Israel and the jewish people. We are grateful to be with us today. Mr. Ambassador it is great to have at our podium please join me to welcome him. [applause] bone appetit. I hear the clinking of the plates. It is the pleasure to have an opportunity to speak at this conference that brings in leaders from across the country and it gives me on behalf of israel and said to think jonathan. Where is he . It still gives me the opportunity. [laughter] and the many others who work day after day, to fight the definition of the jewish people and the jewish state has embassador my mission is to regain since israels interest in washington and strengthen the relationship between israel and america. The sheer that has included focusing on ways to combat the aggression and terror working and efforts between the israelis and palestinians into opposed him in the International Arena with the memorandum of understanding with military assistance to israel that i hope we can conclude soon. But today i want
here. he s got a lot on his plate right now with the nfl lockout and a bunch of other stuff. he might be the new regis. let s be honest and they re basically clones. michelle bachmann will be here. she s going to be running for president it seems and she s also embroiled in what s going to be a so-called attack on the tea party by the democrats trying to create a schism between republicans and the tea party. we ll expand on that. and finally, as you can see, screen right, susan lucci will be on our program today. she s got a lot to talk about as well. there are some rumors, all my children could be on the chopping block. i don t see how. it is a brilliant gone crazy! i know about pine valley. in the meantime, we begin with the latest on the situation in libya where nato is starting its takeover now of military command. overnight, reports say rebel fighters are on the retreat, though. they re fleeing the key oil towns as qaddafi s forces hammer them with countera