i'll see you at noon. all right. have a good day. >> who is the lucky guy? >> it might be somebody you know. david bossie might be making appearance after the big conversation with you. "happening now" now starts right now. >> jon: we start with a fox news alert as we await the president's major mideast announcement. it is already sending shock waves through that part of the world and fears it could spark protests and disrupt the peace process. what a way to get your wednesday morning going. i'm jon scott. >> julie: president trump set to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and move the u.s. embassy there. despite intense opposition from leaders around the world and warnings from some arab countries. the terror group hamas calling for a day of rage. all this raising fears the u.s. policy shift could up end the push for peace. >> we continue to believe there

is a very good opportunity for peace to be achieved and the president has a team that is devoted to that entirely. >> julie: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live with the story. >> a very big move for the white house. for decades u.s. president have been pledging to move it to jerusalem in 1972. gerald ford said it would be a great idea to move the embassy. when he became president two years later he took a different tactic. but the president, president trump will become the very first u.s. president to actually set in motion the process to do that. you mentioned that in doing that, he will also declare jerusalem to be the capital of israel. while that issue is highly charged and has already ignited protests, the white house says the president is merely reflecting the historic reality that jerusalem is israel's capital.

the seat of the government, and the white house also says the president remains committed to the peace process and a two-state solution between israel and the palestinians with jerusalem as their respective capitals. here is more from secretary of state rex tillerson at nato a little while ago. >> the president is very committed to middle east peace process. he has a team that he put in place almost immediately upon entering the white house. that team has been working very diligently on new approaches to the peace process. >> the president spoke with a number of middle east leaders with this yesterday. benjamin netanyahu and abbas the palestinian president. the king abdullah of jordan, and the president of egypt as well as king solman of saudi arabia. at any rate other than hearing

from benjamin netanyahu, the president from all the other leaders did hear public statements at least that were negative in terms of moving the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. but i'm told that privately leaders like saudi arabia who have recently begun engaging with israel are saying a quite different thing. it may not be quite as tense as some people are making it out to be. the white house is saying it could smooth the peace process. moving the embassy is part of a final status agreement. if the president takes that off the table they think it might pave the way to finish off the peace process in a more expedited process. it will take three years at the earliest to build an embassy. they don't have a site yet to build it. i'm sure they could come up with that quickly. the window for this might be four, five, six years, julie. nothing will happen overnight.

>> julie: that's no surprise. people are reacting right away. we'll continue to be monitoring. this is a big story coming out of israel and we'll hear from the president shortly. john roberts, thank you very much. >> jon: now a fox news alert. donald trump junior on capitol hill right now. the president's oldest son is testifying before the house intelligence committee. he could be facing some tough questions about his conversations with russians during the presidential campaign. george washington university law professor jonathan turley earlier saying there is no crime of collusion in the criminal code. >> if trump junior stays to the script that has already been laid out which he says is true that he showed up at the meeting because he was promised that there was evidence of illegality by the clinton campaign, that's not a crime. now, you can question whether

it was a good idea for the son of the candidate to go to a meeting of that kind, but that is not a crime. >> jon: bill mcgurn of the "wall street journal" joins me now. a lot of tongues are wagging in washington right now, bill. you have the president's former nsa advisor general flynn plead guilty to lying to the f.b.i. last week. this week you have the president's son back in front of the house intelligence committee. a lot of people are saying there must be some fire there because there sure is a lot of smoke or at least a lot of testimony. what do you say to that? >> i think maybe but it doesn't look likely. i think donald trump junior has been fairly consistent and i think he has been fairly open releasing, for example his tweets and his contact the assange and so forth. i don't think they have anything on him. his account seems to be pretty consistent. at this point i think this is hardly the biggest part of the

russian investigation story. now we have questions about the integrity of the investigation itself. >> jon: even trump's political enemies blumenthal the democratic senator from connecticut said of donald trump junior's releasing his tweets said oh, it's too late and he covered it up before and there must be something nefarious going on there. >> you have the prove he is lying or committed a crime. i don't see the evidence for that. maybe it's there. it doesn't seem so. i don't think he is going to say anything surprising in the sense of anything that he hadn't said before. so i'm not sure we will get any big news today out of this. >> jon: interesting that, you know, the russians are masters of deception and a lot of people in the room that donald trump junior is testifying about in that meeting were russian nationals. >> and the woman, the russian

