leaders in the region and many of washington's allies have also criticized the plans the trumpet ministration says it's only recognizing historical and co and current reality meanwhile israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu welcomed the decision let's listen to what he said earlier. use to our historic national identity is given important expression every day but today especially so i will have more to add on the jerusalem matter later today. well besides prime minister netanyahu few world leaders have come out in support of trans likely move let's see what some of america's allies had to say. there was little sign of u.s. allies backing trump's move british prime minister theresa may said the status of jerusalem was still a matter to be resolved in peace talks opposition has not changed we are position as he says has been a longstanding one and is also a very clear one that the status of jerusalem should be determined as a negotiated in a negotiated settlement between the israelis and the palestinians and jerusalem should ultimately form to share form a shared capital between the israeli

that will be the case but what one has to remember is that this is not just about the trumpet ministration this is also continue a-t. of american policy the reason we're discussing this peta is as you mentioned congress passed the at every six months that congressional act has to be discussed so this is a deep structural feature of american policy which is why it is nothing new for america. to not be an effective broker not be an american broker and why it is a fifth failed and flawed structural strategy for the palestinians or anyone else to believe that america can help deliver their rights the end of occupation or peace ok but how can they do that when you talk about them briefly please when you talk about them embracing it what we're talking about here is a thing called corpus separatism it's un resolution one eight one eight goes back more than half a century jerusalem as a sovereign capital states doesn't actually exist on paper to anyone anyway so the starting point is flawed. yes the starting point is flawed but the starting premise of the entire american policy is flawed and that'

well welcome to the show i'm sam is a than now the trumpet ministration kicked off two thousand and seventeen with hope for better relations with russia but the year ends with hardening rhetoric between two of the world's most influential powers washington is now taking a tougher stance on moscow what it kohls the stabilizing activities just this week donald trump announced the united states will give you crane and hans defensive capabilities to fight pro russian separatists in other words weapons vladimir posner response a warning that the learning crease the use of force and use the same tone in outlining how russia will move into two thousand and eighteen. the numbers and. i'm convinced that we must develop the mechanisms of democracy fully explore the potential of the civic activity that is laid down in our constitution and encourage competition competition of ideas and approaches to solve an issue to treat with respect constructive and responsible opposition and to be such an opposition means not only to argue with authorities and blame them for all moral center we know ourselves of the

perhaps any sort of hope at the early part of the trumpet ministration for better relations with russia that seems to be dissipating much area where does this leave the rest of the world does it mean in two thousand and eighteen we can expect a rise in global tensions. well yes better a few more confrontations between the united states and russia but not so much as to blow up into a war sort of thing but tensions are like it increases for one no degree with the other panelists it appears that trump is a prisoner he's a cop gave of domestic politics and when the reasons he appeared to be so erratic and incomplete isn't his counterpart putting when he said he would like to get along with appears to be very focused as a target and systematic about the eagles about doing what he wants to do so the contrast in the appearing on this is that the us is declining because it is that arctic and because the president is a cup give of domestic politics do you think if i come back to lawrence on that point the trumpet ministration then going forward is going to have a hard time. to come back to show

ministration joins us from tampa and bill press talk radio host progressive commentator host of the bill per show on the young turks network he is in washington gentlemen assuming the tax bill is ten students signed david which party benefits i think the democrats to listen this is not a tax bill for the base that elected donald trump that made him president united states look i'm all for making the corporate tax rate in the united states more competitive but this is not the way to do it the g.o.p. has never sold this tax bill to the american public and that is the reality look you can go back to bush forty three and he recognized very quickly we have to make this personal for every taxpayer what this g.o.p. tax bill does is it undermines thirty years of tax policy that is rewarded saving for a home saving for your retirement saving for education and instead just benefits big business i think the democrats can run on this cio tax g.o.p. tax bill going into twenty eighteen bill. you know i could not have said it better myself congressman i think larry the republicans will rue the day that

