world leaders are increasing their efforts to mediate between palestine and israel now that they're at loggerheads for a palestinian bid over membership. mahmoud abbas is pushing for a full u. membership for palestine as an independent state. but israel has denounced a move. both sides are expected to explain their stances at the general assembly on friday. on tuesday, abbas met french president nicolas sarkozy in new york. sarkozy is believed to have urged him to compromi. french president had earlier voiced concern the rising tensions between palestine and israel would hamper moves toward democracy in other middle east nations. u.s. president barack obama will also meet aas on wneaynd expected to to dissuade him fromaking the membership bid. japan's foreign minister koichiro gemba expressed caution about a palestinian bid. gemba said japan must understand the palestinians ernest wish for statehood, but that it adheres to its principle that the matter should be resolved through direct negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians. he said japan will make further decisions on the matter a

if the body over here has to come up with the money, where at loggerheads. it is time we come up with a business plan where we ask lafco and the people they hire and sfpuc, there is a convoluted diatribe. we need it in simpler language. when it comes to the red hill, are we going to get anything? or 13 cents? because we are living if you are alive in dire economic times. their economic times. 14 million people out of jobs. 420,000 people have joined the working poor. thank you. president vietor: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. eric brooks. i have been listening in the audience and liking a lot of what i am hearing. this is exactly that -- the discussion we need to be having about what ratepayers will pay and financing for this program. when cca was created, it was never intended to be rolled out at a higher rate than pg&e to ratepayers. it was intended to mitigate that and make that unnecessary by building hundreds of megawatts of local, city on assets that you could amortize the cost of overtime of paying the upfront costs and project over time

but authorities on both sides are at loggerheads over the best way to deal with the bugs. he face's tiny, but formidable enemy. bark beetles live in the bohemian forest. it's his job to locate and exterminate them before it's too late and he's under time pressure to do so. >> these are mature beetles attacking the tree. then they create a new generation. the female bark beetles lay the eggs in these grooves. they turn into larvae, which eat away under the bark. >> he says that one infested tree will infest five or 10 others. once a tree is infested, it's too late, and there are no natural barriers. the bohemian forest is largely made up of mono-cultures. the consequences are devastating. the authorities say around 1/3 of the national park on the czech side is affected. 180 square kilometers. >> this is where bark beetles wreaked havoc. in the last two years, 2009 and 2010, we cleared the trees and destroyed the beetles. >> no beetles, but no trees either. the new head of the national park introduced chemical beetle traps. this promptnd an outcry on eek psychological ground

loggerheads, battles, conflict, government shutdown, escalation of rhetoric, race war, ferrell leprechauns roaming the streets. we're doomed! >> wednesday seemed to be the best option, when that wasn't available... when that seemed to be a problem, thursday was fine with us. (laughter) >> jon: well, there you have it. the president offered a date, the republicans said "could you move that a day?" and the president said "all right." (laughter) noncrisis averted. it's the first installment of what i hope will be many in our new segment "tales of reasonable accommodation." i tell you, it's nice to see that every now and again. people in washington work together to solve a minor... >> the one day controversy known as speech-gate. >> where is speech-gate. >> where is debate-gate. >> where is how can our political leaders do big things like reduce the debt or fix the economy if they butt heads over a scheduling speech. >> jon: are you (bleep)ing insane? (laughter) "how can americans trust their political leaders not to sneak into their houses and kill them in their sleep when it took them 24 who

you could be very chastened but the environment could mean that you're more at loggerheads. >> tom: it's certainly an interesting environment for investors as well. it's darren gerv. >> susie: so what do c.e.o.s want to hear from president obama tonight? that's what i asked the c.e.o. of caesar's entertainment. gary loveman runs the largest gaming company in the world. caesar's entertainment is a $9 billion conglomerate with casinos and hotels. headquartered in las vegas, nevada, it operates in a state with one of the highest home foreclosure and unemployment rates in the country. i began by asking loveman what president obama needs to do to get jobs growing again. >> first i'd like to hear a significant intervention into the housing market which i believe is the portion of our economy must be addressed if economic growth is to quicken, and second, a very simple set of prescriptions for how to address the budget deficit in a way that does not interfere with growth. those two things would set the table for economic revitalization and job creation. >> susie: our understanding is the presid