lawyer, i think she has given inconsistent testimony about whether she had seen glen simpson, the fusion founder, on the day of that meeting and so forth. so a lot of questions on the russian side. >> jon: we know the russian government is eager to get the magnitsky act repealed. the act that levies fines on high level russians and prevents them from traveling to this country. she is sort of the lobbyist for them, is she not? >> right. that's why it makes it plausible that was the bulk of the conversation, which is what donald trump junior says, that they wanted this act lifted and they were looking to trump administration to do it. >> jon: so the russians may have sort of used a trojan horse to get into this meeting saying we have dirt on hillary clinton but oh, would you tell your father to repeal the magnitsky act when he takes office. >> right. to put it in context, look at this testimony in the light of what is happening around this

russian investigation of one of the prosecutors, you know, praising an acting attorney general for defying a legitimate presidential order. an f.b.i. agent exchanging anti-hillary, pro-trump emails. maybe he should have said could you go as easy on general flynn as you did on hillary clinton? it might have made more sense. >> jon: and even the f.b.i. director is -- has been defying congress to some extent. >> yes, that's the big story this week. the house intelligence committee is comparing contempt citations against i believe deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and the f.b.i. director for not complying. look, the worst part of this is that the f.b.i., which is accountable to the elected representatives of the american

people has been defying the order for documents. mr. mueller has some blame here. he sacked the guy months ago but kept the information from congress. not only that we still don't know what the tweets said. what those messages said to the f.b.i. lawyer he was having an affair with. they had to be pretty bad to get him taken off the investigation. i believe the american people deserve to know that. >> jon: the president has said the f.b.i. reputation is in tatters. a lot of people criticized him for that but there are some problems. >> i come from an f.b.i. family. so it's like the family business. i think that when the president says that i don't think it's true of the ordinary agents. there are a lot of dedicated men and women in the f.b.i. the leadership has a lot to answer for and there is a lot of political behavior that i do not think is part of the f.b.i. culture. at least as i knew it. >> jon: william mcgurn who could have been an f.b.i. agent

but is now at the "wall street journal." >> i wasn't good enough. >> julie: a terror plot stopped in its tracks. how british police foiled an assassination attempt on prime minister theresa may and the president recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital. what that could mean for the middle east. >> we're very proud of. we think it is achievable and we think there is a lot of reasons why this is a time why it should happen.

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minister's office before stabbing and killing theresa may. scotland yard and mi5 have been investigate ing the plot for weeks and the two men were arrested late last month. >> jon: the special election in alabama is less than a week away. candidates vying for the senate seat vacated by attorney general jeff sessions. roy moore held a rally last night after the republican candidate was endorsed by president trump. >> he does want people that support his agenda. he is not going to support a democrat and i think if that's our standard we need to look at a number of members of congress that have had allegations brought against them that are still in office. >> jon: jonathan cyri joins us from alabama. >> roy moore held the rally near the gulf coast of alabama. in that rally he promised to take on the washington

establishment and support president trump's agenda. he was joined by steve bannon who described his democratic challenger doug jones as the personification of hillary clinton's policies and lashed out against establishment republicans who have been critical of moore. here is what he said about mitt romney. listen. >> you hid behind your religion. you went to france to be a missionary while guys were dying in rice paddies in vietnam. don't talk to me about honor and integrity. judge roy moore has more integrity than your entire family has in its whole dna. >> blasting the rally on social media democrat jones tweeted we don't need an outside agitator like steve bannon carpet bagging in alabama. he questioned whether it would discourage auto manufacturers and other major injuries setting up shop or expanding in

alabama. >> if we dig deep and look at ourselves and are honest with ourselves, we all know the answer. roy moore in the united states senate would be a disaster for business in alabama. >> the alabama gop confirms it has been in contact with the republican national committee restoring its financial support to help the moore campaign here in alabama. that support had been temporarily suspended after allegations surfaced accusing moore of sexual impropriety. john. >> jon: thank you, jonathan. >> julie: a push to regulate bump stocks following the las vegas massacre at a country music concert. and if i'd been caring for tom's dad, i would have noticed some dizziness that could lead to balance issues. that's because i'm trained to report any changes in behavior,

