david michaelis at link tv and he comes with west jerusalem and i come from west jerusalem, so we come from the same seat. but in reality, two different worlds. >> i was born in jerusalem and i've been living there all my life, since 1945. five years ago i came to the united states to launch a tv channel. and that's how i met jamal dajani. he challenged me to think about solutions that hadn't been discussed until now. and one day we said, well, we should test it on the ground. >> the reality there is very harsh. but why don't we go over there and do it. >> we are here in a bubble. after sometime of working together with jamal i said let's do this in california. you only have to choose in that neighborhood what kind of latte you want in the morning. >> when i go there i'm always eager to go to my people, to my neighborhood. i nt to have the least interaction with the israelis as possible. >> many israelis don't want to know about palestinians. they don't want to reach out. they don't want to cross into streets and neighborhoods where the palestinians live because of a mixture of stereot

because 1967, jerusalem was occupied in 1967, that is the reality.there is a thief in the area and he has taken your house, thatis area and he has taken your house, that is a reality but you are not supposed to accept reality as legitimate faq. coloneltrump announced he would move the embassy tojerusalem, announced he would move the embassy to jerusalem, and we announced he would move the embassy tojerusalem, and we understand it may happen quicker than we thought but he said i not prejudging what the two parties finally agree on jerusalem, they can do what they want, they can divide it in the future as they wish, we are simply recognise it what is seen to be israel's capital. he said more than that. in 1980, there was a motion saying exactly what he said in his speech. he adopted that low of unified capital of israel, containing the supreme court, the government, parliament. he adopted that phrasing, even. he did not say that phrasing, even. he did not say thatjerusalem is an occupied area, thatjerusalem is an occupied area, thatjerusalem is an occu

trump recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. this will be remembered by our people throughout the ages. as you just said, not only talked about, but you did it. i want to thank you on behalf of the people of israel. i look forward to our discussions on both challenges and opportunities. if i have to say what is our greatest challenge in the middle east, both our countries, to our arab neighbors, it's encapsulated in one word, iran. iran has not given up its nuclear ambitions. it came out of the nuclear deal emboldened, enriched. it's practicing aggression everywhere, including on our borders. i think we have to stop this country that chants "death to israel," "death to america." iran has to be stopped. the second is because of that challenge, exploit the opportunity for peace. the arabs have never been closer to israel. israel has never been closer to the arabs. and we seek also to broaden that peace. so i look forward to those discussions, but i want to -- i want to reiterate what you just said. mr. president, i've been here fo

embassy will be moved to jerusalem in may. something that since its founding in 1948, something that israel wanted all countries to do, give official recognition, locate their embassies in jerusalem, rather than tel aviv. but of course the original 1947 partition plan of palestine into arab and israeli states required that jerusalem be internationalized. both palestinians and israelis want it to be their capital. why is the u.s. doing this? in 1970s, zionist organization of america began sending 100,000 signature petitions to the president asking him to withdraw from the u.n. agreements, and also recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and locate the u.s. embassy there. in the 1980s, the american israel public affairs committee, the anti-defamation league, the christian coalition, all said that we really ought to move the embassy, mr. president. it will be popular, particularly with american christians and jews. aipac got serious about passing a highly-coercive move the embassy law in the 1990s. they did it to thwart the oslo

america did not make jerusalem israel's capital. [applause] what presidenty: trump did, to his great credit, was recognize the reality that american presidents had denied for too long. [applause] ambassador haley: jerusalem is the capital of israel. that's a fact. president trump had the courage to recognize that fact when others would not. [applause] sometime inaley: the future, the day will come when the whole world recognizes that fact. [applause] in thedor haley: meantime, i hope to be there and join our great ambassador david freeman. [applause] on the dayhaley: when we open our brand-new american embassy in jerusalem. [applause] ambassador haley: our embassy decision caused a stir at the united nations. [laughter] ambassador haley: in the security council, almost exactly one year after the united states shamefully abstained would be council attacked israel with resolution 2334, i had the honor of casting my first american veto. [applause] ambassador haley: when i was governor i used my veto power dozens of times. at the u.n.,

