objectives that israel has and the united supports in these negotiations. >> reporter: so, tony, it was actually rather rare that you have mahmoud abbas putting out that written statement, condemning the attack against the israeli settlers because from their opinion, their pointed of view, it's illegal to have the settlers there in the first place but he doesn't want to be weakened back at home and wants the talks to move forward in a very legitimate and earnest way. >> suzanne malveaux at the white house for us. thank you. turning around a troubled school, part of cnn's week-long focus on america's classrooms in crisis. today we head to boston to see how one of government's interventions is working. >> the markets, a nice little run-up. 236 points. we are following the dow, the nasdaq, the markets for you throughout the morning right here in the cnn newsroom.