the government of palau is asking to all visitors to sign a pledge not to harm the environment. fans gather to say goodbye at the funeral of south korea's k—pop star kim jong—hyun. welcome to newsday. it is 8:00am singapore, and midnight here in london, where one of the british prime minister's key allies has been sacked. damian green, who was deputy to the prime minister, theresa may, was found to have made misleading statements about pornography found on a computer in his office. he was also being investigated over claims he had behaved inappropriately towards a female journalist. he has denied wrongdoing. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. sharing a joke, right by her side, only hours ago. prime minister... damian green, until this afternoon the second—most powerful politician in the country, his old friend theresa may's deputy in government. not anymore. is it right that downing street investigate you? all the allegations are completely false. thank you. he has always denied doing anything wrong, but number ten asked for an investigation into him after claims fro

the nine countries, guatemala, marshall islands, palau.ley send out a friends only invitation to a reception. these little countries, do you think, john, were influenced by the threat? was that the biggest carrot on the stick? >> it could be. he they do benefit from orpb aid. i don't want to criticize them for their vote or why they did that. the screen you just had up is noteworthy. that's the one americans should pay attention to. some of our best friends, closest allies and partners, countries in which we absolutely do need cooperation going forward for a spate of operations and programs and policies around the world. and i think that's significant. >> let me follow-up on that. united kingdom, japan, france, germany, italy, our closest allies in europe. for the trump supporter, the folks who is support a nation of israel and agree with, you know, john bolton's old assessment you could take 10 floors off the u.n. building and no one would notice. this is all just bickering. why did it matter? >> we need to recognize this is not a unique

honduras israel marshall islands micronesia now rue palau and those countries all voting with the u.s. against the resolution now in the us itself supporters of the decision to recognize jerusalem as capital have been expressing that disappointment at the outcome of that u.n. vote. crown heights in the new york borough of brooklyn the area is home to many orthodox jews they follow the vote in the united nations closely now disappointment is spreading over the resolution condemning u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. un has been the vegas does israel which sort of for no reason at all we would israel has been the more democratic country in the middle east and its support of america i don't know why un is against israel and there is no palestine so we really think that jerusalem should be the capital i don't think there's ever going to be a solution you know when you give them a finger they want the whole hands i feel that sure is some is the capital of israel but i think the chance the situation is not going to change anything i think basically it's going to encourage te

with the united states were israel, guatemala, honduras, the marshall islands, micronesia, nauru, palau and togo. trump had threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that voted in favor. on thursday, nikki haley, the united states ambassador to the united nations, reiterated trump's threat after the vote. >> america will put our embassy in jerusalem. that is what the american people want us to do. and it is the right thing to do. no vote in the united nations will make any difference on that. but this vote will make a difference on how americans look at the u.n. and on how we look at countries who disrespect us in the u.n. and this vote will be remembered. amy: in response to the u.n. vote, palestinian legislator hanan ashrawi praised the international community for standing up to the united states. extremely encouraged the vast majority of the states, of the members of the united nations general assembly, did not succumb to american blackmail and did not accept the israeli insults being hurled at them. and they stood up for justice and for the rule of law and for what is right.

and israel in the vote just guatemala, honduras, marshall islands, micronesia, nauru, palau and togo,tion 33 million and recipients of more than $686 million in u.s. aid. at a cabinet meeting yesterday, president trump tried to put the general assembly on notice. >> they take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and they then vote against us. well, we're watch:00 those votes. let them vote against us. we'll save a lot. we don't care. we cannot solve our problems by making the same failed assumption assumptions and repeating the same failed strat zwroyfs past. >> reporter: previous american presidents have refused to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital to preserve space for palestinians who want to claim east jerusalem as a capital of an independent palestinian state. the u.s. move earlier this month okay. >> mahmood abbas called it a constraint on middle east piece. >>> millions of americans will be heading to their holiday destination by trains, plains, and automobiles. kris van cleave now with the government's efforts to keep everyone safe. >> reporter:

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and israel in the vote, just guatemala, honduras, marshall islands, micronesia, nauru, palau, and togo, combined population 33 million, and recipients of more than $680 million in u.s. aid. they cabinet meeting yesterday, president trump tried to put the general assembly on notice. >> they take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars and then they vote against us. well, we're watching those votes. let them vote against us. we'll save a lot. we don't care. we cannot solve our problems by make the same failed assumptions and repeating the same failed strategies of the past. >> reporter: previous american presidents have refused to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital to preserve negotiating space for palestinians who want to claim east jerusalem as the capital of an independent palestinian state. the u.s. move earlier this month provoked days of palestinian street protests. palestinian leader mahmoud abbas called it a deliberate constraint on middle east peace. the state department said after the lopsided vote against the united states, the threat to cut off futur

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america to vote against the resolution were israel what amala honduras a marshall islands micronesia palau and togo well the us ambassador to the un had warned she would be taking names of states which voted against washington stance like hanna has more from the united nations in new york the two thirds majority is comfortably reach this vote to a sweeping repudiation of president trumps unilateral action in recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel the result heralded by the apparent isolation of the u.s. delegation in the chamber and the enthusiastic welcome given to the palestinians. whose foreign minister addressed the assembly and insisted that jerusalem would be the capital of a palestinian state mr merrill young we meet today not because of any animosity towards the us but because of its decision which constitutes an aggression on the genuine and natural rights of the palestinian people to the city of jerusalem. the israeli ambassador holding up a two thousand year old coin as evidence of israel's claim to the city it proves the ancient connection of the jewel to jerusalem and