trump recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. others talk about it, you did you.o thank i look forward to our discussions. if i had to say what are the greatest challenges for both countries? , iran.d be one word emboldened and enriched.. i think we have to it is practicing aggression everywhere including our own borders. and i think we have to stop this country. iran must be stopped. that is our common challenge. theuse of that challenge, arabs have never been closer to israel, israel has never been closer to the arabs. i look forward to those discussions but i want to reiterate. it's never been stronger. the people of israel see your iran, theyn putin, on see your magnificent defense of israel and the truth of the united nations. matters that are vital to the security of both our nations. mr. president, i just want to say thank you for your leadership and thank you for your tremendous friendship. >> my honor. thank you very much. >> thanks, everyone. >> they have started construction. if i may, we will talk about that another t

embassy in jerusalem we'll get more from our washington correspondent and italy's former prime minister. steps down as democratic party leader after record numbers of voters deserted the political center in sunday's election they flocked instead to. endure were skeptical parties who will now have to battle it out to form a. good to have you with us reboard coming in that a former russian spy living in england is critically ill after being exposed to unknown substance sergei screwed up ball was a refuge in britain after a spy swap deal back in two thousand and ten he was convicted. in russia of betraying russian agents to british intelligence police have confirmed that two people a man and a woman were found unconscious on a bench on sunday in the city of solsbury both are receiving treatment and an investigation is under way to determine what caused their condition police gave a press conference a short while ago they say that they're keeping an open mind about the nature of this incident this has not been declared as a counter terrorism incident and we would urge people not to speculat

embassy to jerusalem saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon has been in the u.s. recently was asked about the u.s. its decision to move its embassy to jerusalem here's part of what he told the american news program sixty minutes on how would a new we try to focus on the efforts that promote peace for all we do not try to focus on anything that might create tension because that is my nature always to be positive from a property damage or view so i try to focus on the things that will support the interests of the palestinian people and the interests of all not a hashimi in doha we talked about how the trumpet ministration may be playing into israeli politics at the moment and emboldening some aspects on the right but where does saudi arabia's shifting stance on israel play into this. well i think. we are seeing a formalization of a policy in saudi arabia that was long recognized but hidden now it's coming out into the open where saudi arabia now is effectively allied in terms of its regional view of the middle east with the state of israel and with the trumpet minis

embassy would move to jerusalem. despite those tensions trump told reporters in the oval office that he thinks there is a good chance for peace in the conflict here's part of what he had to say a little bit early what better if we could make peace between israel and the palestinians and i can tell you we're working very hard on doing that and i think we have a very good chance and the biggest difficulty that anybody said you look over twenty five years nobody could get past number one jerusalem they couldn't get past it we've taken it off the table so this gives us a real opportunity to peace and we'll see how it works out that the palestinians i think you are wanting to come back to the table for thirty days and. if they don't you don't have peace if you don't have peace if they don't you don't have peace and that's a possibility also i'm not saying it's going to happen everybody says. are there is the u.s. president there donald trump let's go to washington now we're joined by our correspondent carsten phenomenon c

among the most famous of them, the church of the holy accept la -- seplacure in jerusalem.mong the most famous of them, the church of the holy the hole in the floor is the place where they say jesus was originally buried. >> but they begin fighting with each other. >> the biggest problem during this time was doctrine. in some people's eyes, jesus was born of a woman, he can't be divine, there's big questions is jesus human, is he divine? is he both? >> you would think this is hair splitting doctrine here, but some people were willing to kill you for that. christians willing to kill other christians for those differences. >> to unite the empire, constantine must organize his bishops under one roof or risk having the christian empire he's built come crashing down. your sleep number setting. does your bed do that? it's the last chance for clearance savings up to $800 on our most popular beds. ends saturday. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you. ♪ ♪ if you'd have told me three years ago... that we'd be downloading in seconds, what used to take... minutes. that guests woul