around this are that some sort of deal might have been made between jared kush and the trumpet ministration and saudi arabia about this before it's happening. and i don't think any of them will care two bits about what actually happens to people on the ground so i'm wondering since you have been on the ground you spent time there what are the immediate effects to the people well first of all you're you're right that there has there is a very special relationship between jarryd been some on and the saudi crown prince mohammed cushion are there basically interchangeable figures came along with benjamin netanyahu you have this axis from trump to riyadh to jerusalem and you've seen the israelis and saudis moving closer than ever before so what they're trying to do with this move is to basically eliminate the palestinian national movement just push the palestinian people aside so they can join together on what really unites them which is this camp this belligerent bellicose campaign against iran this obsession with iran but first they have to take care of the palestinians on the ground you have

many people here say well it's probably more like three or four or maybe even five because the ministration wants to build a new building a very new embassy in the region so this will take a few years and that means this move might take place when donald trump's current term in office has already run out right reporting from washington carson phenomena thank you. lemon stations have been held around the world as anger intensifies over donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital earlier and bethlehem police fire tear gas at people who gathered after friday prayers to protest the u.s. decision israel's government has stepped up security in the country after palestinian groups called for a day of rage. let's find out what the situation is on the ground to be a correspondent on the cramer is in jerusalem and that is a political analyst and bethlehem he'll be joining us on the phone i want to start off with you tanya how is the day unfolded in jerusalem. well we saw off to fight the prius and this is when most people were looking at what would happen after the services

yet announced by the way that a new peace proposal was being prepared now by the trumpet ministration and was on his way and then he repeated what i called the french president told him on sunday he said let's give peace a chance but of course he means something very different from what emanuel mccraw meant on sunday because for him giving peace a chance means to recognizing reality and i'm quoting here recognizing reality and the reality that binyamin netanyahu is that jerusalem is the capital of israel so very different things here and then of course the europeans have lost a lot of trust in the last years the court is kind of stepped out of the game they let the obama administration so the previous us or administration to that of trump take over they would need a lot of effort they would need to rebuild trust to get back into this game and if you consider was happening in many european countries on top of that anti semitism on the rise especially in countries like germany and france that it might be difficult to gain the trust especially of israel and that's necessary if you want t

state solution now you just mentioned the united states and i'm sure you heard the trumpet the ministration as customer for any new american administration in times to try to. trying to resolve this crisis what has been your impression so far because trump is definitely not a smooth operator do you think he is more likely to make things better or worse when it comes to these very very complex issue. my opinion already how trump administration and trump himself is at c.n.n. is that. a very very much of the israeli side show this is the whole situation all these factors are not to bring us to a good formula where i can be optimistic about what trumps administration can do in this region well there have been a number of publications and regional media. on trump's suppose it peace plan purportedly to be unveiled early next year and it's been alleged that washington meet call for a palestinian state in the gaza strip and a few claves in the west bank but it would also insist on issues including the status of jerusalem including the right of return for labor day as far as you are concerned would

the trumpet ministration has told officials at the top u.s. public health agency not to use certain words in documents relating to their budget stuff at the centers for disease control have been told to avoid. crazies like evidence based and science based also on this banned list vulnerable entitlement and diversity a word criticized by some from supporters as reflecting a liberal bias also not to be used fetus transgender echoing previous steps taken by the administration in pursuit of its own social agenda earlier this year the department of health and human services which oversees the c.d.c. removed information relating to sexuality and gender issues from its online website that show castro joins us live now from washington heidi what kind of impact will this have on what the c.d.c. does day to day. hey peter so the twelve thousand some employees of the c.d.c. are finding themselves frankly in a tough spot because of this list for example how do they continue research on those eco virus without using the banned word fetus in describing the

troops stationed in the country penn said the trumpet ministration wants to take advantage of what he called new alignments in the region. with with the rising threat of iran in the region you have many urban nations that are engaged in something that could be described as the beginning of a new alignment. and taking the opportunity this is stuart moment as the president did. at the summit but he attended that historic summit. to call on arab countries to partner with us in the war against terrorism but also to call all the countries israel and arab countries to come together to achieve. peace that's been so elusive . you know between israel and the palestinians spain's worst political crisis in decades looks set to continue after separatist parties won the most seats in catalonia as snap regional election it wasn't a resoundingly victory as a pro unity party became the biggest in the cattle on parliament but the result is a blow to the spanish prime minister mariano hallway who called the vote in the hope of defeating the independence movement from barcelona call pen all reports. cel

