we focus on the arab news and the jerusalem post, we will get both sides of this issue. rump, of course, recognising jerusalem as the capital of israel. this picture tells a story. it is a tale of two stories. i have two besart, i have a regular column in arab news. i have to be open and transparent about that —— they have to confess. the arab news says the court of the king of saudi arabia has warned about an irresponsible and unwarranted step. it violates no less than eight un security council resolutions, from 1957 until now. —— 1967. from the arab side, the palestinian side, it isa arab side, the palestinian side, it is a dynamo. for the israelis, they say it respects the status quo because we have our government here. —— dire move. because we have our government here. -- dire move. the jerusalem post does not shy away from the story. the explanation as to where we are, there is little indication of tangible progress. they are not taking a view that this is the first big step towards some sort of wonderful overall universal settlement. no. is totally unacceptable sett

we have both the jerusalem post and this in the middle east. thejerusalem post and the palestine chronicle. we start with the jerusalem post. palestine chronicle. we start with thejerusalem post. they are focusing on what the mayor of jerusalem has to say about this. he says that the us embassy moved a bit around two minutes. this is notjust the case of moving a pluck and raising a flag, this will require massive security precautions, redesign, the whole nine yards. this isa redesign, the whole nine yards. this is a symbolic move for them. highly, i would imagine, is a symbolic move for them. highly, iwould imagine, important, in terms of usb their most important ally, and one of the key players in the middle east peace process. but as the article says, it will actually be more like six months for the move of the embassy. i imagined the timing is, the white house wants to see what the initial reaction is going to be to their announcement, assuming they make it, today. yes, and no country on earth has its embassy in jerusalem. it and no country

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for the jerusalem post, that's a good thing, even if the impartiality is long gone. it is even more so now that donald trump made his announcement. genie: the israeli paper is focusing on france and israel. france could be taking a more active role in peace negotiations and paris is active in the middle east. they might do the same thing with the israeli-palestinian conflict area macron pushed netanyahu to explain his intentions in east jerusalem. the palestinians say that as their capital. genie: palestinians are making headlines today. >> between rage and resignation, that is the cover of the lebanese paper. the beirut-based paper says even a protests continue, they are not as widely followed as some expected. resignation has worn out over rage. their journalists say that is because of an increasing distrust of the palestinian authority and its leader. the real loser of the announcement is abbas. he needs to speed up conciliation if he wants to -- reconciliation if he wants to regain the trust of palestininis whwho were worn out byby the violence and the lack of le

editor-in-chief of the jerusalem post. thank you for joining us. go to our fox news and -- fox news rundown .com. we discussed this for 15 minutes. is at 6 am.i say my alarm. i'm going to listen to it again. >> i am excited. "f" nice work eric. he is home to the white house. the president has been busy weekend. the intent opening of a civil rights museum in mississippi where protesters were waiting for him. in the incident held a rally in the florida panhandle near the alabama border when he campaigned for and failed alabama senate candidate, roy moore. we will have more on that next. in a live report from the presence mar-a-lago estate in florida. >> president trump support is very important for the people of alabama and this nation. this is the presidents agenda. that is why it is so important that edge roy moore end -- that he win the race. ♪ that one daddy! it's beautiful. i'm the world's greatest douglas fir. i'm the perfect shape. i'm the perfect color. my scent- like making love to a lumberjack. but halfway home, my twine gets loose. and you

jerusalem with the latest. good morning, molly. >> reporter: diane, good morning. that's right. it is the biggest news here. everyone is talking bit on the cover of every single newspaper here. here you've got "the jerusalem post." trump on jerusalem. "u.s. recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel" and a picture of the american flag and israeli flag projected on the walls of the old city. the state department is warning israel so restrain its reaction to that announcement to tamp down any anti-american sentiment in the region. >> i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. while previous presidents have made this a major campaign promise, they failed to deliver. today i am delivering. >> reporter: and just like that, in a matter of trump reversed nearly 70 years of u.s. policy and did what no peace process has ever done, named jerusalem as the capital of israel. he also started the process to move the u.s. embassy no other country on earth has an embassy in jerusalem. >> we cannot solve our problems by making the same failed assumptions and repeating the same failed strategies of the past. >> reporter: but the reaction was swift. palestinian president omar