trump regnize jerusalem as the capital and announced that the u.s. embassy would move to jerusalem. despite those tensions, trump told reporters that he thinks there is a good chance for peace in the conflict, here is part of what he had to say a bit earlier. donald trump: what better if we could make peace between israel and the palestinians? we are working very hard and doing that. i think we have a very good chance. the biggest difficulty anybody has had -- you look over 25 years, nobody could get past number one, jerusalem, they could not get past it. this gives us a real opportunity to gain peace. we will see how it works out. palestinians i wanted to come back to the table very badly. if they don't, we don't have peace. that is a possibility also. i'm not saying it's going to happen. brent: that was donald trump. let's go to washington now, we are joined by carsten von nahmen. where does this leave peace negotiations? trump's mideast envoy, his son-in-law, jared kushner has lost his security clearance. carsten: the fact that these security clearance of jared kushner has been d

embassy's upcoming move to jerusalem. of course iran amid growing tension that the trump administration may not be doing enough to crack down on israel's archenemy. lindsey graham warning that war may be imminent because the u.s. has been awol, his words on mideast policy. watch. >> the last thing on my mind right now is the peace process. we are about to have a war between israel and hezbollah in southern lebanon. we have no policy as the united states regarding the russian-iranian access to southern lebanon. they are developing precision guided weapons, i would focus on containing around rather than pushing a peace process that's broken. if we don't come up with the strategy against iran, we are going to make israel go to war pretty soon. >> kennedy: jared kushner on mideast peace reportedly will be attending the meeting. this has the white house downplaying him recently losing his top-secret security clearance. >> this is the fifth time president trump has met with prime minister netanyahu since the presidency, the sec

embassy in jerusalem we'll get more from our washington correspondent also coming up italy's former prime minister much he steps down as democratic party leader that's after a record numbers of voters deserted the political center in sunday's election instead they flock to immigrant and euro skeptic populists who will have to battle it out to form a new go. off it's good to have you with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has met with u.s. president donald trump at the white house the visit comes amid corruption investigations that could threaten political survival talks are expected to focus on curbing the regional influence archrival iran as well as the stalled israeli palestinian peace process tensions have been high in the region since trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel in december and announced that the u.s. embassy would move to the city despite those tensions trump told reporters in the oval office that he thought there was a good chance for peace in the conflict here's what he had to say just a short while ago. what better if we could make peace between isr

jerusalem. >> their lord jesus christ had had his lands taken. responsibility to come to his aid to restore those lands. >> the crusaders were extremely violent. they would attack people in their homes. they would mass rape, killing of children. they would set fire to entire residential neighborhoods. it was horrible. >> they succeeded in liberating the city of jerusalem from the hands of the muslims. and this, for generations, will be hailed and recognized. >> after 400 years as a muslim temple, the crusaders replace the crescent atop the sacred dome of the rock with a cross and turn it into a church. >> partly motivated by religious zeal, partly by conquest, the christians were exclusionary. muslims were not allowed to live in christian areas. >> jerusalem remains in christian lands until 1187, when the hero of islam draws together the muslims in the near east to recover the holy land. >> as the muslims close in on jerusalem once again, pope urban iii realizes in his predecessor's quest to defend christianity, he may have invited its demise. ho

it still jerusalem and they will put israel on there.the state department still has residual respect for international law that is missing completely from wales. let's get these territories together. the un is cockpit for all of these things. all human life is there. they're watching us. you have this ambivalent attitude in most american jews, as we know of, liberal, globalist and the support democracy and freedom and they like the united nations and they made an exception for all these things about zionism and racism and they didn't think it through but it eroded the support and this helped the road to support of united nations inside the us and you got the people who would automatically have been natural supporters of the un were always ambivalent about it. you have jewish senators from new york looking over their shoulders to will pass resolutions condemning the un and that's one of the points that the lobby has been doing in washington is to try to trim the un to size by threatening to withhold or withholding funds or pulling out of