supreme court well allow the trumpet ministration to fully enforce its controversial travel ban until an appeal against it as heard the ruling extends the band of people from six muslim majority countries to venezuela and north korea she have a chance he has more from washington d.c. . this is a big victory for the trump administration oral arguments would you should begin this week are due to begin this week in two federal appeals courts on this third incarnation of the travel ban but and injunction a partial injunction been placed on the travel ban that injunction said those with a bonafide relationship with the united states that is with close family relations or business or education ties to the u.s. should not be affected by the travel ban while it's working its way through the courts and conceivably ending up at the supreme court the supreme court however has decided there is no need for that injunction that's particularly significant because the wording that was used for this injunction was from the supreme court's adjudication of the second travel ban it was a supreme court wh

something that obama done even if it was a good thing you know at a certain point the trumpet ministration is going to have to find their own policy initiatives and right now it's simply about reversing some of the recent gains under the obama administration. to the twenty eight obama biden transition you said the trump pants transition team was botched what was the secret to putting together a good transition team and ministrations change well you know the presidential transition is one of those unique things that we have in our democracy if you look at other countries you know the u.k. canada that have parliamentary governments they generally just turn over you know maybe one hundred or so political folks when there's a change in government in the united states we turn over four thousand political appointees in the federal government out of two million civilian employees it's really the top level of the entire government you would not do that for a fortune five hundred company you know a university or any large institution but the fact that we've been able to carry over this to do this t

and its afghan partners had put the taliban on the defensive and that the trump of ministration wants to take advantage of what he called new alignments in the region . with with the rising threat of iran in the region you have many urban nations that are or engaged in something that could be described as a beginning of a new alignment in taking the opportunity this is stuart moment as the president did. at the summit but he attended that historic summit. to call on arab countries to partner with us in the war against terrorism but also to call all the countries israel and arab countries to come together to achieve. peace that's been so loose. you know between israel and the palestinians. go without as there are these are the top stories french president of money on the us says the u.s. has marginalized itself in the israeli palestinian conflict has held talks with a palestinian president mahmoud abbas a day after the un rebuked washington over making sure islam as the capital of israel a bass said the u.s. is no longer a credible mediator in the peace process back or also said there

except for kenya would skip the meeting but the trumpet ministration could have a difficult time cutting foreign aid assistance as it warned some aid programs like the one to egypt are mandated by congress and any major withdrawal of u.s. aid to african countries that took the side of the palestinians would further open the door to china which is competing for a greater influence on the confidence. of jordan has more from washington d.c. . it may warm the hearts of conservative republicans and christians here in the united states to hear the u.s. president donald trump and the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley's say that there will be financial and perhaps other diplomatic repr cautions for countries that voted for a resolution calling on the u.s. to resend its decision to put its embassy in jerusalem and recognize that city as the capital of israel the u.s. president has said that he is more than prepared to cut financial aid to other countries that have voted for this resolution and nikki haley has repeated a statement that she has been making since the beginning of her tenure as

role of iran in the region analysts say while checking iran's behavior is important the trumpet ministration is taking a risk i would hope that there would be more evidence put forward general and for that matter for. obvious. claims to have evidence evidence for that he made it clear the u.s. is doing what needs to be done for the sake of national security you will see us build a coalition to really push back against iran and what they're doing well warning to tell han at least for now i'm still in jordan al jazeera washington and reza marashi is the research director of the national iranian american council he thinks the trumpet ministration is selectively picking facts to prop up its case against iran this is one of many steps that we've seen that is that are troubling precisely because it has similar components as has similar characteristics cherry picking intelligence from a u.n. report that was far from conclusive is exactly what nikki haley did today and that's the same kind of cherry picking that we saw in two thousand to two thousand and three by the bush administration and the run

