the public polling — this is an unpopular move, and it could hurt netanyahu unpopular move, and it could hurt neta nyahu electorally. one, and it could hurt netanyahu electorally. on the other hand, the alternative of beginning his court trial as he is running for re—election could have been even worse. most of the public opinion polls in israel show a result in the third election that is expected in march that is almost similar to the election we had in september, three months ago. so we are not necessarily any further forward in that case? exactly, it means we are continuing to be in a deadlock. for netanyahu, a result similar to september is not good, because in the current make—up of our parliament, of not a majority that supports these immunity request. his request may be denied. fascinating stuff, thank you for your time. thank you. australia's bushfire crisis continues to escalate, fuelled by record—breaking temperatures and months of severe drought. at least 17 people have died since october across new south wales, victoria and south australia. new south wales has been the worst hit. gires there have burned mor

force there says an attempt to wipe wipe out the palestinian people's rights but prime minister netanyahu on his way from washington now to moscow earlier on the russian foreign ministry says we don't know if the american pro bowl is mutually acceptable or not clearly since then we've had the palestinian response and pretty clear the palestinians are against it obviously for the u.s. is closest allies this is a problem they want to be polite but i think they have their reservations just listen to the statement from the u.k. foreign secretary dominic rob he says it's clearly a serious proposal but then he goes on to say oh. only the leaders of israel and the palestinian territories can determine whether these proposals can meet the needs and aspirations of the people they represent and we've heard clearly since he issued that statement from the palestinians a pretty similar statement from germany from foreign minister heiko mass it says the u.s. proposal raises questions will now discuss with our partners in the year you particularly how the proposal relates to internationally agreed paramete

trump's middle east peace plan trump unveiled the proposal alongside israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on tuesday the palestinian president has rejected the plan but international reaction has been cautious with saudi arabia saying that it appreciated trump's efforts under the plan palestinians would gain statehood but give up large tracts of land jerusalem would be the undivided capital of israel but with parts of the city's east reserved as a palestinian capital. tear gas fired in the west bank as israeli troops respond to palestinians protesting trumps peace plan netanyahu has dubbed it the deal of the century but people here are adamant that they want to accept it. it does not give us any of our rights as palestinian people and therefore we reject the deal of the century we want the right to return we want to just solution. deal of the century has been totally rejected and that's a shame for anyone trying to support it. it's places like this the turkey part of the control for sea jewish settlements in palestinian territory they're viewed by palestinians and the international community

alternative views and other news from around the world this hour israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the visit to washington d.c. israeli leader arrived on sunday head of the white house unveiling what it calls the deal of the century to end israeli palestinian hostilities a plan will be laid out on tuesday with netanyahu already bringing trump's initiative historic or the new peace plan hasn't gone down well with palestinians who warn it contradicts international law and threatens the right 6. mass protesters have fired projectiles at right police are trying to clear in the center of baghdad demonstrators are demanding an end to iranian backed rule in the country 12 people have died and hundreds more have been wounded in 3 days of escalating violence. and russia is marking the 76th anniversary of the complete lifting of the siege of leningrad st petersburg as it is now called witness a 30 volley salute in commemoration a decades old tradition. is dedicated to the sea rose to defended the city people also gathered for the annual candle of memory campaign i mean candles reading poems

netanyahu: mr. president, onhat historic day of may 14, and david ben-gurion president truman had a fateful decision to make. many argued that ben-gurion should not declare israel's independence. many argued to truman that they should not recognize the independent state. but both leaders understood the magnitude. they seized the moment and they changed history. like you, mr. president, i understand the magnitude of this moment. with you, mr. president, i'm prepared to seize the moment and change history. i know that there will be opposition. there's always opposition. i know there will be many obstacles along the way. much criticism. but we have an old jewish saying. if not now, when? and if not us, who? mr.aking foreign language] president, your deal of the century is the opportunity of the century and rest assured israel will not miss this opportunity. mr. president, donald, israel is blessed to have your friendship and your powerful leadership and israel is blessed to have the friendship of the greatest power