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>> julie: right now new fallout from the las vegas massacre

with the feds taking the first steps toward regulating bump fire devices like the ones used in the deadly october shooting. the atf working to clarify whether certain bump stock devices fall within the range of machine guns that are banned. they're set to examine firearm accessories during the hearing today in congress. >> president trump: it's a fantastic bill for the middle class and jobs and companies wanting to bring back massive amounts of money into our country. it's really i view it more than anything else as it's a tremendous bill for jobs and for the middle class. and i think people see that and they're seeing it more and more and the more they learn about it, the more popular it becomes. i think the end results will be even better. >> jon: president trump touting the gop plan for tax reform with the senate expected to vote later this week to go to conference with the house on a final bill.

meanwhile the possibility of a government shutdown still looms. if lawmakers fail to reach a budget on -- agreement on a short-term spending bill government funding is set to expire on friday. let's bring in our panel. lis smith is a former deputy campaign manager for martin o'malley and, a partner at the public relationship firehouse strategies. the american people not to like government shutdowns, we know that from past events. could it really happen come friday? >> sure. look, it's happened in the past and recent history. i think the most recent one was in 2013. and what it really highlights is the need for republicans to try to reach across the aisle. look, we know that donald trump reached across the aisle to chuck and nancy a couple of months ago on the debt ceiling but he is going the need to make some concessions, maybe it's on daca, maybe on some

other issues. but if they want to avert a government shutdown they need to show they are willing to work across the aisle in good faith. >> jon: sticking with you for the minute, would democrats be willing to be the ones who get blamed for it if in fact the government does shut down? it sounds like you are saying the republicans have to give them something for them to agree to keep the government open. >> yes. it's a choice between standing up for our principles or giving republicans cart blanche to run roughshod over democrats. this is a fight we're willing to fight and willing to take the down sides of it, too. it is very important to us that children who were brought here through no fault of their own get protection under the law. democrats are going to show backbone on this and stand up even if it means shutting down the government. >> jon: alex, do you see it coming and who do you see blinking? >> i do not expect a government shutdown. neither party wants to shut down the government.

normally when both parties want to keep the government open it will stay open. today you've seen house conservatives saying they'll go along with a two-week extension which gives our leaders time to work things out. daca is one of the big issues. what do we do with the dreamers now that president trump has said that program is going to end. i know today a group that i work with new american economies are trying to put pressure on leaders. there is already bipartisan agreement around this. we can deal with dreamers and we can keep the government funded all at the same time. it doesn't have to be one big deal because there is already agreement on this and it's in everyone's interest to make those agreements. >> jon: let's talk about the tax bill. newt gingrich was on special report last night and he thinks it will get done. the conference committee in the house and senate will come up with a bill that both houses will agree on and the president will sign. listen to this. >> the tax bill will be less of a mess. i think they are very close to

working out a deal. i think they probably will meet the president's goal of getting it on his desk the week of the 18th. i think that's very good for the american economy. we're already up above 3% real growth. i think with this tax bill coming into effect next year i wouldn't be at all surprised to see us get to 4% which means more jobs, more take-home pay, really good news for the republicans going into the election. >> jon: if we get 4% growth out of the tax cut doesn't it help republicans in the 2018 elections? >> that's a big if and not borne out in studies that i've seen from nonpartisan foundations. what we've seen is that this would be a huge tax cut for the wealthiest americans and corporations while raising taxes on middle class families. it's bad policy, bad politics and the bad news for the republican party is that voters are on to them. the majority of voters think

that their taxes will go up under this plan. so go ahead, republicans. i suspect they will pass it but they will be paying for it at the ballot box in 2018 if they do. >> jon: alex, i want your opinion on that. a poll says that 29% of americans approve of the republican tax plan. do they not know what's in it? >> i don't think they know what's in it. this is a very complex bill the house and senate passed very quickly and now they are ironing out the differences. i have full confidence they'll iron them out and send the bill to the president in time for christmas. then most americans, the vast majority of americans will pay less in taxes next year. that will be good for the economy. that's the political win. i am troubled that some americans may see their tax bills go up. republicans shouldn't be raising taxes on anybody but again that is something that the house and senate negotiators are trying to work

out right now. a growing economy is good for the republican party and tax cuts help grow the economy. >> jon: those of us who live in high-tax states like new york are wondering what is going to happen. all right. it will be interesting. alex and lis, thank you both. >> julie: powerful winds fueling out of control wildfires near los angeles. how fire crews are working to contain the flames. >> this is a multi-day weather event projected to last until friday. this has only just begun. with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember.