that is the washington bureau chief and correspondent for the jerusalem post joining and correspondentlifornia, more than a thousand firefighters are battling huge wildfires. hundreds of buildings have already been destroyed and thousands of homes are under threat. the worst of the fires have been in ventura county — about 80 kilometres north of los angeles. from there, the bbc‘s north america correspondent, james cook reports. no—one can escape from nature, not even in bel air, one of the wealthiest suburbs on earth. all day there's been a battle to save homes here and the owners have been rushing to grab what they can as they flee from their mansions. we built this house 13 years ago, never seen anything like it. do you think the firefighters are going to save it? they're my heroes. i'm hoping. it's in gods and the firefighters' hands. and those heroes are being helped by much lighter winds for now. with the potential winds and the fires developing, those embers can fly a distance away, spot firing canyons below us. and you're worried that might be what happens because the winds are

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former middle east affairs correspondent for thejerusalem middle east affairs correspondent for the jerusalem poste if that would happen? i think the real concern is the threat of violence on the streets of the west bank and jerusalem and israel. you know, just this summer, when israel installed metal detectors on temple mount, we saw several days of violence that led to several people losing their lives. that is an immediate scenario that we are facing now. we have spoken about the various leaders in the middle east to have body said what they think about this and the concern that they have about it, the ramifications. what would he the dramatic fallout? i don't think the diplomatic fallout will be too great. i think of course we have her denunciations from the palestinian leadership and the saudis and other arab leaders. but but the palestinian and israeli leaderships realise that washington is really sort of the only game in town in terms of mediation. the french have tried to work as mediators in the past and has not worked. i think the palestinian leadership realises that, for now, at least,

it just so happens there is a diplomatic conference being held by a major israeli newspaper the jerusalem post here in jerusalem on this day and we're expecting benjamin netanyahu to be among the speakers he's expected to speak in about an hour's time so that could potentially be his first official reaction to all of the indications that are been coming out of washington in recent days and more particularly on tuesday we also have had reaction from other israeli politicians the marriott jerusalem thanking the americans from the bottom of his heart the transport minister saying that the recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital would be more important even than the moving of the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem on the other side in israeli politics the meretz party leader a left wing party leader is saying that it risks an explosion and the possibility of moving this embassy but certainly from the israeli right we're already having a welcoming noises of this decision what we're really waiting for is to hear exactly what benjamin netanyahu has to say. every action has an equal and opposi

council meeting now i'm joined by guild hall for news of political analyst with the jerusalem post good evening. part way through this this meeting although we do anticipate what's coming next because nikki haley's all but admitted that she's going to veto this resolution have you been surprised by anything said so far. i've been surprised that so many countries have decided that instead of taking the palestinians to the security council to discuss why they decided to react to trump's announcement by firing rockets at israeli kindergartens instead they've decided to take israel to the security council what they should be doing is encouraging the palestinian leadership to return to the negotiating table were donald trump in his announcement did not rule out whatsoever there being a palestinian capital and. he's just reflected the reality that for three thousand years jerusalem has been israel's capital it can still happen violence is not the way to bring it about and we were just talking then about. his concerns he says that well of jerusalem goes that other places will follow d. do you

seen here in video obtained by the jerusalem post. and while she says papadopoulos communicated with bannon, deerborn and flynn later in the campaign, he never discussed russia with them. >> why do you think the white house was so quick to come out and call him a coffee boy or a low-level volunteer? >> i think they wanted to disassociate from the first person who decided to actively cooperate with the government. i suppose this can be quite threatening for some people. >> manjanta says she was interviewed by the fbi in october and that a key focus was on london-based professor joseph mifsud, suspected of being a link between the trump campaign and russian officials. >> a lot of discussion. >> he allegedly top papadopoulos during the campaign that the russians had dirt on hillary clinton. thousands of e-mails. manjanta says she met papadopoulos in september 2016 through linkedin because she was working at the london center of international law practice where he had, worked earlier in the year. when they met, mifsud was running the cente