. >>> now an update on sarah, the loggerhead turtle that beat the odds who survived a spear gunshot to the head. a man found her with the spear in her head off the florida keys. veterinarians at the turtle hospital were able to remove the spear and assist her in recovery. a $16,000 reward is being offered for tips that lead to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the injury of the federally protected loggerhead. freedom for sarah! look at her. woo, she's fast. >>> the time is now for a palestinian membership? the united states. that was the message from palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. in a bid to ease israeli concerns, abbas says the palestinian leadership does not seek to isolate the jewish nation. his comments come just before next week's general assembly meeting in new york. joining us from the u.n., our richard hodge. richard, what do we make of this statement today? >> well, you know, the united nations building is on 42nd street here in manhattan. if you go bewest, you hit broadway. we're having a preview run of this palestinian bid for statehood. cer

this is sarah, an endangered loggerhead turtle with a four foot spear embedded many her head. see the x-ray. amazingly she survived and today, the animal hospital staff set her free in the atlantic after five weeks. very nice. >> great stuff there she goes. >> there she goes. she's like, i need to get out of here. >> get me out of here. >> that's an incredible story, anderson. let's face it, when you talk turtles, there's only one thing i think of and to be honest it gives me the -- >> turtleman! that's how you do it on our show! >> he's smiling for you now! >> you see? times like this -- >> that's turtleman. >> now i miss home. >> viewers -- if they want to see the entire turtleman video, it's like a local news report -- i forgot the station. go to youtube and type in "turtle man" and it will pop up. it's three or four minutes. it's well worth the watch. >> i want to go home. >> i bet that reminds you of jolly old england watching turtleman. >>> up next, the controversial case of troy davis set to be executed in georgia next week. legitimate concerns have been raised about hi

i can remember a democratic party and a republican party that were at loggerheads, but they had their own soul and they had their own judgment. they were not just collection agencies for big-money politics and for the hired guns. they had a democratic digest that took pieces of speeches, of ideas, of jokes. you had a sense of joy in politics. c-span: bay at the moon club? >> guest: bay at the moon club was never political but is something that is my indulgence as an aging woman in texas. c-span: when did you start it? >> guest: seven years ago, we were out on a ranch. the moon was full and we were too. anyway, the coyotes -- we have a lot of coyotes down there -- started howling at the moon, so we all started going, "woo, woo, woo." it made us feel wonderful. the great satisfaction was it shocked our children, and there's no greater satisfaction than to shock your own children when you have white hair. so we started getting together every time the moon was full and started making each other write poetry and be creative. they wrote a ballad when i had written getting better all the tim

in israel, look at this -- swimmers and a dog watch as a loggerhead seaturity sell set ee. hot shots, pictures coming in from around the world. thank you very much for watching, i'm wolf blitzer. join us weekdays in "the situation room" from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., every saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. and at this time every weekend on cnn international. the news continues next on cnn. >>> that is tropical storm lee. it is slamming into the gulf coast. this is what it looked like last night in mississippi. rough waves slamming that boat into the pier. eventually punching a giant hole into the hull. you see guys trying to save it. they are okay. >>> you are in the cnn newsroom this saturday. i'm in for don lemon. good to see you. we are following a massive storm stalled off the coast of new orleans. this ireport sent to us by andrew caylee from a suburb of new orleans. doesn't look too bad now. already power has been knocked out to about 30,000 people in louisiana. the governors of louisiana and mississippi have drayeclared sts of emergency for areas, parishes are under man

got israel and turkey, long standing allies, quiet allies and military partners in a lot of ways at loggerheads. israel is increasingly isolated not only from egypt now but turkey as well. and facing this vote in the general assembly if not the security council. >> right. >> which could really isolate the united states from the rest of the world. >> of course when i listen to you i have many thoughts in my mind but i have to be quiet because i was a member of this panel. if you read the report, you will find where it is very helpful. >> they point the way. and the president is being diplomatic because as a judge of this he couldn't -- but to you, you see that the problem that is arising with the palestinian demand for a security council, statehood vote, and the u.s. position increasingly isolated that this is not the way to any kind of negotiated solution. >> obviously, we do believe that there is a right to security and a secure existence. also the palestinians have a right to statehood. nobody puts, i mean, it's in doubt, and certainly we have lots of sympathy for the plight of the palestinia

negotiations for a solution, to lead to the establishment of an independent palestinian state is reaching the loggerhead. for the israeli government that is rejecting the commitments of negotiations based on international and legal resolutions, 5 for the plo. it is the diplomacy of settlements and the jewish government's approach to jerusalem, never leaving the solution of those countries. a big hope to have an gain this membership, but this will never touch the plo as being bloat -- legal only. its rule will be there until we have our full and comprehensive independence. the role of the plo will be there until we have full independence. and to have the issue of solving all of the problems and issues, on top of which is the issue of refugees. [applause] of course, as you know, the plo is the higher and supreme power of the palestinian people. the palestinian national authority is established with the support of the plo. that is why everyone, and how we lose them, they did not know. the plo will be there. not under the reach of a solution, but through implementation of solutions. not the issue that we ne