>> elise laid it out pretty well. i don't have any information there's been contact but it wouldn't surprise me, either through mr. friedman or ron determiner, the israeli ambassador to washington. i'm not sure you needed israeli pressure on this one. it seems mr. friedman could have simply called mr. trump and advised him of the resolution. it's another indication that, you know, as dorothy said to her little dog when they landed in oz, "we're not in kansas anymore." the president-elect clearly is determined to show through any number of moves during the transition that in effect there's going to be a sharm break with the policy toward israel of his predecessor and i think this is unprecedented for a president-elect during a transition to openly oppose an act of diplomacy at the u.n. in realtime in an administration. it's remarkable. >> remarkable but elise we're seeing reporting -- and maybe this is your own reporting, this was just told to me in my ear -- that the trump team gave the white house the heads up. >> th

elise, good morning. >> good morning, victor. well you know, secretary kerry has been working on the peace process really since he took office four years ago. he had that kind of year-long effort to forge a peace deal between israelis and palestinians. that obviously didn't work and ever since then he's been looking for an opportunity to lay out his vision for now the administration sees the mideast peace deal. obviously this is taken into context of the vote last week at the u.n. security council. and i think what you'll hear from secretary kerry in a couple of hours is trying to put that all in context. why does the u.s. feel that the settlements issue is a huge obstacle to peace? and how they see the possible deal going forward. officials say everyone knows what the deal is, but that secretary kerry will try to put some meat on the bones about that. he'll also announce, you know, what the administration has done so far. but also i think answer questions and give a vigorous denial of charges that the united states was orchestra

we're thinking about our good pal, dylan, waiting for some good news as elise and i whip through thenotes one world war ii veteran hit on his harmonica this week during a rendition of the national anthem. on the 75th anniversary of the japanese attacks on pearl harbor, a couple of college basketball games were played on the very base that came under attack. 97-year-old peter dupre, who served at the battle of the bulge, did the pregame honors. he nailed it. if you want to feel good on a sunday morning, go watch that full clip. >> that's pretty awesome. he's so cute and sweet too. >> i'm a sucker for those guys. >> our first low goes to the holiday fashion sense of the stiff wax-like figures that make up the royal family. look at these ugly christmas sweaters. our imagine tee rocking the corgi sweater. >> i want it so badly, i need that badly. >> surrounded by corgis in queen sweaters. in case it's not clear on your screen, those literally are the stiff wax-like figures of the royal family. madame tussaud's in london dressed them in jumpers all for a great cause at save the children.

elise and peter, i want to hear from both of you. >> the big question -- >> i agree with elise. >> whether -- thanks. these tweets are related to a larger strategy or if they're just one-off spur of the moment inspiration. that's the big question that people are wondering. when he's tweeting about these major issues, if it is, in fact, related to a broader grant straerg strategy. and right now they're keeping everyone around the world on pins and needles, and that possibly could be effective if it is followed in tandem with a broader strategy for how he's going to execute a foreign policy that keeps america safe and helps us prosper economically. >> peter, what's your take on this? never before have we had a president who makes policy pronouncements. president obama used social media very well. but policy announcements? the risks are high here. >> absolutely. democracy is very, very messy. and so i think we have more of an appreciation here in america than we do the fact that overseas, people could find this at best very uncomfortable and confusing, and at worse, perhaps a bit dangerous to

i want to bring in elise lavin. frederick, i'm going to start with you. now being investigated as terror. what more can you tell us. >> well, don, we know there's forensic units working the crime screen that's behind me, it was a really big truck. a tractor trailer that plowed into the market around 8:00 p.m. here. there's one man in custody at this point in time, the berlin police at this point in time says they're not sure what the nationality of that man is, or if they can be 100% certain, that he was the one sitting at the wheel of the truck as it plowed through the market. there was a second man sitting dead on the passenger seat who they later found who was a polish citizen, and that's significant, because the truck has polish license plates that belongs to a polish trucking company. they lost contact with their driver at some point on monday. so they fear the truck may have been hijacked and used on this christmas market. 48 people wounded in addition to the dead. >> i want to bring elise in now. the u.s. issued a warning in november about this kin