be good political rhetoric at the end of a dairy very difficult political year for the trumpet ministration but it may not have the kind of paying off and it may be practically impossible for the trumpet ministration to make good on its threats. well there's as u.n. voices the most recent of a series of the globally significant events over the past century centered on the city of jerusalem priyanka gov the explains the status of jerusalem is at the heart of this truly palestinian conflict and it's hugely symbolic for both sides and to understand why we need to go back seventy years ago that's when a un for to cough up palestinian land into two states a choice and an arab one in nine hundred forty seven under this partition plan jews then was given a special international status to be governed by the un but a year later israel declared itself a state triggering the first arab israeli war that's when is joined captured more territory leading to the division of jerusalem westerners them came under israeli control got smoked in green over there and issues them blocked in read was under jordania

supreme court will allow the trumpet ministration to fully of course its controversial travel ban and the appeal against it is heard now the ruling extends the band to people from six muslim majority countries but as well and north korea are already subject to those restrictions while federal appeals judges are hearing arguments this week on the overall bans legality critics argue the measure violates the u.s. constitution still ahead here on al-jazeera widespread protests in honduras a week after presidential elections plus. the whole i'll be looking at some of the art on display here that's in the running for this year's turner prize . by the skyline of asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. hello again settle doubt about the spread of winter now it's fairly obvious just by watching the satellite picture the clouds tumbling down from the north that thick white line there is a cold front so behind all this it's cold air there is a bit of a relief though further west an area of high person sitting over what's relatively well sunny ground really is a temp is relatively s

supreme court will allow the trumpet ministration to fully enforce its controversial travel ban until an appeal is heard against it. let's move to europe now where the british prime minister treason may is to hold a special cabinet meeting after the u.k. and the european union failed to reach an agreement on the terms of the so-called divorce bill but both sides say they're still confident about reaching a deal the main sticking point is the status of the border between northern ireland of the republic of ireland phillips has been. the day began full of hope when to resume a and john quote your guy went into talks the brussels rumor mill had it that a bracks it deal was about to be. but when they emerged after several hours there was no deal just two leaders putting a brave face on a disappointing day. i'm still confident that we can reach sufficient progress sufficient progress before the european cultural to fifteen of this is for the failure. of the very strong i'm very confident of the region that we recorded history on a couple of issues some difference is do remain which require

supreme court will allow the trumpet ministration to fully enforce its controversial travel ban until an appeal against it is heard the ruling extends the band people from six muslim majority countries to venezuela and north korea. the french president is the latest to warn against donald trump's possible recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital journal telephone conversation. that jerusalem status must be decided in peace talks between israelis and palestinians. britain and the european union said they confident about reaching an agreement on the terms of this so-called divorce bill soon despite failing to reach a deal on monday the main sticking point and back to talks is what the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland will look like. thousands of people have been protesting across california off to spain supreme court refused to grant bail to four procession laden sic used of sedition former vice president already on cattle says he was refused bail to stop him from running in the region selection later this month on the twenty first of december but those ar

yet it is not exempt for whether you talk to some strategically placed members of the trumpet ministration or academics and that is really where the conversation tends to be and so it's not surprising then that when the president had the opportunity to speak to reporters on this issue it didn't even come up in fact the reporters that were gathered there didn't even ask the question from what i could see from the pool report so it's certainly is noticeable noticeable notable to given the fact that there has been this very unclear policy from the trumpet ministration vs of yemen of course the u.s. involvement started with george w. bush in the so-called war on terror that meant not just military support advising but also that was stepped up under barack obama and the end of his administration there was because of the high civilian cost a recognition that perhaps the brakes needed to be put on a little bit with respect to arm cells but despite some of the promises on the campaign trail by donald trump about maybe getting out of foreign wars we saw just the opposite when he came into office th

sex or how this meant of women if you want me to be blunt it means morality be damned this is ministration priority is to keep a majority of senators for its attempt to get tax cuts through it is to preserve trump and any type of moral or ethical questions about the people who are in office inclusion in the president he so those are secondary the white house will just simply keep trying to say look other what look elsewhere don't look at on us. do not expect this administration to ever hold itself up toward a standard that applies to others they have to see where the story goes scott lucas thank you very much for your assessment. let's look at some other stories making news around the world in the u.s. a twenty seven year old man is in custody after detonating an explosive device in a new york sports authority bus terminal four people were hurt in the blast

