king abdullah was on the throne.s though saudi arabia could be guaranteed to be the dominant oil producer in the world forever, and the world would always be reliant on saudi arabian oil. that is not true today, and it changes everything. the vision of king abdullah and the government at the time was to create a new era of development with the private sector leading the development and infrastructure. i think that the king abdullah economic city was launched for this exact moment, when the government can do everything and the government needs to rely on the private sector. i think it's working. you can't divorce yourself from the economic picture of the country as a whole. yes, you are private sector. but if the saudi economy is going to slow down, fundamentally, because the oil price has plummeted, it doesn't look like it is going to rise anytime soon, then you have a problem. i don't mind being in the saudi economy today. we are going to grow at 4%.m we are going to grow at 496. it is also about the regional pictur

the president-elect, those i talked to j i've talked to several dozen world leaders and spoke to king abdullah just yesterday. i think there is a great sense of enthusiasm and optimism around the world because they're counting president-elect a strong leader. >> the chinese leaders are upset about this. >> with broad shoulders who will advance america's interest but will also be engaging the world on behalf of america. >> the chinese government is very upset about this. do they have a right to be or do you tell them back down, you're overwor overworrying. what's your advice to your counterparts in china? >> i think i would say to our counterparts in china, this was a moment of courtesy, the president-elect talked to their president two weeks ago in the same manner not discussion about policy. we will be preparing, after january 20th, to advance what will be president-elect -- president-elect trump's agenda on the world stage and deal with policy at that time. >> have you or the team or president-elect trump reached out to the chinese government since this bubbled up, official yet? >> not to my

we had king abdullah agreed it build a fence -- to build a fence on the best with electronics and cameras, drone capacity constantly patrolling with troops constantly patrolling. and the palestinians agree to build a fence on their side of the jordan river valley. we even said to bb, i challenge you. the top special forces of israel. if you can get through there, all bets are off. yougoldberg: what the understand about israel and its security to the prime minister of israel does not understand? sec. kerry: i am not going to suggest he doesn't understand more than i did. mr. goldberg: do have this argument of the direction israel is moving in. what does he did not get that you and president of the llama -- president obama believe you have? sec. kerry: i believe there is a difference of opinion about what is needed and how it can be provided in terms of meeting the long-term needs of israel, both on security as well as in terms and what the palestinian entity could be. but i think there is also a difference in terms of what kind of risks, and risk in terms of politics that people may be wil

i was with king abdullah at one point last year. he was talking about how many school systems there were in jordan that had more syrian kids than jordanian kids in the school systems. just try to imagine that, wherever you're from. pick any town or suburb or urban neighborhood in america and imagine all of a sudden a majority of the kids in that school were from brazil. and the complete transformation of local culture and politics and the risk of jordanian collapse. those pressures are all over the middle east. and what did we decide to fight about a lot in the u.s.? whether or not the 10,000 syrian refugee number should be 10,000, should be zero or should be 60,000. we had a fight that was about symbolic things. important things, as well. the u.s. government is not competent to do the vetting of a bunch of people who may be infilt syrian pup lbs and be intended jihadists claiming to be syrian refugees. we also knew there were a bunch of women with -- breast-feeding moms with little babies in this population. and we were debating 10

i spoke to king abdullah yesterday. i think there's a great sense of enthusiasm and optimism around the world, because they're counting in president-elect donald trump -- >> they are upset about this. >> he is also going to be engaging the world on behalf of america. >> i chinese government is very do they have a right to be? do you tell them, back down. you are overworrying? what is your advice to your counterparts to n china? >> i think i would say to our counterparts in china that this was a moment of courtesy. the president-elect talked to the president two weeks ago in the same manner. it was not a discussion about policy. will be president-elect -- president trump's agenda. >> have you or the team or president-elect trump reached out to the chinese government since this bubbled up? >> not to my knowledge. >> should we expect a call this week to calm the waters? >> chuck, i wouldn't -- you know, i wouldn't expect so. to be honest with you, the waters here seem like a little bit o it's striking that president obama

finally, some 15 years ago, king abdullah of saudi arabia came out with a historic arab peace initiative fully normalized relations with israel when it made peace. an enormous opportunity then and now, which has never been fullyç embraced. that history was critical to our approach to trying to find a way to resolve the conflict. and based on my experience with both sides over the last four years, including the nine months of formal negotiations the core issues can be resolved, if there is leadership on both sides committed to finding a solution. in the end, i believe the negotiations did not fail because the gaps were too wide, but because the level of trust was too low. both sides were concerned that any concessions would notç be reciprocated and would come at to great a political cost and the deep public skepticism only made it more difficult for them to be able to take risks. in the countless hours at that we spent working on a detailed framework, we worked through numerous formulations and developed specific bridging proposals, we came away with a clear understanding of the fundamen