. >> charles: the jerusalem post reporting israeli war planes have struck two hamas targets in gaza thisn response to rockets fired by militants into israel and of course all this after the militant islamic group hamas called for a day from president trump announced he was going to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and also today two palestinians were killed with israeli forces in the west bank. with us to discuss jillian melt er a senior fellow with the hudson institute and rebecca of course everyone anticipated it would be some type of violent response and perhaps this used to reignite a campaign of terror not just in the middle east but around the world. >> right but what president trump did was he recognized something that was a historical fact, that jerusalem is the capitol of israel and also fulfilled the will of the people that congress passed a law that said this is what they believed and recognized in 1995 that law there's been laws that passed since then supporting that initial law and every president before president trump has used its waiver authority not to do

seen here in video obtained by the jerusalem post. e says papadopoulos communicated with them later in the campaign, he never discussed russia with them. why do you think the white house was so quick to come out and call him a coffee boy or low level volunteer? >> i think they wanted to disassociate from the first person who decided to actively cooperate with the government. i suppose this can be right threatening for some people. >> she says she was interview ued by the fbi in october. and that a key focus was on london based professor, joseph mi fsu d, pechted of being a link. >> a lot of discussion. >> he allegedly told papadopoulos during the campaign that the russians had dirt on hillary clinton. thousands of e-mails. she says she met papadopoulos in september 2016 through linked in because she was working at the london center of international law practice where he worked earlier in the year. when they met, he was running the center. >> i suppose that fbi was interested in knowing my connection with him, which makes perfectly sens

host: quickly, i want to ask both of you, the front page of the jerusalem post, widespread violence in the territories and not as predicted but all because of the president named jerusalem as the capital of israel and moving our embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. ruth, what's the significance of this? ruth: the significance is that president trump, unlike a lot of previous candidates, ctually did what he promised in recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. whatever the state of protests are from my point of view, it was a risky and unnecessary decision. peace hinks that the process is in good shape now but i don't think that this made it in better shape, and so i am disappointed that he made that move. host: quick comment? mona: i disagree. ridiculous as fiction that jerusalem is not the capital or israel or that somehow the u.s. doesn't recognize it as such. it has been the voice view of the american people through congress and through various administrations that we believe it is the capital and it was kind of a -- it gave the palestinians an unrealistic expectation that thei

and a meet with israeli settlers around inauguration day, seen here in video obtained by the jerusalem postile she says papadopoulos communicated with bannon, dearborn and flynn later in the campaign, he never discussed russia with them. >> why do you think the white house was so quick to come out and call him a coffee boy or low-level volunteer? >> i think they wanted to disassociate him from the first person who decided to actively cooperate with the government. i suppose this can be quite threatening for some people. >> reporter: she says she was interviewed by the fbi in october. and that a key focus was on london base d mitsud. high told papadopoulos during the campaign that the russians had dirt on hillary clinton, thousands of e-mails. she met papadopoulos in september 2016 through listeninged in because she was working at the london center of international law practice where he had worked earlier in the year. when they met, mitsud was running the center. >> i suppose that the fbi was interested in knowing my connection which makes perfect sense. >> reporter: she says despite that co

seen here in video obtained by "the jerusalem post." while she says papadopoulos communicated with bannon, dearborn and flynn later in the campaign, he never discussed russia with them. why do you think the white house was so quick to come out and call him a coffee boy or a low-level volunteer? >> i think they wanted to disassociate from the first person who decided to actively cooperate with the government. i suppose this can be quite threatening for some people. >> reporter: she says she was interviewed by the fbi in october and that a key focus was on london-based professor joseph mifsud, suspected of being a link between the trump campaign and russian officials. >> a lot of discussion -- >> reporter: mifsud allegedly told papadopoulos during the campaign that the russians had dirt on hillary clinton. thousands of e-mails. she says she met papadopoulos in september 2016 through linkedin because she was working at the london center of international law practice where he had worked earlier in the year. when they met, mifsud was running