president trump and israeli prime minister netanyahu one is an impeached president the other and indicted prime minister today they both took on the role of peacemakers palestinians can use all 'd appropriate deliberation to study the deal negotiate with israel achieve the criteria for statehood and become a truly independent and wonderful state. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states. and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a british prime minister in what appears to be a dangerous if not impossible balancing act today the u.k. government cleared the way for the chinese tech giant who way to help construct its next generation 5 g. networks of 5 g. will enable self driving cars and constant connectivity of practically everything and everyone and unprecedented disruptor and that makes it an unprecedented threat to national security according to the u.s. for months the trumpet ministration has lobbied its closest allies to follow its lead and to ban who way australia and new zealand have complied the u.k. is the 1st not to heed washington's morning the announcement dra

israel's attorney general has officially indicted prime minister benjamin netanyahu on corruption charges it comes after netanyahu dropped a last ditch attempt to gain immunity in parliament the decision to charge the prime minister paves the way for a trial during the run up to elections on the 2nd of march. israel has announced that it is strengthening its forces of the jordan valley part of the occupied west bank ahead of the unveiling of u.s. president donald trump's middle east peace plan israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington along with opposition leader benny gantz where they have been meeting with president trump he's expected to unveil his peace plan shortly while details of trump's proposals have so far remained a secret there's been speculation that it could give israel the go ahead to annex the jordan valley a move that analysts say is sure to fan the conflict with the palestinians. the jordan valley in the occupied west bank the area running along the jordan river bordering jordan is to teach equally important for both israelis and palestinians the fertile

administration convened a meeting in poland that was publicly described by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on his official website as designed to, quote, advance the common interest of war against iran. in march, 2019, press accounts revealed that the department of energy had approved seven transfers of nuclear technical information from u.s. companies to saudi arabia without informing congress. the transfers were made despite u.s. awareness that the government of saudi arabia had publicly threatened to develop nuclear weapons to counter iran. on april 8, 2019, the u.s. designated the iranian revolutionary guard, a foreign terrorist organization, the first time that it had ever been used to apply to a foreign governmental entity. on may 5, 2019, advisor bolton announced the deployment of the lincoln carrier strike group and a bomber task force to u.s. central command for the express purpose of countering iran. on may 8, 2019, the government ordered new sanctions against iran's metal industry. on may 10, 2019, "the new york times" reported on war plans developed by the administration that coul

we don't need any one delay on a peace plan having said that we trust president trump and prime minister netanyahu that they will strike a good deal. expectations are particularly high among israeli officials that the term plan could lead to the an extension of the jordan valley area that means it would officially become part of the state of israel as prime minister binyamin netanyahu promised during the last election campaign. i think it's a historic and dramatic moment for the state of israel. the adoption of israeli law in the jordan valley and the dead sea will give security personal security to the residents of the coastal plain and the people of israel. put decades israeli politicians have demanded that the jordan valley remain with israel as a security buffer as it eastern border with jordan this particular area makes up about a quarter of the west bank israeli say they cannot give up on the jordan valley for strategic reasons palestinians say they cannot be a palestinian state without the jordan valley. in the palestinian village of our people are waiting to hear what the trump plan actual

has asked on a month to grant him immunity from prosecution in 3 corruption cases netanyahu is indicted on charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust in the event. syrian government and russian air strikes have killed at least 9 civilians in the last remaining rebel stronghold turkey accuses those forces of targeting a school 5 children among the dead the un envoy to libya is accusing security council members of violating an arms embargo who gets on salami says that there are concerns about foreign fighters being flown into libya turkey's parliament is to use a vote on thursday on whether to deploy troops at least 400 pro-democracy demonstrators to the rested in hong kong after a peaceful new year's day marched through the city and in violence tens of thousands of people took part in the police approved rally but its permit was revoked after last demonstrators broke off from the main. those are the headlines that is continues here on al-jazeera after the bottom line next. dissolute mother waits on the border between ukraine and russian occupied crimea. for news of her miss