we had king abdullah agree to build a fence on the jordanian side, a modern fence like the one in the sinai in egypt with electronics and cameras and drone capacity, constantly patrolling with troops constantly patrolling and the palestinians agreed to build a fence on their side of the jordan river valley. in fact, we even said to bebe, bebe, i challenge you, top special force entity of israel. i'll give you a month. if you can get through there, all bets are off. there are all kinds of ways to do this if you want to do it. >> what do you understand about israel and its security that the prime minister doesn't understand? >> i am not going to suggest he doesn't understand something more than i do. >> you are having an extensive argument with him over years about the dprex israel is moving in. what doesn't he get that you and president obama believe that you have, the knowledge that you have? >> i think there is a difference of opinion about what is needed and how it could be provided in terms of meeting the long-term needs of israel both on security as well as in terms of the border

finally, some 15 years ago, king abdullah of saudi arabia came out with a historic arab peace initiative, which offered fully normalized relations with israel when it made peace, an enormous opportunity then and now which has never been fully embraced. that history was critical to our approach to try and find a way to resolve the conflict, and based on my experience with both sides over the last four years, including the nine months of formal negotiations, the core issues can be resolved if there is leadership on both sides committed to finding a solution. in the end, i believe the negotiations did not fail because the gaps were too wide, but because the level of trust was too low. both sides were concerned that any concessions would not be reciprocated and come at too great a political cost, and the deep public skepticism only made it more difficult for them to be able to take risks. in the countless hours that we spent working on a detailed framework, we worked through numerous formulations, and developed specific bridging proposals, and we came away with a clear understanding of the f

finally, some 15 years ago, king abdullah of saudi arabia came out with a historic arab peace initiative which offered fully normalized peace relations with israel when it made peace. an enormous opportunity then and now which has never been fully embraced. that history was critical to our approach to try to find a way to resolve the conflict. based on my experience with both sides over the last four years including nine months of formal negotiations, the core issues can be resolved if there is leadership on both sides committed to finding a solution. in the end, i believe the negotiations didn't fail because the gaps were too wide but because the level of trust was too low. both sides were concerned that any concessions would not be reciprocated and would come at too great a political cost and the deep public skepticism only made it more difficult for them to take risks. in the countless hours we spent working on a detailed framework we worked through numerous formulations and developed specific bridging proposals. we came away with a clear understanding of the fundamental needs of both

what do we say to king abdullah of jordan? we'll work with you, but just don't try to come to the united states. >> always a pleasure. >> thanks, chris. >> as donald trump continues his second victory tour, the front end of an elaborate bait and switch. the numbers are not what the president-elect said they were. ohio senator sherrod brown on that and more next. what's the best way to get two servings of veggies? v8 or a fancy juice store? ready, go! hi, juice universe? one large rutabaga, with eggplant... done! that's not fair. glad i had a v8. the original way to fuel your day. enepeople want power.hallenge. and power plants account for more than a third of energy-related carbon emissions. the challenge is to capture the emissions before they're released into the atmosphere. exxonmobil is a leader in carbon capture. our team is working to make this technology better, more affordable so it can reduce emissions around the world. that's what we're working on right now. ♪ energy lives here. when a moment turns romantic, why paus

some 15 years ago, king abdullah of saudi arabia came up with a historic peace initiative which offered fully normalized relations with israel when it made peace, and enormous opportunity then and now which has never been fully embraced. that history was critical to our approach to find a way to resolve the conflict. based on my experience with both sides over the last four years, including the nine months of formal negotiations, the core issues can be resolved. if there is leadership on both sides committed to finding the solution. in the end, i believe the negotiations did not fail because the gaps were too wide. but because the level of trust was too low. both sides were concerned that any concessions would not be reciprocated and would come at too great a political cost. the deep public skepticism only made it more difficult to take risks. in the countless hours we spent working on a detailed framework, we worked through numerous formulations and developed specific bridging proposals and we came away with a clear understanding of the fundamental needs of both sides. in the past two

we had king abdullah agreed to build a fence on the jordanian side with electronics and cameras and dronecapacity constantly patrolling and the palestinians agreed to build a fence on their side of the jordan river valley and the events that i challenge you, the top special forces entity, i will give you a month and if you don't get through, all bets are off. there's all kinds of ways to do this. >> what do you understand about the security that minister doesn't understand x. >> i'm not going to suggest he doesn't understand -- >> you have the argument with him over years about the direction that israel is moving in. what do you believe you have? >> i think there is a difference of opinion about what is needed and how it can be provided in terms of meeting the long-term needs of israel both on security as well as in terms of the border and let the palestinian entity could be. but i think there's also a difference in what kind of risk and politic people may be willing to assume or not assume because their political positions here and at the current coalition does not permit the majority of

what do we say to king abdullah of jordan? we'll work with you, but just don't try to come to the united states. >> always a pleasure. >> thanks, chris. >> as donald trump continues his second victory tour, the front end of an elaborate bait and switch. the numbers are not what the president-elect said they were. ohio senator sherrod brown on that and more next. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's over 6 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 250 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. >>> donald trump continues to address his victory rally in north carolina. just introduced general mattis as his pick for secretary of defense. but there are new questions about big claims trump made at his carrier event last week in indiana. >> that we're saving the jobs at

