supposed to pass with an overwhelming majority. it will be very interesting to watch who decides to abstain and if any more countries decide to abstain in light of president trump s threats there. it will be interesting to watch the president s twitter account as well, won t it? oren liebermann live for us. thanks. moments ago, even before the vote, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israel flatly rejects the results of today s vote, calling the u.n. a house of lies. gunfire along the dmz. it started when a north korean soldier fled across the demilitarized zone toward the south. later, when north korean soldiers appeared in the dmz searching for the defector, the south korean military says its troops opened fire as a warning to the north koreans. cnn international correspondent paula hancocks joins us live from seoul with more. this might be one of the most tense places in the world. when you hear there s gunfire at the dmz, it s concerning. reporter: absolutely, c
i don t think they really want to negotiate and that s why they will focus on this issue and it s not for the first time. in the year 2000, prime minister offered them a state, offered to compromise them in jerusalem and they were not willing to move forward. as you mentioned the private and public u.n., netanyahu called the u.n. a house of lies, at the same time you and other diplomats were asked to meet with high-level officials to talk to them about not supporting this resolution or at the very least not speaking on the floor there today at the general assembly. how difficult is it making your job when you re hearing publicly from your prime minister that the u.n. is a house of lies and you re trying to haves these private conversations? it s to the easy, erica. it is a hostile territory in the u.n. for me, i get courage from the private conversation with ambassadors, even arab ambassadors which they tell me what they think about the area, israel and the u.s., admire our democra
thank you very much. now to a shall moment at the united nations. a vote is expected on rejecting a resolution from president trump on a resolution to reject president trump s choice to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. president trump is threatening to cut off u.s. funding to any country that votes against the u.s. on this and this also means big allies in the middle east. u.n. ambassador nikki haley will be taking names and benjamin netanyahu rejects the results of the vote before it happens calling the u.n. a house of lies. our military and diplomatic analyst john kirby joins us now. this is set to happen in moments. this is a follow on vote from the security council where the u.n. was alone, totally standing alone on this one and that is the way it is, obviously, expected to go in the general assembly. you say this is the president in your words cutting off his own nose to spite his face, why? well, because foreign aid and