. >> let's bring in the round table, elise jordan, a republican strategist and msnbc political analyst. basil smikle is a democratic strategist and catherine rampell is an opinion writer with the "washington post." i get very wistful. what planet are the obamas from that they can always be so calm and classy. what did you make of her? >> i thought it was disappointing she said she wasn't going to run for office. out of everyone on the scene this year, her speeches were incredible and had the most memorable take away lines in a way you may not remember a line from donald trump's speeches, you may not remember a line from hillary clinton but you do from michelle obama. >> wrong. with i remember that line. wrong. but anyone who's covered michelle obama knows she's not a huge fan of politics. the fact she gave those speeches was surprising because she's not a naturally -- she doesn't enjoy campaigning. >> she's verial vented at it. she's very engaging and thoughtful and charismatic but she doesn't seem to take pleasure in it. it's something she does because she believes in the cause and no

let's start with cnn global affairs correspondent elise labott at the state department. john kerry leaves office in three weeks. will this speech have any lasting effect beyond january 20th? >> well, i don't think secretary kerry expects that his words will resonate right now, but after working on this issue for the last four years, and you remember secretary kerry led that year-long effort to try and get a peace deal between israelis and palestinians, he wants to lay out his vision, i think what the u.s. had put on the table, and how they see this issue being resolved. obviously the secretary and president obama are leaving office without having concluded a deal. the trump administration will be coming in and will want to take a look at it themselves, but secretary kerry is going to outline what he thinks a deal could look like because he hopes at some point the parties will want to get back to the table and try and negotiate a deal, because that's really the only way the conflict will be resolved. you know this deal is very probably similar to what previous presidents

elise, great to see you. thanks, josh. thank you, errol, thank you oren very much. >>> the music world is mourning the death of pop icon george michael today. michael's manager announced that the singer/songwriter died at his london home on christmas day. ♪ >>> george michael's career began as a member of the british duo wham, of course. wham was the first western pop group to ever perform in china, just a fun fact there. when the group broke up in 1986, george michael began his solo career, and a huge career it was winny two grammys selling millions upon millions of albums. ian lee is outside george michael's home right now. so, ian, as the sun sets where you are, what are you hearing right now from the fans and the town? >> reporter: kate, we're still hearing just shock and disbelief about his death. still people are coming to grips with this news. it's been about, a little over 24 hours since it broke, and so you do have a bunch of fans still behind me. you can see, coming in paying their tributes with their flowers, th

i'm joined by elise labott. elise, good evening. thank you for coming on tonight. it's been an extraordinary day settling around a u.n. vote in israel. tell us about what happened. >> basically, don, the u.s. has been planning to vote on this u.n. resolution, the u.n. security council resolution condemning the settlement activity illegal. usually the u.s. for years has kind of protected israel at the u.n. security council but we understand that president obama was prepared to let that resolution pass, either by abstaining or by voting in favor of it. the israelis have been watching what has been happening for weeks and they have been warning the obama administration not to do that, imploring them really. and said, listen, if you don't stop this resolution, if you plan on letting it go ahead, we're going to have no choice but to reach out to president-elect trump and an israeli official told me that's just what the israeli government did. they reached out to the president-elect, asked him to intervene. you saw today president-elect trump issuing a statement, calling

let's get now to our global affairs correspondent, elise labott, thrive from washington. what are you learning about this now developing feud, let's call it. >> well, i think, first, we need to be very clear about what we're talking about, christi and victor, what we're talking about and what we're not talking about. i don't think anybody is charging, including the intelligence community, that russia actually affected the election results. when you read the statement by the transition, it says that the election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest electoral college victories. that's true. i don't think anybody is charging that donald trump didn't win the election fair and square. i think what the intelligence community is trying to lay out, and what congress -- members of congress, particularly on the democratic side, but also leading republicans who are investigating this, is that russia tried to meddle in the election. i think the concern is about the larger efforts by russia to hack the u.s. systems, to spy, to intrude on u.s. electoral systems, like they're doi

