article_snippet: On board the El-Al 767 to Washington, Netanayhu holed Netanayhu up with aides working on Netanayhu speech.
article_snippet: A pilot heard the Prime Minister several times yelling from the cabin, "No, no -- stronger, stronger.
article_snippet: I sat in the cabin with about 50 journalists -- print reporters, TV correspondents and crews and photographers.
article_snippet: I'm told that's about double the number of press who normally travel with the Prime Minister.
article_snippet: With 12 hours to kill, the journalists chatted about Bibi, the visit and how the Prime Minister planned address to Congress has morphed into an international showdown of mythic proportions.
article_snippet: Officials traveling with he said it was because he was busy with the speech.
article_snippet: I never thought I would come to appreciate the access the American diplomatic press corps gets aboard the Secretary of State's plane.
article_snippet: A senior official did come back to brief the reporters just before landing, telling us the Prime Minister would be laying out the details the Prime Minister understands to be part of the nuclear deal shaping up with Iran and urge Congress to press the Obama administration to push back the March 24 deadline for a political framework.