it comes after netanyahu dropped a last ditch attempt to gain immunity in parliament the decision to charge the prime minister paves the way for a trial during the run up to elections on the 2nd of march. it could be the deal of the century u.s. president donald trump is preparing to unveil his plan to end the israel palestinian conflict israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington for a summit with the president as netanyahu is political challenger benny guns both men have indicated their support for trump's proposals for the details have yet to be released but there's been speculation that it could give israel the go ahead to annex the jordan valley a move that analysts say is sure to fan the conflict with the palestinians who have already rejected the plan before it's been unveiled. jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world and one of the most divided it's key to the israeli palestinian conflict with both sides laying claim to the city. palestinians want east jerusalem which is really occupied it as their capital in any peace agreement. for decades international negotiators let's by the us have tried to find a way to satisfy both sides a viab

unfolds, president trump unveiled a controversial middle east peace plan today alongside benjamin netanyahu on the same day the israeli prime minister was indicted back home. here is andrea mitchell >> reporter: two embattled leader, one impeached, the other indicted pitching a middle east plan others say is more about politics than peace. >> they say it's the toughest deal ever to make. >> reporter: israel's benjamin netanyahu indicted for bribery and fraud, charges he has denied, trying to win another term in march after two failed elections last year, today getting a big boost. >> mr. president, your deal of the century is the opportunity of the century. >> reporter: completely shut out the palestinians protesting today in gaza because the plan would give israel more of their land. a future palestinian state reduced to a patchwork connected by roads and tunnels. israel would control all of jerusalem with a future palestinian capital on the outskirts of the city. >> obviously, a peace plan that has the acceptance of one party but not the other ultimately is not going produce peace. >> report

russia leaders also set for talks with netanyahu on the escalating crisis in the middle east concerning iran will bring you some more live pictures of those leaders are rivals as and when they happen. meanwhile a poll conducted in the u.s. has shown a significant gap in the holocaust awareness especially among millennial. has more on that. from the ashes of the auschwitz concentration camp emerged to woods never again the echo through the generations as a warning in a few days when it comes from members day will be commemorated around the world the tragedy of $6000000.00 jews who were tortured gassed and burnt in concentration camps will be remembered but for how much longer according to me some for as many as 66 percent of millennia of cannot identify auschwitz and almost often cannot even name one concentration camp some don't even know what the holocaust was these be multiple cases of people disrespecting concentration camps with a sophie's something that's all people named and shamed by the controversial your low cost project increasing needs falling on the younger generation to mak

space the number of political and legal obstacles which now include a formal indictment against netanyahu on corruption charges that were just announced earlier this week are to use rachel blevins as the raiders' latest. president champ announced his deal of the century plan for peace in the middle east today during a press conference with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu now as part of the plan claims that the u.s. could recognize palestine of the state but only if it agrees to israel's condition i want this deal to be a great deal for the palestinians has to be today's agreement is a historic opportunity for the palestinians to finally achieve an independent state of their very own. after 70 years of little progress this could be the last opportunity they will ever have the deal which was reportedly written by trump's son in law gerry kushner would recognize jewish settlements in the west bank as israeli land while putting a 4 year freeze on new settlements it would also provide a pathway to statehood for palestine under certain conditions up by israel and the us and it would enab

conflict should be solved based on international law and un resolutions russia has been pursuing a greater role as a mediator between the 2 in recent years benjamin netanyahu has presented that plan as a vindication of his leadership and it is expected to boost his election campaign ahead of a march vote harry fawcett reports from west jerusalem this is historic on this you became the 1st world leader to recognize israel's sovereignty over areas in judea and samaria that are vital to our security and central to our heritage the soaring music and off camera voice had all the hallmarks of a campaign video promising israeli sovereignty in the occupied west bank but to benjamin netanyahu a day after what he had turned a history making event in washington the breaks have been at least momentarily applied he had promised to hold a vote in cabinet on sunday on an exciting the jordan valley and illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank but the united states is now making it clear that it wants further coordination before the process begins so does this hamper netanyahu election campaign one former israeli diplomat thinks not trump thanked him for the d

on. netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing but says proceedings in parliament would have been a circus. and intensifying bombing campaign in syria's in the province has led to another exodus of tens of thousands of people many fled from the city of modern phenomenon which is encircled by syrian government forces. scuffles have broken out between iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters in baghdad's live ammunition and tear gas have been fired on crowds of demonstrators who are resisting attempts by the security forces to clear their camps from the capital amman khan is among the protesters this is khiladi square where protesters have been beaten back by security forces you can see the tear gas canisters just over there what's happening is there's a cat and mouse guard going on the protesters run that way and they use rocks and they throw sticks at the police and then they fire back we've heard a lot and as you can see all of. the protesters a very determined they say they will the message that this is been going on since october other protesters say they want a new prime min

on out 0. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu withdrawals his request for immunity from prosecution in 3 corruption cases. one child to 0 on life from a headquarters in doha i'm dating obligato also ahead china counts 106 coronavirus deaths as the u.s. and others moves to fly their citizens out of the outbreaks at the center of. a week of rain leaves parts of madagascar submerged beneath muddy waters more than 30 people have drowned thousands are displaced. and tension in the air waves britain is about to decide whether china's weiwei will be allowed to help build its 5 g. mobile network. hello the israeli prime minister is withdrawing his request for immunity from prosecution benjamin netanyahu issued a statement on facebook saying proceedings in parliament would have been a quote circus and he didn't want to take part in what he calls a dirty game while he's in washington for talks about the us president donald trump's middle east peace plan netanyahu was indicted on charges of fraud breach of trust and bribery in november he's denied any wrongdoing let's talk to michelle betteroff m

israel's prime minister is on his way to moscow to brief on the proposal benjamin netanyahu wants his cabinet to approve plans to annex the should teach it jordan valley and all the israeli settlements on occupied land as soon as possible. hundreds of people from japan and the united states are returning home after being evacuated from china's school bay province more than 130 people have already died in china around 6000 others are infected and that's a greater number than those reached during the sars epidemic of 2003. or more could be a major turning point in donald trump's impeachment trial the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell his privately told republicans what is being reported all over the media that he no longer has the votes he needs to block witnesses for republicans need to side with the democrats that would allow the new testimony to be heard heidi joe castro has more 3 days of arguments for president trump's acquittal can be summarized as if this trump didn't do what democrats accuse his lawyers say but even if he did he should not be removed from office the bar for

on all jewish settlements in the same aria. the jordan valley and the north in the dead sea the team will start working immediately. while the israeli left has rejected the plan netanyahu is main centrist challenger benny gantz has endorsed it but it does risk shifting his campaign away from its previous focus on netanyahu indictment in 3 corruption cases this plan coming just after the official announcement is indictments are being filed with the jerusalem district court means that he will he now has hold of the of the agenda of the narrative and it's certainly something that they want to continue to push the consequences of this deal with its provisions for israeli annexation for the literal walling off of any future palestinian state from the heart of east jerusalem could be felt for years but here in the midst of yet another israeli election campaign the timeline being focused on is much shorter the next 32 days until israelis go to the polls again kerry force at al-jazeera west jerusalem fighting has broken out in eastern india between opposition protesters and supporters of a new citizenship law hundreds of thousands of people have rallied against the controversy

netanyahu has been indicted on criminal charges of corruption, bribery, and breach of trust. let's hear from the middle east correspondent fm "the independent," saying that netanyahu has been indicted on corruption charges hours before he is expected to join trump for the launch of the disciples of netanyahu dropped his bid for immunity after it became clear the israeli parliament would vote agnst what a day. one of the people giving reaction to today's developments is former british prime minister tony blair. he was the middle eastth envoy o u.s., russia, u.n., and the eu for eight years after he stopped being primminister. he has been speaking to the bbc. mr. blair: one of the things with this administration is they will be what they are going toit do. s a different form of diplomacy and international policy in one sense, but on the other, what they will say is look we offer to the palestinian president at chance to engage and he is t engaging, therefore we will do it like this. i completely understand how the palestinians will view that and look at it. but they have got to