elise, he seemed angry at times. what stood out to you in this hour and ten-minute address from john kerry? >> take it into the context what's been happening over the last several weeks and the context how secretary kerry is giving this speech. he made a nod to palestinian incitement, choices palestinians had to make, but a large chunk of this speech was about the semg settlements, secretary kerry made clear he thought was creating an impediment to peace making a two-state solution impossible and actually driving israelis to a one-state solution, which basically then they would be responsible for administers all the palestinians and he said obviously, israel considering itself a jewish state does not want that. i want to single out a few of the toughest things said here. he basically says the israeli prime minister publicly supports a two-state solution but his coalition is the most right wing in israeli history with an agenda driven by the most extreme elements. he talked about the settler agenda defining the future

he's playing a pretty dangerous game without, it seems, a lot of forethought. >> elise, we're talkinges ago, boeing, take a hike. $4 billion is out of control. is donald trump picking and choosing what he thinks is too expensive? because a cynic might say, i don't know, donald. a million dollars a day to protect your family, the circus that is the security around trump tower, that costs an awful lot of money too. >> it shows he's going to get involved in politics on an individualized level, and especially with all of these government contracts. that's a really dangerous president to set, that the president is so involved with micropurposes, not to say this is a small purchase, but he's going out of his way to focus on that rather than the broader strategy of how to improve the economy. >> i want to talk democratic strategy. a lot of people were surprised last night. vice president joe biden seems to be leaving the door open for 2020. i want to share a little bit of what he said last night. take a look. oh, we actually don't have the sound, but for joe biden to say 2020, maybe he's in,

being the one abstention, elise labott is with me, or ren lieberman. elise, to you, the u.s. abstention, was that a surprise? >> it wasn't a surprise, brooke, because we had known for the last day or that the obama administration was planning to do this. yesterday that vote was supposed to take place in the afternoon and we understand president obama was prepared to let it pass by exercising an abstention or just voting for it in favor of it. so what happened, you saw this diplomatic flurry yesterday. you had president-elect trump come out putting a statement for the u.s. to veto, there was a diplomatic flurry between prime minister netanyahu and the egyptian president whose country offered that resolution then there was a call between trump and president sisi. there was a whole diplomatic scramble to stop this from going ahead. now, what happened was egypt took the resolution off the table and other countries that were interested in putting it through -- new zealand, malaysia, senegal, venezuela -- they went forward, they re-presented it and that gave it an opportunity to pa

let's turn to elise. in our partisan political world, everything becomes about politics, but we ought to strip politics. this could have impacted democrats as well as republicans. >> it's a mistake if republicans do not treat this as a national security issue and turn it into more of a partisan issue. this is really just about the integrity of our electoral process, and there needs to be a thorough fact finding among intelligence communities. there needs to be a thorough report, not just the strategic leaks by the cia. i think the leaks without context are harmful. and so we need to know exactly what happened so we can move forward as a country. >> as someone who worked inside the bush white house, can you ever imagine the president of the united states coming out and attacking publicly the cia this way? >> that was really unprecedented, especially since he hasn't even come into office, picking a battle with the cia is not a smart move, in my opinion. they're, as we see with this leak, very strategic in h

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. >> let's bring in peter hanson and elise jordan. let's start with you. why is this still going on? >> it was a brutal, brutal election and people just haven't moved on at all. and it's making it harder to move on when there are allegations the cia is saying today on background to the "new york times" and "the washington post" that russia interfered in an election. there's so much acrimony, so many harsh feelings and this wasn't business as usual, this wasn't politics at usual. donald trump really came in like a kamikaze this year and disrupted the entire system. >> and anger plays a huge role, i understand that from just a human perspective that jen is feeling angry as many of the clinton people are but i'm hoping they'll move past it because part of this process has to be a learn from mistakes and also worrisome to the trump people that bragging often ends up in failure, that if you end up as a braggart and a bully on the playground you'll end up losing at the end of the day. >> we're seeing sore winners and sore losers. >> does kellyanne have a point?

