On the Trail With Chelsea Clinton
HARRIS: Jerusalem grieving. Thousands attending funerals today for eight young seminary students killed by a Palestinian gunman on campus. Live to Jerusalem now with CNN's Ben Wedeman. Ben, good to see you. What is the situation there were you are right now?</s>BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Tony, it's been a very emotional day for Jerusalem. These eight victims of the attack on the yeshiva have been buried. The day started with a ceremony at the yeshiva here itself, the site of the attack, where the eight bodies were laid out and speeches and eulogies made by directors of the school and their colleagues. Then various bodies were taken to burial, some in Jerusalem, some in the West Bank, some in Israel. Now this comes at a time of really heightened security around Jerusalem. This is under normal circumstances a very security- conscious place, but I was coming from Gaza this morning, and I have not seen this many police on the streets, this many checkpoints, this many identity-check patrols on the streets of this city in several years -- Tony.</s>HARRIS: And, Ben, have there been any claims of responsibility?</s>WEDEMAN: Well, that's a very complicated question. Now, just after the attack last night, of course, there was an announcement from Al Manar TV. That's the Hezbollah-run TV out of Beirut, Lebanon, carrying a claim of responsibility, calling itself the "group of free men of the Galilee," and now today what we're learning is that there are reports that Hamas has claimed responsibility as well, but our sources in Gaza say that it's actually an offshoot, or very possibly a lone member of Hamas with, we're told, possibly some assistance from a group affiliated to Hezbollah. But we're really trying to sort that out. And it's a very sort of bowl of spaghetti, all tangled up and very hard to untangle at this point -- Tony.</s>HARRIS: And, Ben, one more quick one. Any thoughts so far on the possible impact of this attack on the already fragile peace talks?</s>WEDEMAN: Well, we've heard from Israeli officials, Tony, that, in fact, Israel and the Palestinian Authority plan to carry on with their peace negotiations, peace negotiations which were really thrown up in the air following Israel's offensive in Gaza at beginning of this week, but we are told they're back on track. But given the tensions, given the resentment, given the anger, really, on both sides, it's a very tenuous return to the peace track at this point -- Tony.</s>HARRIS: CNN's Ben Wedeman for us in Jerusalem. Ben, thank you. She's not talking to reporters, but she is talking to young voters. CNN Gary Tuchman on the campaign trail with Chelsea Clinton.</s>GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Her father was a governor when she was born, a president when she was 12. Chelsea Clinton has been in the national public eye since 1992. But her fiercely-guarded privacy makes many realize they've never even heard her speak.</s>C. CLINTON: Jordan, nice to meet you, Jordan. Nice to meet you. Hi, Joe. Nice to meet you. Thanks for welcoming me.</s>TUCHMAN: She's speaking now, on behalf of her mother. We're in the University of Pennsylvania Student Union with her as she's about to take the stage, where she's greeted like a rock star as the sun gets ready to set on the chilly Philadelphia campus.</s>CLINTON: I'm really excited to be here in Philadelphia and in Pennsylvania.</s>TUCHMAN: With the crucial Pennsylvania primary coming up, Chelsea Clinton says she will take any questions students want to ask, nothing off limits. She's asked about homosexuals.</s>C. CLINTON: My mother has supported civil unions for longer than I've been alive.</s>TUCHMAN: She's asked about the Iraq war and General Petraeus.</s>C. CLINTON: My mother is on the Armed Services Committee, and so she does listen to General Petraeus, but she disagrees with General Petraeus.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What will your mom actually do to keep jobs in this country?</s>C. CLINTON: If a company wants to take jobs overseas, that's its prerogative. But we as American taxpayers should not be subsidizing that.</s>TUCHMAN: Chelsea Clinton, who lives in New York and works for a hedge fund, comes off as poised. She answers questions without notes. She's well prepared for a question about all the Bushes and Clintons in the White House.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What are your thoughts, that Bush-Clinton- Bush-Clinton thing?</s>C. CLINTON: One, I wish we hadn't had a second Bush.</s>TUCHMAN: Her staff says she has campaigned at 60 different colleges in 30 states, from Hawaii to Arkansas to Wisconsin, where she made an interesting comparison.</s>C. CLINTON: My mother is more fiscally conservative than my father and certainly this president.</s>TUCHMAN: And she is not shy about diving into campaign controversies.</s>C. CLINTON: My mom is fighting to seat the delegates from Florida. And I don't know what the Democratic Party will do.</s>TUCHMAN: Her candid Q&A; sessions are particularly notable, because she has no such sessions with reporters.</s>C. CLINTON: This is actually a perfect question.</s>TUCHMAN: A college journalist might slip in a question at these events, but for those of us notably past college age, nothing. Even though she's no longer 12, Chelsea Clinton has a no-interview policy that's rigorously enforced. (on camera) It's easy for a lot of us to still think of Chelsea Clinton as a kid, but she's 28 years old. Her father, when he ran for Congress in his first try at political office, was also 28. (voice-over) As she leaves the Penn campus on the way to a campaign stop in Wyoming, I asked one of her top aides if I could talk to her. He momentarily surprises me when he says yes, but it has to be off camera and off the record. For us, that's not particularly helpful. Gary Tuchman, CNN, Philadelphia.</s>HARRIS: You think you're always safe to fly? Think again.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is the movie serious lapse in aviation safety at the FAA that I've seen in 23 years.</s>HARRIS: Southwest Airlines and the FAA have some explaining to do.