Mark Memmott

The outlines of a peace deal described today by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are a "declaration of war" in the view of Palestinians, Nabil Shaath, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, tells The Associated Press.

As the AP puts it:

Iran and Syria are about to come under renewed focus for their nuclear ambitions.

According to The Associated Press and the BBC, the International Atomic Energy Agency will soon officially report that it believes a target that Israeli warplanes bombed inside Syria four years ago was indeed a secret nuclear reactor site.

Many eyes on are Congress this morning as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of the House and Senate.

His speech comes on the heels of the very public disagreement the Israeli leader has had with President Obama over whether Israel's pre-1967 war borders should be the basis (assuming there will also be mutually agreed-upon land swaps) for peace talks with the Palestinians.

As Renee Montagne reported on Morning Edition, U.S. officials say President Obama wasn't in that particular armored limousine when one of the vehicles in his convoy got stuck on a bump Monday in Dublin.

But the mishap did bring the president's motorcade to a grinding (yes! we said it!) halt.

The young man who recorded the terrifying sounds as the tornado that crushed Joplin, Mo., on Sunday destroyed the convenience story where he and a small group of other people were seeking safety says it was a "surreal" scene.