netanyahu said he was satisfied with the plan. recognizing israel's sovereignty over all the jewish communities in judea and samaria large and small alike i have agreed to negotiate peace with the palestinians on the basis of your peace plan. palestinian president mahmoud abbas meanwhile immediately rejected the deal calling it a conspiracy but i'm- what if i say to trumpa netanyahu jerusalem is not for sale all rirights are not for sale and im not for bargaining. with the palestinian leadership widely expected to oppose the plan trump had hoped for the support of other arab governments and while the likes of egypt and jordan have called on both parties to consider the deal. others like turkey and iran have already criticized dates calling it a stillborn plan ends the treason of the century. my question of the other arab governments the u. a equal in the trump mideast p planned quote. an important starting point for talks. despite the fact trump netanyahu hailing this de las historic and a chance to durable peace there clear reasons why the palestinians would object to it the sticking points include the status of jerusalem the jordan valley the illegal israeli settlements in judea and- samaria

netanyahu. he denies any wrongdoing but why doesn't he step down? this is a question that is very much onnetanyahu israeli public at the moment. while neta nyahu is entitled israeli public at the moment. while netanyahu is entitled to bring an immunity request before the parliament, it needs to satisfy certain criteria, which include discrimination, bad faith, or his inability to carry out the duties of the parliament and it does not seem that his personal political scandals will necessarily meet those criteria. you have just returned from tel aviv, i wonder what people are saying about prime minister netanyahu, are saying about prime minister neta nyahu, about the are saying about prime minister netanyahu, about the man himself?” think there are two sides of that coin. the first is those are extraordinarily frustrated that israel has been without a government for nearly a calendar year and a place the blame at the feet of netanyahu place the blame at the feet of neta nyahu who has place the blame at the feet of netanyahu who has been able to —— unable to form a coalition. he certainly ha

netanyahu was on a state visit to greece. it was going to wrap up tomorrow. but netanyahu will be returning early. that as the defense minister calls a security assessment in the defense ministry in tel aviv, with staff and security officials. at this point, there are no additional limitations on israeli civilians in northern israel. that could change in a heartbeat if israel gets the sense it might be the target of iran's reaction. why would israel worry about that? iran's proxy, ez bole hezbollah across the border here. a flag moves on a hill behind me in lebanon. that's an option. 100,000 rockets and missiles that hezbollah has that could be directed towards israel. it could come from proxies in syria. it could come from gaza. or it could be targeted as israeli consulates or embassies overseas. local media reporting that the consulates and embassies are on elevated alert. we haven't heard from the prime minister or the defense minister. that, perhaps, because they don't want to provoke the situation, provoke iran or any of

this is something that israel's political establishment from prime minister netanyahu on down, will congratulateat this point, they have not issued an official statement. perhaps they're not trying to provoke the situation at all. we have heard former ambassador to the u.s., imichael orrin, saying in a soleimani, thousands for the murder of thousands offer issians, iraqis, americans, all those threatened by iran are grateful. and that will be the response of the political establishment as they choose to make it. >> oren liebermann on the border between israel and lebanon, thank you. >>> president trump says the strike was intended to deter future iranian attack plans. 2020 is an election year. rewind nine years to 2011. and then, citizen donald trump tweeted this. in order to get elected, barack obama will start a war with iran. >> with that in mind, the 2020 democratic candidates are reacting. former vice president joe biden says, the administration statement says its goal is to deter future attacks by iran. but this action will certainly have the opposite effect. president trump just tossed a

