israeli policy. this is a big setback for the obama white house. steve? >> and andrea on that pint then the relations, clearly the white house was hoping there would be a change in leadership in israel. if netanyahu is able to form a government basically returned to power, what is that relationship going to be like between the obama white house? they're basically there for two years, and netanyahu? >> reporter: it would be absolutely -- part of the statement today, and we interviewed top likud officials from his party, he accused the u.s. of pouring foreign government into his -- foreign money into his opposition. so he accused the u.s. of trying to spike the election against him, and the likud official said it was the state department who did this through some of the their support for nongovernment organizations. this has not been proved of course, but it's going to be a very tough road ahead for