and it will bring us a chance for light flurry activity light snow showers early tomorrow morning. isle bring it down for you, show you hour by hour and show you what could be the biggest warm-up we've seen this season pap little bit of flurries and the warmest temperatures all in the next couple days. >> all right. thanks doug. >>> new at 6:00, t

steve handelsman has more. >>> this kind of tragedy is less likely in america. u.s. rules require a no alone zone in the cockpit. >> land mine. >> a flight attendant must go to the flight deck. any time one of the two pilots leaves. >> there is no good reason why a commercial jet pilot responsible for hundreds hundreds of souls is allowed to remain alone in the cockpit. >> the reinforced doors required ed after 9/11 to prevent hijackings can help a pilot who a wants to crash his own plane. if a pilot simply moves a cockpit door switch to lock no combination of codes punched into the key pad outside will open the door. the pilot can repeat it. one person controls access to the cockpit and controls the plane. some critics say go back to three pilots. that used to be standards. >> you don't want to bring it in the cockpit because they can't fly aircrafts. >> but in 1999 off long island egypt air flight 990 crashed and 217 died when the copilot deliberately put that plane into a dive and the pilot on the flight deck could not pull up. but they couldn't get to the control

steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with the latest. steve? >> thanks pap lot of lawmakers on the hill want somebody bold and take-charge at the agency that protects the president. but they don't believe they got that. still don't have that up here on the hill today. joseph clancy has run the agency just five months. >> you can't run an agency like this, for god's sakes, or any other agency. unless you have discipline in the ranks. >> reporter: looking nervous, clancy hurt himself revealing he's let homeland security investigate the latest secret service scandal, doing no probe of his own. >> if these two people were senior management, you should be all over them today. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: clancy knows both, mark connolly, second in command of president obama's detail, and supervisor george ogilvie. after a party, they drove to the white house, barged into an active investigation, appeared intoxicated, but got sent home without sobriety tests. clancy admitted he was not informed for days and alcohol is a problem. >> it's going to take ti

i'm steve handelsman news4. >>> thanks steve. there were two demonstrations on capitol hill while netanyahu was addressing congress. one group gathered to support his right to speak to u.s. lawmakers. about a block away there was a group of rabbis from new york with signs reading "netanyahu must go or go home." after the speech we got reaction from local jewish groups and the council on islamic american relations. >> i believe it is inappropriate for a foreign leader to come to the united states capitol to tell our president what to do. >> the prime minister's main goal and i think he successfully presented it was to make sure that iran has no nuclear infrastructure and there be no time limit placed on the agreement. >> at the beginning of his speech prime minister netanyahued said his adretszdress was not intended to be political, but reaction from local lawmakers has been split along party lines. >>> more than 17,000 people in our area can breathe a sigh of relief knowing payday will happen on time. congress passed a clean bill

steve handelsman's been poring through their annual report. now he's live on capitol hill. steve, what's the take-away here? >> thanks chris. looking at the report and talking to urban league ceo marc morial who told me today when it comes to african-american income and employment and especially he says the net worth of black families now in america, we're in a state of emergency. the urban league report says the biggest problem facing african-americans is not their treatment by police or what students at university of virginia charged last night was mistreatment after student martese johnson was bloodied by cops. the report finds social justice for blacks improving, less crime and violence but finds a stunning and worsening economic gap between white americans and african-americans. who now have a median net worth of just $6,300 versus $111,000 for whites. black income is $35,000 vest $58,000 for whites. and the black unemployment rate is more than double that of whites. a tale of two nations, says marc morial, the head of the urban league. >> this is not a sustainable thin

that story now from nbc10 national correspondent steve handelsman. >> reporter: with yemen's port city under attack by rebels, president haddi reportedly fled though his loyalists denied it. he had been a u.s. ally against al qaeda. >> the violent takeover of yemen by an armed faction is unacceptable. >> reporter: u.s. officials finally agreed to bomb sending u.s. pilots to fly air cover for anti-isis militias run by iran and adding to the irony, it's iran yeahs. that complicates u.s. nuclear talks with iran which in turn damaged u.s. relations with israeli prime minister netanyahu. three weeks after the israeli's controversial address to congress, the president of afghanistan ashraf ghani today got a rousing reception. he lived in new york. he was there for 9/11. that was planned in afghanistan. now despite a taliban comeback and isis moving in, ghani says most afghans reject extremism. >> we are willing to speak truth to terror. >> reporter: 10,000 u.s. troops will remain this year. >> thank you for staying. >> reporter: ghani's nation is no longer ground zero in the war on terror. b

