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walid phares. the president should not be surprised at china's behavior. they have long sought to undermine sanctions against north korea, right? >> absolutely. he should not be surprised. we should not be surprised he or the government are frustrated because of the chinese behavior. on the one hand china along with russia and other members of the security council voted sanctions against north korea. that's a change compared to the last 8 years. but china doesn't know exactly ways going to happen. so on the one hand they vote for sanctions but they keep sendinged the shipments to -- they keep sending the shipment to the north korea. will the next regime be close to china. continue to have business with china? gregg: let me switch to the iran deal. the president has a chance to kill the nuclear deal with iran. should he do so? >> he can do so. in principle he should change the entire u.s. policy towards iran. ways more dangerous right now is iran is building a fleet of missiles. and a large coalition he's putting together against the iran ran missiles has m

walid phares, foreign affairs analyst.a good friend to have on christmas, nice to see you. >> thank you, merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you. as you break this down and this news coming so soon before christmas, was this about guatemala supporting israel or guatemala trying to curry favor with the united states? >> that's a very good question actually guatemala has good relations with israel but definitely the way we see it from a geopolitical perspective guatemala is aligning with the united states. it is one of a number of countries which voted with or in defense of the united states at the united nations and we expect that guatemala and other countries in this camp will be moving their embassies. the other interesting group of countries are those who abstained, leland. these are large countries. canada, mexico, argentina, australia. spanish speakers and anglo-saxons, it will be played in the next few weeks and months and we'll see the final map of who will move their embassies or not. >> we heard the czech republ

you look at walid phares was talking about the fact that this sets a time line.t's going to be five to six years before we would ever see an embassy built, finished there at all it sets a time line to say let's make an agreement about how we are going to divide up even east and west in the city of jerusalem. there is nothing to stop others from getting on board and maybe it gets the process going. that's optimistic. i don't know if that's true. that's just one of the opinions that's out there. >> harris: so right after the president moved into the white house, he did the same thing that other presidents have done every six months. and he signed the waiver for the actual tel aviv u.s. embassy to remain open so that it is open and it is enumerated in the funding. he knows he is going to have to continue 20 do that throughout the five, six whatever it takes he got promised. broken campaign promise. he gets to do things he has to do. keep one funded because people have to have a place to go to work while you work on the other place. > >> sandra: we will leave it ther

walid phares, good morning to you. i saw your talking points a bit earlier. you were impressed by that display yesterday. how come? >> very much this is probably the most advanced u.s. position on the issue of iran threat in the region that we have seen for a long time. number one, bill, as you know, as you are showing, the ambassador showed evidence. this is a reminder of the early 60s sessions at the united states security council regarding cuba and soviet missiles. she mentioned they're shot from yemen targeting airports. these missiles could be used against other capitals and airports. a very important position. the third position point here is that she is calling for a much wider coalition that we've seen bfp. not just against the iran deal but the missiles. this is an advancement in her position. >> bill: you have had interviews in the u.s. and the middle east as well. they want to know from you beyond the speech, what will the u.s. do? what will the administration do about it then, sir? >> that's a great concern in the region that the u.s. positions ar