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Middle East Peace Summit: Talks Intensify With President Clinton's Return to Camp David

Aired July 24, 2000 - 10:12 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Meetings at the Mideast summit in Maryland went on into the night. That after President Clinton returned to Camp David.

CNN White House correspondent Kelly Wallace comes to us live now this morning. She is just outside the presidential retreat.

Kelly, good morning.

KELLY WALLACE, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, good morning, Daryn.

We understand talks went past midnight, and we expect another round of negotiations today. One U.S. official saying the president and his team will go, quote, "full-bore" to see what they can achieve.

Senior U.S. officials predicted that the 48 to 72 hours following the president's return to Camp David would be decisive as Mr. Clinton assessed whether enough progress had been made since his trip to Japan for these talks to continue, because the view from the Clinton administration is that this summit cannot go on indefinitely.

Now, as Mr. Clinton was leaving the White House to head to Camp David, he appeared in good spirits. When asked about the prospects for an agreement, he crossed his fingers and said, I've got my fingered crossed.

Shortly after the president arrived at the presidential retreat, he met with his U.S. team, and then he met with the two Mideast leaders, first spending time with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and then the president met with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Following those meetings, we understand the president spent time with the Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, basically Mr. Clinton meeting with everyone to get a lay of the land, to get a status of the talks and to see what can be done to move the process forward.

Again, though, the main sticking point continues to be the question of Jerusalem. Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of a Palestinian state while the Israelis would like to see Jerusalem remain united under Israeli sovereignty.

Kelly Wallace, CNN, reporting live from near Camp David, Maryland. BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Kelly, thank you.

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