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general in this letter weve seen expresses some frustration in how difficult it has been to get records from the secret service, especially around that time, january 6, important time, and then the house select committee and other congressional committees are concerned as well partly because the house, too, theyre trying to nail down on their own the details of january 6. that includes what secret service agents witnessed of donald trump that day, what they said about it afterward and ...

For decades whats happening there and should do its part. and this week saw a small step in that direction. the biden administration is appointing a new special representative for palestinian affairs. this is a big deal. the news was first reported by axios and it marks the first time that the u.s. has created a washington post position at the state department that is solely responsible for a palestinian affairs. the state department confirmed the news on its official website to inching how the ...

Until, then president donald trump closed in 2019. it remained shuttered three years later. the former president reversed a long-standing american policy by recognizing jerusalem as israels capital in 2017 and moving the u.s. embassy, which had been in tel aviv, to jerusalem. the control of jerusalem is contested by both israel and the palestinians. the u.s. consulate in jerusalem. remember there wasnt an embassy there before trump moved on from jerusalem. the consulate was an important symbolic...

Top reporters for al jazeera. he did talk about her death is an enormous loss, her legacy should inspire young people and he did continue to call for full accounting and transparency into her death. her family called for president biden to meet with them during this trip, he is not going to be doing so although secretary blinken did speak with the family inviting them to washington. this was a subject that he would not have been able to avoid during his press conference. there were other things ...

This was a promise made to the palestinians, secretary blinken mentioned it several times last year that the americans wanted to reopen the u.s. consulate in jerusalem that largely served palestinians but because of israeli opposition to that it doesnt seem to be going anywhere. you can hear president biden saying im still committed to a two-state solution, i dont see it happening in the near future, instead they want to focus on these other measures, the increased funding, bringing back what tr...

Pursuit of two states we oppose. and that includes settlement activity, it includes demolitions, it includes evictions, it includes incitement of violence, it includes payment to terrorists. elliott gotkine joins us now live from jerusalem. good to see you. so secretary blinken now in egypt, but what all has he achieved so far as he works tone sure this ceasefire holds and also what is the significance of this u.s. invitation to israels president? >> reporter: well, rosemary, i dont think secr...

>> all right. elliott gotkine joining us live from jerusalem. many thanks. blinken has some company in the middle east this week, russia says its now operating long-range bombers out of syria. russian state media report three of the war planes have reached an air base north of damascus for training and this comes as the u.s. confirms a russia summit is set for next month in switzerland. presidents joe biden and vladimir putin will have a lot to talk about, including russias role in cyber attac...

Additional economic assistance, there was a promise to reopen the u.s. consulate in jerusalem which serves as a de facto mission to the palestinians which the trump administration had closed. and also showed his support for the palestinian authority and its president mahmoud abbas, certainly given that the u.s. doesnt speak to hamas which kind of controls the other part of the palestinian territories in the gaza strip. from the israelis perspective there was a promise to help replenish the missi...

For people living there, how big a deal is it? >> im going to have to keep my voice down a little bit, the ceremonys beginning right now. all the delegates are here. theres is the official start of the ceremony. the official presentation of the colors theyre walking in, the american flag. at this moment, the u.s. consulate in jerusalem is becoming the u.s. embassy in jerusalem. for the nation of israel, the state of israel, this is a very big deal. this is a recognition of their long claim that ...

Israel called it a counterattack after iran fired some 20 rockets at israeli military sites in the golan heights cause nothing injuries. this as the u.s. consulate in jerusalem officially becomes the american embassy on monday with a big ceremony, president trump planning to greet the audience at the embassy opening via video. joining me now, richard engel from jerusalem. richard, thanks for being with us today, first of all, this expanding conflict youve been tracking from both sides between ...