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And its simple, easy, awesome. justin amash has reached a different conclusion than i have. i respect him. i think its a courageous statement. but i believe that to make a case for obstruction of justice, you just dont have the elements that are evidenced in this document. >> that was senator mitt romney just minutes ago, responding to a tweet storm from republican congressman justin amash in which he said that he thought president trump had reached the level of impeachable offenses as laid ou...

For impeachment that nancy pelosi and others have been calling for. we have schiff and romney giving opposite perspectives here. >> he showed more courage than any other republican in the house or senate but what may be pushing us in the direction of impeachment has less to do with justin amash and more to do with the fact the administration is engaging in this campaign. >> my own view is that justin amash has reached a different conclusion than i have. i respect him. i think its a courageous st...

>> jim sciutto, i know you wanted to react to what we just heard. >> the words, there was something noticeable, i dont know if others did about the way he was speaking there. it was a long statement. possibility that he needed water. but there was something strange about the way the words were coming out of his mouth towards the end of those comments. >> he was very distinctive i thought toward the end. slurring almost. >> a little out of breath. i wouldnt ascribe anything in particular to it. m...

The holy site. so by and large, i dont want us getting lost in the notion that just because the president acknowledged and obviously, someone who had some measure of experience decided to put that tiny hook in there and to create the notion that now for the first time the administration has endorsed a two-state solution assuming both sides accepted. but i think its going to make a long shot even longer. >> you can tell that this speech was kind of pieced together around the trump decision. i wan...

Future negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians. i think we have a clip of that specific -- that specific statement, christiane. listen to the president. >> we are not taking a position of any final status issues including the specific boundaries of the israeli sovereignty in jerusalem. or the resolution of contested borders. those questions are up to the parties involved. the united states remains deeply committed to helping facilitate a peace agreement that is acceptable to both ...

Partners on isis, on syria. i think that what is really missing here as weve been saying is this kind of regional strategy. jared kushner is trying to get this kind of jigsaw puzzle where the saudis are working together with israel on iran. that part of it seems to be working pretty well i think. there have been some quiet conversations between saudi arabia and israel. what about the gulf? theyre not going to be happy about this. >> i want to get reaction from the israelis and palestinians. we a...

To the sovereignty of east jerusalem or the borders leaving it open to negotiations. frankly this had nothing to do with the pursuit of israeli-palestinian peace. notion ha how we need new ideas, there are no new ideas here. this seems to be a statement by a willful president to a basically deliver and to those who said you cant do it, i can do it. im not entirely sure. the statement doesnt appear attached or moored to any specific strategy. and frankly, i think its going to make mr. kushners al...

On in that region. question is how were going to get from here to there. >> christiane, i want you to stand by. the presidents about to make his very important, indeed historic statement on the future of the u.s. attitude, the u.s. position on jerusalem. hes to walk into the room. he is walking in right now with the vice president. >> thank you. when i came into office, i promised to look at the worlds challenges with open eyes and very fresh thinking. we cannot solve our problems by making the ...

National security correspondent. you were listening very closely. what did you hear? >> reporter: it was a nuanced statement from the president. but the fact is he did say something that previous presidents democrat and republican have not said about jerusalem. theres a reason that they have not despite the passage of this legislation some 20 years ago because the view is among both parties here in the u.s. but also u.s. allies and adversaries, china russia, is by making that statement youre pre...

A recognition of reality that jerusalem has long been the seat of power in israel. we earlier received israeli reaction from flick robertson in jerusalem. a statement from the prime minister netanyahu. ian legal is joining us from ramallah on the west bank. i assume the palestinians are pretty angry about all of this. >> you know, wolf, thats something weve heard in the leadup to this. right now were waiting for palestinian president mahmoud abbas to give his statement and what were seeing right...