big ones like guatemala, micronesia, palau, togo with israel and the united states. whereas the vast majority, 128-9 in the vote went against that. maybe they're not voting against the united states per se. they think this will setback the peace process in the middle east. it's telling when britain, france, germany, italy, japan, some of our closest allies in europe go the other way. she had a friendship reception for those who did show support as well. jerusalem is not your beef. but what does it speak about the foreign policies these days with rex tillerson, all the pieces when it comes to our relationships around the world. why should people care what's happening around the u.n.? >> i think it underscores the increasing u.s. isolation from the rest of the world, including our most important allies. this is a nonbinding vote. it doesn't matter in a technical sense. in a broader political sense, it really does. essentially most of the countries in the world saying we have seen what donald trump has done here. we disagree with it. we are going to hold this vote to em

partying with the united states as a reward for being obedient, honduras, the marshall islands, nauru, palau that a way to influence people in the world? >> no. it's ridiculous. i mean, look who won't be there. we need china to help on north korea, russia to work with us. neither of them will be there. france and germany will not be there. your dan and egypt. the president has allegedly good relationship with general cisi in egypt. no nation that matters on issues of vital importance to us will be there. so, it will be a party. i'll all for parties as anyone knows but this is going to be one without, you know, all of the big players. >> yeah. great britain not there. france not there. lebanon not there. iraq not there. >> right. >> one other group of people who didn't quite earn the anger of the administration but didn't vote our way either, canada and mexico. obviously, there are a lot of issues with trade still on the table including nafta but both of those countries talked about why they were obstaining. canada, the representative of canada saying the resolution one sided and not saying t

countries who sided with america were israel guatemala honduras the marshall islands micronesia now roup palau and togo mike hanna has more now from the united nations. on the face of it it's a sweeping repudiation of president trump and his policies the two thirds majority easily achieved in the general assembly but it's instructive to look back at a similar vote on jerusalem that was taken in november there were six votes against now nine togo on tourists and guatemala joining the notions who voted against that last vote in terms of abstentions even greater difference then there were six abstentions of this occasion there were thirty five so it does appear that the threats of president trying to cut off financial aid did have some kind of impact on the vote though countering that as well those who voted in favor of the resolution absolutely adamant that it is a strong criticism after president trump and of course his decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel important to note as well that this resolution is in effect an affirmation of dozens of previous resolutions taken in th

with america to vote against the resolution were israel on the us marshall islands micronesia no to palau and told all. of the us ambassador to the un had warned she'd be taking names of states which watch it against washington stance mike hanna has more from the united nations in new york state the two thirds majority is comfortably reach this vote to a sweeping repudiation of president trumps unilateral action in recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel the result heralded by the apparent isolation of the u.s. delegation in the chamber and the enthusiastic welcome given to the palestinians. whose foreign minister addressed the assembly and insisted that jerusalem would be the capital of a palestinian state mr merrill young we meet today not because of any animosity towards the u.s. but because of its decision which constitutes an aggression on the genuine a natural rights of the palestinian people to the city of jerusalem the israeli ambassador holding up a two thousand year old coin as evidence of israel's claim to the city it proves the ancient connection of the jewel to jerusal

because they really want to secure our favor, countries like palau, these tiny islands.me like canada and australia to at least abstain. >> which the u.s. would see as sort of a win for them. >> it's a partial win. it's better than a vote against us. >> and as far as other speeches we might be seeing now, who else are you looking to hear from? >> i think we're looking to see how the other arab countries that will be key to a mid-east peace effort, you know, how far will they go? they may have to issue a perfunctory debate. >> if the u.s. does not ultim e ultimately make good on some of the threats we're hearing implied now, how does that affect them down the road? >> sure. it creates questions of whether the u.s. means what it says when it issues these threats and it may leave countries in the future if president trump or his u.n. ambassadors say we're going to take names on this issue. they may be more inclined to challenge the u.s. in the future. >> thank you so much for being with me here to talk about a lot of headlines today. as we wait for maybe a donald trump news

list includes south korea, panama, tunisia, and the uae as barbados, account, the marshall islands, palauand st. lucia. guy: we seem to be having technical difficulty when it comes to what is happening with the audio. let's move on. a near miss for the uk's brexit negotiations. prime minister theresa may came close to a deal during a meeting with the eu president. anotiations took embarrassing turn after they were directed by a phone call. that conversation was regarding [inaudible] which props up the government in london. nejra.ring in it happened within those crucial minutes? it was a crucial few minutes. the lunch started at 1:30 p.m. and he for there was a lot of anticipation there could be a breakthrough. we were told that the eu's chief brexit negotiator had spoken to came out one of them and said a breakthrough is imminent. the pound rose on that and there was a flurry of excitement among the u.k. press in brussels as that lunch meeting began. and gone -- went on longer than expected. theresa may missed a meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. with donald tusk. she put a positive the lunch a

gawd mala, honduras, marshall islands, micronesia, nauru, palau, and togo. >> they take hundreds of millions of dollars and vote against us. >> president trump said the u.s. could cut off funding for those who cross him. president trump's cia director john brennan called the president's threat to retaliate beyond outrageous found in narcissus tif scissuis auto carats. >> it is time to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. >> his intention to move the embassy there set off days of protests and earned condemnation from arab nations and european allies. >> america will put our embassy in jerusalem. no vote in the united nations will make any difference on that. >> the state department has said it has not i'd fight which nations if any it will penalize over this nonbinding vote in the united nations. for next year the united states is scheduled to dole out just $156 million. gayle, say merry christmas to the national parks service. >> merry christmas, national >>> congress is busy but put some decisions off until after the holidays. lawmakers passed a temporary funding bill to keep the g