thinking about when several thousands palestinians and their supporters decided to converge on israel, there is a a movement in this part of the world that will force the israeli-palestinian issue to the forefront whether the president decides to wade into it deeply, diplomatically, or not. richard engle in cairo. thank you. we want to look at how the speech could affect us here at home in our biweekly soundoff segment where we look at hue communities across the u.s. are affected by the headlines. msnbc contributor melissa harris-perry joins me in the studio. a princeton professor and columnist for the nation and a very welcome guest in the studio. thanks. i want to get straight to it because folks at home might dismiss this as another type of policy speech and not understand the weight that needs to go with this. why do people at home need to pay attention to this and figure out what the obama administration s policies for the region are? it s something. this moment fo