saw earlier to provoke israeli soldiers into reacting violently like this journalist here for the jerusalem post. she writes the to me family uses its kids as bait sends them to assault soldiers so they can film them but it has also receiving a lot of international support all over the world her name was even trending overnight lebanese american a cadet make. says arresting her in the middle of the night from her family should have never happened and the quote had to mean he was forcibly taken away from her parents' home by israelis at four am she's a child activist a child so brant we don't know what will happen next to me but we're keeping you up to date and we have a report on our website on d w dot com all right across the top but not see me from our social media station also i thank you very much. well it is a german cup week and i'm joined right here the big table by pablo felipe in the us from our sports desk to take you through what the last sixteen results so far i do believe in a mouthwatering encounter kicking off soon that's right but we're going to talk about that in a little bit be

and meeting with israeli settlers around inauguration day seen here in video obtained be i the jerusalem poste he communicated with them later in the campaign, he never discussed russia with him. >> i take think he wanted to disassociate from the governments. i suppose this can be right. some people. >> she says she was interviewed by the fbi in october and that a key focus was on london based professor. he allegedly told papadopoulos during the campaign that the russias had dirt on hillary clinton. thousands of e-mails. she says she met papadopoulos in september 2016 through linkedin because she was working at the london center of international law practice he had worked earlier in the year. when they met, she was running the center. >> i suppose that fbi was interested in knowing my connection with him, which makes perfectly sense. it's quite a strange coincidence we both worked for the same person. >> she told the fbi she's not a russian spy. >> they asked me if i speak russian, if i know russian people. i think people -- about being a spy, thinking i was the russian putin. that's like a l

and a meeting with israeli settlers around inauguration day seen here in video obtained by the jerusalem posticated with bannon, dearborn and flynn later in the campaign he never discussed russia with them. >> reporter: why do you think the white house was so quick to come out and call him a coffee boy or low level volunteer? >> i think they wanted to disassociate him from the first person and died to actively cooperate with the governments as opposed this can be quite threatening for some people. >> reporter: she was interviewed by the fbi in october and that a key focus was on be london based professor suspected of being a link between the trump campaign and russian officials. >> a lot of discussion. >> reporter: during the campaign that the russians had dirt on hillary clinton. thousands of e-mails. monjata says she met papadopoulos in 2016 through linked in because she was working at the international law practice where he had worked earlier in the year. when they met, mifsud was running the center. >> i suppose he was interested in knowing my connection and it's quite a strange coinciden

saw earlier to provoke israeli soldiers into reacting violently like this journalist here for the jerusalem post of hardcore of she says the tamimi family uses kids as bait sends them to assault soldiers so they can film them but receiving also a lot of international support all around the world her name was even trending overnight lebanese american academy. says arresting her in the middle of the night from her family should have never have happened and i quote he said i had to me was forcibly taken away from her parents home by israelis at four am she's a child activist a child now we don't know what will happen next who had to me means to me but we're keeping up with the story and we have a great report on our website at the w dot com. and see me from social media service thank you. turning now to german politics or rather the german political vacuum because almost ninety days after the election there is still no coalition in sight chancellor merkel's conservatives are holding another round of talks with potential partners the social democrats w has an exclusive interview with the deputy chai

the jerusalem post says pence is staying behind to vote on the republican tax bill next week. >>> and it is part of the ongoing russia investigation. senate intelligence committee staffers grilled donald trump jr. yesterday. are you ready for this? for more than nine hours. remember, it was behind closed doors. so that grandstanding we see in the public ones, huh-uh this was the real questions. the president's eldest son has become a central focus because of his role in a june 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer. >>> former white house aide and apprentice contesta anan anant insisting this morning she resigned. an official told nbc news wednesday she was forced out of her job and had to be escorted off white house grounds. >>> and big news at disney. they have announced they'll be buying 21st century fox in a $52 billion megamerger. and russian president putin is praising donald trump this morning insisting all claims that russia colluded with the trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election are, quote, invented. nbc's keir simmons is in moscow, where putin wrapped his annual e