steve handelsman is live on capitol hill to tell us about the cia's new digital espionage unit. steve? >> reporter: wendy, thanks pap complete reorganization inside the cia approved of course by commander in chief president obama. but it won't cost any more. the cia already gets billions and billions. so congress is not being consulted. this will be a major reorganization by the agency. it tracked down and got osama bin laden but took a decade to do it and missed the rise of isis that followed the arab spring after blowing the prediction of iraqi weapons of mass destruction in 2003. now in wake of the cyber attacks on sony pictures alleged bibby north korea and the online attacks on las vegas sands allegedly by iran also not prevented by america's top spy agency the cia will put much more energy into that threat and reportedly will attempt more pen trinidad and tobagos of its own into the shadowy online world of terrorists and for-profit hackers. cia 2.0 if you want to call it that will break down the long-established division between spies on the one hand and analysts on the oth

from washington, steve handelsman, "nbc10 news." >>> today curbside concerns. an eye sore in some local neighborhoods could get worse. we'll explain. >>> also help for his hometown. the famous baseball player who delivers a message about a growing crisis in the south jersey community where he grew up. >>> and next potent pot. the new findings about this common drug. it may not be as harmless as so many people think. >>> if you're in doubt, parents who smoke have an impact on their children's heart health as the kids grow up. according to a new report out of finland, adults who were exposed to parents smoking were 1 1/2 times more likely to have arteries clogged with plaque. the study tested children in the 1980s and then again as late as 2007. >>> getting high on pot packs a stronger punch than it used to. researchers say the levels of thc in marijuana sold in colorado turns out to be three times higher than it was 30 years ago. thc is a compound that actually gets people high. scientists say they also discovered today's marijuana has more con tanments in it. >

steve handelsman has the latest. >> reporter: as midnight approached in switzerland, the iranians andand the others agreed to keep talking with still no nuclear agreement in writing. >> if we are making progress toward the finish line we should keep going. >> reporter: it may look like failure for secretary of state kerry, but many many washington are pleased. >> we're doing well. this is tough stuff. >> reporter: even though the iranians have not agreed to give up their uranium or agreed to a ten-year deal, they have agreed verbally to take most of their bomb making gear offline. >> we're going to slash the iran program and freeze it and lock a camera on it. >> reporter: so this is a win for the u.s.? >> this is a major win for u.s. national security. >> reporter: with the deadline now june 30th president obama will push to get sanctions in place. >> iran is only at the table because of the sanctions. >> reporter: some in congress want sanctions toughened. >> they have to come up with something from switzerland or will be a move for more sanctions. >> reporter: president obama will v

i'm steve handelsman, news4. >>> shoveling and plowing and more shoveling and plowing. it's been an epic marathon winter for a lot of folks. for boston, it's going into the record books. after sunday's storm dumped another 3 inches of snow on that city, it pushed the total for the season to 108.6 inches. that's over 9 feet, folks. it breaks a previous record of 107 inches set back in 1995. >> i'm done. i'm done. >> as a skier i love snow. glad to see it. but i'm done with winter. >> i'm very excited spring is in five days. >> that may be true but get this -- boston could get even more snow later this week. >> oh and late they are week, doug's got the s-word back in our forecast in the five-day. >> that's what everybody's calling it, the dreaded s-word. i do think we could see a slight chance for snow coming up thursday night into the day on friday. should n be that big of a deal but it's something we'll continue to watch. friday is also the first day of spring. take a look out towards national harbor. the wheel was just going around a minute ago. you can see the beltway