netanyahu. as impeachment proceedings were going on in washington, as prime minister benjamin netanyahu faces indictment on bribery charges, as he faces the immunity hearing and in the middle of an election campaign here and as the administration is appearing to back away from prime minister netanyahu now it looks like they've gone all in on netanyahu. netanyahu has been trump's loudest international cheerleader. he's backed every move trump has made on iran, even calling on international leaders to back the administration and follow the administration ffs lead. and he's never once criticized president donald trump. it looks like someone in the administration whether it's trump himself or jared kushner or ambassador david freeman or even secretary of state mike pompeo decided netanyahu as prime minister of israel was best for the trump administration. where does this leave netanyahu's rival head of the blue and white party? well, it leaves him in a very difficult position with few options am before this he was tacking to the right to steal some votes away from lee and netanyahu. any support essentially

minister benjamin netanyahu may start the annexing off some palestinian territory sooner rather than later. the occupied west bank. troublous middle east plan is already having an impact on the final weeks of israel's election campaign and netanyahu is presenting it as a victory for his premiership his main rival been against his promising to bring the entire deal to a vote in the israeli parliament are a force that reports from west to east this is historic and this you became the 1st world leader to recognize israel's sovereignty over areas in judea and samaria that are vital to our security and central to our heritage the soaring music and off camera voiceover had all the hallmarks of a campaign video promising israeli sovereignty in the occupied west bank but for benjamin netanyahu a day after what he had turned a history making event in washington the breaks have been at least momentarily applied he had promised to hold a vote in cabinet on sunday on an exciting the jordan valley and illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank but the united states is now making it clear that it wants further coordination before the process begins so does this hamper netan

israel's prime minister is on his way to moscow to brief lattimer putin benjamin netanyahu wants his cabinet to approve plans to annex the strategic jordan valley and all israeli settlements on occupied land the soonest possible. hundreds of people from japan and the united states are returning home after being evacuated from china's would be a province more than $130.00 people have died in china and around $6000.00 others are infected and that exceeds levels reached during the sars epidemic of 2003. now at least $37.00 people have been killed in an attack on a village in the democratic republic of congo rebels with the allied democratic forces targeted in bed too that's close to the eastern city of beni and it was on early wednesday morning officials say the a.d.f. are responsible for a string of killings in the east of the country since november. the turkish president of edda one claims russia is not honoring its agreements on syria he said ankara has run out of patience with the bombing in italy province by russian backed syrian forces his response comes as they recaptured the key

in other news from around the world this hour is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu is on a visit to washington d.c. israeli leader arrived on sunday the white house unveiling what it calls the deal of the century and is really pasta me and hostilities a plan will be laid out on tuesday with netanyahu already bringing terms initiatives historic for the new peace plan hasn't gone down well with palestinians who warn it contradicts international law and threatens their rights. and mass protesters have far projectiles riot police trying to clear rallies in the center of baghdad demonstrators are demanding an end to be. in the country 12 people have died and hundreds more wounded in 3 days of escalating violence. russia is marking the anniversary of the complete lifting of the siege of leningrad the world war 2 blockade at one of the longest in modern history at last it's $872.00 game used more than a 1000000 people died mostly due to starvation. a professor at the university of tehran and a frequent guest on this channel has had his facebook and instagram accounts suspended and what

sides well donald trump and benjamin netanyahu are both up for reelection later this year and people haven't been slow to describe this as an early bid for votes one user posting this picture saying indicted netanyahu and impeached trump to create peace in the middle east the irony. well still ahead here on al-jazeera a healthy appetite for a new suit cards how argentina's fighting malnutrition among slowing some families and the tassel french role could only giant a town be held to account for actions in the west in uganda. and in sport why it's only long as the u.s. circuit is banking on plenty of drama peter we'll have that story on the other side of the break stay with us here on the news hour. hello again welcome back to you in a national weather forecast or here across japan we've seen quite a bit of snow of the last few days and more snow is coming here is the culprit we do have an area of low pressure that's pushing across right now and with that we have a north westerly wind coming across the sea of japan bring you a lot of snow towards a western part of japan as well as up here towards a cairo now tempers are going to be dropping over th