you ran the jerusalem post. we see these types of things happen there. what's life like then? >> one of the things i find striking is when i returned to new york from jerusalem i thought this is the biggest city in the world, it's the most attractive terrorist target. and yet coming from 9/11, apart from a few relatively minor incident, the city's been extraordinarily safe. so to some extent, this incident is testimony to the effectiveness of new york city policing in the wake of 9/11. the seeming lack of so sophistication of this attack, it seems to be one individual with ill-made explosive device, means that you're seeing kind of the isis signature of terrorism which is one guy finding out how to build these devices on the internet. but it's not the kind of wildly sophisticated international conspiracy that 9/11 was or some of the other terrorist attacks that have taken place for example in paris a couple of years ago and elsewhere in europe. what this is perversely is a tribute to the strength and effectiveness of new york city policing over last many years. >> do you agree

posted the selfie that said free palestine. and response to trump, breaking with u.s. policy to recognize jerusalem as the capital, he posted another picture last week of himself with the caption, jerusalem is the capital of palestine.>> these people who have mental health conditions are looking for next use. if they find that excuse in one simple action that happens with the administration or some political policy that we support our don't support, it gives them reason to do what they want to do.>> jamison told them that he converted two years ago. the transformation was swift and public. back if you have a family member that you feel as though they are doing something that needs law enforcement attention, by all means, get on the phone and call them. law enforcement can do their investigation. they can do it surreptitiously without bringing a lot of attention to the matter. they can figure out whether it needs further investigation or not.>> at pier 39, it is business as usual. there is a substantial security presence. san francisco police say that is something they do every holiday season here.>

but there are big mistakes that the united states should admit >>> speaking of jerusalem, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu speaking at the annual jerusalem post diplomatic conference i'm sure that question of jerusalem as the new capital will come up at some point i'm joined by brian klass, and i have to start with that question of jerusalem is president trump helping or hurting his cause in that part of the world >> i think you have to understand with what trump is doing, he's playing to a flartifla narro part of his political base at home the reason why i think this isss mistake, it will create a situation where the u.s. is not even remotely impartial. this puts the nail in the coffin of any sort of myth that the u.s. is an impartial broker in the conflict it also creates the risk of violence there's a lot on president trump's plate now, both domestic and foreign crises he's also dealing with this mueller investigation. do we need to put violence in the middle east on that plate, too? >> it seems there's no signs mueller is ending the investigation soon how do you see that impacting president trump's domestic agenda and his abilitylegislati

from the jerusalem post to correspond. to tell us a couple spokesman mahmoud abbas we react by saying that this is entirely sabotaging the peace process disqualifying the united states as a group how can a case be made that a move like this which is already caused such ruction an upset on virus inside be a move towards peace look there were eight years in which the obama administration gave the palestinians what they wanted and it didn't make them make concessions now donald trump is telling the palestinians this is the time to making peace it's going to be less favorable to them you've got the in terrible muslim world pressuring the palestinians to make these concessions and when they see look it's only getting worse that they have to make the deal now before it gets even worse for them so very cat who said this essentially we draws the united states from the peace process that undermines our moderates in the region it's only strengthens extremists i mean that is a pretty unanswerable case isn't that this is really somethi

front page of the jerusalem post. another day of violence. although this headline, the violence is widespread in the palestinian protest but not as violent as predicted. next to that, the israelan prime minister defiant as he travels to the lion's den, a cold reception as he travels to paris and brussels following the announcement of jerusalem being the capital of israel. joseph is calling now. caller: i feel like the president is trying to normalized pedophilia in his nazi way. by backing mr. moore. that's all he's doing. hello? host: yep. you're on the air, joseph. we're listening. caller: well, that's what i have to say. host: ok. thanks very much for the call. our phone lines are open at iphone fonlte that's our line for democrats. and 202-748-8001 for republicans. want to share with you the perspective from the "wall street journal". and he where is the following. donald trump campaigned on a pledge to make america great ghent as president, he is doing the opposite. he is making america smaller than any time in the last 100 years. the tru