miranda checked out at the a nurse gave elise a stethoscope to award her quick thinking. maybe even inspire a future career. who knows, right? >>> levi's jeans customers are asked to leave their guns at home. new details in the case of the california jogger. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. >>> sf gate says police have no reason to disbelieve a northern california mom's kidnapping store. sherri papini said two hispanic women abducted her on november 2nd when she w she was found on thanksgiving day with a bag over her head and her wrists chained. police say papini is now working with detectives to find her captors. >>> "the washington post" reports on new lawsuits. challenge of abortion restrictions in alaska, missouri, and north carolina. the cases were filed yesterday by planned parenthood and the american civil liberties union. the suit says the laws limiting when and where women may get abortions are unconstitutional. >>> the "los angeles times" compromise over improper bonuses paid by california's national guard. the soldiers were ordered to r

>> elise, thank you so much for your insight.avid rhodes, a cnn floebl affairs analyst, national security investigations editor for reuters, larry sabato, director of center for politics at the university of virginia, and julian zelizer, historian and professor at princeton university. david, let's start off with you here. the u.n. security council passed this resolution, it was 14-0. it's the first resolution that was adopted by the council dealing with israel and palestinians, in almost eight years now. so the u.s. has broken from its standard practice of vetoing this resolution and abstained. essentially allowing it to go through. gives us the back story as to how that was decided and the significance of that. >> white house officials say that they feel the settlements that elise talked about are essentially eliminating the possibility of a two-state solution. the administration, especially secretary of state kerry has backed that two-state solution and they, you know, the statements from the u.s., which they didn't agree with

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let's talk with elise. the cia not commenting publicly. you have spoken to your sources personally within the agency. do they foresee this becoming a feud between donald trump and the us intelligence community? >> i think it is too soon to tell, boris. obviously, in making this statement, donald trump and the prek a president-elect are taking issue with agency that is going to be advicing him on critical national security issues going forward. it does set up a little bit of an adversarial relationship. it remains to be seen whether it is isolated to this political issue on the hacking and russian interference in the election. that plays into the defensive of the president-elect that he didn't win the election fair and square. people are talking about not whether this actually affected the outcome. some democrats are saying this. the investigation that this administration is under way right now is really about what happened. i think administration officials i talked to say it is impossible to know why voters voted the way they did, whether

as elise pointed out, we heard a speech like this before. bill clinton in the year 2000 gave his clinton parameters a couple weeks before he left office. he tried to find some sort of framework, some sort of common ground to solve the most complex and difficult issues in the israeli-palestinian conflict, borders, refugees, the status of jerusalem and a few more issues. i suspect we will hear much of the same from kerry. although the clinton speech is known as the clinton parameters, it was thrown out just a few weeks later when george w. bush came into office. it seems president-elect donald trump may be setting up to do the same here. there was a bit of tweet love going back and forth between president-elect trump and prime minister netanyahu just a few minutes ago today. that's the most we have heard from netanyahu once again, just another statement that he's effectively done working with obama here and is ready for president-elect trump in just a few weeks. kate, these few weeks can't go quickly enough for the israeli government. >> as or

you heard elise. to her point, we're not talking about the same intelligence community responsible for weapons of mass destruction 13 years ago. why was that statement made? >> if you bear with me a minute, a lot to unpack here. before the election, it was the democrats and the media who questioned if donald trump lost, would he accept the results of the election. he won overwhelmingly. 2300 counties, nine of 13 battleground states and now the democrats and the media who are questioning the validity of these results. so it's amazing where we've come, but let's get back to where we are now. the report that the "washington post" put out, elise said this, all 17 agencies agreed on this. false. here's what the "washington post" said. the report fell short of a formal assessment because of minor deficiencies among the agencies had questions remaining and then the cia refused to comment. let's be honest about what's going and then look at what "the new york times" reported. on part, another finding that the

joining us now is cnn global affairs correspondent elise labbot. know, words matter, and perhaps no more than when you're talking diplomacy. every word is parsed. that's why a lot times they're so boring. >> yes, they're very -- >> what struck you when you saw this? >> we, a couple of things. first of all, it did sound a lot like this hyperbole rhetoric from trump. it did sound as if he would say it like that. couple of things. he said pakistan was a great country, a fantastic country with fantastic people. true. but what he didn't say was that he wants to work with pakistan as you might expect some other leaders to say, on combating terrorism, on, you know, the shared threat of islamic extremism, those kinds of things. it was very, you know, praising. that's one thing. and then also, look, the relationship between pakistan and the u.s. is very delicate. not only because of terrorism but why, because of the relationship between pakistan and india. >> which is not pleased really. >> which is not -- they took it in a little tongue in cheek. they said

