DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: There apparently has been a development in the Middle East peace talks currently taking place at Camp David. Let's bring in our State Department correspondent Andrea Koppel. Andrea, what's happening?</s>ANDREA KOPPEL, CNN STATE DEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENT: Daryn, the latest we're hearing, according to Israeli sources, is that the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Barak, and his team have just begun to make logistical preparations for departure this evening. We also learned from Israeli television that Israeli Prime Minister Barak is, at this hour, meeting with President Clinton along with Mr. Barak's senior advisers. We have been hearing, Daryn, for the last number of hours now that talks are at a critical stage, both the Israelis and the Palestinians telling CNN that talks are very gloomy, that they do not feel optimistic that there can be an agreement. We also know from sources close to the talks that since President Clinton arrived back from Japan on Sunday evening, he's been involved in very tedious, nitty-gritty negotiations with both the Israelis and the Palestinians to try to put down on paper areas of agreement and disagreement. The United States hoping that there could still be a final agreement, but in the meanwhile trying to get down on paper some of the progress that has been made. But at this hour, we clearly see something that should be reminiscent of what happened about a week ago when he heard also from the Israelis that Prime Minister Barak was making preparations to leave. We don't know if, in fact, this will come to fruition. As we saw last week at the last hour, things turned around and both the Israelis and the Palestinians did, in fact, stay. But the latest is that preparations, logistical preparations, are being made. No one has been told, Daryn, to actually pack their bags, but things like getting cars ready, fueling Prime Minister Barak's plane, those sorts of preparations are now being made -- Daryn.</s>KAGAN: All right, Andrea Koppel, we will stay on top of things there. Thank you very much for that update.
Middle East Peace Summit: Barak Reportedly Making Preliminary Departure Plans