. >> deep within the private library of the greek patriarch in jerusalem lives the first document thats the first cohesive guidelines of christianity. it's called the dedekai. >> this document presents the formation of the church in its primitive state. >> this sacred text was lost until 1883 when a greek translation from the 11th century was found. out of fear of theft or desecration it has never before been seen on camera until now. >> you don't have a bible back then. how do you transmit the faith? how do you tell them how to behave? how do you tell them what it to do in a service? the dedekai does all of that for you. >> but outlining the rules is the first step. christians need an infrastructure to enforce the behaviors. >> we tend to think about christianity as being all these basilicas around the wrl. but before that you had house churches. and if you had a series of small house churches you need someone over that. >> christians tried to set up an organized community to recognize the members we. a hierarchy melled on the roman army. >> the bishop means the most senior churchman

in jerusalem.e his decision in the best interest of the united states but he also made it clear this decision is in the best interest of peace. by finally recognizing jerusalem united's dates has chosen fact over fiction that is the only true foundation for everlasting peace. under president trump united states to have a lasting peace. and made it clear. and with those specific boundaries on the resolution. if both sides agreed united states of america will support the two state solution. as we gather here with a great ambassador vision for peace. and know this. united states of america will never compromise the safety and security of the jewish state of israel. [applause] we know that peace is possible and to make the very difficult decision and to have the privilege to travel to egypt and jordan and to enjoy the fruits of peace. to speak with america's great friends king abdullah of jordan with the predecessors who fortunate into conflict in their time. president trump convened an unprecedented g

in jerusalem. president trump made his decision as he said in the best interests of the united states, but he also made it clear that we believe this decision is also in the best interests of peace. by finally recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital, the united states has chosen fact over fiction, and fact is the only true foundation for a just and lasting peace. under president trump, the united states remains fully committed to achieve a lasting peace between israelis and palestinians. in announcing his decision on jerusalem, the president also called in his words on all parties to maintain the status quo of jerusalem's holy sites and made it clear that we were not taking any position on final status issues or specific boundaries or the resolution of contested borders. and as the president reaffirmed, if both sides agree, the united states of america will support a two-state solution. as we gather here, our team, jared kushner, jason greenblatt and our ambassador are hard at work crafting our a

embassy to jerusalem this is playing into this does it. well what we have been seeing is that there is a systematic merger by both the right wing government in israel led by netanyahu and by the extremists in the u. us without the us president doing of truong and the so-called. jewish lobby led by aipac and zionist christians the in but if it goes inside the us who are very much interested in another been pushing for the recognize in jerusalem as the capital of the stilt of israel and me getting the right to the palestinians of their ends of their own state we haven't seen any any . support for the commission of a palestinian state we haven't seen any any support from the us for the two state solution and that is the sense of the problem by moving the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and declaring jerusalem as the capital of israel which will probably be we will see it probably in the end may fifteenth which is the seventieth anniversary of israel yes the billion but its member of the knesset michael rosen said that this legislation p

president, jerusalem as israel's capital. this was an historic proclamation followed by your bold decision to move the embassy by our upcoming national independence day. i want to tell you that the jewish people have a long memory. so we remember the proclamation of the great king, 2500 years ago. he proclaimed that the jewish exiles could come back and rebuild their temple in jerusalem. we remember lordballfur who issued the proclamation that recognized the jewish people in our homeland. we remember 70 years ago president truman was the first leader to recognize the jewish state. and we remember how a few weeks ago president donald j. trump recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. mr. president, this will be remembered by our people throughout the ages. and as you just said, others talked about it. you did it. so i want to thank you on behalf of the people of israel. and i also want to -- i look forward to our discussions on both challenges and opportunities. if i had to say what is our greatest challenge in the middle east