. >>> this was not your typical holiday shopper, i'm elise kirschner live in concord tonight.ow the suspect was able to walk out of the apartment store with more than $200,000 worth of jewelry, even after police arrived. >>> the city of san jose overpaying nearly a million dollars to retire police and firefighters. i'm marianne favro. a live report on how those retirees are impacted. >>> another spare the air alert for tomorrow. worst air quality in the north bay. i'll have details from the timing, the intensity, and how much sierra snow in eight minutes. with more than 200-thousand dollars in jewelry. >>> a thief managed to walk away with more than $200,000 in jewelry. it happened at the sears department store at the sun valley mall in concord. tonight we're learning really fascinating details about how he did it, without anyone discovering him. elise kirschner joins us from the mall. this is really a crazy story. >> reporter: absolutely. we learned that that suspect waited until the sears here behind me was closed and then he went in the store and hid for more than five hour

joining me now, cnn global affairs correspondent elise.is subject? >> well, michael, i think it's really interesting that what the transition and donald trump are saying is that these are the people about the iraq war and it's kind of making this charge that the intelligence was politicized. people don't know what to make of what's going on right now, but these are not the same people that led the charge over the iraq war. this was 13 years ago. of course there probably are still some officials at the c.i.a., but the leadership that made those conclusions is long since gone. i think it's great that you have sean spicer here that can explain what the transition really meant. did they mean that the intel itself coming out of the community is flawed? that's going to be a real problem because what donald trump and the transition is saying that they don't trust the 17 intelligence agencies that not only are going to be under president-elect trump's command but are going to be informing him to make monumental decisions about national security. o

israelis have said, they refuse. >> elise, oren, great to see you both.nk you so much. >>> did the presidential election inspire you to spend more this holiday season? coming up, why donald trump says he deserves credit for a trillion dollar christmas. >>> plus, trump is defending his karatable foundation speaking out on twitter saying he gave millions to the charity and other charities and all the money went out to charitable groups. a fact check on that with a reporter who has done a lot of work on his charitable foundations. >>> donald trump defending the charitable foundation he promises now to shut down. trump tweeting overnight this -- i gave millions of dollars to donald j. trump foundation, all of which is give ton charity and media won't report. and he tweeted, the donald j. trump foundation never paid fees, rent, salaries or any expenses. 100% of money goes to wonderful charities. david fahrenthold has done extensive research into donald trump's charity. thank you for jumping on. you've probably done the deepest dive into trump's foundation. wha

turn to elise on this other issue of the donald trump hotel here in washington, elise. you have becauahrain renting th build, already a conflict this is imposing? >> reporter: right. a lot of excitement. steps from the white house. this old, historic building but a lot of questions whether people are booking hotels there to maybe kind of get in with the new administration. in-roads, curry a little favor. i've spoken positive diplomats, look, an easy way and a friendly jess dhogesture to get to the n president. diplomats treated to lavish receptions, given discounts of rates there, and they're praising it, the hotel, for a lot of good service. there's a lot of excitement in the hotel, you know, because of the owner, because of donald trump. and there are questions from ethics groups that say, look, these are governments that are trying to get in with the administration. this is not a good idea, and there's also some other controversy surrounding the hotel. you know, the embassy of as are azerbaijan holding a reception, one group is protesting. when you hear what we've he

elise labott and sid rosenberg, thank you for joining me. >>> coming up soon, president obama is seto deliver a major national security speech. cameras are set, we're awaiting him. the last one of his administration, what he plans to focus on and what freed a vice might he offer president-elect trump? we'll discuss. >>> hillary clinton may have won the popular vote but she didn't win over every voter who supported president obama. van jones sat down with the family of long-time democrats to better understand why they voted for president-elect trump this time. it's all part of our new cnn special tonight "the messy truth." >> hey. >> come on in. >> lord, thank you for this food and for bringing everybody together. >> scott sites is a life long democrat who voted for obama -- twice. >> thank you so much. amen. >> cameron, his only son who was old enough to vote in the last election also supported obama. this year? all four men voted for trump. you can't imagine two guys more different and yet you supported one and the other. what did you like about obama and what did you like about tru