all right steve handelsman with the latest on this big story. thank you, steve. >>> veronica, how much are we going to get? >> come on. >> i'm tired already. we're going to have enough snow enough to shovel probably in two sessions. but we've got our own snow equipment, don't we? if you want to see the snow equipment that jim, pat and myself have, go to our facebook. here's what to expect tonight and as we get into the day tomorrow. the transition from rain to snow will start early tomorrow morning, just before sunrise. rain some heavy tonight, then snow turns around sunrise. then the roads will start to become slick around sunrise, too. 6:00 7:00 a.m. on doppler radar, both scans are on. this is a live radar. showers around d.c. leesburg, too, but pockets of more moderate and heavier rain to the north. south of martinsburg, just up i-81, rainfall rates here close to an inch per hour. look at that just to the north of 72 some heavier pockets of rain falling right now in the stream of moisture is going to continue all as our temperatures drop. loo

nbc10's steve handelsman brings us up to speed. >> reporter: joseph clancy has run the secret serviceor just five months but house lawmakers cut him no slack. >> you can't run an agency like this, for god's sake or any other agency, unless you have discipline in the ranks. >> reporter: looking nervous, clancy heard himself revealing that he's let homeland security investigate the latest secret service scandal, doing no probe of his own. >> if these two people were senior management you should be all over them today. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: clancy knows both. mark connolly second in command of president obama's detail and sergeant ogilvie. after a party, they drove to the white house, drove into an active investigation, appeared intoxicated but got sent home without sobriety tests. clancy admitted he was not informed for days and alcohol is a problem. >> it's going to take time to change maybe some of this culture. there's no excuse for this information not to come up the chain. >> with all due respect, i'm just shocked by your testimony. it seems to me it should take time to help pe

steve handelsman nbc news capitol hill. >> for the latest developments on the nuclear talks, tune into "nbc nightly news" coming up at 6:30. >>> we still have snow falling up in the poconos but for the rest of us it will stay rainy for the rest of this evening. commute rainy through the rest of your evening and even part of tonight. then we'll see a clearing overnight. the snow will be sticking around for some areas, mainly north and west. more like those higher elevations, but after this all clears out later this week we'll have some nice warming. for some of us right now, it looks and feels like winter. as we go through thursday and friday, it will feel a lot more like spring outside. a live look at the poconos where the snow is still coming down. we've been seeing this for quite a few hours now. we'll keep seeing it as we go through the evening. a lot of moisture left over to work with. a look at the radar. most of us with the green here that's the rainfall. that's what most of us are seeing right now. up in the poconos, we have temperatures here either at or below freezing. so this

news4's steve handelsman is on capitol hill widetails on both of these issues playing out in one of the world's most volatile neighborhoods. snooef. >> got ari. hi doreen. the white hou insists there will be a complete u.s. pullout of afghanisn by 2017. but up here on capitol hill influential conservaves john mccain and seam who've charged for years that we pulled out of iraq too quickly and that led to the scary metastasis isis, are praising the president's move, apparent move, not y confirmed to slow down our pullout from afghanistan. the change could mean almost 10,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan next year. double what president obama h hoped for. he's bowing to u.s. commanders who say more u.s. forces have to stay. the taliban is getting stronger. afghan goven forces still need more training. and the rise of isis after u.s. forces le iraq is a reminder that's a danger in afghanistan. but the danger of nuclear weapons next door in iran is front burner today. secretary ofta kerry met again with iranian foreign minister rouhani in switzerland and the iranian did bring up last week's con

i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist tracking showers on radar right now, even some thunderstorms not far away. let's zoom in there west of i-81 right now, some of those showers, making their way east northeastward towards areas like martinsburg and winchester. that's where the lightning is. all that will be headed into and through our area between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. this evening bringing gusty winds. 64 our temperature by then so we'll be falling out of the 70s. 50s between 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. as we look forward, even some wintry type of weather coming our way. back to a cool spring for us. we'll take a look at those temperatures coming up in a couple minutes. >>> it's one of the most shared stories on our facebook page. president obama will welcome pope francis to the white house september 23rd. this will not be their first meeting. the president met the pope at the vatican a year ago. they will continue their dialogue about a wide range of issues that concern both leaders including caring for the marginalized and the poor. this is a