right when i'll cross over to our correspondent tanya kramer who is in jerusalem for more time to thanks for joining us what psychologic spectate from this visit. one in hi can you foreign minister of germany has said that he wants to come to is well early in his you function as a point minister you hospital yesterday as justice minister and he said it's very important when he went into politics he used this phrase strong statement saying that's because of the holocaust that's because. it's now you can see that also in his it's you know. he went this afternoon to visit all the officials coming here at the holocaust memorial. but you wrote also in the book that it's still a miracle for him and that's very important seven years since of hyundai's the state of israel and he told the german is very relations america but of course he also has he would need to with the holocaust survivors here as well but he also has political meetings here in israel but also with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas and mamma so very care genda from the german foreign minister but what about well what does

jerusalem was a wonderful thing and me very much appreciate them as a very big part of the world. and they were discussing whether or not to make that decision but they were never able to do what they should have done. and we very much appreciate that. we are very, very close on military and terrorism and the relationship has never been better and mr. prime minister and mrs. netanyahu. >> it is a pleasure to see you both but jerusalem this is a historic proclamation. the jewish people that he proclaimed the jewish exiles and for 100 years ago harry was the first to recognize how president donald j trump this will be remembered for future so i want to thank you. if i have to what is our greatest thellenge in middle east? he encap notted it has given up military position and everywhere showing focus and we have to stop this country and iran must be stopped. and because of that charge in israel has never been closer to the arabs. so i look forward to those discussion and after nearly four decades seeking stability with the alliance. it has never been stronger. and to see no position

now he would take the bishop of egypt, the bishop of jerusalem, the bishop of athens and state power would go through th. >> the bishops become the most important people in the community. if people have disputes between each other, they were likely to go to a bishop to get it worked out. >> he had control over the food supply so that made him enormously powerful and. >> he gives christians tax breaks and makes churches tax exempt. >> constantine is why churches are now in the u.s. tax free entities. constantine is the reason why churches have this special status. >> from the time of constantine, the church became the ally of rulers, as rulers became christian, there was no feeling there should be a separation between church and state. church and state work together. >> to honor his newfound faith, constantine commissioned spectacular building projects in christ's name throughout the empire. among the most famous of them, the church of the hol holy -- t hole in the floor is the place where they say gjesus was originally buried. >> but they begin fighting with each other. >> the bigges

embassy to jerusalem.plaus [applause] >> congress's long maintained that jerusalem is the capital of israel and i applaud president trump once again by demonstrating strong leadership on the world stage in support of our strongest ally in the middle east. i'm glad-- and look, when you've gone to israel a number of times and walk to jerusalem along the streets, as a catholic, i feel warm and embraced by the people of jerusalem to be able to share and experience such an important part of my faith in a jewish state, and that needs to continue. [applause] i'm glad that when it comes to israel and maintaining our strong alliance that we have bipartisan support in congress for the work that we do. much of our united front is a result of your hard work and constant advocacy to make sure that not only to you deliver the message abo, but you work w both sides of the aisle so when we bring legislation to the floor it's bipartisan and it ends is a message to the rest of the world that it's united. there may be areas

to netanyahu tanya kramer joining us from jerusalem thank you. the first direct commercial flight between australia and europe has landed in london increased fuel efficiency of a new generation of air line as has made ultra long haul routes possible but it also reflects a shift in the aviation market away from stop overs in favor of direct connections . when the australian flag carrier qantas first flew the so-called kangaroo route to britain after the second world war it took four days and seven stopovers taking off in perth the new nonstop service operated by a boeing seven eight seven dreamliner covered the nearly fifteen thousand kilometers to london in just seventeen hours well this is story day for western australia historic day for aviation a historic day i want to talk today believe the first thing the train australian bureau has ever heard not stop in aviation qantas is not the only carrier pushing for ever longer flights qatar airways is already offering the world's longest commercial route between doha and oakland and later this year s