we hope the us and ministration felicitous possible turned back from these positions. all of the member states of the oic are determined to remain in palestine and we are determined in a resolute passion to protect and preserve in the sanctity. in the declaration you will find the resolution [inaudible] you will find the reminders on resolution number 278 conducted in 1980 and the united states had signed and ratified this resolution which is very important. this is a system whereby the trump administration [inaudible] no other country has current competence in such decisions taken by the city council anymore. us administration cannot unilaterally make such a decision. how is this possible? it cannot be left in the hands or up to the mercy of the country in whom history lies such as [inaudible]. it cannot be left in the hands of the country that exponentially. >> we will break away from this recorded program and take you live now to the floor of the u.s. senate where today's senators vote on confirmation for nomee

we have gone through it a lot and almost every day we can give the criticism of the bomber and ministrations response to violence in afghanistan in a moment but it's clear the president on trump as a candidate was talking about isolationism some said his response to terror in your country has been an in nuclear attack on your country apparently without even the permission of afghan authorities we don't want our country to be bombed with. huge. destruction of weapons and bombs we want peace in afghanistan and the united states can talk goes on to bring peace and stability and to defeat extremism. we have more of it today so we have questions why and that is about who should be discussing how come there's more extremism and how to address it. clearly moorings killings prisons violations of for sovereignty more than it or homes it'll have spent of people has not worked because we have more of it today there was the taliban there was this there was a hi there now we have on top of it so how come investor question we have in and we are seeking answers for these questions not more bombs or the pre

nikki haley repeated the line of argument of the trial but ministration. donald trump remains committed to the peace process and that basically the u.s. was just admitting the reality of the facts on the ground she didn't even went on the attack and said the u.n. sometimes done more harm than good to the peace process by treating israel unfairly and she also said the u.s. would not be lectured by those who had shown little consideration for the interests of israelis or palestinians so no sign of backing down there actually she even said this decision by the trumpet ministration could make sure that the peace process gathers new steam but you didn't quite say how this could work if the palestinians have the feeling that america now is firmly in israel's camp and no longer a neutral mediator it's a tricky situation as carson vaughn naaman for us in washington and tanya kramer in jerusalem thanks to both of you. in congo at least fourteen u.n. peacekeepers and five congolese soldiers have been killed in a suspected lisha attack on the u.n. compound it's not h

to knock out especially when donald trump ministration and kim jong un administration opposed current beriberi concerned with their respective images and international standing so the indication of the women to talk is just the beginning and there are many many difficulties it but one can be rest assured that rational governments understand the tremendous danger of nuclear war. and to danger of. intentional or unintentional escalation to the prospects to the possibility of war. believe it then chang professor of political science at holocaust city university thanks for coming on to the program thank you. now russian athletes will have to compete at the next winter olympics and a neutral flank following the i.o.c. is decision to ban the country over doping allegations russian olympic biathlon champion a stat line a smart of a told us what she expects from the twenty eight hundred games and in that particular commentators won't be saying that an athlete is from the international olympic committee or nothing is competing under the international olympic committee's flag that's wrong anywa

expression of outrage towards united states bullying of the un and un member states the trumpet ministration is not the first in u.s. history to do this kind of bullying some of the language was very reminiscent to similar threats and bribes and punishments that were issued by the bush administrations both both president bush's when they could not get the support they wanted for wars against iraq in one nine hundred ninety and then again in two thousand and three but the difference here was the blatant nature of it the when president trump was willing to say we don't care specifically those were his words we don't care about the impact of cutting aid on these impoverished nations if they dared to vote against the united states that's a real expression of absolute disdain for the rest of the world and i think there will be retaliation that will go beyond this particular vote speaking of the retaliation is a bit melbourne do you think that trump will be able to move forward and deliver all the threats against the nations the voted against his decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital

to some degree yeah but i don't think there are very many people in the tropics ministration who are open to the possibility but are logged it's probably still with their maybe a handful of people people in the state department unfortunately rex tillerson statement of being open to dialogue without preconditions which is very sensible proposal but he was shot down immediately the same day it didn't last long i think the majority of the members of the temperament are absolutely opposed to any possibility of a discussion. one thing that we. have been seeing is china. and russia when it comes to north korea are very important in terms of the talks recently we've heard western media citing european security sources accusing russia of sending fuel tankers into north korea we've also heard of trump sending saying the same thing about china giving fuel to north korea no evidence was provided for the russian. allegation if you will what do you think these ideas are coming from and where could it lead of this rhetoric continues well the first thing to point out of the ships that are been supp

