>>
diana olick, cnbc,
washington
.
>>>
more on the
white house
meeting late yesterday between
president obama
and
israeli prime minister
benjamin netanyahu
. it was so
low profile
it says a lot about the chill between two former allies.
andrea mitchell
has details on just what happened last night and what didn't.
>>
reporter: you could call it the case of the disappearing
israeli prime minister
, gone missing in the
white house
for hours. 5:29 last night,
benjamin netanyahu
arrived to see the president one-on-one no aides. officials say
president obama
asked
netanyahu
to compromise and get
peace
talks restarted. unlike past
white house
meetings with israeli leaders, this time no press. only underscoring the tense relations. 6:17,
netanyahu
's car is back. is the meeting over?
>>
is he on his way out right now?
>>
not yet.
>>
reporter: 7:33, the president heads to his residence, but
netanyahu
stays. where is he? turns out, camped out for almost an hour with
israel
's
defense minister
and other advisors in the
roosevelt room
, just
across the hall
from the
oval office
. 8:20. the prime minister asks the president to come back downstairs for a second joefl office meeting. they talk for another 35 minutes. 9:10,
netanyahu
finally emerges, the dispute still not resolved.
>>
there are areas of agreement, areas of disagreement, and that conversation is ongoing.
>>
reporter: this afternoon,
middle east
negotiators
george mitchell
and
dennis ross
picked up where the president left off, this time at
netanyahu
's hotel.
>>
our goal is the resumption of negotiations.
>>
reporter: clinton and
netanyahu
have been sparring, a saga of unreturned
phone calls
, statements of condemnation, and on jerusalem, defiance.
>>
jerusalem is not a settlement. it's our capitol.
>>
reporter: tonight
netanyahu
is holed up in his hotel and so far no one is inviting him back to the
white house
,
andrea mitchell
,
nbc
news,
washington
.
>>>
there's been a hopeful breakthrough
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