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>> the united states under president harry truman became the first nation to recognize the state of israel. today we officially opened the united states embassy in jerusalem. congratulations. >> reporter: jerusalem is a divided city. palestinian arabs in the east, jewish israelis in the west. today the u.s. recognized israels claim to all of the city, forever. president trump is now entering into israel a history books. previous u.s. administrations had promised to do this move, moving the embas...

So i see this as a big pu punctuation point that will only get worse. >> is being a fair arbiter what president trump wants to do? >> absolutely not. >> president trump likes to tick down his campaign promises. he loves the fact he can say many administrations before him said they would move the embassy, but only he did it. and he doesnt just please some evangelicals. there are a lot of people who wanted the embassy moved who arent necessarily focused on peace in the middle east, theyre pro-isra...

They wanted to move the u.s. embassy, but only president trump had the guts to do it. and it seems as though a lot of people are saying we dont need to be in charge of peace in the middle east. why should we care? whats the answer? >> there are several parts. several administrations have spoken about moving the embassy. this is the one thats gone and done it. even if we argue thats the right thing to do, the timing is terrible. the way it was done is terrible. the messaging to the palestinians w...

>> we are putting the world on notice. improper trade games are over with. >> are they? now the white house says trump expects ross to resolve the action. trumps tweet draw criticism from adam schiff and he said trump should care more about our national security than chinese jobs. trumps reversal come as round two of trade talks ramps up. a chinese delegation heads to washington this week. in a second tweet, trump said china and the u.s. are working well together. after past trade talks were one...

The white house doing what past administrations promised to do, but failed to deliver. moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. the white house declaring the move reflecting the reality that jerusalem is the israeli capital. this effectively marks the end of americas role as an honest broker in the peace negotiations. lets go live to elise labott inside the embassy where clearly it is calm as we get to the protests in a moment. what should we expect there today, elise? >> reporter: dave, you can se...

Israeli-palestinian peace plan, and they still have hope for the two-state solution, israel alongside a new state palestine. have you had conversations with these american officials? >> we dont know what theyre talking about, really. peace is a very firm vision by the u.s. that vision has been drawn by all previous administrations, establishing a sovereign state with the u.s. capital. it was presented in 1991 by former administration. it is very clear its about implementing u.n. security council...

Selling vital parts to iran. and then lying about the employees involved. last year, wilbur ross called ztes actions egregious. >> we are putting the world on notice. improper trade games are over with. >> are they? now the white house says trump expects ross to resolve the action. trumps tweet draw criticism from adam schiff and he said trump should care more about our national security than chinese jobs. trumps reversal come as round two of trade talks ramps up. a chinese delegation heads to w...

Split screen, thats what we saw as this was happening, jared kushner speaking. youre seeing protests around, not far at all from where this was going on. specifically in gaza where it got very violent. and youre looking at dozens of deaths. raj shaw saying, this is hamas, they cynically and intentionally provoked this response. someone followed up a little later with, these were rocks met with gunfire, and again he goes, hamas. >> true. >> this is again. how many times have we unfortunately trag...

Office. >> it changes everyday. >> yeah. thats a question they should be able to answer. >> but this is trump and giuliani sort of winging it. its something that the staff has been complaining about for some time, jon meacham, that trump and giuliani get into the room and sort of wing it. they both live in their own alternate realities at times. trump especially. and whats unbelievable is that nobody has sat down in a room and said, lets figure out what happened, when it happened. even if they d...

Minister benjamin netanyahu, and i also saw just a few seats down gop mega donor shelton addle son who as we know very much wanted this to happen. can the united states still be an honest broker in terms of helping seek peace in the middle east after this? i mean, they have clearly shown israel is a priority for them. benjamin netanyahu has a very good relationship with the president. has had a relationship with the kushner family for years and years. he used to stay in their home in livingston,...