LAUNCH IN 2020.

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU SAYS HE WON'T ATTEND

THE SUMMIT IN NEW YORK CITY NEXT

MONTH.

HIS TRIP WAS CANCELLED AFTER AN

ELECTION DAY SETBACK.

HE FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE TO

KEEP HIS JOB.

TREY YINGST IS LIVE WITH MORE.

TREY?

>> HI, DANA.

WITH 95% OF THE OFFICIAL VOTE

IN, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND HIS

PARTY ARE CURRENTLY DOWN ONE

VOTE IN THE ISRAELI OPPONENT TO

THE BLUE AND WHITE PARTY.

THERE'S 5% LEFT TO BE COUNTED.

THE NUMBER COULD CHANGE

SLIGHTLY, THE KEY POINT HERE IS

THAT NEITHER CANDIDATE WILL FORM

A 61-SEAT MAJORITY VOTING BLOCK

IN ORDER TO GOVERN.

THIS PUTS THE PRIME MINISTER IN

A DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE

POSITION TO REMAIN PRIME

MINISTER.

THE KING MAKER IS HIS FORMER

DEFENSE MINISTER AND RIVAL,

LIEBERMAN, WHO IS EXPECTED TO

GET NINE SEATS.

LIEBERMAN AND NETANYAHU HAVE HAD

PERSONAL ISSUES FOR YEARS.

LIEBERMAN IS CONSIDERED A

LIBERAL CANDIDATE.

THE TWO REMAIN CLOSE IN A DEAD

HEAT AND BOTH STOP SHORT OF

CLAIMING VICTORY.

ONE CALLED FOR A UNITY

GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD COMBINE

THE TWO LARGEST PARTIES.

WHILE NETANYAHU BASHED THE MEDIA

AND SAID HE'S WILLING TO FORM A

ZIONIST NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.

NETANYAHU TODAY IS INCITING FEAR

AS HE TRIES TO PULL TOGETHER A

GOVERNING COALITION.

>> THERE'S TWO OPTIONS, A

GOVERNMENT HEADED BY ME OR A

DANGEROUS GOVERNMENT THAT LEANS

ON THE ARAB PARTIES.

>> AS YOU MENTIONED, PRIME

MINISTER NETANYAHU CANCELLED HIS

TRIP TO THE U.N. NEXT MONTH.