steve handelsman now to explain whooo is standing in the way. steve? >> reporter: well they're down to the wire. it's already tomorrow over in switzerland, a few minutes past midnight. the good news, they're still talking. the united states wants the time line iran would need to build an atomic bomb to be stretched out so that it takes a long time even if iran breaks the deal. the iran yawns want the sanctions lifted. but it looks now like the other side might get what they want. the mood at the talks was not good. gloom, said one negotiator. but president obama told secretary of state kerry to keep trying. in boston he quoted ted and jack kennedy. >> let us never negotiate out of fear but let us never fear to negotiate. >> reporter: one hang-up is how long any deal would last. ten years or more? another is what iran does with its fuel for potential bombs. years of purifying has gotten iran 22,000 pounds of uranium that's partway to bomb grade. vut season offering to take iran's stash to russia and dilute it but suddenly iran's leaders say that would b

nbc's steve handelsman explains why a nuclear deal between the u.s. and iran is looking less likely now. >> reporter: the mood at the talks was not good. gloom, said one negotiator. but president obama told secretary of state kerry to keep trying. in boston he quoted ted and jack kennedy. >> let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. >> reporter: one hangup is how long any deal would last. ten years or more? another is what iran does with its fuel for potential bombs. years of purifying has gotten iran 22,000 pounds of uranium that is partway to bomb grade. vladimir putin is offering to take iran's stash to russia and dilute it. but suddenly iran's leaders say that would bruise their national pride. their promising to dilute their own uranium, but demanding they keep it. >> i think you have to assume the worst, that here is an attempt to either weaken the u.s. position or to preserve a capability that certainly is not in the interest of the united states. >> reporter: if president obama buys a plan that leaves iran's urani

i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> honoring the legacy of the late senator ted kennedy. today political leaders gathered in boston to dedicate an institute named for the man who dedicated his life to political service. the $78 million facility will be called the edward m. kennedy institute for the united states senate. kennedy died in 2009 after serving nearly a half century in the senate. he was remembered as a liberal lion who could not only work with but win over republicans. >> he knew how to give take and get results. >> i had no doubt the place would be a little more productive and a lot more fun if he were there. >> the institute includes a life-size replica of the senate chamber and of kennedy's office, as well as memorabilia. it's located next to the jfk presidential library. >>> a wind-fueled wildfire continues to burn in central montana this afternoon. little progress from the four choppers tasked with fighting the flames. at least 3,000 acres have already burned and people living in the stillwater county area are being forced to leave their homes. two homes,

i'm steve handelsman news4. >> steve, thank you. >>> same sex marriage is once again on hold in alabama. that state's supreme court issued a ruling last night ordering alabama's judges to stop issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. it's an order that contradicts a ruling from federal judges last month. the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments in april on whether states have the right to ban same sex marriage. >>> next at 6:00, it was him. some of the first words in the boston bombing trial from dzhokhar tsarnaev's own attorney. what we learned on day one of testimony. >>> more controversy for potential presidential candidate ben carson says he thinks being gay is a choice. >>> virginia state troopers recovering after getting hit by cars. their warning and their plea before another big storm. >>> and doug and veronica crunching numbers to tell us what's going to fall wher >>> right now, our weather gurus are tracking all this stormy funky weather coming our way. everyone in the viewing area is going to have some snow at some point. here's what tepco is doing right now. there ar

i'm steve handelsman, nbc news. capitol hill. >>> fist at 4, iraqi forces say they've already found and defused 100 hidden bombs as they launched their first major offensive against isis militants. and this is a key battle to watch. the iraqi army is trying to retake the city of tikrit. it is a sunni muslim city that has been held by isis for months now. thousands of iraqi ground troops are involved. they are supported from the air by iraqi fighter jets. what's really remarkable is the campaign also includes 12 shiite militias. the outcome of this offensive could chart the course for the even more difficult battle to reclaim the city of mosul. >>> twitter co-founder jack dorsey's had no comment about the alleged isis death threat against him and his employees, but company officials say they're working with law enforcement to find out if the threat is real. buzz feed first reported the threat last night posted on an anonymous online site based in portland -- in poland, rather. "the post" calls for isis followers to k

steve handelsman on capitol hill has the latest on this. >> reporter: jim, thanks. here on the hill israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has addressed joint meetings of the house and senate for almost 20 years, but this time tomorrow about 30 democrats say they won't attend. >> thank you. >> reporter: cheered by american jewish leaders in washington israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned that israel's survival is threatened. >> we must not let that happen. >> reporter: iran said netanyahu, would build a nuclear weapon to use on israel. >> i have a moral obligation to speak up in the face of these dangers while they there's still time to avert them. >> reporter: the white house tried reassurance. >> the united states of america will not allow iran to obtain a nuclear weapon period. >> reporter: but john mccain warned iran will cheat. >> the monitoring organization continues to say that iran is not cooperating. >> reporter: secretary of state kerry's negotiating with the iranians today in switzerland, warning netanyahu not to interfere. >> doing so woul