>> jon: just in on the american embassy victims of mysterious attacks in cuba where doctors say they have discovered brain abnormalities while searching for clues to explain the hearing, balance and memory problems suffered by american personnel. the most specific finding to date about physical damage. meantime secretary of state rex tillerson is weighing in on these attacks. >> we are convinced they are targeted attacks and have shared some information with the cubans and there are two restrictions i have placed on sharing information. one is respect for privacy of individuals and their medical conditions and the second is not to provide whoever was orchestrating these attacks with information that is useful

to how effective they were. we understand cubans don't like the actions we've taken. we don't like our diplomats being targeted. >> jon: he is pushing back on cuba's complaints the u.s. hasn't shared enough information to let cuban authorities investigate. julie. >> julie: news fox alert on the california wildfires. flames closing in on homes north of los angeles. hundreds of thousands of people in evacuation zones including those in the exclusive ridge top neighborhood of los angeles. a new fire has just erupted there. in ventura more than a quarter of the residents there have been told to leave and daily curfew in effect to prevent looting. powerful santa ana winds and dry conditions complicating the fire fights. >> i saw it was going down into santa paulo. it could easily come west to us. it moves so fast you barely have time to get out

>> julie: joining us on the phone is the chief. i understand over your 15 years with the fire department you haven't seen fires of this magnitude. >> good morning, julie, thank you for having me. that's correct. i've been with this fire department since the mid-90s and we've had fires around the community that have come very close and right up to the border of our city. this one for sure was the most devastating and definitely was the saddest for us as the city of ventura as far as the damage within the city. those numbers sit around 150 structures is the estimate right now that were consumed by the fire and we'll be doing a further damage assessment beginning today to get a more solid number and we hope that the number stays where it is. >> julie: what is your greatest concern fighting this fire right now? >> i think right now is the fact it's at 80,000 acres. it began monday night on the east end of the city of santa

paulo, a city east of the city of ventura and now it's north of the city of ventura working its way toward santa barbara county. 0% contained and we are currently in its aftermath trying to begin our recovery and we still have active structure fires burning inside the city limits. i think it's the fact that the fire is uncontained and in southern california as we are unfortunately used to, we have a red flag warning that we are smack in the middle of currently until 8:00 p.m. on friday night of this week. >> julie: wow. i understand more than 60,000 acres have burned so far. the santa ana winds, those could shift within seconds affect a home perhaps that wasn't originally evacuated. how do you prepare for that? how do you keep these fires from spreading? are you setting backfires? >> at this point this fire has spread quickly enough that the incident management team from cal fire is getting far ahead

the best they can to try to contain the fire like i said. it's only several days old. there is no way to get ahead of something like this as far as where we were on the night that it began. we had a red flag warning. we had winds up to 80 miles an hour gusting and as we saw in northern california even with the best of planning and continued upstaffing of people, it is really when mother nature decides to do something it's very difficult to get ahead of it. >> julie: you have some advice for those evacuating or driving out in their cars. just get that advice out there to our viewers. >> absolutely. i believe the first and most important thing is to heed those evacuation requests from the public safety professionals, the firefighters, the law enforcement officers that are driving through the community. you should not be packing your entire lifetime. if you have any lead time at all we recommend only packing the things you need or the

things that are most important. pets, medications and things like that. and be ready to leave or leave ahead. the best thing you can do is leave ahead and get out and heed those warnings. and what we're facing now also in the city of ventura is making sure people understand that the risk and danger is far from over and we don't need people going back up into those communities until we deem them safe. >> julie: something else for viewers to keep in mind. keep the windows closed and air on recirculate so you don't breathe in soak you could be driving through. the curfew in place not under evacuate set from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. the reason being to protect residents, protect looting. how did that work out? >> it worked out fantastic as far as i know on our first night. we haven't had any real incidents overnight. and i think that's being assessed. with each meeting we have we