some 15 years ago, king abdullah of saudi arabia came up with a historic peace initiative which offered fully normalized relations with israel when it made peace, and enormous opportunity then and now which has never been fully embraced. that history was critical to our approach to find a way to resolve the conflict. based on my experience with both sides over the last four years, including the nine months of formal negotiations, the core issues can be resolved. if there is leadership on both sides committed to finding the solution. in the end, i believe the negotiations did not fail because the gaps were too wide. but because the level of trust was too low. both sides were concerned that any concessions would not be reciprocated and would come at too great a political cost. the deep public skepticism only made it more difficult to take risks. in the countless hours we spent working on a detailed framework, we worked through numerous formulations and developed specific bridging proposals and we came away with a clear understanding of the fundamental needs of both sides. in the past two

we had king abdullah agreed to build a fence on the best with electronics and cameras, drone capacitynstantly patrolling with troops constantly patrolling. and the palestinians agree to build a fence on their side of the jordan river valley. we even said to bb, i challenge you. the top special forces of israel. if you can get through there, all bets are off. mr. goldberg: what the you understand about israel and its security to the prime minister of israel does not understand? sec. kerry: i am not going to suggest he doesn't understand more than i did. mr. goldberg: do have this argument of the direction israel is moving in. what does he did not get that you and president obama believe you have? sec. kerry: i believe there is a difference of opinion about what is needed and how it can be provided in terms of meeting the long-term needs of israel, both on security as well as in terms of the border and what the palestinian entity could be. but i think there is also a difference in terms of what kind of risks, and risk in terms of politics that people may be willing to assume or not assu

king abdullah has called this world war iii and he has called it a war within islam and kenya doll isly. stuart: hold on come the left says by saying what you are saying, you play into the hands of a fifth because you are victimizing them. they can recruit on that basis. >> to 9000 people were taught illegally coming into this country in 2012. many had middle eastern names have changed into hispanic names yet they know how to get them there. >> that is a tough guy. >> i want to protect american people appear that's why we have the federal government. stuart: look at the lockheed martin. i'm not quite sure how to put this. this is the interview president-elect trump. do you approve of that? >> i do. you can't do this every time. we've got to have the tree without bankruptcy. we need to reform the procurement of loss and the pentagon were contractors are encouraged to come in under budget and ahead of schedule and we can do that. i would take the previous service secretaries and the director office of management and budget. let's look at a perspective contract system for the pentagon. w

i was with king abdullah and he was talking about how many cool systems there were in jordan that had more syrian kids than jordanian kids in the school systems. just try to imagine that wherever you're from, pick ny town or suburb in america and imagine all of a sudden a majority of the kids in that school with from brazil and the complete transformation of lowcal culture and politics and he risk of jordanian collapse, those kinds of pressures are all over the middle east and what did we decide to fight about a lot in the u.s.? whether or not the 10,000 syria refugee number should be 10,000, should be zero or should be 60,000. we had a fight that was about symbolic things. that were important things as well. the u.s. government is not competent to do the vetting of a bunch of people who may be infiltrating alleged syrian refugee pipelines and be intended jihadists claiming to be syrian refugees but we also knew that there were a whole bunch of women with -- breast-feeding moms with babies in this population and we were debating 10,000 versus zero versus 60,000 when none of it had any

but if friedman comes in and capital moves to jerusalem, it will be difficult for people like king abdullaht's one thing trump has to think about. how many problems do i want to cause for my potential allies in this part of the world. >> he trumped m ee eed mick mul director of office of management and budget. he has four more high ranking posts left that require senate confirmation. >> i think, mark halperin, you will be ag secretary, right? >> i do have a deep ag background, but no i won't. >> joining us now hallie jackson. the electoral college is set to vote on the next president today and much like the 2016 election, today's vote comes with just a little bit of drama. >> this is the latest twist on a campaign that's been full of them at least this year. bottom line is these electors are going to vote today to cast their ballot. 538 electors. there are protests happening around the country to try to convince these electors and protests have been happening including from people like martin sheen to convince electors to not cast ballots for the candidate who won their states and who in ef

i was with king abdullah last year, and he was talking about how many school systems that were in jordan that had more syrian kids and jordanian kids in the school system -- they and ian kids in the school system. any suburban america, and imagine that the majority of the kids in that school were from brazil, the complete transformation of local culture and politics and the risk of jordanian collapse. those kinds of pressures are a lover the middle east, and what did we decide to fight about a lot in the mid--- in the u.s.? the 10,000 syrian refugee numbers should be 10,000, zero, or 60,000. we had a fight that was about symbolic things. they were important things as well. the u.s. government is not competent to do the venting of people who may be infiltrating syrian refugee pipelines and the jihadists, but we also knew that there were breast-feeding moms with little babies in this population, and we were thinking 10,000 versus zero versus 60,000 when none of it really had anything to do with whether we had a long-term vision for the region, and the role of the russians and iranians in t