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nbc 10 national correspondent steve handelsman has the story of a small businessman about to add to theployment count. >> reporter: jim chambers knew the numbers were good before today's jobs report. his high-end seafood business is growing so much he needs more help. like many of the restaurants he sells to. >> job growth has been consistently high for the last i think 16 months in a row. >> reporter: and you say you're ready to hire? >> i'm ready to hire too. i have a new employee coming on board in two weeks. >> reporter: 295,000 americans got jobs last month. unemployment down to 5.5%. president obama celebrated the record job growth. >> more than 200,000 jobs a month for the past year. and we have not seen a streak like that in 37 years. >> reporter: it's an explosion ofáÑ health care. even in construction, proof the recovery is strong. because last month's weather was so bad in much of america. >> no one is spiking the football here there, but is an undeniable tailwind in this economy. >> reporter: the downside is wages. the average rose just 3 cents to $24.78. and just 63% of ame

steve handelsman has the latest from washington. >> reporter: israeli prime minister netanyahu got a hero's welcome in a packed house chamber. only a few lawmakers stayed away. >> i know matter on which side of the aisle you sit, you stand with israel. >> reporter: he praised president obama but slammed the unfinished obama nuclear deal with iran. secretary of state kerry is working on a deal with iranians that netanyahu complained would later on keep some bomb-making machinery and would expire in ten years. >> iran could get to the bomb by keeping the deal. it doesn't block iran's path to the bomb. it paves iran's path to the bomb. >> reporter: he was forceful and charismatic but key democrats were not swayed. >> the prime minister really didn't come up with any solutions. >> reporter: president obama defended his approach. >> this will be the best deal possible to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: netanyahu's approach would mean iran does get nukes. >> the alternative to the prime minister is no deal in which case iran will immediately begin once again purs

steve handelsman is live an capitol hill. where do they go from here? >> reporter: president obama plans to call netanyahu but aides say he's got a big are job. re-evaluating u.s./middle east policy that's for 20 years backed a so-called two-state policy israel and palestine. a policy rejected in yesterday's election. the victory of benjamin netanyahu has israeli conservatives celebrating and liberals worried. >> this is not a good morning. >> reporter: facing defeat netanyahu promised no palestinian state, and israelis agree. rejecting the efforts of u.s. presidents from jimmy carter to bill clinton to barack obama. >> the israeli public voted no to the peace process between the israelis and palestinians. >> reporter: more urgent to many americans, he campaigned against a nuclear deal with iran. boehner tweeted heartfelt congratulations today. >> there will be a confrontation not over the palestinian issue but over iran if there is a deal. >> reporter: kerry called netanyahu with congratulations. democrats are turning down the heat. >>or relationship w

steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with how this could also affect nuclear talks with withdrawn. >> reporter: so far, chris, those talks seem to be kicking into high gear nap's good news. the iranians reportedly at least considering allowing much tougher inspections than they've ever agreed to. it showed that iran is not taking out on the u.s. its frustration that arab nations are ganging up against it in yemen. even though the iranians could clearly blame america. the u.s. government assisted the saw ti air strikes providing targeting help as saudi bombs blasted rebels in yemen. the rebels who drove out the u.s.-backed president. houthi houthis, shiite muslims backed by iran whose foreign minister today protested the air strikes and by extension american involvement. >> we have condemned them. we believe that they will only cause loss of human life. they have to stop and everybody has to encourage dialogue. >> reporter: mohamed zarif is in switzerland, trying to make a deal with u.s. secretary of state kerry on nuclear weapons and there's a positive sign. iran's president, hass