have multiple briefings every single day. we're trying to configure a proper thing for the community to begin our recovery. the curfew last night was something we needed in order to maintain control and also let our first responders operate. as i stated, it is still a very active incident here in the city of ventura. >> julie: you have been dealt so many deadly blows with fires. the most recent fires causing so much death and destruction. one of the most devastating stories were a lot of elderly people that didn't leave and ended up staying home because they didn't have any help to get out or there was a couple that actually jumped into their swimming pool and perished there. what are you doing to help those unable to evacuate on their own that need assistance? is there enough manpower to get them out before it's too late? >> very often there isn't enough manpower to get to everyone if they're in a situation like the one you described. luckily for us and residents

those are few and very far between as far as people who can't evacuate. they usually have family members. the biggest key is us trying to get ahead of us and making people understand it is very important to get out as soon as we tell them to get out and not to wait. we actually do get those calls and if we have personnel, which we do, we will send people to assist as many of those residents as we can who are either elderly or disabled and not able to get out ahead of the fire. >> julie: yeah, it's a scary situation. certainly heed the warnings. once you wait and it is too late nobody can come get you because it's too dangerous for fire crews to enter. chief, thank you very much. thank you for talking to us. >> jon: fox news alert while you might know that the senate ethics committee is looking into the past behavior of democratic senator al franken of minnesota with charges that he has sexually harassed women.

he has bigger problems on his hands. three of his fellow democratic senators all democrats, all are calling on al franken to step aside. saying we should demand the highest standards, not the lowest. three of them, it makes four female democratic senators calling on al franken, senator from minnesota, to step down. we'll continue to keep our eye on this story and let you know more as the day progresses. >> julie: palestinians protesting president trump's plan to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem but the white house is saying it is a recognition of reality. we're breaking down the debate next. >> jerusalem has been the jewish capital for 3020 years straight and it's only natural

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>> wait and see what the president says exactly. but we view the reports that we've heard with concern because we think that jerusalem obviously should be part of the final settlement between the israelis and palestinians, a negotiateed settlement that we want to see and we have no plans ourselves to move our embassy. >> jon: that's the view of the british government. hamas is calling for a day of rage in response to president trump's announcement about recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital. the organization urges palestinians to send a message to israel with all available means. and now israel's defense forces are preparing for possible

violence in the west bank. joining us now the former terrorism analyst at the treasury department and vice president of research for the foundation for defense of democracies. president trump did as a candidate pledge that he would move the embassy, the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. now it appears he is following through on that pledge and the world seems upset. >> the law on the books date back to the clinton administration, a bipartisan law saying we'll move our embassy to jerusalem recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel, which it is. now after successive waivers by democratic and republican presidents we have a president in the white house who is determined on making this move. and so it appears that that move is coming. he has actually issuing another waiver as we understand it but declaring his intent to move

the embassy within the next three or four years. >> jon: it goes back to, you know, biblical times jerusalem was the capital of israel. what would be the problem in, you know, recognizing it as such today. >> the challenge, of course, is that you have palestinian and arabs claim and muslims claims on the city. what is really important to point out and i heard it from senior administration official this morning, that this does not preclude the palestinians or the arab world or the muslim world from laying their claim on the city. this is just a distinction of where the united states is going to be carrying out the bulk of its diplomatic activity. that it recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel but doesn't necessarily prevent the palestinians from establishing an embassy there at a later date. >> jon: the nato allies of the aountsz. we heard the british foreign secretary saying they have no plans to follow suit. does it matter if the united

states is unilaterally moftion its embassy and making this recognition? >> i don't think so. i think that countries can do as they please. it is an important move by the united states to signal that we are willing to recognize israel's capital as such. that we would encourage others to do so. but at the end of the day foreign policy will rest which each of these countries and they can determine on their own whether they make the move or not. i suspect the bulk of these countries will keep their embassies in tel aviv until a two-state solution is found but perhaps some of them might want to make the move now as they see the united states paefrk -- paving the way. >> jon: it would take three years just to build the security facility that you need in an embassy these days. they haven't selected a site yet. it's a long time in coming even if president trump decides today essentially give the go ahead for this thing.

