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Donald trump did not take the stand. Closing arguments are now set for one week from today. Then the case will go to the jury. My colleague has all the details. Reporter tonight, the defense resting their case with former President Trump choosing not to take the stand in their first criminal trial. Jurors left today hearing only from robert costello, a lawyer who briefly advised Michael Cohen. Prosecutors trying to Paint Costello as a paint ally to prevent cohen from flipping on mr. Trump. Confr...

Declaring jerusalem, capital of israel, passed in the senate and house, saying, though, presidents would waive the move to jerusalem every six months. president trump two days ago when he declared jerusalem the capital of israel did waive it again. and the secretary of state tillerson said it will be some years before the embassy moves. trumps statement was careful. he didnt say it couldnt also be the capital of a palestinian state and he did say something else that is u.s. policy and i strongly...

Pool to french fries. that made me hungry. steve: what a burger. they do have great fries. ainsley: have you never tried it have you? we have. jillian: all fries are good fries. pete: i dont like sweet potatoes. steve: put gravy on them. pete: sorry america. president trump taking historic steps to fulfill a campaign promise. something his predecessors failed to keep. declaring jerusalem as the capital of israel. >> they failed to deliver. today i am delivering. pete: in his first interview, a f...

Welcome to "special report." president trump making history tonight by making good on a campaign promise his predecessors broke. the president has begun the process of declaring jerusalem to be israels capital. moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv. world leaders, even the pope, have urged the president to reconsider. we have fox team coverage. james rosen in washington with historical perspective on the jerusalem move. conor powell in jerusalem with international reaction. we begin with chief w...

>> they may be saying it publicly but i have to believe behind the scenes theyve given a wink and nod to the president to do this. it was long in coming. it takes a negotiation point that has been a sticking point in peace completely off the table. and i believe in a matter of time other countries will join us and move their embassies to jerusalem. this is the capital of israel where their government is. it shouldnt be anyplace else. no country can tell the united states what to do. we arent bou...

We heard the president do what we suspected he would, declaring jerusalem is the capital of israel, also calling on the state department to begin to prepare to move that embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. we are told from officials inside the white house, that is a process that is going to take years. the president started his speech by talking about the old challenges, old challenges demanding new approaches. mentioned the 95 jerusalem embassy act. thats been a act largely disregarded by his p...

1950. however, at no point recognized jerusalem as israels capital. nor did governments around the world. every embassy to the world remains in tel aviv to this day. 1967, another led to gaza seizing the west strip, west bank, and east jerusalem which was then controlled by jordan. now, the annexation of east jerusalem which displaced many was not recognized by the international community and is the main factor for preventing israeli and palestinian peace talks. maybe not the main factor. nevert...