cnn's global affairs correspondent is elise labott. she's live in washington. >> reporter: good morning, don. the white house is vehemently denying prime minister netanyahu's accusations that they initiated this resolution, demanding it be passed in some ambush, is what the israels call it. take a listen to deputy national security adviser ben rhodes speaking on israeli television yesterday. >> by definition, it's not an ambush when president obama and secretary kerry have been saying in hundreds of conversations and in public comments that israeli settlement activity was pushing into the west bank in a way that was making the two-state solution unachievable. >> reporter: and that's why in the coming days, as early as this week, secretary of state john kerry, who spent the better part of a year trying unsuccessfully to get a peace deal, will deliver a major speech, laying out the obama administration's vision for how they see the conflict being resolved, where they see things in 2016 and beyond, as unfortunately they conclude their ter

elise, this is really remarkable. walk us through what happened. >> reporter: don, we're talking about a very contradictory u.n. resolution that was supposed to be voted on today about u.n. settlements. it's a very strong resolution, unprecedented language, that would call israeli settlements a fl flagrant violation of international law. we understand that president obama was prepared to let this resolution go through, either by abstaining on it, or by basically voting for it. you know that the u.s. usually, for decades, have used its veto power in the security council against israel. so when the israelis have been working on the u.s. with this for week trying to get them not to go ahead when they realized this resolution was being voted on, the israeli government warned the obama administration, in essence, an israeli official told me they warned the administration, if you were going to let this go ahead, we're going to have no choice but to reach out to president-elect trump to intervene. and i'm told that's exactly

elise, talk about rex tillerson, because this is a man who knows russia. he also knows middle east but knows russia in the capacity of promoting exxon's interests, and those are very different than america's interests. most significantly on sanctions. right? >> well, that's right, and rex tillerson has said, you know, as the chairman of exxon/mobil they didn't believe in sanctions, not just against russia in particular, but other countries, because they didn't think they were really effective, and in order for them to be really effective, they would have to, you know, all of the countries involved, would have to be implemented. i think it certainly had to do with his concerns about doing business in russia, and the question is, would he be advising donald trump to, you know, lift those sanctions if secretary of state? >> and you have two former secretaries of state including one former secretary of defense lobbying hard for tillerson to get the job. there's a caveat? >> former secretary of state condoleezza rice and former defense secretary bob gates have

>> suzanne malveaux, oren lieberman, elise labott. read more of the mission to save diplomacy on cnn.com. talk of secretary of state kerry's assertion a short time ago "the two-state solution is in serious jeopardy." our panel, hala gorani, and our other panel members. hala, stasht with yrt with you. did secretary kerry's speech do anything to change the chance of peace in the middle east or is it possible it might have even made it tougher? >> well, at this late stage perhaps in the obama administration with three more weeks to go, it's difficult to argue a speech would make really a tangible difference on the ground, because three weeks from now, of course, we have an administration, the administration of current president-elect donald trump that will take over with very different views on what needs to be done. in fact, the president-elect already tweeting his opposition to what president obama and john kerry have been saying, and the u.s. abstention at the u.n. security council. so i don't think that's really what the administrati

. >> i'm joined by cnn global affairs correspondent elise labott. elise, kerry's speech was a strong defense of the administration's dealings with israel. walk us through netanyahu's reaction. did he say anything that came as a surprise to you? >> no it was a vigorous defense of what israel sees as the rightful claim to this land. the speech was primarily about settlements so what he was saying that secretary kerry was doing in criticizing israeli settlements is criticizing israel's right for this land and right for these families to build their homes there so it was a vigorous defense of their settlement policy but it was critical of the fact that secretary kerry paid a little lip service to palestinian terrorism and incitement. israel claims that that's the reason it doesn't have a partner for peace in the palestinians because of their unwillingness to compromise of this terrorist action against israel over decades and so i think they thought it was a biased attack that blames israel for the breakdown of the peace process and lack of peace, pam. >