>> as i understand it they have been looking at real estate in jerusalem. and this is not to say they are going to change the sign on the consulate over there but they're looking at other buildings. the estimate that i got was three to four years is a conservative estimate for the changes that might need to take place but they're consulting with diplomatic security and working with the israelis to potentially identify that new location and it will take some time and hopefully what this will do is allow for cooler heads to prevail. nothing will be changing on the ground today or tomorrow. we are simply signaling our intent as a country to move our embassy there with no further changes other than the embassy itself. >> jon: in the meantime the palestinians are unhappy and protesting and threatening violence even. and yet they receive near half a billion dollars each year from the u.s. state department. >> that is going to change because we've been taking a closer look at the way the

palestinians have been spending their money. some of which has been spent on the salaries or the families of convicted terrorists and so there is tension undeniably between the palestinians and the united states government right now. specifically congress has really been coming down hard on the palestinians for this one practice. but again i need to point out here that the move that is likely to be made today by the president does not challenge palestinian claims on the city. it is just a recognition of israel's claims and that the palestinians will have ample time to negotiate to potentially have their capital there years in the future after a peace deal is signed. >> jon: the foundation for defense of democracies, thank you. >> julie: russia banned from the upcoming winter olympics. why some of its athletes could still compete, though. we'll explain. >> i think the system from

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>> jon: take you to washington, d.c. where senator kristin gillibrand is joining forces with senator lindsey graham to present bipartisan legislation to help prevent sexual harassment. during the process of this announcement, six female democratic senators have come out and said that their fellow senator, al franken, democrat of minnesota, should resign. he as you might know has been accused of sexual harassment in recent weeks. he is currently under investigation by the senate

ethics committee. he has apologized for his past conduct but wants to hold onto his job. these six democratic female senators say he should not. that he should resign. they all say their fellow democratic senator, al franken, should leave the senate. >> president trump: we will move the american embassy to the eternal capital of the jewish people, jerusalem. >> julie: president trump looking to follow through on a campaign promise recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and starting the process of moving our embassy from tel aviv to the holy city. it will garner support from israeli prime minister netanyahu but also met with harsh criticism from other world leaders who say the move poses a threat to stability in the middle east. joining me now congressman from florida. thank you for talking to us.

you know, theoretically this shouldn't be a problem. it's more of a symbolic move. jerusalem is the capital of israel. but obviously arab leaders around the world found this to be a big surprise. what message does this send by the president moving the u.s. embassy to west jerusalem? >> it sends the same message the president has been sending since the moment he took office. that the promises that he makes he is going to keep. that's the kind of person that he is. this is a day of celebration for those that are saying this is going to cause unrest, you talk about groups like hamas out there calling for a day of rage. it shows exactly who any bloods would be on the hands of. it is those that would go out and ultimately bring about violence and not anybody else to blame. they are constantly looking for a reason to go out there and cause disruption and not a surprise they would use this like any other reason. >> julie: whether this happened or not the violence would continue. the backlash has been fierce. intense opposition from leaders around the world with warnings

from some arab countries. and the group hamas has called for a day of rage. how does the administration plan to deal with the backlash? >> this is something we all have to be aware of. this is constantly a threat. if you look historically speaking what's gone on with the existence of government in jerusalem as we speak, there being zero attacks on their parliament today. the fact that our diplomats have to travel from tel aviv to jerusalem and stay in hotels and other things where they don't have the same safety as an embassy. this is a common sense move for the safety of the diplomats of the united states and goes to this point we should always remember. we don't make peace with enemies. we make peace and negotiate peace with former enemies and when you hear them talking about days of rage, that shows you exactly the fact that they are not former enemies, they're still out there looking to combat us. >> julie: this draws the line in the sand on the u.s. stance

on the israeli/palestinian conflict but it has taken arab leaders not only by surprise but feel the president possibly should be consulting with arab officials perhaps to minimize the backlash in order to keep palestinian officials willing to negotiate. what do you think of that? >> if you ask me i think they're doing what is expected from them. the leader of turkey and the leaders of saudi arabia, the leaders of jordan and other places, they are expected to go out there and show some outrage. let's not be naive saying there is politics involved in this. in the end they're probably thankful the leader of the free world, the united states of america is going out there and recognizing the capital of freedom throughout the middle east. that's the capital of israel. >> julie: thank you very much, congressman. >> jon: the hillary clinton clinton email probe continues to dominate the conversation in washington house republicans claiming the former secretary of state got special treatment. now they are looking for proof. that story is straight ahead on

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