well saudi arabia has been one of the most staunch allies in the arab world of the trepan ministration. the trumpet ministration has been loath to criticize riyadh for much of its foreign policy actions over the past few months really in the in the years since. since president trump has to take in office. so this is something it's seems like this week. trump and mr xi maybe lost a little bit of patience with the saudi policies. that you referenced twice they were twice criticizing saudi arabia for its the way it is waging war in yemen and the blood that humanitarian blockade. and that and decided the saudis criticized the quite a forceful statement criticizing the troposphere sions decision to move the embassy in israel to to jerusalem so the relationship is still quite strong and it seems like president trump and the saudi leaders in particular have a still have a very strong relationship but the ties to fray a bit this week why is why stepping out why step up now about the humanitarian situation in yemen this is not new this has been reported for pay diddly week after week month afte

will be going live to pot some in just a second also on the program fresh pressure on the trumpet ministration is federal investigators challenge another senior official this time it's former national security advisor michael flynn he's pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his conversations with russian officials. and the countdown to next year's soccer world cup in russia has begun officials making the group stage draw in moscow we'll find out who's playing who and what that means for the favorite. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring it thanks for joining us german police have secured and destroyed a package in the city of pottstown near the end they say contained nails and a powdery substance it's unclear whether it was whether it was part of an explosive device the package was delivered to a pharmacy in potsdam leading police to evacuate a nearby christmas market. the christmas spirit was interrupted in central pakistan on friday evening. author and he's cordoned off the area after discovery of a suspicious package near the city's christmas market. police said a parcel wa

that the trumpet ministration will succeed in. compromising its commitment to the u.n. and i doubt that it will also be able to. withdraw aid from those countries who voted against the u.s. in the security council and the general assembly which is what we were hearing from our correspondent roslyn jordan for many reasons if we go back to that middle east peace process which has been stalled for a while now despite what you're saying about the u.s. having a strategic interest in resolving it has not being seen as and an honest broker in this conflict for a while but it you know it has the most leverage with israel than anyone else who could for the time being who could assure and be a a neutral mediator in this conflict now do you think. i'm afraid there is no other country that can play the role that the u.s. has sought to play but in recent years has been quite unsuccessful playing that is to bring the parties together to serve as a strong honest broker to crew to create a compromise piece that will meet the basic needs of both sides we have failed to do that and we ha

supreme court will allow the trumpet ministration to fully enforce its controversial travel ban until an appeal against that is heard the ruling extends the balance of people from six muslim majority countries plus venezuela and north korea who already have family members living in the u.s. critics argue the measure violates the constitution shihab rattansi joining us from washington to tell us more about what this specific ruling means. this is a pretty significant victory for the trump administration all arguments in the lower court appeals processes that are underway after this third incarnation of the travel ban are due to begin this week now while the third incarnation of the travel ban was working its way through the courts and injunction had been placed on parts of the travel ban that is that no one with what's called a bona fide relationship with the u.s. that is close family members educational business ties would be affected by this third travel ban while it was working its way through the courts and potentially ending up in the supreme court now the wording of that injuncti

hu and impose those yet to come for ministration is slow walked in nonetheless so it's not like trump has a lot of room to maneuver anyways in relieving sanctions from russia here in washington thomas pickering what do you think mr trump's future might be i mean you know impeachment itself is one of the tickler grossest is not a legal process that could be applied to any civilian like you it will be a legal process will it be impeachment or resignation because to me that he he's not surrounded by people who give him the advice that he needs to he surrounded himself with people who give him the advice that he wants to and if he does have political friends he throws them under a bus anyway. well the first question is whether the russians have compromised on mr trump and whether that results in some of the actions we've seen that's a known unknown we'll have to wait and see the steel information pointed in a direction some suspected that's not true or all true we'll wait and see secondly for your question it's both a legal in a political question the legal issues with respect to presiden