GENE RANDALL, CNN ANCHOR: For some of reaction from the White House, we turn to our White House Correspondent Kelly Wallace, who is traveling with President Clinton in Denver -- Kelly</s>KELLY WALLACE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Gene, while President Clinton says he is pleased the Israeli and Palestinians leaders have agreed to attend an emergency summit, he is making it clear that the primary goal of the meeting is ending the violence. The president telling reporters in an early morning appearance at the White House that he is well aware that getting back to formal peace negotiations will not be easy after more than two weeks of violence and the distrust that has developed between the two sides.</s>WILLIAM J. CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We should be under no illusions. The good news is the parties have agreed to meet, and the situation appears to be calmer. But the path ahead is difficult. After the terrible events of the past few days, the situation is still quite tense. But President Mubarak and I are convinced that we must make every effort to break the cycle of violence.</s>WALLACE: Now after more than two days inside the White House working the phones, the president left Washington. He is here in Denver, helping to go raise money for Democratic candidates. Later today he heads to Seattle, Washington to do more fund-raising. This was supposed to be a four day fund-raising trip for the president, but it was scaled back to one day because of tensions in the Middle East. Mr. Clinton will leave for Egypt on Sunday. White House officials, though, telling us he is expected to be back in time Wednesday to attend that memorial service in Norfolk, Virginia for the victims of the USS Cole tragedy. Now going back to the summit, administration officials telling CNN that they are working on a joint declaration condemning the violence in the region without naming who is responsible for that violence. Again, Gene, White House officials very encouraged about this but they are dampening expectations, saying the goals right now are modest --</s>RANDALL: Kelly Wallace in Denver. Thanks very much, Kelly.
President to Attend Middle East Peace Summit on Monday