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our cnn's elise abbott. let's unpack this, elise, a lot of questions here. first, i'm wondering what is the point, secretary kerry laying out a u.s. midwest peace plan or initiative. is this the obama administration articulating its visions, aspirations, a signal to middle east allies or perhaps even an appeal to the incoming president as a road map forward? >> well, suzanne, i think it's a combination. remember, secretary of state kerry spent the better part of a year trying to get the israelis and palestinians to have direct talks. he was shuttling back and forth between the two of them try to get them for direct talks and then trying to get a peace deal together. he did make progress on some of the issues but was not able to close the deal. and so i think he has been kind of working this ever since. meeting with both prime minister netanyahu and palestinian prime minister abbas and, you know, i think the administration, particularly secretary kerry, feels that they would be remiss if they left office without laying out their vision for how they see a deal

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more on that now from cnn's elise labben. >> the status quo is leaning towards one -- >> reporter: ingthy and deeply personal final plea secretary stt kerry issued a strong warning to israel that a two state solution was jeopardy. directing his aim at netanyahu. >> the israeli prime minister publicly supports a two state solution. but his current coalition is the most right wing in israeli history with an agenda driven by the most extreme elements. >> reporter: at the same time defending u.s. support of israel. >> no american administration has done more for israel's security than barack obama's. >> reporter: quickly called the speech a biased attack that only played lip service to palestinian terror. >> what e did was spend most of his speech blaming israel for the lack of peace. >> at a bitter war of words between u.s. and israel after washington refused to veto a u.n. resolution don chemming israeli settlements, allowing to it pass. >> some seem to believe the friendship means the u.s. must accept any policy regardless of our own positions, our own words. our own princes. >> >> rep

elise, new reporting on the claims made by the israelis. what can you tell us? >> reporter: you know, jake, over the last several days the israelis have been very coy about how they know their claims that the united states, in particular secretary of state john kerry, was behind this resolution. a senior israeli official told me just a while ago that the israelis have information from arab sources that secretary kerry and his staff pushed this through kind of hiding behind the palestinians. hiding behind the egyptians, getting them to put the resolution through, and then after the egyptians took it off the table, that secretary kerry and his staff, as this israeli said, was working a covert actor in terms guesting other countries to re-introduce the resolution, and you saw that's what new zealand and others did. but talking to u.s. officials, jake, they say that this is really just a distraction for what happened with the vote itself. which is in response to what they call excessive and really accelerated settlement growth that is really having that two-state so

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back with me now is cnn's oren lieberman in jerusalem, cnn's foreign affairs correspondent elise abbottnd cnn political analyst ron brownstein. elise, a lot of this comes back, when we look at the resolution that passed, we heard over and over again, i heard it from david key, the spokesman for netanyahu, last night, they have ironclad proof that the obama administration was behind this, that they orchestrated this, they cole luluded to get this resolution introduced and through. you have new information about what proof that is is even though they're not talking about it. >> the israelis are not being explicit about how they know this but i spoke to a senior israeli official a short time ago and they're sharpening the accusations against the united states. saying the obama administration led by his secretary and staff pushed the approval of the u.n. resolution and also basically saying they're hearing this from arab sources, that secretary kerry was what they're calling a covert partner in every detail of the resolution, right, so it's from its drafting to its conception to pushing it

elise, who was pushing for the vote and how did this fall apart? >> briane brianna, it's a high drama at the u.n. that doesn't usually happen. we understand the vote was supposed to take place this afternoon, it was calling israeli settlements illegal under international law and the u.s. was expected to let it pass. for the years the u.s. has had this veto protection but we understand president obama was prepared to abstain or vote yes, that was supposed to be followed by a speech by secretary of state john kerry kind of laying out his vision for middle east peace. you know he led that failed bid for a peace deal between israelis and palestinians. that was put on hold we understand because of pressure by israel on egyptian president sisi whose country was the one that put forward the resolution in the beginning. we don't really know who the involvement of the trump transition, we know in the dead of night there were a lot of treats going on. netanyahu was tweeting for a u.s. veto. president-elect trump followed suit then egyptians walked it back bu