president donald trump celebrates his jerusalem initiative and right now i'm thinking about what's going on and the love that's all over israel and all about jerusalem. post jewish leaders at the white house on the stimulus protest against his decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. and unesco gets a pizza the action it's added to original maple styled pizza to its walls have a to list. a company that's being described as a brick. so in bragg's that negotiations the e.u. and britain say they have reached an agreement that will allow them to progress to the next round of talks the announcement was made in brussels by u.k. prime minister tourism a and european commission president. they said they'd agreed on key issues like rights for e.u. citizens in the u.k. and guaranteeing no hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland now they move on to negotiations about the future of trade relations between the u.k. and the e.u. and we'll speak to our brussels correspondent in just a moment but first let's listen to what a resume had to say in northern ireland we will guarantee there will be no hard border and we will uphold th

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the middle east. papernservative is really jerusalem post says it's a decision that recognizes the obvious and the writerays it won't jeopardize the peace process but it will open the door for future discussions with all sides. this piece from the washington times says that for once trump's taste for all capital letters makes the right point. the editors say reality is a hard sell in the middle east when hating choose is all that's expected of a leader. you have been taking a look at celebrations in australia as the gay marriage bill is set to become law. of jubilation in the australian papers. let's start with the sydney morning herald which says australia has done it. what a day for love, what a different quality. the daily telegraph says yes, gay marriage made legal in australia with a really nice picture on the front page. have been justle as joyful. look at this tweet posted by one user. i love e-koala-ty. it still needs to be signed but it is pretty much a done deal. gay marriage could take place as early as next month. a historic feat that puts a straily on the world map -- australia on the world

host: from the jerusalem post, the big story at the united nations, 128 nations declaring the u.s. lem decision null and avoid, and to the president's threats to punish those countries has no impact. among those who supported the measure criticizing the president, some of our closest allies like a great britain, france, also india, russia and china. there were nine countries that supported us and 35 that abstained. you can follow the flovent, it is on -- the full event, it is on our website. mary lou from new jersey on the independent line. caller: merry christmas to you and the viewers. i want to talk about daca. yesterday morning on c-span, i watched the rules committee talking about the budget and two people that were speaking with members of the committee were nancy pelosi and the representative from new mexico. lobby, so toing to speak, for these daca people to get the rules committee to put everything else aside to take care of these people on an emergency basis. this was very upsetting to me because here i am a senior and i think i am in the same boat with a lot of other seni

and in apparent response to president trump breaking with u-s policy to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel posted another picture last week of himself with the caption: jerusalem is the capital of palestine. * harp* looking for a reason jameson told the fbi he converted to islam 2 years ago - his transformation was swift but public * harp* if you see something say something jameson's father lives in merced and tells us he's shocked by the charges... he says was with his son just weekend. 16:17:48 "...we just went to the football game last weekend...the raiders-cowboy game... we just went to the football game ...everything was the same... just the same... " (11 sec) the elder jameson says he supported president trump and the decision to recognize jerusalem as the capitol of israel.... but policitcs did not come between them... he says his son supported bernie sanders. san francisco took some proactive security steps just a few weeks ago. the city installed these large concrete planter boxes along king street in front of a-t- and-t park. each weighs about a ton. they're designed to keep cars from d

what is happening in washington dc impacting the world at large, the jerusalem post this morning withhe headline, donald trump tells regional leaders he intends to move the embassy to jerusalem. he called the leaders of israel and palestinian authority, jordan and egypt yesterday to inform them of his intentions to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, 22 years after the u.s. congress called on the white house to do just that. what he did not say however was when the move would it take place, something that could provide maneuvering room for him to tamp down anger on the highly we expect to hear more about that topic today from the president. looking to the west, california north of los angeles, more wildfires there. here is the from paint -- page times.los angeles blazes out of control, forcing thousands to flee. there is the picture of the firefighter out of the burning apartment, where the fire has charged 55,000 acres -- charred 55,000 acres. and also of those impacted. we spent a lot of time yesterday certainly watching here on capitol hill the supreme court, it b

