Draw from her passion on the fr freedom. more news from secretary of state john kerry and his news from the medal east trying to get the peace process moving once again. secretary of state kerry met with mahmoud abbas yesterday. later this week, the secretary will visit south korea, this at the same time that the nuclear tensions with the north seem to escalate. joining me with more joining me from jerusalem with more is former state department officer sdwroel reuben. joel, it s good to have you with us this morning. i want to get straight to this report from the ap saying secretary kerry is pushing for a modified version from the ap trading peace for settlement drawdowns. do you think that that old approach, what s old is could be new again, could be best? well, thomas, secretary kerry s presence here, now the second time in two weeks has a very strong signal that the