you have to wonder why anyone wants to be a public figure. president obama ran into a problem at fortune magazine s most powerful women s summit. his podium had the president seal on it, but it wasn t attached well. watch and more importantly, listen. the president: we cannot sustain whoops. was that my [ laughing ] the president: oh, goodness. that s all right. all of you know who i am. [ laughing ] [ applause ] the president: but i m sure there is somebody back there that is really nervous right now. [ laughing ] stphfplt [ laughing ] the president: don t you think? they are sweating bullets back there right now. greta: the president handled that one very well. finally we know politics is
you have to wonder why anyone wants to be a public figure. president obama ran into a problem at fortune magazine s most powerful women s summit. his podium had the president seal on it, but it wasn t attached well. watch and more importantly, listen. the president: we cannot sustain whoops. was that my [ laughing ] the president: oh, goodness. that s all right. all of you know who i am. [ laughing ] [ applause ] the president: but i m sure there is somebody back there that is really nervous right now. [ laughing ] stphfplt [ laughing ] the president: don t you think? they are sweating bullets back there right now. greta: the president handled that one very well. finally we know politics is
reporter: good morning,b pan p commander in chief to seek peace in the middle east. by starting near theinni of his term, this president seal the deal. president obama s first shot at forging a middle east peace pact began with a show of progress. president abbas and prime minister netanyahu agreed that these negotiations can be completed within one year. reporter: in the world of diplomacy, progress often means more talks. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian authority leader mahmoud abbas set a date for mid-november and promised to meet every two weeks after that until there s peace. we cannot and we will not impose a solution. only you can make the decisions necessary. reporter: the goal, a settlement that ends israel s 43-year occupation of the palestinian territory within the year, creating an independent palestinian state at peace with israel. together, we can lead our people to a historic future. reporter: abbas too vowed to work to resolve all
will the president seal the deal when it comes to sweeping financial reforms? and 11 people are still missing after that oil explosion in the gulf of mexico. it could become one of the nation s deadliest offshore drilling accidents. and vanished, but now she is very much alive and well. an ohio mom missing for five y days turns up in florida. what happened? and just as thousands of travelers start to get back in the air, there are new restrictions for two countries. and president obama, as i mentioned, is due to touch down within minutes at jfk and then head to cooper union college. that s in lower manhattan which is just blocks from wall street. the president will deliver a tough speech outlining the need for new financial regulations to prevent another crisis. he ll also call on wall street to join, not fight, the overhaul. the president will lay out five elements that he says must be included in financial reform bill. a type of protection system the president wants in the ev