abc's molly hunter has been monitoring the situation from her post in jerusalem. s us now live. molly, what's the immediate reaction overnight there? >> reporter: kendis and diane, good morning. this is on the cover of every single newspaper here. u.s. trump recognizes jerusalem. and this picture, the picture of the israeli flag and american flag projected onto the walls of jerusalem's old city, and the post to that city, israel capital. as we just heard in martha's piece, prime minister netanyahu was thrilled. this is what he's been waiting for. mahmoud abbas feels betrayed and is angry and says the u.s. can no longer be an honest broker for the peace process. across the arab world, a muted reaction. no major violence, but we're watching very closely today. the state department, for their part, has warned embassies around the world and in this region to be on high alert and warned israel to restrain their response so to tamp down and head off any anti-american sentiment across the region. diane, kendis. >> and how are the people responding there? are they worried

where leaders tell us that his quote no one for this the turkish president declared he wants his country to open an embassy to post in east jerusalem the organization of us lying cooperation convened an emergency session in turkey and weapons they call for the international community to recognize east jerusalem as the palestinian capital. decision. because of its great virus against the historical and permanent rights to palestine is important i want to point out to ignore some of the distortions and. the united states the solution to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel is a dangerous one it will threaten security and stability and frustrates efforts to resume the peace process the president is committed to this peace process as committed as he has ever been boy yet. every possible step must be taken to prevent the implementation of this illegal action by the u.s. administration however there is one question that sticks out what factors are militants made it impossible for the u.s. president to take such an outrageous act and that type of rhetoric that we heard has prevented peace in the past and it's not necessarily surpr

guatemalan presidentjimmy morales has ordered to move the country's embassy in israel to jerusalem. in a facebook postthe decision was taken after he had spoken with israel's pm, benjamin netanyahu. last week, guatemala was one of only nine nations to vote against a un resolution urging america to reverse its recognition ofjerusalem as the capital of israel. donald trump threatened to cut aid to nations that voted against the us. the us is an important aid donor to guatemala, an impoverished central american country. on sunday, mr morales said he had instructed the guatemalan authorities to start the necessary respective co—ordination before moving the country's embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. surrey police are trying to identify a man who was found unconscious in a ditch yesterday afternoon. they have released pictures of the man's clothing in an attempt to track down his family. the man, who is thought to be in his 20s, is in a serious condition in hospital. around 150 skiers have been rescued from a broken—down ski lift in the french alps, after being trapped on it for several hours on christma

the u.s. military places troops on alert. abc's molly hunter joins us now from jerusalem with the very latest from her post. good morning, molly. >> reporter: good morning, guys. that's right, it's a seismic shift. the u.s. is calling this a recognition of reality but reaction among palestinians could be violent and around the world. his late night calls one after the other prompting new alarm and the region bracing for trouble. recognizing jerusalem as the capital and moving the embassy could begin a new cycle of violence. egypt's president saying a move could undermine peace opportunities. king abdullah saying it will provoke muslims and krieg as like and palestinian president mahmoud abbas calling it unacceptable. >> it's safe to say other than israel which thinks this move is 22 years overdue that all of the feedback that he's been getting from world leaders is overwhelmingly negative about >> no, again, he spoke with five leaders, that's hardly indicative of everybody across the globe. >> reporter: but there's no other country in the world that has its embassy in jerusalem. and palestinians view east j

the conditions of life under. israeli occupation that has lasted more than half a century for foreign correspondents looking to make a name for themselves jerusalem is a posting that comes with plenty of prestige however the journalism produced there like the city itself is among the most contested in the world our starting point this week washington d.c. . today we finally acknowledged. that you're a slim. they called it breaking news but it really was the white house that given notice the media knew at least twenty four hours before the president began rolling out the announcement was coming when the news crews descended upon jerusalem's damascus gate a frequent flashpoint they found more journalists and israeli security personnel there than palestinians just outside damascus gate enters the priest then moved on to ramallah where protesters came out in numbers and confined to a ready shaped marriage that palestinians have heard before alison and they're throwing rocks you can see some of them sling shot here what i was focused on was this notion that. this could be a bad idea because it was going to instigate all kinds of violence violence and i would then