president for his decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital disapproves of this be remembered by our people throughout the ages netanyahu is in washington in advance of his address on tuesday before the largest israeli lobby group in the us a pack but netanyahu made it clear he was also seeking u.s. support for what he sees as israel's greatest security challenge the two cups. were . iraq. is not giving up its nuclear ambitions that came out of this nuclear deal and rich both netanyahu and trump have made no secret of their loathing of the twenty fifteen agreement agreed on by the u.s. and the other world powers with iran to limit tehran's nuclear program both believe the agreements duration is too short and is weakened by the fact it does not address iran's ballistic missile program. is also shared concern over what they believe is iran's rising influence and a desire for a permanent presence in syria israel. support against iraq. talk. very very little to the u.s. president has also talked about striking a peace deal between the israelis and palestinians trumps jerusalem dec

and also recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. in the 1980s the american republic affairs committee. they all said that we really ought to move the embassy it will be popular particularly with american christians and jews. they did it to thwart the oslo peace process which have its own problems but by creating facts on the ground they hoped that they could preempt any moves from the peace accord and they got their law which have a presidential waiver perdition to avoid constitutional separation of power can meters. they passed without sending -- signing it. the israel lobby pressed the candidates to move the embassies as part of the campaign and most of them did it. in the democratic party side. the republican side. and bob dole. but every winner of the office signed a waiver every six months not to move the embassy. again, they required that the state department every six months. they have never supported this. upon the trump administration's announcement 36 percent of americans polled by cnn said that they opposed recognition. w

of palestinians are peacefully marching throughout the occupied state of palestine including is jerusalem as well as among the palestinian population living in israel and in the past for the events of today remind us that not bad did not end in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight and continues until today in this connection it is beyond tragic that millions of palestinians continue to either live in exile as refugees deny that in l.a. number right to return to their homes or continue to live under israelis have century belligerent military occupation of the state of palestine including is jerusalem where they are forced to endure the constant violation of their fundamental human rights including israelis ongoing theft of palestinian land for illegal settlements is destruction of palestinian homes and agricultural land rover cocksure evocation of residency rights deportation reoccurring brutal military assaults that have resulted in massive billion casualties such as the ones that took place in gaza in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine two thousand and twelve and two thousand

embassy there in jerusalem.ltimately, i think, the cost will be probably closer to that billion dollars. there was also question whether or not jared kushner because of his security clearance, will be able to be in these meetings. he was scheduled to be in those meetings. they met with netanyahu yesterday. couple of other points of business that the president talked about, he insisted he's not going to back down from his threat imposing tariffs. he will aim those as china and canada and mexico. when asked about retaliation by yuaeuropean allies the president said we'll put a tax on their car. he does not believe there will be a trade war as results of the tar refuses. 10% on aluminum and 25% on steel. >> i appreciate you clearing up that $250,000. on the couch on that number, we were trying to do the math, it makes perfect sense. we know that it would take longer time to move some of that staffing over and the allocation of funding for staffing too. i read about that. you got beginning of the process. >> reporte

unification of jerusalem, i saw all these cranes, i saw all this building going on. i saw the skyscrapers with the names of american technological companies on them and so forth. and you applied those policies as prime minister and so forth in israel? >> i am a great believer in free markets and one of my missions, two missions was to free up the israeli market, israeli economy, so it becomes a free market economy, to unleash the genius embedded in our people, the sparks fly out the minute you open up the marketplace. you allow enterprise, innovation, risk, to fail or succeed, and i do a lot of reforms, i did that as prime minister. and subsequently as finance minister and subsequently as prime minister again and again and again. we're still doing it. the israeli economy has been growing under these reforms consistently at between 4% to 5% per year and the gdp per capita will probably catch up with japan in a couple of years, israel. mark: that's a big deal. >> that's a big deal. mark: particularly in technology, there seems to be a huge growth in israel. the amount

