of pursuing nuclear weaponry. mr. romney has said he will take a zero-tolerance role and insist that iran stop all iranian uranium enrichment. a tougher line than the balm bam. he says he will not criticize the obama administration while he is oversea, but he has suggest that the iranians are testing americans and testing the world for their resolve. he has suggested that things have worsened since 2007, when he last gave a big speech in israel and talked about his perception of how serious the iranian threat is. mr. romney, after the israeli visit, in a speech, will have dinner tonight with the netanyahus. he and his wife will with a private meeting at the netanyahu home. tell mark the end of a religious holiday here in israel and the end of a fast. private meeting that will take
commitment to israel. romney has a second meeting today with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his wife. mr. and mrs. romney will be going to dinner at their private residence tonight. no staff and no other politicians. private moment to get together and not only talk about world issues but perhaps reminisce about their relationship which goes back 30 years. tomorrow, romney will hold a fundraiser. he becomes the first presidential candidate to come to israel and raise money here. then off to poland for the final leg and back be to the states by mid week. shannon? shannon: carl cameron live in israel. thank you so much. romney s foreign trip comes just 100 days before you you the voters head to the polls. his campaign is holding events in the u.s. to highlight small businesses while hitting on the president for h his remarks about business owners not building their companies just
listen, journalism is not all it is cracked up to be, right? that thing looks really school it is a small business and maybe thought it was going to be tough in the economy. shannon: it is tough now but that place is adore arable. we wish him all the best moving on in his career. thank you very much. you bet. shannon: a study shows when it comes to education the u.s. a falling way behind. is there anything we can do to change that? joining us now, michelle rei, founder of students first an education advocate. first i want to talk about the harvard studdie. what does it say about where we are in the world when it comes to education and were you concerned or surprised? no, unfortunately, i m not surprised. basically you know what we know is that the u.s. is far behind its international counter are parts. we are now 25th out of 34 nations when it comes to math for 15-year-olds and it is absolutely unacceptable.
thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you for your kind intrurksz mayor. and thank you for the warm welcome. it s a pleasure and a privilege to be in israel again and to see so many dear friends. to step foot into israel is to step foot interest a nation that began with an ancient promise made in this land, the jewish people persisted to one of the most monstrous crimes in human history. now this nation has come to take its place among the most impressive democracies on earth. israel s achievems are a wonder of the modern world. these achievements are a tribute to the resilience of the israeli people. have you managed against all odd, time and again throughout your history to persevere, to rise up and to emerge stronger. the historian, paul johnson,
diplomats on american soil. it is iran that is the leading state sponsor of terrorism and the most detablizing nation in the world. we have a solemn dutiy and a moral imperative to deny iran s leaders the means to follow through on their malevolent intentions. [applause] we should stand with all who would join our effort to prevent a nuclear armed iran. and that includes iranian dissidents. don t erase from your memory the scenes from 3 years ago had that regime brought to death its own people as they rose up. the threat we faced does not come from the iranian people, but from the regime that oppresses them. five years ago, in a conference, i stated my view that iran s pursuit of nuclear weapons capability presents an intolerable threat to israel, to america and to the world.