the largest in modern california history, but there's progress. it is now 70% contained. >>> another country now plans to move its embassy in israel to jerusalem. guatemala made that announcement on a christmas eve postcebook. it will follow the lead of the u.s. it was one of nine countries to vote against a resolution urging the u.s. to reverse its decision on jerusalem. >>> and the u.s. is cutting the amount of money to the u.n. haley says they will look for ways to improve the agency's efficiency. the trump administration has long been looking for ways to slash funding. >>> north korea calls the latest sanctions an act of war that violates its sovereignty. the penalties come after repeated ballistic missile tests. the sanction tighten oil imports and force those working for the regime abrought ad to return ho. north korea says it's a pipe dream for the u.s. to think it will give up its nuclear weapons. >>> pope francis urged the world not to ignore the millions of refugees. during christmas eve mass at the vatican, he compared migrants to joseph and mary and noted that millions around the world are homes and no one should feel that there's no room for them on this earth. >>> back here at home, pre

if the netanyahu insists to kill and bury the two state solution the only option we will accept is four. hours of this week post jerusalem we believe there now the palestinian leadership the palestinian authority the p.l.o. committed to two states or one state it's a very simple question i'm just asking but you are if you know if you want to position now if i did what i know what your position on i don't want to live in is that such an announcement that was made by president trump has definitely reversible three things that the us start us as a mediator damaged the prospects for a two state solution because most of them is at the heart of it and damage the consequence of peace now what would be the consequences of that is something for the palestinian national leadership to make not for me one last question as a palestinian leader what's your message to young palestinians maybe watching the show with this interview who feel hopeless who feel desperate who feel the world is against them who feel that they'll never be free and this latest jerusalem is asian is just another blow to their hopes and aspirations what's your me

richard burton you're the listening post here are some of the media stories we're tracking this week the political capital donald trump on does years of u.s. policy by recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel but the media seem more concerned with the specter of palestinian violence rupert murdoch is getting out of the entertainment business but he will remain a news beric india is what's absent biggest single market and the impact the messaging service is having on politics and society there is profound and cinema show saudi arabia finally gets to go to the movies. when donald trump declared last week that the u.s. was making a seismic policy shift in the middle east officially recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel the fallout was swift the bulk of the initial coverage focused on the potential for a violent reaction that is to be expected the media like flashpoints palestinians on the streets provide them with one the problem is that that focus does little to explain the real story the root causes of the anger and it fits right into a neat little stereotype widely held outside the region that the people of the middle east palestinians in particular have v

it follows a night of diplomatic wrangling over the irish border issue we will go live to. jerusalem. posta holiday party for jewish leaders palestinians protest against. the capital of israel. and. germany's political. and say yes. or rather coalition talks with chancellor angela merkel. and we will take you to zimbabwe a country that used to be the breadbasket of africa but. have left it on a. look at the task that the new president faces. welcome to the program thanks for joining us. brags that talks between britain and ireland have drawn through the night prompting speculation that a deal on the border between northern ireland and the republic could be close with a sunday deadline looming british prime minister to resign early morning trip to brussels to meet the european commission president and the european union's chief negotiator the u.k. needs to seal a deal this weekend so that talks on trade can begin at it. next week. and we have our correspondent barbara faisal standing by with the latest developments from brussels she joins us now good morning to you barbara we know that ther

the u.s. from moving its embassy to jerusalem.>>> stocks posted more gains. companies let the way along with retailers. dow jones was up 55. nasdaq was up format. all the indexes are said to wind up the month with solid gains.>>> the symphony cut ties with a conductor after three opera singers in a classical musician accused him of sexual assault over a period of 25 years. he is the 81-year-old artistic director and principal conductor of london's royal philharmonic orchestra. accused of sexual misconduct on the sidelines of rehearsals and performances in chicago la minneapolis philadelphia and new york between 1985-2010. they first reported the story today. within hours orchestras and symphonies in san francisco new york chicago and boston announced he would not be performing future concerts. the ap says the phone calls and emails sent to him were not returned.>>> we have some breaking news. late word hall of fame broadcaster dick invert has died. his wife that the 82-year-old passed away this evening at his home in la jolla. he was best known for his play-