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since nineteen sixty seven child stratford is with us now in west jerusalem charles want to talk us through the ins and outs of this law and the implications of it. i think it's important to have a look at certainly what's being reported is the specific language of this law and it shows just certainly what the palestinians are saying and how ambiguous it is the law replies to people who the israelis deem as being either a supporter of a terrorist organization an organization such as hamas for example somebody who is deemed as being a would be terrorist attack anybody who is seen as as you reported there is breaching israel's trust and anybody who has been convicted of what israel says is treason so it's the kind of that kind of language that basically palestinians are saying it leaves the law very much open to interpretation of potentially open to being exploited by the israelis i mean the fact of the matter is is that there are a lot of palestinians in east jerusalem that do have sympathy for an organization such as hamas that israel sees as being a terror organization an organizat

embassy future of islam -- to jerusalem.rating strong leadership on the world stage in support of our strongest ally in the middle east. [applause] what you did a number of times and when you go to jerusalem and walk the streets as a catholic i feel so warm and embraced by the people of jerusalem to be able to share and experience such an important part of my faith in a jewish state and that needs to continue. [applause] i'm glad that when it comes to israel and maintaining our strong alliance that we have broad bipartisan support. the united front is the result of your hard work and constant advocacy to make sure that not only do you deliver the message, but he works with both sides of the isle so when we bring legislation to the floor it is truly bipartisan and that sends a message to the rest of the world that america is united. maybe there's areas we are divided, but when it comes to the strong support for israel, we come together as a united congress republican and democrat to express our support for the policies that a

palestinians from the occupied east jerusalem now also today another law passed by the knesset a law looking at part of the anti terror lore an amendment to it looking at the repatch relation of palestinians killed by israeli soldiers this law now saying that those bodies will not be returned until a certain conditions are met and one of those conditions is limits to the amount of people participating in funerals the israel says it's very concerned about these funerals being places where incitement for violence against israel may be committed. it's also interesting to look at the context of how these laws or when these laws are being passed let's not forget that prime minister netanyahu is under a lot of domestic pressure here in israel he's being investigated on the three separate cases allegations related to corruption and his critics are saying that the passing of these laws so quickly and so many of them seemingly all the same time is an indication of him trying to appeal to his domestic right wing base and deflect attention from the kind of pressure that he's under. internationa

in jerusalem, 1:00 a.m. tuesday in bangkok. wherever you're watching from around the world, thank you very much for joining us. >>> two leaders under scrutiny in their countries, right now together inside the white house. is benjamin netanyahu using president trump to try to help save himself? >>> also, global backlash erupts over the president's threat to laurc launch a trade war, but a new twist from the president himself just moments ago. >>> plus the president makes a demand as he says north korea wants to talk, and a russian sex wo worker vows to spill secrets about president trump, a russian seductress inside thailand. >>> netanyahu comes to the u.s. for talks about a peace and terrorist negotiation. he made a deal with prosecutors. as for president trump he's looking to change the focus from last week's cavalcade here in washington. let's go to jeff zeleny. jeff, last week was chaotic for the president. how are they trying to change that narrative today? >> reporter: controversy from said the white house as well as the r

and applause] thank you for announcing another decision to the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalems independence day. [cheering and applause] and to the first ambassador to have the honor of working in the embassy in jerusalem is the great american visitor, david freedman. [cheering and applause] david, thank you for that terrific job that you are doing. and you know who else is doing a terrific job? israel's ambassador to washington, ron. come on up, ron. [cheering and applause] thank you for the terrific job you are doing. i want to thank ronald, david, you don't have to remind them how far back to go together, lillian. everyone at aipac, i want to thank all of you for the work you are doing to strengthen the remarkable alliance between our two countries. thank you. [applause] i want to acknowledge the israeli ministers, israel's representatives here in the united states and united nations, the mayor of jerusalem, the many members of congress and the former leaders of countries who are here and in particular, i want to acknowledge my friend, a great champion of israel, the former

