minister net tanyahu s trip back he obvious lly won re-election with a weaken coalition government that was weakening with a hard bargain over the past several weeks, but not understanding the personal tensioning between the two. the president will get off the airplane, they ll see the iron dome missile system which represents a deep cooperation that does exist between the israeli government and the u.s. government. they ll have a lot to talk about things where they disagree on the israeli-palestinian front. there s mutual concern, that being syria and iran. what should president obama hope to accomplish to have this trip be called a success? i think it s establishing a floor in each of their
relationship. each would prefer a leader of a different stripe in their office, but they re going to be together for the next two to four years, do a compelling situation right next door in syria, so they need to have a common understanding of what could happen there that could have spillover effects into israel. and sometime in the next several months, dealing with the iranian situation with respect to it s nuclear program, we have had two elections, obviously the president has been re-elected, the prime minister has been re-elected. there s still an election in iran in june, that could show how much negotiating opportunity there will be existing sometime this year. you have to wonder if right out of the gate, this came from martin fletcher, who said the very first question from president obama will say is
he brought a big smile to my face with that last part. vice president joe biden is leading a u.s. delegation heading to rome. the vice president who is catholic says the church plays an essential role in his life, he is the first catholic to serve as a u.s. vice president. president obama heading to the middle east on tuesday, he s making his first trip to israel after his first four plus years in office. a third of israelis think he is supportive of their country, but only 10% view president obama favorfully. former u.s. secretary of state, p.j., good to see you. how about the view of the israeli public that we were just talking about there, does that matter? it probably doesn t matter as much as it used to in prime
blagojevich. he was hoping for three to five. the judge siding with the prosecution. blagojevich just came down from the courtroom about ten minutes ago and addressed the media very briefly. he didn t take any questions. said he was going home to be with his two daughters, explain to them where they were going from here and said he will be, quote, fighting on. so expect an appeal in this case. one thing to note, he doesn t have to report until february 16th to the bureau of prisons. so he does have this time to spend with his family but the former governor of illinois will spend 14 years was sentenced to 14 years in prison. i m curious, since he does get to go home for those 90 days, to try to explain this to his kids, why is that? why does he get that 90-daybreak? well, it s up to the judge s discretion whether in a case that he allows the defendant to go away, to be out on bond typically an inmate is remanded into custody. in illinois, george ryan was sentenced in the