what has proven to be a very difficult situation between israel and the palestinians. and let s see if we can find the solution. it s something that i think is, frankly, maybe not as difficult as people have thought over the years. but we need two willing parties. we believe israel is willing. we believe you re willing. and if you both are willing, we re going to make a deal. well, that sounds familiar, it s not the first time president trump has said a complicated issue may be easy to fix. health care, for example. back now with the panel. jason, when you hear the president i mean, this is arguably the most difficult, contentious, you know, world issue on the global stage and has been for generations? i mean centuries. of course this is big and of course this is one of the great international diplomacy.
when we started to interview parents who were heartbroken, quite rightly, there was no safety for them. they were running into the bushes at night terrified that boko haram would come back and attack. we reported these things. as reports trickled out, people started to question the beliefs that they held about it being a political stunt 3 i. i think it s important to continue to cover this story because these girls are not only victims of boko haram. since they were kidnapped, thousands of nigerians have died thousands of nigerians have been taken. it s largely seen in nigeria as a northern problem, but it could very well escalate into other parts. it s a world issue. we need to contain it, we need to combat it fiercely and quickly. also go to cnn.com and read this. our anchor and correspondent aisha sesay has been covering
with the new york times explaining why he thinks the deal is sound and taking aim at those in congress who want to block it. i m not interested in seeing folks who are hell bent on just defeating any deal aren t interested in listening to the nuclear scientists and aren t interesting in listening to the experts but are viewing this through the lens of partisanship. i m not interested in endangering a very critical international agreement on that basis. outside of congress another fierce opponent the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu telling cnn the debate is not about bickering in washington but a much larger threat. this is not a partisan issue. this is a world issue. everyone is going to be threatened by the pre-eminent terrorist state of our time.
government potentially providing more military support there? if you listen to his remarks today, i think he left himself some room there. he also left himself, though. breathing room by saying we want to get to the bottom of this. we want to make this an international, a world issue. he s got some room there to certainly call upon the europeans to take a more active role in this. and as strong as his remarks were toward russia, he did allow that we don t have all the facts yet. and he didn t entirely point the finger. he s been very cautious here both waiting to get what he did know before coming out and making a statement and then still, as you said, reserving that fact that we don t have all the answers yet. lester holt, john cox, general mccaffrey and nicholas kristof, thanks to all of you. coming up, as the white house takes a stand over the downing of flight 17, the president also spoke out about the crisis in israel and gaza. we ll have more an that when we come back.
the cold war and his russian counterpart seems more comfortable moving back into it. americans tend to see the cold war in rear view mirror as widely expensive period of idealogical struggle settled decisively in favor of the rightful victor, democratic capitalism. russians tend to think moscow played its rightful role as superpower with large, clearly defined sphere of influence and important voice on every world issue. gerald seib wrote that piece. the executive washington editor of the wall street journal. interesting look at both men and both countries, jerry. is the truth somewhere in between? are we right? is moscow right? how do you make sense of it? in their own ways, both sides are right. americans think as i indicated in the piece we re beyond the cold war and thank goodness for it. it was time of instability and wildly inflated defend expensing on both side. aren t we glad we re beyond that. vladmir putin looks at that