president, jerusalem as israel's capitol. historic proclamation followed by your bold decision to move the embassy by our upcoming national independence day. i want to tell that the jewish people have a long memory. so we remember the proclamation of the great king, cyrus the great, 2500 years ago. he proclaimed that the jewish exiles in babylon can come back and rebuild our temple in jerusalem. we remember 100 years ago lord balfour that recognized the rights of the jewish people in our an assess tractor-trailsanc. we remember the recognition of our home state. and we remember that president trump recognized israel as the embassy. others talked about it. you did it. i want to thank you on behalf of the people of israel. i look forward to our discussions on both challenges and opportunity. if i had to say what is our greatest challenge in the middle east to both our countries, to our arab neighbors, it's encapsulated in one word: iran. iran has not given up its nuclear ambitions. it came out of its nuclear deal emboldened, en

embassy move from tel aviv to jerusalem during a visit from the israeli prime minister. and a former russian spy is critically ill in hospital in the u.k. after being exposed to an unknown substance. hello there for many of us there's a lot of rain over parts of europe but not quite as much snow is there have been there's still plenty of cloud showing up on the satellite picture all circulating around this area here giving most of us some heavy rain and fortunately it's not too cold at the moment so we're looking at a maximum of around eleven in madrid matching the temperature we're expecting in paris so mild but wet there for the western parts then in the central belt we have more in the way of wintery weather and then if you extend further south for us in parts of the mediterranean we think of strong winds and heavy rain and all of that's pushing its way towards the east as it does so it will give us some snow it will turn increasingly wintry but it will also be chasing out that very very cold air that's up in the northeast so cold for now but it should get a bit milde

embassy in jerusalem kimberly help at al-jazeera washington. well the developments the u.s. president is coming under fire from members of his own policy about his plans to impose heavy tariffs on steel an aluminum imports canada and mexico are the top four countries the u.s. imports it steal from and trump hinted that he might waive the tariffs for them but only if they can see ground in the north american free trade agreement talks which have been taking place in mexico city. we are renegotiating nafta as i said i would and if we don't make a deal terminate nafta but if i do make a deal which is fair to the workers and to the american people that would be i would imagine one of the points that will negotiate it will be tariffs on steel for canada and for mexico. there is john heilemann has been at this nafta talks in mexico city to now the negotiations on nafta the free trade agreement that links mexico the united states and canada have been donated by things like car parts and workers' salaries but that really abruptly changed in the seventh round of these negotiations an

in jerusalem. 5:30 in the evening in pyeongchang. let's begin with the trade disruption. the president set to deliver a key campaign promise tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. the surprise announcement last week was enough to cause immediate outcry from u.s. businesses and trading partners and fellow republicans. one fear here risks jobs in industries that rely on steel and aluminum if you drive a car or fly or drink a beer. the white house officials were on a p.r. tour promising it will not hurt the broader economy and no countries will be exempt. even key allies. here is trade adviser peter navarro. >> an exemption prior for particular cases where we need to have exemptions so business can move forward, but at this point in time, there will be no country exclusion. >> that is peter navarro. he is a long-time trade hawk. navarro was backed up by commerce secretary wilbur ross. he says no exceptions. >> as far as i know he is talking about a fairly broad brush. >> experts warn that could spark a trade war. the eu promised to slap a tax on american exports. harley davi

decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and dismissed its plan for reconciliation talks. hot dog i love you but i did go to delays at the time this plan began being implemented when trump's administration declared jerusalem as israel's capital decided to move its embassy to it could donations to the un relief agency and regarded settlements as illegal and that was said by more than one american official the first of them was their own boss or to tel aviv david friedman who said that the israelis are building on their land the son of a dog says they build in their land and he is a settler and his family are settlers and he is the u.s. ambassador in tel aviv what should we expect from him. a u.s. president donald trump has released a holiday statement to mark the iranian new year now lose he started by wishing iran well but then slammed its armed forces saying the islamic revolutionary guard corps is a hostile army that brutalizes and steals from the iranian people to fund terrorism abroad and that since twenty two of the i.r.g.c. has spent more than sixteen billion dollars