netanyahu's career is one of extraordinary staying power but is this also the issue that there isn't ? very much so. netanyahu recently entered his 10th year as prime minister, the longest—serving prime minister in israeli history. and i believe that much of the israeli public, even if they are gravely concerned with some of the charges against him, feels that there are no credible opponents. just briefly, there's another election to come up, do you foresee the likud party staying with neta nyahu, do you think there is going to be any change on this? there was a likud party primary only a week ago where netanyahu handily defeated his challenger gideon sa'ar and fellow minister in the government. of course a primary is not necessarily indicative of the larger vote of the israeli population, only party members can vote and usually brings out the most diehard supporters of the party, but certainly netanyahu has retained his status as the first on the list, meaning that he would be the next prime minister in government, so it will now be up to the public to decide if they will give the li

i had benjamin netanyahu on the brain because i was looking at evidence he brought forth a while ago had been going ahead with all of the nuclear plans, in fact this fall both the bbc and reuters confirm ad report from the international atomic energy agency they had finally gone in, done testing in what the iranians said was a carpet cleaning factory in tehran and in fact they did find uranium particles. we have not seen a lot of press on this yet at the same time, lt. colonel wood, people saying iran was being peaceful. they were abiding by the nuclear deal and then all of sudden president trump turned on it, now we've had this escalation. why aren't we, why aren't we looking at other evidence they were violating it all along? >> i think we're not historically rooted. 40 years of activity with iran propagating terrorism across the middle east, attacking u.s. personnel. attacking embassies, the whole iranian nuclear deal was a sham to begin with. they never allowed inspections of the secret military facilities. you know, it has been one action after another. we finally have a preside

netanyahu, and that undermines his entire campaign. now that entire campaign changes. what was basically a referendum on netanyahu and the indictments he faces has now been reframed by the trump administration as a vote on the peace plan and perhaps on annexation. oren liebermann, cnn, jerusalem. >>> well, with little more than a week to go until the iowa caucuses, elizabeth warren securing the coveted endorsement of iowa's top newspaper. "the des moines register's" editorial board endorsing the senate democrat on saturday, saying warren will, quote, push an unequal america in the right direction. warren said she was delighted to hear about the support. it comes just days after "the new york times" endorsed both warren and senator amy klobuchar. however senator warren isn't the only one getting an endorsement from an iowa paper. the sioux city journal endorsed form former vice president joe biden. he said he will give americans a competitive head to head matchup with president trump. recent polls show the former vice president in a tight race with warren and senator bernie sanders also mayor pete buttig

earlier today the president announced the new middle east peace plan alongside benjamin netanyahu. onite house defense team making closing arguments in the impeachment trial. just a typical monday. blake burman is here with the details. maybe tuesday? tuesday. reporter: we call it tuesday around here, a monday, a friday, a wednesday, a thursday. melissa: they're all very busy. reporter: sunday would mean i'm here on my weekend. very busy day here. peace in the middle east was topic for the president as he unveiled his peace plan, did so in the east room of the white house, standing next to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the president described this as a detailed plan but let me tick through a handful of the points here. the plan would call for a two-state solution with a future palestinian state. that palestinians would have to hit benchmarks like reducing terrorism. there was a map as well what could be a continuous palestinian state. it would call for demilitarized palestinian state. that israel would be tasked with maintaining security but israel would have to halt sett

on this. france 24's theo is standing by. alk us through netanyahu'sson for being inn moscow.w. >> the reason he said he is here is to fill putin in on the details of the peace plan. phrase whenp's describing the plan. he also called the deal of the century and said he hopes putin would find a lot to like their. we will see. he is also here for domestic political reasons. he has come to bring home the blogger who has been in russian jail since last year on drug charges a after a small amount f cannabis was found in her checkedd luggage whehen she waws going rougugh a moscow air. that has been a big story. netanyahu has personally campaigned for her release. it is a big winin for him that putin said he would grant her a presidential pardon and not know if you -- netanyahu would be able too come home witith her hd of fresh elections in israel later this year. >> that is why he is there. this does concern russia's increasing role when it comes to the middle east. concerns itsure it role. its role has been shut outut prprocess with trump's middle et peace