BERNARD SHAW, CNN ANCHOR: Now an update on the unfolding situation in the Middle East. For a development at the White House, we go to senior our man there, John King -- John.</s>JOHN KING, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Bernie, a remarkable turn of events. The U.S. president in phone calls to Ehud Barak, the prime minister of Israel, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, offering to travel to the Middle East for an emergency summit, an effort, in the words of a senior administration official, to be a, quote, "circuit breaker," to the cycle of violence under way right now. The answer back from the region: no, or at least not yet. All eyes now on the Palestinian leader, Mr. Arafat, to see if he will, as U.S. public officials have been urging him to, make a public statement denouncing the violence. All eyes as well on the Israeli Cabinet meeting under way to see what steps Mr. Barak takes now that he says the Palestinians have given up on the peace process. Mr. Clinton promising to make more telephone calls to the region into the night, the White House hoping the answer is different come tomorrow -- Bernie.</s>SHAW: Thank you, John King, with the latest from the White House.
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